It's that time of year again, when we prepare to break out our tissues. It's the True Blood season finale. It's been a wild ride. I know there are a few deaths I'm hoping for and a few I'm fearing, but let's buckle up the ride can only get wilder!

We start with Sookie in the graveyard, as the last dirt is placed upon Terry's grave. Alcide offers Sookie a ride, offering to wait, and she asks him to join her on a walk. Sookie is worried about Jason, but Alcide tells her hes a survivor and not to worry. Alcide surprises her once more, this time with his words. Awe this is the Alcide we know and love. He smells the vamps, partying it up in the daylight still in their vamp camp uniforms, high as a kite. They're sexing and celebrating all over the place, andd Jason is among them. Sookie heads over, against Alcide's wishes, but she reminds him that she's a survivor too.

Cue the intro one last time this season.

The vamps are naked and dancing and Sookie is taking it all in. Jason has decided that the day has already come that he wants to have sex with Violet, but she insists that today isn't the day. She feed off him and offers him her blood, but she gets a little hostile when she sees Sookie. Jason and Sookie both convince her that Sookie is in fact his sister and she plants one on her. Sookie tells Jason to be careful. Pam and Tara all greet Sookie as well. They've missed her so much. Bill watches from his house as Sookie walks away.

Sookie heads to Faerie and Warlow is making a beautiful maypole. She's a little skittish as he tells her the history behind the maypole. She definitely has feelings for Warlow, but without the danger, Sookie isn't ready to take the plunge. Sookie asks him to date her, spending time together. But Warlow doesn't really seem to keen on that plan as he backhands her.

Violet lets her green eyed monster come out to play during a volleyball match, when she sees Jessica and Jason have some friendly banter. Pam watches everyone in the sun but cannot find happiness. She tells Tara to take care of Willa, and she goes after Eric. Finally someone is thinking clearly!

Jessica runs in when she's summoned. Bill seems to have lost his abilities. He's healed, and cannot feel Lillith anymore, but he looks lost now. The blood came at a price, and now he's feeling bad about sacrificing Sookie. Now, he feels bad. Give me a freaking break! Jessica urges him to go after her, and she tells him that he can make it right, that he would have walked through the fire for her. Bill asks for Jason.

Jason tries to put the information together, thinking that Sookie would never go for Warlow. Bill tells him that the only way to get to Faerie is with the help of a fairy. Jason goes to get Adeline's help and Violet, ever possessive goes with him.

Bill takes Dr. Takahashi and after glamoring him, releases him. He says his goodbyes and sends the Dr on his way. The bag he leaves at his feet is full of money.

Jason heads over to Andy's house, and Andy is happy to let Jason in, but not so happy to let Violet in. Jason begs Adeline for her help, and his words touch her. She tells him she wants to help, and Andy is along for the ride.

Back in Faerie, Warlow tells her what he really thinks of Bon Temps. He wants back what he lost, but she tells him that she can't give him what he lost. She threatens to throw away her light, and Warlow ties her up tight. He's the monster she thought he was and once night falls, he feeds upon her.

Jason and company show up at the cemetary and Bill in there. They scare Adeline into harnessing her light, and reach Faerie. Bill and Warlow tussel, and Bill stakes Warlow as the rest of them leave. They make their way back home, and Adeline goes into the cubby to hide. Warlow shoots them back to the cemetary, and takes flight after Sookie. Andy is little help against Warlow, and Bill gets blasted away. Warlow easily throws both him and Jason into the cubby hole. Adeline works on releasing them as Warlow goes to find Sookie. He realizes that Sookie will never love him, but he doesn't care. Niall grabs him, still half in that other realm that Warlow sent him to, and Jason comes and stabs him in the heart. Warlow is reduced to a puddle of goo.

They feel the ability to stay in the sum leave them. And for Eric it comes at the most in opportune time. Sun bathing in the Alps, Eric burns in the sun, but they don't show him splatting. Seriously, that is some bullshit, if that was his death.

6 months later, the news talks about Hep V, and Bill is now a best-selling novelist, for his tell all book. Sookie watches Bill on TV, and Alcide, half-naked  and with a nice new haircut, takes Sookie away.

Violet and Jason are spending some naked time together, and though he's been bringing her to orgasm she still refuses to sleep with him. She's still admimant about playing hard to get.

Sookie and Alcide attend church together. Sam and Andy talk about the separation of church and state, although Andy sees the reason in his words, he isn't ready to bring his daughter during the evening service. The church is taking blood samples to see who is the carrier for hep V. Jason makes Sookie go first, afraid of the pain, but Sookie tells him that they've both been through worse. The Reverend Daniels and Skinnard have combined their parishes to bring the people of the community back together. Rather than sending a message of love, the revend speaks of banding together to stop the vampires. And apparently Sam is the mayor. Say what? Hep V is only dangerous to  vampires, and with the help of Bill there's going to be mixer with the blood test results. The catch is that those uninfected will go into a monogomous relationship with an uninfected vamp, and dthe vamp will protect the humman. Many are not happy about this news, and quite frankly I'm not sure I'm happy with this storyline either.

Jessica doesn't look to obe enjoying the party. Both Sookie and Alcide are negative. Arlene is enjoying the event she's paying for. Tara and Willa scope out the prospects, when Tara's mother asks for a word. Lettie Mae tells Willa to make Tara talk to her, and Tara goes. Lettie Mae apologizes for Tara's entire life. She's done a lot of selfish things, and Tara tells her she doesn't have to do this, but Lettie Mae does. She offers her daughter her neck, but Tara cannot accept it. Lettie Mae tellls Tara its a chance for her to right the wrongs, and I feel this is somehow a trap, but Tara takes the offer.

Adeline sits at home with Andy watching some TV. He goes to answer the knock on his door armed. Its Jessica nd holds his gun on her. She noticed their absence, and came to offer her protection for nothing in return. She can't bring back his girls, but she can give her protection whether he wants it or not. He doesn't shoot her, just shuts the door in her face, and Jessica takes her place as sentry.

