True Blood Guide, Season One: “Burning House of Love” with Commentary from Alan Ball

Jason visits Fangtasia

In episode 107, Burning House of Love, Sookie’s painful childhood revelation about her Uncle Bartlett spurs Bill into action. Despite her skepticism, Tara agrees to pay for an exorcism to purge Lettie Mae of a demon. In search of V juice, Jason travels to Fangtasia, where he bonds with an adventurous young woman named Amy (Lizzy Kaplan). A trio of rednecks decide to exact vigilante justice on a pack of vampires who crashed Merlotte’s in search of their wayward mate Bill.

Written by Chris Offutt; directed by Marcos Siega.

Alan Ball: The Uncle Barlett story came from the book. I loved Tara’s exorcism. I love Tara’s relationship with her mother, because it’s so deeply unhealthy. But it is love. And sometimes love is very unhealthy. Even this woman who has abandoned and betrayed her in so many ways, she still loves her. She will do this thing she doesn’t believe in, she’ll put her own money on the line, I just think it’s kind of wonderful and horrifying at the same time. And it has repercussions throughout the season, and into season two. And some of them are really unexpected. We’ll also get into a more organized version of the human vigilantes in season two. (SciFiTVZone.com)

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