SPOILERS: Just What Is Pam Saying, Anyway?
Alex, you stinker. In today’s E!Online spoiler chat, Kristin Bauer reveals that she may be the victim of a practical joke, plus Eric and Lafayette are about to share an intimate scene:
Alexander Skarsgard as Eric Northman on True Blood / HBO
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Not only is Alex the show’s leading eye candy, but he also serves as the show’s official Swedish-English translator. Costar Kristin Bauer, who plays Eric’s “serial killer baby” Pam, tells us, “They keep writing me lines [to read in] Swedish, and Alexander calls and says the Swedish on my phone. Hopefully he’s not lying to me about what I’m saying. That’s what my boyfriend does?he’s from Africa, and he’s teaching me Afrikaans, and I don’t know what I’m saying, but he laughs.”Jerry in New Orleans: What’s coming up on True Blood?
In the next episode, Sookie (Anna Paquin), Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) encounter trouble when they arrive in Dallas and find out that someone from the Fellowship of the Sun was sent to abduct Sookie. The plan fails. And believe it or not, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) invites Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) into his home and feeds off his blood to recover from the wounds suffered when Eric abducted him. Strange bedfellows, indeed.
i would sure like a translation of what they’ve been saying from the first trip to Fangtasia to now.
for a person who doen’t know the language, Kristen sure acts like she does (on the show) which i think is the point…
Thanks for the spoilers! But I’m really concerned. Lafayette invites Eric into his home and feeds off his blood? Please, say it isn’t so!!!!!! They can¡t do that in the show. Eric doesn’t give his blood to anyone. Actually…. Spoilers ahead to anyone who hasn’t read the book….. I think the only person who drinks his blood since he turned Pam was Sookie. I really hope they don’t go down that road in the tv show, I’m not so sure about the changes they’re making from the book. I mean the books are so good!!!! And some scenes in the show seems to be too short ans shallow in comparison. And I want Sookie and Eric together all the way!!!
I agree Tiera! No way Lafayette should feed from Eric! What are they thinking. I can see changing some of the little things…but something like that is huge, since it adds to the relationship between Eric and Sookie! Especially since you know how from the books how erotic it is for a vampire to give blood…the thought of that with Lafayette and Eric would totally mess up my Eric fantasy!
Can’t wait to see Eric and Sookie! =)
Ok so here’s my question. What’s the difference between Jason taking a vial a vamp blood and getting priapism and sooking drinking mouthfuls straight from the vein with no after effects for her? Seems like their taking a bit of liberty with this story
I TOTALLY agree! Does different vamp blood produce different results according to the show story-line? I wasn’t too keen on the whole Jason-and-V thing anyway. Like his character really needs to be any more of a tool than he already is.
perhaps when there is injury involved the blood restores the damaged cells rather than the same properties being used on healthy cells which just overloads you aka “high”
Lis…In the books there is no difference. Unfortunatley the show doesn’t really show Sookies changes after drinking Bill’s blood. She feels way stronger her hairs is blonder and more bouncy and she even looks more radiant. They dont talk about any of the psychedelics that Jason has in the book though.
i read all the books. But i guess you can’t expect a 1000 year old vampire to let just sookie be the one and only to feed off of him? humm maybe..the books leave us to do the fill-in thoughts.
Perhaps is still considering turning Lafayette into a vampire?
Maybe he is doing it to show Sookie that he’s not such a bad guy…to get into her good graces…b/c let’s face it…he WANTS her!
Let’s hope that is the case. This is a sad, sad day AB. This is horrible. If I were Charlaine I would be throwing my arms up.
Well, lets just hope that it doesnt lead to anything. I really really hope that it doesnt!
I think ditto..that seems totally eric. (to soften her up. )
Opps! Thought Tiera wrote about Lafayette…Guess I ment Laura! =)
OMG, i can’t believe this. i guess the next episode will be worth the 2 weeks wait. but does eric go with them to dallas or does he stay which is when he goes to lafayettes house?
From what I have picked up in different interviews…Lafayette becomes a force to be reckoned with in the vampire community…not a lover of Eric…will have to wait and see….isn’t this fun..
sorta! he would make a great vamp just NOT erics lover!
I was a bit taken aback with Sookie’s “in your face” warrior woman as regards Eric…and then hubby reminded me that Sookie had just had a ton of Bill’s blood…which may have taken her anger about Lafayette and blown it into a firestorm that even SHE was not prepared for. I think Eric is intrigued by any human who doesn’t fall like a slave at his feet…so, she is just lucky he needs her skills, lusts for her body and her blood, otherwise, helllo! Look what happened to Royce! At this point in the books, she is still afraid of Eric…and they don’t really start to get along until later in the second book. Just hoping Alan keeps Eric’s charm, joie de vivre and wicked sense of humour! I am missing it! As far as Lafayette? I think Eric sees potential usefulness in Lafayette, and I am sure that he knows that Lafayette would not be seduced by PAM…so, he can use Lafayette’s attraction to gorgeous men, his love of V and his fear of him to his advantage. Remember, book lovers, Eric uses his seductive skills to his advantage on both males and females in the books…so, it isn’t really veering too far to have him use Lafayette’s particular “interests” to get what he wants from him. We’ll just have to wait and see what that is!
the promo looks to me like Lafayette jumps on Jason about to bite him. Is Lafayette just scaring Jason or is he now a vamp too. big change from Eric of the CH books to this, it’s all about Bill being a good guy, when he wanted sookie to be paid that was a complete change , it was Eric who cared about her finances and made sure she got the driveway and money.