Alcide and Sookie leave the party, when Bill stops them. He asks for a moment alone with her, but Alcide refuses. Bill asks if she's made any arrangemenets, and she tells him no, and no thanks. Alcide tells him that he can protect her, but Bill tells him he isn't good enough. Sookie reminds him that even at his best he still wasn't trustworthy. Alcide and Bill smell trouble, its the Hep V infected vampires coming right towards the mixer and they look starved.

So that's the end of the season, and all I can say is what the hell! Warlow was such a wasted opportunity! If you wanted to make him a big bad fine, but to play up the sensitive guy for so long only to turn him into the crazy guy for the last episode just rubs me the wrong way. And Eric, my poor Eric. He didn't go splat, but I'm not sure that's a rule anymore since this season missed the big sparkle dustup when three of the fairy babies died. Is he dead, does Pam somehow save him? This had better be addressed next season. And Bill seriously! This Bill boner that the writers has needs to be ripped off. Where's Eric, he's got a strong grip. Bill is not the hero, let's stop trying to redeem him. Let it go, we don't love him anymore, some of us never did, and you're never going to recapture that season one magic between Sookie and Bill. And finally Sookie and Alcide hookup, lets hope she doesn't ruin it next season for Bill. Now we have nine months to stew over all the injustices of this episode, and for the first time in six seasons I'm not eagerly waiting for the next season to start.

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It's Sunday, and we've just gotten home from Comic Con, but let's get this thing started!

A possessed Lala continues to drown Sookie, and Billith hears her screams. Lala is doing it to save her, and thankfully  White Knight Warlow comes to her rescue. How sexy is he? Warlow goes to kill Lafayette, but Sookie stops him, telling him its her father in possession. Sookie suggests a little light blasting from Warlow, and it does just the trick. Ghost Daddy is still there, and Sookie tells him to get the Fuck out of her life forever, and he does.

Start the music! Everyone sing along!

Eric and Pam have a stare-off. The Governor isn't pleased about the lack of action, and Sarah begins to panick. She was expecting more violence. Pam isn't pleased about having a sibling. They both take flight, but rather than killing each other, they stake the guards who had their guns trained on them. Whew! Having to chose between these two was not gonna happen! The good doctor is fasinated by their teamwork, whereas everyone else is a little horrified when they stake one of the guards in front of them. Eric spies Steve Newlin, and our favorite former reverend may have finally gotten himself in a mess he can't get out of. More guards come in, and Pam and Eric surrender.

Lafayette tries to get Warlow's story straight, and there goes the neighborhood in his opinion. I'm of the mind, that he's too pretty to be too much trouble. Billith rears his ugly head, and calls Warlow home. Sookie knows Billith is going to kill Warlow, and she's not willing to lose him. She begs him to take her hands so she can save him, and they go all lighty and disappear off to Faerie, and Billith loses all trace of Warlow. Billith goes to ask Jessica how close she was to being killed when he pulled on her, when he finally realizes that she's gone. Bill calls to Lillith and gets no reply.

Jason talks his way into the LAVTF. He knows way more about vampires than most of these other guys, what with his sister being a danger whore and all, and it sounds like its a home run.

Bill wants to go into a coma so he can talk to Lillith, and he forces Dr. Takahashi to put him there.

Nicole tells Sam that Emma is scared. Nicole tells him that he cannot keep her, that Emma has nobody. She isn't sure if Sam is enough for Emma, and doubt slips into Sam's mind. Poor Sam. Ditch Nicole, don't listen to her, she's nothing but trouble.

Sookie doesn't look happy in Faerie, but Warlow needs her to tie him up, and not in a fun way. He's worried about hurting her, vampire instincts and all. He tells her that she can't be trusted. She trusses him up with his instructions, and now all that's left is to sit and wait. The more he talks, the more his accent just delights. Warlow has regret over Sookie's parents, telling Sookie that none of it is her fault. She doesn't see it that way. "Night" in the land of eternal sunshine is approaching and he drops fang, she backs away a little. Who's thinking Sookie is about to take total advantage of this tied up Warlow? This girl does.

Alcide finds his father holed up in the motel with a naked woman. Looks like daddy called him, and Alcide isn't all to happy about it. But Jackson has info for him, he tells him where Sam is. But it's too late, the trio is already gone, which just pisses off Alcide more. Is it me, or does Alcide have a total anger problem this year. Seriously, I hate what's become of him. I cringe everytime I see him onscreen, and I happen to adore Joe Manganiello.

Dr. Takahashi drains Bill, per his instructions to send him into a coma. Is there a way to clean Lillith's filth from his blood, filter it out somehow before it's put back in, because that would be fantastic. I've never liked Bill, but Billith is even worse! The draining does the trick, and Bill gets to see the three hand maidens of Lillith.

Andy watches his remaining daughter sleep, when Holly startles him, awakening her. Number four wants a name. And poor Andy has no clue where to start, Holly suggests starting with A. And number four become Adeline. Adeline worries how to remember her sisters, and they decide to hyphen her name. Number 1 becomes Breline, Number 2 Charlaine and Number 3 Danika.

Lafayette now back to himself gets to bedazzeling and smoking when Terry comes a knocking. Lala notices immediately that Terry is acting really weird. Terry gives him a safety deposit box key, and Lafayette isn't sure he wants to take it. Terry insists that they're close enough to give eachother keys, even if Lafayette doesn't have one for him. Terry is grateful when Lafayette takes the key, and its followed by a heartbreaking hug. This is Terry's goodbye, you can feel it, and Lafayette knows it.

Arlene gets a call from Lafayette and she's freaking out, believing that Terry is going to kill himself. Holly tries to get her calm down, but Arlene feels it in her gut. Holly suggests finding a vampire to make him forget the war that she thinks is plaguing him. Holly puts in a call.

Sookie grills Warlow on his backstory. She tells him its a long time to wait for a bride, but he insists that she's special, even if she doesn't believe it. He has many regrets, but waiting for Sookie wasn't one of them. Sookie asks him how he thought it was all going to go down, and he reminds her that when the contract was signed arranged marriages where the norm. He tells her he'll rip up the contract when they return, and she tells him it doesn't change the fact that he had written it in the first place, but she's definitely softening towards him. He tells her that he killed Lillith because he despised everything she turned him into, everything he did because of the hunger. But if Sookie agreed to be his bride, they wouldn't need anyone but eachother to survive. His proposal sounds pretty enticing, however idyllic it may be. Just them against he world. Sookie points out that she'd be a vampire though.

Governor Burnell taunts Eric with the true death. And Eric knows just which button to push. The taunt that "I turned your daughter into my daughter" must sting just a bit. But not as much as the fact that the governor has his sister. The governor wants his daughter back, and he wants him to feel the same loss he feels. Thankfully the good shrink has a thing for Pam, so they're infecting Nora with Hep V instead. A caged Eric rages as they inject Nora, and there's nothing he can do to stop them. They leave Nora before him, so he can watch her die.

Bill is brought before Lillith, and she dives right into the obvious, that Jessica and Warlow are both gone. He asks who is behind it, and Lillith doesn't sound too fond of Sookie. He wants answers and all she gives is riddles. Bill tries to blame Lillith for everything that is happening, and she leavess without giving him any answers.

Martha arrives, and Sam tells her he doesn't want to hear that she's taking Emma back to the pack. Sam sees that they're poison, but Martha tells him that they aren't his pack anymore. Sam thinks he's doing right by Emma giving her back, which is all Luna would want. Sam tells Emma goodbye and they both end up in tears. Sam doesn't answer her when she asks if she'll ever see him again, and maybe it's better for her this way, but poor Sam.

Holly's vampire friend arrives, and quickly gets to work to making Terry forget. Arlene makes him forget the Marines, the war. She wants him to remember nothing but that he's a husband, a father and a cook. Arlene watches as Terry wakes back up, and Terry seems ok, better than ok.

Jason goes over his vampire authority story, and his bubble is burst when Sarah walks into the room. The two of them pause for a second, and he makes that he only knows him from television. Sarah sends everyone from the room, and finds out why Jason is really there. He tells her to save Jessica, and he threatens her image if she tries to out him.

Governor Burrell goes to visit his daughter, who wishes to be placed with the general population. He refuses worried about her safety. Willa doesn't want to be fixed, doesn't want a cure. She wants to be treated as every other vampire, and she tells him that its as much his fault as Eric's that this happened.

Sam and Nicole plot an escape route, when Alcide finds them. Alcide goes all alpha on him, and Sam tries to talk some sense into Alcide. Sam wants to end it all tonight, and for a second there's a glimmer of the old Alcide. He tells them to leave for good, and tells Sam that he's dead if the pack can find him. Sam understands, but let's be honest could Alcide have really taken him? Sam exploded a vampire from the inside, the inside! Jackson watches it all, in support of his son.

Dr. Takahashi awakens Bill, just in time to hear that Governor Burrell has entered a partnership with Tru Blood to get it back on the shelves and at a lower rate. Bill moves forward ahead of schedule, knowing Jessica is in danger. He drinks down Warlow's blood and goes for a little walk in the sun.

Sarah summons Jason. She claims its all for teambuilding, but it's to prove her point, that while she won't expose him, she's not going to be pushed around either. She brings him the copulation study, which has Jason more than a little perplexed until he sees Jessica brought in. James introduces himself to Jessica, and tells her that they're in that room to fuck. Jessica doesn't want to have sex with James, and James refuses to rape her, even when he's being tortured. Jessica consents to save James, and James still stops her. Sarah has James light zapped a few more times and then has Jessica taken away, her point has been made clearly.

Terry is happy as can be working at Merlotte's. He takes out the trash, as Lafayette asks after him. Arlene cannot be happier about Terry, everything is going so well. Terry is happier than ever. As he takes out the trash, a gunshot is heard, and everyone scrambles to see what it was. They find Terry shot, but alive. Lafayette tries to stop Arlene, but she insists. She tries to confort him as he lies dying in her lap. She sings to him as he slips away.

Governor Burrell sits and reads in his garden when Bill arrives. Its broad day light, and the guards cannot stop him. They fire upon him, and he makes them kill eachother. Bill wants to know about the sun room. He refuses to tell him anything, willing to be a matyr for the cause. Bill kills him, ripping his head off.

Eric watches as Hep V takes Nora slowly. He vows to get her out of there, even though she's ready for death, ready to see Godric again. Willa plays connect four with Tara when she's summoned for the first time. She's unsure what the feeling is, but Tara clues her in and tells her that she has to go. Willa mind fucks a guard and gains access to Eric. Nora is barely able to walk as the three of them look for Pam. Willa adds Tara and Jessica to their list, and Eric agrees. Eric heads into the Tru Blood factory and sees that they're infecting all of the Tru Blood with Hep V, every last bottle.

Sookie tells Warlow that the worse thing about being a fairy is knowing what everyone thinks, which is one reason Warlow has avoided everyone for so long. She tells him that everyone things she's a danger whore, because you know she is, and she's starting to think they're all right. She's got the hots for Warlow, but Warlow is hot, so that's understandable. She tightens his vines and offers her neck to him. He takes a taste of her, and she rips open his shirt before taking his blood. She's right she is a danger whore, but it is oh so good. She strips down and finally gives them both what they want. Its not as hot as then shaving scene with Jason was, but the two go all glowy, and that's it for this week!

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"Get the fuck off me or die, Warlow." Poor Warlow crawls off Sookie, and tries to explain how they're destined. He's waited lifetimes for her. Wow, I'm usually wary of pretty much every hot character,  but I believe every word he says. When she asks why he killed her parents he doesn't answer.

Jessica cries over her deeds, but the fairies haven't disintegrated. She tries to kiss Bill, high as a kite. He pushes her away and her head is spinning with so many different emotions.

Warlow claims that her parents were trying to kill her. Sookie blasts him.

Bill sends Jessica to her room, to sleep off her high.

Sookie has some major trust issues, but she notices that he's already healing from her blast and things get a little tense when Bill comes into the room. As his maker, he commands him to come home, and Warlow has no choice but to follow.

