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AUSIELLO Scoop! TRUE BLOOD Season 5 - Character PROMO PHOTOS w/ TARA Casting Call #trueblood

RUTINA WESLEY as TARA THORNTON in TRUE BLOOD Season 5 premiering on HBO June 10:

Despite reassurances that 'Tara' would again be a featured player in TRUE BLOOD season 5, some viewers were skeptical on account of her final scene in Sookie's kitchen. Wesley herself has said 'half her head' was blown off when Tara flung herself between (now dead) Debbie Pelt's shotgun blast and Sookie. Didn't look survivable.

However, through what can only now be attributed to mystical/supernatural forces of which there are many in Bon Temps, Tara looks fairly intact in this headshot (no pun) poster art, though  to be fair, we are only seeing half her head.

CLICK TO Enlarge these TRUE BLOOD  Season 5 Character Posters (May 10 2012)

 

Update #2: TRUE BLOOD Episode #11 CASTING CALL:

True Blood - Episode 5.11 - 'Finally' - Casting Call

[ELDER FAERIE] Female, 40s and up. African American or Caucasian. Actor / Dancer. One Episode Guest Star. STAR NAMES ONLY

Source: Rhoswen7

 

AUSIELLO SCOOP TRUE BLOOD Season 5:

Question: Do you have any True Blood scoop? The wait is seriously killing me!

Ausiello:

Terry (Todd Lowe) will spend much of the season on the road with his ex-military buddy Patrick (Scott Foley). “Most of the time we are out in the greater 50 states tracking down other members of our platoon trying to get some closure to this event that happened over in Iraq,” reveals Foley of the duo’s hush-hush storyline, which required “a lot of running and fighting and jumping. There’s a lot of physicality.”

 

SOURCE: AUSIELLO TRUE BLOOD

Update (11.6.11) Tonite's DEXTER 6.06 FULL SPOILER REVEAL @SHO_Kareem @SHO_Dexter

 

Above: Christian Camargo as 'Brain Moser' and Michael C. Hall as 'Dexter' (Credit: Showtime)

HUGE SPOILER Update:

Well, first, thank dog it's NOT Jonah.

Second, the so-called riddle 'spoilers.' from my prior post about this (the link folllows) were WRONG and the blinking garbarge blog from which I procured them is just that.

Third, welcome back Rudy (Christian Camargo)! Woo-hoo. Super-savage Dex is back in a big way if he's taking cues from his badder big-brother Brian/Rudy/the Ice Truck Killer who Dexter killed in season1.

Here's some context from the blog of a Salon blogger who has no compunction about revealing everything about episode 6.06 before the episode airs:

....when Dexter gets Sam's parting plea on his deathbed in the hospital, Dexter is pitched into a new, harrowing internal battle between the light and dark ... Don't kill my killer, Sam implores Dexter - forgive him,  let your hatred go...  He confronts Sam's killer - Nick - and might have let him live, but the taunts about getting away with Sam's killing goad Dexter into drowning the life out of him.

 

(Credit: Showtime)

(This isn't surprising IMO, as Dex, when taunted by his victim tends to get hyper-intense about the kill. Dex has lost control before and done non-traditional kills.)

...Dex's killing of Sam's killer was not at all ritualistic.   At a time like this, we might expect some laconically appropriate words from Dex's father Harry.

But what we get, instead, is a reappearance of Brian/Rudy/the Ice Truck Killer - Dexter's brother, killed by Dexter in Season One.   And if Dex's brain is bringing him into view, there is some deep darkness indeed ahead for Dexter.

 Salon Spoiler Source

 /End Edit (11.06.11)

In my previous DEXTER post I tossed around some of the speculation as to who, possibly an individual or entity with a Dark Passenger, would be reentering DEXTER's life in this Sunday's episode.  Gossip-ologist Ausiello is now confirming that this 'person' (vs. figment of the imagination/ghost) will not be Lumen. That should help narrow it down a bit but honestly, having watched this show for years (and not re-watched DEXTER's early years recently) I cannot remember if I'm forgetting to consider someone.

