Pictured: Kristen Bauer van Straten, Anna Paquin and Alexander Skarsgard
Support a worthy cause! Kristin Bauer van Straten (Pam on True Blood) is auctioning off a sexy piece of authentic True Blood wardrobe in support of her documentary ‘Out for Africa’. This documentary gives the viewer a Kenyan’s perspective on the crisis that the Elephants and Rhinos face in their homeland due to rampant poaching for the ivory and horn trades to supply the growing Asian market.
The item up for auction on eBay right now is the bra worn by Anna Paquin in the openings scene of episode 4.06 “I Wish I Was The Moon” of True Blood when Sookie makes out with Eric (Alexander Skarsgard).Anna Paquin signed the bra strap and if you would like to click on the bra, click on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/cewfry4
The auction winner will also receive a 8×10 photo of Pam signed personalized with his/her name by Kristin Bauer van Straten.
Click here to support Kristen Bauer van Straten’s efforts to help the Elephants and Rhinos of Kenya. Rhino in the wild have now gone extinct. Poaching for Elephant ivory and Rhino horn is at an all-time high. In 2011, more elephant tusks were seized than in any year since 1989 when the ivory trade was banned. Accelerated poaching made 2011 the worst year for the Rhino. The Western Black Rhino has now gone extinct entirely. If we don’t do more it is likely Elephants in the wild will also be extinct in our lifetime.
The True Blood Costume Department donated the bra to Kristin Bauer van Straten in support of her ongoing fundraiser to finance the documentary Out for Africa that Kristin and her husband Abri van Straten is shooting this now in Kenya.
Other items for auction are first edition hardcovers ‘Definitely Dead’ and ‘A Touch Of Dead’ signed by Charlaine Harris, the writer of the books that True Blood is based on.
What a season! Kudos to the True Blood crew for giving us the best season we’ve ever had and we cannot wait to see the 6th season. We were not totally surprised by those that passed away, but we will most definitely miss Russell Edington. His crazy made us go crazy. With that stated, here is the complete list of characters that passed away during the season finale.
R.I.P.
Russell Edgington
J.D.
Chelsea the Receptionist
Salome
Rosalyn
Now, let’s get on with the recap!
Besides all the death and mayhem, I just want to first jump for utter joy because Eric was awesome tonight!
Between offing Russell:
Bickering with Jason:
Annoying Jason:
Protecting his progeny:
Sharing a moment with Pam:
Protecting Sookie:
Bothering his sister:
And attempting to save Bill from himself:
Eric had a banner night!
Other highlights of note:
Well, Maurella finally popped after ingesting a container of table salt and Andy did not only become a daddy to one bouncing baby girl, but 4:
Unfortunately for Andy and the somewhat understanding Holly, Maurella up and left and left the rearing of the babies to Andy as part of their pact. Nice parenting Maurella. God help you Andy. Btw, I wish child birth was that enjoyable, I would have had 50 kids if it was that orgasmic?
Sam and Luna continued to try to save Emma and they came up with the brilliant plan that consisted of Luna shifting into Steve so she could smuggle Emma out of the Authority compound. It was going to work, but then Roslyn showed up and dragged whom she believed was Steve to do an interview for damage control. As expected, Luna turned back to her normal self and before Roslyn could get her mitts on her… Sam buzzed his fly self into Rosalyn’s mouth… if that’s not love than I don’t know what is.
The question for season 6 is… will Luna survive? Remember, every time a Shifter changes into a another human the weaker they become mentally and physically.
The pack storyline was not my favorite, but it was completed (or so we think). So, we saw Alcide, his Dad and Emma’s grandmother go into the pack to get it back and set it on the straight and narrow. We watched Alcide pummel J.D. to death. Unfortunately, he had to ingest vampire blood to do so. The question is, is this the end of Alcide’s troubles or will we see him suffer the repercussions for what he did tonight in Season 6?
So the mystery of Warlo continues:
Big question for Season 6 is how does Nora know Warlo?
So, let’s go into the storyline that we saw coming and damn it… they are the best True Blood couple, hands down!
Jessica: Sookie could you get these doors?
Sookie: Oh right cuz ya’ll are vampires and these are silver doors duh
Sookie: *opens Jess’s door*
Sookie: *goes to open Pam’s door*
Tara: *fucking opens it anway*
Sookie:….Oh okay
Jessica: I knew it
Where the official shipping of Para or Tam (Pam+Tara) was born tonight, Jessica totally lost Jason. Jason is in full on delusional mode. He is now being haunted by the hallucinations of his parents and they are feeding him this ire that is coming from that deep seeded issue he has had with vampires since he found out that his parents were killed by Warlo. This has resulted in Jason hating all of vampdom and that includes Jessica.
