Release Me – True Blood Episode 207

This is a recap of True Blood Season 2, Episode 7 titled Release Me.

Sam is in the woods being held captive by Marianne, Daphne and their wild orgy friends. Sam is about to be run through with a dagger when Andy stumbles on to the scene, still looking for the elusive pig. He is baffled by the scene before him and he fires his gun which gives Sam the opportunity he needs to escape. All the black eyed zombies scream as he runs away and Marianne runs after him in her bull mask. She is closing in when Sam sees an owl in a tree and he quickly removes his shirt and “shifts” into an owl and escapes Marianne. Meanwhile Andy sees his cousin Terry and tries to talk to him but Terry is still under Marianne’s spell and he breaks Andy’s arm, laughs, and then takes off with Arlene.

Hugo and Sookie are in the FotS basement trapped in a storage area. Sookie tries to calm Hugo as he is freaking out about the cramped and claustrophobic quarters. Sookie is also concerned that Bill has most likely sensed her fear and is on his way to save her. She does not want him to walk into a trap though.

Bill is not on his way though because Lorena is holding him captive in his hotel room still. Lorena has another flashback where she comes home from the theatre with a chorus girl for Bill to feed off of. Bill is not interested though and tells Lorena that he no longer wants to be a monster and he wants to rediscover his humanity before it is lost forever. Bill tells Lorena that she disgusts him. In the present Bill tells Lorena that if Sookie is hurt he will drive a stake through her heart.

Eric and Isabel stand outside the FotS compound wondering how Sookie and Hugo’s mission is going. Eric asks her about what she finds appealing in her human lover. She tells him that it is the fact that with humans everything is urgent and exciting because their lives are so temporary. She also hints that she knows Eric is interested in Sookie but he denies it and says he is only there to save Godric.

In the church Sarah and Jason have just made love and Sarah is crying with happiness that she finally knows what love is. She decides they need to tell Steve about the affair immediately but Jason insists that they do not want to be locked in the church with Steve and all his guns when they tell him. Sarah agrees that the ceremony must come first and they agree to tell him later, although Jason looks as though he would be fine with never telling him.

Back at the vampire hotel Jessica and Hoyt are getting cozy. Hoyt tells Jessica he is a virgin and she tells him that she is as well. They decide be each other’s first and to make love the next day since the sun will be rising soon.

Since the sun is on its way up Eric, Isabel, and Stan return to their rooms. In the hall Eric and Stan fight and Eric accuses Stan of killing Godric to get his position. Stan denies it and Eric says they will soon know. He also states that if Godric is gone then nothing will bring back what he has lost. Eric apparently has a lot of love for his maker.

Tara and Egss wake up in Sookie’s house after the wild party in the woods but do not remember any of it. Sam goes to Merlotte’s to arm himself.

In the basement Steve interrogates Sookie and Hugo. Hugo wants out of the cage so he tells Steve who they are, giving Sookie’s real name. Steve recognizes the Stackhouse name and realizes that Sookie and Jason are siblings. He assumes that Jason is a traitor working for the vamps and he and Gabe go looking for Jason. Sookie is furious with Hugo and she attempts to reach Barry telepathically so he will tell Bill she is in trouble and needs his help.

Bill and Lorena are both fighting sleep and looking very ill doing so but neither wants to take their eyes off the other. He grabs a phone but Lorena takes it. Bill asks that if she won’t let him go to Sookie that she let him call someone who can help… Eric. Lorena tells Bill that Eric is the reason she is there in the first place and that Eric wants Sookie and Bill should let him have her.

Steve and Gabe force Jason into their vehicle and go off into the woods with him where they accuse him of being a traitor and Steve sends him off with Gabe to be killed. As they walk, Jason tries to explain to Gabe but Gabe hurls insults at Jason and calls Sookie a whore. Jason goes nuts telling Gabe “never talk that way about my sister!” He proceeds to beat the crap out of Gabe and run back to the compound.

Sam encounters Daphne on the dock where they swam previously and he holds a gun on her. She insists she is not afraid to die. Sam goes off on her for her betrayal but Daphne is unmoved, declaring her love for Marianne. Sam asks what Marianne is and Daphne shares that Marianne is a Maenad, a handmaiden of Dionysus the God of wine. Daphne shares he is really a God of excess and she hints that he is also Satan. Marianne can bring out people’s desires… lust, anger, etc and channel them. Daphne says that Marianne is immortal and all powerful and tells Sam that he should just give in to her.

In the FotS basement Hugo is freaking out again and in an attempt to calm him, Sookie puts a hand on his arm. When she does she “sees” that Hugo is the traitor. He told the FotS that Sookie was coming. When Sookie confronts Hugo he explains that he did it because he is angry with Isabel. She refuses to turn him into a vampire, opting to keep him weak, controllable, and not Isabel’s equal. Hugo tells Sookie that Bill is doing the same thing to her.

Steve returns to the church and asks to speak to Sarah about Jason.

Tara and Eggs go to Merlotte’s where Arlene tells Tara that she and Terry blacked out the night before, just like Tara and Eggs had. Neither of them know they were in the woods having an orgy. Andy enters the bar yelling for Terry, who is not there. He calls all the people who he saw the previous night devil zombies and they all shrug him off as crazy.

Jessica wakes up in her hotel room with red flower petals spread all over. She tells Hoyt it is perfect and they kiss.

Jason is running towards the compound when an ATV speeds up to him. It is Sarah. She gets out and aims a gun at Jason and shoots.

Daphne is standing at the dock waiting for Marianne who is with Eggs. Marianne thanks Daphne for her service and then steps back to allow Eggs to stab her in the chest.

Gabe is on a rampage after Jason beat him up. He goes to the basement and enters the storage area where Hugo and Sookie are. Gabe starts to hit Hugo and when Sookie intervenes he turns on her. Sookie screams and once again Bill is alerted to her being in danger. He makes a run for the door but Lorena stops him. We see another flashback of Bill threatening to stake himself if Lorena did not let him go. Lorena had no choice but to release him. Back in the hotel Bill reminds her that he was released.

Barry knocks on the door just then and Lorena holds a hand over Bill’s mouth before he can cry out. Barry tells Lorena through the door that Sookie in the FotS basement where Godric is and needs help. Eric, in the next room, overhears this and bolts. Barry is pulled into a room against his will.

Gabe is slapping Sookie and attempting to rape her. She screams repeatedly trying to fight him off when suddenly he is lifted off her. Sookie looks and sees a young  looking vampire with tribal tattoos holding Gabe by the neck. “Godric” she asks?