Cue the intro music.

Andy comes to Bill's house, and finds his little girls "dead" on the floor. I still refuse to believe they're dead. Jessica watches from the closet as Andy checks on his babies. One of the girls makes a sound and Andy carries her out. Why he leaves the rest is beyond me.

Tara tells Eric that Pam has been taken. Eric is out quick like a bunny to find some nice LAVTF officers. They drop fang and let themselves be taken.

Pam walks through camp, seeing the various tests vampires are being ran through, not all of them painful.

Sarah tries to convince the governor that Willa is gone, that he has to let her go. Sarah tells him that they should consider it a sign, for them to have a baby. But thee Governor isn't willing to replace his baby, and he's not willing to put a ring on her finger. She tells him not to take her forgranted, but he leaves her standing in her black lingerie.

Warlow asks how Bill was able to command him. He doesn't quite believe Bill's explaination that he is Lillith's current vessel. Bill commands that Warlow not try to kill him and takes his blood. Flashback to Warlow's making. After some dirty sex with Lillith she changes him.

Jason finds Sarah on his doorstep. He's a little worried as to why she's there, concerned that they didn't leave things on the best of terms, but Sarah isn't worried about those little things. She wants to save "his soul," which I'm sure is code for have hot dirty monkey sex. They're both different people then when they were together, but Sarah truly believes that God wants her to fuck him, and he obliges.

Andy takes his fairy daughter back to his office, digs out some V, and feeds it to her. She wakes up, but she isn't out of the woods yet.

Alcide has a little chat with a hooker, looking for Sam, Nicole and Emma. She doesn't have any information for him, but his father overhears it all. There are a few things that Alcide's father didn't teach him, and Alcide isn't in the mood to listen. This whole packmaster thing has turned Alcide into quite the dick. His father asks him if he's doing this because he thinks its right or to impress that bitch. Alcide's temper flares, and I have to agree with daddy's assessment, as he leaves Alcide's side.

Jessica's bangs at Jason's door, waking him. He finds a distraught Jessica. She rants on about eating the fairy girls, but she's talking in circles, confusing the heck out of him. She finally asks if he loved her, and he admits that he did at times, but it all got screwed up. Jessica worries that Bill isn't God, but he's the devil. Sarah breaks in on this little heart to heart, and things get a little ugly. Jessica pins Sarah against the bar, and she rescinds the house's invitation, sending Jessica into the arms of the governor's vamp collection squad, the LAVTF.

Eric is led into a white room, with 3 other vampires. Three balls fall, Eric grabs one, and two other vampires grab the remaining ones, the fourth vampire is shot. Two balls fall, 1 vampire dies. Eric left to face off against the final vamp, and he quickly shoots and kills her. Eric is allowed to play with the other vamps at camp, and he asks for Pam but no one says a word.

Pam is busy pacing in a room with a shrink. Pam isn't interested in the Dr. Phil moment, she'd rather be in the room fucking something, but the Dr is interested in her mind. They offer to feed her for opening up. With the tasty morsel brought before her, she's lies down, and is willing to answer questions. Pam tells him that people are nothing more than food, she cares more for the tuna he had for lunch than for him. He allows Pam to feed, and she eats with gusto.

Sookies comes to tell Lafayette about Warlow. She believed him when he said he loved her, but she doesn't believe that her parents would try to kill her. Sookie asks for his help finding the truth.

Terry sits chatting with his old friend Justin. Justin questions this sudden desire to catch up. Terry wants him to kill him, that he deserrves it. He even admits to killing Patrick, before he can say more Arlene interrupts. She tries to draw him away, but Terry finds an excuse to stay. Justin agrees to kill him, for free.

Andy watches over his fairy daughter. He tells Holly that she told him it was Jessica who attacked them. Holly tries to say it was an accident, hoping for the best, but Andy won't hear any such thing. He knows that Bill was taking their blood and doing experiments on them. Holly tries to talk him out of the plan, that Bill is stronger, and if he kills him, that fairy daughter will have no one. Andy lets her talk him down and take his gun.

Sam wakes to find Nicole in a chair. He asks if everything is ok, but the light of day has Nicole looking at things more harshly.

Jessica finds herself in camp,  but there's a friendly face in Tara. They both went through the same racket ball test Eric did. Jessica is still humming off the fairy blood, and she still has the devil on her mind. Jessica wonders if they're all damned.

Pam feeds the Dr a little bit of misinformation. She misleads him on nesting, and loyalties, especially so about her Maker, but she sprinkles little bits of truth. She claims to feel nothing, and makes good show, but the more she tries to break him down, the more he sees into her true being.

Nicole tries to call home, but Sam stops her for her own good. Daddy Herveaux spots them talking outside.

Jessica refuses her meal, and things get a little crazy around them. One of the other vamps steps in for Jessica and Tara, and tells them they owe her. Willa spots Tara, but she's a VIP so she's taken to her private cell, while a nasty LAVTF guard hits on her.

Jason calls Sookie and leaves her a message. He's going after Jessica, and joining the LAVTF.

Sookie is busy with Lafayette trying to summon her parents to ask them direct what happened the night they killed. Sookie asks them if they tried to kill her. Lafayette tries to make out their words. Vision to Warlow and her parents. Warlow explained Sookie's weirdness to them, that she wasn't weird at all, she was just fae. They listened to his words, but could not accept that vampires were real or that he wanted to turn her. He showed them that vampires were real, and that he would have her eventually.They planned on ending everything instead. They bundled their precious sleeping gir into the trunk, and prepared to kill her. Sookie sees it all in disbelief, Warlow didn't lie to her. Her father possesses Lafayette. He tells her that he did love her, that he was going to save her, that Warlow corrupted her mind. But daddy is a vampire hating bigot so his word means little. Again he bundles Sookie up into the trunk, as Sookie begs Lafayette to help her, but Lafayette isn't home.

