1 00:00:12,262 --> 00:00:13,929 -Ginger, enough. -Thank you. 2 00:00:44,502 --> 00:00:46,420 Humans. 3 00:00:48,006 --> 00:00:51,008 Honestly, Bill, I don't know what you see in them. 4 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,164 How did I end up with you people? 5 00:02:46,082 --> 00:02:47,833 Jesus. 6 00:02:48,001 --> 00:02:50,252 Mother Mary in heaven. 7 00:02:52,046 --> 00:02:55,632 I'm so sorry, Mama. I'm so sorry. 8 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,302 When Ginger is finished, glamour her for me. 9 00:02:58,469 --> 00:03:01,430 Are you sure? She's been glamoured one too many times already. 10 00:03:01,598 --> 00:03:05,517 -Who knows how much of her is left. -lt's either that or turn her. 11 00:03:06,269 --> 00:03:07,769 You want her? 12 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:10,814 Please, I'm not that desperate. 13 00:03:10,982 --> 00:03:13,984 -Glamour it is. -Excellent. 14 00:03:18,573 --> 00:03:21,325 Come. l'll buy you a Blood. 15 00:03:30,752 --> 00:03:31,793 Thank you. 16 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:35,130 How do you stomach that stuff? Don't you find it metallic and vile? 17 00:03:35,298 --> 00:03:38,300 I don't think about it. It's sustenance, that's all. 18 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:43,472 -What? -lf you're their poster boy... 19 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:47,142 ...the mainstreaming movement is in very deep trouble. 20 00:03:47,352 --> 00:03:51,980 Tru Blood. It keeps you alive, but it will bore you to death. 21 00:03:52,148 --> 00:03:53,982 Let's cut to the chase, shall we? 22 00:03:54,150 --> 00:03:57,778 You killed a vampire, Bill. For a human. 23 00:03:58,821 --> 00:04:01,865 -What are we gonna do about this? -What do you have in mind? 24 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:03,784 -l'll take the girl. -No. 25 00:04:09,165 --> 00:04:11,083 You can have anyone. Why do you want her? 26 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:13,335 Why do you want her? 27 00:04:14,337 --> 00:04:16,964 You're not in love with her, are you? 28 00:04:17,131 --> 00:04:19,633 -Sookie must be protected. -That sounds like an edict. 29 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:22,803 But it couldn't be, because l would know about that. 30 00:04:24,013 --> 00:04:25,514 Admit it. 31 00:04:26,224 --> 00:04:27,933 You love her. 32 00:04:29,852 --> 00:04:34,356 If l hadn't done what l did, would you have let his disloyalty stand? 33 00:04:34,524 --> 00:04:37,985 Whatever l did to Longshadow, I would not have done in front of witnesses. 34 00:04:38,152 --> 00:04:40,487 Especially not vampire witnesses. 35 00:04:42,156 --> 00:04:43,865 Not smart, Bill. 36 00:04:45,702 --> 00:04:47,536 Not smart at all. 37 00:04:56,379 --> 00:04:59,131 All I'm saying is, Lafayette didn't have to kidnap him. 38 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:01,591 -And I'm pretty sure he left with some V. -Hey. 39 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:05,387 If you wanna make the same arrangement with Eddie Lafayette's got, have at it. 40 00:05:05,555 --> 00:05:10,392 This was just the only thing l could think of to get you out of blowing your first vampire. 41 00:05:11,978 --> 00:05:14,313 You done this before, haven't you? 42 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,859 -Done what? -This. Kidnapping vampires. 43 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:22,904 Jesus. l should have known something wasn't right... 44 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:26,450 ...the second you walked into my life carrying that big bag of crazy. 45 00:05:26,617 --> 00:05:29,703 Any woman with a purse that big's bound to have something in it... 46 00:05:29,871 --> 00:05:32,414 -...I don't wanna know about. -Jason. 47 00:05:32,582 --> 00:05:37,753 Baby, you're sweet, but you've gotta mellow out. 48 00:05:45,928 --> 00:05:47,846 The fuck is this hippie music? 49 00:06:01,527 --> 00:06:03,445 Put these on. 50 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:08,325 Oh, thank you, but l'm fine, really. 51 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:11,370 I'm just gonna dry out my hair and be on my way. 52 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:12,788 You're not going anywhere. 53 00:06:12,955 --> 00:06:15,957 Eric and your boyfriend aren't nearly done talking just yet. 54 00:06:17,126 --> 00:06:21,254 -ls Bill in some kind of trouble? -That's for the boys to figure out. 55 00:06:21,422 --> 00:06:25,884 Right now, what you need to do is change out of your clothes. 56 00:06:27,553 --> 00:06:30,639 There's vampire in your cleavage. 57 00:06:31,557 --> 00:06:33,058 Okay. 58 00:06:33,226 --> 00:06:35,352 Allow me. 59 00:06:42,443 --> 00:06:43,902 Thank you. 60 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:47,823 I'm beginning to understand the fuss everyone's making over you. 61 00:06:50,785 --> 00:06:54,746 Oh, hey there, Pam. Oh, who's your new friend? 62 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:59,000 -Ginger, Sookie. Sookie, Ginger. -Nice to meet you, Sookie. 63 00:06:59,460 --> 00:07:02,087 Right. Nice to meet you too. 64 00:07:02,255 --> 00:07:06,174 Oh, you don't have to be so scared. They're really very nice here. 65 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:11,513 Here. 66 00:07:13,099 --> 00:07:14,349 -You got him? -Yeah. 67 00:07:15,059 --> 00:07:17,644 Tape the windows shut. Here. 68 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:24,192 Clear this out. We gotta clear all this shit out. 69 00:07:27,447 --> 00:07:29,156 Lift his legs. 70 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,285 -Ready? -How's this gonna go? 71 00:07:33,453 --> 00:07:35,036 Tie his arm there. 72 00:07:41,752 --> 00:07:43,211 What? 73 00:07:45,047 --> 00:07:48,175 I guess I got a little paranoid after 9/1 1 . 74 00:07:48,342 --> 00:07:52,888 No, because after New York and D.C., terrorists were gonna come to Bon Temps. 75 00:07:53,055 --> 00:07:56,141 -And I said I was paranoid. -Get his feet. 76 00:07:56,601 --> 00:07:58,268 What are you gonna do to me? 77 00:07:58,436 --> 00:08:02,314 Yeah, l was kind of wondering that myself. 78 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:04,316 We're gonna drink from him. 79 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:05,734 -And then what? -Yeah? 80 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:08,820 Dude, I got this. What's the plan? 81 00:08:08,988 --> 00:08:12,616 Jason, can you please try to live in the now with me. 82 00:08:13,117 --> 00:08:15,327 I do live in the now. 83 00:08:15,495 --> 00:08:18,872 In fact, l've gone entire months without thinking about shit. 84 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,000 But the truth is, right now, the now kind of sucks. 85 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:25,837 And if we both can't admit that, then we are 1 00 percent fucked. 