Why build up a whole series, focusing on Sookie's relationships with Bill, Eric, and Sam (had to be included due to books), and then make her end up with some random man? It feels like a waste to me, incredibly unsatisfying. Felt like I was just shit on.
***** I'm wondering if Rutina Wesley did something to piss off the producers behind the scenes. To kill off a major character of a long-running series in the very first episode (or was it episode 2) of the 7th season is disrespectful not only to viewers, but to the viewers, too. I mean, even Terry, who's always been a tertiary character at best - let us try to forget that God-awful fire demon subplot in season 5 - was given a more heartfelt sendoff than that.
***** I agree with you about Terry and Arlene. They had a great chemistry together. Problem is, True Blood has always had too large a cast. If you wanted to bring minor characters like the Bellefleurs to the fore, you'd have to cut corners elsewhere. For instance, in this last season, they focused WAY too much on Willa, Tara's mom, the pastor, and James. Then there was the problem of totally abandoning plots and character traits from previous seasons. Like, Lafayette has some serious power as a warlock/brujo. The show failed to develop that past the 5th season. And the fairyland that they opened season 4 with was never mentioned again. TB had so much potential, but the writers couldn't get a handle on the story arcs and character continuity.
What went wrong? Well let's see. The characters all ended up back to where they started. Bill basically committed suicide by his self loathing. Eric and Pam? Well Eric grew so much during the show but in season 7 he was practically unrecognizable. Sookie was becoming more and in the end she ends up pregnant and with some random man she falls in love with. It's like the writers wanted to screw it up. Just like the author of the books. Anybody who was following the show could see that Eric was the best choice for her. He just made her better. It should have ended with that at season 4. I think seasons 1-3 were good. I'll miss those days.
I followed this show for years and the last 2 seasons were awful! Warlow was the worse hyped up villain ever and the last episode of the series felt like slap in the face of the fans, idk i used to love this show :(
Peyton Engelstad It says one year later, then 3, then another one on november 11 and then a thanksgiving later (meaning one year later) someone needs to pay attention.
I noticed they were going against the books in season 4, (which was my favorite book), but unnoticed when Steven became the director, Bill's character became a bigger deal then he was in the books... I dunno. I was disappointed.
Keenan Henry part of the problem was the fact they kept trying to center the show around Bill and Sookie at any cost including good writing and content.
Keenan Henry Funny. That's when "Emily Of New Moon" got good. As soon as they ran out Lucy Maud Montgomery books, the show got way better and more realistic. But the vampire God thing was stupid.
That was the problem that Game of Thrones had was they got ahead of the books and when they did they stopped following the thesis of the characters, (personalities etc.) and you would see the characters suddenly doing complete 180's compared to they way they were supposed to be. It entirely ruined the ending as the characters were inconsistent. It has to make you wonder if the writers for those that do TV Series like True Blood, Game of Thrones have any idea of what consistency is when they are writing story lines.
If somehow Bill's corpse remained instead of blowing up like the other vampires, it might make his ending better. The fact that he was infected with Sookie's blood and the disease evolved differently, making him more human, could help to comply with Bill's true wish and leave his corpse to rest with his relatives.
For me i think from Season 5 and onwards the series started going down hill, and the ending is probs the worst ending ive seen so far in a series that has over 5 seasons.
I feel once they kill everyone in the Authority everything went to hell. Plus, wasn't the point of Bill's suicide to free Sookie from Vamps by becoming normal. So won't Vamps still be drawn to her.
Seasons 1 and 2: great Season 3: rocky but with a great middle group of episodes. Season 4: starts well but three episodes in gets messy. Very hit and miss. Season 5: messy and underwhelming. Bad. Seasons 6 and 8: pure nonsense.
Deep Down, I was out when they killed off Warlow, I mean all she asked him to do was spend 1 human life time in that town, and after 6000 years he couldn't of just waited.
I loved the books, in particular book 4 was my favorite. In the first 3 seasons, they kept enough in common with the books to keep me happy (it didn’t have to be exactly the same and some changes I appreciated). But in season 4 (again, my favorite of the books) it felt like I could sense when they literally tossed the book out the window, somewhere around when Eric got his memory back. I finished the show, but it was never the same...
True Blood would have been awesome had it remained a sci-fi-esque series like it was in Season 1. After werewolves and fairies and all that crap showed up it basically became Twilight without excessive use of picture filters... Oh and vampires don't glow, I guess that's something.