Will Jessica reach the old Jason is Season 6 and save him from all this crazy-talk or will we see Jason end up killing Jessica? The torture…
Towards the end of the episode the group split, Eric and Sookie stayed behind to save Bill and the rest were escaping which is when we got a bonus scene (from HBO) and that was what was going on in the lift:
While everyone else is taking down the compound, Eric and Sookie go looking for Bill. They tried to make Bill understand that he was under the influence, but he was not going to give in and for a brief moment we thought we lost one of the key players in the True Blood universe.
We should know better now, because Alan Ball and the writers of HBO would not let that happen and we were given the biggest shock of the tv year!
Unlike the first few seasons of True Blood, the writers have figured out how to make the show progressively better and better as the season barrels its way towards the season finale. During tonight’s episode, it took all of my strength to keep my mouth off of the floor and I chalk it up to the writers.
So, let’s get on with our recap and I have to admit that I loved this episode, but it was so painful at times… why? Well, let’s start with the most obvious:
As I stated earlier, Hoyt has been suffering big time and he knew that the only way to put his life back on track was to make drastic changes and that was to 1. Move far, far away and that is apparently Alaska, 2. Have Jessica remove herself from his memory and 3. Have Jessica remove Jason from his memory.
When he opened his eyes it was like seeing the Hoyt we first met in Season 1 and we had to applaud him for getting the hell out of dodge in one piece. Of course this has left Jessica and Jason devastated, but they have other issues to worry about.
Jessica has been summoned by her maker, Bill, and as expected she is worried about what Bill has become and that is a bible-thumping cult member and what that cult wants to do.
Jason on the other hand is helping his sister figure out what is going on and that involves a fae contract between a Stackhouse and a Fae that was under the floorboards of Sookie’s bed. We see that Sookie is the property of the Vampire that killed her parents…
This is also the scene where we find out that Andy is going to be a Dad…
I cannot wait to see Andy’s and Holly’s reaction to the big news
Now, it wasn’t only Hoyt who took matters into his own hands. Tara was not going to take this whole Authority mess lying down:
That’s right, Tara and Ginger plotted together to off the new, well now deceased, sheriff of Area 5. To tell you the truth, I started to like the new Sheriff.
Is this a sign of things to come, maybe and maybe not. Godric made an appearance to his progeny after they ingested some of the supposed blood of Lilith.
Has the doubt been set in these two, well I think so. Especially after Russell went all cuckoo and stated that this religion of theirs is what is keeping them from evolving. Not even Salome can stop him, so all hell will break loose most definitely.
Yet, Russell had a cool moment, kind of, before he went ape shit…
After the adorably gory moment, Steve went off to pull some positive PR for the AVL. When he returns to the headquarters of the Authority he sees that Emma has changed back to her human form and he chastises her which causes the little girl to ask for Luna:
Nice Pet Parenting Skills Steve… tsk. ;-D
Now, onto the low light of the episode. There were two deaths in the episode, the first one was that of the the coroner of Bon Temps. No love lost there. The second one was of Molly, the tech-savvy vampire that attempted to help Eric escape.
We barely knew you Molly, but your parting words will stand the test of time:
Molly: In that case allow me to say, Fuck all of you. You are destroying the world based on a book that is thousands of years old. You call that evolved? That’s the opposite of evolved.
By the way, do you know who flipped the kill switch? Bill…
Awesome episode and I cannot wait to see what happens in the next episode which is titled Sunset.
Synopsis: To help Sookie look into an ancient family secret, Maurella and Claude take her to meet the faerie elder. Jessica becomes an unwilling participant in Bill’s ongoing religious conversion. The military uses a damning video of Russell and Steve Newlin as ammunition to deliver an ultimatum to the Authority. Alcide reconnects with his father. Sam and Luna hitch a ride into the Authority.
Kristin Bauer Van Straten as Pam on HBO's True Blood
Recently, TVFanatic interviewed Kristin Bauer van Straten about her character on the popular show True Blood and on an upcoming project that focuses on the endangered species of Africa. Here are some of the questions and answers that we think will give some insight into Pam and Pam’s relationship with her maker, Eric, and her progeny, Tara.
The scene where Eric released Pam as his progeny had fans reaching for tissues. I read once you said Alexander Skarsgard likes to make fun of you all the time for crying on set. What was that scene like to shoot and did Alex poke some fun at you to lighten the mood?
Anyone who has known me for more than an hour quickly realizes that I just cry a lot. Alex one time asked me what is it that triggers these emotions, like a particular scene. Because he was trying to figure it out and I started crying before I could even tell him. It’s the triumph of the human spirit I finally was able to tell him.
