True Blood s04e06 Episode Script

The most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
Only because you can't remember anything else.
Bill! What the hell? Both of you, stop it! Eric, stop! Who is this vampire to you? He's-- He's your king.
My liege.
Forgive me.
You have no right to do this.
- I have every right.
I am his king.
- Well, you aren't mine.
You made that abundantly clear when you lied to my face.
You got a hell of a nerve lecturing me on lying.
Your Majesty, whatever I'm guilty of, Sookie had nothing to do with it.
She was only protecting me.
How touching.
Silver him.
He isn't resisting.
You don't have to hurt him.
- Where are you taking him? - Sookie, stop.
You don't have to do this.
You've done too much for me already.
Yes, you certainly have.
That's what this is about? You've been sticking your fangs and who knows what else into every girl, but the second I move on, you arrest him? My entire existence does not revolve around what or who is between your legs.
- Don't you dare speak to me that way.
- I took an oath - to protect the vampires of Louisiana.
- By handcuffing them? Eric is under the control of necromancers.
He is a danger to everyone.
You don't know.
He's scared and alone.
His whole life has been wiped away.
He is a liar and a master manipulator and he would do or say anything to make you his.
Well, which is it, Bill? Is he a danger to everyone or is he just faking it to get into my pants? If you ever loved me, you won't hurt him.
This is strictly business.
Vampire business.
So for once in your life, I strongly suggest you stay out of it.
- Good night, Sookie.
- I'm not leaving without Eric.
If Ms.
Stackhouse sets foot on my property again - I want her arrested for trespassing.
- Yes, sir.
Are we clear? You can't do this.
Bill! Come on, miss.
Move along.
This is wrong and you know it! Smells like death in here.
It's me.
- Pam? - Bill found you because of me.
I fucked up royally.
I'm sorry.
Why are you hiding under that? I don't want you to see me.
- Take it off.
- No.
Sookie told me I was your maker.
I command you.
The witch, Lafayette, his boyfriend and his skank of a cousin, they did this to me.
Who's Lafayette? Forget it.
I can feel myself rotting.
I don't know how much time I have left.
I'm sorry.
Are you afraid? Fuck you.
Pieces of me are falling off.
I'm pissed.
I am not gonna die like this.
We need to get out of here and get the bitches who did this.
King Bill believes we are a danger to our kind.
Let me tell you a little something about King Bill.
He's a self-loathing, power-hungry, pompous little dork, and you hate his guts.
That is treason.
Eric, snap the fuck out of it.
You have no loyalty to Bill Compton.
You are a Viking vampire god and you bow to no one.
If someone crosses you, you rip out their liver with one fang.
- No.
- I have been with you over a hundred years.
We've traveled the world together, killing and fucking and laughing.
I don't remember that.
Oh, fucking hell.
You will.
We'll get your life back, I swear.
I don't want it! The things I've done.
I don't wanna remember.
You don't know what you're saying.
I am not the vampire you think I am.
Not anymore.
Your Majesty, I'm in the middle of something.
Just wanted to inform you that I have the necromancer and Sheriff Northman in custody.
Really? Alive? Of course.
We're holding her for observation until the threat can be assessed, as directed.
And Eric? Sheriff Northman has been infected.
- You sure? - He has no recollection of his existence prior to the last few days.
He does not understand his position nor recognize the Authority.
I mean, he's extremely unstable and he's dangerous.
Can the spell be undone? The witch is not collaborating.
I believe she intends to use Sheriff Northman against us.
With a weapon like that, she could make a lot of noise.
Your recommendation? I request a warrant to impose the true death.
I'm sure you're real broken up about that.
I'll run it through the appropriate channels and get back to you.
And Bill? Yes? Good work.
I'll see you at that tolerance thing on the 29th.
Terry, put it out.
No smoking in the boudoir.
Get Mikey outside! Now! Coby, Lisa, wake up! Fire! Mikey? - Mikey! - Uncle Terry, what's going on? - Mikey! Mikey! - Move! Move! Out! Mike! Mikey! Where are you? Mikey? Mikey! - Place is going up.
Outside now.
- I can't find Mikey.
- I'll come back for him.
