Eric is back at Fangtasia after his adventures away with Bill (and his ever increasingly weird hair style), and his reunion with sister Nora, and he’s just itching to find out who let Russell out to play again. From the dialogue we are given it seems that Eric has already spoken about this unpleasant plot development with Bill and Alcide, who have both denied responsibility, so it figures that Pam may fall under suspicion as she is the only other character that we know of who is aware of where Russell’s cement grave was. For the record, we don’t think for a milli-second that is was Pam who released him. Eric is acting all unhinged and un-trusting, could this be the “new” Eric we were promised, completely highly strung, with the fallout from the witches spell and the heart break of Sookie’s rejection still eating away at him? Whatever Eric it is he has worked himself up so much he can’t even trust his progeny. Remember his “the only vampire you can trust is the vampire you made” quote? (Could this then be sloppy writing or just proof at how far off his marker the viking really is?)
Pam is, as you would expect, devastated as it looks like she and her maker are continuing to drift further and further apart. (She has our sympathy, the vast majority of Team Eric don’t like to see him without his Pam either). In the extended promo she asks him to release her – will he do it? Probably, as the True Blood writers love their drama, unless he has a sudden moment of clarity and knows what’s good for him – and that would be Pam!
Whatever the outcome it’s so great to see these two magnificent performers face off again, and there is no doubt that Mr Northman still knows how to brood in black!
So now you have had time to digest the scene, what do you think? Doom and gloom or loving the angst?
Thanks to skarsgardfans (as usual) for the screen caps