# True Blood 08/29/10 "Fresh Blood" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2010, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956 "2010-08-30T02:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/41 "2010-08-31T18:39:44Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > Is there anything to stop Russel from just karate chopping his hand off and flying somewhere indoors? Of course only after a lot of visually interesting fighting and sizzling. There’s something about the silver though. A light silver necklace laid over the neck and limbs of a vampire will seemingly keep them pinned to the ground. It must rob them of their strength as well as burn them. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/42 "2010-08-31T18:57:18Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > > [@drastic\_quench](#): > > > > Is there anything to stop Russel from just karate chopping his hand off and flying somewhere indoors? Of course only after a lot of visually interesting fighting and sizzling. > > There’s something about the silver though. A light silver necklace laid over the neck and limbs of a vampire will seemingly keep them pinned to the ground. It must rob them of their strength as well as burn them. That makes sense. I vaguely remember vampires in previous seasons being restrained in chains that weren’t even really particularly tight or latched to anything - like Pam in the most recent episode. Oh, and does the actress that plays the wiccan waitress creep anyone else out? She reminds me of E.T. ---
**Author:** ![FrigidLizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3bc359/32.png) [@FrigidLizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrigidLizard)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/43 "2010-08-31T18:59:22Z")
> [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > So doesn’t she have four more days of dosing to try to pry Rene Jr. out of there? Though it seems they’re going to gloss over that - if she’s bleeding like that and doesn’t miscarry, the implication seems to be the fetus is invulnerable. I got the distinct impression that Arlene’s dream before waking up bleeding was actually a metaphor for her attempted abortion. She ignores her mother’s call to come in and tries slowly, carefully, to hook a fish, but is interrupted and awoken by Terry’s desperate pleas. I think if she had managed to stay in the dream long enough to hook a fish and pull it from the water, she would have “hooked” the fetus and pushed it from her body. That’s just my interpretation, though. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/44 "2010-08-31T19:24:01Z")
> [@FrigidLizard](#): > > > [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](#): > > > > So doesn’t she have four more days of dosing to try to pry Rene Jr. out of there? Though it seems they’re going to gloss over that - if she’s bleeding like that and doesn’t miscarry, the implication seems to be the fetus is invulnerable. > > I got the distinct impression that Arlene’s dream before waking up bleeding was actually a metaphor for her attempted abortion. She ignores her mother’s call to come in and tries slowly, carefully, to hook a fish, but is interrupted and awoken by Terry’s desperate pleas. I think if she had managed to stay in the dream long enough to hook a fish and pull it from the water, she would have “hooked” the fetus and pushed it from her body. > > That’s just my interpretation, though. 😛 I like it! I wonder if witchay-waitress will turn out to be secretly trying to save the baby. Call my cynical, but I don’t trust anyone on this show until they’re proven to be “good”. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/45 "2010-08-31T21:21:35Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > > [@Joey\_P](#): > > > > There’s something about the silver though. A light silver necklace laid over the neck and limbs of a vampire will seemingly keep them pinned to the ground. It must rob them of their strength as well as burn them. > > That makes sense. I vaguely remember vampires in previous seasons being restrained in chains that weren’t even really particularly tight or latched to anything - like Pam in the most recent episode. > > Oh, and does the actress that plays the wiccan waitress creep anyone else out? She reminds me of E.T. In the pilot, Sookie found Bill laying on the ground with some very lightweight chains draped over him. And yeah, Wiccan girl, creepy eyes and it doesn’t help with her hair pulled back so tight. I have to assume they’re purposely going for that look. [She’s no beauty queen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101242/mediaindex), but she’s certainly not _that_ off putting. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/46 "2010-08-31T22:37:50Z")
If Holly offers Arlene an amulet filled with [tannis root](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannis_root)we’ll know for sure (though she ain’t the beginnings of a wart on the late great Ruth Gordon’s eyebrow:p). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/47 "2010-09-01T04:55:49Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > > [@FrigidLizard](#): > > > > I got the distinct impression that Arlene’s dream before waking up bleeding was actually a metaphor for her attempted abortion. She ignores her mother’s call to come in and tries slowly, carefully, to hook a fish, but is interrupted and awoken by Terry’s desperate pleas. I think if she had managed to stay in the dream long enough to hook a fish and pull it from the water, she would have “hooked” the fetus and pushed it from her body. > > > > That’s just my interpretation, though. 