- No! I ain't leaving without my baby! Mikey! Mikey! Mikey! Stay put! - Mom! - Mikey! - Mikey's over here.
- We got him! Look.
- He was already out when we came out.
- Oh, Mikey.
Mikey.
Oh, thank God and little baby Jesus you're okay.
How did he get out here? Don't know.
He was just sitting in the yard.
Playing with that ugly, old doll.
Here's a partial list.
So.
Just started out of thin air? Arlene, come on.
I ain't saying it's your fault.
I'm just trying to make sense of this.
I know.
Least you all are okay.
That's what matters, right? Yeah.
The ghost of my serial-killing ex-fiancé just tried to murder us in our sleep.
We're just peachy.
I'm sorry, Sam, about all this.
- No, that's-- - Come on, Felix.
Let's go.
Listen up, slum lord.
I find out you risked my cousin's life cheaping out on smoke alarms and wiring-- Replaced all the electrical last year, Andy.
I'm gonna go through this dump.
If I discover even a toilet seat ain't up to code - there's gonna be hell to pay.
- I've had about all I'm gonna take of this.
These people lost everything.
My retirement plan just went up in smoke.
I don't know what's going on, but if you don't shut up and stop fucking with me, I'm gonna turn into a Doberman and chew off your face.
Then I will call Animal Control.
Have you put to sleep.
Hey, sheriff, can you spare a hand? I ain't usually a damsel in distress, but right now I could really use saving.
This is heavier than it looks.
Fighting crime.
It's a hell of a workout.
Where you want it? This truck right over here.
Can I help you? You been through enough for one day.
Your boys okay? Yeah, they were at their dad's last night, thank goddess.
How about you? You got a place to go? I always land on my feet.
Well, thank you, sheriff.
- Andy.
- Thank you, Sheriff Andy.
Hey, next time you're in Merlotte's, I'll buy you a cheeseburger.
You mean like a date? I wasn't exactly thinking that, because my house just almost burned down and all.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
No, I misread the signs.
You know what? Sure.
What the hell? It's a date.
Really? Merlotte's? - Me and you? Yeah, why the hell not? - Yeah.
Yeah? Hey, Tommy.
Terry and Arlene's is gone.
Holly's place is gonna take months of repairs.
Oh, shit.
Well, I'm on my way.
No, no, no.
There's nothing you can do about it.
But I'm gonna be here all day, and I need you to open the bar for me.
You think you're up to that? Whatever you need.
Listen, it's a full moon tonight.
I'll be back in time to run with you.
- All right? - All right.
We'll get through this, Tommy.
Yeah.
See you tonight.
Fuck you.
Goat tongue for breakfast? That smells well done.
Thank you for your hospitality grandfather.
I know it's been a long time.
We're here because we're in trouble.
We need protection.
You run from me for 20 years then crawl back on your knees begging for help.
Where the fuck is your pride? Sometimes there are more important things than pride.
Grandpa.
Bring me a sacrifice then we'll see.
Hello? Anyone home? I'm looking for Tara Thornton.
Well, you found her.
Long story.
Then you better start telling it.
Growing up in this town people look at me and I knew what they thought.
"Poor Tara Thornton.
Gonna end up just like her mama.
Drunk, crazy, alone.
" Last year, after all that shit happened the self-pity, the fucking hatred.
It was building up inside me and I knew they were right.
So you ran, and you thought it'd never catch up to you.
I wasn't thinking.
I can't tell you how good it felt.
I can do anything, be anybody.
So the woman I've been living with telling all my secrets to for the past six months, who was that? Everything I wish I was.
Thought if I could make you believe in her maybe I could too.
Well, I'm glad for you, Tara Thornton.
Whoever the fuck you are.
I'm glad I could be a nice vacation from your life.
You know that's not all you were.
You didn't drive from New Orleans just to tell me to go fuck myself.
You're right.
I should kick your fucking ass.
Do what you need to do.
You've reached Officer Jason Stackhouse.
If this is an emergency, dial 911 and ask for me.
Peace.
Jason, I'm in trouble.
It's Bill.
He's gone too far this time.
I don't know what he's gonna do.
I need help and I got nobody else to ask.
So wherever you are, please, please call me back.