Finally finished true blood the other night. Who else thought sookies faerie light Ball was gonna turn Bill human. That would have been a better ending imo
We continued to watch, even though it went in a complete down spiral. You made very valid points, although you probably more positive than we were. There were a tremendous amount of missteps -- shockingly so -- i.e. the entire season with the vibrating woman, horrible. Lafayette's turn into a demon or whatever that was (never realized, btw). I think you were more kind than I felt towards this "Sookie" is everything theme that was pervasive. It just defied any leap of faith. I just didn't get it. And while I absolutely LOVED "The Piano," frankly, Paquin was just awful. As I write this, I cannot believe we watched it all seasons, even though the first season was the only one with merit. Also, I know they finally killed Tara, but that was a character that should have been dealt with long ago (as well as Tara's mother). There was not one season with an exciting storyline. I wholeheartedly agree that Pam was the best character with the best lines. I'm trying to think of what storyline I liked and -- even though it was absurd for the plot --- I guess it was the "forgetful Eric." What on earth did they do with Sam? It was just all bad. It was a hot, bloody mess -- the focus of the series, Sookie and Bill did not merit the attention -- the acting was horrible, their interactions were embarrassing, there was utter inconsistency in the (lack of) character development. Hated that they brought Hoyt back and had he and Jessica get together, hated that manufactured (of course) relationship Jason had, hated the whole Jessica ate all the fairy daughters but one (it was like they didn't know what to do with the characters), the initiative (wait, was that "Buffy?"), the religious takeover, etc. At any rate, yuck. Thanks for this video, though!!!
They jumped the shark a long time ago. In the finale they flat out killed the shark, leaving its bloody shark corpse floating in a directionless current.
I honestly thought that she would blast him with her fairy magic, but because of the infection (during which he became human-like), only the disease and his vampiric side would be destroyed thus, becoming fully human again. Though it would be pretty cool for a vampire that willingly lies down into his own grave to be reborn as a human (second death? what about second birth, right?). Also Sookie would've become human ("un-fairy-ing" herself with the use of her last magic) and they could have had a "normal" life and family. Same ending basically, only with human Bill instead of some unknown guy. But hey, that's just me. Also, as a plot twist (in case they want to continue the story or something), Sookie could be bearing Bill's child (conceived while he was affected by hepatitis-v); remember she could read his thoughts just like she would any human while he was infected. So, if his nervous/mental/whatever system was affected by the virus, I honestly don't see why his reproductive system would've not.
Totally agree. I had been trying to pinpoint what the problem was with the series, and you guys hit the nail on the head- No character consistency (except Pam, who is my favorite). The characters' motivations were dictated my the storyline, not the other way around. But despite it turning into a great bloody mess (much like Bill in his casket), I will still miss it. RIP True Blood.
Strongly disagree with Roth's opinion here. I thought Bill killing himself himself was pretty consistent with this character throughout the series. The show took great pains to show how Bill struggled with maintaining his "humaniteh" and how he was different than the average vampire. It makes perfect sense that he'd eventually tire of living this vampire life. Now, where the show really messed up was with motivation to actually commit suicide. The writers pulled the whole "I-most-kill-myself-to-let-Sookie-be-free-and-have-babies" out of their asses. Not only was it patronizing on Bill's part (actually, Bill has never really shown Sookie respect as an autonomous adult, just as some object to be loved and protected), but it was completely out of left field. I mean, was there ANY indication whatsoever that Sookie loved kids like that? The writers came up with that character trait out of thin air to shoehorn in a contrived happily ever after featuring Sookie a . pregnant Sookie. Anyways, I think the writers could have convincingly let Bill die with just "tired of being a vampire" thing as the sole motivation.
Very well said. You guys put all my issues with the way the series developed. You didn't mention much about Eric though and he was my favorite! What about the Charlene Harris novels? I want to read them and maybe I will be more satisfied with the TRUE outcome!!!
I thought the season actually started out cool with the H vamp stuff and the sick vamps killing entire towns but they abandon'd that and it went ot shit.
One thing that I haven't seen people talk about, is that Sookie choosing to keep her light and stay fae may have a big repercussion for her baby. If we look at Andy's half-fae daughters, they aged incredibly quickly. Now Sookie is half-fae herself, so her child will be even less, but I'd think that her child(ren) will also age quickly.
