


But who needs light power when your fear can summon a vampire with an ancient grudge? Before the credits have rolled, Russell Edgington is dead at the hands of Eric, who is almost giddy over avenging his Viking family’s murder: “That felt even better than I thought it would.” Steve, heartbroken over his lost love, zips away, not to be seen again for the rest of the episode – kind of. No matter, because the fairies aren’t making a dent in Russell’s resistance anyway.

Firing on all cylinders, the fairies blast Russell with light power, although Sookie isn’t much use to them, with her “microwave fingers” shorting out every few seconds. Now that Russell has devoured the Fairy Elder, Sookie and her brethren are no longer invisible to the still-hungry vampire. Warlow, fear not: HBO GO is offering a sneak peek of Season Six, and it turns out Nora is familiar with the mysterious vampire who cut a deal with Sookie and Jason’ s ancestor 300 years ago. However, for those frustrated by the seemingly forgotten-about plot involving M. True Blood has always ended its seasons with a handful of plot lines either unresolved or newly introduced, but this particular season finale has left almost all the characters knee-deep in conflict, with summer 2013 feeling like a lifetime away.
