Drink the Bitch

There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. But I think a fourth rule should be to make sure Pam is no where near you when some shit is about to go down.

How many times has Eric been in a "life or death" situation and lost the upper hand because of Pam. The Yakuza got the drop on her back in France when he was twisting out in the field, then she got silvered at the charity event in Texas just when Eric got his hands on Sarah Newlin. And this week, she turned a gun on herself rendering Eric helpless to carry out his will.

I love you Pam-cakes, but get your shit together girl!

So Eric didn't get to kill Sarah, but he did get cured. After seeing such a weakened version of our favorite fanger, it was great to see him get back into game shape.

The good times quickly came to a halt though as we cut to Sookie and Bill's pillow talk scene. This was the first of several scenes that harkened back to old episodes.

But frankly I've had enough of Bill and his Belvedere bottle complexion.

Bill can't escape his past, but thankfully we did, as we were spared any loathsome flashbacks this week.

Meanwhile across town Lettie Mae got the Rev to drink V and trip balls with her and Lafayette.

It was all about finding the gun she hid from her bad bad daddy and getting her Mom to let her go.

 

Oh well, Tara finally got the goodbye she deserved I guess so that was a plus. The real story here though was the family who just sat back and didn't call the cops while these nuts dug up their front yard and walked right into their home.

So Hoyt was kind of a dick. I know your mom just died, but show Bridget some respect. Of course her wanting kids and Hoyt on the opposite side of the fence seemed to be paving the way for her and Jason to hook up. Recall a few episodes ago when Andy told Jason that a man isn't anything without family.

Jason still rocking the flip phone gets a couple disturbing text messages from Violet. All things aside, good for Viole being so tech savvy. Can you imagine all the stuff she has had to learn over her years? I wonder if she voice to texts like my mom does. I guess they're right. Senior citizens, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel, can still serve a purpose.

She certainly got the jump on our boy and laid the smack down, despite Jason's gun show. In case you haven't seen the shape our boy is in recently. 

Violet may be a modern woman in some respects, but she went Medieval when it came to choosing the means of torturing and killing her captives. If you ask me Wade was gonna get off the easiest. Next would be Adilyn who was going to get the "breast ripper." What Violet had in store for Jessica though was almost too much for me to fathom. Like I don't even know if I can make a joke about it. We should get her and Ramses together.

Hoyt redeemed himself by coming to the rescue and sparked that old flame that used to burn in Jess. 

 From there the interactions between this love triangle were some of my favorite moments of the episode. Hoyt went to check on Jessica and pay his respects to Bill, in a scene that called to mind another time where they stood on opposite sides of the same door.

Bridget meanwhile checked in on Jason and sized up the competition by asking if Jess was his girlfriend. Jason's lack of a definitive answer pretty much sealed the deal for their time together, but their conversation was great. "I never felt betrayed by you, not even when you were being a dick." He always gave her what she needed when she needed it. Jason's brain is half filled bathtub, but he got pretty deep with his bubble metaphor.

He told Jess he would be there if she needed him, but that kiss sure felt like it was a kiss goodbye.

 Hoyt joined Jason at the BB&G for breakfast and a taste of the familiar.

Jason: Well ain't no fun thinking about the hard things. Which is why I spend so much time not thinking.

 Then over a pair of morning Miller Lights they discussed what is fair in life.

I jumped the gun a bit, mentioning Hoyt at Jessica's, but there was one other part that was worth mentioning. Preparing for a loss of her own, Jessica asked him if he missed his mother, to which he answered "yes and no."

 So Hoyt and Jess look like they will reunite. Bridget will certainly be another notch on Jason's belt at some point, but will there be more to that? And my call regarding Sookie is that she ends up with Eric. Eric who showed surprising emotion when he found out Bill was sick. 

Tex has the cure, but the problem is it works too well. He wants to find a way to lessen it's efficacy. Man if that wasn't a shot at Big Pharma and a nod to all the conspiracy theories out there. Sookie's blood caused the virus to accelerate in Bill, so I'm guessing her blood could also be used to achieve the desired potency. Just spit balling here.The whole glamouring scene could have been epic, but I felt it fell flat. 

No flashbacks for Bill as mentioned, but one flash forward to Sookie in a rocking chair holding what looked like a baby smoke monster from LOST. 

 

 Pam did have one saving moment when Bill limped into Fangtasia and she remarked "You look like shit." Bill can only give Sookie death, so he is not going to take the cure?

 Speaking of "why?" Have you seen Anna Paquin's new hair?

Probably one of my least favorite episodes of the season, but there was some good to be found. Only two episodes left. I'm hoping in the end I will be like:

Instead of:

Or: