TONIGHT ON TRUE BLOOD a Study in FUBARing

Tonight is Episode five of True Blood's Fifth season.  That means we should FINALLY begin to get somewhere.  Even though we (me and a lot of you all) think Alan Ball has jumped the shark HBO has officially renewed the show for a sixth season without Mr. Ball at the helm. Things can only get better then since (according to me and "official" TV critics) he has FUBARed the show. If you want to be in TV and learn how to totally screw something up and alienate thousands of fans, study Alan Ball's methods of Television Series Development.


I like this, Jessica is being helpful:

Ep. 53 Clip - Immortal

NOT so crazy for this though:

Ep. 53 Clip - The Final Countdown

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Has Ball Jumped the Shark??WE'LL MEET AGAIN TRUE BLOOD S5 E4

Here are some videos for tonight's episode of TRUE BLOOD:

WE'LL MEET AGAIN

Series Episode 52

THIS is the preview

Ep. 52 Preview

I think THIS is the most important clip.  At end of the last episode Tara had put herself in a tanning bed and was screaming in agony.  The question was should Pam save her or (to quote Pam's tweet) Let her fry. On tweeter it was surprisingly split.  Pam's decision is revealed here by who is walking with her.

Ep. 52 Clip - Congrats?

Sookie: I'm Turning myself in.  Jason: Into what? As the shop owner said in last week's episode, God gave that boy a penis and a brain, just not the ability to use them both at the same time. As we say in Maine: THAT BOY IS NUMB AS A HAKE.

Ep. 52 Clip - Sookie Confesses

Alcide: "Debbie's Gone." (Gone where? To see MAGIC MIKE?")

Ep. 52 Clip - Alcide Tells a Half Truth

Confusing Episode Numbers?  HBO numbers its episodes "officially" for the entire series.  So tonight this is the 52nd episode in this series.  Most fans and some reviewers and bloggers write the season and the number of an episode with in the season.  So tonight is Season five Episode four (S5, E4).

A lot of people think that Alan Ball has really jumped the shark on this season.  How about you??