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'Nurse Jackie' Episode 507 - 'Teachable Moments' – Sneak Peeks (VIDEOS) Spoilers @SHO_Network #nursejackie

A cop has been shot and Nurse Jackie fears it is Frank:

Adam Ferrara as Frank, Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie and Anna Deavere Smith as Gloria Akalitus in 'Nurse Jackie' Episode 507 - 'Teachable Moments' (Cr: Showtime)

I've remarked upon it earlier in this stellar season 5 of Nurse Jackie but it bears repeating: Edie Falco as Jackie has smiled more, halfway through season 5 than she did during the entirety of seasons 1-4. I don't care if this sounds like fangirl gushing--she is so pretty when her face lights up. Beyond the surface happiness, there is plenty going on in Jackie's life--being in recovery is a key part of her life but so (still) are her kids, her job and the small circle of friends she has (all at work). She's divorced Kevin and she's dating a cop who genuinely likes her--a lot--and who is the reason for all the smiling. Will this match stick? Tune in to find out, Nurse Jackie fans!

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Next on Episode 7 Preview VIDEO

Zoey hears Coop and Carrie having sex. Jackie worries about Frank.

NURSE JACKIE 507 Episode Description – “Teachable Moments” Akalitus forgets to hire an escort for a psych patient who ends up laying waste to the pharmacy. Eddie and Jackie, who have reached their limits with Akalitus’s forgetfulness, use this as an opportunity to run her blood. Zoey points out Prentiss’s terrible bedside manner, both with patients and other hospital staff. While transcribing dictation, Zoey hears Coop and Carrie having sex, unaware the machine was recording. 

Written By: Daniele Nathanson Directed By: Jesse Peretz

NURSE JACKIE Sneak Peek! Breaks Up The Day http://youtu.be/bp-iAO3FBhc

Akalitus forgets to hire an escort for a psych patient who ends up laying waste to the pharmacy.

NURSE JACKIE Sneak Peek! Cranky People http://youtu.be/e-ZTsjWDn0o 

Zoey helps Dr. Prentiss with a patient.

Merrit Wever and Morris Chestnut 'Nurse Jackie' Episode 507 (Cr: Showtime)

I think you are going to have a reaction anywhere from pleasantly surprised to shocked out of the comfort of your chair, at how incredible actors Merrit Wever and Morris Chestnut are in this scene (be sure to tune in Sunday night and watch it in its entirety).

SPOILER I would not have envisioned putting these two together as a couple, would you? But the chemistry between them is palpable. Kudos to the casting people and writers. Morris Chesnut as Dr. Prentiss is filling in a gap I hadn't even realized was there. He brings not only hunky good looks but loads of charisma buried beneath a tough-as-nail-exterior. He and Zoe do in fact 'do it'--with Zoe calling the shots!

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'Nurse Jackie' Episode 506 – Teases (PHOTOS) (VIDEO) Spoilers @SHO_Network #nursejackie

Jackie and Grace both have to recover from their nights of indiscretion.

Edie Falco  as Jackie and Ruby Jerins  as Grace in Nurse Jackie - Episode 506 (Cr: Showtime)

 

This is when some really of the most challenging times of season 5 kick in for Nurse Jackie. Not sober even a year and, having skipped a few steps by exiting the rehab early, she's ill-prepared for many facets of a drug-free life, including dating.

 

Eddie offends Jackie when he describes an intimate moment he had with her. Edie Falco, Paul Schulze (Cr: Showtime)

Despite their contract, things are still  kind of tense between Eddie (Paul Schulze) and Jackie, especially when herblurts out something like in tis scene. Scroll down to watch or click direct link to Showtime Sneak Peek (VIDEO) and Promo for Nurse Jackie episode 5.06!

 

New Doc seduces older Doc (Betty Gipin, Peter Facinelli)

 

 NURSE JACKIE Episode 506 – “Good Thing”

 

Jackie calls Frank to apologize.

He asks her for a redo that night, but she says she’ll get back to him. Zoey gets stitched up by Prentiss. Carrie uses flashcards to strengthen her skills then cons Coop into doing more of her work. A skateboarder comes in with a broken arm. Jackie makes Coop promise he’ll give Carrie the next patient. Cruz enters, ready to do his exit interview. Everyone is unsure how to feel about and act around him.

Jackie tells Cruz last night was a mistake., but that’s not how he feels.

Prentiss dismisses Anthony, a young black boy, as a drug seeker, but Jackie orders a few tests.

When she checks on Louie, he frees himself of his restraints and pushes Jackie over.

The commotion triggers a reaction in Anthony, which Prentiss recognizes as PTSD.

Jackie arrives at Cruz’s apartment and gives him a final kiss goodbye. Later, she share a first-time kiss with Frank.

Written By: Abe Sylvia
Directed By: Seith Mann

It is really nice to see Jackie (Edie Falco) smiling. Times have been pretty grim. Fingers crossed for her and the cop. (Cr: Showtime)

 

 

Why is Cruz back? To see last night's bed partner (Jackie), perhaps?

NURSE JACKIE Extras-

 

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Nurse Jackie - 'Checked Out' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)  http://youtu.be/IaJRszTswMM 

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Nurse Jackie Season 5: Next on Episode 6 VIDEO

Jackie recoups from her night of indiscretion. Cruz has his exit interview.

'Nurse Jackie' Episode 5.05 – Teases (PHOTOS) (VIDEO) Spoilers @SHO_Network #nursejackie

NURSE JACKIE 505 – “Good Thing” Episode Details

Jackie continues to be pulled in opposite directions of the emotional spectrum. On the one hand, a nice, stable, funny guy is interested in her and they have begun to date. At the same time, Jackie's eldest daughter Grace, is acting out; she's lying and dating an age-inappropriate guy and in general, has a surly attitude. Even little Fiona is misbehaving enough that her school master has a conference with Jackie and Kevin. Then there's the issue of custody with Kevin and most profoundly, Jackie's tenuous sobriety. How much pressure can Jackie handle as she navigates her first year sober--without any kind of outside support? It's a question that will remain open until there's an answer. 

 

Still of Edie Falco, Ruby Jerins and Mackenzie Aladjem in Nurse Jackie Photo by Craig Blankenhorn – © Copyright: 2013 Showtime

 
Jackie starts her day telling Grace she’s not allowed to go to a school dance with her boyfriend. Jackie is nervous about her date with Frank later that night. Zoey and Thor decide they’ll help her get ready.

 

Merritt Wever, Edie Falco and Stephen Wallem in Nurse Jackie (Cr: Showtime)

A dancer comes in with a hurt knee. Prentiss diagnoses it as a sprain and discharges him but Akalitus and Coop catch his spiral fracture just as he’s about to leave.

 

Anna Deavere Smith, Peter Facinelli and Morris Chestnut in Nurse Jackie

 Prentiss and Zoey work in perfect harmony on a pregnant gunshot victim who collapses in the waiting room. Later that night, Jackie and Frank skip the fancy restaurant in favor of a pub. It’s a great date with a good guy. All is going well until Jackie’s phone rings: It’s Mike Cruz, urging her to lose the date.

 

Bobby Cannavale and Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie (Cr: Showtime)

 She follows Cruz to his apartment and he confronts her about calling Charlie’s phone. He falls apart talking about Charlie. A moment of shared grief turns into connection and need and they have sex.

 

Still of Edie Falco and Ruby Jerins in Nurse Jackie (Cr: Showtime)

At the same time, Grace and her friends sneak out to the dance and a surprise police raid separates Grace from Danny and all of her friends. Alone on the streets of New York, Grace frantically tries calling Jackie but all of her calls go to voicemail. Back at Cruz’s apartment, Jackie notices her missed calls and rushes out to pick up Grace.

 

Written By: Cindy Caponera Directed By: Randall Einhorn (Credit: Showtime)

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Nurse Jackie 'The Whole Team' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)  

Zoey and Thor help Jackie get ready for her big date.

 

Nurse Jackie 'Going On A Date' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Zoey discovers that Jackie is going on a date with Frank.

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Next on Episode 5 (VIDEO)

Jackie is nervous about her date with Frank. Mike Cruz calls Jackie.

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'Nurse Jackie' Episode 5.04 – Sneak Peeks & Promo! (VIDEO) @SHO_Network #nursejackie

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Next on Episode 4 (VIDEO) & Good Doc, Bad Doc Cast Interviews!

Edie Falco as Jackie and Adam Ferrara as Frank in Nurse Jackie Episode 5.04 "Lost Girls" (Cr: Showtime)

Looking at the screencaps (above) from the Nurse Jackie promo for episode 5.04 "Lost Girls,' one thing in particular stands out. Other than when she's directly interacting with her girls or with BFF Dr. O'Hara, we never see Jackie look this happy. It's a completely different Nurse Jackie because unlike the forced smiles when she was abusing painkillers, this is a real 'whole face' smile. It's very attractive, don't you think?

However, real life has a way of breaking in and smiles fade soon enough. In this episode, Jackie must deal with both her girls acting out. It may be due to the discord that the separation and custody fight caused or in Grace's case, it may just be the terrible teens. Jackie also must deal with the still obviously smitten, Eddie. They have to work together and Jackie stills cares for him so she comes up with a simple way to make sure they are on the same "page". It's a really nice scene and there's a sense of an end--finally--to the air of hostility between them.

We are still getting to know the seemingly inept, iPhone-addicted Dr. Roman.  She's a master manipulator of men and she is quite successful, especially concerning Coop (shocking, I know).

Akalitus's memory issues make have put a patient with a secret at great risk, not to mention All Saint's, but could it be possible that we've underestimated her? Tune in for all this and much more!

NURSE JACKIE 504 – “Lost Girls”Episode Details

An agitated and heavily medicated Jane Doe is brought into the ER. Jackie and Kevin are called into Fiona’s school because she’s been acting out in class. Jackie catches Grace sneaking around the city to see her much older boyfriend. When Jackie gets back to the hospital, she learns that Akalitus lost Jane Doe just as her concerned husband shows up at the hospital. Akalitus tells Jackie that the “concerned” husband has been drugging Jane Doe and she’s helping her get to a safe house. When Prentiss finds out, the nurses unite to take the blame, but he surprises them all by saying if this happens again they should come to him.

Written By: Michael Davidoff & Bill Rosenthal Directed By: Romeo Tirone

Credit: Showtime

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Episode 4 Clip - Hypothermia Victim (VIDEO)

Frank asks Jackie out on a date.

Edie Falco, Paul Schulze and Merritt Wever in Nurse Jackie Episode 5.04 "Lost Girls" (Cr: Showtime)

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Episode 4 Clip - Friends (VIDEO)

Jackie defines her relationship with Eddie.

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After the jump: Nurse Jackie - Good Doc, Bad Doc Cast Interviews (VIDEO)

Meet the two new doctors of Nurse Jackie, Dr. Ike Prentiss and Dr. Carrie Roman.

 

Meet the two new doctors of Nurse Jackie, Dr. Ike Prentiss and Dr. Carrie Roman.

 

Betty Gilpin in Nurse Jackie as Dr. Carrie Roman (Cr: Showtime)

 

Morris Chestnut as Dr. Ike Prentiss, Peter Facinelli as Coop and Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie (Cr: Showtime)

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Nurse Jackie' Episode 5.03 – Sneak Peeks & Promo! (VIDEO) @SHO_Network #nursejackie

 Nurse Jackie Season 5: Next on Episode 3 (VIDEO) Spoilers

Edie Falco is Nurse Jackie - Sunday nights on Showtime

Unsurprisingly, Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie has created a character every bit as memorable (and in some ways, more so) as she did previously on the premium cable mega-hit on the "not television" channel a few years ago.

Without hesitation, I can say that season 5 of Nurse Jackie is the most satisfying yet. It is not that the prior seasons were of a lower caliber--far from it--but this season feels really fresh--the tone has changed.

Despite Jackie working on her first year of sobriety, she is nowhere near 'done' getting sober. Her life is a mess--she's in the middle of a divorce and custody battle--with a pre-teen and a teenage daughter. Work at the hospital certainly isn't any less stressful, especially with the new intern (Betty Gilpin) who 'scares (Jackie) to death every time she gets near a patient." There's a (gorgeous) new chief (Morris Chestnut) to contend with as well, though Jackie seems to do so with elan. However, Gloria (Anna Deavere Smith) who has barely regained her administrative position after being demoted to nurse, is acting strangely forgetful and the new chief is quickly losing patience with her,

And now in episode 3, Jackie meets her future. Maybe.

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Episode 3 Promo - Carrie writes Jackie a prescription for Oxy, unaware she's an addict.

 A Quote From The Next Episode of NURSE JACKIE:

 

Quote from Nurse Jackie episode 5.03 'Smile'

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Episode 3 Clip -' Together Again' Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Kevin questions Jackie's sobriety after they get into a car accident.

Edie Falco and Peter Facinelli in Nurse Jackie Episode 5.03 (Cr: Showtime)

(Above) Nurse Jackie explains to Coop that he needs to work on his 'boob-grabbing Tourette's' problem.

 

NURSE JACKIE Episode 503 Details– “Smile”

Jackie and Kevin are back in mediation, signing papers for joint custody. After the meeting, Jackie rear ends Kevin and wakes up as a patient in her own ER. Kevin accuses her of using. Coop begins covering for Carrie and taking on a lot more work and more sparks fly. When Carrie checks on Jackie she writes her a script for Oxy, not knowing she’s an addict. Officer Frank Verelli comes to get Jackie’s statement. Jackie and Eddie argue over the terms of their relationship. Jackie takes Frank up on his offer and they go out for coffee. Frank takes her home in his cop car and asks her out on another date. 

Written By: Liz Flahive Directed By: Randall Einhorn

 

Frank (Adam Ferrera) meets Jackie (Edie Falco) (Cr: Showtime)

Nurse Jackie Season 5: Episode 3 Clip - 'Fresh Ink'  Sneak Peek (VIDEO)

Jackie fills out an accident report.

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Edie Falco is Nurse Jackie on Sunday night on Showtime (Credit: Showtime)

 

'Nurse Jackie' Episode 5.02 – Sneak Peeks & Promo! (VIDEO) @SHO_Jackie #nursejackie

Nurse Jackie : Season 5: Next on Episode 2 (VIDEO)

 

'Nurse Jackie' Episode 5.02 – Sneak Peeks & Promo Stills (Credit: Showtime)

 

It's kind of cringe-inducing watching Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) and Jackie (Edie Falco) go for each other's jugulars but their breaking up was probably a good thing as they were a pretty boring couple--life around them alone was pretty airless.

If you haven't been spoiled yet on this it should not be a shocker: Now-sober and in divorce (custody) proceedings Jackie starts back into the dating game.

