Go Ask Dallas : True Blood time line -how much time has elapsed since Season 1 ?

Dear Dallas :

My husband and I were discussing the timeline of the show..wondering how long Sookie and Bill have known each other at this point, and how much time has lapsed between the shows seasons of 1-2-3. I have seen you have done a lot of work already, so I am hoping that this you can answer with minimal research to you. Thanks so much Dallas!

Hey Deb

Yes, I love timelines - see this post from last season when everyone was questioning how long they knew each other before Bill asked her to marry him. I always do an episode by episode time line for every season of True Blood and you can see S1 and S2 ones here:

http://www.lovingtruebloodindallas.com/search/label/True%20Blood%20Timelines

I also have done the books time line:

http://www.lovingtruebloodindallas.com/search/label/timeline

To answer your question exactly there were 17 days in season 1, a 2 week skip and 12 days in season 2 -so when season 3 opens on the last day of season 2 it has been 43 days since the night Bill walked into Merlotte's the very first time.

We have another little time marker in Season 3 the Dr. told Arlene that she is 9 weeks (63 days pregnant) so that would date back to her "being with " Rene a few weeks before  Bill and Sookie meet.

I'm working on season 3 !

I love questions - keep em coming! No question is silly!

True Blood Music: Episode S3E04 "9 Crimes"

Song: Bonehead
Artist: Onepointsix
Scene: Eric fantasizes about Sookie


Song: Mamasita
Artist: Daddy P, Spiket & Da Diggler
Scene: Lafayette makes a phone call from his car


Song: Blame It On The Fact That I'm A Man
Artist: The Mears Brothers
Scene: Jason gets fired up


Song: Walk That Midnight Walk
Artist: Production Music, Courtesy of Bosshouse Music
Scene: Background music at Merlotte's


Song: Ten Year High School Reunion
Artist: Kevin Fisher
Scene: Sam trains Jessica at Merlotte's


Song: I'll Cry A River For You
Artist: Bettie Wilson
Scene: Hoyt sees Jessica outside of Merlotte's with someone else


Song: Train Wreck
Artist: Deanna Johnston
Scene: Jason asks Andy to make him a cop


Song: Mozart Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 19
Artist: Production Music, Courtesy of Selec tracks
Scene: Background music playing at the Edington Mansion


Song: S.O.S.
Artist: Sennen
Scene: Sookie at Lou Pine's.


Song: Paradise Circus
Artist: Massive Attack
Scene: Bill enters the strip club to find something for Russell and Lorena


Song: Wolf Blood Honey
Artist: The Upsidedown
Scene: Chaos at Lou Pine's. Russell speaks from the stage


Song: Do Not Conceal Thy Radiant Eyes
Artist: Production Music, Courtesy of Extreme Music
Scene: The werewolves listen to Russell and then drink his blood


Song: 9 Crimes (Demo)
Artist: Damien Rice
Scene: Russell, Lorena and Bill feed in the limousine / End Credits.

Gothtopia True Blood: Massive Attack At A Strip Club!

Team Talk Blood member Jefwithonef give us his take 

Season 3, Episode 4: "9 Crimes"

When Gothtopia was just a wee bit of a thing in stylish black diapers, one of the phrases you heard thrown around a lot by the Reagan administration was "gateway drug," the theory that using drugs like marijuana leads directly to heavier drugs like heroin. Whether or not this concept is true is something is for more learned people to debate, but there is an underlying statistic certainty in the theory. Namely, that once you begin to break a moral code, you cannot help but continue to do so.
When we left True Blood two weeks ago, Vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) had been abducted by the Vampire King of Mississippi, and since then has slowly become more and more involved with the shady dealings of vampire politics. He has broken up with Sookie (Anna Paquin), renounced his allegiance to the queen of Louisiana, had neck-twisty grudge sex with his sire, and procured and drank from victims for the new regime.

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Recap: True Blood, season 3, episode 4 – ’9 Crimes’ from Becca Wilcott

Becca Wilcott is the author of Truly, Madly, Deadly: The Unofficial True Blood Companion (ECW Press), and will be recapping this season of True Blood on The Ampersand. Find her at BeccaWilcott.com and follow her on Twitter @BeccaWilcott.

Recap Season 2 Episode 1  HERE
Recap Season 2 Episode 2  HERE
Recap Season 2 Episode 3  HERE 

Wait. What’s that? Could it be? Is that Fonzie pulling on his powder blue swim trunks? “Frank, I have to jump the shark again? Mrs. C, I’ll need the big breakfast this morning!” Clearly I’m on the other side of the tank, urging Alan Ball et al to land this jump, but I think this could be the season to divide the fans from the fanatics.