Also, I keep seeing the name 'Jonah' brought up in speculative threads around the Internet. Jonah, it turns out, was featured in DEXTER season 5. He was the Trinity Killer's son but he left so small of an impression on me that I cannot see the significance of him being brought back other than he knows that Dexter faked his identity in pursuit of Trinity. Jonah doesn't know specifically that DEXTER is a serial killer and he doesn't know the details of his father's death.

However, having been reared by a serial killer may be significant in pushing Dexter further into pondering the fate of his own son, Harrison. If it turns out that Trinity's son now has own Dark Passenger it would further fuel Dexter's anxiety about his son Harrison's fate should Dexter continue to rear him.

 

Here are the latest hints/spoilers from Ausiello as to what  is coming up on DEXTER:

Question: I have to ask, as I am getting quite nervous about the whole situation: Do you feel Dexter will continue past this season?
Ausiello: Not only do I feel it will, I know it will.

Question: What’s this I’m hearing about a major character returning to Dexter? True? Any clues?
Ausiello: True. Someone from Dex’s past reappears this Sunday and here’s your one and only clue: The mystery man (or woman) in question was featured prominently in Season 5. Or was it Season 3? Come to think of it, it might’ve been Season 1. It’s definitely one of those three.

Question: Any chance we’ll see Lumen on Dexter anytime soon?
Ausiello: OK, one more hint: The returning character is not Lumen. “I don’t think we’ll see her again this season,” confirms EP Scott Buck. “She’s a very important part of Dexter’s life and who he has become, but she’s largely a person of his past.”

SOURCE:

Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Gossip Girl, Once Upon a Time, Bones, Dexter, Fringe, Big Bang and More

 

Official DEXTER Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/dexter

 

Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/sho_dexter

 

Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/dexter/home.sho

 

 

DEXTER & HOMELAND - Watch TONITE @ 9 ET/PT & View FULL Season Premieres Here! @SHO_Homeland @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

 

Claire Danes as 'Carrie Mathison' in Showtime's new series "Homeland':

Hey there!

I finally got a chance to view episode 101 of Homeland and holy cow, if you thought the pilot was intense, wait until you see episode 101!* And you won't have to wait very long--this Sunday, October 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT  right after Dexter is the time to tune in.

Meanwhile, why not  get comfy and re-watch the Homeland pilot (episode 100) here or heavens forbid, if you missed it catch it for the first time! I have the full episode of Dexter 6.01, 'Those Kind Of Things'  embedded both in this post and at the bottom of this blog--but hurry, because they both are available only for a limited time!

So back to Homeland, episode 101 entitled 'Grace,'  which airs on Showtime this Sunday.

Firstly, I came to the show already loving the work of  Homeland co-star Claire Danes but this is one role unlike any other she has taken on and she is really running with it! I have a whole new level of appreciation for the onetime breakout teenage star of  'My So-Called Life.' She is is all grown up now (with among other accolades, a 2010 Emmy to show for it) and this role has really given Danes a deeply complex, multi-layered character who is impossible to take your eyes off.

 

Damian Lewis as "Nick Brody'  in Showtime's new series "Homeland':

What is really surprising me though isn't how great Danes as CIA agent Carrie Mathison is but Damian Lewis as 'Nick Brody', the deeply scarred, both psychologically and physically, former POW of 8 years that Carrie is certain has himself been turned into a terrorist. What a revelation! I have no idea how I missed this fine actor's performances in the past but one thing I know for sure, from now on I'll be watching for his name in the credits of any of his future endeavors! He is so skilled at bringing this character to life. Two episodes in and my heart is breaking for him...but should it be? That's the rub. And SMALL SPOILER when the former Sgt. Brody does indeed 'draw solace from his pain in the most unexpected way' it is a complete mind-blower. Seriously.

There's much more to episode 101 but I'm saving the rest of my comments for after the audience at large gets a chance to enjoy it. I'll be watching, too. I've had to restrain myself from watching it a second time on my screener as I think it's best to watch it  as it is being broadcast--then watch it as many times again  as I please. Please you know, there's the little matter of my spouse who is watching the show as it is broadcast. This is the kind of show that we --and you will be be talking about afterwards.

*Previously, I made a slight 'oopsie" in the numbering sequence of Homeland: the first episode, the one embedded here, is entitled Episode 100 "Pilot.'  The second episode is 101 'Grace.'

Check out the newest behind-the-scenes videos for both DEXTER and HOMELAND!:

"Dexter Writer's Room" http://youtu.be/1ODc-FPlPsY

"The Joe Walker Kill Room" http://youtu.be/DcJtmFlAsVE

"Dexter Fan Questions" http://youtu.be/BqMIluN22EA

"Scott Buck on the Season Premiere" http://youtu.be/EQ74ynDej2o

"With the Creators: Homeland" http://youtu.be/-4kSJl4ut1k

I just love the behind-the-scenes interviews--they almost make me feel like I'm part of the process of the show's creation. I've gained many fascinating insights by listening to the creators be they writers, set, or makeup as well as the actors share their thoughts on their respective series. Love the extras, Showtime. Keeep 'em coming!

Homeland Ausiello Spoiler Ahead:

Q: Loved the premiere of Homeland on Showtime! Got any scoop for me?

A: There’s a death coming that, while not entirely surprising, still depressed the hell out of me. And if the chilling final shot of Episode 3 means what I think it means, the looming terror attack will involve *** *****l.

 

SOURCE: Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on Bones, Gossip Girl, Vamp Diaries, Walking Dead, Glee, SVU and More!

 

Official DEXTER Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dexter

 

  Official DEXTER Twitter: http://twitter.com/SHO_dexter

Official DEXTER Series Site: http://www.sho.com/dexter

 
  Official HOMELAND Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HomelandOnShowtime

Official HOMELAND  Twtter: http://twitter.com/#!/SHO_homeland

 

Official HOMELAND Series Site: http://www.sho.com/site/homeland/home.sho

 

After The Jump: Dexter: Season 6 Premiere Full Episode & Homeland: Series Premiere Full Episode

Will True Blood Return for Season 5? True Blood Season 4 Ausiello & TV Guide SPOILERs (Update 6.30.11) #trueblood

Sorry Truebies, That Shower Scene Will NOT Be (cont.):

Just as the more intuitive True Blood fans suspected, telepath-part-faery 'Sookie Stackhouse' (played by Anna Paquin) and nice guy werewolf 'Alcide Herveaux' (Joe Manganiello) will not be involved in a romantic relationship in Season 4 True Blood (*pause here to digest this distressing news*), according to TV Guide (scroll down for link).

It seems, as in the books, Alcide gets back together with his werebitch V-junkie ex-girlfriend,  Debbie Pelt (have to love that name!). Truth be told, I'm unsure if Alcide will ever get involved with Sookie given that HBO both has not yet renewed True Blood for season 5 nor has Alan Ball inked a deal with the cabler, despite the sky-high season 4 debut ratings. Seems likely that the two situations probably go hand-in-hand. Ball has dropped hints in various places including Issue # 1113 of Rolling Stone magazine, in which he says:

From True Blood Season 4 Cast/Character Wallpapers Posters & Images HQ UPDATE/ 6.16.11

'I am negotiating for a season past this one...but I don't believe True Blood is 100% dependant on my participation. It has a very strong following and a really strong cast, and there could be future where I step back and the show would continue.' - Alan Ball, True Blood creator & showrunner

TV Guide SPOILERS:

Q: Loved the True Blood premiere, but where the heck is Alcide?
TVGuide: He'll show up in Episode 3, but he will be "spoken for," as they say, which will provoke an interesting reaction from Sookie. Nevertheless, Sookie will need his help. "The great thing about Sookie is that she drags him off on all these adventures," Joe Manganiello tells us. "She's the key in unlocking that reluctant hero inside of him and he recognizes that as a good thing."

Source: TVGuide

Ausiello Spoilers - 'The Eric & Sookie Shower Scene':

Q: I have to know — will this season of True Blood have the smokin’ hot Sookie/Eric shower scene featured in the book?

 
Ausiello: Yes… and No.

“There is a shower scene,” explains exec producer Alan Ball. “But it is not a direct re-enactment of the shower scene in the book. It goes to a slightly different place.” “Sookie and Eric are in the shower together,” confirms Ball, who assures me that, “Everybody who’s been waiting for Sookie and Eric to hook up, this will be a very good season for them.”

Q: Any more details on Scott Foley’s True Blood role?
Ausiello: “He was Terry’s platoon leader in Iraq,” says Ball of Foley’s character, Patrick. “So they [share] a military history.” ... Foley will debut in the Season 4 finale and then recur throughout Season 5. Ball, meanwhile, confirms that a deal is not yet in place for him to return as showrunner for a fifth season. “I’m negotiating,” he says. Of course, HBO hasn’t renewed the show itself — but Ball isn’t worried. “There are no plans for this show to end,” he assures. “I’m pretty sure there will be at least one more season, if not more. It seems like it has a lot of life in it still.”...

Source: Ask Ausiello - Spoilers on Castle, True Blood, Bones, SVU, The Office and More!

After the jump: Marshall Allman's 'Tommy' &  'Sam Merlotte' Spoilers:

True Blood Update #2 - 6.16.11 Episode 2 SPOILER with PHOTO! Promo Posters HQ UPDATE #TBWithdrawal #trueblood

True Blood Update #2 - 6.16.11 Episode 2 SPOILER with PHOTO!:

 
Photo Credit: John P. Johnson - New York Times

On a recent Friday, on a soundstage representing a New Age shop in Shreveport, La., another sign warned “Live panthers on set,” but those terrifying predators were nowhere to be seen. Instead, Sookie Stackhouse, the mind-reading, vampire-attracting waitress portrayed by Anna Paquin, and her friends Tara (Rutina Wesley) and Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) were cowering in fear of a sinister Wiccan, played by Fiona Shaw, who appeared to be carrying on a conversation with herself — or maybe with someone else inside her.

When Ms. Paquin visited behind the cameras during a shooting break and sprawled herself across a director’s chair, she playfully declined to explain what exactly had transpired in this scene from the next-to-last episode of the coming “True Blood” season.

“Would you want to know what you’re getting for Christmas on Christmas Eve?” she asked. “There’s something about anticipation that makes it more exciting.”

 SOURCE: New York Times

  True Blood Season 4 Cast/Character Wallpapers Posters & Images HQ UPDATE/ 6.16.11:

Michelle Forbes as Maryann Forrester, a very troublesome 'maenad' who Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell) killed to save Bon Temps.

UPDATE/ 6.16.11

True Blood - Season 4 - HQ  'Show Your True Colors' Posters and Wallpapers - CLICK through to FULL SIZE!

(Thanks to SpoilerTV  'darq'!)

TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode fourth season SUNDAY, JUNE 26 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), on HBO, followed by other new episodes on subsequent Sundays at the same time.

E!Online reported on Wednesday that a True Blood 'set spy' (loose lips sinks ships) says there is a statue of Michelle Forbes' evil maenad Maryann in the back room of the Moon Goddesses magic shop that features heavily in this season's witch storyline.

Much more after the jump!

True Blood Season 4 - Denis O'Hare Rumors - Updates: Casting News - PHOTOS: Deborah Ann Woll in Allure Jan. 2011

PHOTOS: Deborah Ann Woll in Allure Jan. 2011:

(scroll down after the jump)

Fresh news out of the True Blood camp has been painfully sparse but I have a few tidbits I've collected over the last week or so from various sources to share with you. Also, be sure to scroll down after the jump for some awesome magazine scans of the ever-gorgeous Deborah Ann Woll as you've NEVER seen her...

