This is a recap of True Blood season 2, episode 3 titled “Scratches”.

This episode begins in Bill’s car, racing away from Jessica’s former home. Bill is angry that Sookie took Jessica to see her family and explains that if he had not glamoured them all, they would be in BIG trouble. Bill and Sookie yell at each other and after Bill calls her a child, Sookie storms out of the car and walks into the woods, declaring that she will walk the 20 miles home. Bill is so angry he does not go after her but waits in the car.

Sookie sees a strange human figure with the head of a bull and gnarly claws. It attacks Sookie and claws her back viciously and then leaves her for dead. Bill runs to her and attempts to heal her with his blood but Sookie starts convulsing and foaming at the mouth. In a panic, Bill takes Sookie to Fangtasia.

Eric summons a healer who tells them Sookie has been poisoned by something similar to a Kamodo Dragon and she sets to work on healing her before the poison spreads to far and Sookie dies.  After the poison is extracted Bill heals her with his blood and lets her sleep. Eric is very interested in finding out what exactly attacked Sookie.

Sam is having anger issues and after yelling at his employees decides he needs to leave and he asks Terri to look after the bar. Sam also warns Tara several times to be careful of Marianne.

Jason’s leadership retreat with the FotS confuses him greatly as he tells a support group that he has never been a vampire victim and that he actually likes a couple of the vamps he has known. He leaves the group only to be stopped by the preacher’s wife and she convinces him that all the heartache he experienced with Amy and his grandmother’s deaths were directly tied to the existence of vampires.

When Sookie wakes up, it is daytime and the vamps are asleep. She runs into one of the waitresses and after reading her mind she discovers Lafayette is in the basement chained up and hurt badly. Not knowing how to get him out, she waits until the vampires wake. Sookie demands that Eric let Lafayette go after she slaps him and throws a few verbal insults his way. Eric agrees to let Lafayette go if Sookie will go to Dallas to help search for the missing Sheriff. Sookie demands $10,000 and requires Bill go with her and they strike a deal.

Meanwhile Jessica wakes up in Bill’s house alone and goes to Merlotte’s bar where she meets and likes a local boy. She takes him back to Bill’s home where he tells her he likes her, vamp and all,  and Jessica tries to seduce him.

Marianne hosts a party for the locals in Bon Temps and it turns into a wild orgy. Tara begins to suspect something is amiss with the scene at Marianne’s and she storms out of the party telling Eggs that they have no future if this is what he likes.

Sookie and Bill return home after a deep conversation about vampires and their propensity for good and evil at the same time. When they enter the house they find Jessica in a compromising situation and once again Bill is furious and looking ready to kill.

Sam takes a midnight dip before he gets ready to leave Bon Temps and Daphne finds him and decides to join him. As she pulls off her shirt to skinny dip we see her back is covered in scratches, just like the injury Sookie sustained earlier.

It is about a 30 something woman PI named Vicki Nelson, who used to be a cop. She left the PD after she developed a degenerative eye condition that affects her vision and will eventually leave her blind. She is hired by the girlfriend of a young man who was recently murdered. The girlfriend believes a vampire killed him and Vicki sets out to find out either way. She ends meeting Henry Fitzroy, a 480 year old vampire who looks 22. He is the son of Henry VIII. They are immediately attracted to each other and begin working together on various cases. The monkey wrench in the relationship is Vicki’s connection with her old boyfriend and partner. She is also wary of what people on the outside think since she appears to be robbing the cradle. But they are connected now since Vicki fed Henry her blood after he was seriously wounded by a demon.

Henry’s playboy ways suffer as he wants to spend more time with Vicki and he begins to feel very protective of her. After the first 3 or 4 episodes I was completely hooked on the story. Henry and Vicky come up against vamps, demons, voo-doo, and even a telekinetic child.

The chemistry between Henry and Vicky sizzles and frankly I cannot get enough of Henry, played by Kyle Schmid. His portrayal of a vampire is sexy and intriguing. I love the black eyes and dangerously sexy voice.

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