Sam.
Sam, I know I am the worst waitress in the world and I'm so sorry, but I can't work today.
It's a life-or-death situation.
- Another one? - I promise I'll make up the shift.
You know what? Don't bother.
You're fired.
Excuse me? I don't get why everybody treats you like you're so special.
You almost never show up, and when you do, you're dragging trouble with you.
- Sam, I said I was sorry.
- Figure you shake that cute little blond ponytail and cry, Sam'll let you do anything.
Not today.
Get your stuff and get on out of here.
Go on! Okay.
Hey, Jimmy! Table 8's got no setups! - Come on, this ain't rocket science.
- Right.
- Well, hello, ladies.
- Hi.
Sam Merlotte.
How's your lunch? - Good.
- Anything I can do you for? I don't know, maybe.
Be right back.
You all right, Ms.
Fortenberry? That no-good brother of yours, he packed up and left me.
I cared for him like he was my own kin.
And he left me just like they all leave me.
Well, I'm sure Tommy cared about you.
He don't care about nobody but hisself.
You know, I tried to teach him to read.
What a waste of time.
That boy's dumber than a bucket of spit and just as useful.
Now I know why you shot him.
If you see Tommy, you tell him he's dead to me.
And I want my Bible back.
Good-for-nothing brother of yours.
Jason? You here? What the hell you doing here? Leave me alone.
Get out of here.
Jason, I can hear you in there.
But, Sook-- This ain't a good time.
Didn't you get any of my messages? No.
Because I'm in the middle of a secret special police investigation here.
So I need you to back away from the door and get out of the house and don't come back.
You understand? Andy says you haven't showed up for work in days.
I'm coming in.
Don't you d-- I should have known.
This is a sex thing, isn't it? No.
Don't come any closer.
- Are you on V again? - No.
Damn it, listen to me.
Get out of here now.
It ain't safe, Sook, I mean it.
I'm-- I'm dangerous.
Okay, look.
I've had a hell of a morning and my patience is running pretty thin.
Tell me what's going on, or I'm gonna fish it out of your head myself.
Your choice.
I think I'm turning into a werepanther.
A were-what? Panther.
It's-- It's like a werewolf, except a big-ass cat.
Well, I got bit and stuff by my psycho ex-girlfriend and a werepanther tribe and they said I would turn into one of them on the full moon.
So you handcuffed yourself to the bed? - Yeah.
- But if you turn into a panther won't the handcuffs just fall off? Oh, shit.
Shit, I never thought of that.
Sookie, listen to me.
You gotta get out of here now.
Because I ain't never gonna forgive myself if I bite your head off.
You aren't making this up, are you? No.
Oh, my God, Jason.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Baby.
You're home early.
Brought your lunch.
What the fuck is he doing here? We got off to a bad start.
That ain't Debbie's fault.
She's got a right to a place in our pack.
You joined his pack without talking to me? I knew what you'd say.
So much for rigorous honesty, huh? - Get out of my house.
- Look I understand if you don't trust me.
After what happened with your packmaster in Mississippi, I don't blame you.
Letting a vampire overrun his wolves getting him hooked on the blood, that ain't no leader.
Debbie tells me you was the only one to stand and fight back.
Debbie needs to keep her mouth shut.
All right.
I don't want to get in the middle of nothing here.
And I'm sorry if I alpha'd you a little hard the other night but these are perilous times for our kind and this pack needs a wolf like you, Alcide.
And I really do hope you'll reconsider joining.
Debbie, I'll see you tonight? I was waiting for the right time to tell you.
Same old Debbie.
Just when our lives were getting on track you gotta go and fuck it up! I need community.
Isolation is bad for my sobriety.
I don't know nobody here other than Sookie, and she hates me.
You got me.
We're together.
Thought that's what you wanted.
It is.
But that can't be all I want.
That's what happened before.
You were my whole world and when I lost you, I lost everything, and it drove me fucking crazy.
I need this, Alcide.
The pack is shifting together tonight for the full moon.
Come with me, please.
Please.
Help me.
Spirit, I beg you.
I can't fight them on my own.
I don't know how.
Help me.
I'm so afraid.
I have seen your suffering.
But we cannot let them win.
