But how did we get to that point? Pam showed up to Bill’s office, heavily veiled, at the beginning of the episode. Their romance won’t last for long, because Bill is on his way to the one place he was convinced Eric was hiding after Pam, desperately trying to get bill to OK an attack on the witches, blurted out the big secret. Amnesia Eric isn’t only more likeable than regular Eric he’s more adept at articulating the major issues at hand. The same strings that underscored her and Bill’s burgeoning relationship return as Sookie and Eric share an intimate hug that turns into a passion-filled kiss Sookie’s porch. I couldn’t bear it if I snuffed it out,” he says morosely and leaves the house. I always knew there was decency in you, even when you were a smug sarcastic ass,” she tells him.

Why are you letting me stay with you?” “Because there’s more to you than your worst self. “It’s what Godric would have wanted, to see you human like this,” she says.Įric gets confirmation from Sookie that he did those things. “Am I evil?,” he asks, his head in her lap, Sookie stroking his hair. “I had a bad dream,” he tells her and gets into bed, crying blood tears at his predicament. He looses all fierceness the moment she asks what’s going on. “Stop fighting your nature!” Eric refuses - and wakes up, startled and goes to Sookie to seek comfort, fangs out. Eric resists the two argue: “You are incapable of love! You are damned,” Godric says. His maker, Godric, returns in a much-less-zen-than-normal state and orders Eric to drink from Sookie. In a dream, he goes up to a sleeping Sookie. The devil in his case is in the details, of which there are many in his growing relationship with Sookie and position as a catalyst for this season’s major drama. Is the devil to blame or are other forces at play? You be the judge:Īs everyone else slips further from their humanity, Eric gets closer than he’s been in, well, centuries. The episode as a whole was a lot of necessary development and set-up for what we can only hope are action-packed hours. The only highlights are the (brief) return of Godric and Sookie and Eric finally hooking up it’s mostly bad news for everyone else, from Tommy killing his parents to Pam’s rotting face. The “me” in this week’s episode title, “Me and the Devil,” could be just about anyone in Bon Temps as everyone grapples with their current state and finds all roads leading to religion.

Eric from true blood