Jackie and Kevin are not setting really good boundaries for their 'ex' marital spats which, come to think of it, they didn't bother doing when they were a supposedly happy couple, back when Jackie was a pill-head who bedded the pharmacist to get painkillers to feed her addiction. Yikes, there's been forward movement--for Jackie, anyway, as you'll see in the next handful of episodes. BIG emotional ups and downs, including examining a parent's worst nightmare via a former colleague who lost his son--Jackie's treatment program buddy--OD'd and died so his father--Jackie's boss upped and quit as head of the hospital. He wants a private exit interview with Jackie--stat!

Their have been some really fresh casting choices and surprising developments in the story but the 'best' surprise in season five is about how great Nurse Jackie remains. Seven episodes in to Nurse Jackie's- fifth season and this is my favourite of all the seasons so far.

 

 

The many faces of Nurse Jackie  in Episode 302 'Luck Of The Drawing':

Jackie and Kevin are at a stalemate in their divorce mediation.

 

NURSE JACKIE 502 – “Luck of the Drawing” Episode Details

Jackie and Kevin at a stalemate in their divorce mediation. Unless Jackie can figure out her work hours, Kevin wants full custody....Jackie takes advantage of Akalitus’s memory lapses and gets her to sign off on a schedule but Kevin surprises her by announcing he’s petitioning for psych tests on the girls. Jackie, overwhelmed by the day, downloads to the only person who will understand. She calls Charlie Cruz’s voicemail. When Jackie gets home, Zoey surprises her with the girls, cake, a piñata, and a surprise Skype guest, O’Hara. Grace releases her wrath on the piñata.

 

Written By: Tom Straw Directed
By: John Cameron Mitchell

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'Nurse Jackie' Sunday Season Premiere! Episode 5.01 TEASES (PHOTOS) VIDEOS @SHO_Jackie #nursejackie

Sober Jackie is Back, But Amid the Chaos, Can She Stay That Way?

Edie Falco as Nurse Jackie April 14 @ 9pm on Showtime

Nurse Jackie : Season 5: Next on Episode 1 (VIDEO)

NURSE JACKIE 501 – “Happy Fucking Birthday”

An overturned bus makes for a crazy day at All Saints.

Two new doctors join the staff: Dr. Carrie Roman, a resident who fucked her way to the middle, and Dr. Ike Prentiss, a badass Army doc.

Dr. Eleanor O’Hara just wants to spend every minute with her new son.

Coop is wary of Prentiss but starts crushing on Carrie.

And, in the middle of the chaos, Akalitus gives Eddie back his old job.

All this and much more, the day before Jackie’s birthday.

Written By: Clyde Phillips Directed By: Randall Einhorn

SOURCE: Showtime

I've watched the first five episodes of the new season of Nurse Jackie after having watched since it premiered 4 years ago. I am so very pleased with it and I think you will be, too.

At it's core, the show is about a head nurse who outwardly, has it all together--she's extremely competant, a leader, instills confidence in others--then it spins out of control due to her drug addiction. By this season's opener, Nurse Jackie has gone to rehab, completing eight of the steps, and has been sober for about 9 months, give or take. But she insists on staying sober by playing by her own rules which makes for a razor thin line for Jackie to walk while staying on top of her 70-hour a week job, going through the wrenching emotional mechanics of a divorce/deciding who gets the girls. Could their be room for romance, too? That would be a first--but then, so is her sobriety so don't miss what will be the best ever season of Nurse Jackie.

Nurse Jackie : Season 5: Episode 1 Clip - 'Mother of the Year' (VIDEO)

Kevin comes over to take the kids to school.

Nurse Jackie : Season 5: Episode 1 Clip - Finish Conversations (VIDEO)

Jackie confronts Dr. Cooper about the way he is treating the new doctor.

 

After the jump: An Interview with Edie Falco

'Nurse Jackie' Season 5: Official Trailer Update! - Episode 5.01 TEASES (PHOTOS) SPOILERS @SHO_Jackie #nursejackie

It's pretty clear that a sober life vs. a non-sober life for Nurse Jackie means pretty much having all of the same responsibilities with none of the numbing.

Edie Falco in Nurse Jackie on Showtime

                              

 Nurse Jackie : Season 5: Official Trailer (VIDEO)

Without the crutch of getting high, Jackie has to face it all stone cold sober and though she seems to have a really good resolve, there are moments when you can see just how stretched thin Jackie (Edie Falco) still is. She's holding it together but with the custody fight with Kevin looming, (speaking of Kevin (Dominic Fumusa) he is being a real dick--still). Jackie's ex is carrying his anger and resentment towards her proudly like a badge, using every excuse available to tell her ('nicely') that she ruined everyone's life and that she's scum.

He's really not forgiving her any time soon no matter how anyone--including his daughters with Jackie, feels about it.

NURSE JACKIE 501 – “Happy Fucking Birthday” Episode Description

An overturned bus makes for a crazy day at All Saints. Two new doctors join the staff: Dr. Carrie Roman, a resident who fucked her way to the middle, and Dr. Ike Prentiss, a badass Army doc. Dr. Eleanor O’Hara just wants to spend every minute with her new son. Coop is wary of Prentiss but starts crushing on Carrie. And in the middle of the chaos, Akalitus gives Eddie back his old job. After witnessing yet another tense morning between the Peytons, Zoey announces that it’s time for her to move out of Jackie’s house and O’Hara tells Jackie it’s her last day at All Saints and she’s moving to London to be with her baby and her family. And all this, the day before Jackie’s birthday. And the end of a long day, Jackie puts one pill into a small jewelry box next to her wedding ring in her night stand. It’s a new year.

Written By: Clyde Phillips
Directed By: Randall Einhorn

CREDIT:SHOWTIME

This is not an easy time for Jackie--but other people are struggling, too. O'Hara + mummyhood + work  vs. wealthy, stayed-at-home mom--why work? SPOILER! So far in the first three epiosdes, Eve Best in the character of Dr. O'Hara, (soon to be residing in London) has had a grainy Skype birthday celebration with SPOILER help from Jackie's soon-to-be-former roommate. I'm entirely unsure what her role will be througout season 5. Sure will miss her if it is reduced by much.

I'm guessing  that if Eve Best as Dr. O'Hara does not come back in a full capacity she'll be doing periodic Skyping. I'd rather have her in the same room with the people she's conversing with, having a party for, and so forth but if she's to be limited this season then back for more later, I wouldn't have to have a problem with that.

 

Gloria Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith) is having memory issues but no has yet really confronted her on it.

 

Hope she doesn't have a brain tumor(!)

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'Nurse Jackie' Season 5 Casting NEWS - Ausiello Scoop & Nurse Jackie Key Art! #nursejackie

Q: Is Eve Best leaving Nurse Jackie in Season 5?

Ausiello: Jackie lose her BFF? Pshaw. Per a Showtime rep, Best will be back as a series regular for Season 5 (bowing April 14).

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I hafta admit, after watching the Nurse Jackie Season 5 sneak peek and tease which had NO sign of our beloved Dr. O'Hara, I was just a bit worried myself that the delicious Eve Best might not be returning to Nurse Jackie. So this is excellent news--I had been and now can continue to look forward to finding out how O'Hara will handle the new life chapter of single motherhood(!) I'm guessing mommy veteran Jackie will be a much-needed source of support! That could be a nice flip from O'Hara's role last season as the one offering loads of BFF-quality friendship, support, and strength to a newly-in-recovery Jackie.

 

Nurse Jackie Season 5 Key Art! (Cr: Showtime)

However:

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 Nurse Jackie: 'Dealing with life without crutches is a bitch indeed' - Edie Falco

Edie Falco as Jackie and Adam Ferrara as Frank in Nurse Jackie on Showtime returning for a new season Sunday, April 14th at 9PM ET/PT.April 2013 (Cr: Showtime)

 

 Get a sneak peek look at what's in store for season 5 of Nurse Jackie.

 

Paul Schulze as Eddie Walzer and Anna Deavere Smith as Gloria Akalitus return in Nurse Jackie - Season 5 (Cr: Showtime)

 

The fired are rehired...

There are staff changess...Cruz is gone...and there are (3) new characters.

 

The 'new trauma guy' (Morris Chestnut) shown with Peter Facinelli as Dr. Fitch Cooper (Cr: Showtime)...

 

 

First year resident Dr. Kelly Roman played by Betty Gilpin (Cr: Showtime)...

...And a 'hopeful chapter' in Jackie's life begins with her introduction to 'Frank' (Adam Ferrara) Cr: Showtime

Despite the optimistic outlook, as Edie Falco puts it, Jackie is dealing with 'life without crutches' whilst dealing with Kevin's demand for primary custody of the girls as well as the daily challenges of being a recovering addict in a high stress, 70-hour a week job.

 

How will she manage? Be sure to tune in when Nurse Jackie returns for a new season Sunday, April 14th at 9PM ET/PT!

Sobriety's a Bitch (Nurse Jackie Spot) VIDEO

Jackie may be a trauma queen but sobriety's a bitch.

 

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 After the jump: Screencaps of all-new scenes from Season 5 Nurse Jackie on Showtime!

Showtime surprises with 'Dexter' early return as lead-in to 'Ray Donovan' @SHO_Dexter @SHO_Kareem

 

Michael C. Hall in Dexter (Cr: Showtime)

Surprise, mother f**ker!
Dexter Returns for Season 8 in June!

This is one I didn't see coming, but according to Showtime boss David Nevins' announcement at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour, the hit drama will debut three months earlier than usual on Sunday, June 30 at 9/8c, where it will lead into a brand new Showtime original drama.

Dexter and Ray Donovan Summer 2013

The return of Dexter and the premiere of Ray Donovan Sunday, June 30th only on Showtime.

Check out this NEW Video (above) that catches you up with Dexter's NEW schedule as well as the Liev Schreiber vehicle, 'Ray Donovan.'

Liev Schreiber in 'Ray Donovan' (Cr: Showtime)

The Showtime hit is moving to summer for what could be its final season. Dexter season 8 will debut June 30 at 9 p.m. to serve as a lead-in for Showtime’s new series Ray Donovan, which stars Liev Schreiber as a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous.

Showtime's entertainment president assures that the Dexter team will still have plenty of time to create a strong season. “They had a lot of advance warning [that this was happening] and they know where they’re going,” he said. “No less production time; a little less vacation time.”

Dates released for more NEW and returning Showtime Original Programming:

In addition to the big news that Dexter fans have only to wait five more months for season 8 to commence, Nevins announced that Showtime's Golden Globe & Emmy award-winning thriller Homeland, will return for its third season Sept. 29 and will be paired with the new Masters and Johnson period drama Masters of Sex.

More 2013 dates from Showtime: Shameless, House of Lies and Californication premiered on Sunday, January 13; Nurse Jackie and The Borgias April 14; The Big C: Hereafter will conclude the series starting April 29. Web Therapy will be on sometime this summer. Episodes will return early 2014. Here’s a video preview of Ray Donovan and Masters:

First Look: Masters of Sex and Ray Donovan

 

SOURCE:Dexter' returning early for 8th season  

 MASTERS OF SEX and RAY DONOVAN, the newest additions to the critically-acclaimed and award-winning slate of original series from Showtime, will premiere in 2013.

True Blood Babies - Anna Paquin Gives Birth To Twins Prematurely #trueblood #annapaquin #pregnancy

Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer in May 2012

Babies' sex, birthdate and names being withheld--for now.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Stephen Moyer's publicist said Tuesday the British actor's wife, actress Anna Paquin, has given birth to twins.

"The babies were born a few weeks early, but are in good health and both Mom and Dad are overjoyed," Moyer's representative said in a statement to E! News.

The "True Blood" co-stars married in August 2010.

No other details, including the babies' genders and birthday, were released.

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Initially, when the Paquin-Moyer pregnancy was 'announced' inadvertently in June 2012 by co-star Sam Trammell (True Blood's Sam Merlotte) when he happily revealed that there would now be two sets of twins-of-actors on True Blood, himself (with Missy Yager) and Paquin and Moyer, it was indicated that the babies were due 'in the fall.'

The fall delivery date seemed a bit dubious given that Paquin was showing very early in the shooting of True Blood (around January 2012 was when shooting for the season that just ended, started). By episode 3 or 4 of season 5 it was ridiculously obvious that the un-pregnant Sookie was being portrayed by a very-pregnant Anna. By season's end Anna was being shot very tightly or from behind or sometimes it looked like they just said 'fuck it' and showed her in all her pregnant glory.

Here's how Anna looked just two weeks ago:

Anna was said to not be due until 'November' when the shot was taken. Boy, did I feel badly for her!

Turns out that 'due in November' probably was a fake date to throw off the paparazzi because as of today's statement by Stephen Moyer's publicist, the babies are a few weeks early. But we are not a few weeks from November and given all the photo evidence I'd say I was right all along that maybe sometime in early October was when the people in the know expected the little guys to make their appearance.

Regardless, it matters not. All are said to be happy and healthy. Anna and Steve will have until January as announced by Alan Ball to be full-time parents to the wee moppets, and Anna of course should feel a bit less pressure to get back down to her usual size 4 figure in order to squeeze back into her Merlotte's hot pants and supertight white t-shirt.

Hearty congratulations to the Paquin-Moyer clan!

 

Previously: 

(Update 8. 27) TRUE BLOOD - Sookie & Bill Pregnancy Mystery Solved! Stephen Moyer Talks Expecting Twins w/ Anna Paquin (PHOTOS) #trueblood

Weeds : 'Memories' VIDEO Interview Screencaps - Uncle Andy Bakes Often #weeds @SHO_Kareem

Justin Kirk as 'Uncle Andy' fires up the bong in WEEDS on Showtime. (CR: Showtime)

Weeds : 'Memories' favourite scenes/moments VIDEO Interview (w/Screencaps):

The cast and crew of Weeds reminisce their favorite moments.

 

Mary-Louise Parker as Nancy and Juston Kirk as Andy in WEEDS on Showtime (CR: Showtime)

There's no better time to stroll down memory lane with the Weeds cast than right now as they move towards the penultimate episode of the final season of the show this Sunday on Showtime. Unsurprisingly, many of the favourite cast and creator moments included the numerous weed/stoner times, especially when Uncle Andy and Doug thought that they should sample as much product as they could inhale. There are also fond memories recounted of the sexual adventures that that Nancy, Andy and Doug engaged in (albeit separately) that are most often more funny than sexy, 

Enjoy the reminiscing and the pictures that tell a thousands words from some of the best of the past eight season of Showtime's Weeds.

Weeds Episode 8.11 Sneak Peek VIDEOS:

Weeds Make It Grow http://youtu.be/a69—u_iNTQ

Powerful Deja Vu http://youtu.be/1w16pSk6-_E

 

'Yael' returns in episode 8.11 this Sunday. What will she surprise Andy with this time?