😛 > > I like it! > > I wonder if witchay-waitress will turn out to be secretly trying to save the baby. Call my cynical, but I don’t trust anyone on this show until they’re proven to be “good”. I definitely think she wants to save the baby considering she’s offering woo rather than a ride to the Shreveport Planned Parenthood clinic, but I don’t think there’s anything more nefarious going on than “every life is precious to the goddess” sort of thing. There’s no Arlene-Terry subplot _or_ baby in the books, so we’re all just guessing. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/48 "2010-09-01T05:18:55Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > > [@John\_Mace](#): > > > > I like it! > > > > I wonder if witchay-waitress will turn out to be secretly trying to save the baby. Call my cynical, but I don’t trust anyone on this show until they’re proven to be “good”. > > I definitely think she wants to save the baby considering she’s offering woo rather than a ride to the Shreveport Planned Parenthood clinic, but I don’t think there’s anything more nefarious going on than “every life is precious to the goddess” sort of thing. There’s no Arlene-Terry subplot _or_ baby in the books, so we’re all just guessing. Her first suggestion was actually a ride to the clinic. The offer of a potion came after Arlene passed up the abortion. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/49 "2010-09-01T14:43:10Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > (All I remember is on ER Dr. Luka inserted a sterilized stick of rolled up seaweed called laminaria, which would gradually expand and open up the uterus. Don’t know what the result was.) > > The finale is going to be in 2 weeks, I can’t believe the season is just about over already! i’m wondering if Hoyt’s mom is going to kill Jessica, I can see a cliffhanger on that storyline. I had an abortion when I was 18, which was in 1976. The doctor inserted one of those the day before the abortion to expand the uterine opening. It was uncomfortable. But it didn’t actually make me abort, though, I had a regular D&C with Vac, that was just to make it easier, I think. It still hurt like hell. Which did serve to teach me that yes, I was not magically immune to pregnancy. And I never once for the rest of my life, had sex without protection of one kind or another. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis3240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dennis3240](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis3240)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/50 "2010-09-03T18:02:51Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > > [@John\_Mace](#): > > > > Were they silver handcuffs? > > Didn’t seem to effect Eric, so probably not. Eric specifically said “silver handcuffs” as he snapped the other bracelet onto Russell’s wrist. Eric put on leather gloves outside when his back was turned to the video monitors. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/51 "2010-09-03T18:20:07Z")
He did tell him silver, but Eric had no gloves on at all. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis3240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@Dennis3240](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dennis3240)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/52 "2010-09-03T20:37:14Z")
> [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](#): > > He did tell him silver, but Eric had no gloves on at all. My bad! I just rewatched that part and you are right he is totally sans gloves, my mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/53 "2010-09-05T12:11:12Z")
What the double hell? Are they trying to turn Sam into Sawyer from Lost? I never really liked the character of Tommy, but even so I thought that what Sam did to him was pretty unforgivable and low. And this plan of Eric’s, is one of the stupidest things … If he is using silver cuffs, we all know that silver renders vampires all paralytic, so why in blue blazes _didn’t_ he cuff Russell to something and head for the shade? So much for what I said about Lafayette and Jesus being the least dysfunctional couple on the show, although Lafayette at least had the brains to send his new sweetie home and not go all Jason Stackhouse on us. Don’t even get me started about Jason. He is nowhere near cute enough to make up for all the dumb and morally questionable crap that he does, and Arlene the magic-abortion-having vampire-bigot is no better. And now I’m afraid that Hoyt has crossed the line from sweet and naive to just plain stupid. Terry and Lafayette are the last two really likeable characters on the show. If this keeps up, I’m going to lose one of the only shows I bother to watch anymore. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/54 "2010-09-06T01:51:50Z")
Sookie or Bill can go out in he sun and hack off Russell’s head. Sookie is weak but she may be able to do that and save Erik. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/55 "2010-09-06T02:13:34Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Sookie or Bill can go out in he sun and hack off Russell’s head. Sookie is weak but she may be able to do that and save Erik. _If_ Russell dies this season… ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956/56 "2010-09-06T05:17:37Z")
A lot of people on various sites are commenting about Holly looking malevolent. I mostly think she’s been styled harshly by the makeup/hair/wardrobe people to look like a career waitress in the rural South who’s got some history on her. Remember, she was running the rape survivor group when Tara showed up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/true-blood-08-29-10-fresh-blood/551956.md?page=2)