86 00:08:31,260 --> 00:08:34,387 -Who wants the first taste? -l ain't doing it. Not like this. 87 00:08:34,555 --> 00:08:37,390 -Thank you. -l said, stop talking to me. 88 00:08:37,558 --> 00:08:41,019 Come with me, baby. Don't let your fear get in your way. 89 00:08:41,187 --> 00:08:45,315 Look, it ain't fear, all right? lt's just.... 90 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:51,404 He's looking me right in the eye. 91 00:08:53,616 --> 00:08:55,325 It ain't right. 92 00:08:56,452 --> 00:08:57,619 Look at him. 93 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:01,289 -Fine. l'll see you when I get back. -Wait, wait, wait. 94 00:09:01,457 --> 00:09:03,375 Ain't you supposed to cut it with aspirin? 95 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:06,920 No, there's no risk of clotting when the V's this fresh. 96 00:09:20,893 --> 00:09:22,727 My God. 97 00:09:27,316 --> 00:09:29,150 You look... 98 00:09:30,653 --> 00:09:32,404 ...really happy. 99 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:44,833 Come on, baby. 100 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:47,752 Come with me. 101 00:09:49,922 --> 00:09:53,049 Don't. Don't do it. 102 00:09:54,468 --> 00:09:56,303 I said, don't talk to me. 103 00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:16,865 What exactly did you do to my mama? 104 00:10:17,033 --> 00:10:18,867 You were here. You saw it. 105 00:10:19,035 --> 00:10:21,870 Yeah, but l wanna know exactly how and why it worked. 106 00:10:22,038 --> 00:10:25,999 I'm already taking a monster leap of faith even considering this demon crap. 107 00:10:26,167 --> 00:10:29,753 Fine, then. It's like this. 108 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,005 Your mind, your body... 109 00:10:32,173 --> 00:10:35,717 ...it's just a physical manifestation of your soul. 110 00:10:35,885 --> 00:10:41,139 -And your soul is sick. -My soul don't wanna get ripped off. 111 00:10:43,976 --> 00:10:46,561 -How's your mama doing? -She's doing great. 112 00:10:46,729 --> 00:10:49,397 But she believes in shit like this. l don't. 113 00:10:50,232 --> 00:10:52,359 If you don't believe... 114 00:10:52,526 --> 00:10:55,153 ...then why did you come all the way out here tonight? 115 00:11:00,117 --> 00:11:02,118 How much it'll cost me? 116 00:11:03,746 --> 00:11:06,081 -Seven-ninety-nine, ninety-five. -What? 117 00:11:06,248 --> 00:11:08,208 Seven-ninety-nine, ninety-five. 118 00:11:08,376 --> 00:11:11,836 -Cup of rum's on the house. -Well, my mama paid less than half that. 119 00:11:12,004 --> 00:11:15,423 What l do takes varying amounts of energy... 120 00:11:15,591 --> 00:11:19,511 ...and involves varying amounts of risk. Now, what you got inside you... 121 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:22,764 ...is much more powerful than what your mama had. 122 00:11:22,932 --> 00:11:26,726 -Much more dangerous too. -l'm worse than her? 123 00:11:27,603 --> 00:11:30,438 I once found that woman on the ground, eating her own vomit... 124 00:11:30,606 --> 00:11:34,609 ...because she didn't wanna waste the alcohol she lost bringing it all up. 125 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:41,282 Think about it. 126 00:11:41,784 --> 00:11:43,201 But not for too long. 127 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:49,749 You can't afford to keep pushing people away. 128 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:54,462 Your loneliness is spreading to your eyes. 129 00:11:55,005 --> 00:11:57,674 It's becoming a part of who you are. 130 00:11:59,635 --> 00:12:02,220 You're one hell of a saleswoman, aren't you? 131 00:12:04,181 --> 00:12:06,182 Next time you're alone... 132 00:12:06,350 --> 00:12:09,602 ...stand in the mirror and count backwards from 1 0. 133 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:12,981 If you can get all the way down to zero... 134 00:12:13,149 --> 00:12:15,150 ...then l'm wrong. 135 00:12:15,651 --> 00:12:19,863 But if you can't stand your own company for 1 0 seconds... 136 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:24,075 ...how you gonna expect to do it for the rest of your life? 137 00:12:30,916 --> 00:12:34,878 -So you're not in any trouble? -A simple slap on the wrist, that's all. 138 00:12:35,045 --> 00:12:36,755 You swear? Pam made it sound like-- 139 00:12:36,922 --> 00:12:39,007 Pam was turned almost a hundred years ago... 140 00:12:39,175 --> 00:12:43,344 ...and yet somehow still behaves as though every day were Halloween. 141 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:45,764 She's all drama and theatrics. 142 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:49,851 I assure you, everything's gonna be fine. 143 00:12:54,023 --> 00:12:58,693 I'm gonna take a shower. I still feel like there's blood all over me. 144 00:13:01,655 --> 00:13:03,239 Don't look up. 145 00:13:15,836 --> 00:13:17,670 Wait, wait, wait. 146 00:13:18,464 --> 00:13:22,258 First we have to thank the vampire... 147 00:13:22,426 --> 00:13:25,970 ...for the gifts that he's bestowed upon us. 148 00:13:29,391 --> 00:13:31,309 -We are grateful-- -Fuck you. 149 00:13:31,477 --> 00:13:32,852 --for your gift to us. 150 00:13:33,979 --> 00:13:35,814 Ignore him. 151 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:59,671 Can you see it? 152 00:14:00,422 --> 00:14:02,298 Where are we? 153 00:14:02,758 --> 00:14:04,676 Nowhere. 154 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:06,970 Everywhere. 155 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:09,681 Together. 156 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:46,134 Aren't you tired? 157 00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:50,221 Every time l close my eyes, I see her face. 158 00:14:50,472 --> 00:14:53,808 -Your cat? -Gran. 159 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,854 But now that you mention it, Tina's in there too. 160 00:14:59,857 --> 00:15:03,902 You do know that I'm not gonna let anything happen to you? 161 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:07,280 That I am here for you... 162 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:08,948 ...to protect you. 163 00:15:09,116 --> 00:15:11,284 And what if I don't wanna need to be protected? 164 00:15:11,452 --> 00:15:13,786 What if wanting to be protected makes me feel... 165 00:15:13,954 --> 00:15:17,749 ...like the helpless little girl l used to be all over again? 166 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:19,876 Sookie. 167 00:15:20,461 --> 00:15:24,172 All of the things that you need to be protected from... 168 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:26,507 ...all of the trouble you're in... 169 00:15:27,384 --> 00:15:29,677 ...you're in because of me. 170 00:15:29,845 --> 00:15:35,516 So you needing to be protected has nothing to do with you... 171 00:15:35,684 --> 00:15:38,019 ...or who you are. 172 00:15:39,146 --> 00:15:41,522 All of it is my fault. 173 00:15:48,238 --> 00:15:50,740 So why don't you just go to sleep... 