SPOILER WARNING!!! Do not read ahead if you have not seen the seventh episode of True Blood's Season 7 "May Be The Last Time".
The episode picks back up at Amber's house, where Eric, Pam and Mr. Gus have chained the young vampire down with silver, and interrogate her as to the whereabouts of her nefarious sister Sarah Newlin. Although Amber begins to co-operate by revealing that Sarah's blood is the cure for Hep V, Eric is overcome with rage and stakes Amber causing her to suffer the True Death, much to Pam's chagrin. Seeing an opportunity to make money, Mr. Gus devises a plan to synthesise Sarah's blood and sell it under the brand name "New Blood" as a cure for all infected vampires. Gus offers Eric the position as New Blood's spokesperson, as a means of persuading the vampire public to trust his company again after the Hep V fiasco. While Eric and Pam catch some shut eye, Mr. Gus uses the Japanese government's surveillance to pinpoint Sarah's location and when our two favourite vampires rise, they take off to capture her. I, personally, am really over the whole Mr. Gus/Yakuza storyline, and feel that Eric's uneasy alliance with them is unnecessary- surely he could take off at vampire speed with Pam to capture Sarah on their own? I suspect the Viking vampire may have a plan to punish the Japanese for their involvement with Sylvie's death in the 1980's.
In Bon Temps, Jessica and Sookie are devastated by the realisation that Bill has mere days to live. Sookie promises Jessica that she will find a miracle to save Bill, and calls Doctor Ludwig hoping to get some answers as to why his infection is spreading so rapidly. Doctor Ludwig seems to indicate that Sookie's royal-fairy blood is the cause, and Sookie resolves to seek out Niall for answers. Sookie's side-adventure with Niall seemed entirely pointless, as all he manages to impart, in an extremely roundabout way, is that death is a necessary part of life. Later that night, Sookie runs across the cemetery in a flowing white dress, reminiscent of a similar scene in season one, to Bill's mansion, where the pair have sex in front of the fireplace. I assume the episode's title is a reference to this possibly being the last time the pair have sex, which seems likely considering the appalling black veins spreading across Bill's body during the scene.
Also in Bon Temps, Arlene reopens Bellefleur's, however, business is far from booming after the infected vampires attack there a week ago. She does, however, talk to Sam about Nicole leaving town and delivers an inspiring speech about refusing to give up on the belief that she might just be able to be happy again one day. Later, Keith appears after having sensed her emotional pain, and invites Arlene to dance. This was undoubtedly the most beautiful moment of the episode and cemented my belief that Arlene has become one of the core characters of this show, and has probably undergone the biggest character growth of any of the series regulars over the course of the series.
Elsewhere, Hoyt arrives back in town and stops by Bellefleur's for breakfast before heading over to the Sherrif's office to pay his last respects to his mother. The scenes shared between Hoyt and Jason were wonderfully executed and rife with underlying emotion, however, I found the new inclusion of Hoyt's girlfriend jarring, and did not believe that Jason would lust after ANOTHER girl in Hoyt's life after the Jessica-fiasco.
Andy and Holly continued to go on a wild goose chase in search of their missing children this week, and of course have absolutely no success! However, they did share a great moment together during their adventure, which showcased the rarely-seen emotional side of Andy, and the iron-clad strength of Holly, which I enjoyed, despite the lack of plot progression.
Meanwhile, whilst their parents searched frantically for them, Adilyn and Wade hid out at Violet's extraordinarily creepy house, whilst the clearly unhinged vampire slept the day away. However, as expected, at the very end of the episode, Violet unveiled her true colours by knocking Wade unconscious and handcuffing Adilyn to their bed (causing Jessica to immediately awaken in Bon Temps and take off to come to the half-fae's rescue). I can only hope that next week will finally see the end of Violet, who's character has served to irk me unbelievably since her debut last season.
And finally, the delightfully crazy Sarah Newlin attempts to seek shelter at the Light of Day Institue, which had served as her training ground for members of the Fellowship of the Sun back in season two. However, Sarah's mental state appears to be deteriorating rapidly as she hallucinates figures from her past (Jason, her former husband Steve, Governor Burrell and her Buddhist mentor) who all adamantly tell her that she is going to die tonight. Unaware that she has been tracked by satellite, Sarah is shocked to see Eric, Pam and the Yakuza appear at the camp.
Overall rating: ★★★
Although I did enjoy this episode, as I do any viewing of True Blood, I believe that it was merely a filler episode designed to slow down our march towards the ultimate climax of this series (or as a friend of mine put it, "nothing really happened"). The storylines showcased in tonight's episode were mostly side-stories that dragged on, with nothing happening until the final moments, eg. Sookie and Bill having creepy Hep-V sex, Violet finally showing her true nature to the naive Adilyn and Wade and Eric and Pam finally catching up with Sarah. We can only hope that with only three episode of True Blood left that the writers still have some classic True Blood-esque drama and action left to wow its viewers as it did in its earlier years.
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