"What the...?" "Careful, son." "That was the woman who gave me and my mamma the exorcism." "I came as soon as I heard." " My mother." " What I can't believe is that your daughter still manages to feel any love for you." "The sheriff of Area 9 in Texas has gone missing." "His name is Godrick, correct?" "He needs to be found." "Which is where Sookie comes in." " Sook..." " I'm gonna get you outta here." "You ought to be ashamed for what you've done to him." "Perhaps we can come to some sort of arrangement." "The first time I laid eyes on you," "I knew the Lord had sent you to me, because we're so much alike." "What is it with you and Maryann?" "I'd stay the hell away from her." " You don't even know this person." " Neither do you." "Tara Thornton, would you like to move in with me?" " She asked you to move in with her?" " Yeah, but..." "I don't know wha'm doing, so..." "So you're just gonna cut and run." "Just like that." " I'm not running." " Coward." "What are you doing out here in the middle of the night?" "And what's going on out there is a war." "You're either on the side of darkness, or the side of light." " I think we ought to wait." " I've waited too long already." "So if I agree to go to Dallas to help look for this missing vampire, you'll let Lafayette go?" "You sure we can't take you to the hospital?" "Don't worry." "I'm fine." "I can smell that hot blood just under your skin, and, cowboy, you smell awesome." " Fuck you." " That can be arranged." "But I'm gonna kill you first." "Teacher's pet was scared." "You got him." "I was scared." "Vampires are scary." "How's that lip?" "It's okay." "How's your nose?" "Vampires are not a joke!" "There's a war going on." "And you're either on the dark side or you're on the side of the light." "And there ain't no in-between." "I think you broke my nose." "Sync: mpm  Arrow for the sub factory" "I'm so sorry, okay, Bill?" " I know how this must look." " Get out of my house." "Bill, do not hurt him." "I swear," " I wouldn't let it go any further." " I said, get out of my house." " It's my house too." " Jessica, upstairs." "Okay, let's all just try to calm down." " Good idea." " Are you gonna leave, or am I gonna have to throw you out through a window that is closed?" "Bill, that is just rude." "Sookie, I've got this." "I'm going." "I'm going." "I wasn't gonna do nothing." "It's not her that I'm protecting." "I don't believe him for a minute." "We established there was to be no hunting in this house." "Look," "I know you feel like shit because you had to make me, and you should feel like shit." "But guess what." "I'd never even kissed a boy before that." "Meeting Hoyt's the only good thing that's happened to me since my whole new life started." "Now, I'm not ready for anything to happen too fast." "I'd have been happy just to go on kissing him all night long." "Now, is it my fault my fangs come out when I get turned on?" "I think I'm going to like her." "Sookie, do not make the mistake of thinking you two can be girlfriends." " She is..." " Yeah, I get it." "She's a vampire." "Believe me, I learned my lesson about that." "But, Bill, I think we should take her with us to Dallas." "I think it would be good for you, because I think, deep down, you don't like vampires, even though you are one." "So?" "Hating yourself is a bad thing." "I am a vampire." "I am supposed to be tormented." "You're not just a vampire." "And Jessica doesn't have to be either." "You can teach her how to walk that line between vampire and human." "Yes, because I have mastered that." "Okay, so you can teach each other." "It's so different for her." "When I was made, one had no choice but to live completely outside the human world" "as an outlaw." "A hunter." "Humans were prey and nothing else." "I envy her." "I'll need to call the airline to arrange for two travel coffins instead of just one." "Isn't it exciting?" "Our first trip together." "Oh, come on, Bill." "I was almost killed last night." "Again." "At least give me this." "Do you do this a lot?" "Swim?" "At night." "Actually, I do." "I love when it's dark." "You have to focus on all your other senses." "It's amazing what we can feel when you take away the "looking at things" part." "You know?" "I think it's also because there's no people here." "Ain't no boats, no car stereos blasting crap music," "nobody saying stupid things way too loud because they're drunk." "Just the world." "Like it was when it was brand-spanking-new." "It is kind of paradise, Bon Temps." "This little old hick