I love love love charleine’s books. And loved the first season of true blood. I am really worried about the direction AB is taking the characters. Obviously the show is not going to be identical to the books but this mess with Lafayette, please say it ain’t so. I adore Lafayette, but all the fans of the books are anxiously awaiting for foundation for the relationship between sookie and eric to start being developed. And whats with Chow, he in no way fits the description in the book. And how can Mr. Balll leave out Bubba.
Lafayette is a much stronger character on the show than in the 1st book and I think that fans loved him so much that the writers couldn’t kill him off. In the books, Eric helps Sookie to find Lafayette’s killer. So I’m assuming that they had to do something to write around that plot line, now that Lafayette’s not murdered. I can’t imagine how they’d get away with including Bubba on the show, as readers were left to imagine (and laugh out loud) at that character in the book. I don’t understand why they reduced Chow to the role of buttoned-up Asian businessman, rather than the more exotic, scary, tatooed badass, unless they wanted to distinguish him more from Long Shadow. I LOVELOVELOVE what they’ve done with Pam, but she should be closer in physical age to Sookie.
Is it me or does eric want to turn sookie. i think he is in love with her. i think he is?
It makes me sad to watch this season of true blood… any one who reads the books will tell you that Eric is one of their favorite characters… and in the show they are making him out to be a bad guy – how frustrating! I understand they want to change it up from the book.. but really they are screwing with the story to much for my taste.
I totally agree! Eric’s a little bit rude and might take advantage of his power as Sheriff but nothing like what they portray in the show. This season sucks…The books are awesome they need to stick more to the main storyline. I’m soooo disapointed with what they’ve done with the manaud character also. The only thing I like that was different was that Lafayette didn’t die. Depending on what they do with that story could change my mind though.
eric views lafayette, and all humans, as a thing or something to be used. he doesn’t really mess around with anyone that isn’t going to be valuable to him and often uses his seduction skills to get what he wants. clearly that’s turned out to be a winning strategy. lafayette is industrious, probably pretty well connected and attractive, so he fits the bill.
as far as eric’s desire for him…personally, i love the sexual ambiguity. it’s far more interesting. i mean come on, the guy’s 1,000 years old and i’m sure he’s had alot of trim in that time! i’d imagine by now he’s past picking a team and just goes for whatever tastes good.
Yes it is so true that the portrayal of Eric is so estranged from the books….it is just so disappointing. Though it is well noted the show would deviate from the book but seems when it hits season 2 it is just way too off.
And I can’t agree more with Holly that everyone who read the books love Eric and he is the one who really cares about Sookie and saves her from all sorts of crisis. I hope AB will come along this line sooner or later…
I have read the books. I’m for Bill all the way.
I think Eric is manipulative and i don’t believe him at all.
I like Eric in the show, so far.
I agree with ZZ. I have read the books but I love the way AB has crafted the series. The fun is in the surprises. If he followed the book exactly, it would probably not come off as good anyway. When I have read a book first, I am rarely happy with the screen adaptation. A perfect example of this is Harry Potter’s “Order of the Phoenix”. That book was huge and should have been a two part movie. The time allotted barely covered the basics.
In reading the Sookie books, I got tired of everything being filtered through Sookie. The series lets the viewer experience the other character’s pov. And I must say the books came off like a bait and switch to me. Bill and Sookie were in love. Problems happened but the turning point came when the author seemed to decide Eric was to be the hero rather than Sookie’s first love. It felt off to me and Eric was devious about luring Sookie away from Bill.
For me the series is a validation of my love for Bill and Sookie. Eric is fascinating and a great character but so far, I would never replace Bill with Eric. Bill has more of a human feel than Eric does.
Overall I think AB had done a brilliant job of giving viewers a treat with each and every episode of True Blood. Can’t wait for July 12th.
I read the books and I’ll admit that I was swept away into the Eric fantasy and can’t wait for the show to start flirting with the idea a lot more. But that’s the idea – to help the audience to relate to Sookie’s conflict and that ever-present battle between the heart and the head. We need to be reminded that Sookie is totally new to this relationship stuff and that she can still be easily manipulated and has hormones that are not always in control. And Eric’s not always in control, either…
Love love love the books and I am looking forward to the triangle that Bill, Sookie and Eric present but if I’m remembering right, Book 2 was still about Sookie and Bill’s relationship. Eric doesn’t start becoming a real love interest for Sookie until either 3 or 4.