Save me.
Use me.
Avenge yourself! God is watching you.
"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
" His words, not mine.
Luis fear only sweetens the blood.
Make her scream.
Look in her eyes full of hatred defiance.
She is not afraid of you, Luis.
Make her scream.
Scream! Witch! Scream! You will burn in the fires of hell.
Mark my words, you will burn for this.
The sun.
Marnie.
We've seen birds, bunnies, lizards, a kind of rat and a fucking coyote.
Can we please just kill something and get this over with? I told you.
The sacrifice has to come to us.
What? So let me get this straight.
We-- We waiting for a wild animal to walk up to us and volunteer to die? Pretty much.
Baby.
Baby, your granddaddy, he in the house, chill and warm laughing at our dumb ass.
This ain't nothing but a sick-ass joke he playing to punish you.
You don't think I know that, huh? That he's an evil, sadistic motherfucker that I've spent my whole life fighting not to turn into him.
But if that's the price that I gotta pay to keep you safe that's what I'm gonna fucking do.
- Don't walk away from me.
I'm sorry.
- Shut up.
Shut up? Fuck you.
- Here it comes.
- Here what comes? I don't-- What the fuck is that? Oh, shit! Rattlesnake.
And the second I start sprouting fur, I want you to shoot me right in the head.
I'm not gonna shoot you.
But you promised.
I promised I'd take care of you.
What do you think that meant? Change my kitty litter? Sook, I'm gonna have claws and big fucking teeth.
- I could rip you to pieces.
- You won't.
Well, you don't know that.
I ain't never been good at controlling my impulses.
Come on.
You're still my brother, even if you are a were.
Panther.
Right.
Every time I get my head wrapped around one kind of supe new one comes along.
Till what happened with Eric I thought witches were just in fairy tales.
Or that goth store at the mall buying pentagram stretch pants.
Scary.
Point is, there is a bright side.
Least you won't be alone.
I barely know any regular humans anymore.
Well, I like being a regular, old, all-American human.
I don't wanna be some freak of nature.
Like me.
No, that ain't what I meant, Sook.
I know.
Most of my life, when I'd say my prayers at night I'd wish to God to be normal.
Then I realized there ain't no such thing as normal.
Everybody's got something in them they're ashamed of or can just do without even trying.
Like how I'm extra good at sex and shooting? But those ain't the things that make us who we are.
It's what we do with them that really matters.
Know what I mean? Yeah.
Not exactly.
You can't run from what's inside you.
But it might be a blessing if you let it.
And I'll be here to help you any way I can, other than shooting you in the head.
I guess everybody has their limits.
- You wanna grab me a fresh one? - Coming right up.
You hungry? I could fix us some steaks.
Jason? Damn it.
Jason! Last stop on the guided tour of Tara Thornton's glamorous life.
The dump I used to work at.
Merlotte's Bar and Grill.
Serving up craziness seven days a week.
Oh, look what we got here.
It suits you.
You know that ain't a compliment, right? Why not? Hey, it looks comfortable and friendly.
Don't be fooled.
Hey.
Tara.
Hey, what can I get you guys tonight? Isn't this Arlene's section? Well, Arlene and Holly both called in.
Sam promoted me to server.
You guys are my first customers.
Yeah, well, we'll take two Coronas, and who made the chili today? Is it Terry or Big John's? If it's Big John, we gonna wanna skip that.
- What the--? - Told you.
We ain't even been here five minutes.
Fucking vampires.
Hey.
Hey.
Wait.
Wait a sec.
This-- I am done waiting.
I've made some stupid mistakes, but I know this is not one of them.
- I know you, Sam.
- No, you don't.
- I know you're not perfect.
- Yeah.
But you are a good guy.
And you're honorable and sexy as hell and I have wanted to do this since the day we met.
How am I supposed to say no to that? You're not.
I'm a police officer! And a werepanther! Back off! - Fuck! - Jason.
Jason.
Jess? What the hell are you doing here? I sensed your fear.
- What? - Oh, it's because I gave you my blood.
There's this little bit of me that's still inside of you.
I'll always be able to find and save you.
- It's pretty cool, huh? - No.
I got enough going on inside me.
