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Alexander Skarsgard talks about episode 59

The Fangover: Bill Goes Behind the Camera; Some Sam-on-Sam Action; Before Godric Went Ghandi

This week, Stephen Moyer goes where no True Blood actor has gone before, becoming the first cast member to direct an episode. "He was a natural," episode writer Mark Hudis shares in the Inside the Episode video. Moyer, for his part, is quick to give credit to his fellow cast members, "I knew I shouldn't have let Denis [O'Hare] and Michael [McMillian] go off on their own. Within a minute they were playing 'horsey.'" Fans shared Hudis's sentiment, tweeting the following:

• @londonred08: #TrueBlood was awesome tonight -Stephen Moyer aka Beel, you are a great director, carry on.

• @EliseMontalvo: Stephen Moyer needs to direct more episodes of True Blood. Great angles and lighting. Also, Joe Manganiello's butt.

 While Moyer is expanding his reach, so is his character Bill Compton. Much to Eric's shock, Bill's views on the subject of mainstreaming are "evolving." EW wonders, "Is Bill actually turning to the dark side, or is he positioning himself for a feat of Edgingtonian trickery?" Share your opinion in this week's HBO Connect Tweet Battle.

Sam Trammell tells TVLine what it was like playing both sides of a scene—one as Sam and one as Luna as Sam. "When I read it, I really saw it as being kind of humorous, but we always wanted to play it straight," he says, "The whole situation is so insane that I'm sure it's pretty funny. The very end, when Luna is sort of dying, that was a serious scene. But then they added the thing where I almost kissed myself, so that was quirky."

Some other notable character moments this episode: 

• Anytime Godric makes an appearance you can expect fans to get excited. But in the Interactive Features on HBO GO, Alexander Skarsgard says he would love to see Eric and Godric "back in the day before Godric went all 'Gandhi.' For centuries, he and Eric were pretty wild together and I think that would be fun to play."
• Will fans ever tire of seeing Alcide without a shirt on? The answer is no.
• Vulture notes that Lafayette's "'F**k off while I smoke a blunt' business," didn't fly with their high school guidance counselor.
• As some of you figured, Hoyt didn't have it in him to give Jessica the True Death, but if he had, he wouldn't have been the first ex-boyfriend to shoot her that week. Jessica reacts to her fight with Jason in this week's Babyvamp blog post.

The Fangover: The Proof Is in the Pompadour; @Oprah Chimes In; Enter the Cheeto Dragon

Usually we'd think it's sweet for someone to give their new lover a puppy, but when the couple consists of sadistic vampires Russell Edginton and Steve Newlin and the puppy is Luna's werewolf daughter Emma, it takes a slightly more sinister edge. While actors Denis O'Hare and Michael McMillian have enjoyed their characters’ budding romance, there's one area where they remain competitors. "Let's make one thing perfectly clear: No one has hair higher than Steve. Except maybe Pam. Maybe," McMillian says in the Interactive Features on HBO Go. "Denis O'Hare may claim his 'do the champ, but I think the proof is in the pompadour."

Another fan favorite who delivered the goods this week was Lafayette. Just as you were wondering out loud, "Is he supposed to be Whoopi Goldberg in 'Ghost'?" Lafayette settles the matter as only he can, hissing, "I ain't Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost." So who is he channeling? Costume designer Audrey Fisher says his fashion choices are partly inspired by Marlene Dietrich's gypsy madam outfit in the film 'Touch of Evil,' which she imagines is one of his favorites.

The quips kept on coming, no more so than in Fangtasia where Pam and Tara trade zingers like the madam and bartender they were in their human days. EW recaps the highlights, which include Tara's "Suck me, Vampire Barbie," and Pam's "Just because we drank a bitch together does not make us Oprah and Gayle" — a line that caught the attention of the one and only @Oprah herself. You can ask Kristin Bauer van Straten questions about it in a live Q & A on HBO Connect on August 13. Until then, vote in this week's Tweet battle over who has more at stake—#humans or #supes?

