Tonight on True Blood: “I Will Rise Up”

Critics who have preview tonight’s episode of True Blood are calling it “transcendent” and “profound television”. Intrigued? So are we.

A wounded Eric plays Sookie for a sucker, to Bill’s dismay, and ends up getting inside her head. Later, Sookie and Jason bond over their recent adventures. Blaming Eggs for Tara’s bruises and bizarre behavior, Lafayette and Lettie Mae try to figure out a way to pry their kin from Maryann’s clutches. Hoyt defends his relationship with Jessica to Maxine, to no avail. Jailed by Bud along with a group of Bon Temps revelers, Sam looks for a way to escape and avoid capture by an increasingly obsessed Maryann. In Dallas, Eric and the vampires defend their recent actions to Nan Flanagan and are shocked when Godric decides to take the fall for their PR disaster.

Tune in to True Blood on HBO tonight at 9/8c to watch, then join us on Twitter or in the True-Blood.net forum to discuss. We’ll also be participating in the LA Times live chat with Jessica Gelt; stop by and chat with us! Loving True Blood in Dallas will also have a live radio show right after the episode airs in the Eastern/Central time zones. See more on the episode in the Spoilers section or watch the teasers here.

Note: If you’re following us on Twitter and won’t be able to watch during the first showing, we recommend that you use Twalala to temporarily block our Tweets while the show is on the air. We do our best not to spoil anything specific, but we know some people don’t even want to hear our gasps of shock or gleeful squeals.