174 00:15:51,867 --> 00:15:54,661 ...and let me be the one to worry about it? 175 00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:59,874 Bill, all the trouble I'm in... 176 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:02,543 ...it's mine. l chose it. 177 00:16:02,711 --> 00:16:05,046 -l chose it when l chose you. -Yes, but-- 178 00:16:05,214 --> 00:16:08,007 Don't you think I wanna blame somebody else? 179 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:11,886 But what happened to my Gran... 180 00:16:12,054 --> 00:16:15,223 ...and now to poor Tina, it's my fault. 181 00:16:15,391 --> 00:16:18,226 And it's sweet of you to try to take it on for me... 182 00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:22,730 ...but if I let you, I'd be so mad at you, I'd never be able to look at you again. 183 00:16:22,898 --> 00:16:27,652 And right now your face is just about the only thing getting me by. 184 00:16:29,905 --> 00:16:32,657 So why don't we just leave it on me, okay? 185 00:16:35,244 --> 00:16:36,911 Very well. 186 00:16:49,466 --> 00:16:51,050 Night, Bill. 187 00:17:16,076 --> 00:17:19,370 -You're a fucking dead woman. -Oh, my God! 188 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:23,499 Honestly, you are like a little boy. 189 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:25,793 Did I scare you? 190 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:27,795 Yeah. 191 00:17:28,797 --> 00:17:31,466 Come here, lie down. I wanna show you something. 192 00:17:36,096 --> 00:17:38,639 -What we looking at? -The trees. 193 00:17:38,974 --> 00:17:41,851 But we're not just looking, we're listening too. 194 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:44,270 Listening to trees? 195 00:17:47,191 --> 00:17:51,611 -Can you hear that? -lt's like the leaves are talking. 196 00:17:51,779 --> 00:17:53,738 They're laughing. 197 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:58,534 Yeah, because they're ticklish. 198 00:17:59,495 --> 00:18:01,162 That's right. 199 00:18:07,461 --> 00:18:09,170 -Amy? -Yeah, baby. 200 00:18:10,214 --> 00:18:11,964 We still high? 201 00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:14,675 No, baby. 202 00:18:15,177 --> 00:18:17,845 Because I don't normally talk like this. 203 00:18:18,013 --> 00:18:22,266 Plus, l'm feeling kind of lightheaded too. 204 00:18:22,434 --> 00:18:26,687 You're talking like this because your mind is starting to open up. 205 00:18:26,855 --> 00:18:31,109 And you're lightheaded because you haven't eaten anything. So here. 206 00:18:31,276 --> 00:18:34,654 Have an almond, they're raw. 207 00:18:40,369 --> 00:18:42,829 Oh, my God. 208 00:18:44,331 --> 00:18:47,083 -That is crazy good. -We gotta change the way you eat. 209 00:18:47,251 --> 00:18:48,960 Raw foods. Nothing processed. 210 00:18:49,378 --> 00:18:52,380 Because the cleaner the body, the cleaner the soul... 211 00:18:52,548 --> 00:18:54,632 ...the cleaner the experience. 212 00:18:57,553 --> 00:18:59,137 Cleaner than last night? 213 00:19:00,055 --> 00:19:02,140 Much cleaner. 214 00:19:16,321 --> 00:19:17,989 Amy! 215 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:21,284 He'll stop. He'll stop. 216 00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:23,911 Jason! 217 00:19:29,042 --> 00:19:31,586 Ain't you worried somebody's gonna hear him? 218 00:19:31,753 --> 00:19:34,422 You live in the middle of nowhere of the middle of nowhere. 219 00:19:34,590 --> 00:19:38,259 -Yeah, I guess, but-- -He isn't a person, Jason. 220 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:42,763 Did I say he was? All l'm saying is.... 221 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:47,351 My truck, for example. It ain't a person either. 222 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:50,771 But l still fill it with gas and give it oil from time to time. 223 00:19:50,939 --> 00:19:52,690 You're saying we should feed him now? 224 00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:55,276 -Ain't he gonna die if we don't? -Who cares? 225 00:19:59,323 --> 00:20:02,283 I just-- l still think we should have a plan, that's all. 226 00:20:02,451 --> 00:20:04,410 I do have one. 227 00:20:05,495 --> 00:20:07,538 -Oh, yeah? -And here it is. 228 00:20:07,706 --> 00:20:10,541 Everything's gonna work out, because it has to. 229 00:20:12,127 --> 00:20:17,548 -That ain't a plan. -Because when l am with you, what I feel.... 230 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,760 I've never felt that with anybody else ever before. 231 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:28,226 And l'm a person that a lot of bad stuff has happened to in the past... 232 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:30,978 ...and so I deserve this. 233 00:20:32,648 --> 00:20:34,148 I love you. 234 00:20:46,745 --> 00:20:48,829 Oh, my God. 235 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:52,416 Oh, my God. I mean, why is it that we all need to be loved... 236 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:57,505 ...but then when somebody finally says, "I love you," people just run scared. 237 00:20:58,131 --> 00:21:03,678 I love you, Jason Stackhouse, whether you like it or not. 238 00:21:03,845 --> 00:21:06,347 I'm not afraid to admit it. 239 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:09,684 Know what? 240 00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:14,689 You're right. 241 00:21:15,983 --> 00:21:17,525 Fuck it. 242 00:21:20,362 --> 00:21:22,071 I love you too. 243 00:21:32,916 --> 00:21:34,875 Say it again. 244 00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:38,546 -l love-- -Come on. 245 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:40,715 You get it once, that's all. 246 00:21:43,093 --> 00:21:44,760 Ten... 247 00:21:45,095 --> 00:21:46,762 ...nine... 248 00:21:47,055 --> 00:21:48,514 ...eight-- 249 00:21:49,224 --> 00:21:51,892 Don't you knock? What if I was doing something private? 250 00:21:52,060 --> 00:21:55,438 I taught you that was a sin against God. If l walk in on you doing it... 251 00:21:55,605 --> 00:21:57,481 -...it's your problem. -What do you want? 252 00:21:57,649 --> 00:22:00,651 Sam Merlotte's here to see you. You ain't sleeping with him? 253 00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:03,571 -What makes you jump to that conclusion? -He brung flowers. 254 00:22:03,739 --> 00:22:07,241 Men only bring flowers if they already slept with you and looking to again. 255 00:22:07,409 --> 00:22:11,245 That especially goes for white men, as black men are less prone to grovel. 256 00:22:15,876 --> 00:22:17,835 What do you want, Sam? 257 00:22:18,962 --> 00:22:22,423 To apologize for anything l said that hurt your feelings... 258 00:22:22,591 --> 00:22:26,427 -...and sort things out between you and me. -That's a load. lt's sex he wants. 259 00:22:26,595 --> 00:22:28,095 Mama. 260 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:31,265 -She drinking again? -Nope. 261 00:22:31,433 --> 00:22:34,977 That's her, stone-cold sober. 