 

Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' and Denis O'Hare as ' Vampire King of Mississippi, Russell Edgington' on HBO's True Blood - Season 3

Actor Denis O'Hare may eventually return to HBO's True Blood, he told The Hollywood Reporter before the New York edition of the WGA Awards Saturday night.

"I left them on a high. They have been very, very nice to me, and they tell me that they think I'm going to come back," he said about the possibility of a return of his character Russell Edgington, the flamboyant vampire king, to the show. "And I'm waiting. We'll see what happens."

What would the storyline be? 

 

 "Someone discussed a possible idea with me, which, of course, I can't tell you," O'Hare said. "But it's a very cool idea. It's not far fetched, but it's not something that you would see coming."

For now, he is busy with movie work. "I'm waiting for this movie to come out. It's called The Eagle and comes out Feb. 11," O'Hare told THR. "And then I'm doing a Clint Eastwood movie, J. Edgar Hoover with Leonardo DiCaprio. We start shooting soon. I go out to L.A. in two weeks."

Source: THR (2.6.11)

There appears to be yet another flashback sequence in this episode as a casting call has gone out for a character named 'Mavis,' 'a sad-eyed girl dressed in a modest 1930s dress.' She’s African-American, age 20-30, and speaks with a Cajun accent. Mavis is a recurring guest star.

She may be part of the witchy Jesus/Lafayette storyline. Kevin Alejandro who plays Jesus, was recently quoted saying, “You’re gonna see a lot of me. It’s the season of the witches, so you can count on seeing me a little bit more than last season.”

Source:  Spoiler TV - True Blood - Episode 4.06 - I Wish I Was the Moon - Casting Call

Q: What can I be looking forward to between Eric & Sookie in season 4 of True Blood?

A: Whatever is in store for the painfully attractive pair, count on a hunky (probably shirtless)
werewolf being in the way. Joe Manganiello told us at the Producers Build Awards: “Wherever Sookie goes, Alcide is not going to be that far behind. He is very protective of her in the way that dogs are protective of their owners. Even tiny dogs will bark and stand up to whoever or whatever is threatening their master despite how tiny they are compared to the tormenter. That’s the same theory at the heart of Alcide. Fortunately he is a bit bigger than a purse dog and his bark and bite are pretty ferocious.

Source: EW - Latest from EW - True Blood - 28th January 2011

Q: Your True Blood spoiler from last week about Jason is torturing me. Any other details about his big risqué scene?

Ausiello: At the Globes, Ryan Kwanten said the sequence in question elicited an “audible gasp at the table read… and for our actors to be shocked at anything is a big deal.” Remember: This has the potential to be as shocking, if not more, than last season’s head-spinning sexscapade between Lorena and Bill. Hmmm…

(Ryan is such a hunky little quote machine. That guy is driven!--Cyn)

 

Q: Enough about Eric/Sookie or Bill/Sookie. Tell me something about True Blood‘s hottest duo, Alcide/Sookie.

Ausiello: I’m 87 percent certain that there will be an Alkie (or is it Soocide?) kiss within the first six episodes of Season 4. (The margin of error is +/- 4.9 percent, so you can pretty much take this to the bank.)
Source: TV Line

True Blood: 'New Darkness' - S4 Casting Call - Ep. 4.04 - True Blood - Ep. 4.02 Casting News - Ausiello Scoop

 

Photo credit: EW.com

IMO, the 'new darkness' on True Blood is not 'who' but more 'what.' 

My feel is that Alan Ball will not whip up an entirely new big bad. One only has to look at the casting news to see that at least in part, Ball and his writers are following the Sookie Stackhouse book series (book #4). The plethora of witches, shifters, werewolves, faeries and of course, vampires has me leaning in the direction of the books in that there will be a supernatural war.

