Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-845740-20140206111417/@comment-13965604-20140206234206

DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote:

Well, as far as True Blood goes, that wasn't all the shows fault, they were following the books, and the books jumped the shark on that front.

I agree, they should have either went Native American first, or stuck with the Druid and Celtic thing they had going in 3a. And that brings us to my biggest issue with s3, it isn't one homogenous season, this is clearly two separate seasons that they are calling one. It's not like they wanted 24episode seasons before, but were only getting 12 and finally got the 24 they wanted. They clearly had no f-ing clue what to do with 24 episodes.

I. Still holding a bit of hope that the werecoyote thing comes back, either towards the end on the season, or into the next. Keep in mind they have brought stuff up in one season then never did anything with it for a season or two. Prime example, Jackson and the neck clawing in season one not being explained until season 3 What you can get away with in print is different than what you can pull off onscreen, even on HBO where you have almost the full hour and not just 44 minutes (to allow commercials). The rapid proliferation of characters and storylines on True Blood got out of control. Also, in contrast to the novels, which are pretty much from Sookie's point of view, the show tried to give the different characters their own storylines either in parallel with or separate from Sookie's, which just led to a messy situation.

We clearly knew we had two seasons as soon as 3b started. For example, the ending of 3a had the twins back in school, 3b starts with them having dropped out. Instead of weeks, it felt as though months had passed between 3a and 3b. The really weird part was that they rushed 3a to conclusion when they had 24 episodes. That was the why behind Deucalion just being allowed to take a walk. They wanted to close the whole Alpha Pack storyline out completely and move on. So the twins switch sides, Kali gets killed and Deucalion gets a free pass.

This would have been understandable were it not for the fact that 3b has been flailing around. The werecoyote thing came and went. We're rushing forward into Japanese mythology now. It's like they need to just slow down the show the way they slow down some of the scenes! Let us catch up and give us some closure, especially if we won't be going back to some of the dangling plot threads!

Oh, goodness, as soon as 3a ended I knew it was going to be two separate seasons, even if I didn't hang out here and see the interviews talking about the Kitsune.

They certainly do need to slow down the whole series and quit trying to shove so much into an episode and a season, and dial back the multiple big bads per season. There's no reason that a 12 episode season needs more than one bad guy, IMO.

As for the "epilogue" at the end of 3a, I'm thinking that might have not happened yet. Like, that's where 3b is going to wind up. I really need to go rewatch that part later, to see if that fits. The only part I'm thinking doesn't jive is Derek leaving the apartment, but he left it alone, not with Peter or Cora, so he could leave again...