town?" "Why not?" "There's not a whole hell of a lot to do, for one thing." "So there's less to distract you from just being where you are when you're there." "What about the aggressively ignorant people that live here?" "Who are very loyal clientele." "Once they decide they like a place, they stop looking for anywhere else to go." "And they like to drink." "What are you, president of the JCs?" "I'm just a guy who likes where he lives." "Home sweet home, huh?" "I thought it was." "I don't know, I might be heading off soon." "Where to?" "Someplace probably a lot like this." "You ain't never lived in the city?" "Cities bring out the worst in people." "They loose touch with nature." "It's where they come from." "People do that here too." "Not in the same way." "My fingertips are turning into raisins, and I feel like pancakes." "There's a 24-hour truck stop out on I-20 toward Arcadia, makes the best..." " Sweet potato pancakes." " You know it?" "Do you wanna come with me?" "I'm not really that hungry." "You're worried about me seeing you naked." "I have seen boy parts before." "Water ain't exactly opaque." "I promise I'll start looking for my own place as soon as I..." "I asked you to move in, not crash for a few days." "You're family." "A limo is picking me up at 5 today, so..." "I'm on my way." "Love you the most." "Love you more." "Who do you love the most?" "What do you have planned today?" "I think I'm gonna be taking off." "For taking off work?" "Fabulous." "No, I'm gonna go live with Sookie." "I'm very sorry to hear that." "I mean, me being here was always supposed to be temporary." "Everything's temporary, Tara." "I don't really wanna dance right now, okay?" "Of course." "What happened?" "You fit so well here, and you seemed to be having so much fun last night." "I think everybody was having a little too much fun last night." "Will you tell Eggs I left?" "Sure." "I'm gonna miss you." "Thank you so much for everything." "I'm sure you'd do the same for me." "Go." "Flourish." "And don't every say no to yourself." "I don't know who Lazarus was, but he sure as hell was not the first vampire." "Everybody knows it was Dracula." "It's in the Bible, moron." "Jesus brought Lazarus back from the dead." "So Jesus made the first vampire?" "Maybe Jesus was the first vampire." "I mean, he rose from the dead too." "And he told people, "Hey, y'all, drink my blood." ""It'll give you special powers. "" "Jesus never said that." "No, the first vampire was Cain." "Being a vampire is the mark of Cain." "It's God's punishment for bringing the first evil into the world by killing his brother." "The first evil was Eve eating the apple." "That's why they call it "evil"." "That wasn't evil." "That was just skirting the rules." "Evil is making the "premedicated" choice to be a dick." "Jason Stackhouse, please meet Reverend Newlin outside the administration offices." "There's one thing you can count on:" "God will make sure evil gets punished." "Then explain Europe to me." "Morning." "Ain't she a beauty?" "Let's you and me take a little trip together." "Am I in trouble?" "We're all in trouble, Jason." "As long as there are vampires in the world." "I still haven't moved into Gran's room, but you go ahead and take mine." "And when I get back, we'll celebrate properly." "Until then, happy birthday." "I miss her so much." "I know." "I do too." "So why'd y'all pick Dallas for your trip?" "Bill has some business there." "Hell, do those vampires wanna use your mind-reading again?" "I have Bill there to protect me." "Why are you even with this guy if he makes you do these things?" "The sex can'be that good." "It's pretty good." " And I love him." " Well, yeah, but..." "You can't just sit around saving your heart for some perfect idea of a man who's never gonna come along." "Life is too damn short." "Besides, Bill's not making me do anything." "I agreed to this to save your fool cousin, thank you very much." " He didn't tell you?" " Tell me what?" "I didn't even know he was back." "Is he okay?" "I heard there's been panther sightings in Nakatosh." "There are too wide for a panther." "I can tell you this:" "There's some nasty poison in that wound." "My guess is it paralyzed her." "She was alive when they took the heart, and that's what killed her." " So it was an animal?" " That did that, definitely." "The chest was carved with a knife though." "Yeah, I got real clear incisions, so unless you can think of an animal that can wield a hunting knife..." "We are looking at a human/animal