That is very much OK with me as Charlaine Harris's fourth book in the Southern Gothic series, 'Dead To The World,' is my favourite.

 

Q: How about some True Blood scoop?
Ausiello: ... Remember last season’s legendary head-turning sex scene between Lorena and Bill? Well, the word around Bon Temps is that there’s a sequence in the upcoming fourth season that will have folks buzzing just as (if not more) loudly. The character at the center of said scene? One Jason Stackhouse.

 Q: How will Alcide and Sookie’s relationship evolve this season — if at all? Will Alcide begin to develop real romantic feelings for her?
Ausiello: “I think Alcide has already developed real feelings for her,” responds exec producer Alan Ball. “But there are certainly obstacles to overcome for both of them.”

 

Source: Ask Ausiello (1.11.11)

 

Q: Any dish on the upcoming season of True Blood?
A: Stephen Moyer spills, "We've got a new presence. There will be a new kind of specter that represents darkness. We had the wonderful Denis O'Hare as the king of Mississippi last year and he's [gone] at the end of season three, so we've got something else (my italics - CM) coming in to replace that darkness, which is going to be really interesting, I think, this whole new sort of topic that we haven't covered."

Guesses on who the new "darkness" will be? (see above)

Source: Watch with Kristin (1.10.11)

Casting NEWS:

 TRUE BLOOD, Episode 404:

'TBD'  EPISODE 4.4  1/12/11:

Writer: Nancy Oliver
Director: Michael Lehmann

Start Date: 1/26/2011

[CAROLINE BELLEFLEUR] We finally get to meet the matriarch of long-time Bon Temps fixtures, the Bellefleurs.

In her 70s, Caucasian, formidable, refined, and beautifully dressed, she is Portia’s (Courtney Ford) and Andy's (Chris Bauer) grandmother who dislikes vampires but warms to Bill’s charm. Guest Star. Aww. Makes me miss 'Gran' (Lois Smith).

[EMMA] Native American / Hispanic, 6 years old to play 5 years old, happy, playful and talkative, she is the daughter of a shifter and a werewolf. Strong Recurring.

[HEAD PRIEST] Male, Hispanic, 40s to 70s, seen in a flashback to 1610, he instigates the burning of a witch at a medieval church, and he clearly takes pleasure in describing the procedure. 3 lines, 1 scene. Actor must speak Spanish.

SOURCE: imdb.com

 

Paola Turbay has joined HBO's drama True Blood as a recurring. She will play Antonia. We don't know much about her except for the fact that she speaks fluent Spanish and is 'fierce'. The Houston, TX-born Turbay, who moved to Colombia at age 10, is former Miss Colombia and Miss Universe runner-up. She made her U.S. series debut as a regular on CBS' Cane and has been recurring on USA's Royal Pains.

Deadline.com - Casting Roundup

(Photo Credit: ABC)

(11.24.10) True Blood Season 4 Casting News Update

(11.24.10)

Besides the awesome Jessica Tuck being promoted as 'Nan Flanagan' (see below) to series regular playing a liason/mouthpiece for 'The Authority,' the vampire equivalent to a police state (& doing it really, really well!), several other season 4 roles have just been cast.

As reported exclusively by Deadline.com True Blood's casting department has been working overtime beefing up what is guaranteed to be a sort-of-gargantuan season 4 cast.

I'm not familiar with anyone's work other than Tuck's so you'll have to tell me if these are good choices:

Janina Gavankar, who I've seen neither in The Gates nor  The L Word, has joined True Blood's upcoming fourth season as a regular.  Gavankar will play will play 'Luna, a super-sexy public school teacher and shapeshifter who is first seen attending an informal gathering with others like her.' (Photo credit: microsoftblog.newschannel.com)

 
 Alexandra Breckenridge, also known professionally as both 'Alex' and  'a noted voiceover artist' who (also not-seen-by-me in Dirt, Life Unexpected) will be True Blood's 'Daisy,' a 'member of a wiccan group founded by Marnie' (also newly-cast series regular, Fiona Shaw) and...

 

(Photo credit: cinemarx.ro)

...rounding out the three is Vedette Lim (above) (As the World Turns--Is that still on?!) have come on board the HBO smash in a recurring capacity. Lim will portray 'Naomi, a fierce fighter who participates in underground cage matches for money.'

Production on HBO's True Blood season 4 for airing in June 2011, is scheduled to commence on December 1, 2010.

 

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True Blood - Episode 3.12 - ' Evil Is Going On ' - Promo Photos - Synopsis - Ausiello " Spoiler "

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Episode Synopsis: TRUE BLOOD “Evil Is Going On” Season 3 Episode 12 (Season Finale) – Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) grapples with his conscience while plotting his perfect revenge against Russell (Denis O’Hare). Fed up with being “vampire crack,” Sookie (Anna Paquin) considers a new life without Bill (Stephen Moyer) – or any other vampire. Tara (Rutina Wesley) discovers some surprising news about Sam (Sam Trammell), whose rage resurfaces upon learning of Tommy’s (Marshall Allman) latest transgression. Jason (Ryan Kwanten) finds a new calling after warning Crystal’s (Lindsay Pulsipher) family about an impending drug raid. Plagued by visions, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) turns to Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) for help, and learns his boyfriend has more to offer than companionship. Hoyt (Jim Parrack) hopes for a future with Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), spurning Maxine’s (Dale Raoul) pleas to wed Summer (Melissa Rauch). Written by Alan Ball; directed by Anthony Hemingway

Not even gonna link to Ausiello, just paraphrase his not really a Spoiler.

Here goes: True Blood Season 4 will pick up exactly where True Blood Season 3 leaves off.

I smell a BIG cliffhanger!

Full Length Video *Ultimate Fan Experience* Event

HBO— Jun 06, 2010 — Season 3 Ep. 0 — Watch the full Ultimate Fan Experience event with Alan Ball and the cast as they answer fan questions about the new season. For more information, log onto HBO.com.

A couple of caps:

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TheVaultTrueBlood — June 07, 2010 —The Magister & Queen Sophie-Ann, Pam & the dancer, TB Season 3

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SONS OF ANARCHY - Episode 2.10 - 'Balm' VIDEO - Promo Photos (HQ) - *SPOILERS* - S2xE8 'Potlatch' Recap #sonsofanarchy

Ron Perlman as Clay Morrow (with 'Half-Sack') in SONS OF ANARCHY Season 2:

 

UPDATE: BE SURE TO READ MY CURRENT COVERAGE OF SONS OF ANARCHY on  my sister blog

The Love You Make!

Based on the synopsis and the preview it looked liked Gemma was going to give Jax dirt on Clay (no pun intended). Again, forgive for not having watched much of S1 of SOA yet (I'm going to as soon as S2 ends) so I'm lacking context, but does Gemma know Clay is responsible for John Teller's (Jax's father) death? It would seem "no" based on the Ausiello spoiler (below) which states that Jax's 'going nomad' must have been very short-lived as "after Gemma makes her reveal, it’ll seem pretty obvious that Jax is back in the gang and not going anywhere." This is definitely one of those things that makes you go "hmm."

Synopsis: Sons of Anarchy S2xE10 'Balm':

While the repo business proves more fruitful than the club ever imagined, ATF Agent Stahl (Ally Walker) gets up close and personal with the MC. Meanwhile, the tension between Jax and Clay forces Gemma to make a tough decision.

Source: TV Guide

 
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Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2009

Ausiello SPOILERS:

Q: Any scoop on Sons of Anarchy now that Jax is “going nomad”? I don’t even know what that means!

Ausiello: That makes two of us! I’m equally as lost about this next scoop: My S.O.A. mole assures me that after Gemma makes her reveal, it’ll seem pretty obvious that Jax is back in the gang and not going anywhere.

