Queen Sophie-Ann makes her debut on "True Blood"

argh we stil on series 1 and i know more about the second series without seeing looks good tho

yesterday is history,2mrw is a mystery,today is a gift that is y it's called the present

Evan Rachel Wood was fantastic!

-I speak in random thoughts

I have to agree. I was watching and waiting for something awesome to happen but it really never came. And the attempt to make Sophie Anne the sexy lunatic she was made out to be kind of fell flat for me. ERW is great but it was kind of like, what the hell is the point of this???? 

It felt like a cheap rip off of the truly insane badass Drusilla. 

But I have hope for next week, and further, for next season. Bring on the crazy. 

Evan on the screen was so hot. Yes she didn't do much but I think that was the point of her character, to just be amazingly hot and surrounded by luxury in this palace. I was so happy they added her onto the show, total lesbian vibe...until the scenes from next week, fucking Eric? I guess it was too good to be true.

Dullsville.  I thought ERW was wasted.  She had nothing to do.  And Bill is totally boring.  Give me more Eric scenes.  He's so wicked--I love it. 

I thought that perhaps Yahtzee was meant to be kitschy.  She's not striking me as being super sophisticated.  Saying something like "I haven't been with a man since the Eisenhower administration" is nothing compared to the likes of Godrick saying he's older than Jesus (I'm not recalling the exact line).  That was only 50 years ago.  Not much of a statement.

Had an alice in wonderland feel to her dialogue and absurd manerisms. She was classic sexy and mad as a hatter at the same time.  I can't tell if thats brilliant or horrible.

Either way, the next episode should be interesting. 

Is it too much to hope for the writers to get Pam and Sophie-Ann in the same room? Pam is already sorely underused, so what better to do than to give her a scene with the queen and let the sparks fly? Answer: Nothing. Those two together would melt the screen.

In any case, I do agree that ERW didn't have much to do in last night's episode, as her purpose was mostly to explicate. Nonetheless, ERW played Sophie-Ann with a subtle degree of menace, so I'm sure the character will develop in due time.

Sorry, I was disappointed! Dude why the hell are we not getting any representation on TV?! I'm gonna get some lesbians on TV, even if it is only Tucson public access...geez

I blame the director for Evan's dull performance and not the actress. Also I think the Queen is one of those types who doesn't have to appear badass but has that hidden a bit. You can tell when she "insists" on something it is more of an order and you don't want to fuck with that. Alan has made quite a bit of fuck ups in this show but somewhat redeemed himself with the awesomeness that was the Godric storyline and FotS. He really needs to add more Eric, Pam, and Ginger. The ratings didn't go up for any other reason.

At this point, I find Eric sexier than Bill and infinitely more interesting. He needs to up his game and get his pimp limp back in motion. Bill Compton is a one-suck-wonder and if I were Sophie-Ann I would’ve given him the information he wanted and told him to just send a text message next time. I feel like we’re always in for a treat whenever Eric stops by.

Welcome to the right side. Bill needs to go. I haven't read the books in full but I hear Bill is more interesting in them, but he really fucks up in a stupid way which I'm sure Alan won't include with how he loves Bill/Sookie and changing stuff around. 

Lauren

I was a little disappointed at first. Sophie Ann is way more serious and sophisticated int the books. But after watching the scenes a second time it seemed like the writers were trying to make her seem like a bored self-indulgent monarch who was desperate for company and any kind of amusement. Looking at it from that perspective kind of explains the Yahtzee and made the scenes with her seem funnier. The queen was brought in too soon and now their fishing around figuring out what to do with her. ERW did a good job. I can't imagine anyone else playing the queen. I have hope for future episodes. This episode was all-around the worst episode this season so maybe she was just introduced at the wrong time.

..Completely sucks, no pun intended, however, I was drawn back when Evan was going to play a lesbian, er, demoted to bisexual vampire queen and as long as there was going to be some girl/girl action my heart was all aflutter. But there was hardly any this episode and it is looking really bad for next episode when the other stupid, uninteresting vampire stops by the Queen's mansion. I mean I would hardly call her bi or lesbian even though she seemed a lot more lesbian than bi but really, she was just flat sexual and fine by me. At least Evan is hot, really hot, and her character was funny enough and well-acted enough to add the much-needed zest this show craves. I thought that one way to destroy a maenad was for the queen of the vampires to have sex with her? Probably not but I always have high hopes. Otherwise we're stuck with a vampire queen who is sexual, says she hasn't enjoyed sex with men since the Eisenhower administration, and those writers better not screw that up too by giving us a little hope and then snatching it away and making us watch her have a scene with that pathetic loser Eric. And if so, no more True Blood for me because the idiocity of the show makes me kind of queasy.

This show is beginning to get overcrowded with black-eyed townsmen running around looking for orgasms and bloody thrills. For me the low point was the sheriff having to run to the toilet. Oh my! Poop! That should really entertain all the 10 year-old-boys watching.

The mary Ann story line has dragged on for too long and when that happens you just lose interest and stop getting scared. ERW is just more of same old same old vampire crap. An excuse for Bill to be out of town while Sookie once again winds up in a situation where she needs rescue.

The whole Vampire scene just didn't work. It was unclever and unfunny when it was meant to be both. EVR had to be embarrassed by the role she was given. Eileen Chaiken couldn't have done worse than the writers of True Blood who started out with a terrific series and carried it to caricature before the season was out.

I haven't read the books so maybe someone can tell me if Vampire Bill is dead on. If in fact he evokes Steven Segal and says everything in the same tone.