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True Blood - Is Bill Dead? Is Anna Paquin (Sookie) Quitting True Blood? Ausiello SPOILERS (PHOTO) #trueblood

 

True Blood Season 5 finale - Stephen Moyer as "Bill"  a/k/a "Billith" (Credit: HBO)

Q: So, is Bill God now? (Or, did you kill Bill?)

A: I don’t want to say if he is or he isn’t. Who’s to say what Lilith really is? He is still Bill but he is something different.

Q: So there is some of the old Bill in there?

A: It is Bill, but it is a transformed Bill. He is not a completely new person. It’s not like his memories or his experiences have been left out and he’s just a baby.

Read More at: True Blood Season 6 Spoilers

 

Anna Paquin as 'Sookie' in True Blood - episode 5.12 'Save Yourself' (Credit: HBO)

 Q: As you warned me back at Comic-Con, there was a lot of death in the episode — some more ambiguous than others. Did Luna die?

A: You’ll have to watch [next season]. We didn’t see her die.

Q: And Russell? Is he really dead? He’s gone. We may see him in flashbacks, but he bit it.

Read More at:  True Blood Season Finale Post Mortem: Alan Ball Answers Burning Questions, Previews Season 6

 

Anna Paquin, who is carrying twins, as seen on August 27 2012 wearing a bright yellow sundress while going to lunch in Los Angeles (Credit: INFphoto.com, Pacific Coast News, AKM-GSI)

And now the question that has been looming ever-more largely, after Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's bundles of joy arrive, will Mrs. Moyer be inclined to return to her job as "Sookie Stackhouse' on HBO's TRUE BLOOD?

First, I must be honest with you: I don't know.

Paquin is famously private and so has said very-little-to-nothing about her 'condition.' The timing of the arrival has been announced as 'in the fall' (of 2012) which means she and Moyer would have at least the traditional amount of time that the average working American mom has to enjoy her babies. Sadly, if she were in New Zealand, the country which she has referred to as where she calls 'home', she'd have a lot more time off to do all the things that a mother of newborn twins does, which is to put it simply, twice as much as a mom of a singleton. That is, if she were an average mum.

The upside is that much of True Blood's filming is done at night so once the babies have settled into a nightly routine it could be a bit of an easing up on the pressure that all new mothers face. I'm assuming that there will be a nursery on the True Blood set, that nannies will be involved, and of course, the bonus of both mom and dad working on the same television show. Even so, Paquin has the additional pressure of having to get back into pre-baby shape pretty darn quick. Hopefully, the costume department will help her out a bit there as well as the camera people, who seemed finally to get the hang of shooting a pregnant actress whose character was not pregnant by the final episode of season 5.

When all is said and done, most likely, though twins are automatically considered a high-risk pregnancy, Anna Paquin will give birth to healthy babies and because she has the resources she'll be able to cope with both work and the raising of two babies with the variety of help at her disposal, not the least of which is her husband, Stephen Moyer. His character on True Blood who has been dubbed "Billith," will be getting some serious face time in season 6, so unless they kill him off early in the season (doubtful) both Paquin and Moyer will return to work on True Blood as scheduled sometime in late 2012 or early 2013. 

Anna Paquin, late August, 2012 (Credit: FameFlynet, Inc)

 

 

True Blood Season 5 - Jessica's Last Vlog - Words Of Comfort - From Pam ?! (VIDEO) #trueblood

Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' in True Blood Season 5, recording her final vlog on her cellphone (CR: HBO)

Pam, quoting 'a friend' of her family's who used to read to her, Alfred Lord Tennyson:

'Love is the only gold.'

Any last words, Pam?

Pam: 'Fuck. The. Authority.'

True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog (Season Finale) VIDEO:

Made while imprisoned in the bowels of the Authority alongside Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten), Jessica records what she fears may be her final vlog. While doing so, she hears some surprising words of comfort from of all vampires, Pam!

 

Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' in True Blood Season 5, recording her vlog on her cellphone (CR: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5 Finale Bonus Scene 'What Do You Know of Warlow?' (VIDEO) Spoilers 100+ Screencaps #trueblood

True Blood Season 5 Finale Bonus HBOGO scene (Spoilers) (Credit: HBO)

True Blood Season 6 Bonus scene (which you can view with other content through HBO Go--only in the U.S.).

HBO GO: True Blood Season 5 Finale Bonus Scene Interactive VIDEO SPOILERS:

This bonus scene picks up after the Authority HQ elevator with Jason, Tara, Pam, Nora and Jessica on it begins to ascend to the surface. They are to clear out the remaining Authority security vamps so they and hopefully Sookie and Eric and possibly Bill (probably not Bill, not now that he is 'Billith') can escape. (cont.)

Ryan Kwanten as 'Jason' in True Blood Season 5 Finale Bonus HBOGO scene.(Spoilers) (Credit: HBO)

 

On the way up Jason again hallucinates his parents, who earlier this season he discovered were both murdered by 'Warlow' a thus-far unknown vampire of at least several hundred years of age. Sookie and Jason discovered via her Bon Temps Fae kin that Sookie's distant relative 'promised her' to Warlow.

So far, Sookie has had just one spooky apparition-encounter with Warlow in her bathroom in which he declared that she was his.

The elevator ride banter included Tara hitting on Pam and Jason being goaded by his imaginary dad, who called him 'champ,' cheering Jason's 11 vampire kills, and encouraging Jason to kill Tara, Pam, Nora and Jessica as they were 'sitting ducks'. Before Jason could fully process his dead father's request, the elevator reached it's destination and all aboard went into kill mode. After Jason took out a random vamp, he uttered Warlow's name and Nora, looking extremely surprised, responded with "Warlow. What do you about Warlow?'

I'm just gonna toss out a guess that Nora is Warlow's maker because a. She's 600 years old and b. it would give her a reason to stick around in season 6 and would complicate all kinds of things between Eric and Sookie.

True Blood Season 5 Finale - Sneak Peek #2 'And. You. Owe. Pam.' VIDEO #trueblood #saveyourself SPOILERS

Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in the True Blood Season 5 Finale, 'Save Yourself'

Watch a scene from Episode 60, the season finale, of True Blood Season 5:

True Blood Season 5 - Season Finale Extended Sneak Peek:

 

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) to Jason (Ryan Kwanten): 'Meatsack'

 

Jason to Eric: 'Deadfuck'

NEW  Season 5 Finale #SaveYourself Screencaps!:

Speculation Update (8.23.12): Based on what goes on here, we have a clear picture of why both Jason and Sookie willingly crawl into the vampire's nest that is the Vampire Authority HQ. For Jason, now that he knows the circumstances of the TruBlood factory bombings, he is pumped to save the world. For Sookie, there's no resisting the heartfelt appeal by Eric to 'save Bill', as she is the only one, Eric says, that can reach Bill (I wouldn't count on Sookie being able to do so--I smell a cliffhanger). Then there's the fact that Sookie does indeed 'owe Pam.'

Update! True Blood - Episode 5.12 Sneak Peek VIDEO - Spoiler PHOTOS #trueblood #saveyourself

Alexander Skarsgård and Anna Paquin in True Blood Episode #60 (Season 5 finale) Credit: HBO

Look! It's Eric and Sookie together once more! Do you think he saved her from Russell Edgington or did Russell get so drunk from ingesting faery blood that he simply vamp sped/flew away leaving Sookie behind? Being only half-fae, Sookie would be the equivalent of ground beef vs. prime rib, no? Why bother with her with so many full-blood faeries to chow down on--at least for now?

It looks like Sook and Eric are in Vampire Authority HQ. Who in this place would Eric look shocked by and Sookie shed a tear for?

Well, if you watch the new True Blood Episode 5.12 Sneak Peek you'd have to surmise that it is Sam, no? But OTOH, isn't that too obvious? What do you think is going on in the (above) photo?

Update: New True Blood Episode 5.12 Sneak Peek!

Ryan Kwanten, Lucy Griffiths, Alexander Skarsgård & Rutina Wesley in True Blood season 5 finale "Save Yourself' ( Credit HBO)

TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Finale- Episode 5.12 - 'Save Yourself' - SPOILER Promo Photos:

The True Blood season 5 finale "Save Yourself' is just days away but there are still many questions unanswered.

The photo above may help point us in the right direction in regard to what side Jason (Ryan Kwanten) comes down on  in light of his statement in the promo video that 'the time for tolerance is over.'

In the first sneak peek spoiler-y photo from the season finale, it looks like Jason is sitting in Sookie's living room when in barged the vampire trio of Nora (Lucy Griffiths) Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) & Tara (Rutina Wesley). Vampires are notoriously bad at closing the door behind them. Anyway, despite Sookie living there, the house is now in fact owned by Eric, who purchased it during the year that Sookie was in faeryland and presumed dead. Jason couldn't pay the taxes on  the house and so Eric bought it from the bank. So, like it or not, it's a vampire-owned home meaning anyone--supe or human can come in uninvited!

I have two questions about the photo: Is that "V' (vamp blood) in Jason's hand and what exactly is Nora staring at with that dumbfounded look on her face?

Be sure to check back here as there will be more sneak peeks and spoilers for the True Blood season 5 finale "Save Yourself' this Sunday August 26, on HBO!

 

Kristen Bauer van Straten and Deborah Ann Woll in True Blood Episode #60 (Credit: HBO)

 

MORE NEW TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Finale- Episode 5.12 - 'Save Yourself' Sneak Peek Promo photos after the jump!:

True Blood Episode 5.11 #59 Recap VIDEO, Inside Episode #59 - Finale Preview VIDEO - Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood

 

Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' in True Blood Episode #59 (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Recap #59 VIDEO:

 

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #59 VIDEO:

Go inside the episode with Creative/Executive, Alan Ball and Writer, Angela Robinson.

The Inside the Episode video interviews with Ball and Robinson are quite revealing about the thinking behind flipping Bill from a solid, moral, conflicted, flawed vampire to a one-note, evil power freak.

Ball says that 'in fiction' we prefer to root for the bad guy. Ball is wrong. We prefer to root for a well-written character that makes sense to us on an interesting and non-convoluted level. Bill is such a one-dimensional bad guy and unlike his former nemesis, Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare), he doesn't even seem to be enjoying himself along the way. Hence, we the audience aren't having fun, either.

'Wimpy Bill', as some viewers perceived him in previous seasons, at least had some complexity to his character. Egomaniac Bill is just what we see: a massive, demented ego running amok. It's not fun, the actor portraying him does not seem like he's having fun, and the sooner they bury this part of the storyline, the more likely there is a chance that the show can reach some kind of satisfactory conclusion.

It is really disappointing that no one in the True Blood writer's room recognized that this simply was not working. Maybe much like the Authority vamps, they all drank the same Kool-aid. And to be clear, Bill isn't getting lots of 'buzz' because we are so energized by the flipping of his moral center, rather we are appalled at how badly this notion was implemented.

AFTER THE JUMP: True Blood Season 5: Season Finale Preview VIDEO:

True Blood Season 5 Finale Episode 5.12 'Save Yourself' Promo VIDEO Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood

 

Alexander Skarsgård as 'Eric' in the True Blood season 5 finale 'Save Yourself' Credit: HBO

It seems a sure bet that True Blood's season five will go out on a very bloody note though despite solid acting turns by both the featured cast and the guest actors, Season 5 will not be remembered as the show's finest 12 hours.

As has been oft-repeated, there were just too many sub-plots with minor characters that made the overall feel of the show choppy and made viewing an exercise in patience, waiting for 'something' to happen to move the plot forward.

Even when the main plot, which was the goings on of the Vampire Authority, was front and center there seemed to be a great deal of dithering. We watched as the weeks progressed, vampire Authority members picking one another off (or in the case of Salome (Valentina Cervi) having Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare) do the deed for her). Implausibly, Salome maintained that 'only Russell' could take out the 500-year old Authority leader 'Roman' (Chris Meloni) (who was featured for less than half the season), despite being 2000 years-old herself in order to further her 'Sanguinista' agenda of reverting to feeding on humans and discontinuing 'mainstreaming' altogether. It actually became tiresome when one realized that yet another scene was about to go down in the drab Authority meeting room.

 

Anna Paquin (Sookie) and a crowd of faeries in the True Blood season 5 finale

So what to look forward to in the True Blood season 5 finale? The promo spells it out: Who will survive? but one could add 'with showrunner Alan Ball departing'? Ball doesn't do things in a small way--so will he finally 'release' one of his main characters? I have to come down on the side of 'no.'

 

I think that Russell will consume more faeries, that the remaining Authority members, Rosalyn (Carolyn Hennesy) and Salome will die at the hands of Bill and Eric and that Eric's sister, Nora (Lucy Griffiths) will be collateral damage and die as well. I also think Holly's (Lauren Bowles) son's are going to bite it via the hand of Maurella (Kristina Anapau), the spurned faery carrying Andy's (Chris Bauer) child.

I do not think Sam (Sam Trammell) is going to die but there's a 50-50 chance of Luna (Janina Gavankar) buying it. I notice Joe Manganiello ('Alcide') is listed as having 'guest star' status on the show so perhaps he'll die as well but more likely his old man, played by Robert Patrick will die in the course of saving his son, with whom in episode 11 he redeemed himself.

I'm on the fence regarding Russell's chance of surviving season 5, but it wouldn't be a surprise if the U.S. military/government takes him out since they've already stated that they are well-prepared to decimate the vampires. I'm pretty sure vampire headquarters is going to go up in smoke as hinted by both the title of the episode and Eric's urgent request that Bill leave the building.

So there's really no need to kill off the series' stars when the show is crammed to the brim with characters that were wedged into season 5.

 

Kristen Bauer van Straten ('Pam') Credit: HBO

Season 5 was a ho-hum season despite some stand-out performances, most notably by fan favourites Kristen Bauer van Straten ('Pam') and Deborah Ann Woll ('Jessica'). The reliably great Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and the appealing Ryan Kwanten ('Jason') were also put to good use. It's hard to believe that Bill (Stephen Moyer) could become any more dour than he already was but he pulled it off. I like Moyer but I think his character was nearly insufferable in the second half of this season.

 

It would be nice if  season 5 could go out on a high note with a well-crafted, season 1, 2 or even 3-caliber episode. Keep your fingers crossed.

True Blood Episode #60: "Save Yourself" Season 5, Episode 12 Episode Synopsis:

In the fifth-season finale, Eric makes one last attempt to thwart the Authority and save Bill from losing his humanity. Meanwhile, Alcide prepares for another battle with JD; Sam and Luna try to escape the Authority; and Andy deals with the fallout of a pact.

