TV Review: True Blood 1.10 – I Don’t Wanna Know

Posted by Robert Fure (robert@filmschoolrejects.com) on November 10, 2008

True Blood

True Blood, HBO, Airs Sunday 9pm

Episode: “I Don’t Wanna Know” (Season One, Episode Ten)

Synopsis: The relationship between Sam Merlotte and that damn dog is finally revealed. Elsewhere, Bill must answer to the vampire hierarchy over his bloody defense of Sookie, who finds herself in a place where trusting anyone is difficult. The other Stackhouse, Jason, tries to establish dominance in his relationship with Amy which has unintended consequences for both badboy Lafayette and shy vampire Eddie.

Review: Episode 10 keeps the pace going as True Blood once again delivers a solid episode. Perhaps its time I stop going into these expecting anything less than greatness? Sam finally gets his due, with a significant portion of the episode dedicated to him. We get some background into his troubled childhood and he provides us with some very interesting insight into just exactly what lives in the True Blood world.

Tara’s storyline is full of frustration and heartbreak once again as she goes through with the exorcism and we find our resident voodoo lady, like so many others, is not what she seems. With only two episodes left, Alan Ball’s vampire drama is packing a lot of drama into one can only be a fantastic climax. Lafayette is poised to take center stage as his State Senator boytoy is seemingly anti-vampire and hypocritically anti-homosexual. Jason and Amy, who have a complex, strange, and sexy relationship, have some serious issues to work through and no doubt Eddie, indirectly, will still have some impact on the storyline.

HBO is prone to replaying these episodes in blocks, so if you’ve missed out on anything, make sure to jump on board. You don’t want to be stuck waiting for the DVD release of this season. True Blood features bloody violence, bloody sex, great drama, and sometimes sex without the blood. If you’re looking for strong characters and great story telling in a complex world, you can call off the search.

Up Next Week: Lafayette confronts his State Senator boytoy about his political leanings while the relationship between Sookie and Sam gets complicated just as Bill returns from his trial.

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Did you watch True Blood this week? If so, feel free to discuss below.


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  • BmOvie74
    Okay can we talk about who the killer might be? I'm gonna have to it's say either Sam, one of the two sheriffs, Hoyt, Todd or Rene (I doubt it but it would be awesome). Even after last night's episode I'm not gonna count Sam out. They always showed him with the dog bc they didn't want you to think it was him, and then it turned out to be him. And what was with him rolling around in Dawn's sheets after she was murdered in one of the earlier episodes?? By the way I think he can shift into people but he didn't want Sookie to know that.

    And what was that girl Tara almost hit?? She looked half dead and I couldn't make out what she was walking with.

    Awesome episode.
  • Oh Lawd
    It'd be pretty great if the killer turned out to be the Veteran.
  • big K
    A few things:

    Is it me, or did that nekkid chick Tara almost hit look a lot like Michelle Forbes (BattleStar Galactica: Razor)?

    I think the killer is one of Jason's buddies.

    On Sookie's reaction to Sam: You're a woman who can read minds dating a vampire, but the shapeshifting man gives you the heebie-jeebies?

    Is it possible LaFayette is the only rational person in this show?

    Tara's outbursts would really bother me if she weren't so hot.

    It took Zelkjo Ivanek (the top vamp) only five minutes to steal the show from an exceptional ensemble cast. Now that's good acting.
  • Meli
    Another fantastic episode and only two more to go - no! When Sam finally explained what he was I wasn't surprised...I think most had figured it out. Poor, poor Eddie. Amy, while cute, is a real piece of work.

    I don't think the murder is one of the sheriffs, but it could be one of Jason's friends...what if it turns out to be the mama's boy? He seems just too nice and he was thinking nice thoughts about Dawn, so yeah, probably not. I can't see Rene being the killer, but hey, this show has been full of surprises.

    Tara is just falling off the deep end of sad and someone tell her never to wear that hot pink dress ever again. I don't want anything bad to happen to her character, but it feels like her character might not make it.

    I loved the whole vampire trial and wished it would have had a little more screen time. I can't get enough of the vampires, but I think this story is about Sookie, so we're going to see more of her life.
  • Smurf
    During the last few episodes I couldn't help but thinking that Marvel needs to get the guy who plays Eric to play Thor.
  • Meli
    Smurf - I've seen others suggest the same and I have to agree.
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