262 00:22:35,270 --> 00:22:36,896 -Look, you should go. -Why? 263 00:22:37,064 --> 00:22:39,607 Because I'm just too fucked-up for this. 264 00:22:39,775 --> 00:22:43,527 You're not even the most fucked-up person in this house, much less this town. 265 00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:45,613 What do you think this is between us? 266 00:22:45,781 --> 00:22:48,783 We were clear from the beginning it was just gonna be us fucking. 267 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:51,577 -lt's too late for that. -What are you, a masochist? 268 00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:54,914 No, not at all. But l've spent my life running away from people... 269 00:22:55,082 --> 00:22:58,417 ...or pinning my hopes on somebody I can't have. I'm done with that. 270 00:22:58,835 --> 00:23:02,046 Like it or not, you've reminded me that I'm a social animal. 271 00:23:02,214 --> 00:23:04,757 I'd rather deal with your fucked-up shit than be alone. 272 00:23:04,925 --> 00:23:07,968 Here's some fucked-up shit for you. Do you know that right now... 273 00:23:08,136 --> 00:23:10,471 ...l have myself thinking I have a demon inside me? 274 00:23:10,639 --> 00:23:14,517 The only way to get it out is have some lady who lives in a bus in a swamp... 275 00:23:14,684 --> 00:23:18,854 ...perform a $800 exorcism on me that there's no way in hell I can afford? 276 00:23:19,898 --> 00:23:22,066 Yeah. So go ahead. 277 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:24,485 Now tell me you still want something more with me. 278 00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:27,613 Not if it's gonna be like this. But l'd like it if we could-- 279 00:23:27,781 --> 00:23:29,949 Well, we can't, all right? 280 00:23:30,117 --> 00:23:34,495 Look, just go, okay? Get out of here and save us both a lot of misery. 281 00:23:35,497 --> 00:23:37,289 All right, l'll see you at work. 282 00:23:45,674 --> 00:23:49,427 -Oh, my God, it's beautiful. -l know, right? 283 00:23:49,594 --> 00:23:52,054 So you guys having an engagement party or what? 284 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:54,557 We'd like to, but I don't know where we'd throw it. 285 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:57,435 You know, our place isn't big enough. 286 00:23:59,563 --> 00:24:02,189 You could have it here, if you like. 287 00:24:02,357 --> 00:24:03,774 Oh, thanks. 288 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:06,444 -But l wouldn't wanna put you out. -You wouldn't be. 289 00:24:06,611 --> 00:24:09,947 It'd be like any night, except I'd close the place to the public... 290 00:24:10,115 --> 00:24:11,699 ...for you and your dearest. 291 00:24:11,867 --> 00:24:15,035 Oh, wow, Sam, that would be amazing. 292 00:24:15,203 --> 00:24:18,372 Except l was thinking could we do it in the warehouse next door? 293 00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:19,707 Or even outside? 294 00:24:19,875 --> 00:24:23,043 Because if we did it in here, it'd feel like work, you know? 295 00:24:23,211 --> 00:24:24,670 You were thinking, huh? 296 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:28,007 About the party I only just now offered to throw for you? 297 00:24:30,552 --> 00:24:34,555 You are a spectacular man, Sam Merlotte. 298 00:24:34,723 --> 00:24:38,392 And you are one hell of a conniving suck-up when you need to be. 299 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:44,648 I'll cover the catering and the band. The alcohol and all the other incidentals... 300 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:46,484 -...are on you and Rene. -Got it. 301 00:24:46,651 --> 00:24:49,320 And l may be conniving, but I still mean it. 302 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:52,239 You are gonna make some woman extremely happy one day. 303 00:24:52,407 --> 00:24:55,576 Maybe someday I'll meet a woman willing to take that chance with me. 304 00:24:55,744 --> 00:24:59,205 -Morning, Sookie. -Ain't nothing good about this morning. 305 00:25:14,095 --> 00:25:16,805 "Secret Sauce"? Who you fucking kidding? 306 00:25:16,973 --> 00:25:20,684 Since when is it right to call mayonnaise a fucking secret? 307 00:25:20,852 --> 00:25:22,102 I don't know. 308 00:25:22,270 --> 00:25:24,230 I kind of like it, though. 309 00:25:24,397 --> 00:25:26,524 You can like it all you want to. 310 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:27,942 It's still mayonnaise. 311 00:25:29,152 --> 00:25:30,611 What are you thinking? 312 00:25:32,030 --> 00:25:35,449 Thinking fucking roots should learn where to grow. 313 00:25:37,244 --> 00:25:38,369 What? 314 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,293 Wait. Rene. 315 00:25:48,255 --> 00:25:49,547 Wait! 316 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:53,133 Hey! Hey! Rene! 317 00:25:53,301 --> 00:25:55,052 The fuck, man? 318 00:25:56,721 --> 00:25:59,139 -Shut it down. -Get the fuck off me. 319 00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:01,475 -Asshole. -What the fuck is wrong with you? 320 00:26:01,643 --> 00:26:04,311 -You got a screw loose? -You could've killed me. 321 00:26:04,479 --> 00:26:07,815 I'm sorry, I know, but this ain't just some root growing out of nowhere. 322 00:26:07,983 --> 00:26:09,483 It's connected to that tree. 323 00:26:10,318 --> 00:26:14,822 -Everything we see, man, it's all connected. -The fuck are you talking about? 324 00:26:14,990 --> 00:26:16,657 You some kind of treehugger now? 325 00:26:16,825 --> 00:26:19,493 -You gonna kill your buddy to save a tree? -Chill, son. 326 00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:22,288 -l could give a fuck if you're sorry. -All right. 327 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:25,833 I'm about to get married. There are people that count on me. 328 00:26:26,251 --> 00:26:30,004 Okay, come on, let's go get you cleaned up. 329 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:34,883 -Shit. -Hey. 330 00:26:36,177 --> 00:26:38,012 Is everything all right, J? 331 00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:43,350 Tell me, Hoyt, were you on the football team? 332 00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:45,853 No. 333 00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:49,940 -Were you on the football team? -No, I wasn't. 334 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:53,152 Then you do not call me J. You got that? 335 00:26:54,613 --> 00:27:01,160 Yeah. 336 00:27:04,623 --> 00:27:05,914 I'm-- 337 00:27:06,082 --> 00:27:08,125 Yeah, l'm sorry. 338 00:27:08,293 --> 00:27:10,878 Goddamn it, J. 339 00:27:13,465 --> 00:27:15,549 Goddamn it. 340 00:27:20,555 --> 00:27:22,848 -What can l get for you today? -Your boss around? 341 00:27:23,016 --> 00:27:25,392 Tell him you're looking for him. What can I get you? 342 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:27,895 Don't know, I haven't decided yet. 343 00:27:28,521 --> 00:27:30,356 Then while you make up your mind... 344 00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:32,858 ...how about I tell you what you can get for me? 345 00:27:33,026 --> 00:27:36,195 I would love whoever's killing off my family's head on a platter. 