collaboration." "Bud, that doesn't make any sense." "I was making what people with actual sense of humor refer to as a joke." "I'm sorry." "A black woman is paralyzed and then butchered to death in the town where I live." "I didn't realize that was funny." "I wanna ask about the pig I seen in this report you wrote up after Tara's car wreck." "Andy, what are you doing looking through those files?" "I'm going to the gym." "Been spending some time with my shirt off recently." "So, you guys lock up after me." "Okay?" "Did you get a good look at that pig?" "There wasn't any pig." "Tara was so drunk she drove off the road." " She was making up shit to hide it." " Was it brown?" "Because I've seen that pig in a dollhouse." " Andy, you're drunk." "On the job." " I ain't drunk." "Like you never had a beer in the middle of the day." "I'm not an alcoholic." "You're just a dumb old man who don't know anything about nothing" " who doesn't wanna learn." " That's not cool, Andy." "I know." "I'm sorry, Bud." "I know you are." "But I need to be able to count on you in this job, and I can't do that if you're drinking." " Give me your badge." " Hell, no." "I know you in there, even if you won't pick up the phone." "Damn, hooker, shit." "How come I have to hear about you being back from Sookie?" " What else she tell you?" " That you got shot and fed on and chained up in some vampire dungeon." "Sookie need to keeper mouth shut, and so do you." "Have you been to the hospital?" "What you think gonna happen if I show up to the ER with a gunshot wound?" "I don't need the police up in my business." " You need to see a doctor." " For what?" "So they can give me drugs I already got?" "I don't left a message on Uncle Cyrus' voicemail." "I'm gonna be okay." "I'm gonna stay here and make sure you're taken care of." " Oh, no, you're not." " It's my birthday." "Hooker, look." "I'm not in the partying mood right now, okay?" "You don't have to do anything." "I'll sit here and watch TV with you." "Bitch, look, you know I love you, all right?" "But I just spent two and a half weeks thinking I'm gonna die at any second." "I ain't got it in me to take care of you tonight." "All right?" "If you die, I'm gonna be really pissed." "That makes the two of us." "I thought you was leaving." " Haven't left yet." " That mean you ain't leaving?" " Nope, it means I haven't left yet." " So you are leaving?" "Haven't left yet." "Dumbass." "Are there any lunch specials?" "I think I got everything I need to make Jailhouse Chili." "Are you sure?" "Because last time, you forgot the corn chips." "Shit!" "Right." "We'll just call whatever this turns out to be" "Terry's Scramble." "Scrambled Terry's Scramble." "Hush." "I just don't know if I can do it, Sookie." "Do what?" "Run this place when Sam leaves town." "It's too much pressure." "Sam's leaving town?" "He's supposed to be this morning." "Sam, were you gonna tell me you were leaving?" "You weren't here." "Where are you going?" "Oh, for Pete's sake, Sam." "I know it seems like I led you on, but cut me some slack." "My grandmother had just been murdered." "Rene was after me." " I didn't think Bill was coming back." " Jesus Christ," "I really don't have time for this." "If you care about our friendship I suggest you make time for it." "Look, I got serious shit that I'm dealing with right now." "Making you feel better is not high on my list." "I get serious shit that I'm dealing with too." "And because of some of that shit, I'm gonna... need to take off a couple days." "Fine." "I probably won't be here when you get back." "Is that really how you want to leave things?" " What other way is there?" " I don't know, but throwing away years of friendship seems pretty damn stupid to me." "All right!" "Here, aim this!" "Here we go!" "Mr. Vampire." "You're gone!" "How do you like me now, you scary-ass motherfuckers?" "Sorry." "You are one hell of a shot, boy." "We ought to give you wooden bullets instead of silver ones." " Silver bullets are way cooler." " Silver bullets won't kill a vampire, they'll just bring him down so he can be staked." "But if you shoot a Fanger straight in the heart with a wooden bullet, you are staking him right there." "Makes them explode." "So I hear." "They just kind of fall apart." "It's like a water balloon." "You've seen it?" "Damn, I'm jealous." "That's got to be a sight watching God's awesome power just obliterate evil right in front of your eyes." "One day." "One day soon." "For young Rafael Cordova, it was the beginning of the longest day