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Critic Reviews
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Suspense, surprises and crackling dialogue: True Blood is pumping strong again.
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The writing is still good.
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After a couple of seasons where the show and its mythology have grown increasingly crazy and outlandish, True Blood returns on somewhat surer footing, with a couple of key cast additions and driving storylines to bolster the serialized drama.
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While True Blood remains wildly and bloodily inventive--and will certainly remain a huge HBO hit--there's still an overwhelming sense that deja-vu-all-over-again has set in.
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It's getting harder to remember that this blood-leeching drama used to be a whole lot of fun.
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True Blood is neglecting the potent subtext of vampire myth--forbidden sex and romance--in favor of political allegory. [24 Jun 2013, p.39]
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As to whether the show will get back on track, the early signals are mixed.
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True Blood still entertains with crackling dialogue and about half its plotlines, but it's starting to feel a little long in the fang.
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The show could use a return to what made it great in the first place: [Sookie and friends] battling monsters with the help of benevolent, attractive bloodsuckers.
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Even more so than in season’s past, the non-vampire storylines seem irrelevant and extraneous.
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Unwilling to really shake things up, the writers have instead drained the life out of their own series, and what's left is merely a desiccated reminder of something that was once entertaining.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 59 out of 122
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Mixed: 37 out of 122
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Negative: 26 out of 122
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Jul 2, 2013
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Jul 1, 2013
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Jun 24, 2013