First of all let's just say it's great to have True Blood return to our screens (well technically our monitors since so far I've caught the first two episodes of the series on iTunes) and it's still a great piece of work.
There are of course some spoilers from here on in as we take a look at the first couple of episodes (Bad Blood and Beautifully Broken).
It all opens just after the disappearance of Bill at the restaurant and Sookie is frustrated that no-one seems to take it seriously, with the Police not helping. Meanwhile Tara reels from the death of Eggs as Jason and Andy try to work what they are going to do about explaining it all.
To be fair this episode is a little bitty as it needs to set threads running after the fall out of last year but for the most part it is successful as we learn those we have taken Bill have a certain lupine quality about them. However Tara still is annoying for me as she manages to blame Sookie for Eggs' death within about thirty seconds of talking to her and then ignores LaFayette in favour of her unstable mother.
Things settle down a bit in the second episode of the series as we learn that Bill's captors in fact work for a vampire Lord who is maneuvering to take over the land of Bill's Queen. Who herself, is looking a trouble as investigations begin into the amount of 'V' being sold in her territory.
Along the way we see Eric and Godric in '40s Europe, posing as members of the S.S. no less as they track werewolves, Sam has some uncomfortable dreams about Bill and Jessica finds herself struggling to deal with a dead body as continues to learn about being a vampire.
It certainly seems like the series is shaping well with a lot of avenues to be pursued (why does Bill appears to have a dossier on Sookie?)and hopefully the number of strands will help avoid the bogging down that occurred last year during the Marianne sections.
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