True Blood season 2 picks up right where the popular HBO series
left off in season 1. The small, and not so quiet, town of Bon Temps in
Louisiana is the scene of this vampire themed series. Make no mistake;
this is not your Twilight or Vampire Diaries themed vampire show. The
vampires are savage and brutal and there is a lot of gore and nudity so
it is not for children.
This season had a lot more character development for some of the characters in season 1, such as Eric the sheriff. We also get to meet vampire Bill's maker and catch a glimpse of their time together before Bill went "straight".
Season 1 foreshadowed that Marianne is not the helpful philanthropist that she pretends to be. Season 2 reveals more of her dark side. The main plot of the season revolves around her and her hidden agenda.
Bill and Sookie spend their time dealing with Eric and his problems. A sheriff in Texas has gone missing and Sookie agrees to help find him. This arc shows more of the vampire culture and their efforts in assimilating into main stream human culture. Of course there are vampires on either side of the issue, some are for assimilating with the humans and others wish to just treat humans as food and not people.
A secondary plot-line revolves around Jessica, the young girl that Bill had to turn in season 1. Jessica was from a strict family where she was not allowed to even watch TV. Now that she is a vampire, she is free to do everything she was not allowed to do as a human. Imagine a normal girl from such a family going to college and being on her own for the first time multiplied by ten.
Season 2 seems to have a much faster pace than season 1 which is a welcome change. The characters are more developed and in some cases in ways one did not expect. The plot is engaging and is original enough that the viewer is always left guessing what will happen next. It's Geektime gives True Blood season 2 an 8 on the d10 of vampire stories.
This season had a lot more character development for some of the characters in season 1, such as Eric the sheriff. We also get to meet vampire Bill's maker and catch a glimpse of their time together before Bill went "straight".
Season 1 foreshadowed that Marianne is not the helpful philanthropist that she pretends to be. Season 2 reveals more of her dark side. The main plot of the season revolves around her and her hidden agenda.
Bill and Sookie spend their time dealing with Eric and his problems. A sheriff in Texas has gone missing and Sookie agrees to help find him. This arc shows more of the vampire culture and their efforts in assimilating into main stream human culture. Of course there are vampires on either side of the issue, some are for assimilating with the humans and others wish to just treat humans as food and not people.
A secondary plot-line revolves around Jessica, the young girl that Bill had to turn in season 1. Jessica was from a strict family where she was not allowed to even watch TV. Now that she is a vampire, she is free to do everything she was not allowed to do as a human. Imagine a normal girl from such a family going to college and being on her own for the first time multiplied by ten.
Season 2 seems to have a much faster pace than season 1 which is a welcome change. The characters are more developed and in some cases in ways one did not expect. The plot is engaging and is original enough that the viewer is always left guessing what will happen next. It's Geektime gives True Blood season 2 an 8 on the d10 of vampire stories.
