True Blood 305 – Trouble Recap
July 20, 2010 by admin
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Bill, Lorena, and Russell arrive home from their night out on the town to discover that Franklin Mott and Tara (tied to a chair) are at the King’s mansion. Everyone is interested to find that Tara and Bill know each other but when she asks him to please help her.. he refuses and walks away.
Russell and Franklin retreat to talk in private where Franklin reveals Bill’s “Sookie files” to the King. Russell now knows that Bill has been lying about the nature of his involvement with Sookie and so Russell’s curiosity in the barmaid is piqued. He asks Franklin to go get her but Franklin informs him that Sookie is in Jackson as they speak.
Eric shows up at the mansion to speak with Russell and when they meet Eric explains that he is there to hunt Bill Compton, a vampire who has been selling V. When Bill pops up behind them Eric is surprised but also takes brief delight in the knowledge that Bill has walked away from his relationship with Sookie. Eric asks for Russell’s help with the Magister to save Pam’s life. Russell asks him to stay the night while they work out a plan and Eric agrees.
Jason goes to work at the Sheriff’s office but is bored quickly by desk work. Andy puts him to work washing police cruisers instead. Sam moves his parents and brother into a new apartment. While he is doing that he sees Terri moving in with Arlene.
Sookie spies on Alcide’s thoughts and discovers that he wants to visit his packmaster to tell him what is going on. Sookie asks him what a packmaster is and Alcide is angry that Sookie is listening to his thoughts. But after Sookie convinces him that she can keep a secret, Alcide tells her about how the pack works and he agrees to take her with him when he goes to see him. The packmaster tells them to forget everything they saw and Sookie can tell from reading his thoughts that the packmaster is terrified of Russell and his pack of werewolves.
Lafayette gets a visit from Jesus, the man who cares for his mentally ill mother. He asks Lafayette on date and when Lafayette has to decline because of work, Jesus hangs at the bar for 9 hours waiting for him.
Jason sees Crystal drive through town and he grabs one the cruisers he is washing and pulls her over wearing sunglasses and no shirt. She gets him to admit that he is not yet a cop but she enjoys the attention anyway. Jason asks her to meet him at Merlotte’s that night. Later on she and Jason take a walk in the woods which turns romantic.
Tara escapes the mansion but is dragged back by werewolves. When Franklin discovers the betrayal he breaks down into hysterics, crying and throwing a fit:
You have no idea how much you have hurt me… I feel like I have been staked!”
Seeing how upset he is, Tara begins to play nice and act as though she returns Franklin’s feelings, which automatically makes him easier for Tara to deal with.
Russell confronts Bill with what he has learned from Franklin and shares his theory that someone is tracking the magical gifts in the Stackhouse family for their own particular use but Bill still refuses to tell the truth about Sookie and why he is studying her lineage. Bill is taken up to his room and Cooter arrives later to inform Bill that Sookie is in Jackson with a werewolf. This enrages Bill and he attacks his captors and runs off to find her, failing an elaborate test set up by Russell to see where Bill’s loyalties lay.
Eric tries to talk to Russell again about the Magister but the King blows him off and asks that he humor Talbot by touring the mansion. Eric flirts with the openly gay Talbot as he tours the mansion. They come to a room with trophies and trinkets of conquests and war. Eric finds a crown that belonged to his father and we see Eric remember his past where he was a spoiled prince who only cared about bedding the servants. His father, mother, and baby sister are all brutally attacked by werewolves and their mysterious caped master (Russell). Thus we find out why Eric has searched for them all these years and unbeknownst to Eric, it has been Russell he was after.
Bill arrives at Alcide’s home and tells Sookie that there is no hope for himself but that she must leave Jackson immediately. He has been followed by Cooter and Russell though. They attempt to abduct Sookie but she uses her hand to shock Cooter with the bizarre flow of light and energy from her hand that she used last season on MaryAnne. Russell is not shocked, only delighted by her apparent powers.
I give this episode 3 out of 4 mentally unstable vampires.
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This episode and season are based on Book 3 in the Sookie Stackhouse series:
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