Original Air Date: Aug 26, 2012

Guest Cast Lucy Griffiths: Nora Louis Herthum: JD Valentina Cervi: Salome Joe Manganiello: Alcide Herveaux (via HBO)

 

Update! True Blood Spoiler Photos Episode 5.11 - 'A Song Of The Dead Faerie' - Sneak Peek VIDEO (PHOTOS) #trueblood

 

Kristen Bauer van Straten as 'Pam' in True Blood episode 5.11 (Credit:HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 59 Clip - Jason Stackhouse: Vampire? (VIDEO)

True Blood Episode 5.11 - 'Sunset' a/k/a 'A Song Of The Dead Faerie'

Slipping further into religious fervor, Bill (Stephen Moyer) gives Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) an order she's loath to carry out. Armed with a damning video of Russell (Denis O'Hare) and Steve (Michael McMillian), the military delivers an ultimatum to the Authority. Claude (Giles Matthey) and Maurella (Kristina Anapau) take Sookie (Anna Paquin) to meet the faerie elder, who may know something about an ancient family secret. Alcide (Joe Manganiello) reconnects with his father; Sam (Sam Trammell) and Luna (Janina Gavankar) hitch a ride into the Authority.

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 59 Clip - A Very Expensive Meal (VIDEO):

Anna Paquin and Ryan Kwanten in True Blood episode 5.11 (Credit: HBO)

As you'll notice, Jason has already been attacked and bitten, most likely by Russell (Denis O'Hare) given that he drags Jason to the faery secret hideout/burlesque club (below):

(Credit: HBO)

 

'Bitten' (Credit: HBO)

So now I'm really wondering 'why' Jason would venture out from the faery sanctuary when he knows that Russell is on the loose and gunning for him and Sookie? How does he end up in the dirt, looking whiter than Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) who is lying next to him, apologizing.

Update: Well, I'm on the fence now that I've seen the 2 sneak peeks. Jessica could trick Jason--let's face it, he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I think she'd give him a choice; even if Bill orders her to turn someone, it doesn't have to be Jason. I'm going to say no, Jason does not become vampire. That was done already this season with Tara. And Jason fluctuates between not liking, tolerating, and hating vamps. Now that he believes both his parents were killed by one? I'm thinking no way would he consent to being made vampire.

(Credit: HBO)

 

Joe Manganiello as Alcide with his father (Robert Patrick) in episode 5.11 (Credit: HBO)

 

PHOTO SOURCE: True Blood by Wetpaint.com on Facebook

 

MORE True Blood Episode 5.11 SPOILER PHOTOS AFTER THE JUMP!:

True Blood - Recap VIDEO Episode #58 - Jessica #58 Vlog - Inside the Episode #58 Promo PHOTOS #trueblood SPOILERS

 

Deborah Ann Woll as 'Jessica' and Ryan Kwanten as "Jason" in True Blood Episode #58 (Credit: HBO)

 

Bill (Stephen Moyer) iStakes Molly (Tina Majorino) while Salome (Valentina Cervi) looks on in True Blood episode #58.

 True Blood Season 5: Recap #58  VIDEO:

It's really hard to cobble together a cogent explanation of what I think may happen in the last two episodes of True Blood season 5. It seems pretty likely that whatever the coming war is, it will need to carry over into season 6 as two episodes are nowhere near enough time to finish up the myriad story-lines of this season. In recent episodes, former recurring characters like Sheriff Bud Dearborne and Mike Stephens the coroner, pop up only to get cut down--permanently. In episode #58 'Hoyt' (Jim Parrack) was spared death but was glamoured at his own request to forget Jason and Jessica completely and then set out for an oil-rig job in Alaska,

We've been promised a spectacular ending and most everyone seems to believe it will be a bloodbath--but who's blood will spill most? It seems highly implausible that the human race will succumb to the vampires. It's more likely that the faeries might be at battle with the vamps and the shifters and wolves will be coming down on various sides. Humans will simply be collateral damage until they have to get seriously involved.

It also feels like the war hasn't really even gotten started yet and that perhaps season 6 and 7 can really ramp it up as a unifying feature to the story, something True Blood desperately needs. Despite it's frequent liberal outlooks sprinkled throughout the show, it really needs to have an antagonist or group of enemies that the shifters, faeries, vampires, and weres can rally together (more or less) and take down. That or go back to the story centering on Sookie  It's better not to weigh down the show with 8 different plot threads getting going, then being dropped either for awhile or completely. Just go with an overarching theme, bring on the good acting, writing and direction and True Blood can go out the way it came in--as a highly enjoyable, supernatural romp.

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #58 VIDEO:

Go inside the episode with Director, Scott Winant and Writer, Alexander Woo.

After the jump!:  Episode #58 Promo PHOTOS, True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog (Episode #58) VIDEO:

True Blood Season 5: Episode #59 'Sunset' Preview & '2 Episodes Left' VIDEO - Screencaps #trueblood SPOILERS

 

Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica and Ryan Kwanten as Jason lie together in the dirt in True Blood episode 5.11 on HBO Sunday (Credit: HBO)

 

 

There are several very shocking True Blood images in the True Blood Season 5: Episode #59 Preview (VIDEO).

Does Jason die in season 5? Maybe--from the looks of the 'compromising position', that of maker and progeny, it appears that Jessica is in the process of turning Jason. The episode description for episode #59, (below) implies that Jessica is possibly forced to turn someone...so Jason drew the short straw?  It appears too that Jason is at the mercy of Russell who wants Sookie for her fairy blood. Does Russell have a hand in Jason's ultimate destination in the dirt?

Denis O'Hare as Russell and Ryan Kwanten as Jason in True Blood Sunday on HBO (Credit: HBO)

'TRUE BLOOD 'Sunset' Season 5, Episode 11, (Episode #59) Synopsis: Sookie probes an ancient family secret with help from a faerie elder; Jessica is an unwilling participant in Bill's ongoing religious conversion; Alcide reconnects with his father; the military uses a video of Russell and Steve Newlin as ammunition; Sam and Luna hitch a ride into the Authority. Original Air Date: Aug 19, 2012 Guest Cast Robert Patrick: Jackson Herveaux Joe Manganiello: Alcide Herveaux Valentina Cervi: Salome Lucy Griffiths: Nora Kristina Anapau: Maurella

 

TRUE BLOOD Season 5 Finale Synopsis: True Blood Episode: "Save Yourself" Season 5, Episode 12 (Episode #60) Synopsis: 

In the fifth-season finale, Eric makes one last attempt to thwart the Authority and save Bill from losing his humanity. Meanwhile, Alcide prepares for another battle with JD; Sam and Luna try to escape the Authority; and Andy deals with the fallout of a pact. Original Air Date: Aug 26, 2012 Guest Cast Joe Manganiello: Alcide Herveaux Lucy Griffiths: Nora Louis Herthum: JD Valentina Cervi: Salome

 

AFTER THE JUMP: True Blood Season 5: 2 Episodes Left VIDEO:

True Blood Season 5: Episode 58 Clips - 'We Meet Again' 'Unexpected Guest' VIDEO #trueblood SPOILERS Screencaps

 

 

Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica in True Blood episode 5.09 (Credit:HBO)

True Blood Season 5: Episode 58 Clip - 'We Meet Again' Sneak Peek VIDEO:

Jason (Ryan Kwanten) walks into an empty-looking Merlotte's and meets a distraught Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll). Jason too, is disturbed: Where are Jessica's bodyguards? They quit because Bill stopped paying them, is the response.  Also, they were 'lookin' tasty.' (haha)

At the oddly vacant Bon Temp's watering hole, they are both there 'to meet someone.'

 

 And then, Hoyt (Jim Parrack), looking impossibly healthy, walks in.

 

Ryan Kwanten as Jason in True Blood episode 5,09 (Credit: HBO)

(Above) Watch a scene from Episode #58 of True Blood Season 5.

 

Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica in True Blood episode 5.09 (Credit:HBO)

True Blood this Sunday: A famous True Blood love triangle collides. Hoyt looks very healthy for a guy with such a serious-looking head wound. You don't supposes Jessica helped out in that department, do you? What is all the angsty stuff in the sneak peek video about then?

  

True Blood Season 5: Episode 58 Clip - Unexpected Guest Sneak Peek VIDEO:

 Yes. It's true. Anna Paquin is pregnant and showing in True Blood now, and will continue to. She even appears in True Blood episode 5.09 to be 'nesting' like a pregnant woman but alas, "Sookie Stackhouse" is not with child. All together now: Let's have fun watching Anna's tummy get huge in the next few weeks! It is fascinating to see how a woman carries (shows-carrying) twins. Very different shape and location of early pregnancy signs than in a non-multiple pregnancy.

 

Just WTH with Mike Stephens? He is uber-creepy and he is a coroner. Plus he probably saw her parent's bodies...

 TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.09 Gone, Gone, Gone Synopsis:

 With vampire-on-human attacks increasing, the Authority attempts to woo public favor. Meanwhile, Nora tries to convert Eric to Lilith's gospel. Jason finds a mysterious scroll; Elijah, the new vampire sheriff of Area 5, pushes Pam and Tara to obey a new mandate; Sam and Luna search for Emma; Russell seeks a higher calling.

Update! True Blood Season 5: Only 3 Episodes Left! Inside #57 - Promo Episode 5.10 (#58) Recap #57 VIDEO Promo #trueblood

 

True Blood episode 5,08 Hoyt (Jim Parrack) lies unconscious and close to death in Jason's (Ryan Kwanten) arms.(Credit: HBO)

 

Alexander Skarsgård stars as 'Eric' in True Blood on HBO

True Blood Season 5: Recap #57 VIDEO:

True Blood Season 5: 'Only 3 Episodes Left' Promo VIDEO:

 

Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood on HBO

 

True Blood Season 5: Gone, Gone, Gone Promo VIDEO:

Episode #58: “Gone, Gone, Gone” SYNOPSIS:

Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

With vampire-on-human attacks increasing, the Authority attempts to woo public favor. Meanwhile, Nora (Lucy Griffiths) tries to convert Eric to Lilith’s gospel. Jason finds a mysterious scroll; Elijah (Keram Malicki-Sanchez), the new vampire sheriff of Area 5, pushes Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) and Tara (Rutina Wesley) to obey a new mandate; Sam (Sam Trammell) and Luna (Janina Gavankar) search for Emma (Chloe Noelle); Russell (Denis O’Hare) seeks a higher calling. via HBO Publicity

Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Scott Winant.

 

Stephen Moyer as 'Bill' in True Blood on HBO

 

Seems to me that the body count is going to continue to climb at a fast clip as True Blood winds up it's 5th and final season with Alan Ball as showrunner. Season 5 has been a pretty wild ride with much of the Vampire Authority succumbing to political agendas and power plays, culminating in the true death. Former Bon Temps Sheriff Bud Dearborne (William Sanderson) and Terry's Iraq war buddy, Patrick (Scott Foley) bit it tonight. How many more dead bodies are in store for us in season 5? Three more episodes. I'll call an even dozen, including a main character.

 

Anna Paquin as Sookie and Ryan Kwanten as Jason in True Blood episode 5.08 (Credit: HBO)

After the jump! - True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #57 VIDEO:

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 57 Clips - Bill & Eric Bromance - Sookie & Lafayette - ''Cryptic' Dead People Message' (VIDEO) Screencaps #trueblood

 

'How do you know they are crazy?' - Bill (Stephen Moyer) to Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) in re: the surviving Vampire Authority. (Credit: HBO)

 

Bill to Eric. 'I'm lost. I don't know who to trust.'  

True Blood Season 5: Episode 57 Clip - 'Questionable Faith' Sneak Peek (VIDEO):  

Watch a scene from Episode 57 of True Blood Season 5.

Another sneak peek of obvious worth (above). It features a lot of Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bill ( Stephen Moyer)  in full-on 'bromance' mode.

True Blood Season 5 Episode 7 - Bill Bites: 'Real' or a Sookie faerie vision? (Credit: HBO)

True Blood Season 5: Episode 57 Clip - 'Cryptic Message' Sneak Peek (VIDEO):

Watch a scene from Episode 57 of True Blood Season 5.

 

True Blood Episode #57 / 5.09 Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Lafayette (Nelan Ellis) discuss dead people. (Credit: HBO)

Very good Sookie-Lafayette True Blood sneak peek which confirms ***SPOILER*** in case you hadn't read ahead-- that Sookie and Jason's Gran is returning from the dead again in the very-same-as-the-original form of Lois Smith! So yay! But "boo!' because according to Lafayette, Gran, as well as other dead folk are unnecessarily 'cryptic!'

Update! True Blood Season 5: Episode #57 Preview VIDEO Recap Episode #56 Sneak Peeks - Inside Episode #56 #trueblood Screencaps

 

In her baby-vamp vlog, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) rants about Jason shooting her in the head and Ginger (Tara Buck) empathises in an unnexpected way. Jessica is hungry and so makes plans for dinner. (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #57 Preview (VIDEO):

 

Stephen Moyer ('Bill') and Valentina Cervi ('Salome') in True Blood Episode #57  (Credit: HBO)

 

Stephen Moyer ( "Bill") and Valentina Cervi (Salome) in True Blood Episode #57  (Credit: HBO)

 

Episode #57: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” Synopsis:

Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 5 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) As the Authority proceeds with Lilith’s plan, Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) plots his escape. Gran (Lois Smith) directs Sookie (Anna Paquin) to a clue to her parents’ murderer. Andy (Chris Bauer) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) search for leads to the identities of the people behind the shifter killings. Alcide (Joe Manganiello) recalls his pack induction; Arlene (Carrie Preston) gets caught in Terry (Todd Lowe) and Patrick’s (Scott Foley) crossfire; Steve (Michael McMillian) gets a new pet. Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Dan Attias. via HBO Publicity

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #56 INTERVIEW (VIDEO):

 

Go inside the episode with Writer and Director of episode #56, Mark Hudis and Stephen Moyer.  (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog #5 (Episode #56) (VIDEO):

 

  Jessica's Vlog #5 (Episode #56) (VIDEO) (Credit: HBO)

Jessica's commenters advise her to 'think before you drink'. A tad late--the video only went up July 30 2012, but Jessica survived both Jason and Hoyt. I wonder how far Bill will lead her? She is not going to recognize him next time she sees him and it's not like she loves synthetic blood. If anything, Jessica could've been a perfect candidate for the Sanguinistas but ironically, Bill set her on a 'moralistic' path mainstreaming and my bet is that Jessica couldn't for example, eat Jason any more than Hoyt could kill Jessica. There are some really nice screencaps of both Eric and Bill and as not-Bill, Director Stephen Moyer (above) this week so enjoy--I know I did!

 

After the jump: TRUE BLOOD Episode #56 Recap VIDEO!:

Update! True Blood Season 5: Episode #56 Sneak Peek Clips VIDEO Screencaps SPOILERS #trueblood

 

True Blood - episode #56 'Someone I Used To Know' Stephen Moyer as Bill and Valentina Cervi as Salome after their night out on Bourbon Street (Credit: HBO)

 True Blood Season 5: Episode 56 Clip - 'What Happened?' Sneak Peek (VIDEO):

Watch a scene from Episode 56 of True Blood Season 5.