Warlow has Prof Takashi prisioner. Which starts another flashback. Lillith took everything from him when she turned him into a vampire. He killed his entire village, because of her. Bill asks Warlow to spare the Prof, that they need him, them, to save the vampires, but Warlow despises the vampires. He killed Lillith once, and he tells Bill that she should have stayed dead.

Sarah praises the governor for putting Willa away. And gives him a gift, Rev Newlin, well not her husband but his information. His true gift is Eric. The governor and Eric exchange a number of fuck yous, and Eric is a little shocked to hear that Willa is there. They give Eric a stake, and he's more than ready to use it until they reveal Pam. The shrink urges her to show him how little her maker means to her, but the two just stare at eachother.

Sookie struggles as a possessed Lafayette drags her from the trunk to the water, which looks like the same water hole Eric took that little dip when he was high on fairy blood. He then proceeds drown her. Now who's gonna save Sookie this time? My vote is Warlow!

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HBO AND CINEMAX BRING FOUR SERIES

TO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL: SAN DIEGO 2013

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Stars And Producers Of True Blood, GAME OF THRONES,

BANSHEE And STRIKE BACK To Appear

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            The HBO series True Blood and GAME OF THRONES and the CINEMAX series BANSHEE and STRIKE BACK are confirmed for panels and autograph sessions at Comic-Con International: San Diego 2013.

Below is panel information on the four series. Follow @TrueBloodHBO and @GameofThrones for live coverage of the True Blood and GAME OF THRONES panels and use #SavetheVamps and #JoinTheRealm to join the conversation. For BANSHEE and STRIKE BACK, fans can follow @Cinemax and use #SDCCBanshee or #SDCCStrikeBack.

Friday, July 19

The Game OF THRONES panel in Hall H at 2:50 p.m. will be moderated by Elvis Mitchell. The panel will include: executive producer David Benioff, executive producer D.B. Weiss, writer and co-executive producer George R.R. Martin and cast members (in alphabetical order) John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Michelle Fairley (Catelyn Stark), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Rose Leslie (Ygritte) and Richard Madden (Robb Stark). Autograph signing is at 4:45 p.m.

BANSHEE, the CINEMAX action series, makes its Comic-Con debut with a panel in Room 6A at 7:15 p.m. moderated by TV, film and comic book writer John Rogers. Panelists include: executive producer Greg Yaitanes, writer and executive producer Jonathan Tropper and cast members Antony Starr (Lucas Hood), Ivana Milicevic (Carrie Hopewell), Hoon Lee (Job) and Lili Simmons (Rebecca Bowman). Autograph signing is at 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, July 20

The True Blood panel in Ballroom 20 at 3:30 p.m. will once again be moderated by Tim Stack of Entertainment Weekly. Panelists include: executive producer Brian Buckner and cast members (in alphabetical order) Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam Swynford de Beaufort), Anna Camp (Sarah Newlin), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds), RobKazinsky (Ben Flynn), Ryan Kwanten (Jason Stackhouse), Joe Manganiello (Alcide Herveaux), Michael McMillian (Steve Newlin), Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton), Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse), Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte), Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton) and Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica Hamby). Autograph signing is at 1:45 p.m.

STRIKE BACK, the CINEMAX drama series that follows a covert counterterrorism military unit, returns to Comic-Con with a panel in Room 6DE at 7:00 p.m. moderated by Mike Schneider of TV Guide. Panelists include: writer, director and co-executive producer Michael J. Bassett and cast members Philip Winchester (Michael Stonebridge), Sullivan Stapleton (Damien Scott), Dougray Scott (James Leatherby) and Milauna Jackson (Kim Martinez). Autograph signing is Friday, July 19 at 12:30 p.m.

The autograph signings will take place in the Warner Bros. booth #4545. Warner Bros. follows Comic-Con’s random ticket drawing/wristband distribution procedure for all signings. All ticket drawings and wristband distributions will take place in the morning of the day of the specific signing at the Sails Pavilion floor, between Ballroom 20 and Rooms 6A, 6BCF and 6DE.

PLEASE NOTE: Cast and producers scheduled to attend are subject to change.

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Sookie and Ben tend to Jason. Sookie wishes she had some vamp blood now as Ben barely finds a pulse. She calls 911 from another room, but Ben isn't what he seems as he drops fang and bites his wrist and feeds Jason. Ben, Ben, Ben I knew you were bad, but oh geez. I'm even more excited for you now!

Cue the into music.

Nora tries to get away from Niall but Niall uses his microwave fingers to catch her. He asks her what she knows about Warlow, and she asks if he knows about Lillith before she spills the beans on Warlow and Lillith, and how the vampire bible got it all wrong. Warlow is the only one that can kill Lillith. She gets a little hungry because he smells delicious, and he blasts her away. The governor's swat guys pick her up as Niall watches.

Sookie comes in and Jason is back up like nothing happened. Niall is less than pleased Ben left him, telling him that human Jason isn't a protection priority, but rather the part fae Sookie and Ben leaves.

The pack is back human and looking for Nicole. Rikki is barking orders when Martha says she smelled Sam and tells everyone that Emma is gone. Alcide orders everyone to find them both.

Lafayette finds Sam, Emma and Nicole drives away, like the devil is chasing them. Which an angry pack of werewolves is pretty close.

Ginger continues to stall as the Governor's SWAT team comes in. Willa is long gone, and the governor is less than happy, taking the very human Ginger to the camp.

Pam summons Tara, but she doesn't have the girl. Eric takes matters and Tara's throat in hand. Tara tells him where Willa is, and Pam tries to stick up for her progeny, but it falls on deaf ears, as he tells her to meet him back a day later.

The fairy preteens are reading Terry's mind and driving him bonkers as they tease him about killing Patrick. Arlene scolds them and they leave Terry alone. Andy comes and ushers them off to bed, as Arlene tries to comfort him. The fairy girls haven't slept a whole lot, and it may because of the growth spurts they've been having. Full on teenagers, they sneak out and Jessica and Bill are scooping out the Bellefleur house. They steal Andy's cruisers and go for a little joyride.Jason is feeling a whole lot better and we're rewarded with some delcious sweaty pull-ups.

