The Official True Blood Season 2 Thread

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:19 pm

Bloody Bites from True Blood Season 2
The cast and creator talk monsters and mayhem. Plus, IGN watches a new clip.
by Matt Fowler

April 14, 2009 - The Los Angeles branch of the Paley Center for Media is currently conducting their annual William S. Paley Television Festival, AKA Paley Fest. This two-week event spotlights a group of noteworthy television series and television luminaries, with each night devoted to a different show or person. Be sure to check out the rest of IGN TV's coverage of Paley Fest 2009.

I was given the chance to attend True Blood night at the annual Paley Fest and I've got some quotes and reveals for all of you about the much anticipated Season 2. If you're someone who doesn't want to know anything about anything with regards to the upcoming second season of True Blood, which will kick off on June 14th, then read no further...

During the Q & A panel, series Creator Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) told the story of how he first came across the Charlaine Harris book series. He was waiting around for a dentist appointment, and had about 20 minutes to kill when the first novel, Dead Until Dark, caught his eye. He was hooked from the beginning. He then said that he went through to following books in the series "like crack." "This wasn't a book I would normally read, but I couldn't put them down," Ball confessed. Ball has a strong desire to stay true to Harris' vision and spirit, but also added that it was important to flesh out the supporting characters from the book, and add extra stories in order to transform it into a viable TV series. The books are only told from Sookie Stackhouse's (Anna Paquin) perspective, so there was some work to be done. One of the big changes was adding the character of Tara, who doesn't even appear until Book 2, in as a main character in Season 1.

"There are some things from the books that aren't going to make it onto the screen," said Ball, "but there will also be things not from the books that are on the show that when you see them, your jaws will be on the floor." Heading into Season 2, we're also going to be experiencing the character of Maryanne (Battlestar's Michelle Forbes), the mysterious and seemingly generous "naked with a pig" lady, even more. Without giving too much away, Ball stated that "she is trouble. She's more trouble than anyone ever thought she'd be." He also seemed to relish in the fact that her character "celebrates chaos and destruction" and will somehow play apart in "opening up a doorway to hell for everyone to get sucked into."

What else do we know about Season 2? Well, as they did with Season 1, the writers will somewhat follow the corresponding Harris novel ג this time around being book 2, Living Dead in Dallas. We know that it will incorporate a ton of the book, but also leave out some stuff in order to provide more of an overall story for each of the characters. Sookie and Bill (Stephen Moyer) are heading down to Dallas at the behest of their Vampire Sherriff, Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) to help a vampire named Stan (Ed Quinn) find a missing bloodsucker. The rest of the characters will stay back home and deal with new hellacious creatures of the night. Werewolves perhaps? Sookie's brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten) will have a separate story from the rest of them, at least for the first six episodes or so. His character has joined up with the anti-vampire church, The Fellowship of the Sun, which is sort of a story that's downplayed a bit in the book itself. Eventually, after their dealings in Dallas, Sookie returns back home and will find everything turned upside down and in a state of ruin and it will piss her off, leading her to try and set things straight. The cast is busy filming episode 7 at the moment, and Ball himself said that he will be writing episode 11.

During the Q & A, the entire cast seems to express their love for their job and their roles. Carrie Preston loved how her character Arlene always speaks her mind. Rutina Wesley, for whom this is her first real acting gig, loves Tara's loyalty and good nature. Alexander Skarsgard says that he thinks Eric is a "sweetheart" to those he's friends with, but that he's just not friends with many people. Sam Trammel, who plays Sam on the show, admitted that his least favorite scene to shoot was the "running naked through the woods" scene. "It's tough to watch yourself naked. But running? That's tough to watch," laughed Trammel. "And it was tough to do because I was running naked in beige colored jazz shoes."

Paquin herself loved the scene when Sam wakes up naked on Sookie's bed, and the whole "shapeshifter" story. She also made a joking reference to the men's "sock," or "sack of destiny" as they refer to it on the set ג which is the cover-up apparatus that the men dawn when they're in the buff. She also admitted to really loving getting the sh*t kicked out of her. Or being projectile vomited on by a vampire. Stephan Moyer really enjoyed the history behind Bill and the backstory that he got to shoot which took place during The Civil War. "As an English schoolboy, you don't learn about The American Civil War. Or Independence Day. I never knew what that was for."

Carrie Preston's husband, Lost's Michael Emerson, was also in attendance, and I even got to hear him, on my way out, speaking to another gentlemen about his own desire to get a role on True Blood, possibly after Lost concludes. I would assume, since he has expressed his longing to be back home with his family in interviews, that he would love to share the screen with his wife.

We were all shown a scene from Season 2, which I will do my best to describe to you here. Again, if you don't want anything spoiled for you, then don't read the specifics that I get into here about the clip.

The scene opens with Bill driving frantically down the road at night. Sookie, in the passenger seat, tells him to slow down. Jessica is curled up in the backseat, crying tears of blood. Bill is furious.

Apparently Sookie had taken Jessica back to see her family, but it was against Bill's wishes. She's a vampire now and she's not supposed to see her old family. Bill is angry and tells Sookie that she undermined his authority as her maker.

Sookie tells Bill to stop the car, because she's had it with him. She gets out and walks off down the road. Bill calls after her, but then gets back in the car. Jessica tells Bill that Sookie wants him to go after her, and kiss her. Bill chooses not to, saying that Sookie will come back when she's calmed down.

Sookie, walking in the woods at night, hears rustling. She thinks it might be Bill trying to scare her so she'll go back to the car. It's quite evident that it's not Bill, it's some other creature.