346 00:27:36,363 --> 00:27:38,113 Think you could arrange that for me? 347 00:27:38,281 --> 00:27:40,491 I don't appreciate your tone, Miss Stackhouse. 348 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,744 I don't appreciate officers of the law enjoying casual lunches... 349 00:27:43,912 --> 00:27:46,080 ...while there's a killer trying to hunt me. 350 00:27:46,247 --> 00:27:48,749 Did you know he got into my house again last night? 351 00:27:48,917 --> 00:27:50,834 -He did? -Yes, and he killed my cat. 352 00:27:51,002 --> 00:27:52,753 Cut her head off and took it with him. 353 00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:57,174 -How come you didn't call the station? -All the station would've done is send you. 354 00:27:57,342 --> 00:28:01,095 You'd still be here acting as though you don't know what you're gonna order... 355 00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:04,014 ...even though you always wind up having the cheeseburger. 356 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,266 Detective Bellefleur, I'll take your order. 357 00:28:06,434 --> 00:28:08,102 -No, it's my table. -l got it. 358 00:28:08,269 --> 00:28:11,063 Just take a break. It'll do you some good. 359 00:28:15,860 --> 00:28:17,778 What can I get for you? 360 00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:21,990 Go with the goddamn cheeseburger and fries. 361 00:28:34,754 --> 00:28:36,463 Hey, you. 362 00:28:38,216 --> 00:28:39,883 Listen, you all right? 363 00:28:40,635 --> 00:28:42,428 Sometimes I wish l smoked, you know? 364 00:28:42,595 --> 00:28:46,598 So you could sneak outside without anybody knowing something's wrong with you. 365 00:28:47,809 --> 00:28:49,476 Okay. 366 00:28:50,645 --> 00:28:53,480 I'm really sorry about your cat. 367 00:28:54,983 --> 00:28:57,192 Maybe I shouldn't have come in today. 368 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,570 Yeah, l was gonna say, why did you? 369 00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,114 I don't know. Maybe because lately it seems like... 370 00:29:02,282 --> 00:29:05,451 ...if I called in sick every time somebody I loved got murdered... 371 00:29:05,618 --> 00:29:07,578 ...l'd never make it in for a day of work. 372 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:10,748 -Don't you think Sam would understand? -l guess. 373 00:29:10,915 --> 00:29:14,543 -But if I went home, what would you do? -Me? What's it got to do with me? 374 00:29:14,711 --> 00:29:17,838 With Arlene doing nothing but showing off her ring... 375 00:29:18,006 --> 00:29:20,174 ...you'd be the only one waiting tables. 376 00:29:20,842 --> 00:29:23,010 Yeah, she is gonna be a handful, that one. 377 00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:27,389 Can you imagine what she was like the first time she got married? 378 00:29:29,142 --> 00:29:32,186 What about you? You ever been married? 379 00:29:32,645 --> 00:29:37,149 Is this the part where the sister asks what the girl's intentions are with her brother? 380 00:29:37,859 --> 00:29:40,694 Because right now, I am all about protecting Jason. 381 00:29:42,363 --> 00:29:44,531 He misses you, Sookie. 382 00:29:44,991 --> 00:29:47,534 -Right. -No, he does. 383 00:29:47,702 --> 00:29:49,703 I mean, between your grandma passing... 384 00:29:49,871 --> 00:29:52,247 ...and then what happened afterwards with you.... 385 00:29:53,291 --> 00:29:55,209 -He told you about that? -He couldn't not. 386 00:29:55,376 --> 00:29:58,420 -l mean, he's a mess about it. -Well, you wouldn't know it. 387 00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:03,425 Look, l know what you must think of him. 388 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:07,012 And l get why you're mad at him, I do. 389 00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:09,223 But he loves you. 390 00:30:10,225 --> 00:30:13,560 You still got people around you who love you. 391 00:30:14,729 --> 00:30:16,396 And all l can hope is that... 392 00:30:16,564 --> 00:30:20,526 ...maybe one day, I can be counted in among those people. 393 00:30:21,861 --> 00:30:25,781 You are way too good for him. You know that, right? 394 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:29,326 Of course I know that. l'm not stupid. 395 00:30:53,017 --> 00:30:56,770 You can call me all the names you want, but I am confident in my position... 396 00:30:56,938 --> 00:31:00,440 ...that when the day comes I meet my Maker, it is l who will be allowed... 397 00:31:00,608 --> 00:31:03,443 ...to pass through the gates into the glory of eternity. 398 00:31:03,611 --> 00:31:06,947 Thank you, Reverend Whitley. Miss Flanagan, would you like to turn... 399 00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:10,117 -...back to the Vampire Rights Amendment? -Shut up, shut up. 400 00:31:10,285 --> 00:31:13,453 After the massacre of three of our kind in Louisiana this week... 401 00:31:13,621 --> 00:31:16,957 ...the world should take notice of the fact that we have not retaliated. 402 00:31:17,125 --> 00:31:20,168 And we will not. Which leaves us with the question... 403 00:31:20,336 --> 00:31:23,297 ...of exactly who is hunting whom out there in America tonight? 404 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:27,050 I applaud your rhetoric. That was very impressive. 405 00:31:27,218 --> 00:31:29,887 -Shut the fuck up! -But I warn my fellow citizens... 406 00:31:30,054 --> 00:31:32,806 ...that her message is false. 407 00:31:39,147 --> 00:31:40,772 Thank you. Thank you. Please, I-- 408 00:31:40,940 --> 00:31:43,775 -What is it? -l need you to move me. 409 00:31:43,943 --> 00:31:47,112 Too much pain. This chair, it's digging into my skin. 410 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:51,408 -Thought y'all couldn't feel pain. -When you don't drink... 411 00:31:51,576 --> 00:31:56,163 ...your body-- Your whole body aches more than anything I ever felt when l was alive. 412 00:31:56,331 --> 00:31:57,831 Please? 413 00:31:57,999 --> 00:32:01,543 -Well, if l move you, will you shut up? -l promise. 414 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:04,338 -This better not be a trick. -lt's not. 415 00:32:04,505 --> 00:32:08,842 -And don't you fucking bite me. -l don't even have the energy. Just, please? 416 00:32:11,971 --> 00:32:13,221 Jesus. 417 00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:17,643 -For a vampire, you sure are a doughy fuck. -l'm sorry. 418 00:32:20,021 --> 00:32:22,689 There. That any better? 419 00:32:22,857 --> 00:32:25,359 I think so, yeah. 420 00:32:25,526 --> 00:32:29,029 Yeah, good, because now I'm all fucked-up. 421 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,877 What the hell? 422 00:32:49,175 --> 00:32:52,094 I found an envelope full of cash in my cubby. 423 00:32:52,261 --> 00:32:53,637 Yeah? 424 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:56,306 -You know anything about it? -We'll talk after work. 425 00:32:56,474 --> 00:32:59,059 -Sam, you know I can't-- -l said, after work, all right? 