True Blood (TV Series) I Will Rise Up (2009) User Reviews

The only thing against this episode

[GraXXoR · 9/10 · 5 May 2022]

... is that I wanted more of Godric... Here we had a character who was the diametric mirror of Sukie. I really wanted him to have a bit more impact and create some friction.

Moreover I was hoping he would be a linchpin between Sukie and Eric and crate some more tension... What a great character, although technically he wasn't Godric from the books.

S2.E9 - Goodbye Godric [9/10]

[panagiotis1993 · 9/10 · 6 November 2023]

(S2. E9) My Live Reaction / Review for True Blood Season 2 Episode 9 ''I Will Rise Up''. Episode 8 was good and I gave it a rating of 9/10. Let's see if this one is better or worse. Eric made Sookie drink his blood so now they are connected, that's not good. Hoyt's mom is so annoying, she wont let Hoyt just be happy. Sookie can already feel Eric's influence, that's really bad. I really hope that Eric wont be the reason for Bill and Sookie to break up. Hoyt's mom meeting Jessica was a disaster. Seems like Lafayette and Tara's mom know that there is something wrong with Maryann. Maryann's obsession with Sam is out of control. Godric wants to die? That sucks, also I feel bad for Eric. Goodbye Godric. My rating is 9/10.

Luke really blows his cool

[skay_baltimore · 9/10 · 23 August 2010]

Well...Luke showed what he was really made of on the inside. He blew himself -- along with some other folks at Godric's lair -- to kingdom come.

Eric tricked Sookie into sucking some silver bullets -- along with his blood -- out of his chest. Bill announces: "Eric was in no danger". Sookie responds to Eric: "You big lying a-hole". Snappy dialog right there. Eric looks pleased with himself. Later, Bill explains to Sookie that not only will Eric know where Sookie is and what she's feeling, but that Sookie will feel an attraction -- sexual -- towards Eric, now that she's sucked his blood. For it only takes a drop or two. Sookie is not pleased.

Vampires sure do seem to have a lot of money. I guess it's because they've been around so long, because it sure isn't because they work or anything.

Maryann discusses the nature of ecstatics throughout history with Tara and Eggs. Tara's response: "...oh".

Sookie and Jason share a tender moment -- realizing they're the only remaining members of their family. They vow to do better and be the adults their departed family members would be proud of.

Steve and Sarah seem to have a bit of an interpersonal meltdown on TV. Sarah to the camera, about Steve: "If he's not the center of attention he just...flips out". Steve to Sarah: "You need to read you some St. Paul, missy". Sarah to Steve: "I hate your hair".

Arlene to Lafayette (about Daphne's death): "She was clumsy, stupid, and mean...but I wouldn't wish that kind of death on a possum". (Jerry Springer meets Petticoat Junction)

Hoyt confronts his overbearing mother over her hatred for many things. You GO, Hoyt!!

Sookie's dream sequence...she's in bed with Eric...she gives one of her reasons for not wanting to be a vampire: "I don't feel right without a tan". (Okay...now THAT'S funny!)

And poor sheriff Dearborne...seems like he and Kenya have arrested just about everybody in Bon Temps.

Oh...to be a fly on the wall...(good thing Sam is an adept shapeshifter...he was able to shift into a fly and get out of jail free...now he's on the table at Sookie's, watching Maryann, Tara, and Eggs.)

And speaking of Maryann, Tara, and Eggs...Lafayette and Tara's mother come and take Tara out of the house, but not before her eyes go all black.

Maryann seeks vengeance...she has the whole town under her spell...SHE WANTS SAM MERLOTTE...meanwhile, Sam buzzes off to where Andy is staying. Andy doesn't seem too concerned that Sam arrives at his door buck naked. Andy might be headed for a fall. Or an enlightenment. Or a change of lifestyle. It's hard to tell at this point.

The whole point of Godric's more reasonable stance than most of the other vampires is undermined by the fact that he himself acknowledges that he no longer thinks like a vampire. And his desire to commit suicide (or whatever the vampire equivalent would be) further indicates that he no longer desires the vampire life. He tells Eric that it's a totally unnatural existence: "Our existence is insanity. We don't belong here...It's not right; we're not right". In the end...he made his peace. He sees the sunrise...and bursts into flames.

An explosive episode!

[Tweekums · 8/10 · 12 November 2010]

When the previous episode ended with Luke entering the vampires' lair wearing a suicide bomber's vest I was sure somebody would stop him; I was wrong. A couple of minutes in to the episode he detonates his bomb killing himself as well as several vampires and their human companions. Sookie survived because Eric shielded her from the blast, he however was wounded and asked her to suck the silver shrapnel out before it is too late. When Bill returns she learns that Eric had tricked her; he was in no danger and because she swallowed his blood he will affect her. Back in Bon Temps Sam is still in jail but escapes shortly before Maryann can get to him. Things are looking good for new vampire Jessica even though boy friend Hoyt's mother will never approve of her.

This episode opened with a nice surprise, I was positive Luke would be stopped so jumped somewhat when an explosion ripped through the house. Sam's method of escape was rather fun; I didn't know he could shape-shift into something as small as a fly! It will be interesting to see how things go between Sookie and Eric from now on; I'm sure it will be more than the one erotic dream she had this week. The ending, which I won't spoil, also came as quite a surprise.

Trick, Prejudice and Termination

[claudio_carvalho · 7/10 · 1 November 2009]

Luke blows up the house and guests with the bomb, killing vampires and humans. Eric uses his body to protect Sookie, and lures her telling that he is dying. She sucks the silver pieces with his blood from his body and now he is connected to her. Godric assumes the blame and loses his position of Sheriff due to the incident. Tara and Eggs realizes that they have successive blackouts and Maryann plays with them. Hoyt tells his mother that he is in love with a vampire and schedules a meeting with Jessica and him at Merlotte's. Maryann possesses Bud trying to catch Sam to complete the sacrifice, but he escapes from his cell. Maryann goes to the Merlotte's and controls the minds of clients, asking them to find him. Lafayette and Lettie Mae go to Sookie's house to bring Tara back home. Godric decides to terminate his existence.

In this episode, Eric tricks Sookie and she sucks his blood. Hoyt's mother prejudice and intolerance forces his son to leave her. Tara's mother resists to the temptation of Maryann and rescues her daughter from the evil being. But the great surprise is the self-sacrifice of Godric that decides to end his existence witnessed by Sookie. My vote is seven.

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