True Blood Recap - 'Radioactive' 2 Huge Deaths and a Leap Forward in Time With Some Bonus Nudity

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Normally we would never consider asking you to click away from HNGN to go elsewhere but we really must insist; if you haven't watched this past Sunday's episode of "True Blood" you're not going to want to keep reading. Not only are there scary stories about Vampires and Werewolves but there are even more frightening spoilers ahead. You have been warned.

Any time a single episode of a can pack the death of a couple of major characters, some full frontal nudity, a bunch of violence and lay the groundwork for a major showdown in the future it seems inappropriate to call the overall result "lackluster." Yet that's just what the season finale of "True Blood" was.

Almost every plot element of the season was geared toward advancing one of two storylines; the vampire camp fiasco or Warlow vs. Sookie. Sure, things like Terry's death and Sam's tussles with the pack of wolves ate up minutes and sometimes tied in with the main storylines, but it was obvious they were ancillary to the two main storylines.

Last week the vampire camp was done away with in glorious fashion. Body parts were ripped off, villains were dealt with (and ultimately allowed to get away), Eric flew away and Bill's vision of three quarters of the show's cast becoming a raging inferno was avoided. This led to the opening of the finale with the vampires frolicking in the sun. We knew they loved having sex but who knew that playing volleyball was one of the great joys the blood suckers longed for in their lives without sun?

Therefore this week should have been the grand payoff for the Warlow storyline. Unsurprisingly, Sookie backed out of her arrangement with Warlow once she saw that all of her friends were safe. While it seems perfectly rational for Sookie wanting to go on a couple of dates before committing to become a faerie-vampire queen for eternity Warlow's reaction was equally predictable.

As Jason, Andy, Adilyn, Violet and Bill get all geared up to go save Sookie the excitement for an epic battle builds. Once the rescue party gets to faerie land things there is a quick fight before returning to the normal Bon Temps. Soon enough Warlow is dealt with when the Stackhouse grandfather Niall is able to return from exactly where he first appeared to help Jason drive a stake through Warlow's heart. The villain turned love interest turned villain had been vanquished.

Warlow's death held great consequences that we'll get to in a second, but for the most part he just seemed to go out with a whimper. Ten episodes built up to the ultimate confrontation so it felt a bit empty when everything was solved so easily 20 minutes into the episode. Once Warlow was reduced to a warm puddle of goo on the floor it seemed like he brought very little significance as a character. Sure, his blood was essential in saving the lives, and ending at least one life, of many characters but does the whole narrative need to be based around his character to still include that element? It just seemed like an excessive amount of build up for such a weak payoff.

Of course, if Warlow didn't die Eric would still be enjoying himself sunbathing on top of a mountain in Sweden. It's hard to imagine the show continuing without Eric but he definitely did burst into flames with no shelter in sight. Once again, like Warlow, that seems like a pretty weak way to get rid of arguably the best character in the show.

Yet, Eric's death isn't all people are talking about from that scene either. Mostly people are talking about the moment right before he bursts into flames. When he stands up, and, you know, we are graced with some full frontal nudity. If there is one thing you can count on from "True Blood" it's that the "N" in the rating preceding the episode usually isn't kidding around.

Once all of this is wrapped up viewers are given a glimpse of Bon Temps six months in the future. Sam is mayor now (why?), Arlene owns Merlotte's (didn't she have trouble enough just waiting tables), Sookie and Alcide are an item (really?) and Violet still hasn't allowed poor Jason past third base. I guess instead of spending time showing how all of that came to be, and some of it could be pretty interesting, viewers are just supposed to accept it and move on to what looks to be the new villain for next season; Hep V infected vampires.

Every healthy vampire seems to be teaming up with a human in order to create alliances to be used against the incoming horde of evil vampires. The glimpse of the vampires wandering their way into Bon Temps almost had a "Walking Dead" feel to it. Over six seasons the one thing "True Blood" has had going for it more than any other is that it had never been derivative, let's hope this is just a coincidence for one scene.

In order to find out just what's going to happen with those evil vampires and if the alliance between humans and vampires will hold up viewers are just going to have to wait until next summer when season 7 of "True Blood" arrives. Until then, people are just going to have to go down into their light proof cellars, climb into their coffins, and wait.