426 00:32:59,227 --> 00:33:01,770 Anyone needs me, l'll be in my office. 427 00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:17,077 Yes, he's done it again. Another lovely shot. 428 00:33:22,667 --> 00:33:25,585 A hole in one. 429 00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,893 Eric. Pam. 430 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,274 Bill, Chow. Chow, Bill. 431 00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:48,775 Nice to meet you. 432 00:33:48,943 --> 00:33:52,070 Chow is Longshadow's replacement. 433 00:33:55,450 --> 00:33:58,827 I take it by your being here, there was no way around it, then? 434 00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:02,622 I can't really say. Didn't exactly look into it. 435 00:34:03,499 --> 00:34:05,208 Tell me... 436 00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:08,295 ...do you enjoy living halfway up his backside the way you do? 437 00:34:08,463 --> 00:34:11,465 Yes, it's nice. You should try it. 438 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:15,635 We're gonna have to stop by the bar where Sookie works first. 439 00:34:16,095 --> 00:34:18,722 She needs to know that I'll be gone. 440 00:34:19,390 --> 00:34:21,308 Don't forget how this started. 441 00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,602 She came to Fangtasia to help you. 442 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:26,480 Fine. Go to the bar. 443 00:34:26,647 --> 00:34:29,107 Might be smart to check out the competition. 444 00:34:29,275 --> 00:34:32,652 -Yes, indeed. -What's your game? 445 00:34:32,820 --> 00:34:34,154 Excuse me? 446 00:34:34,322 --> 00:34:36,656 You were playing Wii. What's your game? 447 00:34:36,824 --> 00:34:38,075 Golf. 448 00:34:38,242 --> 00:34:40,243 What's your best score on Pebble Beach? 449 00:34:40,411 --> 00:34:43,914 -Seven under. -Mine's 1 1 under. 450 00:34:45,583 --> 00:34:47,375 I liked Longshadow better. 451 00:34:47,919 --> 00:34:52,339 -lt still hurts? -No, that went right away. 452 00:34:52,507 --> 00:34:55,008 I guess that's a perk of me doing V. 453 00:34:55,176 --> 00:34:56,343 But this-- 454 00:34:56,511 --> 00:35:00,180 This stretching just feels so goddamn fucking good. 455 00:35:00,348 --> 00:35:04,017 -Another perk. -Yeah. 456 00:35:04,519 --> 00:35:05,852 What's with the weight, dude? 457 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:08,563 I thought all you vampires were supposed to be in shape. 458 00:35:08,731 --> 00:35:10,732 We are what we were when we were turned. 459 00:35:10,900 --> 00:35:13,068 I led a very sedentary life. 460 00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:17,197 -What's sedentary? -Desk job. I was an accountant. 461 00:35:17,365 --> 00:35:21,201 Sat around a lot, ate a lot ofjunk food. 462 00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:23,995 Well, how's someone go from being an accountant... 463 00:35:24,163 --> 00:35:25,622 ...to being a vampire? 464 00:35:25,790 --> 00:35:28,125 It wasn't the straightest of lines. 465 00:35:29,544 --> 00:35:31,878 I always had this sense that it wasn't... 466 00:35:32,046 --> 00:35:34,381 ...really my life I was leading. 467 00:35:34,966 --> 00:35:38,260 But l convinced myself it was the life I wanted. 468 00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:41,388 Then one day, about a year ago... 469 00:35:41,556 --> 00:35:44,432 ...l came home from work to find my wife crying... 470 00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:47,227 ...like her whole family had just died. 471 00:35:47,687 --> 00:35:51,690 Turns out my son had had a fistfight at school. 472 00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:56,403 Some of the kids suggested to him that I might be a "fucking faggot." 473 00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:59,030 Well, kids are morons. 474 00:36:00,241 --> 00:36:04,077 That's precisely the reaction my wife wanted me to have. 475 00:36:04,245 --> 00:36:06,246 And when I didn't.... 476 00:36:06,747 --> 00:36:11,251 -What, she never even had a clue? -How could she, when even l didn't? 477 00:36:13,921 --> 00:36:16,590 -l'm sorry. -Don't be. 478 00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:19,217 Comes a point in life when you realize... 479 00:36:19,385 --> 00:36:22,721 ...everything you know about yourself, it's all just conditioning. 480 00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:29,144 It's the rare man who truly knows who he is. 481 00:36:30,104 --> 00:36:31,688 At least l accomplished that. 482 00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:36,693 I guess it helps that you don't look all that gay. 483 00:36:40,615 --> 00:36:42,282 Most of the gays l've come across... 484 00:36:42,450 --> 00:36:44,117 -...they look like-- -You. 485 00:36:44,285 --> 00:36:46,786 You're what we're supposed to look like. 486 00:36:49,957 --> 00:36:53,418 Anyway, after she left me and took my kid... 487 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:56,630 ...l went to a gay bar, hit on a couple of men. 488 00:36:56,797 --> 00:37:00,300 Got laughed at. Or pitied. 489 00:37:00,468 --> 00:37:03,053 Then l saw this one guy. 490 00:37:03,221 --> 00:37:05,555 He was even less of a looker than me... 491 00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:10,518 ...and he had beautiful young men all over him. 492 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:14,856 Somebody told me he was a vampire. And l guess l just thought: 493 00:37:15,274 --> 00:37:17,025 "Well, that's for me." 494 00:37:18,486 --> 00:37:20,654 After that, it was just a matter of time... 495 00:37:20,821 --> 00:37:23,657 ...before I found someone willing to turn me. 496 00:37:25,034 --> 00:37:28,620 -That's crazy. -l told you it wasn't the straightest of lines. 497 00:37:33,626 --> 00:37:35,502 So... 498 00:37:36,671 --> 00:37:40,632 ...how did it work out for you? With the guys and everything? 499 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:42,467 Well... 500 00:37:44,095 --> 00:37:45,470 ...you tell me. 501 00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:53,520 Okay. 502 00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:56,690 -l'll have that on the side too. -Okay, coming right up. 503 00:38:00,236 --> 00:38:02,487 Bill, what's going on? 504 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:05,657 This place is even more depressing than l thought it'd be. 505 00:38:06,409 --> 00:38:09,286 -What are they doing here? -Give me a minute, then we'll talk. 506 00:38:09,453 --> 00:38:10,912 -Where's Sam? -l don't know. Why? 507 00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:12,747 He's in his office. 508 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,629 -Try to behave yourself. -Don't l always? 509 00:38:21,299 --> 00:38:24,217 -Yeah? -Bill Compton. 510 00:38:24,385 --> 00:38:27,220 I need a minute of your time, if that's all right. 