Sookie after checking on Jason goes downstairs and finds some blood near where Jason was laying earlier. She takes a closer look at the blood, like Niall showed her, and sees the same weirdness as the blood Nialll found at the fairy club. Could Ben be Warlow? All signs point to yes! I was not expecting for Warlow to be so sexy.

Andy's girls stop off at a gas station, and Bill and Jessica are following. Bill goes to grab the girls but Jessica asks him to let her do it. They're the same age she was when Bill turned her, and she fears Lillith may take over. The girls try to buy beer, but the attendant doesn't believe their age. Jessica glamours him, and talks her way into their confidence even though the girls initially balk over her weird smell.

Jason shaves in the mirror, and Ben helps him. He asks Jason if want to do it to him, next. As Jason hesitates, Ben tells him to do it like he's doing himself. The innuendos are hot, but the guys are hotter as Jason shaves him in turn in one of the sexiest shaving scenes, which only gets hotter when Jason cuts him and goes in to lick away the blood. Unfortunately he wakes up, surprised over his reaction.

Bill uses a "vampire device" on one of the fairy girls to collect her blood. She thinks of it as foreplay, and although Bill plays it up to keep down her suspicions, its all to get the blood synthesized. Prof Takahashi has all the equipment he needs from his Tru Blood labs. Bill lets him know of the importance of this blood and that failure is not an option.

Eric finds Willa on the carousel, a little surprised she didn't run off unattended. She stayed to talk to Eric. She tells him that she's on his side, disgusted with what her father is doing. She asks Eric why he wouldn't let her taste his blood, and he asks her why she wanted to. She feels she deserves to. He asks if she really wants to help, and of course she does. It looks like Pam is getting a new baby sister. He digs the hole, and she easily in. In her virginal attire, she puts on a brave face as he takes off his shirt and lays it down for her. He drops fang and tells her death is not the end before he drains her, removes her cross and gives her a taste of the blood she sought, proving once again Eric is one of the sexiest beasts on the show. Who wouldn't offer up their necks to him.

Nicole looks over the bite wound on her leg wondering why her friends aren't responding. Sam takes away her phone, and Nicole tries to stumble away. Sam warns her that the wolves are the best trackers, and sends Lafayette away, concerned for her safety. Sam shifts into a horse ready to carry away Nicole and Emma.

Sookie comes to apologize to Ben for how Niall treated him. She invites him to dinner, clearly with alternative motives. Ben gladly accepts, thinking it more a date. Sookie cutely plays coy until she walks away, she's got something up her sleeve, and it doesn't look good for Ben. Sookie calls Jason and leaves him a message asking him to get Niall and himself out of the house.

Andy also can't get ahold of Jason, and he takes his anger over his missing girls out on Kevin, Terry and Arlene. Arlene tries to talk sense into Andy, but he's so worried he can't think straight.

Niall questions Jason, and Jason is reluctant to tell him what is disturbing him.

I'm gonna pause here for a second. What is up with Niall's hair? Is it me or is it getting bigger?

Jason fumbles around about straight impulses, and Niall sees Jason's dream. He tells him that Ben is a handsome guy and Jason tells him it was like that time he drank vampire blood. Niall considers what if there was a fairy vampire, that could have both powers. Jason jumps to call Sookie, but Niall jumps one conclusion further, that Ben is Warlow and both are off to hunt the sexy Ben. Grandpa is deadset on killing him, himself.They catch Ben as he's about to take a shower, and move in to sneak up on him, knowing they only have one shot. Armed with a shotgun, Niall throws a light ball at the shower, but Ben isn't there. And it doesn't matter he's too fast, taking out Niall and  glamouring Jason, all while flashing that hot dimple, as he tells him to stay away from the house. Jason says goodbye to Niall, and leaves, with Bens promise to take the burden from him. Ben drains Niall one mouthful at a time, but doesn't swallow any of it, spitting it out in the bathtub.

Sookie unpacks her grocery bag and plans a dinner laced with Colloidal Silver.

The pack searches for Sam, and Rikki shoots off her bitch mouth again to Alcide. Alcide is forced to raise his voice at her again. Seriously, again. Please muzzle her permanently.

Sookie slowly prepares for her date, making sure she is absolutely delicious.Prof Takahashi is having trouble synthesizing the blood, besides the odd elements in the blood, there are crystals. The fairy compounds break down shortly outside of its host. Prof Takahashi cannot duplicate the specimen with its rapid breakdown. Bill offers to get more from the donors upstairs, but Prof Takahashi's morals take a stand. Bill uses his powers pinning the Prof to the ceiling, and makes it clear that failure is not an option.

Willa has her first feeding, is way too over joyed over being a vampire, as Eric pays her dinner. She wants nothing more than to hunt and fuck Eric. But Eric has other plans. He sends her home as a message. Vampires were once human, and they are not meant to be hunted. Willa is hurt over his actions, but he tells her that she is only his second child , which means a great deal, but what she can do to help them is more important. As her maker he commands her home.

Tara and Pam try to find a speak easy to feed, but Pam touches a nerve when she implies that Tara may abstain from drinking humans like she did Willa, Tara of course gets totally bent. Willa is on their side she tells Pam, but Pam reiterates its them against humans. Tara runs off, and Pam ends up getting taken down by the Governor's goons as Tara watches.

The Governor worries over his daughter. Sarah tries comfort him, to take his mind off his troubles, she has some sort of news when he there's a knock at their door, and he's informed that Willa is now a vampire, she had to be invited in. Willa is escorted before him and Sarah, but the Governor sends all his men out. He asks what they did to her. Willa tells him that she was turned, but shes still herself, that he has to stop persecuting vampires,  and shut down the camp. The Governor gives into what she's saying but Sarah tries to warn him not to trust her. He still sees her as just his little girl when Willa smells his wound and attacks, Sarah shoots her and tells him he needs to send her to Camp Truman, that he has to let her go.

Sookie laces their plates with the silver, dripping it over the chicken, the potatoes, the salad. She gives it a quick smell to make sure its undetectable.