 

Alexander Skarsgård as Eric in True Blood - episode #56 'Someone I Used To Know' (Credit: HBO)

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) was in the midst of a blood frenzy with the rest of the vampires in a bar on Bourbon Street when his and Nora's (Lucy Griffiths) deceased maker,'Godric,' made an appearance and called him out as doing 'wrong.' Godric instructed Eric to reign in his sister in as though Eric knew better (than to go on a feeding frenzy), Nora did not. Unfortunately, all the other vampires are behaving as Nora, in a state of hallucinogenic blood-lust and they appear not to have any concerns about how many humans they consume. Even worse, Bill (Stephen Moyer) appears to genuinely be buying into their new openly-proclaimed 'Sanguinista' philosophy that humans are simply a food source for vampires.

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 56 Clip - 'Glimmer of Hope' Sneak Peek (VIDEO):

 True Blood Episode 5.08: Somebody That I Used to Know:

From True Blood - NEW Episode 5.08 (#56) Sneak Peeks Promo VIDEO Screencaps (HBO) Update!

Despite some retconning on the part of True Blood writers regarding Sookie's faery heritage--she is now 'half Fae,' versus the 'one-eighth Fae' that she's been stated to be in the series up to this point, they would really have to pull a hat trick to have Bill be the vampire who attacked and killed Sookie's parents. Sookie is supposed to only be in her late 20's: her parents died about 20 years ago and Bill was shown in the 1980's already mainstreaming. The numbers just do not add up to be Bill nor does this guy look anything like Bill. This then, to have the story come full circle so to speak, is Russell--the vampire with the power to smell faery blood on a band-aid in closed car, in a driving rainstorm, from how many yards away?

From True Blood - NEW Episode 5.08 (#56) Sneak Peeks Promo VIDEO Screencaps (HBO) Update!

True Blood Episode #56 'Somebody I Used To Know' -  Extended Synopsis:

At Authority headquarters, the Chancellors revel in the afterglow of recent events; Eric gets a message from Godric; Bill is shaken by a distant memory. Helped by Claude and his sisters, Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents' deaths, with shocking results. An emotional Luna tries to walk in Sam's shoes. Hoyt's new pals bring him a present; Lafayette leads a séance to purge a curse; J.D. ups the stakes of his fight with Alcide. Written by HBO Publicity

 

After the jump: True Blood's Lucy Griffiths on the "Aggressive" Vampire Civil War:

True Blood SPOILER Alert! Detailed Summaries For August Episodes Released #spoilers #trueblood

 

Anna Paquin as 'Sookie' and Lois Smith as 'Gran' in True Blood season 1 (Credit: HBO)

 

HBO has released summaries for the upcoming August episodes of True Blood! 

And, these are not your garden-variety plot summaries--they are packed with SPOILERS!

For example, (I'll give you a small one) we are going to see Lois Smith again! If you recall, she was Sookie and Jason's irreplaceable 'Gran' who was killed off far too soon in the series' first season. I've long thought that the series would be richer with just a bit more human element to it. Gran was such a steadying force in Sookie and Jason's life. I think that they could have kept the crazy but given us some breathers in the form of Gran. And I simply adore Lois Smith. I'm so glad she's able to be featured in an upcoming season 5 episode of True Blood!

There are more spoilers ahead so proceed with caution (or if you are like me, just dive right in!)

 

Anna Paquin in season 5 True Blood (Credit: HBO)

 

Episode #57: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”:

Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 5 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)

As the Authority proceeds with Lilith’s plan, Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) plots his escape. Gran (Lois Smith) directs Sookie (Anna Paquin) to a clue to her parents’ murderer. Andy (Chris Bauer) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) search for leads to the identities of the people behind the shifter killings. Alcide (Joe Manganiello) recalls his pack induction; Arlene (Carrie Preston) gets caught in Terry (Todd Lowe) and Patrick’s (Scott Foley) crossfire; Steve (Michael McMillian) gets a new pet.

Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by Dan Attias.

via HBO Publicity

 

Episode #58: “Gone, Gone, Gone”:

Debut: SUNDAY, AUG. 12 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

With vampire-on-human attacks increasing, the Authority attempts to woo public favor. Meanwhile, Nora (Lucy Griffiths) tries to convert Eric to Lilith’s gospel. Jason finds a mysterious scroll; Elijah (Keram Malicki-Sanchez), the new vampire sheriff of Area 5, pushes Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) and Tara (Rutina Wesley) to obey a new mandate; Sam (Sam Trammell) and Luna (Janina Gavankar) search for Emma (Chloe Noelle); Russell (Denis O’Hare) seeks a higher calling.

via HBO Publicity

Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Scott Winant.

True Blood Episode #56 Promo - FULL Plot Summary - Recap #55 (VIDEO) Screencaps PHOTOS SPOILERS #trueblood

 

 

Alexander Skarsgård as Eric in True Blood Episode 5.08 (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Episode 5.08: Somebody That I Used to Know Promo VIDEO:

True Blood Episode #56 'Somebody I Used To Know' -  Extended Synopsis

At Authority headquarters, the Chancellors revel in the afterglow of recent events; Eric gets a message from Godric; Bill is shaken by a distant memory. Helped by Claude and his sisters, Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents' deaths, with shocking results. An emotional Luna tries to walk in Sam's shoes. Hoyt's new pals bring him a present; Lafayette leads a séance to purge a curse; J.D. ups the stakes of his fight with Alcide. Written by HBO Publicity

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #55 VIDEO:

Go inside the episode with Creator/Executive Producer, Alan Ball, and Director of episode #55, Michael Rusci.

 

True Blood episode #55 'Lilith' (Credit: HBO)

Alan Ball confirms that Lilith is merely a (shared) hallucination and that Bill, despite his proclamation that 'mainstreaming' is what he believes is right, is now clearly on the 'cusp of change.'

 

Rutina Wesley as Tara in True Blood Episode 5.08 (Credit: HBO)

True Blood Season 5: Recap #55 (VIDEO):

AFTER THE JUMP: Jessica's Vlog with Pam! True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog #4 (Episode #55) VIDEO and True Blood Cookbook: Eats, Drinks and Bites from Bon Temps VIDEO

True Blood Episode #55 NEW Sneak Peeks! (VIDEO) Screencaps PHOTOS - True Blood at Comic-Con 2012 Sexy 'Sound Bites' #trueblood #SDCC

True Blood - episode 5.08 - Bill (Stephen Moyer) attempts to shield himself in the immediate aftermath of Russell's staking of Roman (Credit: HBO)

 True Blood Season 5: Episode 55 Clip - Sam's Got a Secret (VIDEO):

Kenya to a prone, floor-sniffing Sam: 'Is there something  I need to know about you, Mr. Merlotte?'

Sam to Kenya: 'No.'

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 55 Clip - Together At Last (VIDEO):

True Blood episode #55 - Salome (Valentina Cervi) begs for Russell's life to be spared.

True Blood Season 5: Episode 55 Clip - Disturbance in the Force (VIDEO):

True Blood episode #55 -Jason listens while a faery explains Sookie's powers to her.

From the True Blood (HBO) blog:

The True Blood cast has been coming to Comic-Con so long now that their panel has practically become an institution. And like any well-seasoned TV stars, they knew exactly how to deliver the hotness:

The True Blood cast with creator Alan Ball at SDCC 2012 (Credit: HBO)

Alan Ball dished out some faerie stripper action.

You’ve already seen the club – it’s not a strip club per se, as it is more a burlesque club. We will see other faeries and other people in various states of undress … Sort of playing off the strip club in Charlaine’s books, we decided to make it a club where faeries just hung out and had a good time, which sometimes means having their way with humans. We wanted to be more adult, more sensual … more sort of soft-core porno faerie.

Alexander Skarsgard and Stephen Moyer relived their trunk scene.

Skarsgard: That scene was originally probably six minutes long, and it ended up being like a 10-second scene because …

Moyer: We couldn’t do it without laughing. But we did rehearse it all weekend … We both received emails from Alan, the lord and master. So we ended up kind of going in to see the principal and getting our wrists slapped.

More True Blood at Comic-con 2012 Sound Bites and SDCC 2012 PHOTOS after the jump!:

TRUE BLOOD RECAP #54 - Inside the Episode #54 - True Blood Episode #55 Preview Screencaps SPOILERS VIDEO #trueblood

Ha. Check this True Blood screencap for next week (episode #55):

 

Credit: HBO

Russell (Denis O'Hare) is out on the town wearing Roman's ring on his hand. Remember that Russell collects 'souvenirs" of his conquests?!  And now he has a brand-new one.

Scroll down for the video preview of True Blood Season 5 Episode 7: “In The Beginning” which airs on July 22, 2012 on HBO:

Go inside the episode with Creator/Executive Producer, Alan Ball, and Director of Episode #54, Dan Attias.

In True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #54 (VIDEO) director Dan Attias explains how Roman's (Chris Meloni) death is 'not the typical goo-splat.' LOL. Here. Instead of the 'goo-splat' which people are complaining(!) is getting old (I think it is awesome--every time---vamps that go all splodey--what's not to love?) they CGI'd Meloni's face sort of caving in and rotting:

 

Chris Meloni as Roman in True Blood Episode 5.06 'Hopeless' (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Recap #54 VIDEO:

 

Vampire tech girl  Molly, played by Tina Majorino: Was she in on it? (Credit: HBO)

My guess is, how could she not know? She is the sole iStake tech. She made such a big deal to Bill and Eric about not fiddling with them or trying to deactivate them and testing, testing, testing...she had to have put Russell's on--so I'm surmising that this look on her face is one of anticipation, albeit the super-scared kind of anticiapting, that the big, big plan is about to go down...or I could be wrong and she's gonna get staked, ASAP.

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #55 Preview VIDEO:

The synopsis for True Blood Episode 5.07 contains spoilers!

SUNDAY, JULY 22 Episode #55 (5.07): “In the Beginning”: Salome reveals her true allegiances; Sookie embraces her human side; Sam sniffs out some perps; Alcide braces for a fight. (Written by Brian Buckner; directed by Michael Ruscio.) Season 5 Episode 8 Airs 29 Jul. 2012. Plot Summary for "True Blood" In the Beginning (2012) Bill and Eric get a powerful taste of sacred blood. A revelation at Hot Wings (the faery burlesque club) causes Sookie to wonder what her life would be like without faerie powers. Meanwhile, Sam sniffs out several shifter shooters; Hoyt finds camaraderie in a new group of friends; Alcide prepares for the worst in his faceoff with J.D.; Andy attempts to reconnect with Bud; Lafayette finds an unlikely ally searching for Jesus' body in Mexico; Lettie Mae pays Tara a visit; Arlene takes a sentimental journey as her concerns for Terry deepen. Written by HBO Publicity

Update #2! True Blood Season 5: Comic-Con Trailer (2-Minute) SPOILERS - Screencaps #trueblood #SDCC

 

Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin at the San Diego Comic Con 2012 for True Blood (CREDIT: AP)

 

Published on Jul 14, 2012 by trueblood What secrets were spilled? Preview the second half of True Blood Season 5 in this exclusive trailer revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2012. Tune in to a new episode every Sunday night at 9PM, only on HBO.

 

True Blood Season 5, part 2 - Kristen Bauer van Straten as Pam

 

SAN DIEGO (AP) — There's more supernatural wackiness in store for the sex-crazed residents of Bon Temps. The Saturday presentation at Comic-Con for HBO's "True Blood" kicked off with a trailer teasing the remaining episodes of the campy HBO vampire series' fifth season. The fast-moving footage showed Lafayette (played by Nelsan Ellis) channeling spirits, newbie vampire Tara (Rutina Wesley) working as a burlesque dancer (looked like she was pole-dancing at Fangtasia--I think the 'burlesque' dancing is being done in Fairyland), Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) going wild and old-school vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) seemingly sucking down on Sookie (Anna Paquin).

"True Blood" actors Paquin, Moyer, Wesley, and Woll were joined by their co-stars Alexander Skarsgard, Christopher Meloni, Kristin Bauer, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell and Joe Manganiello, as well as "True Blood" executive producer Alan Ball for the high-energy panel attended by more than 4,000 con-goers. Other than the spoilery footage, the cast kept the biggest secrets about the current season under wraps. Paquin called the final scene in the fifth season finale "very, very crazy," while Ball hinted that the audience will learn more about Sookie's parents, and there would be three new romances. "There's also a lot of people having sex, but those don't really count as romances," Ball added. The panel descended into a howling frenziness at several points during the hour-long presentation, including when "Magic Mike" co-star Manganiello empowered Ball and new cast member Meloni to perform the "body roll" stripper move, and when Kwanten was dared to walk on his hands across the stage inside a mammoth ballroom in the San Diego Convention Center. Saturday's panel ended with a standing ovation for Ball, who is stepping down as the showrunner of "True Blood" next season. SOURCE: AP___ Online: http://www.hbo.com/true-blood

Update #2 (July 24, 2012) AFTER THE JUMP: The Buzz: Comic Con - True Blood Joe Manganiello, Kristin Bauer van Straten on 'True Blood' (VIDEO)

True Blood Season 5: Episode 54 Clip - 'Sookie's Gross' - Alexander Skarsgård and Joe Manganiello VIDEO #trueblood #SDCC

 

Alexander Skarsgård (Eric) and Joe Manganiello (Alcide) star in True Blood - Episode 5.06

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

True Blood Season 5: Episode 54 Clip - Sookie's Gross VIDEO (Premiere at Comic-Con):

'You will keep your hands off Sookie...She kinda disgusts you.' -- Eric to Alcide

Alcide, fully glamoured but dumbstruck replies, 'Oh, O.K.' <slight nod>

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode 54 Clip - 'Jason's Promise' VIDEO Premiere at Comic-Con):

 

Alexander Skarsgård and Joe Manganiello at Comic Con on the TVGuide Yacht

SOURCE: http://askarsgard.com/?attachment_id=28341

True Blood - Episode 5.09 - 5.10 - Short Synopses 


Episode 5.09 - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Vampires celebrate the start of the holy war; anti-supernatural zealots put Sookie in danger.

Episode 5.10 - Gone, Gone, Gone
Bill puts a spin on the rising vampire violence; Jason uncovers a mysterious scroll.

