Why Didn’t Sookie & Alcide Do More Than Make Out?

TVLine has an article asking that question of Alan Ball today, and, well, it seemed obvious to me what was going on, but here’s Alan’s official answer:

“The decision to not do it this season [came about because] every single season, it’s been all about Sookie falling in love with this person or that person,” exiting showrunner Alan Ball tells TVLine. “It seemed like she had enough on her plate this season to not just [say], ‘Okay, now Sookie’s gonna fall in love with Alcide!’”

So…basically for the same reason Sookie wasn’t really seeing anyone in [easyazon-link asin=”B000O76OP4″]Book 5[/easyazon-link]? Go figure. Alan did say that the possibility of a Sookie/Alcide romance isn’t out of the question, although he has competition:

“All of these supernatural guys in town carry a big torch for Sookie – even Eric, who doesn’t want to admit it.”

Again, following the pattern set by the books. Maybe I should cut Ausiello some slack; he clearly hasn’t read the source material.