Ben drives to the same bridge where he killed Sookie's parents. He opens his trunk, and feeds a weak Niall his blood. Niall knows for sure he's Warlow now, but is too weak to produce more than a little spark. Roughly pulling Niall from the trunk, its apparently evil villian plot reveal time. Ben's family lived beside Niall's for a long time when he was still fae, before Niall was even born. Since he was turned, the darkness has battled with the light within him. He killed his own mother and father, but couldn't kill a child. He was the one that spared Niall, and he chooses to save him again but sends him off into the void he was formally trapped in. Niall begs him not to send him, Warlow survived 20 years, surely a king can survive longer.

Sam puts down Emma, who finds sleep easily, before sharing a drink with Nicole. The screams of her friends final moments haunt her. Sam tells her that he still sees Luna, that she died in his arms. They commiserate in silence, which leads to a kiss, because we all know Sam has a soft spot for damaged girls.

Sookie gives up on Ben when he arrives late baring flowers. She teases him about being late, and he smells his dinner, which throws up her red flags. He bites in with gusto, as she watches. She fesses up about Bill, about him being a vampire, his lies, and everything that destroyed their relationship. He mislead her, he wasn't honest about who he was, as she's obviousy goading him into telling her the truth. She asks him what is it about her that he wants. He tells her that everyone wants to be understood (his british accent slipping out on the word understood) and he knew there was an instant connection the moment they met. Sookie looks like she's melting under his gaze, and I can't help but to wish he'd confess he was Warlow, so there would be no lies between them. This whole romance is doomed!The fairy girls try to leave, beyond bored, and weirded out over Bill's antics.  Jessica tries to stall them, even when they throw around their dad's job. But the girls have had enough, and Jessica is reduced to begging them to stay, afraid for her life. As the girls surround her, she is overwhelmed by their scent and bites one of them.

Andy and Jason use their best interrogation skills on the store clerk, but get nothing, not even with Jason's "dirty Harry" tactic. Jason concludes that either the guy is an idiot or a vampire glamoured him. Andy asks Jason if vampires can smell fairies, and he tells them fairies are like cat nip to vampires, how Sookie is only a tiny bit fairy and they go crazy over her. Andy freaks out, leaving Jason behind and heads off to likely the last vampire he talked to, the swarmy Bill Compton.

Bill runs into the room hearing Jessica's cries. Shes drained all of the fairies. She was so worried that Bill would kill them, never considering she could. She begs him to tell her they're not dead, but he doesn't say a word. If they're dead his sun walking dreams may have just died too.

Sookie puts on a little mood music and she and Ben get a little cozy, Ben having passed all of her tests. They get straight to the kissing, and start with the stripping, but as he gets her on her back she turns the tables on him. She tells him he can get off her, to "get the fuck off me or die, Warlow" with her microwave hand at the ready. Well if that isn't a mood killer I'm not sure what is, but that ends this week's episode.

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Eric does a slow seduction of Wila, as he gathers info on her father. Let's face facts, glamour or no, I would be eating out of the palm of his hand. He tells her she will die, and that she will not scream. As he drops fang, she tells him she knows about the experiments, something Eric knows nothing about. As swat closes in, they disappear out her window.

Cue the intro music...

Jessica asks about Bill's premonition. He knows nothing, but that he has to save all the vampires. He tells her that she was there too, burning in the sun. He doesn't know the why, how or when only that she, Eric, Pam and Tara all burned in the sun. He vows to stop it before it can come to pass.

Sookie works on her magic light ball tricks in her room, as Jason's head pounds. Something lurks outside, and Niall says its Warlow. Jason rushes outside, and is taken out by something. Niall is forced to flash Jason and Sookie to safety. Niall is concerned about Sookie's lack of fear, but since she's in constant danger her fear factor is a bit off kilter. Niall goes looking for Warlow, and Sookie wonders why Warlow wants her so bad since her fairy percentage is so low, but it all comes back to blood. Hers is royal.

Eric takes Wila back to Fangtasia and Tara and Pam are less than pleased about it. Eric tells them to pack up anything they may value, and when Tara tries to assert some authority, Eric overrules her, and Pam obeys. Wila willingly gives Eric the information he desires. Her father has been embezzeling money to study everything about vampires, but she doesn't know anything more, like where the vampire camp is.

A vampire is drug through sterile corridors by soldiers. Poor Reverend Steve Newlin, how far he has fallen.

Pam has all their belongings reduced down to a single box. They must leave their beloved bar, Eric tells Pam that its just a building, but its more than that to both of them, even if Eric doesn't want to admit it. Eric decides to bring Wila, and again Pam begs him to kill her instead, but Eric knows that she is his only bargaining chip.

Sam awakens to Nicole and her friends helping him. Emma is gone. He asks them to leave, but they have a bunch of questions about werewolves. Lafayette suggests that they forget everything they know about werewolve. Nicole apologizes for coming on strong earlier, and offers to help before leaving. Lafayette wishes to help, but Sam resists.

Eric comes knocking on Ginger's door, an she's more than happy to invite him in, though less than pleased to see her other houseguests. Eric commenders Ginger's coffin, taking Wila with him as he doesn't trust Pam and Tara not to kill her.

Bill thinks over his little talk with Lillith in lala land. He feels immortal, and it scares Jessica. He is her everything, and she fears losing him. Lillith died in the sun, and she begs him not to meet it, but meet it he does as all she can do is watch from inside. He embraces the light, and catches fire. He makes him way into the safety of the house and Jessica puts out hiss flames, as Bill struggles to understand.

Niall heads over to the fairy club, where something bad went down. There is blood everywhere. Niall channels what happened. And sees everyone slaughtered. He scans the blood, hearing the screaming. He finds Claude, and channels his thoughts, as he's too weak to talk. Claude begs for "the ulimate kindness," and Niall delivers it, turning him to dust.

Jason awakens jumpier than ever. Niall hasn't returned, and Sookie worries about his condition. He confesses he thinks he has a concussion, and has been hallucinating.  He tells her about his racist pep talk from their parents that made him a little extra crazy when he was suiting up to go after her. Sookie tells him that their parents were flawed, and knowing that doesn't mean that they don't love them.

