#TrueBlood Bloody Season 5 Finale ‘SAVE YOURSELF’ Recap: Bill’s Religious Fanaticism Explodes!

Posted on August 27, 2012

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This is it. Season finale time. Those of you who haven’t seen Sunday’s @TrueBloodHBO season finale yet will probably want to heed this big SPOILER ALERT! and revisit this story after you have. And we repeat: If you have not seen the TB finale ‘SAVE YOURSELF’, hit the nearest exit. The rest of you, here goes…

Quick summary: See that look of shock on Sookie’s (Anna Paquin) face in the above photo? That’s how every True Blood fan probably feels after seeing Sunday’s finale. Season five’s bloody, bloody finale saw Eric and friends trying to bring Bill back from his religious fanaticism.

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It’s been an insane fifth season for HBO’s True Blood. From Bill’s (Stephen Moyer) trip to the dark side to Sookie’s hunt for her parents’ killer and Terry’s (Todd Lowe) troubles with a fire monster, season five has been full of bloody, bloody drama and at least one blood-covered, naked vampire goddess.

The episode, marking Alan Ball‘s final as showrunner, followed Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) as he made one final attempt to stop Bill from becoming an insane vampire fanatic set on taking over the world. To do so, he enlists Sookie, who may be the only person who can knock some sense into Bill. It couldn’t have been a crazier finale.

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WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED

Goodbye Awesome: R.I.P. Russell Edgington (Denis O’Hare). He was the absolute coolest. The episode begins with Russell being blasted by the faeries. He taunts them, but then Eric swoops in and kills him. And just like that, one of our favorite characters is off the show. We’ll miss you Russell! Nora appears and smells Sookie for the first time, and likes what she smells, but Eric tells her to back off because Sookie has saved his life more than once.

Shifters Save Spawn: Sam (Sam Trammell) is brought before Bill, who says that Sam has seen too much. But Sam shifts into a fly before Bill can kill him off. Sam finds Luna and wants to make a plan to get out of that nut house, but Luna won’t leave her child. Luna skinwalks as Steve Newlin and goes to get his puppy/Luna’s kid for a walk. But she’s stopped by Roslyn, who is pissed at Newlin for killing all those frat boys. Steve/Luna goes on TV to do some damage control, but Luna ends up shifting back. Just before Roslyn can kill her, Sam, as a fly, kills Roslyn.

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Father of Fairies: It was only last week that Andy (Chris Bauer) slept with Maurella (Kristina Anapau) and they arrive at Merlotte’s where Lafayette is hard at work. Andy reveals that Morella is going to have a baby … like now.. In one of the more hilarious ridiculous scenes, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis), Arlene (Carrie Preston) and Holly (Lauren Bowles) are all on hand to witness the miracle of life and Maurella’s interesting reaction to birthing and post-labor. She delivers a baby girl with Holly acting as midwife, but she’s not done. She ends up having four – and leaves them with Andy. She says it’s up to him to make sure at least two make it to adulthood.

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Bill Is the New Lilith: Jason (Ryan Kwanten) and Sookie get some guns to go to war. They are on a mission to rescue Bill, Pam and Jessica. Back at the Vampire Authority complex, Bill and Salome (Valentina Cervi) have some sex. Jason, Sookie, Eric, Nora and Tara (Rutina Wesley) return to the Vampire Authority complex to save Pam, Jessica and Bill. Jason gets to kill some vamps, including the receptionist. They find Pam, and Tara runs up to her and … kisses her. Surprising? Not really. “I knew it!” exclaims Jessica. Everyone leaves except Sookie and Eric, who want to find Bill.

Bill finds Salome is in the Lilith blood room, and she wants to drink it because she believes she is the “chosen one.” Bill tricks Salome into drinking silver and then stakes her because he seems to believe he is the chosen one.

Eric and Sookie enter the room as Bill is planning on drinking the Lilith blood. Eric tries to convince Bill that Lilith is a “mad God,” but Bill has lots of religious speeches to throw back at them. Bill reminds Sookie that he told her that vampires often turn on the ones they love.

Bill drinks the blood, and melts into goop. Then, a new Bill rises up, covered in blood.And if you thought Bill’s crazy death explosion was shocking, so was his ascent out of the blood pool.

Rightful Place: There’s a new sheriff in town. Alcide (Joe Manganiello) and his pop are talking when Martha and Rikki arrive. Packmaster J.D. has been forcing the pack to drink V, and Rikki may have overdosed. Alcide’s dad says Alcide should fight J.D. on his terms – take some V and get on with it. Alcide gets on the V and kills J.D. As new packmaster, he announced that the pack will stop using drugs. “Tonight, we choose pack,” he says. It’ll be interesting to see how Alcide deals with a position of power. He’s hot and good at making speeches—he’ll definitely do well in his new position. Presuming he doesn’t go power hungry like Bill.

FAVORITE BITS:

“Well, that felt even better than I thought it would.” —Eric

“If I want to be a fool, then I will be a fool. It’s my God-given right as an American.” —Jason

“She’s a waitress. A waitress who’s saved my life more than once and whose fear vibe very graciously brought me here tonight allowing me to settle and ancient debt.  Thank you for that, by the way.” —Eric

“Must all roads lead to f–king Sookie?” —Pam

“That train has already sailed.” —Jason (Ryan Kwanten)

“Who knew that watching an alien give birth could be so comforting?” —Arlene

“Abjure this.” —Alcide

Did you like this season’s crazy finale? Do you think we’re all set up for season six? Did they drop the ball on the mysterious other dude after Sookie? Sound off in the comments folks and see you next summer! 😉

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