Tonight's episode entitled, "Scratches" was another great episode in the series but left me wanting a little more. So far this season has been dedicated to setting up questions and mysteries to be answered at some point down the line, but I was expecting the story to progress a little more than it did. Lots of new questions were asked, like what in the world was that minotaur/bull creature, and was that Daphne? Another lingering question we're left with tonight is whether or not Lafayette is indeed a vampire. If I had to guess, I would say yes, but we will have to wait two weeks to find out.
I feel like I'm off to a negative start and that is not the way I want to go with this. The opening scene with Bill and Sookie was a thrilling start to the episode. The overall creapiness in that scene was brilliant. I originally thought it was Eric stalking Sookie in the woods so he could take her to Dallas just like he told Bill he could, but I was wrong. Bill taking Sookie to Fangtasia worked out perfectly for a trade between Sookie and Eric, and you could see that coming from a mile away. That's another bright point to this episode (and actually the season). Eric was my favorite character from the first season and I always wanted to see him in more scenes, and that's exactly what season 2 has delivered. Eric definitely has some good mystery and stories from his past and I look forward to his further involvement in the show.
Tara's story this season has been an interesting but very confusing sequence of events so far. It feels like Sam's story from the first season where they showed clues the whole season of him having the ability to turn into a dog, but you didn't know that until the last couple episodes. I believe Tara's story this season will go that same route and I'm okay with that. Maryann showed a new power/ability this week by making a 250+ pound pig disappear. I'm very interested to find out more about her, but her story most likely won't be revealed till the end of this season.
Jessica (Bill's vampire child) had an interesting and very well written story this week too. I actually enjoyed her scenes this week as opposed to her winy teenage antics so far. When she walked in the bar and caught Hoyt's attention you could see the trouble that was building all the way to the confrontation of Bill and Jessica towards the end of the episode. Now as for the end of the episode, I was completely surprised to see Daphne show up on the dock and couldn't help but feel like something was up when the actual dog didn't jump in with Sam. Daphne has been an underused character this season and I thought she would soon become the casualty of a vampire attack, but yet again I was wrong.
All in all it was a great episode that asked a bunch of new questions and was mostly a set up episode for things to come. I'm sure after seeing the next couple episodes I would rank this one higher, but as a stand alone episode this was at best an 8/10.
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