Andy and Kevin look at the new anti-vamp items, bullets and firearms, and contacts, oh my. Holly asks if he plans on enforcing the vampire curfew, she's been having some late night snackers who've been scaring the heck out of her and sees his now teenaged babies. He offers to deal with her vampire problems personally and asks if she can take a ride with him.

Rikki warns Alcide that the cops are coming up, and he tells Martha that Emma needs to shift immediately. Alcide goes out to deal with the cops, who are determined to talk with Martha. Emma refuses to shift. Rikki isn't all that great with kids, or people in general ,and yells at Emma to shift, as Martha goes to talk with the cops. They decide to search the house, and they find Rikki inside with cute little Emma puppy. They apologize and leave. Rikki berates Alcide for taking Emma, Alcide lays down the law, and Martha tells her to bow down. Rikki begrudgingly does as an owl watches. Someone needs to put her down, she's obiously rabid, and likely to be Alcide's downfall.

Andy takes Holly out shooting, and she takes issue to his closeness. The girls shoot off their hand lasers, as Andy fumbles around with his parenting skills, and Holly softens a little. Andy asks to be her safe haven, even if that doesn't mean naked time and she doesn't say no.

Wila tries to talk to Eric in the coffin. Her mom left her father for a vampire, and that's what started this whole hatred. Wila makes it very clear that she too likes vampires, Eric sees it as a sympathetic ploy, but he's not biting. She notices he has the bleeds and Eric points out again that he's meant to be dead during the day. Wila wipes the blood from his ear, and tries to lick it clean, but Eric stops her and licks his fingers himself before asking a breathless Wila to put her tape back on.

Niall meets Ben in a field, who is still looking for the fairy club. He asks after survivors, but there are none. Niall tells him of the threat this vampire holds, and Ben realizes who Niall really is. Ben gushes a bit about Sookie, and Niall tells him that he came to the club to assemble an army, but found Ben instead. Ben agrees to join arms to protect her.

Bill prepares to leave, asking Jessica to stay. But Jessica cannot sit on her hands, knowing that he's putting himself in danger to save her. Bill plans to find the man who's responsible for synthecizing Tru Blood. Dr. Takahashi has a thing young girls, so he suggests she wear something inappropriate.

Newlin is overjoyed to see his former Missus,  but she's not there to save him. He ruined her life, and embarassed her. She's made plenty of money telling her story, but it doesn't lessen the hurt he's brought upon her. Looks like where Newlin and the Fellowship of the Sun left off, Sarah Newin picked up and ran with it. Steve laughs off Sarah's new position, but she has her path, and she's sticking to it. More than anything else I would love to see Sarah and Jason 2.0, but not today. The doctor comes asking Steve about Eric, and at first he claims to not know the stunning viking former Sheriff, but quickly changes his tune, and the doctor is very interested to hear what he has to say about him.

Jessica is noticed the second she enters Dr. Takahaski's classroom, and she easily gets some alone time with him afterwards. She asks for some private tutoring, and he easily jumps into her net.

A knock at Sookie's door turns out to be Bill. He's asking for her help to save the vampires she loves, and she opens the door for him against her better judgement. He tells her that he has seen the future, but she refuses to let him in. The normal vampire rules do not apply to him anymore. He comes in and manhandles her. Jason jumps at her screams, but Bill holds him off with his newfound powers. She begs him to leave, but he wants her blood synthecized to save everyone. Her blood can help him walk in the sun, but she refuses to reconsider, he's had all the blood she's willing to give him. She begs him to let her go, that before he was Billith she meant something to him, and she uses that bond for him to leave her alone. He does as shes asks and he tells her that she is now dead to him, but its fact that she's okay with. Maybe she's finally ready to write him off, please let he be ready. A Sookie and Bill 2.0 or 10.0 or whatever they are, I cannot stomach a revisiting!

Nicole and her friends at the VUS approach Alcide and his pack hoping to get on tape some shifting. They are hoping to push some other supernatural group out of the closet to help out the vampires, only the pack doesn't appreciate being watched. Rikki makes the first move and shifts killing members of the VUS. All hell breaks loose and Alcide is forces to shift and intervene to save Nicole. Sam uses the distraction to take back Emma, but when they see an injured Nicole they step in to assist her.

The Governor calls Eric, and Ginger answers his phone. Eric speaks with him, and he asks after his daughter. Eric doesn't let him talk with his daughter as he taunts him about the fate of his daughter. He tells him that he will kill her, he just hasn't decided how to yet, there are so many options. The Governor plays it up as they trace his "untracable" phone, but Eric hears that they've been found. When he goes back to Wila, Tara has taken the girl. Ginger is left behind to stall the Governor as Pam and Eric go after Tara and Wila. As hot as angry Eric is, I'm not loving the distance between he and Pam. And I'm back on the stake Tara train too, angry Tara is losing its appeal quickly.

Niall brings Ben back home to Sookie. Sookie and Jason try to process what happened, but Niall tells them he's certain it was Warlow, he has the blood to prove it. She blames herself for everyone's death, and Ben invades her thoughts. She scolds him for his invasion, and Niall reminds her of her manners. She goes back to cleaning up the mess she made tossing plates at Bill, and Ben offers to assist her. She wonders why she can feel him in her thoughts, when he wasn't able to feel the others. There's a simmering connection between the two of them, which makes me feel more and more like he and Warlow are connected. Niall feels Warlow again, and flashes out after him. He instead finds Nora, who is also looking for Warlow, when Jason is attacked.

Andy comes upon Bill in the graveyard. He's not pleased about enforcing the vampire curfew, when Bill spies a stuffed animal in the front seat of Andy's car. You can see the evil wheel spinning as Andy tells him that he has children now, not a puppy as Bill had originally thought. Bill walks away with a dirty little smirk on his face.

If Bill kills even one of those precous little fairy girls of Andy, he better be staked! And that concludes this week's episode! What are your thoughts?

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