of his life." "Rafael first ran with the Pamplona bulls the week after he turned 18, following in the footsteps of his two older brothers, and had run five consecutive runs without a scratch." "Surprise!" "Surprise." "Did we scare you?" "Oh, my God!" "What are y'all-?" "Nobody should spend their birthday alone." "How'd you even know?" " Kitchen?" " It's through there." "It's this way." "What were you crying about?" "I always cry on my birthday." "It's always the worst day." "No matter what I do I end up crying, because my birthday always sucks." "This is the year that changes." "I promise you that." "We have been planning this party for days, but you threw a major monkey wrench into things by moving out." "Is that a wedding cake?" "Wedding." "Birthday." "What's the difference?" "It's all about casting off the empty shell of what's dead and embracing the mysteries of what is yet to come." "We are gonna have a wicked good time tonight." "I can feel it in my bones." "I've been on the phone all day calling all your friends." "What friends?" "Honey?" " Two Buds, please." " Two beers?" "Is that good?" "That's why we need the day off, so we can have a beer and relax now and then." "All right." "One, two." " Thanks, honey." " It's really good." "Here, cheers!" "So how's it going?" "You having fun?" "No, this is just great." "Do you like country music?" "I can't get enough of it." "Mostly I listen to  I really like to hunt," " and I'd go hunting caribous?" " Really?" "Would you believe that Sarah used to be a vegetarian?" "I know." "Really?" "She told you that?" "I hope you boys are ready for some true Southern decadence." "You don't really eat Sarah's ribs." "It's more like you take a bath in them." "Hang on a sec." "Here let me." " Let's see." " Thank you." "Thank you." " Is that good?" " That smells good." "All right, smooth that right there." "Feels good." "Steve," "I think Jason has the makings of a true soldier of God." " I was just thinking the same thing." " No," "I got a long way to go." "Not as long as you might think." "God has chosen you..." " Amen." " ... for His most glorious mission." "Praise His light." "We are forming an elite spiritual army called the Soldiers of the Sun." "And Jason, we need you." "God needs you." "What a blessing." "All right." "Another Scotch and Coke." "I'll take care of him." "It's a slow night." "Lucky for you." " I thought you quit drinking." " I thought I did too." "Well, I don't want your sister giving me grief if you wreck her car." "So I'm cutting you off." "Fuck you, Merlotte." "That's the Scotch talking otherwise I might need to say," ""Go fuck yourself"." "I ain't even got an office anymore." "Bud took my badge." "You'll get it back when you sober up and you know it." "Now, go home." "So my tight-ass sister and even tighter-ass grandmama can look at me like I'm a big loser?" "No, thanks." "No more drinks for Andy." "He's the only one in here." "No one else has come in for over an hour." " Your point?" " Let's close up early," "I want to go to Tara's party." "Tara's having a party?" "Yeah." "At Sookie's." "For her birthday." "You know that real elegant woman that Tara's friends with?" "She's throwing it, and I heard she knows how to throw a party." "She sure does." "I can tell you that." "Fantastic food." "Now I need to ask Tara about a pig." " So can we go?" " Go where?" " Home." " Party at the old Stackhouse place." "Party?" "Well, you can count me in." "I've been working hard enough for one day." "You going?" "I don't think so." "I hope you change your mind." "Hey, Miss Thornton." "Tara here?" "No, she's off today." "Y'all go ahead." "Go ahead, I'll close up." "How is she?" "She's okay." "As far as I can tell." "Y'all ain't together no more?" "Good night, Arlene." "Today's Tara's birthday." "Twenty-six years old." "Would you give this to her?" "I don't know who else to ask." "Of course." "Thank you." "Anubis Airlines welcomes you to Dallas, the most vampire-friendlydestination in the great state of Texas." "That's me!" "I've always loved these." "They're like booze for dolls." "They gave me 10." "You tell I was late." "Supposed to be here before sundown." "We got delayed for take-off." "Why don't you go in the limo." " I got the A.C. cranked up." " No, thanks." "I'm fine." "Oh, go on." "There's Cokes in there." "Just get in the goddamn limo, you stupid bitch." "Get your hands off me!" "Make a noise and it will be your last." "How the hell does this thing open?" "Somebody help get me out of here." "Help!" "A