At the table read I cried, at rehearsal I cried. Normally you save it up for when the camera is on your face but since I had been crying so much my nose was already all red and runny, but Alex assured me they would make my snot match the color of my blood tears. It was such a sad scene, though. Usually you need to keep a thought of your dead dog in your mind during those scenes, but this scene was just seamless. I’ve done a lot of guest stars and and a lot of acting and sometimes you just have to make the words work, but not on this show. The characters have evolved over five seasons in such a slow build, it’s been really great.
One of my favorite aspects of this season has been the relationship between Pam and Tara. How has that new development been to explore for you and Rutina Wesley.
It has been super fun for both of us. I didn’t really know Rutina and she has been so great to work with because she really cares about the scene and the relationship and I think she is having so much fun being a super. For example, she was really excited about Comic-Con and I thought that seemed funny because she has been multiple times before but she said ‘yeah, but I’ve never been as a vampire!”
It was so, so cute. Comic-Con is such a great opportunity to put faces with our fans instead of just Googling our ratings. We are all just really grateful to all the fans out there. I think we probably have the best fans of any show.
I couldn’t help but notice the proud look on your face a couple of episodes ago after Tara told off her former classmate at Fangtasia.
I’m so glad that came through in the scene. Rutina and I really work to find those tiny little moments of connection. I am looking for this motherly quality in the most untraditional manner and the respect and care for her is really growing based on the moments when Pam sees how similar she and Tara are. They both come from a rough background, as we got to see in Pam’s flashbacks this season.
I’m glad you brought that up. The revelation of how Eric and Pam met was one of the best moments of the season. Were you excited to delve deeper into Pam’s origins?
Alex and I waited years for that. As an actor I had so many questions as to how to play this character. I was always trying to make up this backstory in my head.
This past week we were forced to watch as Pam was thrown off her own stage at Fangtasia. What can you tell us about the aftermath of that scene and what it means for Pam going forward?
I’ve been asking all year if Pam was going to get sucked into this Authority thing and how would it affect her world. As we now have seen she and Tara are now being pulled in and it wreaks havoc on their lives. The new sheriff, Elijah, announced to her that Eric was history but she had no idea just what that meant for her maker.
The stakes are just getting higher and higher. Pam is a tough girl but doesn’t want to go forward without Eric so she takes action. Pam’s whole existence, her entire world, is in jeopardy but the bond between her and Tara will be strengthened in the remaining episodes as things get really intense.
Bauer is also set to produce a documentary about Africa and endangered species that reside there. I asked her about the cause and the ways in which she’s hoping to illuminate it…
While filming this last season of the show, I’ve watched rhinos go extinct in the wild with the only remaining specimens having to be kept in sanctuaries under armed guard for their protection and I’m seeing the same atrocities happen to elephants at alarming rates. I just wanted to see what I could do to help these people in Kenya who are trying to prevent this. I had to make a real choice during this hiatus from True Blood: do I want to work on more acting and stay around home working on my gardening and playing with my fur-babies?
Or do I want to try to make a difference and know that if nothing else, I tried?
So I tried to make it really fun for everyone to try and help save a species, so on the Kickstarter.com site I continue to put up a number of True Blood giveaways. Everything from a Pam tee shirt to a dinner for a fan with me and Joe Manganiello.
Visit Kristin’s Kickstarter site to learn more about her Out For Africa documentary and to read more of the interview, please click here.
Thanks to TVFanatic for forwarding their interview to us.
Kristin Bauer van Straten discussed Pam’s love life with InStyle Magazine and said the following:
“I’ve had a love interest off-screen, where I sort of did something I can’t say in a PG interview on top of a desk.” That said, she hinted her fictional love life will move more in front of the camera soon. “But, I’m looking forward to having a love interest and I’m looking forward to seeing who can capture Pam’s eye,” she said. “I suspect that she will be a she.” Just like the books—but maybe better!
We interrupt the Men’s Swimming Olympic coverage with a little visual recap of True Blood’s Somebody I Used to Know.
The best storyline of the episode had to be that of Sam and Luna. As Sam went off on his quest to ride Bon Temps of it’s Supes Serial Killers, Luna started to lose it and eventually lost herself externally… that is.
Watching Luna as Sam walk around with his/her butt out and then Sam/Luna and Sam almost kiss had us in stitches and falling even more for this coupling.
Now, since kids go to this site, I will only have a still image of the scene that had many a women repeat over and over again:
Next up, Pam and Tara’ relationship keeps moving forward and for the better:
There was a bitter-sweet moment and that revolved around Lafayette:
These two had the best relationship and unfortunately these moments between Lafayette and the spirit that is Jesus are not enough for the fans.