Sookie looks down a wooded path and sees, a giant monster, with curled horns. Almost like a bull's horns. It chases her down, she screams. The monster, which still cannot be seen fully, slashes with his claws and takes a chunk out of Sookie's back, knocking her down. Bill senses that she's in dangerג¦

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:09 pm

Philaflava wrote:Carrie Preston's husband, Lost's Michael Emerson, was also in attendance, and I even got to hear him, on my way out, speaking to another gentlemen about his own desire to get a role on True Blood, possibly after Lost concludes. I would assume, since he has expressed his longing to be back home with his family in interviews, that he would love to share the screen with his wife.

Michael Emerson on True Blood would be a perfect fit, he would do serious damage with this type of material, though I'd prefer to see him in some movies after LOST.
No mention of :laf:

, RIP probably, which will be detrimental to season 2.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:54 pm

looking forward to this

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 8:53 pm

i can't wait (no nu shooz)

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:47 pm

the scene they were describing

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:rockout::rockout:

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:36 am

WE'RE BACK ON SUNDAY YOU MOTHERSUCKING FANGBANGERS!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Truth. · Post by **Truth.** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:23 am

LilLeftBrain wrote:the scene they were describing

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:rockout::rockout:

LameAim · Post by **LameAim** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:47 am

Watched the first season on demand over the last couple of weeks, dope show despite Sookie's efforts otherwise. Hope :laf:

isn't dead.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:09 pm

btw i was this dude's RA when i was an undergrad. he was a druggie then who actually dressed up as a vampire on a regular basis.

now he's into god his wife and stuff. small world

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:42 am

sookie's tits =

overall good episode. this show is a nice guilty preasure.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:21 am

thank god lafayette is alive and TONS of tits 1st ep.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 8:24 am

after watching that episode, tera's mom is gonna become an addict again, IMO. lol @ the sherriff with his drunk interrogations.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 9:28 pm

love the sheriff character.

ps. still not sure why this show has to be considered guilty pleasure status...

Rabbi Jihadovich · Post by **Rabbi Jihadovich** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:07 pm

really happy that :laf:

is still alive.
the show is dope and extremely addictive, def not a guilty pleasure.

alpha · Post by **alpha** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 1:17 am

alpha wrote:sookie's tits =
overall good episode. this show is a nice guilty preasure.

i said this cuz this show is about vampires. and paquin is awful. but fuck it it's a good show

odium-LSC · Post by **odium-LSC** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:03 am

Is there some where that I can watch this online or could somebody throw up a download for this? thanks.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 9:45 am

odium-LSC wrote:Is there some where that I can watch this online or could somebody throw up a download for this? thanks.

http://tvshack.net/tv/True_Blood/season_2/episode_1/

the buffering might be a little screwed but there's alternate links to check it out

Beastly Swagger · Post by **Beastly Swagger** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 10:34 am

They're gonna fag it up with some convoluted battle between shape shifter & vampires Underworld bite type shit.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:21 pm

Beastly Swagger wrote:They're gonna fag it up with some convoluted battle between shape shifter & vampires Underworld bite type shit.

get outta here with that.

this show is done by alan freaking ball.

you know? american beauty? towelhead? six feet under? ring a bell?

not his M.O.

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 5:09 pm

Beastly Swagger wrote:They're gonna fag it up with some convoluted battle between shape shifter & vampires Underworld bite type shit.

i'd be more worried if they did some Twilight shit to this show more than Underworld. in any event, lets not make any predicitons with the show yet. so far so good with the 1st episode.

sookie not keeping the $11,000 so she can be ballerific = :fail:

Beastly Swagger · Post by **Beastly Swagger** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:50 pm

Watch what I tell ya and Tara's tits>Sookie's.

djjeffresh · Post by **djjeffresh** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 9:59 pm

"You might have had Day 1, but Day 2 belongs to the Luke-inator!"

dat piff · Post by **dat piff** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:45 pm

when they gonna show tara's tits?? waited all last season for em

samdoom · Post by **samdoom** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:31 am

i got a feeling they would've shown tara's tits by now if they were gonna. i could be wrong though.

LilLeftBrain · Post by **LilLeftBrain** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:23 am

odium-LSC wrote:Is there some where that I can watch this online or could somebody throw up a download for this? thanks.

http://www.watchtrueblood.net/
three hours after airing they got tonights episode up
watching now..

at sobatkas epileptic on meth dance
pretty great second episode

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:52 am

bill put sookie in check; i swear that broad is a bratty muthafucka that just needs to be checked like that more often. best scene was Jessica going apeshit on her pops for being a bastard to her.

@ Jason being dumb enough to go on that retreat and almost stab the freaky, slutty ass wife that wants to fuck. his football is made he stole his shine.

and

at when Lafayette got shot in the leg.

Beastly Swagger · Post by **Beastly Swagger** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 1:59 pm

Now they gotta fucking enchantress/goddess in the mix,,,,werewolves by EP 5 hahaha ! This shit's gonna get so gay so fast.

naturalborn103 · Post by **naturalborn103** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:07 pm

bill and sookie is getting boring as shit..

blessingindisguise · Post by **blessingindisguise** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 2:51 pm

What's so great about this fucking show again?

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 3:48 pm

ardamus wrote: his football is made he stole his shine.

wat?

this show is some campy shit. i can't help but watch it but there are some pretty cringe worthy moments.
oh and maybe i'm retarded but is laffayette turned or dead? if he dies , this show gets about 45% worse.

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