SPOILERS: What’s Happening With Terry & Arlene in Season 3?
Mickey from TVGuide.com has the scoop on what’s ahead for that other pair of love birds on True Blood:
Will Terry and Arlene still be together when we return for Season 3 of True Blood? — Anna
MICKEY: Yep. Executive producer Alan Ball told us that the happy couple “will make a surprising discovery that will bring them closer together.” Translation: All that free lovin’ they did under Maryann’s spell will result in an unplanned pregnancy. I hope the baby has hair that looks like a sunset after a bomb went off.
12 Big Spoilers from SciFiWire
True Blood’s Alan Ball, Raelle Tucker and Alexander Woo sat down with SciFiWire.com and revealed 12 spoilers for True Blood season 3. Some of it we already know from the writers panel and the casting call, but there are a few new tidbits. Here’s an excerpt:
- Bill won’t be back for a while. Ball confirmed that the arc of Bill’s kidnapping will last “about six episodes.” That sounds like just enough time to put Sookie (Anna Paquin) through the wringer, but not enough to try viewers’ patience. Plus, we’ll probably still get to see Bill deal with his captors in episodes 1-5.
- Meet the Merlottes. Shape-shifter Sam (Sam Trammell) will find his family this year, and Tucker gets to write their characters a lot in episode two. “I’m getting to write Sam’s family, which is a lot of fun, and, really, I feel really satisfying as a character arc,” she said. “I really am glad that he’s taking this journey and he’s learning about himself. I find that interesting. They aren’t the brightest people, maybe. At least they appear that way. They’re fairly dysfunctional, but like anybody else, they have their good things about them and not-so-good things. They’re still getting to know each other. Sam’s still getting to know them, and so are we.”
- Werewolves sink their teeth into Louisiana. Werewolves are coming to True Blood, and Ball offered a preview of what his wolf-people will look like. “They’re just wolves,” Ball said. “It’s just people who can turn into wolves, but they’re slightly bigger and much stronger. Their eyes glow orange a little bit.”
The werewolves sound spooky and awesome! (Spookily awesome? Awesomely spooky?) For the rest of the spoilers, check out SciFiWire.com.
SPOILERS: New Characters for True Blood Season 3
The first casting call has been released for True Blood’s third season and reveals some juicy details about what’s coming up. Assuming Alan Ball didn’t sneak in some fake information, here’s who we’ll see on True Blood next summer:
Tommy Mickens, Sam’s long lost younger brother. He has a scar on his face from ear to cheek, works at a tire store in Arkansas, and a family with a bad reputation. He doesn’t know who Sam is when Sam finds him. Sounds like we’ll also being seeing Tommy nude; the casting call specifies that the role involves “backside nudity”. Another shapeshifter in the family?
During the course of looking for his family, Sam encounters Betty and Marvin, an African-American couple who live on a rundown street in Arkansas. Marvin dislikes the Mickens, but Betty – impressed by Sam’s ability to quiet her pitbull – helps him find Tommy.
As previously reported, the show is casting Talbot, the King of Mississippi’s long-time trophy husband. The official casting call reveals more about the character, however. He’s extremely good-looking, like underwear model hot, with a sarcastic personality. He’ll first appear in episode 3.02 as he shows Bill around the mansion where he’s been “invited” to stay. Does this mean Bill was kidnapped by the King?
Jesus Velasquez is a recurring character in season 3 with the possibility of becoming a regular in season 4. Let’s absorb that for a moment; the casting call for the beginning of season 3 already assumes there will be a fourth season. Hurrah! Back to the character, he’s gay, Latino, and – naturally – gorgeous. A good-natured guy, he works as an orderly at a nursing home, caring for an elderly patient who makes racist remarks that he takes in stride. He first appears in episode 3.02.
Olivia, an elderly woman who uses a walker and an oxygen tank, might be under Jesus Velasquez’s care. She sees Bill and mistakes him for her son. Could he be her ancestor?
Those who have read the books will be familiar with Franklin Mott. Described as “sexy, sexy, sexy, sexy”, this vampire is tall, dark , handsome and has an instant connection with Tara. When she faces down some racist rednecks, he rushes to her aid. Is he too good to be true?
Tara also encounters Reverend Daniels, the pastor at Lettie Mae’s church who tries to bring Tara comfort and reconciliation with her mother. It sounds like Lettie Mae has developed an infatuation with her pastor as well.
In what sounds like a challenging storyline for Bill Compton, True Blood is casting a biker gang called the F*ck You Crew who take turns stabbing and feeding on Bill. Cooter (aka Coot) is the gang’s leader, Louie, Jimmy, and Gus are his subordinates high on V. These are recurring roles.
Jason Stackhouse tries to get it on with Jen and Missy, recent NYU grads who are studying to become vets, but keeps seeing them with bullet holes in their heads. Sounds like Terry isn’t the only one suffering from PTSD.
Yvetta is Eric’s new dancer at Fangtasia, and his lover. She a gorgeous Eastern European who speaks Czech. Although she’s currently only slated for one episode, there’s the option she’ll become a recurring character.
It’s also been revealed that episode 3.01 is titled “Pack of Wolves”.
SPOILERS: Alan Ball Reveals A Little More About Season 3
You gotta hand it to Alan Ball, he’s parceling out the True Blood season 3 nuggets carefully so each interview has at least one new piece of information. His latest interview, with Advocate magazine, focuses on the gay and lesbian characters on True Blood. We’ve already seen a couple of homosexual/bi-sexual characters (Lafayette, Sophie-Anne), and Alan reveals that season 3 will bring more on the scene.
We already know that the King of Mississippi has a “trophy husband”, both of whom we’ll meet in season 3. Alan shares that Lafayette may get a love interest next season, and there’s a chance we’ll explore Pam’s sexuality: “…she’s certainly got a lesbian vibe — I don’t know that that’s all she is, but she certainly does seem to appreciate the women.”
It sounds like the heterosexuals will be getting some play, too. Or at least Jason will. “I can tell you that you’ll definitely get to see a lot of Jason in the first few episodes, and by a lot, I mean a lot physically.”
Read the Advocate’s full interview with Alan Ball here.
SPOILERS: Did TV Guide Figure It Out?
In a previous spoiler, True Blood executive producer revealed that there will be a death in season 3. In this week’s TV Guide Mega Buzz, Mickey thinks the TV Guide gang knows who it will be:
Did Alan Ball give any hints about who is going to die next season on True Blood? — Andy
MICKEY: Ball, the show’s executive producer, plays a great game of “Not Gonna Tell,” as we learned the hard way. But after consulting the official Mega Buzz Facial Cues Reader, we’re going with Maxine Fortenberry and not Lorena.
What do you think, would you be happy to see Maxine go? Would you be satisfied if she were to “get what she deserves”?
SPOILERS: Sookie, Eric, Godric and More!
Alan Ball spilled more details about True Blood’s third season to TVGuide.com, including news about a fan favorite’s return!
- Season 3’s theme is about embracing one’s identity.
- Sookie (and the audience) will get closer to learning more about who she really is and why she has the powers that she has. “She is definitely part of a different race,” adds Ball. “In terms of fairies, like perky fairies with wings, like Tinkerbell, no, they’re not like that. If it is fairies, they’re fierce. They’re not pretty, soft, glamorous, gossamery things. They’re really, really, really powerful and primal creatures.” (YES! The fairies are coming!)
- Eric and Sookie may not be together in season 3, but “of course they’re going to come together, it’s fated. It’s not something that’s going to happen right off the bat.”
- Godric will return in a flashback!
Read the entire interview, including some comments from Sam Trammell, at TVGuide.com.
SPOILERS: When Do We Find Out What Happened to Bill?
In this week’s TV Guide Mega Buzz, Alan Ball reveals a little more about how True Blood’s season 2 cliffhanger will play out in season 3:
How soon before we find out who took Bill on True Blood? — Dyan
MICKEY: “We will discover who has Bill right off the bat in Season 3, but it’s going to take the people on the show a little bit longer to find out,” executive producer Alan Ball tells us. Sookie will even consider the possibility that he left of his own volition. “It’s not easy for her,” Ball says. “She feels really bad because she’s not sure whether he just left because he was upset because she didn’t say yes right off the bat. But in her heart she believes he was taken and she doesn’t know who took him. She’s going to fight to find him.”
SPOILERS: Alan Ball Talks True Blood Season 3
Apparently the “someone’s going to die in season 3″ thing was just a tease for a longer interview Alan Ball gave TV Guide Magazine. We don’t get a lot of new info, but there are a couple of juicy tidbits to chew on:
- Evan Rachel Wood will return as Queen Sophie-Anne;
- Zeljko Ivanek (the Magistrate in season 1) may return (more vampire court shenanigans?);
- We’ll see how some vampires played a part in history (flashbacks with Godric maybe?);
- While the focus will still be on Sookie & Bill’s relationship, Eric, Hoyt, Jessica, and Sam (among others) will have larger roles in season 3.
Read the whole interview, plus some snippets from Sam Trammell, at TV Guide Magazine’s website.
SPOILERS: Alan Ball Teases Season 3
TVGuide.com has an exclusive season 3 tidbit from Alan Ball. It’s vague, but juicy.
“Somebody is going to bite the dust and it’s going to be really good to see them get what they deserve,” Ball says.The only clue the Blood boss would reveal is that “it’s a person we’ll be happy to see go.”
Maryann is already gone, so who is he talking about? Someone we already know, or a new character for season 3? Let the speculation begin!
SPOILERS: Casting News (Sort Of)
In his latest spoiler column, Ausiello reveals that Alan Ball is currently casting the role of Talbot, the King of Mississippi’s “trophy husband”, for season 3. Not exactly earth shattering, but it could provide some fun speculation. Who would you cast as Russell’s trophy husband? I’m thinking Nathan Fillion, should he have some time off from Castle.