The show Dexter in season 8 had some good ideas in it, it was just executed quite poorly (that and the main antagonist sucked). True Blood has suffered from a lack of good ideas and good execution for years.
Thomas Hodgkinson I partially agree, but at least season 8 of Dexter had like 7 great episodes. There hasn't been ONE great episode of True Blood this last season.
Eric Dixon I agree that the whole season of True Blood hasn't been great. It's been either ok or poor. Season 7 of Dexter was actually a pretty good season, it's a shame the show lost its way in season 8 and was so poorly executed.
Thomas Hodgkinson Season 7 was great, but I was talking about season 8 (typo). The first half of season 8 was great, but after "Are we there yet?" it went down hill.
I think the main issue is the early seasons were stronger because they stuck closer to the books. Now I don't mind if an adaptation goes farther from the source material but, as this review pointed out, the writers on the show got caught up in sensationalizing the characters as opposed to writing organic and consistent character arcs resulting in revolving door plotlines that didn't go anywhere.
perfectly summed review - totally spot on! "missed opportunity" and a lot of "fan service" Thank you. I have long cherished the characters of the series. The subsequent seasons have completely watered down the writing and character development to each new plot. I invested a lot for this show, and i had to end it myself. It totally ruins me about how this show could've sooooo much better. It was set up with such great characters: pam, tara, eric, and lafayette. come on.
You can watch all the shows on demand right now. And it started out good, if you get hooked on some of the characters you'll probably watch it just to see what happens in the end.
Loved TB! Yeah, the finale wasn't great, but it stayed true to the basic premise of the show and it made me think a lot about why Alan Ball and the writers went the way they did. Everyone certainly has the right to their opinion, but these two just flamed all but the first season and yet they never actually expressed any real options of how they would have done it.
The last great episode ended with Russell killing the tv anchor. It had been a rocky season before then that had recaptured the magic midway through and was promising an amazing showdown. Then the last three episodes fell over themselves and were entirely disappointing. And then seasons the show very quickly slipped into total absurdity...
Thinking while watching your video, I saw all episodes of True Blood, but my first TV series that was wild rock excellent at first and season after season went complete boredom and the end!!! Other shows like X-Files, Smallville had there up and downs seasons, but kept in and finished well. Now, Happy that True Blood is "Game Over"!!!
This was the most lack luster, convoluted and all-around lazy season of a tv series, in recent memory, that I was just glad i could clear up DVR space for something else and move on from. I was glad Erik and Pam were alive and thriving. If someone else helmed a spin-off of them two or Erik and his sister and maker in an olden game-of-thorones type setting, I'd watch it. I'm glad Bill died, just not too thrilled on how long in the episode i had to wait.
Tara should have died season five, Alcide season six and Hoyt should have remained in Alaska. Three story lines they could have gotten rid of and focused more on the core characters. I love all these characters and this show was outstanding to watch!
Amazon recently released season 7 on Prime and I finally finished the series. When the show was broadcast, after so many story line shenanigans I lost interest when (spoilers) they killed Tara, one of my favorite characters. Even if there was a magic end and both Sookie and Bill became human at least it would have made just as much sense as the rest of it. The way it ended was like a middle finger to the audience. Especially when everything else made it to our expectations. Disappointing ending. Kinda glad I found out how it ended, kinda glad I moved on when I did. Sure a vampire story would most likely have a tragic ending but it felt cheap.
Season one stayed fairly close to the books, except for Tara having a bigger role and not killing Lafayette in the finale, after that, they had to create things for Lafayette to do (Since he died at the end of the first book). It started going downhill from there. As it got weirder and weirder. There was no way to get back to how the books ended with Sookie ending up with Merlotte and Bill living as a friend.
After season 2 they lost me. I never wanted them to do the whole. Vampire vs wolves thing cause at the time it looked like they were copying the twilight movies ..the wolves, bill becoming a vampire god, the govt. Destroying all vampires, the whole story of sookie becoming a fairy ..I didn't like none of that ..and still even thru all of that I was true to the end and watched every episode ..but they dropped the ball on this series that could've been a classic for HBO. Skokie was much better off with Sam. They made her into a town slut that slept with eric.,bill, alcides but I think Sam fit with her the most but she was drawn to bill. ..hated it.