I’m going to be short on the recap part of this post, because I have a follow up rant of epic proportions.

The 411:

• Bill breaks up with Sookie over the phone. Better than a sticky note, but pretty painful, just the same. His heart isn’t just dead, it’s cold. Pouring lemon juice over her gaping wound, he shares with Sookie that he’s just had the kind of sex only two vampires can have. I’m beyond grateful that she didn’t reply, “But, I can try harder!”

• Sookie returns to Lou Pine’s were bar in a rocker girl get up that lands somewhere between Joan Jett, Liza Minnelli, and Ellen Fox of The Rotten Tomatoes Show. (Hat tip to True Blood-themed paper doll creator Andy Swist for pointing that one out.) Accompanied by Alcide (who earlier in the episode wore a bathrobe the size of a picnic blanket), we meet Alcide’s ex, Debbie Pelt, about to be initiated into the V-swigging were pack. These two have a real Jack and Diane vibe. Just a couple of kids on the wrong side of the werewoad tracks. But it’s not looking good for Debbie whose pelt is a titch matted, if I can just throw that in. Alcide could do better. Hmm, wonder with whom? [Enter Goldilocks.]

Read more: http://arts.nationalpost.com/2010/07/12/recap-true-blood-season-3-episode-4-9-crimes/#ixzz0tUkb3Ld4

True Blood Inside the episode: "9 Crimes"

Ep. 28: Inside the Episode

Welcome to Alcide's apartment

We did finally see Alcide's apartment building, remember we saw them filming at the Trianon Apartments in LA.

Trianon Apartments
(Leland Bryant - 1928)
1750-54 Serrano Avenue Google map

Named after Marie Antoinette’s petite hideaway chateau at Versailles in France - possibly because “Chateau d’Azay-le-Rideau,” the 16th century Burgundian military outpost that actually served as its prototype, would fit awkwardly on the huge sign that tops the structure. Architect Leland Bryant also designed the art deco Sunset Tower, now known as the Argyle Hotel, on the Sunset Strip.

True Blood S3 E4 "9 crimes" subtitles

 What did they say last night ? Now you can see the dialogue line for line...

• "Sometimes I think that boy's cheese done fell right off his cracker." - Sam's mom
• "I want to look like I can kick some serious ass. Which I can." - Sookie
• "Ring Ring, Hooker. Ring Ring." Lafayette
• "Let's go, RuPaul!" Eric
• "I know the truth about love. It's a hell I'll never get out of alive." stripper
• "Oh hell, how am I supposed to deal with this f***ed-upness?" - Lafayette
  
• "I'm a vampire, not a f****** idiot." - Jessica 

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True Blood: Post Mortem - Season 3 Episode #4 (HBO)

I LOVE THIS !!!!!!

True Blood Season 3 Episode 5 "Trouble" Promo

True Blood Music Video of the Day: Massive Attack's "Psyche"

True Blood - Tara's Story
Thanks, XMorbidKiX
The song is a remix of Massive Attack's "Psyche".

Talk Blood Radio; True Blood S3 Ep4: "9 Crimes " LIVE TONIGHT!!!!

Live TONIGHT: Come and 'Talk Blood' right after True Blood episodes airs tonight.  We've got a whole night  of fun planned starting with the True Blood Season 3.04 "9 Crimes"

We are  joined tonight by our Talk Blood team member and guest reviewer Meredith Woerner , author and editor at io9.com and Jefwithonef columnist from the Houston Press.

Be sure to join  @TrueBloodDallas of Loving True Blood in Dallas and "the artist formerly known as the Twitter Sookie" because we're going to talk True Blood on Talk Blood Radio  live on Blog Talk Radio.  Here's how tonight is going to flow:

• 9:15pm  CDT / 10:15pm EDT: Talk Blood after True Blood chatroom on Blog Talk  Radio opens. Join us here.
• 9:30pm CDT / 10:30pm EDT: Talk Blood  goes live! Join in the fun here or call in at 646.929.0825 and tell us  what you thought of tonight's episode!

*PRIZES * We have some prize grab bags to give away over the next few weeks and you can become eligible to win in a number of ways. You can email me with your comment or question ( put Talk Blood in subject area) , you call -in tonight during the show, you can tweet Sookie tonight ( put #talkblood at end of tweet) or join in the fun in our chatroom.