I don't need you in there too.
Well, you're obviously freaking out.
You must need saving from something.
No, I'd-- I just thought I heard something in the woods.
Probably just possums or coons.
Are you kidding? It is a full moon.
- Yeah.
- Place is crawling with supernatural stuff.
It really ain't safe for you to be out here alone.
It ain't safe for me to be anywhere.
Because of the werepanther thing? What? How do you know? Well, Jason, you screamed it loud enough for the whole parish to hear.
Fuck.
Those bites I healed is that what happened to you? You were turned? Yeah.
- Does that even happen? - I don't know.
I don't know.
I think so.
Fuck.
My heart is just racing.
Can't breathe.
Everything's out of focus.
Hey, sit down.
Come on.
Go on.
- I'm turning.
- Sit down.
Go on.
Right there.
Just concentrate on your breathing, all right? There.
- Okay.
- And just picture someplace beautiful or something that makes you feel happy and safe.
Good.
Right.
Good.
All right.
Better? Yeah.
How'd you know how to do that? Well, it used to happen to my mama all the time.
- Your mama was a werepanther? - No.
She just had panic attacks.
Pretending not to notice my dad beating the crap out of us.
Pretty stressful for her, I guess.
Well.
You should get back to Hoyt.
Or work, or whatever.
I'm-- I'm fine.
You know, the night I was made that was, like, the scariest night of my life.
Ain't no way I'm letting you go through that alone.
Jason! Jason! Please, just come home.
We'll deal with this! Jason? Hey, Sookie.
- Did I scare you? - What are you doing here, Debbie? She's with me.
On our way to a meeting with our new pack.
- Alcide.
- We can trust her.
You really shouldn't be wandering around like this.
Full moon and all, never know what could be out here tonight.
- No kidding.
- You lose Eric again? No.
I mean-- Yes.
It's complicated.
Werepanthers, they're basically like werewolves, right, except cats? Please tell me she did not just compare us to cats.
Sorry.
It's hard keeping track of which of y'all hate each other.
We tend to stick with our own species.
Most weres have got more in common with each other than they like to admit.
Why you asking? How does somebody become a were-whatever? They don't.
Unless one of their parents or both of them are full-blooded.
So if I got bit-- Not me, per se, but if somebody I knew got bit-- There's no way to turn a human into a were, if that's what you're asking.
- It's hereditary, not a virus.
- You sure about that? - Wanna tell me what's going on? - You've already helped more than you know.
Go shift.
Kill stuff.
Do whatever werewolves do.
I got this.
I think Sookie's saying she can take care of her own business.
Pack's waiting.
Come on, babe.
That was different than I expected.
What's that mean? Oh, no, not in a bad way.
No, it was like we just met, like we were strangers.
It's exciting.
Must be the full moon.
Yeah.
Must be.
We need to get out there and shift.
Crows.
What do you think, huh? Or eagles? We'll fly right up under that moon.
I think it's time for you to go.
You okay? Something I said? You got what you came for, right? So go.
What the hell is wrong with you? What the hell's wrong with you? I said to get out, so get the fuck out! Fuck you, Sam Merlotte.
You crazy asshole.
Ain't gonna happen.
What? I ain't turning.
Those Hotshot fuckers are so dumb, they can't even make a werepanther right.
You actually sound disappointed.
After all this, it kind of feels like a letdown.
Hey.
If--? If you could go back to being the way you were before would you? No.
Don't get me wrong, it ain't easy.
I never see the sun, and I'm always hungry.
I have all these feelings and these urges and I-- I don't even understand them half the time.
But.
It is exciting.
I'm fast and I am strong and there ain't nobody can hurt me.
And I smell and I taste things in a way that I never thought was possible.
It's kind of hard to explain, but my old world was about that big.
And now.
Now it's endless.
You know, growing up with Sook I was sick of getting my ass beat sticking up for her at school, you know? But a part of me always wondered.
Why'd she get all the special? Why not me? Jason.
You were, like, a football star, right? Well.
Hoyt told me you slept with every pretty girl within 100 miles.
Look at you.
How can you not think you are special? Yeah, you're right.
Sometimes words just come out of my face, and I got no idea what they mean.
- Jason, wait.
