True Blood s04e12. "And When I Die". The finale definitely saved the season.

I complained throughout the season about the lack of consistency in the show in terms of characters acting and personalities in comparison to other seasons, and blamed the different directors most of the time.  Last night, for the first time in season four, I saw the kind of acting, directing, action, reaction, crescendo, and final cliffhanger(s)  that got me hook to True Blood years ago.Therefore, I must open with my most outstanding recognition to Scott Winant, the helmer that has shown why he is the second person that has directed more episodes (9) since the series began in 2008. Nevertheless, this has been so far the weakest and lamest season in my modest opinion, and it deserved, at least, a decent ending, as the one we had.
This season has left the door ajar for most of the fronts that were open. Only the case of Tommy, Sam's brother was completely closed with his lonely and minuscule funeral (check out Tommy's tombstone) topped with the presence of Hoyt's mom looking for a manly proximity to substitute his son and probably fulfill her imagination with something extra.

When I say the door was left ajar, I mean it in a positive sense,as the opposite to wide open, which sometimes annoys me, since it gets you lost instead of letting your imagination at work with only so much to speculate from.

Let's start with the witches since it has been the central focus of this season. Jesus lets go his evil spirit to save Lafayette, but I guess there is no good without evil, so poor Jesus had to die and become a mean dead man. Did you notice that the kindness of dead people in this episode was inversely proportional to theirs in life? Sooki's grandma is a cold old lady that barely pays attention to her granddaughter, and just-diseased Jesus doesn't give a damn about desperate guilty Lafayette. He only tells him cold and dry that they are going to be together since he is a medium. It sounded to me as if that's all Jesus wanted from Lafayette. Antonia Gavilan de Logroño is the nicest one, since she was kind of mean during the season. In any case, Marnie is gone to a better place(?), although I thought that if you were a spirit or ghost, you weren't really in any better place but lost in limbo, but I'm not going to be that picky. So, Eric and Bill are free of their biggest menace so far for Sooki to enjoy... oh, sorry, I was too fast in my logic. She dumps them both after giving them some of her precious blood. Now, they are not going to be just dumped miserable vampires, but horny-dumped miserable vampires. I bet these two are going to end up together by lack of anything better. Really, that blood must be something very special, because they don't even pay attention to Pam or Jessica, who are way more interesting characters in my opinion. Ok, in the case of Jessica it may be just the looks, I admit it, but I'm just giving my honest opinion.

In another front, Terry's veteran friend is the most disquieting new thread that the show is presenting for the new season. Russell Edgington's escape was just a matter of time, as well as Alcide's infatuation with Sooki entering the reign of stupidity. However, bringing back Rene to warn Arlene against a new Terry is a promise of good stuff coming up.
It seems obvious that the creators have realized that this season has not worked. The proof is that they are recurring to characters from more successful seasons to keep us all on tenterhooks until next season: Rene, Russell, and reverend Steve Newlin (as a vampire??). By the way, who dug up Russell? Was it rev. Newlin? Was it Nan before she encountered true death by the hands of king Bill together with his gay stormtroopers (as Eric called them)? We will find out soon next season I'm sure.

I have delayed too much this review, so I'm not going to make it any longer by touching every single part of the episode as much as I would like it. In order to put an end to the True Blood season in What? I thought that I should highlight the three best lines of the episode.
In third place I have selected one that it may not deserve the podium, but it caps off the scene where Nan and her "stormtroopers" die in a bath of blood provoked by the decapitation of the latter, and the heart stabbing of the former, which I thought it was a pretty good anticipation to Debbie's head blowing off as the end of it all for the season. Therefore, the bronze medal goes to... What a bitch! by Eric.

In second place, Jason's answer to Hoyt after telling that he had sex with Jessica. Hoyt asked him how? That's a weird question to ask man replies Jason but if you really wanna know...missionary, and then doggy, and her on top, I mean it's nothing too kinky!

I cannot skip a picture from the obvious consequence:

And the winner is... Pam's allusion to Sooki. Pam is too good of a character to be under Eric's command. I hope she gets back to him for how he treated her. In any case, the gold medal goes to... I'm so over Sooki and her precious fairy vagina, and her unbelievable stupid name... fuck Sooki!  (fuck Eric could have been as good or better, but Sooki is pretty good there too!)

Well, that's all for the fourth season. Have a good winter fang bang...lovers!