Awwwww…
The funniest moment revolved around the vampire that we all love to hate and the former preacher that had the hots for Jason:
There two will be fuckbuddies in no time…
Craziest moment is that of the mysterious vampire that killed Sookie’s parents and is now after Sookie:
Most unfortunate moment revolved around Bill. Bill, when did you become so easily swayed by which way the wind blows????
What was your highlight and your low-light moment in tonight’s episode of True Blood?
P.S.
True Blood Fun Fact #69 – Albert Einstein was a Hafling (Half Fae/Half Human).
While the rest of the world is focusing on the unfortunate break-up of a young couple, we have some pics from the upcoming episode of True Blood (Courtesy of HBO). In the episode, Sookie and Jason visit where the faeries say their parents were supposedly killed by vampires. Bill begins having flashbacks. Sam and Luna become stuck. The Authority celebrate their new chosen direction. This is the episode all the fans have been anticipating because it is the episode that Stephen Moyer directed.
In this week’s episode, we’ll learn what happened after Eric saved Pam’s life in 1905 San Francisco and the shocking reason why she is still in danger.
Kristen Bauer van Straten stated the following:
“Pam was in a tough profession and experienced fear and vulnerability often. Eric was her first glimpse of safety. He was her knight in shining armor.”
She continues…
“Pam is acting independently of Eric for the first time. It’s extremely difficult for her to be on her own and now she’s dealing with this intensely annoying young ‘child’ (Tara). She really has no nurturing in her.”
(E!/Kristin dos Santos) Well, if you paid attention to yesterday’s scoop-filled post, you know that according to Alexander Skarsgård, Eric still has plenty of love for Pam. And Kristin Bauer van Straten promises that Pam is on a mission to get back in Eric’s good graces. “Pam will go to any length to be reunited with her maker. Any length,” she tells us forebodingly. “And we’re going to see it. Pam has an amazing arc because we get to see her backstory and how she was made. It explains why Pam is the way she is and also why Eric is her one person that she can’t live without.” We’ve seen the first four episodes of True Blood‘s fifth season, and trust us when we say that Pam will more than likely be your favorite T.B. character this year.
As the year progresses we will update this section with new books that we think you will like.
____________________
____________________
From:fractured-simplicity.net: (Site of the Month for June 2010) With the rapid approach of True Blood season three set to air on HBO in just over a week, I think this is time is apropos one to highlight a lovely fansite with a large focus on the series, as the books it is based on, the Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris. sookiestackhouse.com is a one of many great sites out there that supplies you with all the information you need about the show and the books. It keeps you up to date with all the news, spoilers, trailers, reviews and more. If you’re thirsty for True Blood be sure to stop by and check out all the offerings. Maria & staff are quick to post all the latest goings-on of the Sookieverse. But there’s more too. The site is also home to the Last Bite podcast, a show that talks about not only the world of Sookie but also of other great paranormal fiction out there. So check out sookiestackhouse.com!
____________________
Praise from Author Carolyn Crane:
Okay, how much fun did I have with Tamara and Maria on the Last Bite Podcast? A ton. They asked fantastic questions and we talked about all kinds of things, from the urban fantasy genre to the RT convention to why Mind Games is in first person present tense and more. You can listen to it here! These women have been putting out all kinds of fun shows lately! Recently they've interviewed MaryJanice Davidson, Jeaniene Frost and even Charlaine Harris. They also cover topics of all kinds related to True Blood and other vampire ans supernatural TV series, and more.
____________________
Praise from Author Jeaniene Frost:
And thanks so much to Maria and Tamara from Last Bite. I did a podcast with them over the weekend which is now available to listen. Tamara and Maria asked some great questions – and did some great editing, because wow, can I ramble, but thankfully they managed to make me sound almost coherent .
____________________
“Whether reading for fun, education, action, or business, books can help with anything. Even in an age where talking pictures dominate, it is still not difficult to find book lovers. To further your reading even more, check out these 100 awesome blogs for every kind of book lover. They will tell you what to buy, sell, read, trade, and much more.”
____________________
We were listed at #62. The Last Bite: Fans of the Sookie Stackhouse books and “True Blood” will enjoy this podcast. Hosts Maria, Pamela and Tamara discuss the latest news, reviews, opinions, and analysis.Online Accredited PhD Universities
I'm a Sookie Stackhouse fan (novel and TV series) and Last Bite Podcast is candy to my ears. If you LOVE the novels and TV show this is for you, seriously listen you will love it." If you got it, Flaunt it.
Watching Luna as Sam walk around with his/her butt out and then Sam/Luna and Sam almost kiss had us in stitches and falling even more for this coupling.
.