True Blood - S2XE3 - Scratches - Will Lafayette be Turned? Who or What is Maryann? *SPOILERS*

Scrounging around for promo/preview videos for next week's...anything and I came across Kristen spoilers which are welcome, too. Still want videos,tho'.

The first question, what happens to Lafayette is not really answered completely. Sookie finds out that he's in's Eric basement. I think these caps may be a part of that scene:

Eric looks a bit dejected and Bill looks pleased. Generally it's the other way around. ;)

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My guess it comes down to Sookie leaping into rescue mode though the spoiler says she agrees to go to Dallas to help find the great and powerful Godric so I'm not really sure why she needs the gun. Nelsan Ellis has indicated that he isn't turned vampire but I think by now we have to keep in mind that the True Blood team is sort of quirky about what they want known (giving some critics one-third of Season 2 to watch before Season 2 premiered resulting in many of them carelessly spoiling major plot points) and what they don't (Lafayette, much to my surprise survived Season 1).

What happens with Lafayette on True Blood?
This Sunday, Sookie (Anna Paquin) discovers that Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) has been keeping Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) in his basement and freaks out on him. Naturally. In exchange for Lafayette's release, Sookie agrees to head to Dallas to find some missing vampires. She doesn't end up going alone: Bill and Jessica accompany her.

What else can you tell us about the new supernatural creature that appears on True Blood this season?
We can tell you that the creature appears in the June 28 episode and brutally attacks Sookie (Anna Paquin). It's got a bull head, a half animal, half human body, gnarly claws and is poisonous like a Komodo dragon. And it almost kills Sookie. But Eric and Bill (Stephen Moyer) team to help make her as good as new. Oh, and we soon find out the murdered voodoo lady from the first episode of the season was a victim of this same creature.

OK. If this creature is _not_  Maryann I'm going to be surprised. She's obviously got a mean streak, we just don't yet know how wide it is. And she's not fully human, if at all. I think in "Scratches" we'll find out more about her though it probably won't be put together that neatly for the audience.

This is Sookie being attacked:

...and Sookie post-attack in need of some quick intervention.

When does Evan Rachel Wood show up as the queen on True Blood?
We have to wait a bit to see Evan Rachel Wood as True Blood's 400-year-old lesbian vampire Queen of Louisiana, Sophie-Anne. She's slated to appear in episodes 11 and 12 on Aug. 30 and Sept. 6, respectively, and sources tell us, "She may appear in future episodes next season."
Source: E!Online

Yes. We've been told this a few times. No Evan Rachel Wood until the end of Season 2. In case you are curious, she's changed a lot since "Once and Again" and "13."

Evan Rachel Wood. No longer dating Marilyn Manson but rumoured to be dating her "brother" from "Once and Again."