Ben WhitcombTrue Blood: The First taste
September 15th 2008 16:47
The second episode starts off exactly where the last one ended and begins to resolve the two cliff hangers from last episode. It's interesting how these episodes end. It's a cliff hanger but it's more like the end of the episode is the end of a chapter in a book and you just have to turn the page to find out what happens next. I hope that makes sense.
The second episode's ending is no different. Something significant is going down and it will end right in the middle of it, leaving you till next week for the resolution. I think it works okay so far.
The chemistry between Sookie and Bill was a lot better this time around that in the pilot. Of that, I am very grateful. There were a lot of good moments and a lot of really painful moments. I was either really drawn into a scene or I was almost ready to start watching something else. I don't really buy into Tara's interest in Sookie's brother Jason. She knows what kind of guy he is, but she still pines after him like a little school girl. I find that hard to swallow.
Another thing that is really bugging me is the borrowed elements from other vampire stories. In the pilot the borrowed elements weren't as evident, at least not to me, because they tried to put their own spin on it. But there was on thing in particular that stood out to me. And that was a Vampire must be invited into a home. The only other place I've seen that in on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. From what I could see from the pilot episode the show was going to try and invent their own spin on vampire mythology, but then they go and blatantly incorporate something from a well known show. I know there are several other things that are borrowed but I'm not going to go into them here.
Over all, the overarching story is still interesting, but there are a lot of elements in the show that just don't work.
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