SPOILERS: When Is Chris Meloni Showing Up? Who Will Tara Hang Out With?

TV Guide and TVLine both have some True Blood scoop for us this week, including clarification on when Chris Meloni’s Roman and the rest of the Authority Council first appear (hint: we were told wrong) plus what’s up with New Baby Vamp Tara.

From TV Guide:

I still can’t believe Tara is a vampire! Any scoop on what’s coming up for her on True Blood? — Harold 
NATALIE: Sookie and Lafayette will certainly have their hands full this week, but lest we forget, Pam is her maker, albeit begrudgingly. Still, there may be opportunities for Tara to find allies in the vampire world. They may have been sparring in Sunday’s promo, but Jessica and Tara could find a friendship. “Jessica is very lonely,” Deborah Ann Woll tells us. “She’s looking everywhere she can for someone to understand her and maybe there’s an opportunity there with Tara.”

From TVLine:

Question: Just wondering if you could tell me which episode of True Blood Chris Meloni first appears in? I say the third but others disagree. Who’s right? —Jessica
Ausiello: The Others are correct — Meloni’s Vampire Authority bigwig turns up this Sunday. As doesCougar Town‘s Carolyn Hennesy, who plays one of his half-dozen chancellors. “We are really trying to decide the fate of vampires all over the world: mainstreaming versus non-mainstreaming,” Hennesy explains. “The buck stops with us and there are those interested in following one path and those interested in another, so there’s some definite in-fighting between us.”

Question: Loved the True Blood premiere. What’s coming up necks, er, next? —Ed
Ausiello: I’ll say this: The Tanning Mom is not going to want to miss the June 24 episode.