I hate him. Only someone one-dimensional could say in the same I smoke twenty packs of cigarettes a day tone sentences that range from let's go have dinner to let's save the world.

I live in Denmark and I use sidereel or ninjavideo to see whatever I want. True Blood season 1 is just starting up right now in Sweden and later this fall here in Denmark. I recommend these two sites to everyone abroad the states :-)

I love True Blood. I think it's filled with homosexual homofobic references.

something completely different then what we saw. Like paraphrase said, she's much more sophisticated and serious in the books. Ball just made her so damn hokey. I went back to watch those scenes a second time, I wanted to enjoy them, but I just couldn't.

I'm six books in (6th book is where Sookie goes to New Orleans, meets the Queen, deals with Hadley, etc.). Reading the books has been a curse and a blessing as far as watching the show. While, I haven't expected Ball to really base the show off the books. He's done a fairly good job. I started reading after the first season, and the first book was so easy to get through because it was basically the first season. Big difference being Tara's s/l. The first half of this season was basically the second book Living Dead in Dallas. Big difference being Jason was in no way shape or form apart of the Fellowship, and again most things involving Tara. I'm surprised they stretched what little involvment (book wise) the maenad had. It's overkill, and I haven't talked to anyone who enjoys those fucking orgy scenes, or anything having to do with MaryAnne. Oh, and Bill isnt' even a main character after book 3. He's just there, sometimes. And, he isn't that exciting just as he in now. It's all about Sookie. As, the show should have been more geared towards.

My hopes for next season is more two-natured/supernatural creatures (weres, were-shifters, fairies, goblins, and especially witches), and Sookie with anyone but Bill.  I mean, if Ball will do it somewhat right.

...Not my favorite episode, but I'd be content to watch Evan Rachel Wood read the Wall Street Journal for an hour. Hot damn.

Am I the only sour cherry on the fruitstand?

I'm pretty sure Sophie Ann's aloofness and generally disconnected-from-reality-ness (note the fake day time beach scene through the windows and taxidermied water fowl) was the point. I didn't find it boring, I found it interesting, her apathy (towards humans and demons and other paranormal creatures). It was refereshing to see a vampire not involving themselves in matters that don't directly concern them. Eric keeps claiming to be this kind of vampire, yet there he is, always in the middle. Everything else about the scene was just for the obsurd lolz. The 'tanning' in beach wear, the yahtzee, etc. I think you completely misunderstood the whole thing.

Also, Wood can't act and a majority of the imperfections in this scene could have been rectified and redeemed by better casting. I'd rather someone I liked play the show's first (only?)lesbian, but I really don't have any say in the manner.

I thought it was boring...it had so much promise, after last episode where they showed Bill walking into the queen's palace, but I think she was over the top with her performance.

I know a lot of people seem to love Eric and hate Bill, but for me it's the other way around. Eric just seems...sleazy. He doesn't seem at all like the kind of person who has been influenced by Godric, especially after this episode where he wanted to feed on Arlene's kids instead of helping them get their mom back. (Isn't the vampire sheriff supposed to do something about other supernatural beings preying on people and vampires in their area?)

Bill seems more like a real person, and I still think the scene in season one where he gets choked up while talking about his family and friends during his speech at the church...is one of the best scenes out of both seasons. Bill kind of got lost in the all the craziness this season, but I hope he's still one of the main characters in the third season.

I've never been a fan of ERW's acting, and found her very one-note and shrill ("I HATE YOU DAD!") in the Wrestler. She bothered me a bit here too. I can't get over her hammy, artificial delivery. It wasn't entirely her fault though, since she spent most of the episode spewing out awkward exposition. Hopefully the writing and characterization will even out if she stays on the show. She did look smoking HOT though, so no complaints on that front.

And add me to the mountain of people who find Eric and Pam infinitely sexier and more entertaining than Bill and Sookie. I loved their scene in the bar in this episode, where he had a shark gray suit and she had a red sequined jumpsuit and a crazy curly perm. They're both so hot and fabulous!

What did you expect? the depraved non-stop sexual activity that Ilene used to pander to her male heterosexual viewers?  

Hmmm, maybe Alan Ball had his writing team stick to the premise instead of devoting inordinant and copius amounts of time to sex. However given your screen name I am sure you were disappointed.

Still, E. Rachel Wood 's storyline wasn't lame as she exuded an urbane mix sexiness and lethality, while adhering to the limited on-screen time alloted her. If you are going to indict the series or Woods for not meeting your standards then specify the manner  in which those standards weren't met.  Or, are you afraid to do so out of fear of appearing preposterous for your expectations? Be clear.Given the debacle that was the series finale of the L Word, Alan Ball has a long way to go before he turns True Blood into a snoozefest.

Finally Eric has always been sexier than Cowboy..er I mean Vampire Bill whose attractiveness stems from his ability to commit to Sookie (evidenced by his constant references to her), so for me there is no: "At This Point."

The season finale is going to be good, I'm looking for to it. 

Technology Will Lead To The Demise Of Civilization As We Know It. 

Where was the steamy love scene with Queen Sophie and Hadley???  Woods, Ball, even Anna mentioned it and there was no such scene.  Liked the finale, but was disappointed by the character of the Queeen, boring!  Yahtzee, come on, fucking Yahtzee for two episodes!

...one bit.  Evan's acting is just so so cringe-worthy.  I just can't stand it.  In fact, the last few episodes seem to have lost their shine - but maybe that part is just me.

Instead of focusing on the Queen as the source of a lesbian relationship, I think they should turn to Pam.  I would much rather see her entangled in one - she seems much more entertaining.

Sorry, but in my opinion, the Queen needs to die.