Watched the first episode of Season 2, and I was very surprised that it picked up immediately where Season 2 left off. Pretty cool and unexpected! A good episode, some of the lighter moments with Jessica were nice, and the juxtaposition of Eric getting highlights and then killing the redneck dude was cool.
I started reading Dead Until Dark, and it seems, so far, that the first episode of True Blood pretty much follows the book scene for scene. The only thing in the episode that wasn't in the book was the opening scene where the two douches go into the gas station, and the guy behind the counter pretends to be a vamp. Good book so far, though I'm only like 25 pages in.