Source: SpoilerTV

 

True Blood Synopses Episode 5.11 & Season 5 Finale 'Save Yourself' - Season 5: Episode #54 Featurette VIDEO SPOILERS#trueblood

 

Alexander Skarsgård as Eric, Stephen Moyer as Bill, and Denis O'Hare as Russell in True Blood Season 5, Episode 6, "Thank God, Russell Finally Showed Up!' (j/k) i True Blood (HBO)

 

Remember, earlier this season, True Blood's Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) were held captive & tortured by The Authority? When Authority 'chancellor' Salome (Valentina Cervi) was bullshitting reporting to leader Roman (Chris Meloni) her assessment of Eric and Bill as possible "Sanguinistas?"

Of Eric, Salome said that he had no allegiance but to (anyone but) himself. Of Bill, it was quite different: Though not Sanguinista, he had not made a choice, 'yet.' (paraphrase).

Of the tripe Salome periodically has fed Roman this was actually a pause in the shoveling of untruths/distortions. It was clear to us the audience, that she wanted both Eric and Bill alive (but for different reasons). Now that the thumbnail synopsis of the final episode of True Blood season 5 is out (scroll down) I'm going out on a limb and saying that Salome is a Sanguinista and by season's end, if he isn't yet, Bill will be, too. Obviously, Eric will not be.

I don't know if Alan Ball is going to do what everyone dared him not to--kill Bill---but it would surprise me not as the scuttlebutt was he got a semi-public tongue-lashing from the creator of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris, who, years ago of course, sold her rights to Sookie to Alan/HBO. She has yet to wind up her Southern Gothic book series but apparently the blogosphere relates, Ball got wind of Harris's plan to kill 'book Bill' and he promptly spilled the info. That is not a great way to shock your Sookie Stackhouse readers so my current guess is that Charlaine had to scrap the killing of book Bill--but that does not preclude Ball, the departing show runner of True Blood (HBO), from killing off 'our' Bill, played by Stephen Moyer, as the show moves into it's 6th season.

 

Anna Paquin as 'Sookie' in True Blood episode 5.06 (HBO)

 

 

 SYNOPSES-SPOILERS  True Blood Episodes 5.11 and 5.12:

True Blood Episode 5.11 - 'Song of the Dead Faerie'
Bill slips into religious fervor; Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder.

True Blood Episode 5.12 - 'Save Yourself'
Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

Source: SpoilerTV

Don't miss episode #54 on Sunday, July 15th at 9PM. For more on True Blood, go to http://itsh.bo/HAObVp or jump in on the Twitter conversations http://twitter.com/truebloodhbo #trueblood.

True Blood Episode #53 Recap - Episode #54 'Hopeless' Preview (VIDEO) Screencaps - Jessica's Vlog Fea. Tara - 'Inside the Epi.' #trueblood

 

Denis O'Hare as Russell and Anna Paquin as Sookie in True Blood - Episode #55 - 'Hopeless' (HBO)

 

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #54 Preview (VIDEO) Screencaps:

SUNDAY, JULY 15 “Hopeless”

The aftermath at the asylum leaves Sookie with an eerie sense of foreboding. At Fangtasia, Pam breaks up a vamp-girl fight, praising Tara for her tenacity. Lafayette visits Ruby Jean (Alfre Woodard), who also received a disturbing message from Jesus.(cont.)

'Jesus's" disturbing appearance in episode 5.05

Fearing for his family’s safety, Terry blames his curse for his troubles with Arlene (Carrie Preston). Alcide challenges J.D. (Louis Herthum); Sam offers to help Andy investigate the recent shootings; Roman lays out his plans to take out Russell. ALSO: Episode #54 (5.06): “Hopeless”: Bill and Eric are retrieved by the Authority; Roman lays out his plans for Russell. (Written by Alan Ball; directed by Dan Attias.

 True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog #3 (Episode #53) (VIDEO):

Baby Vamp No More: Jessica and new Vamp Tara pal around in the Fangtasia ladies room/cafeteria. (VIDEO)

Quotes from episode 5.05:

"We say goodbye, and the next thing, you guys are back in my house and a 3,000-year-old vampire wants to suck my blood ... Must be Thursday!" - Sookie

Rutina Wesley as Tara and Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica in the Fangtasia Ladies room

 

"Listen close. I saved your fuckin' life and lent you some truly exquisite clothes, but if you do anything to mess with Fangtasia, I will silver you and stick you in a coffin to rot until the next millennium." - Pam to Tara

 

Check out True Blood:
http://www.facebook.com/trueblood
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True Blood Season 5: Recap #53 (VIDEO):

ONE-LINERS

"Alcide, you sure know how to treat a lady." —Eric

"If I wanted to look like a drag queen I would have raided Lafayette's closet." —Tara

"Alcide, are we going to talk about the fact that I puked on your shoes?" —Sookie

"We're going to live forever. We're going to be young forever. The world, it's like, wide open to us." —Jessica

"I've seen enough horror movies to know you don't split up when you're in a big scary asylum and there's a crazed killer on the loose." —Sookie

"New York City smells like pee and the people are rude." —Eric

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AFTER the Jump: True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #53 SCREENCAPS:

True Blood Season 5: Episode #53 Clips - Bill & Eric & Jess & Tara VIDEO Screencaps #trueblood

 

TRUE BLOOD - Deborah Ann Woll in Episode 5.05 Sneak Peek, 'Immortal'

Here we have two sneak peeks from the upcoming episode 5.05 of TRUE BLOOD in which teen vampire 'Jessica' enthuses about the coolness about being a vampire--namely 'immortality,' to baby vamp Tara.

Meanwhile while on the hunt for Russell Edgington, Bill and Eric, who are riding in the back of Alcide's work truck, receive a call from the Authority's tech-geek vampire, 'Molly' (Tina Majorino) informing them that their lives are ticking away by the minute and that the 'i-Stakes' attached over their hearts are set to activate at dawn, rendering them both, despite being cute, to goo.

 

Stephen Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård in TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.05

True Blood Season 5: Episode #53 Clip - 'Immortal' (VIDEO):

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #53 Clip - 'The Final Countdown' (VIDEO):

SYNOPSIS:

SUNDAY, JULY 8 “Boot and Rally Alley” Episode #53 (5.05):
With time running short, Bill and Eric enlist Sookie to probe for clues on Russell’s hiding place. Unable to deal with the demon magic inside him, Lafayette calls out to Jesus’ spirit for help. Patrick Devins (Scott Foley) and Terry are held hostage in a bunker belonging to their Iraq War buddy Brian Eller (Brian Geraghty). Jason wakes to a disturbing dream; Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) gives Tara advice on adjusting to vampire life; Sam visits Luna (Janina Gavankar) with bad news. ALSO: Episode #53 (5.05): “Let’s Boot and Rally”: Bill and Eric turn to Sookie for help with Russell’s whereabouts; Jason has a disturbing dream. (Written by Angela Robinson; directed by Michael Lehmann.)

TRUE BLOOD Season 5: Episode #53 Preview - Episode #52 Recap - Inside the Episode VIDEO Screencaps #trueblood

 

Hoyt (Jim Parrack) challenges Tara (Rutina Wesley) to bite him in TRUE BLOOD episode #53 (Credit: HBO)

True Blood Season 5: Recap #52 VIDEO:

True Blood Season 5: Boot and Rally Alley Promo VIDEO and Extended

SYNOPSIS:

SUNDAY, JULY 8 “Boot and RallyAlley” Episode #53 (5.05):
With time running short, Bill and Eric enlist Sookie to probe for clues on Russell’s hiding place. Unable to deal with the demon magic inside him, Lafayette calls out to Jesus’ spirit for help. Patrick Devins (Scott Foley) and Terry are held hostage in a bunker belonging to their Iraq War buddy Brian Eller (Brian Geraghty). Jason wakes to a disturbing dream; Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) gives Tara advice on adjusting to vampire life; Sam visits Luna (Janina Gavankar) with bad news. ALSO: Episode #53 (5.05): “Let’s Boot and Rally”: Bill and Eric turn to Sookie for help with Russell’s whereabouts; Jason has a disturbing dream. (Written by Angela Robinson; directed by Michael Lehmann.)

TRUE BLOOD Episode #52 (July 1) RECAP:

Can someone please tell me where the heck TRUE BLOOD season 5 is going?

Episode #52 opened more story-lines up while others are being rendered seemingly pointless:

Debbie Pelt's parents served to give Alcide (Joe Manganiello) more screen time and to give him an excuse to see Sookie (Anna Paquin) repeatedly...and then blammo! Jessica (Deborah-Ann Woll) mindwipes Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer) who was 'on the case', as they say, and Alcide tells the Pelts that the now-dead packmaster killed Debbie and tah-dah! --Sookie's Debbie problem goes away.

Sam (Sam Trammell) & Luna's (Janina Gavankar) shifter friends from last season show up wanting to 'go for a run,' having gone to Luna first and having her refuse them, they 'pick' Sam. Sam shows up at the appointed place to find both shifters with bullet holes in their heads. It was made clear that Sam had no contact with them whatsoever prior so the immediate suspicion of wolf-pack intimidation makes no sense whatsoever...

Nora (Lucy Griffiths) rats out the child Authority chancellor vampire and Roman (Chris Meloni) makes a speech about the pretty stake-in-a-box with it's point made from Judas's melted-down silver coins. Then Roman stakes the kid--though they showed none of the kill. True Blood won't stake a kid vamp on HBO? Russell Edgington would consider that pretty spineless though I'm sure there will be no one mourning the loss of that snarky little fanger. Frankly, I'm finding the lot of the Authority tedious and that includes Meloni.

Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) is still turning into the blue demon every time he gets really angry; this time he cursed Sookie's car (will this be a final goodbye to the '81 Honda?) causing it to accelerate coupled with brake failure. Sookie bailed when it was going 60 mph and escaped unscathed(!)

Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) are still at the mercy of the Authority though they are (for now) set free to pursue Russell. They end up staring in Sookie's window, where a drunk Sookie is on the sofa making out with Alcide. It appears that they are about to engage in some faery/telepath-werewolf interruptus.

Pam and Tara (Rutina Wesley) bonded after Pam retrieved Tara from self-immoliation by tanning bed. Kristen Bauer van Straten as Pam is still the most compelling reason to keep watching season 5.

Because he believes he's going to meet the true death, Eric made up with Pam and then released her.

Bill believes he 'did well' with Jessica though he did not reveal to her that he too, will probably meet  the true death.

Terry (Todd Lowe) and Patrick (Scott Foley) found their former military buddy in a hideout underground; he appears to be more batshit than even Terry due to their shared traumatic war experience.

I have no idea why but Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Andy were blindfolded and willingly accompanied a bunch of faeries and that geriatric judge with questionable ethics to a faeryland nightclub complete with circus-like performances. The judge claimed he went there every  weekend. Andy and Jason were none the wiser and things seemed to be rolling right along until Sookie & Jason's cousin Hadley, who has taken refuge in faeryland, saw Jason and begged him to bring Sookie there for her safety. There was a kerfuffle and Jason and Andy were booted out, where they landed in the field where Jessica chased Claude the faery, the guy that smelled really delicious in the previous episode, and both promptly got zapped by the bouncers, presumably to mindwipe them.

Check out the #53 promo video and screencaps from next week's episode as well as the video recap of episode #52 (above) and Inside the Episode (below).

Go inside the episode with Writer and Director of episode #52, Alexander Woo and Romeo Tirone.

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #52

TRUE BLOOD Episode #52 “We’ll Meet Again” - Sneak Peeks VIDEO SPOILERS Screencaps #trueblood

 

Kristen Bauer van Straten, Rutina Wesley and Stephen Moyer in TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.04 (Credit: HBO)

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #52 Clip - Alcide Tells a Half Truth VIDEO:

 

Joe Manganiello as 'Alcide' in TRUE BLOOD episode 5.04

 

Alcide tells Debbie Pelt's parents that he knows who killed Debbie...why do I think he's not gonna say 'who?'

...Oh yeah, Mr. Pelt tries to throttle him.

True Blood Season 5: Episode #52 Clip - Congrats? VIDEO:

Congratulations! You're a grandfather! - Pam to Eric in re: Tara

 True Blood Season 5: Episode #52 Clip - Sookie Confesses VIDEO:

I killed Debbie Pelt! - Sookie to Jason

SUNDAY, JULY 1 “We’ll Meet Again” - Episode #52 Description:

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) have doubts they will survive the search for Russell (Denis O’Hare). Sookie (Anna Paquin) drowns her sorrows (and) opens up to Alcide (Joe Manganiello). An irate Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) unwittingly puts Sookie’s life in danger. At Authority headquarters, Roman (Christopher Meloni) and Salome (Valentina Cervi) continue interrogating Nora (Lucy Griffiths) about the Sanguinistas – and a possible the traitor within the Council. Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) forces Tara (Rutina Wesley) to toe the line; Andy (Chris Bauer) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) go to a burlesque party; Sam’s (Sam Trammell) shifter friends invite him for a run; Terry (Todd Lowe) flashes back to a deadly night in Iraq; Hoyt (Jim Parrack) tests the fangbanger waters. ALSO: Episode #52 (5.04): “We’ll Meet Again”: Eric and Bill fear for their lives; Lafayette puts Sookie’s life in danger; Roman and Salome root out a Council traitor. (Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Romeo Tirone.)

 

(Update 8. 27) TRUE BLOOD - Sookie & Bill Pregnancy Mystery Solved! Stephen Moyer Talks Expecting Twins w/ Anna Paquin (PHOTOS) #trueblood

Update  August 27 Update! (Scroll below photo)

THEY'RE HAVING TWINS! Sookie and Bill (ANNA PAQUIN, STEVEN MOYER): Happily expecting twins! (PHOTO: Pacific Coast News - June 9, 2012)

 

True Blood - Is Bill Dead? Is Anna Paquin (Sookie) Quitting True Blood? Ausiello SPOILERS (PHOTO)

 

Anna Paquin - Aug 27, 2012 - (Credit: Pacific Coast News)

ANNA PAQUIN and STEPHEN MOYER stroll in LA on 06/09/2012 (PHOTO) Above:

 

The numbers were just not adding up! Specifically, how was it that Mrs. Steven Moyer's baby belly was growing so quickly when in April ANNA PAQUIN and STEPHEN MOYER confirmed a fall delivery date?! Doing the numbers, Paquin should have been about 3 months pregnant when announcing the long-away impending blessings(s) but when she showed up to both the White House Correspondent's Dinner on April 28, 2012 and attended the True Blood premiere event at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood on May 30 and struck her traditional glam pose, many of us were perplexed as how the otherwise tiny Academy Award-winning actress had such an incredibly big tummy!

JULY 16 UPDATE:

Anna Paquin at the True Blood (HBO) wrap party (July 7, 2012)

 

JULY 16 UPDATE:

Stephen Moyer on having twins with Anna Paquin (JULY 16):

Now we know: TRUE BLOOD'S Sookie and Bill are having twins!

Stephen Moyer thinks having twins with Anna Paquin is going to be ''crazy.''

