TMC
08-26-2014, 02:53 AM
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/08/25/true-blood-ends-as-it-lived-a-complete-mess-with-no-emotional-centre/
"In seven years,” says Noah Love, "'True Blood' got close to emotional gravitas only once. In the ninth episode of Season 2, Eric’s maker, Godric, decides he has lived enough and faces the “true death” as the sun rises. He dies after an emotional plea from Eric, and Sookie keeps him company until the end. It was weirdly touching, and nothing that came before or after it (and five more seasons came after it) could match that moment. So of course, the writers of the show would try to emulate it to close out the show.” PLUS: Maybe there was no logical ending (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tv-zone-1.811968/true-blood-ends-it-just-ends-1.9142467), what a whimper of a finale (http://nypost.com/2014/08/25/true-blood-goes-out-with-a-whimper/), this season contain episodes that were essentially "frustrating bits of nothing,” (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/true-blood-thank-you-208490) “True Blood” never figured out what it wanted its vampires to be (http://www.vox.com/2014/8/24/6057383/true-blood-series-finale), HBO auctioning off the wedding dress, Sookie and Bill aren’t among "True Blood's" 10 best characters (http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/08/ten-best-characters-true-blood-history), and Lafayette deserved better (http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/lafayette-deserved-better-true-blood-series-finale.html).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#wS96RLACPPH3xcTt.99
"In seven years,” says Noah Love, "'True Blood' got close to emotional gravitas only once. In the ninth episode of Season 2, Eric’s maker, Godric, decides he has lived enough and faces the “true death” as the sun rises. He dies after an emotional plea from Eric, and Sookie keeps him company until the end. It was weirdly touching, and nothing that came before or after it (and five more seasons came after it) could match that moment. So of course, the writers of the show would try to emulate it to close out the show.” PLUS: Maybe there was no logical ending (http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/tv-zone-1.811968/true-blood-ends-it-just-ends-1.9142467), what a whimper of a finale (http://nypost.com/2014/08/25/true-blood-goes-out-with-a-whimper/), this season contain episodes that were essentially "frustrating bits of nothing,” (http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/true-blood-thank-you-208490) “True Blood” never figured out what it wanted its vampires to be (http://www.vox.com/2014/8/24/6057383/true-blood-series-finale), HBO auctioning off the wedding dress, Sookie and Bill aren’t among "True Blood's" 10 best characters (http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/08/ten-best-characters-true-blood-history), and Lafayette deserved better (http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/lafayette-deserved-better-true-blood-series-finale.html).
Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#wS96RLACPPH3xcTt.99