Yeah. It was better than I thought it might be, but they're really carrying around too many stories at once. Who cares about Terry & Arlene or the Sheriff when we're sitting on a year's worth of cliffhangers?
Jason's still stupid, Jessica's still a brat, only a more confident one.
I think the Tara-as-vamp story doesn't make a whole lot of sense (I haven't read the books). Sookie and Lafayette were contradicting themselves right and left about whether or not it was right to do it. Would they have thought of this idea for any other loved one? Just turn them vamp so they can still have them around? I don't think these people would consider that an option. If this happened in the books, then I'd call it a bad story turn there too. (Of course I will be corrected because OMG IT WAS SO GREAT IN THE BOOK etc.)
They're really going to be splitting up each episode between Sookie's life, and Bill & Eric's Excellent Adventure? For how long? But I guess if Russell is really after Sookie, they'll all meet up soon enough.
I'm still watching.