This week’s Inside the Episode video features episode writer Raelle Tucker talking about the new Bon Temps baddie Sweetie Des Arts, whom Vulture has dubbed "The Cheeto Dragon," and episode director Dan Attias discusses filming Jason's heartfelt farewell to his best buddy Hoyt. But the real fun was on Jessica's babyvamp blog, where Jessica was making the most of her time in lockdown in Bill's house. Here, she has a little fun at the expense of Maxine Fortenberry::

Looking Back on Pam’s Big Moment

For any TV star, becoming a fan favorite is a special kind of honor, but when your character also starts to drive some serious action on screen, you know you've arrived. In the case of Kristin Bauer van Straten, she knew something special was happening as soon as a big chunk of her flesh fell off … "Last year when I got my own storyline with my face rotting I was so happy," she told The Vault. "Alex [Skarsgard] and I had been asking for years about our relationship. Both of us were so happy to finally see it on paper and I thought it was just the most perfect explanation for both Eric and Pam."

New Year. New You.

Ring in the New Year with the re-air of the entire fifth season of True Blood on HBO 2 starting December
31st at 9 PM. To get you in the New Year's spirit, here are 10 resolutions inspired by season five:

1) Let go of your past.

2) Reach out to long-lost relatives.

3) Adopt a pet.

4) Lay off the sauce.

5) Perform an unexpected act of kindness.

6) Get in touch with your spiritual side.

7) Forget old grudges.

8) Reconnect with your inner child.

9) Experiment with your look.

10) Get back to the gym.

And a bonus resolution from seasons past:

Quit smoking.

Songs of True Blood season 4

- Episode 4x01 (She's Not There):

• Real Wild Child - Joan Jett And The Blackhearts / Tara fighting in the cage in lesbian bar
• What's On Your Mind - Soda Jerk / plays outside the lesbian bar
• Better Get On - Danny Wilde / Sookie at Merlotte's talking with Arlene, Terry and Lafayette appears after
• Calling The Shots - Mississippi Mike Wolf / Maxine enters Merlotte's
• What You Do To Me - Blakroc (Featuring Billy Danze, Jim Jones, Nicole Wray) / Tara and Naomi making out in bed
• Dues - El Camino / Portia and Sookie at Merlotte's talking
• Xcess (Remixed by Schneider of Rammstein) - Slick Idiot / Jessica dancing in Fangtesia, a guy is watching her dancing
• She's Not There - Neko Case Nick Cave And / end credits

- Episode 4x02 (You Smell Like Dinner):

• Dominatrix - Zack Tempest / playing in Fangtasia when Pan leaves the club moving toward the Protestants
• And The World Laughs With You (feat. Thom Yorke) - Flying Lotus / Jesus and Lafayette in bed
• Trash The Place - See Spot Kill / Bill remembering being underground punk rock bar in London in 1982
• Lift Off - John Etkin Bell & Mike Farmer / Bill talking to Callum, bartender
• Make Some Noise - John Etkin Bell & Mike Farmer / Bill feeding on Callum outside the club
• A Life On The Ocean Wave - HM Royal Marines Band / Nan Flanagan talks to Bill about it not having killed Callum and the synthetic blood
• Fat City - Tom Heyman / Sookie working at Merlotte's
• Trampolines - Eric Corne / Sam Luna is waiting for him in the office
• Wheels - Kanude / plays at Merlotte's when Sam Luna leads to the exit of Merlotte's and Tommy Jones and tell her she's beautiful
• Family Man - Craig Campbell / Jessica driving to the Fangtasia after arguing with Hoyt
• Clown Darker - Cracknation / Pan and Sookie talking in Fangtasia
• Coming Down - Dj Acucrack / Jessica enters Fangtasia and go toward the guy who was watching the other night
• Well Ok Honey - Jenny O / Tara on the phone talking to Naomi
• Shoot First / Sookie meets Jessica in the ladies room at Fangtasia
• You Smell Like Dinner - Jinx Titanic And The Super 8 Cum Shots / end credits

- Episode 4x03 (If You Love Me, Why Am I Dying?)

