True Blood has managed to avoid the “true death” for seven seasons. So what did it ultimately do with its characters, after 80 episodes? Let’s find out.
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Bill (Stephen Moyer) enters Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) home with fond memories of their past, but Sookie’s not interested in story time. She wants Bill to agree to take the Hep V antidote, but Bill refuses to promote her vampire dating addiction any longer. Plus – sudden mortality makes Bill feel “human” once again, making him want to be with his long-deceased family, in the grave.
He doesn’t just want a normal death for himself, but also, he wants a normal life for Sookie. Bill suggests that Sookie uses her remaining fairy light to kill him – thus extinguishing her fae powers and identity, so she can be normal too. It’s what she’s always wanted, to be normal, right? And cue those creepy credits, one last time.
A quiet yet powerful opening makes us forget about the real danger at hand: Mr. Gus knows that Sookie knows all about the super-secret Sarah Newlin (Anna Camp) Hep V cure. Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) sees only one solution here, to kill Mr. Gus, and Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) is quick to jump on board. He orders Sarah to drink some of Pam’s blood so that the two of them will always be able to track her, and then they set her free. Mr. Gus obviously rages, but Eric quickly blows up Mr. Gus in a tunnel with gasoline and kills his men too.
Sarah has been set free – and now she wants to be turned vampire by Pam. The girl changes identities almost each season; but hey, at least she’s consistent. Pam turns her down completely, only wanting to stick her non-vaccinated teeth into Sarah’s neck.
Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) and Hoyt (Jim Parrack) pay a visit to Bill, and Hoyt offers what might be the last time a character says “Vampire Bill.” Jessica tells Bill that she doesn’t understand his decision but that she will figure out a way to accept it. And just like that, everyone is supporting Bill’s suicide accept for Sookie. The scene ends with Bill blatantly asking Hoyt if he plans to marry Jessica, and Hoyt, who has “known” Jessica for two days, says yes. A short story from Bill about being turned before seeing his bio-daughter married, and Jessica is wondering aloud if she and Hoyt can marry – today.
Back to Sookie, who’s having some pretty cute flashbacks of her and Tara when they were little girls, talking about who they like. When little Sookie wonders if she can ever get married given her mind-reading ability, Sookie’s grandmother strongly reminds her that she too deserves happiness. This is the kind of memory that surely reinforces the idea that she should not be with Bill.
Sookie goes to Jason’s (Ryan Kwanten) house and meets Brigette (Ashley Hinshaw), whose mind she immediately reads. This works effectively as a “previously, with Jason Stackhouse” moment, and Sookie is caught up on the Hoyt-Brigette-Jason debacle. Now she’s asking the dumbest, but sweetest, character on the show, Jason, for advice on the prospect of giving up her light to kill Bill. At least Jason admits that he has no idea what advice to give, adding that he will love his sister either way.
Jason’s phone rings, and it’s Hoyt, while Sookie’s phone rings, and it’s Jessica – will Jason be Hoyt’s best man, and might Sookie have a wedding dress. Still sporting the black eye he got from Hoyt the night previous, Jason and Sookie are on their way to the wedding.
Andy (Chris Bauer) is performing the ceremony, Arlene (Carrie Preston) is fascinated by a “vampire wedding,” and Holly (Lauren Bowles) wonders if the wedding is due to a surprise Jessica pregnancy. We get another “Vampire Bill” from Andy, before Bill tells him – his closest living relative – that the Compton house will end up in his possession. Andy agrees to rent it out to Jessica and Hoyt, essentially for free.
As anyone could predict, Jessica looks beyond beautiful in her wedding dress, and Bill looks absolutely charming walking her down the aisle. Andy chokes back some tears and starts the quick ceremony, right in the Compton living room. However, it’s hard for Sookie to enjoy the ceremony. She can hear Bill’s thoughts for the first time ever, assumedly because he is becoming more human and less vampire towards his imminent death. Blood trickles out of Bill’s ears as he thinks about how badly he wants Sookie to have a normal wedding someday.
After they leave the wedding, Sookie tells Jason about suddenly being able to hear Bill’s thoughts, and then she lets Jason know just how much Brigette likes him. He remains adamant that he will not sleep with another one of Hoyt’s girlfriends, but we all know that he will, right? Next, Sookie heads to the church to see Rev. Daniels for spiritual guidance. He cryptically advises Sookie to exercise her free will.
Back home, Sookie changes from the coral dress she wore to Jessica and Hoyt’s wedding into a black one for Bill’s funeral, and then she crosses the familiar graveyard to his house, where the two meet. The two embrace. Sookie says that she can’t let go, but Bill tells her that is time.
Bill thanks Sookie and climbs into the grave that was dug for him many years ago, where he finds the photograph that was taken of him and his daughter before he left to fight in the Civil War.
Sookie conjures her light, and in that moment, she realizes that she does not want to give up her fairy identity. Bill still wants to die, and so Sookie breaks a shovel, climbs down into the grave, tells Bill that she loves him, and with his guiding hands, stakes him through the heart. A very bloody Sookie climbs out of the grave and starts slowly filling it back up with dirt.
The scene ends and we are treated to an infomercial for “New Blood,” starring Eric and Pam, about a year later. Three years later, we see a pregnant Sookie making dinner in her home. Jason, his daughter, and his presumed wife Brigette are in the living room.
Next – we’re back at Fangtasia one more time, where Sarah is chained up in the basement, her blood being sold at a high price. She’s losing her mind, according to the figment of her imagination that is Steve Newlin (Michael McMillan), haunting her every day for the rest of her life.
The show doesn’t end in a bar basement, it ends back at Sookie’s house, where pretty much every living True Blood character is at a long Thanksgiving dinner table, including Sookie’s mysterious husband – whose identity is not revealed.
And there you have it. The HBO vampire drama ended on a warm and fuzzy note, killing only one character and spending the majority of its finale episode on a wedding. The episode focused mostly on Sookie, with many supporting characters simply appearing at the end without a single line.
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