Despite some dull moments, when it came to character development, Sunday night’s episode of True Blood knocked it out of the park. Tara dealt with her emotions in the aftermath of an attempted suicide, Lafayette revealed a disturbing secret, and Sam discovered his real family.
I’ll begin by discussing my least favorite aspect of the episode—Bill’s kidnapping. "Beautifully Broken" opens with a rather disturbing visual—Bill biting the ear off of a werewolf, who then turns human and writhes on the ground. We are then introduced to a new character, the foppish vampire king of Mississippi, Russell Edgington, who reprimands the werewolf (named Cooter) and then “escorts” Bill back to his mansion. On a horse. Russell thinks that his guest will give him access to the Queen, and in turn he promises to make Bill the sheriff of Mississippi Area Two—whatever that means. Bill is unimpressed, and I am a little bit bored.
We learn later from Eric (in a tension-filled scene with Sookie) that these werewolves are part of a Nazi organization. Unfortunately this explanation involves a flashback to 1945 Germany, where we see Eric and Godric fighting off a lady werewolf. The flashback is kind of a throwaway scene. It would have been just as effective if Eric had simply stated that he’d had run-ins with this group before.
During Eric and Sookie’s little tête-à-tête, Pam excuses herself and Jessica from the situation, saying, “Let’s go to the ladies' room and stare at ourselves in the mirror.” She then gives Jessica a lesson in how to not kill someone while feeding on them, as well as telling her how to get rid of a body. Jessica promptly goes home and rents a chainsaw. This cannot end well.
Meanwhile Lafayette has discovered Tara trying to down a bottle of pills. After forcing her to throw them up, he carries her to his car and away from the toxic Etta Mae. After Tara calms down he wisely states that “life ain't not havin’ problems, Tara. It’s about being able to deal with the ones you got… look, the Buddhists weren’t lying when they said life is suffering. It don’t mean you get to check out early, and leave me here.”
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