present?" "For me?" " I love presents." " It's for Tara." "From her mom." "Gift table is in the dining room." "Well, I have to say," "I'm impressed by your showing up." "Okay, listen." "Go ahead and turn me, but you will also reveal yourself in the process." "Reveal myself as what?" "As whatever the hell you are." "I don't know what you're doing, but these are people I care about." "And I will not stand by if you try to hurt any of them." "Even when they've dumped you or chosen a dead man over you?" "You're really not an Alpha, are you?" "Who are all these people?" "I don't see any other people." "Because you only got eyes for me." "Yeah, you don't like that one bit, do you?" "Seriously, who are all these people?" "And why are they bringing me presents?" "Not that I'm complaining." "I like the way you move." "I love to dance." "I can't even remember the last time I did." "That's just wrong." "Anybody that dances like you should dance every fucking day." "Tell me your name." "Leon." "All right, Leon." "No one is going to hurt you." "Would you like to try?" "Could I?" "Here." "Lean in close so you can catch his gaze." "And just let everything go." "Let yourself be dead." "You feel it?" "You are empty." "A vacuum." "Now you can pull his mind into yours." "Everything's gonna be okay." "There's nothing to fear." "Don't you worry about a thing." "It's gonna be all right." "You were very sweet with her." "Sookie, he was sent to abduct you." "It's gonna be just fine." "Which means somebody knew you were coming." "Who do you think's behind it?" "Vampires?" "Too sloppy." "Maybe that church." "Bill, they may be crazy, but they're still a church." "They're not gonna kidnap anybody." "Churches have done much, much worse throughout history." "Just trust me." "What's the dork face about?" "I'm moving out." "I'm gonna be a Soldier of the Sun." "Really?" "You heard of it?" "Of course I've heard of it, it's why I came." "I guess you feel pretty special." "Ain't nothing wrong with feeling good when you achieve something." "I guess you wouldn't know." "So you think you were the only one they would choose to promote?" "The only one of this whole camp?" "It is what it is." "It's 14 other guys is what it is." "Including me." "Yeah, even four girls." "That's great." "Congratulations." "You gonna bunk at the Newlin's too?" "I get it." "Preacher's wife needs something to play with." " What?" " She wants your hot beef injection." "I can't believe I didn't see it sooner." "That ain't true." "And you shouldn't talk about Sarah that way." "You work fast." "I ain't working." " She's married." " Go for it." "She's hot." "She ain't like that." "I earned this." "I'm sure you did." "Fuck you." "I have you down for a room with no bed?" "No, we need a bed." "Of course." "I do have a light-lockable room with a king-sized bed." "It's a suite." "Double-soundproofed." "With an adjoining room for my..." " What should I call her?" " Isn't there a vampire word?" "Progeny." "Call her your ward." "You have a ward, like Bruce Wayne." "Would you give me your cell phone?" "Thank you, Leon." "Everything's OK." "Actually, everything's not okay." "All your worst fears are about to come true." "Unless you scream at the top of your lungs:" "These accommodations are being covered by a third party, right?" "Yes, sir, it's all been taking care of by a Mr. Northman." "Becky Eubanks is a stuck-up whore who let Chase finger her in the church." "She's new." "Good evening, Lafayette." "You can't come in unless I invite you in, and I ain't nowhere near that crazy." "You have to come out eventually." " I have all the time in the world." " You let me go!" "I gave you a very generous gift." "The gift of not killing you." "And I'm here to give you something else." "The healing elixir that is my 1000-year-old blood." "I don't think that's a good idea." "Your leg's already infected." "I can smell it." "You don't get that taken care of, you can lose it." "Why do you want to give me your blood?" " I like you." " Bullshit." "You want to be able to keep track of me." "Why?" "You obviously mean something to Sookie." "And what Sookie finds meaningful," "I find curious." "You really have no choice, Lafayette." "You know it." "Fuck." "Leon, look at me." "Look at me, Leon." "Everything is going to be okay." "No, it's not." "My worst nightmares." "What on earth did you do to him?" "I'm on the phone." "Maybe if you put your hand on his shoulder." "Sometimes touching helps me hear their thoughts better." " Who sent you?" " Fellowship