• The Wreck Of Us - J. Novak / Pam sucking Jethro's office Fangtasia
• If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin?) - Boxing Ghandis / Tara, Lafayette and Jesus talking about Eric while dining
• Montgomery Moonlight - Ohio Sound Machine / Sookie visits Alcide so that it takes care of Eric
• Restraining Order Blues - Michele Malone / at Merlotte's, Tara asks Sookie to talk to Eric to apologize for Lafayette
• Nowhere - G. DaPonte / Sam and Tara talking on the porch
• Who Needs Forever - (Thievery Corp. Remix) by Astrud Gilberto / Bill and Portia dining and talking about their relationship
• Child's Play - Dave Pazzner / Pam throws Lafayette in the basement of Fangtasia
• Season Of The Witch - Karen Elson / end credits

- Episode 4x04 (I'm Alive And On Fire):

• Calling The Shots - Mississippi Mike Wolf / Sam plays in the car
• Do You Remembre - La Luna / Luna and visit Sam knows her daughter
• Butt Me Buster - Helmut Reinhardt / Bill knows Caroline Bellefleur, grandmother Portia
• Tighten Up - The Watson Twins / Alcide arrives home after helping Sookie and tells what happened to Debi
• Moonlight Remembers - APM / outside the Mansion Bellefleur, Portia explains to Bill because they can not have a relationship
• Twisting Wind - Helen Henderson / Hoyt and Jessica find Jason fallen on the road and Jessica gives him her blood to heal
• I'm Alive And On Fire - Danko Jones / end credits

- Episode 4x05 (Me And The Devil):

• Here I Come - Nashville Session Singers / Tara calls Naomi after they left Lafayette and Jesus
• Waintin 'On The Skies - Steve Earle / Sookie asks Holly about the coven of witches
• Meet Me In The Alleyway - Steve Earle / Jason tells Hoyt and was raped several times in Hotshot
• Me And The Devil - Gil Scott-Heron / end credits

- Episode 4x06 (I Wish I Was The Moon):

• Los Olas Del Mar - El Son What Faltaba /'s grandfather Lafayette and Jesus tells him to bring a sacrifice for him
• What'd I Do? - Lance Miller / Tommy turned into Sam, Sookie resigns
• Brand New Man - Brooks & Dunn / Sam (Tommy) talks to Tommy about Maxine
• Hide Me - Hayes Caryll / Alcide & Debbie descutem about entering the wolf pack site
• The Soul Of A Man Never Dies - John Halton / Tara takes Naomi to Merlotte's, Jessica writes down their request, but then runs off
• Mexico - The Spares / Pam appears in the parking lot of Merlotte's and attacks Tara and Naomi
• I Wish I Was The Moon - Neko Case / Bill on the porch drinking; Sookie and Eric making love in the forest; closing credits

- Episode 4x07 (Cold Grey Light Of Dawn):

• Where Are You - Steve Casper & Cowboy Angst / Pam attacks Tara and Naomi outside of Merlotte's while people watch and take pictures and try to identify what is Pam, zombie or vampire?
• Yellow Elevator # 2 - The Black Angels / Debbie talk about Sookie with Alcide care whether, after solving a few minutes walk away from the flock to seek Sookie
• A Town Called Heartbreak - Patty Scialfa / Naomi and Tara talk about their relationship in the car
• Always A Friend - Bruce Springsteen & Aejandro Escovedo / Jason has fantasies with Jessica and Hoyt does exercises arrives shortly thereafter
• Come See Me - Steve McComb / Sam calls Luna, Tara and Holly talking
• Dyin 'Is not The End Of The World - The Shake