Tonight On True Blood: “Release Me” (Encore)

True Blood season 2’s encore broadcast continues with a pivotal episode. When we interviewed this episode’s writer Raelle Tucker a few weeks before it aired, she gave us a little tease for “Release Me”, saying that the theme of the episode qas “about all of our characters being trapped.” In hindsight, she was spot on (of course). A lot happens in this episode, leading up to two amazing episodes.  Here’s the official synopsis:

Betrayed by Daphne, Sam finds himself in an unenviable predicament at the hands of Maryann and her wild-eyed minions. Imprisoned with Hugo in the F.O.T.S. church, Sookie uses her telepathic powers to reach out to Bill, who’s being detained at the hotel by a stubbornly obsessive Lorena. After crossing a line with the Newlins, a fearful Jason tries to sever his ties with the Fellowship of the Sun, but gets plenty of resistance from Steve and his enforcer Gabe.

“Release Me” airs tonight at 9/8c on HBO. See photos from this episode in the gallery, or peruse our collection of screencaps. You can also find the list of songs used in this episode on our Music page. Join us in the forum to talk about this episode and all things True Blood.

Season 3 premieres on HBO on Sunday, June 13, 2010.