The 'True Blood' actor - who is married to his co-star - already has two children, Billy and Lilac, from previous relationships and the 42-year-old star anticipates that fathering duties are about to get dramatically more hectic.

He said: ''I love my kids beyond anything. They're the best things ever, and having two more is just going to be even more crazy, but that's cool!''

Moyer's 29-year-old wife has continued to record their vampire television series throughout her pregnancy.

The couple got married on August 21, 2010 and their hit series was recently renewed for a sixth season by HBO.
 

SOURCE: http://www.virginmedia.com/newsfeeds//11654/2012/07/17/stephen-moyer-on-having-twins/

 

ANNA PAQUIN  in Herve L. Laroux cutout gown) and STEVE MOYER attend the White House Correspondent's Dinner on April 28, 2012

 

After an insider confirmed that Paquin 29, and husband of nearly two years Moyer, 42, are expecting twins, costar Sam Trammell -- father to 11-month-old twins Winston and Gus with girlfriend Missy Yager -- shared with Us magazine recently when (they) chatted about the double baby news. "We sent them a special gift. It's so interesting that True Blood has become, like, the 'twins' show."

 

Sam Trammell with his partner of 8 years, Missy Yager, at the June 2011 True Blood premiere when Yager was 7-8 months pregnant with their twin boys (born August 9, 2011)

 And though Moyer has two children, Lilac, 10, and Billy, 12, from a previous relationship, he's been listening intently to Trammell's advice on the ins and outs of raising multiples.

"It's harder, having twins, but it's all we know. So we're trying to impart some decent wisdom," Trammell added. "I told them to hold on tight!"

But Moyer is up for the challenge. "It's always amazing," he told Zap2it in May of his wife's pregnancy. "I love my kids so much. And I think that the fact that Anna is pregnant just adds more crazy to the bundle of fun."

Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-are-expecting-twins-2012276#ixzz1z7aSPO28

 

 

Looking as lovely as ever, Anna, she of super-toned body and great fashion sense, even clad in 'slimming black' looked at least 5 months pregnant in June (remember, stars don't show the way we mortals do). Between the pregnancy announcement in April and the announcement of a multiple pregnancy yesterday, I searched through shots of Paquin and Moyer and became convinced that the baby was 'older' than reported--but why not fess up to the actual due date?

Now comes the answer to the big mystery via a TB 'source' but confirmed by Sam Trammell, who co-stars in True Blood on HBO as Sam Merlotte, Sookie's ever-loyal (and loving?) boss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

True Blood stars Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer are expecting twins, reports revealed Wednesday (6.27.12). Paquin and Moyer, who have been married for two years, follow in the footsteps of co-star Sam Trammell, whose girlfriend Missy Yager had twins 11 months ago.

 
Read more: http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anna-paquin-redbook-2012286#ixzz1z7cCA5Jd

 UPDATE #2:

However, Paquin's expanding baby bump is causing problems for the show's writers because they are trying to conceal her pregnancy.

Creator Alan Ball explained: ''So, in the last few episodes, Sookie's holding a big purse in front of her at all times.

''I actually heard from the costume designer about midway through the season, she went, 'Sookie can't wear a Merlotte's [restaurant] T-shirt anymore.' And I went, 'Well, it's a good thing Sookie isn't really at Merlotte's anymore, she's basically trying to save the world.'

''So, we'll put her in loose-fitting, save the world outfits.''

Anna also confirmed that her pregnancy won't be reflected on screen.

She said: ''At this point, [Sookie] doesn't have a boyfriend on the show.''

SOURCE: http://www.virginmedia.com/celebrity/news/story/2012/06/01/moyer-anna-pregnancy-brings/

TRUE BLOOD - Episode #52 PROMO 'Sookie, You're Being A Very Stupid Girl' - Screencaps - VIDEO #trueblood

Joe Manganiello as 'Alcide' and Anna Paquin as 'Sookie' in TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.04 - Sunday on HBO

SUNDAY, JULY 1 “We’ll Meet Again”  - Episode #52 Description:

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Bill (Stephen Moyer) have doubts they will survive the search for Russell (Denis O’Hare). Sookie (Anna Paquin) drowns her sorrows (and) opens up to Alcide (Joe Manganiello). An irate Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) unwittingly puts Sookie’s life in danger. At Authority headquarters, Roman (Christopher Meloni) and Salome (Valentina Cervi) continue interrogating Nora (Lucy Griffiths) about the Sanguinistas – and a possible the traitor within the Council. Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) forces Tara (Rutina Wesley) to toe the line; Andy (Chris Bauer) and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) go to a burlesque party; Sam’s (Sam Trammell) shifter friends invite him for a run; Terry (Todd Lowe) flashes back to a deadly night in Iraq; Hoyt (Jim Parrack) tests the fangbanger waters. ALSO: Episode #52 (5.04): “We’ll Meet Again”: Eric and Bill fear for their lives; Lafayette puts Sookie’s life in danger; Roman and Salome root out a Council traitor. (Written by Alexander Woo; directed by Romeo Tirone.)

Giles Mathey as "Claude' and is that the shifter chick that hung out with Luna and Sam one evening and wenting 'riding?' (click thumbnails below)

Sookie, You're Being a Very Stupid Girl (VIDEO) (TRANSCRIPT)

I thought this little video nugget from True Blood season 1 was apropo to now--as it is sinking in for Sookie  that she has been making some ill-advised choices--like, maybe she should have listened to Sam long ago? (Funny too, how Sam has now dropped most of his Southern accent!)

Transcript:

Sam: Sookie, you're being a very stupid girl. Sookie: Who asked you? I-I can take care of myself. Sam: I don't think so. Mack could have cut you up. Sookie: How do you know what Mack would've done? Sam: Now you're setting a date with a vampire? What do you have, a death wish? Sookie: No, I don't. I happen to think judging an entire group of people based on the actions of a few individuals within that group is morally wrong. Sam: Well, I will not let you put yourself or this bar in danger. I won't. Sookie: A-am I fired? Sam: No. But next time you think somebody's being harmed in the parking lot, pick up the phone and call the police. Do not go out there alone like a goddamn vigilante! 

Description

Sam is upset because he thinks Sookie could have been hurt when she went into the parking lot to rescue vampire Bill.

TranscriptSookie You're Being a Very Stupid Girl

TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.03 - TV RECAP - Inside the Episode #51 VIDEO - July Extended Episode Descriptions SPOILERS #trueblood

 

When Eric turned Pam - TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.03 'Whatever I Am, You Made Me'

 

Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) in 1905

 

 So many storylines and still no Russell!

 

Sookie must assume that Tara is brain -damaged to put on the lame-o: 'Vampire, what vampire?' act.

Tara (Rutina Wesley) went to her former fuck-buddy/boss Sam (Sam Trammell) and told him she was hungry. She chugged about 2-dozen bottles of 'Tru-Blood' and promptly passed out. Sam put  her in the Merlotte's kitchen freezer so she could sleep it off.

 

When Tara awoke she faced off with the entire Merlotte's staff plus Alcide; it was a very brief encounter as she expressed her desire to rip their throats out and they graciously stepped aside.

 

Arlene (Carrie Preston) does take direction well.

 
Note to Sookie: apparently it isn't 'like they are dead' when vamps 'go-to-ground' for the day--they too, dream--and even cry in their sleep.

 

While Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) was 'at rest' she dreamed of when Eric turned her.  It turns out (no pun) that Pam sort of guilted him into it. They bedded down and in an 'afterglow' moment she asked to be turned. He got miffed, explaining that she had no idea of the grave responsibility of being a maker. She pulled on her robe and promptly slit her own wrists telling Eric he had a choice: turn her or let her die.

 

Pam was serious...and Eric knew it

Sookie fessed up to Alcide (Joe Manganiello) that she killed his ex-wife Debbie Pelt, who had twice broken in to Sookie's house trying to kill her. Alcide seemed more hurt that she kept it a secret than that she did the deed.

 Terry (Todd Lowe) and Patrick (Scott Foley) left for their encounter with their ex-Iraq buddy who is now 'off the grid.'

We didn't have to endure Luna (Janina Gavankar)!

We did have to endure the oddly unsexy Salome (Valentina Cervi) seduce Bill (Stephen Moyer) and (presumably) Eric (Alexander Skarsgård), then Roman (Christopher Meloni). High ick factor goin' on by the time the sloppy thirds rolled 'round.

 

Eric's sister, 'Nora' (Lucy Griffiths) 'confesses'

 We saw Nora (Lucy Griffiths) tortured as her 'brother' Eric and Bill were--silver IV injection. (This torture technique has in no way grossed me out--it's too subtle. Anyway,) Nora 'confessed'  to being a "Sanguinista" to Rosalyn Harris, the middle-aged lady vampire with the faux-Texas accent (Carolyn Hennesey). She annoys me as much it seems as she does fellow Authority member, 'Kibwe' (Peter Mensah).

Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) was out buying 'togs' when in walked the yet-to-be re-introduced character, "Claude." We only saw him briefly before in the land of the Fae (Fairyland) when he saved Sookie and her granddad. He was in 'ugly' faery makeup then so I don't see a problem with switching the actors. Claude is now played by Giles Mathey. Jess picked up his pure-fairy scent whilst she was updating her wardrobe and he was picking up 16 (?) dresses. Why yes, Claude is a gay, male faery and I'm sure he's proud, but the dresses are for his 'sisters.'

 

Giles Mathey as "Claude' and is that the shifter chick that hung out with Luna and Sam one evening and wenting 'riding?' (click thumbnails below)

Jessica chased him down to an open field which looks a lot like the one that Andy and Jason are in next week. She couldn't locate him but she was really turned on so she visited her current eff-buddy Jason (Ryan Kwanten), who unfortunately for her just had an epiphany about being molested by his high school teacher and becoming a sex addict forever after. Jason told Jess of trying to fill an emptiness within and she put away her fangs and insisted they talk as friends about his problems. I have a strong feeling that Jessica is going to really be focusing on 'friendship' this season.'

Finally, Tara broke into the local BonTemps tanning salon, climbed into a tanning bed and prepared to "curl up and fry." Pam, down in Shreveport, doin' the books at Fangtasia, sensed Tara's distress, uttered, "That stupid bitch" and...stayed tuned.

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #51

 

NURSE JACKIE Returns in Season 5 - VIDEO - Episode 4.10 SEASON FINALE - How Did Jackie Get Here and What Comes Next? @SHO_Jackie @SHO_Kareem

 

Nurse Jackie: What 'God' (Michael Buscemi) created (episode 4.10). An image of 'Nurse Jackie' by 'God' on the roof of All Saint's hospital concludes season 4. CREDIT: Showtime

 

Nurse Jackie Returns.... in 9 months...

 

Eve Best as "Dr. O'Hara" in Nurse Jackie episode 4.10 - (Credit: Showtime) Nurse Jackie is the 'love story of' (O'Hara and Jackie), according to it's creators.

Wonder if Dr. OHara is going to take 'Coop' (Peter Facinelli), up on his offer to be her 'manny' until she finds a suitable one?

 

'Coop' (Peter Facinelli) at O'Hara's bedside as they wait for Jackie (just arriving) CREDIT: Showtime

 In case there was any doubt in your mind, perhaps due to slightly tardy reporting of the official Showtime announcement of a fifth great season of Nurse Jackie to look forward to, here's another: Showtime has renewed Nurse Jackie for a fifth season and has tapped Clyde Phillips as the series' new showrunner, the network announced Thursday.

Nurse Jackie : With the Creators: 'Handle Your Scandal' VIDEO Interview:

The Creators and Producers of Nurse Jackie discuss the season 4 finale.

As you probably know, two of the creators/showrunners of Nurse Jackie are turning over the reins after five years, to Clyde Phillips. This last video for season 4 is then, their last thoughts shared on Showtime about their series while still working as it's showrunners.

I always enjoy hearing about the story I'm invested in from the storytellers and showrunners as they rarely fail to bring a fresh, unique perspective when speaking of their story-telling process.

It will be exciting to see what season 5 has in store for Jackie and her family, both in and out of All Saint's. It'll be a period of sobriety but her story doesn't disappear--she'll always be a woman in recovery, a nurse at that, because no matter what Cruz said, Jackie is a nurse whether or not someone actually employs her or not. It's in her DNA. I have a feeling, next time we see her, she'll be back in the profession. And, most probably sober. Now her real life is beginning, blemishes and all. She looks relieved!

'I made it! I fucking made it.'  - Jackie (Edie Falco) at the end of season 4. CREDIT: Showtime

I'd love to seek O'Hara seek mommy lessons from Jackie while Jackie continues to hash out things with Kevin regarding the  girls, post-divorce. O'Hara's high-powered attorney should be able to at least get the sober, strong Jackie shared custody, which will help keep keep Jackie sane/sober.

I would like neither of them to be dating next year. Just sorting through both of their new lives and all the great hospital scenes at their day jobs would make for a terrific season. But, there's liable to be DRAMA anyway. This is Nurse Jackie, after all.

 I hope to see Akalitus (Anna Deavere Smith) too, next season despite like Jackie and Eddie (Paul Schulze), having been fired by Mike Cruz (Bobby Cannavale) from All Saint's. I'm not sure how they'll bring "Eddie" back for a second time. I don't know enough about 'Pill-o-Matix' to know how viable All Saint's again using them instead of Eddie to dispense medication, was. Are most NYC hospitals doing so, IRL?

 

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Update! Episodes #52 #53 #54 FULL Synopsis - TRUE BLOOD Season 5: Episode 5.03 - CLIP #1 'Authority' CLIP #2 'Sam &Tara' SPOILERS #trueblood

WATCH 2 NEW Video SCENES FROM TRUE BLOOD Episode #51 'Whatever I Am, You Made Me':

 Update! True Blood - Episode 5.04 - 5.06 - Detailed Synopses JULY EPISODES (Spoilers):

TRUE BLOOD EPISODE 5.03 Promo #2 - Roman comes to a decision about Eric and Bill

The Vampire Authoritys' bickering is almost as tiresome to watch as it must be for the Roman character to endure. I have no idea why the child actor is there because he's bringing nothing but comic relief with his high-pitched, 'Noooo!' blah, blah... "Apostates!'

Oh please, let him be the one to be staked when Roman finally loses it!(see below)

TRUE BLOOD Episode #51 ; 'Whatever I Am, You Made Me' SYNOPSIS:

TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.03 - Whatever I Am, You Made Me- SYNOPSIS:
Bill and Eric barter for their lives with Roman, the head of the Authority; Jason reunites with his old high school teacher; Sookie searches for Tara. (Written by Raelle Tucker; directed by David Petrarca.) (TV-MA) June 24 Premiere

 

MEGABUZZ TRUE BLOOD SPOILERS:

Q:  What's coming up on True Blood?
TVGuide.com: You know that creepy story we heard this week about Lilith, the first vampire, for whom Adam and Eve were supposedly created as food? Well, guess what? We'll actually meet her this season — but not everyone will believe that she is who she says she is. "I don't know if Roman believes it," Christopher Meloni tells us. "He puts on the garb of a spiritual leader, possibly with a wink and a certain cynicism, so he's willing to take that bet now that [she] isn't real."