511 00:38:29,056 --> 00:38:30,724 It's open. 512 00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:35,061 -Who's this? -His name's Chow. 513 00:38:35,229 --> 00:38:37,689 -He need to be in my office too? -Yes. 514 00:38:37,857 --> 00:38:40,525 I have very little time, so l'll be brief. 515 00:38:41,110 --> 00:38:43,278 I've been called away. 516 00:38:43,946 --> 00:38:47,449 And l need you to watch over Sookie, protect her while l'm gone. 517 00:38:49,493 --> 00:38:50,994 Well, that's just priceless. 518 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:53,997 Don't expect her to be too keen on the idea. 519 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,833 Sookie hates feeling like she doesn't have independence. 520 00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:00,128 I'm really starting to get fed up with you telling me who Sookie is. 521 00:39:00,296 --> 00:39:01,421 I know. 522 00:39:01,756 --> 00:39:05,717 And l also know how you feel about her, and l don't like it. 523 00:39:05,885 --> 00:39:09,262 But l'm asking you because you're the only one l can ask. 524 00:39:09,680 --> 00:39:13,350 You're the only person l know of who can protect her in my absence. 525 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:19,522 Will you do it? 526 00:39:22,276 --> 00:39:24,319 Of course I will. 527 00:39:24,779 --> 00:39:27,864 But l'll be doing it for her, not for you. 528 00:39:30,451 --> 00:39:32,118 Thank you. 529 00:39:39,126 --> 00:39:42,629 So simply present this card at the door when you get to Fangtasia... 530 00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:45,340 ...and the first round is on me. 531 00:39:45,508 --> 00:39:48,468 Also, Thursdays are ladies' nights, so be sure to bring a date. 532 00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:50,303 That is, if you can get one. 533 00:39:51,931 --> 00:39:53,473 She got you. 534 00:39:54,058 --> 00:39:56,559 -Thanks, ma'am. -Not him. 535 00:39:57,144 --> 00:39:59,270 -He doesn't get one. -What gives, bro? 536 00:40:02,149 --> 00:40:04,317 What'd you do to your arm there... 537 00:40:04,985 --> 00:40:06,653 ...bro? 538 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:16,663 -l take it your business here is done? -l came to talk to Sookie. 539 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:21,084 I'll give you three minutes. We have a tribunal to get to. 540 00:40:21,961 --> 00:40:23,378 What? 541 00:40:23,546 --> 00:40:24,879 Come with me. 542 00:40:27,258 --> 00:40:30,510 Oh, before l go, a word of advice: 543 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:35,849 We know when a human has wronged us. We can smell it. 544 00:40:37,351 --> 00:40:41,521 So do not make the mistake of letting the pretty blond vampire lady on television... 545 00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:44,190 ...make you feel too comfortable. 546 00:40:44,525 --> 00:40:47,235 We may not have retaliated... 547 00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:49,529 ...yet... 548 00:40:51,031 --> 00:40:53,199 ...but we know who you are. 549 00:40:56,662 --> 00:40:58,621 Have a nice night. 550 00:40:58,914 --> 00:41:00,832 I have no choice, l have to go. 551 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,042 -Why? -Because I killed a vampire. 552 00:41:03,210 --> 00:41:04,878 I know that, l was there, remember? 553 00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:07,046 He was gonna kill me. You were defending me. 554 00:41:07,882 --> 00:41:11,801 If one of you killed another one of you defending one of us, there would be a trial. 555 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:13,344 -l'll come with you then. -No. 556 00:41:13,512 --> 00:41:16,139 I can and l'm going to. I wanna testify for you. 557 00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:18,141 Damn it, you can't. You can't come. 558 00:41:18,309 --> 00:41:20,393 And you can't testify. 559 00:41:20,561 --> 00:41:22,604 You will not be welcome there. 560 00:41:23,189 --> 00:41:24,772 You lied to me. 561 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:27,358 You said everything was gonna be okay... 562 00:41:27,526 --> 00:41:29,527 ...but it's not, is it? 563 00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:34,491 I honestly don't know. 564 00:41:34,658 --> 00:41:37,202 -Ticktock, Bill. -Bill.... 565 00:41:38,204 --> 00:41:40,747 Just look after yourself, all right? 566 00:41:41,790 --> 00:41:43,833 I've asked Sam to watch over you. 567 00:41:44,001 --> 00:41:46,294 Wish you hadn't have done that. 568 00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:49,589 Be smart, Sookie, and just let him. 569 00:41:49,757 --> 00:41:52,800 There's still somebody out there who wants to kill you. 570 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:57,597 Fine. l will. 571 00:41:58,557 --> 00:42:01,434 -Thank you. -And time. 572 00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:11,361 If l had any feelings, I'd have the chills right about now. 573 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,196 Not me. 574 00:42:17,076 --> 00:42:18,409 Bill. 575 00:42:22,706 --> 00:42:24,499 Now. 576 00:42:45,729 --> 00:42:47,605 You all right? 577 00:42:47,982 --> 00:42:48,982 No. 578 00:42:49,149 --> 00:42:51,317 -Look, I'm sorry about-- -Tara, right now... 579 00:42:51,485 --> 00:42:54,821 ...l don't remember what it is I'm supposed to be mad at you for... 580 00:42:54,989 --> 00:42:59,033 -...so why don't we just forget it, okay? -Hey, that's good by me. 581 00:43:01,287 --> 00:43:03,705 -lt was in the flood. -A flood? 582 00:43:03,872 --> 00:43:06,499 -Oh, my. -Yep. 583 00:43:06,667 --> 00:43:08,501 It was the shits. 584 00:43:09,169 --> 00:43:11,671 But you gotta play the hand you're dealt, I guess. 585 00:43:11,839 --> 00:43:14,757 And when you say you were living at your grandmother's... 586 00:43:14,925 --> 00:43:18,052 ...l take it to mean your grandfather was already gone? 587 00:43:18,846 --> 00:43:20,763 I'm so sorry. 588 00:43:20,931 --> 00:43:22,682 Why? It wasn't your fault. 589 00:43:22,850 --> 00:43:27,520 It's just that a boy needs a man in his life to teach him what it means to be a man. 590 00:43:29,356 --> 00:43:34,152 -Yeah, whatever. -That's the hardest part of all this for me. 591 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,778 My boy. 592 00:43:35,946 --> 00:43:38,615 He's got nothing but women around him now. 593 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:40,992 He needs me. I'm not there. 594 00:43:42,745 --> 00:43:45,538 Well, l'm sure he'll be all right. 595 00:43:45,706 --> 00:43:47,874 I mean, look at me, huh? 596 00:43:51,337 --> 00:43:53,254 Don't you try to glimmer me. 597 00:43:53,422 --> 00:43:55,214 Amy warned me about that. 598 00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:57,383 I'm too depleted to glamour you. 599 00:43:59,011 --> 00:44:01,971 That's something I haven't quite mastered yet, anyway. 600 00:44:02,431 --> 00:44:04,557 Really? You can't just do it? 601 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:08,144 Learning to be a vampire doesn't happen overnight... 