Question:  Does Opie finally figure out who really killed his wife?

Ausiello: In episode 11, Tig makes a shocking confession about Donna’s death — and Opie goes on a solo mission to seek revenge. In other news, Opie officially starts a romance with that porn star from the Caracara studio.

Source: EW

'Potlatch' Preview:

With an already-dwindling gun supply in question, SAMCRO takes extreme measures to procure weapons for a customer.

UPDATE: BE SURE TO READ MY CURRENT COVERAGE OF SONS OF ANARCHY on  my sister blog

The Love You Make!

True Blood - Ausiello Confirms Eric & Sookie Spoiler

Question: How about a hot and juicy True Blood scoop on Sookie and Eric? Ausiello: Sookie will be planting her luscious lips all over Eric’s hard body in Sunday’s episode. Hot any juicy enough for you?

If I'm correct, I  believe Eric needs to have a silver bullet removed from his body before his body heals as if it remains "in" his body it would slowly kill him. He enlists Sookies help in "sucking" the bullet out of his wound, allowing him to heal properly.

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Finally,  a quick FYI if you don't already know, Episode 2.12 of True Blood will now be called "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

Source: HBO

True Blood - More on Lafayette ' s Fate and How it Effects True Blood

Below there are some hardcore spoilers regarding Nelsan Ellis's "Lafayette," BonTemp's gay, V -selling prostitute and Merlotte's (probably ex) short-order cook.

I'm declaring shenanigans on Ausiello and every other critic that has seen one-third of Season 2 of True Blood already and are blabbing about it. I write about spoilers and I don't even want to know what's gonna happen episodes down the line.

However, in their quest to get eyeballs on their websites Ausiello and I'm sure a bunch of other's, paid and not, who are are practically wetting their pants,  have proved totally untrustworthy by leaking info three weeks before it occurs on True Blood, a 12-week show on HBO.

I can't imagine that Alan Ball wants that much of his story out of the bag so early in the season.

I'm hoping it's more HBO's publicity department. You know, the ones who've been accused of driving one of the last nails in the coffin of the Los Angeles Times by wrapping Stephen Moyer around last Friday's edition?

"How will the experience of being locked in a dungeon and almost dying change Lafayette this season?
ELLIS: It certainly humbles him. It shows him there are some situations he just can’t get himself out of no matter how slick he is. He's going to have to suffer the consequences of what he’s done. And I think he reflects back on his behaviour and maybe for a second thinks about changing.
What was your reaction (to finding out LaFayette survives?)
ELLIS: Thank you! I have a job for next season! That was my reaction.

Did (showrunner Alan Ball) explain to you why he let Lafayette survive?
ELLIS: Not really. He just said he decided after the bar scene in [the pilot], but he didn’t tell me until the 12th episode. He didn’t really go into any detail as to why he decided to keep me -- not to me anyway.

In an upcoming episode [SPOILER ALERT], Lafayette ingests a lot of Eric’s blood. The homoeroticism in that moment was off the charts. Was that something you were conscious of while shooting it?
ELLIS: I wasn’t. I know Alexander said that from his standpoint he thinks Eric is a little drawn to Lafayette. My intentions were that I was completely terrified of Eric and what he can do to me. As far as I know, I hated his guts. It’s funny what the camera picks up... Alan has been making jokes about me and Eric and what’s to come in the third season. I definitely think I’ll be one of his henchmen, but as far down the rabbit hole as that goes, I don’t know.

So we can assume that Lafayette does, in fact, survive to see a third season? ELLIS: I think I’m back for the third season.

Do you think it’s possible for Lafayette to settle down and have a normal relationship with a guy? ELLIS: I don’t know that his normal is the general norm for everybody. I don’t think he’ll ever be normal to everybody’s standards. I do hope though that the dude can find someone that he loves and that loves him back. Everybody should be capable of that -- even Lafayette. (Additional reporting by Jeremy Medina)"

Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette

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