 

" Goddess Lilith"

Babylonian or Sumerian Moon Goddess, patroness of Witches, demon Goddess to the Jews and Christians, Lilith represents primal feminine sexuality. Lilith is the protectress of all pregnant women and of children and mothers. She is the Goddess of wisdom, regeneration, enticing sorcery, erotic dreams and feminine allure.

 

SOURCE:

 

 Q: The previews for True Blood seem to spell doom for Arlene (Carrie Preston). First Andy seems to be questioning someone about her whereabouts, and now Tara’s attacking her in her freezer.
 

Ausiello: There’s a pretty dramatic death in the next couple weeks, but Arlene is not the victim.

 SOURCE:

Tara (Rutina Wesley) seeks out Sam's (Sam Trammell) help in True Blood Episode 5.03

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #51 Clip - Authority Makes a Deal

AFTER THE JUMP - UPDATE! True Blood - Episode 5.04 - 5.06 - Press Release

TRUE BLOOD RECAP #50 - Inside #50 Episode - 'The Authority' Interviews - Kristen SPOILERS - VIDEO #trueblood

 

TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 - CHRIS MELONI AS VAMPIRE AUTHORITY HEAD, 'ROMAN'

After plowing through the four new TRUE BLOOD videos released today and reading the Kristen spoilers (below) I'll add just a couple more thoughts (the others are in my previous TRUE BLOOD post).

I can now see why they are splitting the Pam origin story into two episodes . It gets rather...complicated.

I am really curious to know if it is an Authority member that Chris Meloni's 'Roman' goes all stake-y on (see above).

Fangirl's mini-rant:

Is it me or is TRUE BLOOD dumbing things down this year? Jason's (Ryan Kwanten) sex addiction has been crystal clear to us practically since we met him five seasons ago. Even so, in just the first two season 5 episodes, we've had him ponder at length (at least in Jason-speak) about changing his ways after declining to take a girl home from Jessica's party and had him taunted by a table of guys including ex-BFF Hoyt as a 'girlfriend-fucker.' Then we got the pointless scene at the Bon Temps police station where a teenager comes in and punches him, declaring Jason has 'ruined' the kid's life by bedding his skanky mother. And, just for good measure, Jason congratulates Andy on his one-nighter with waitress Holly (for 'getting a piece of pie without buying the cow') even though Andy is concerned that he did something wrong to turn her off. Now, via the Kristen spoiler we find that in episode #51 we are going to find out why Jason is a sex addict, despite the perfectly good explanation offered that his bit of faery blood makes him irresistible to the ladies. Do the writers of True Blood actually watch the show? No explanation necessary! (Please, please, please make it short and...short.)

True Blood Season 5: Recap #50 VIDEO:

Take a look at a recap of episode #50 of "True Blood."

KRISTEN SPOILERS #51:

The New 'Nan':

Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian) isn't just showing up in Bon Temps to make himself an unwanted party crasher, he'll have a whole new role at the Authority. He's the best person to take over the old face of the Vampire Authority now that he's a vampire and a smooth-talking religious nut spokesperson. No Biting the Merchandise: As you will soon learn Lorena (Mariana Klaveno), Bill, Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) and Pam have a very long, sordid and interesting history. Bill and Lorena were out sowing their wild oats when he and Eric clashed before. This fun flashback also explains why Pam isn't the biggest Bill Compton fan.

Sex Ed Teacher: We find out that Jason's (Ryan Kwanten) former teacher (Melinda Page Hamilton) is the woman who sent Jason down a sordid sexual path. The gist of this big reveal is that Jason has so much baggage he'd need a whole cargo truck to go on vacation.

Read more: http://www.eonline.com/news/watch_with_kristin/true_blood_scoop_which_new_vampire_will/323982#ixzz1yCNt9INd

PAM'S (KRISTEN BAUER VAN STRATEN) ORIGIN STORY CONTINUES IN TRUE BLOOD - EPISODE #51

 

Alexander Skarsgård as 'Eric' in TRUE BLOOD Episode #50

 

True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #50 VIDEO:

Go inside the episode with Director and writer of episode #50, Michael Lehmann and Mark Hudis.

 

TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.03 Synopsis (Extended #51) VIDEO Jessica's Vlog #2 - Sceencaps SPOILERS #trueblood

 

TRUE BLOOD Episode 5.03 - Vampire Tara (RUTINA WESLEY) appears to be about to enjoy a good meal (It is Arlene.):

 True Blood Season 5: Whatever I Am, You Made Me Promo VIDEO:

 

TRUE BLOOD Episode #51 - Sam finds Tara in the bushes, in tears (and possibly feeding).

 

Extended Synopsis: TRUE BLOOD Episode #51: “Whatever I Am, You Made Me” Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 24 (9:00-10:00 p.m.):

Bill and Eric barter for their lives with the Authority Chancellors and their leader, Roman (Christopher Meloni). Salome and Roman enlist a new ally in the face of Russell’s return. Sookie goes to Fangtasia to ask for help from Pam, who is still caught up in her memories of Eric and the strange murders at the Comstock Brothel. Andy’s dalliance with Holly (Lauren Bowles) comes back to bite him in the butt; later, Alcide (JOE MANGANIELLO) is visited by Gordon (Steve Rankin) and Barbara Pelt (Linda Purl), who are searching for Debbie. Jason bumps into an old high school teacher, but their reunion brings up conflicting feelings. Written byRaelle Tucker; directed by David Petrarca.

 

'Well hell-o stranger.' Claudette's twin, Claude (Giles Matthey) is about to meet Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll)

What I'm most intrigued by in the promo for TRUE BLOOD episode 5.03:

Pam's origin story = More Pam & Eric (and SPOILER!!! apparently Bill and Lorena!)

A new faery in town. It seems Sookie's faery godmother's twin has shown up in Bon Temps and Jessica is really happy to meet him and we are again treated to the line, previously used on Sookie, 'What are you?.' In episode 5.01, Jessica recycled Bill's line from season 1 --'She is mine!' when Sookie was about to be fanged (unwillingly); this time was when Steve Newlin was about to do the same to Sookie's bro, Jason. Recycle, reuse, I suppose.

Are Sam & Arlene reacting to vampire Tara in the brief shot we see of them in Sam's office? The look on Arlene's face says they are. How big of a body count is Tara going to wrack up before she can be subdued (again)?

Why is Pam being so super-extra bitchy at Sookie besides the fact that Sookie is whining about Tara again? (This is gonna get old fast--the Tara being like a wild animal phase of her new vampiric state. Even teenage Jessica didn't go off the deep end like this and her turning was pretty horrific.)

What I don't care about:

Alcide and his wolfie issues.

Anything Luna. She can leave. Now. Another chick not good enough for Sam.

Terry and Patrick and the origin of Terry's PTSD. Terry is a minor character. We have plenty of his story, we don't need to examine it closely. Enjoy the 'caps!

 

'Caught' Kristen Bauer van Straten as 'Pam' in episode #51

TRUE BLOOD CASTING NEWS (JUNE 15) TRUE BLOOD - ROBERT PATRICK TO GUEST ON TRUE BLOOD AS ALCIDE'S DAD:

 

True-Blood.net has confirmed with HBO that Robert Patrick will guest star on True Blood season 5 as Jackson Herveaux, Alcide’s father. We’ll meet him in episode 5.09, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, when we flashback to when Alcide and Debbie Pelt were teenagers in the 1980s. Back then, Jackson was “powerful, inspiring, and heroic”, but in present day he’s pretty much given up on life. He’ll be a recurring guest star. Source: http://true-blood.net/2012/06/14/casting-news-robert-patrick-joins-true-blood-season-5-spoilers/

NURSE JACKIE - Episode 4.10 Sneak Peek SEASON FINALE! - Episode 4.09 Recap VIDEO @SHO_Jackie @SHO_Kareem #karmasabitch

Grace (Ruby Jerins) and Jackie (Edie Falco) 'escape' from Grace's hated private school.

 

NURSE JACKIE EPISODE 4.10 (SEASON FINALE)

This is it, people--the season finale of what has been IMO, the best season of NURSE JACKIE, ever. Thank goodness it has been confirmed that we can look forward to season 5! This season was a MAJOR departure for Jackie in that she finally hit rock bottom and chose to do something about it. Her struggle seemed more authentic than it ever has. Jackie was up against huge odds, the most pressing being she had to work around her drugs of choice every time she went to work. Factor in husband Kevin not only serving her with divorce papers but asking for custody of her beloved girls and having a new, uber-demanding, inflexible boss, Jackie really was getting it on all fronts. At times, her sobriety seemed very tenuous but through episode 9 she made it. Will she, perhaps faced with the biggest challenge thus far, be able to retain her sobriety? You know what you'll have to do to find out. Watch! (Sunday at 9 p.m. on Showtime). I loved the season finale and am totally jazzed, anticipating season 5. Be sure to check back as I will be watching and I'd love for you to join me!

 

NURSE JACKIE - Episode 4.10 Synopsis: Handle Your Scandal - Nurse Jackie

In the Season 4 finale, Cruz pushes Jackie to the breaking point, and Jackie's reaction gets her fired. Later, Grace is enrolled in public school; and Dr. O'Hara goes into labor with Jackie by her side, but an ER case with personal ties pulls Jackie away before the delivery.(TVGuide.com)

Nurse Jackie : Mom Got Fired

 

Jackie tells Gracie that she was fired.

Nurse Jackie : In Labor VIDEO

O'Hara goes into labor.

Recap NURSE JACKIE Episode 4.09 - Previously on Nurse Jackie:  As chaos erupts when patients are diverted to All Saints from another hospital, Jackie uncharcteristically chooses to keep her head down and keep working. As the ever-growing patient load gets angrier, Cruz loses his temper yet again and goes into a pulminary episode, prompting Jackie to take over the emergency dept in an attempt to get the situaton under control.

WARNING: SPOILERY SEASON 4 FINALE PHOTOS BELOW!

 

Nurse Jackie: What 'God' (Michael Buscemi) created (Nurse Jackie' - episode 4.10) (CREDIT: SHOWTIME)

 

 

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TRUE BLOOD - NEW! Sneak Peeks Clip Episode #50 - Season Finale Casting Spoilers VIDEO #trueblood

Sookie: 'Grab her.' Lafayette: 'How?' Sookie: 'There's some TruBlood in the cabinet.'

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #50 Clip - Lafayette's Going In (VIDEO):

'Grab her.' This little scene is epic. It's absolutely perfect. Please give Nelsan Ellis an award. Give him several, actually. This is my guess how "grabbing" vampire Tara is supposed to work out:

 

OK. Maybe not exactly this way...

More like this.

True Blood Season 5: Episode #50 Clip - Getting Locked Up:

Watch a scene from True Blood Episode 50.

Notice that Eric and Bill's hair are both perfectly styled after being taken captive via silver nets, being blown up all kinds of ways in a car explosion, and sleeping in a cargo container? Oh, the benefits of being a vampire!

 

The Vampire Authrority re-take Bill and Eric--and now Eric's 'sister' Nora into custody

 Vampire Authority HQ?

 

Valentina Cervi as 'Salome', a chancellor of the Vampire Authority

CASTING SPOILERS:  Episode 5.11 and 5.12:

TRUE BLOOD, Episode #512, "Save Yourself" (Additional Role)
Writer: Alan Ball
Director: Michael Lehmann
Location: L.A.
Start Date: Approx. 6/13/12

[SOOKIE STACKHOUSE DOPPELGANGER] Female, Caucasian, Long Blonde Hair, 5'5", 115 lbs. size 4, 34 B. Waist - 25-26" Hip - 34-35". No Lines

TRUE BLOOD, Episode #511, "Finally"
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Writer: Angela Robinson
Location: L.A.
Outside Dates: approx. 5/25/12

[GENERAL CAVENAUGH] A tough as nails general along the lines of Norman Schwarzkopf. Guest star.

 

TRUE BLOOD 'Kristen' SPOILERS NEW! True Blood Preview Episode #50 RECAP #49 VIDEO #trueblood

 

Steven Moyer and Alexander Skarsgård in True Blood season 5 (Credit:HBO)

TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 SPOILERS (JUNE 11, 2012):

In the next episode #50, 'Authority Always Wins,' we will meet all the members of the Catholic Church-emulating Vampire Authority (their leader's name is even 'Roman' --subtle, huh?). As I mentoned earlier, while not appearing initially to be the most bloodthirsty bunch, their methods of extracting information should be quite persuasive (silver injection in the vein, anyone?).

Says E!: 'Think you are most looking forward to seeing Chris Meloni as a vampire? Well, actually our favorite Authority member is played by Christopher Heyerdahl. You might recognize him as The Swede from AMC's Hell on Wheels. He scares us in all the best ways.

Wolf Pup:...Next episode we will meet the most adorable of tiny werewolves. Seriously cute and possibly a huge complication when it comes to keeping her away from an unwanted pack.'

 

SOURCE: KRISTEN E!Online

 Despite four seasons of True Blood having gone by where we bore witness (in flashbacks) to the making of both Bill and Eric, my favourite vamp's begnnings have been left a big "?"--until now!

 

True Blood Season 5: Episode #50 Preview VIDEO:

TRUE BLOOD - Episode 5.02 - Authority Always Wins - SYNOPSIS:
Tara resurfaces in Bon Temps; Pam recalls her human life and first encounter with Eric; Bill and Eric meet Salome at the Vampire Authority headquarters. (Written by Mark Hudis; directed by Michael Lehmann.) (TV-MA) : June 17 Premiere.

True Blood episode 5.02 'Bill' (Stephen Moyer) in the clutches of the Vampire Authority (Credit:HBO)

 

Authority member Dieter Braun, played by Christopher Heyerdahl (Credit:HBO)

   

Ever wonder how Eric (Alexander Skarsgård ) and Pam (Kristen Bauer van Straten) started their 'partnership'? We'll get to flash back to Pam's life pre-vamp in 1905 San Francisco in episode 2 of season 5.

 

True Blood Season 5: RECAP #49 (Season Premiere):

See what happened on episode #49 of "True Blood." Tune in to the new season every Sunday night at 9 only on HBO.

AFTER THE JUMP: True Blood Season 5: Inside the Episode #49 (Season Premiere) VIDEO,True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlogs Promo VIDEO:

UPDATE:

True Blood Season 5: Jessica's Vlog #1 (Episode #49)

Jessica is no longer a baby vamp or an old married vamp, she is now a teenage vamp!