602 00:44:08,312 --> 00:44:10,521 ...any more than learning to be a man does. 603 00:44:15,069 --> 00:44:16,986 You gonna marry her? 604 00:44:17,863 --> 00:44:19,197 Who, Amy? 605 00:44:19,782 --> 00:44:21,491 I don't know. 606 00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:25,286 We haven't been together that long. 607 00:44:26,747 --> 00:44:28,206 But... 608 00:44:31,168 --> 00:44:33,503 ...just between you and me? 609 00:44:34,630 --> 00:44:37,340 -l could really see her being the one. -She's not. 610 00:44:38,592 --> 00:44:40,510 -What? -Don't do it. Don't marry her. 611 00:44:40,678 --> 00:44:42,845 -None of your business. -She's a psychopath. 612 00:44:43,013 --> 00:44:44,639 -Hey, fuck you, Eddie. -She is. 613 00:44:44,807 --> 00:44:47,266 She is far more dangerous than l could ever be. 614 00:44:47,434 --> 00:44:49,102 That's enough. 615 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,567 Look, l gotta go out and get some more beer. 616 00:44:56,735 --> 00:45:00,822 But while l'm gone, keep your fucking howling to a minimum. 617 00:45:07,287 --> 00:45:09,664 Can we talk about it now? 618 00:45:10,207 --> 00:45:11,916 Sure. 619 00:45:12,292 --> 00:45:14,627 That's not talking about it. 620 00:45:16,797 --> 00:45:18,131 I can't take it, Sam. 621 00:45:18,298 --> 00:45:20,633 -l appreciate it, I do. But-- -You're keeping it. 622 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:23,886 -You can't tell me I'm keeping it. -lt's my money, so, yes, I can. 623 00:45:24,054 --> 00:45:27,724 -You're a stubborn son of a bitch. -Well, that makes two of us. 624 00:45:32,604 --> 00:45:35,481 You really believe you have a demon in you? 625 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:42,905 I think I got something inside me that is... 626 00:45:43,073 --> 00:45:44,824 ...scared... 627 00:45:45,701 --> 00:45:47,827 ...and pissed off... 628 00:45:48,078 --> 00:45:51,497 -...and mean and fucked-up. -Fucked-up. 629 00:45:53,834 --> 00:45:56,502 -Think it's stupid, don't you? -Look, two years ago... 630 00:45:56,670 --> 00:45:59,630 ...nobody even knew there was such a thing as vampires. 631 00:45:59,798 --> 00:46:02,508 Now we gotta deal with them every goddamn day. 632 00:46:03,177 --> 00:46:05,511 And who knows what else is out there? 633 00:46:07,014 --> 00:46:10,349 Eight hundred bucks? That's a lot of money, Sam. 634 00:46:10,517 --> 00:46:13,561 Yeah, well.... 635 00:46:15,189 --> 00:46:16,856 People in this town drink a lot. 636 00:46:18,317 --> 00:46:20,318 I'm doing okay. 637 00:46:32,247 --> 00:46:34,874 So l guess l'm having an exorcism. 638 00:46:35,459 --> 00:46:36,626 You're welcome. 639 00:46:37,878 --> 00:46:41,380 Oh, Sam. I don't know how to ever thank-- 640 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:49,096 Interesting night, huh, Sook? 641 00:46:49,264 --> 00:46:52,433 Yeah, l guess. Maybe a little too interesting. 642 00:46:52,601 --> 00:46:56,854 Shit, ain't no such a thing as too interesting, only too dull. 643 00:46:57,022 --> 00:46:59,857 So, John, how big is your dick? 644 00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:09,534 You know what? There is such a thing as too interesting. 645 00:47:15,332 --> 00:47:17,166 -Where's Arlene? -Oh, she just left. 646 00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:19,502 Of course she did. I have to get out of here. 647 00:47:19,670 --> 00:47:22,588 Would you mind covering the rest of my side work for me? 648 00:47:22,756 --> 00:47:26,551 Sure, but is that really the best idea, you going home by yourself? 649 00:47:26,718 --> 00:47:30,471 I'm not. l'm going to stay at Bill's. No one'll come looking for me there. 650 00:47:30,639 --> 00:47:34,058 -Okay, then. -Thanks, I owe you one. 651 00:47:36,270 --> 00:47:38,271 No worries. 652 00:48:07,301 --> 00:48:09,218 -Oh, hey, Amy. -Hey. 653 00:48:09,386 --> 00:48:10,803 Hey. 654 00:48:11,305 --> 00:48:14,807 Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for everything you've been doing. 655 00:48:14,975 --> 00:48:17,226 You're fitting in great around here. Really. 656 00:48:17,394 --> 00:48:21,188 Well, l should be the one thanking you. Lord knows I needed this job. 657 00:48:21,356 --> 00:48:23,441 But you are welcome. 658 00:48:24,109 --> 00:48:25,610 So where are the others? 659 00:48:25,777 --> 00:48:27,486 Arlene had to get back to her kids... 660 00:48:27,654 --> 00:48:29,906 ...and Sookie took off a couple of minutes ago. 661 00:48:30,073 --> 00:48:31,949 -What? -Yeah, I tried to stop her, but-- 662 00:48:32,117 --> 00:48:34,785 -She say where she was headed? -She was going to Bill's. 663 00:48:34,953 --> 00:48:36,996 Goddamn it, Sook. 664 00:48:40,417 --> 00:48:42,168 Hey there, Sam. 665 00:48:43,253 --> 00:48:45,755 Turns out that story you told me the other day... 666 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:49,216 ...about growing up in a nudist colony didn't exactly check out. 667 00:48:49,384 --> 00:48:50,885 We need to talk. 668 00:48:51,428 --> 00:48:53,387 Sure, just-- 669 00:48:53,555 --> 00:48:58,476 You know, I forgot something in the bar, but I'll be right back. Okay? 670 00:49:14,451 --> 00:49:16,369 Hey, dog. 671 00:49:17,496 --> 00:49:19,205 Well, screw you too. 672 00:49:37,516 --> 00:49:41,477 Oh, my God. Didn't anyone ever tell you not to sneak up on people like that? 673 00:49:42,396 --> 00:49:44,522 What are you doing so far away from home? 674 00:49:45,941 --> 00:49:48,150 Why don't you come spend the night with me... 675 00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:51,487 ...and l'll take you back to Merlotte's tomorrow, okay? 676 00:49:59,287 --> 00:50:00,871 Come on... 677 00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:02,957 ...it's night-night time. 678 00:50:04,167 --> 00:50:06,752 Come on. Come on. 679 00:50:08,255 --> 00:50:10,756 You know, if we're gonna be sleeping together... 680 00:50:11,299 --> 00:50:13,759 ...we're gonna need a name to call you by. 681 00:50:13,927 --> 00:50:15,636 What do you think of "Dean"? 682 00:50:16,930 --> 00:50:20,599 Yeah, l like it too. Dean. Dean the dog. 683 00:50:20,767 --> 00:50:24,937 Look at you, looking away. What a gentleman. 684 00:50:27,232 --> 00:50:31,110 Here, would it make you more comfortable if l got under the covers? 685 00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:41,704 Come on. 686 00:50:41,872 --> 00:50:44,040 Hop up in bed with me. 687 00:50:44,458 --> 00:50:48,085 You can't sleep on the floor all night. You're gonna catch a draft. 688 00:50:48,253 --> 00:50:50,212 Now, hop up here. 689 00:50:54,176 --> 00:50:56,802 Good boy, Dean. 690 00:50:58,972 --> 00:51:00,848 Sweet dreams. 691 00:51:33,048 --> 00:51:34,673 Eddie? 692 00:51:36,343 --> 00:51:38,552 Eddie, wake up. 693 00:51:40,931 --> 00:51:42,681 Wake up. 694 00:51:43,266 --> 00:51:44,600 Here. 695 00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:47,478 You brought me Tru Blood? 696 00:51:49,564 --> 00:51:51,398 Just drink. 697 00:52:01,076 --> 00:52:03,702 Dean, you're on my feet. 698 00:52:04,913 --> 00:52:06,580 Dean.