Please email or tweet your comments after the show even if you can't call - in,  we will be reading and  reacting to your comments LIVE!
'Dallas' at truebloodindallas@gmail

9 Crimes

Episode 4: 9 Crimes

Sookie joins Alcide at a raucous engagement party for his former fiancee, Debbie Pelt. Bill "procures" dinner for Russell and Lorena. Sam brokers a deal with Tommy and his parents. Andy gets a promotion and draws Jason's attention. Arlene is irked by Jessica's arrival at Merlotte's. Eric is given a deadline to locate Bill. Franklin takes Tara on a road trip.

What is Alex reading ?

We don't post paparazzi / Hollywood photos here but WE ALWAYS play what is Alexander Skargard reading !
  Read Hot Flat and Crowded by Thomas Friedman and keep up with Alex's reading list.

Here are his previous books  and here

True Blood's Brit Morgan: Debbie Pelt Is On a "Murderous Rampage" After Sookie

While True Blood's Bill is off dealing with his own enemies, Sookie has a brand-new nemesis of her own.  Debbie Pelt (Brit Morgan), a crazed V-addicted werewolf who's engaged to pack leader Cooter (Grant Bowler), still has unresolved feelings about her ex-boyfriend, Alcide (Joe Manganiello). So seeing Sookie (Anna Paquin) around Alcide, Morgan tells TVGuide.com, "pretty much sparks a murderous rampage in her head." She also told us what other mythical creatures we'll meet before the end of Season 3.
True Blood's Grant Bowler: Sookie is "more special than you think"
TVGuide.com: How does it feel getting to join such a hot cast?
Morgan: It's such a beautiful cast. It's amazing. It feels like one of the best and most awesome things that's ever happened to me. I was real nervous starting out. At the first table read, I could barely think straight. Everyone is just so easy going, despite how good-looking they are.
TVGuide.com: Tell us about your character, Debbie Pelt. 
Morgan: Debbie Pelt is a really kick-ass, passionate, ballsy woman. I'm a werewolf with a bit of an addiction to V, so I'm going on a rampage against Sookie. I'm not too happy with her. My character just takes this winding road, a bit of a downward spiral. I'm definitely in attack mode towards Sookie.

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Bloodlines of True Blood explained

'True Blood's' Marshall Allman says Tommy Mickens 'really just wants love'

In Marshall Allman's own words, his character, shapeshifter Tommy Mickens, on "True Blood" is "bad ass."

From his default bulldog shape to his dare that TV older brother, Sam Merlotte (played by Sam Trammell), throw a punch to officially show he's family, Allman's words couldn't be more on point. But according to the actor, Tommy has a softer side, too.

"He really just wants love honestly," Allman tells Zap2it. "He wants someone he can trust, someone he can depend on, to be like a healthy family. Does he have any idea how that works? Hell no. But does he know how to get what he wants? Probably not, but we shall see."

Warning: Spoiler Alert!

So, when it comes to family, we hear he may have been getting the wrong brand of love. Will Sam be able to change things with some brotherly bonding?

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The 10 best screen vampires

Max Schreck, Nosferatu (1922)

An unacknowledged adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula (which was banned in Britain after copyright complaints from the author's litigious widow), FW Murnau's silent gem still startles and amazes; the sight of the vampire's shadowy hand grasping at the heart of his victim ranks among cinema's most enduring images. So convincing was Max Schreck's unearthly performance that the modern movie Shadow of the Vampire would playfully suggest that he was the real deal; a genuine vampire hiding his identity in plain sight beneath the cover of movie magic.

Federico Luppi, Cronos (1993)

Debunking that most enduring vampire cliche, Guillermo del Toro's chilling masterpiece manages utterly to desexualise its antihero's bloodlust with extraordinary results. Having availed himself of the weirdly mechanical "Cronos" device, Federico Luppi's Jesus Gris staves off death with the occasional snifter of spilled claret. A scene in which he licks fresh blood off the polished white floor of a public lavatory is a taboo-breaking highlight that lingers in the mind. Luppi would later perform an affectionate cameo as King of the Underworld in Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.

Bela Lugosi, Dracula (1931)

Having made the role his own on Broadway, charismatic Hungarian Bela Lugosi became the defining screen count for the early sound era. A Spanish language version, shot by night on the same sets, is widely regarded to be a better-directed movie, but leading man Carlos Villarías was no substitute for the master, in any language. In the ensuing years, Lugosi would experience both fame and obscurity, famously ending his days working for trash maestro Ed Wood. In 1979, goth rockers Bauhaus' "Bela Lugosi's Dead" reaffirmed his cult status. Undead, undead, undead indeed!

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True Blood Music Video of the Day : Franklin's Story