I-- - Jess, thanks for babysitting me and all but I ain't turned into a werepanther.
I'm just good old Jason Stackhouse, your boyfriend's best buddy.
Yeah, well, nice talking to you.
You too.
Hey, could we maybe not tell Hoyt about this? Yeah, I was just gonna say the same thing.
- Good.
Things are weird with us.
- We don't want him worrying about-- - I don't want him to freak out for no reason.
- There ain't nothing to worry about.
Night, Jess.
Night, Jason.
Your Majesty.
You understand why you're here? I've been told I'm under the spell of a necromancer and that I consorted with your human.
- Sookie is not mine.
- But you love her.
Irrelevant.
You are here, Sheriff Northman because I have been given orders to sentence you to the true death.
You have anything to say? According to my progeny, I was a-- I am a barbarian thug who's never respected your authority.
I don't expect you to show me any mercy.
Surely you don't wish to die.
No, but I don't wish to live this way either.
The vampire I used to be is a stranger to me.
I have nothing to say in his defense.
I will accept my sentence.
But I have a request.
- Naturally.
- Release Pam.
At the rate she's decomposing, she can't be much of a threat.
At least not for long.
- What else? - Sookie.
Tell her I was born the night she found me and because of her I went to my true death knowing what it means to love.
Tell her thank you.
She still cares for you.
I saw it last night.
After I'm gone I hope you'll find your way back to each other.
Why would you hope for that? Because she deserves happiness with whoever can give it to her.
Took you long enough.
I thought you'd forgotten everything I taught you.
I wish forgetting was that easy.
The Mayans worshipped the snake, you know.
No, I didn't know that.
It is a gateway to the spirit realm.
This.
This is the same magic she's using, your witch.
What? Bloodletting? No.
I've never seen Marnie do that.
- She's a medium.
- She wants possession and she'll get it.
Maybe already has.
- They're always looking for a way in.
- They? He doesn't know anything, does he? He's talking about spirits.
And it's not Marnie or spirits we need protection from.
It's vampires.
You don't even know what you need.
Fucking idiots.
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Answer me! What's that supposed to mean? What the fuck? Why did you do that? Protect him.
How? You sick fuck, how? - Protect him.
- Maria.
Maria.
Call a doctor.
Call a doctor, Maria.
Please! Maria! Maria.
Tell me what to do, Jesus.
Tell me what to do.
Tell me what the fuck to do! I don't-- I don't know what to do! What the fuck? Don't worry, my boy.
Tio Luca is here.
It will be all right.
May Yemaya protect and heal you with the waters of the ocean of life.
May the waves of her healing energy wash over you.
Tio Luca? Who the fuck is Tio Luca? Hey, Tommy.
I'm back.
You ready to run? Tommy? Tommy.
Hey, Tommy.
Oh, shit.
Hey, Tommy.
Hey, wake up.
Hey, Tommy, wake up! Shit.
Tommy? Wake up! Before you start lecturing, smoking was more of a Toni thing.
This'll be my last one.
Kind of like saying goodbye to her.
I think I might like Tara better.
Why is that? Well, we just met but it seems like she's been through a hell of a lot and she's doing the best she can.
She's also really beautiful and smart.
And good in bed.
Oh, yeah? I'm looking forward to getting to know her better.
You are coming home, right? I mean, back to New Orleans? I want to.
But? You hate this place.
You said there was nothing left for you here.
Now, that's a rotten thing to say.
- Rotten.
Get it? - I had no idea what Marnie was doing.
Spare me the dyke-in-the-woods routine, Tara.
- Get out now.
- But-- Get in the car.
Drive.
This isn't your fight.
- It isn't yours either.
- Girls, no need to squabble.
There's plenty of me to go around.
Go! Now! Father Luis.
What a surprise.
Coincidence, you think? Or fate? Antonia? I know.
I look different.
But you made such a mess of my last body, this one will have to do.
You mad whore.
You burnt my maker.
This time, you will scream.
You little fuck.
Jason? Come on.
I love you, but my feet hurt mosquitoes are eating me alive and you ain't even gonna turn into a werepanther.
Can you hear me? You ain't gonna be a werepanther! How? The king set me free.