Just watched episode 3 of season 3 of True Blood and I'm disappointed once again. This show was fresh and thrilling, albeit disturbing, when it first came out, but it seems to be relying far too heavily on the disturbing side lately. I'm not sure if they've lost some writers or just run out of good ideas, but it really seems to be flailing.
The 2nd season marked the start of this decline. I liked the storyline with Jason going off to join the religious cult but the whole maynad thing was just stupid. The relationship between Bill and Sookie just didn't seem to be the same as the first season either. It was nice to see more of Erik, but they completely underutilised Godric and wrote him out of the series far too quickly.
So far in this series they've struggled to establish any firm storylines. They've thrown lots of new characters into the mix, including 2 extra shifters, multiple packs of werewolves, another vampire kingdom with fresh alliances forming and even Nazis (and remember this was all done in the span of 3 episodes!). This overkill reeks of desperation, and their main problem is that they've split up most of the key characters leaving many scenes lacking.
I'll give it another couple of episodes to find its feet, but if it doesn't improve I'm going to have to drop it from my Sky+ planner. There's just too much other good stuff to watch lately!
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