Bill won't be back for a while
Ball confirmed that the arc of Bill's kidnapping will last "about six episodes." ... Since Alan Ball has already spoken of Stephen Moyer not being marginalized in Season 3, it's a sure bet that we will see Vampire Bill in in the company of his captors.
Sam's Shifty Family
Shape-shifter Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) will find his family this year; Raelle Tucker writes their characters for episode two. Says Tucker, "I'm getting to write Sam's family, which is a lot of fun, and, really, I feel really satisfying as a character arc," she said. "I really am glad that he's taking this journey and he's learning about himself. I find that interesting. They aren't the brightest people, maybe. At least they appear that way. They're fairly dysfunctional, but like anybody else, they have their good things about them and not-so-good things. They're still getting to know each other. Sam's still getting to know them, and so are we."
Louisiana-Style Wolves
Werewolves are coming to True Blood, and Ball offered a preview of their appearance(s) "They're just wolves," Ball said. "It's just people who can turn into wolves, but they're slightly bigger and much stronger. Their eyes glow orange a little bit."
And There's More Spooky Stuff
Season three goes beyond just vampires and werewolves. Says (write) Alexander Woo of of season three: "The entire world is going to get a lot bigger," he said. "Not only the human world, but in Sookie's eyes, she's going to see the whole supernatural world. Luckily, since this show is through Sookie's eyes, as an audience we'll get to see a much larger supernatural world."
Sookie will explore her own powers
Sookie's powers have gone from simple telepathy to some kind of hand-glowing power. Tucker confirmed that Sookie's powers continue to expand in season three. "I think that Sookie is conscious of her abilities more this season than she's been, and she's questioning them more," Tucker said. "We're going to be exploring that more this season."
The Vampire King of Mississippi
Ball explained that the Vampire King of Mississippi, who makes his first appearance in S3, provides a contrast to Sophie-Anne, the Vampire Queen of Louisiana (Evan Rachel Wood). "He's older," Ball said. "He's much more mature. He's much more methodical and grounded. She's kind of crazy. To me, she's kind of like Paris Hilton/Lindsay Lohan, where she has a very short attention span and she's very, very egomaniacal and very self-obsessed and doesn't really think about her actions, whereas the Vampire King is very much an adult. He has an agenda. He has things he wants to achieve. I think he's much more formidable than she is."
Trouble's A-brewin' For Sophie-Anne
Evan Rachel Wood is signed to return in season three. Since it was revealed that besides playing endless games of Yahtzee she runs a little V-selling business on the side, her Yahtzee playing days may be rudely interrupted. "Well, Sophie Anne, when last we left her, she was sort of behind this selling of V as a recreational drug on the streets, pretty much," Ball said. "That's not something a vampire authority figure should be doing. If higher-up vampire authority figures figure that out, they're not going to be happy."
There's a new biker gang in town
Season three will introduce a biker gang called Coot's F--k You Crew. About the Fuck You Crew, Raelle Tucker says the characters are still evolving and won't your typical biker gang. "I will say is that they are very mysterious," Tucker said. "They're a group who's been around a lot longer than you think. I don't want to say too much about them right now, because I think that we are in the early stages of figuring that out."
Not From The Book
Alexander Woo is writing the new character of "Tommy Mickens," who is described thusly by Woo: "Tommy Mickens is someone I don't want to reveal too much about, because I don't want to ruin the surprise," Woo said. "He's a completely new character, but he plays very prominently in the emotional life of at first one and then, later, several other of our characters. He'll be the first domino to push the rest."
Eric and Sookie are NOT Hooking Up ...Yet
Despite the big love that many fans have for Eric (Alexander Skarsgard), he and Sookie will proabbly not get hot and heavy--as least not quite yet.
"You know, what's funny is that he's in the first two books; he's a fairly minor character in Sookie's universe," Tucker said. "There's a lot of fan pressure that they're supposed to be this big romantic thing, which actually in Charlaine [Harris]'s books doesn't happen until much, much further down. I think if we did that, we'd probably bore them all to death. I think part of the magic of Eric is some of the mystery of Eric and the inaccessibility of Eric. I think you don't want to turn them into the nice romantic love interest who's in every scene. I think his danger is important, so not just throwing him up whenever somebody wants to see his bare chest is actually a more disciplined approach."
Source: SCI FI Wire