of the Sun." " Are you a member?" " No, they hired me." " Who specifically?" " I'm not sure." "It was over the phone." "Money was put in a locker for me at a Greyhound station." "And they hired you to do what exactly?" "Abduct a human with the Compton party and bring her to the church." "Do you know my name?" "No, ma'am." "I didn't even know you were gonna be a woman." "All I know is a vampire's using a human to find a vampire Godric." "Do you know where he is?" "No, ma'am, I do not." "You did very well." "I'm sure your employers will be pleased." "Think so?" "Of course." "What could you do?" "We never arrived." "It's not your fault." "Flight never arrived." "We just weren't on it." "I got so nervous for nothing." "That's enough." "Don't be greedy." "You were supposed to call me when you arrived." "We were ambushed at the airport." " By whom?" " You know exactly by whom, Eric." "The Fellowship of the Sun." "Why didn't you tell me they were involved?" "I didn't know for sure." "Now I do." "You could've shared your suspicions with me." "I could've, but I didn't." "You should remember that I am your sheriff, Bill." "We are not equal." "And if that displeases you, take it up with a majestor." "Or the queen." "Get that shit." "There you go." "Get that shit." "Fuck it, get it." "How's your leg?" "Shit, I just want to fucking dance." " Hit this." " How nice for you." "Come on, come on." " Well, I must fly." " Vegas, baby." "Vegas, baby, Vegas, baby." "You getting situated okay?" "Yes." "Thank you, ma'am." "Sure was fun today." "Yeah, it was." "Are you nervous?" "A little." "Why?" "Well, it's just that, uh..." "I ain't never been in a place this nice before." "It's all too much." "Aren't you sweet." "I am so proud of you." "Come on." "So... proud." "Can I ask you a question?" "Am I the only one staying here, in your house?" "We had a special dorm for the soldiers, but it only sleeps 14." "And you're number 15." "Good." "Good." "And you're also the best." "I mean, the one that we have the highest hopes for." "I'm going to try not to disappoint you." " You do that." " Okay." "And, let me know if you need anything, because we're just at the end of the hall." "Big double doors." "It's Eric." "You wanted to talk." "This is important." "Meet me at the bar." "Fudge." "I admire you, Bill." "It takes a real vampire to admit he cannot protect his human." "And it takes a true monster to not care about anyone or anything other than himself." "I care about others." "You care about Godric." "You have no obligations to Dallas or Texas." "This is personal for you." "Why?" "I hope you'll enjoy your blood substitute, which is costing me $45." "I have no intention of drinking it, I just want you to pay for it." "You're so mature." "Answer the question." "Why this allegiance to Godric?" "He's much beloved by his subjects." "Only kings and queens have subjects, Eric, not sheriffs." "Godric could have been king of Texas had he wanted." "He could have been king of any vampire territory anywhere." "He is twice as old as I am and very powerful." "There are none above him in the new world." "Well, if he's so powerful, how could they abduct him?" "Now, that is what worries me." "If one such as he can be taken by humans, then none of us is safe." "What can I give you to release Sookie from her agreement?" "Nothing." "And since you like humans so much," "I think you would want to protect them." "The vampires here, they're like cowboys, if they don't get Godric back, they'll want justice." "They'll start attacking people." "Open aggression against humans?" "That's insane." "Well, it's Texas." "Jesus." "Here." "I've been wanting to do that since you showed up tonight." "I'm wondering if this is a good idea." "It's a great idea." "You're sweet as hell and adorable and scruffy with that little grey in your hair and that hot little nose." "And, damn, boy, do you know how to wear a pair of pants." "What's wrong?" "Listen," "I need to tell you something." " No, you don't." " Yes." " Yes, I do." " No." "You don't." "I know what you are." "Who is it?" "I ordered something." "Is that okay?" "Male." "Straight." "B-negative." "Hi, I'm Travis." "That's for me." "What am I supposed to do?" "Bill doesn't want her to do this." "How old is he anyway?" "He looks barely legal." "He's 21." "That's weird." "Almost like you read my mind." "I did read your mind." "Fuck," "Barry." "Just smile and act like it's a coincidence." "Keep your stupid mouth shut." "But it's not a coincidence, Barry." "Barry, wait."