I actually enjoyed this season. For the overall show I loved it, but character consistency and too many un explored but teased areas (Faries and Werepanthers, which I didn't like). I also think that Hoyte should have stayed in Alaska but came back for his mother's funeral, Jason to find another woman (not Hoyte's former girlfriend), Jessica to stay with the guy she met in the camp, and for Lafayette to die and be with Jesus.
I loved TB, but you're right, they lost their way. My favourite character was Bill Compton, but over the past few yrs they did him a disservice by having his character fit a a supposed needed storyline instead of the storyline fit his character. The writers did this to numerous characters on the show. A great show turned disappointing.
Terrible ending to a show that had went so far down hill. To me the thing that really drove the show down was when they just had sooooo many different creatures on it. Vampires, werewolves, shifters, witches, werepanthers, and more. The vampires no longer felt "special/rare" and it seemed more and more like the humans were rare in the show instead. The show was at its best the first couple of seasons when it had mystery and the vampires were the center focus. I'd much rather forget the past few seasons and had them do a prequel show around Godric (Eric's maker) and Eric back in the viking era. Also the name of the main character, sookie, everytime I heard her name I kept expecting some cows to come running out (Sook/sookie is a common term people use, at least around here, to call the cattle to come eat).
True Blood lost its edge in Season 6 so I was not surprised by the series finale. Like Dexter i think the writers, producers etc should have stuck to its roots of what made the earlier seasons so great and went out with a bang. I felt like I was watching some sitcom that went off air towards the end and the only issue for me is how badly rushed it was.
The thing is, the magical out would have made at least sense there... Sookie loosing her powers to save Bill and turn him human, end of story. The last season was meh... really, really meh.
The writers of this final season should have been given the True Death bc it was god awful. Every story arc was terrible. If they focused more on the flashback's on each vampire character it could have been a little better. I thought that the Eric story line would have been a lot better considering the fact he is one of the main characters. This is what happens when a show goes past 5 or 6 seasons, its tough to keep up interesting story lines and the writing drops off.
IF they stuck with the books, it would have stayed decent. It wouldn't have been so... blegh. In the books Sookie ALWAYS loved Bill, but Eric became her second serious relationship but it didn't go that way clearly.
am i the only one in this god damn world who cant see the bad things of shows and cant either see the good things about it, its like im just watching it and getting entertained but after the show and after all the emotions are gone i can see what i liked and didnt like
Yea true blood's last episode was jus leaving me with mad questions and I was confused a lot becuz it wasn't good at all, and I'm a fan of the series... they could of did a lot better...
these people think too much which is their job after all but after watching this video I get their point.I saw the inconsistencies when I watched it but ignored it.
. she was my favorite show until the end there were things that I did not like and yes it did get completely stupid but I always hoped for a change and then it ended.
When i heard this was the final season i knew it would be shit. There is no way they could wrap everything up in just ten episodes. They just murdered anyone who they couldn't be arsed writing about and decided to end with 'Happy ever after' The whole series lost its thrill after the first few seasons. I like the 'New blood' as a conclusion to the virus but everything else was rushed. 1. I don't believe Jason stayed with that Hoyts Ex and had Children 2. I don't believe bill decided that he wants to die went there's a cure right in front of him and its in the form of a women that he wants to kill. 3. I don't believe Jessica and Hoyt got married after just one day 4. I don't believe Sookie had a happy life because shes still a half fairy and vampires can smell her delicious fairy blood. 5. I don't believe Eric didn't just inject bill with the cure. 6. That New Blood Advert was way to Cheesy for Eric and Pam Basically the ending sucked. I would have preferred if: 1. Everybody in the town died 2. Vampires all died because of virus (or did they?) 3. Sookie and Bill die together 4. Bill drains Sookie and becomes a day walker lol (Blade) 5. Sookie becomes a full fairy and goes to the fairy world
So true about the show becoming "Passions" the nbc soap opera! I loved "Passions" but it was so campy and plot driven, no consistency with characters and "True Blood" so became just like that. Killing off Tara was a horrible choice, overall weak season finale.
Dexter's finale made Lost and Seinfeld's finale seem like genius. As for this show they last me after season 2, I only just recently marathoned it through in honor of it ending. So in the end the finale was...MEH.
I really wanted to see if Lafayette would do something with those evil powers of his and it never answered if he still had that inside him -_- but yeah the finale was terrible i got so bored i changed it back to the VMA's lol
