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TRUE BLOOD RECAP 6: HOPELESS

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Tonight’s meh "True Blood" was proof double-O positive of the Law of Fives. Seriously, if physicists applied themselves, I trust they’d find the Law of Fives almost as immutable as the Law of Gravity, and not nearly as funny.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • July 16, 2012 8:29 AM
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TRUE BLOOD RECAP 4: WE'LL MEET AGAIN

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Alan Ball’s a believer. Now on his last season as the major domo of "True Blood," he continues to see no reason at all why Big Themes and literary stuff can’t coexist with camp, bodice ripper romance, Hammer gore camp and a Ken-Russell-esque free-for-all approach to fantastic filmmaking.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • July 2, 2012 12:37 AM
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More: Ian Grey, True Blood, HBO , TV Reviews, Television, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Meloni, Alexander Skarsgård

TRUE BLOOD RECAP 3: WHATEVER I AM, YOU MADE ME

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This week’s "True Blood" suffered a bit from "Game of Thrones" syndrome—too many people, parts and ideas for all of them to properly register—but boy howdy were they mostly fine, fun and full of portent of freaky things to com
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 24, 2012 9:55 PM
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TRUE BLOOD RECAP 2: AUTHORITY ALWAYS WINS

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You know the endlessly self-amused Nazi Christoph Waltz played in "Inglourious Basterds"? Well, someone over at "True Blood" casting found a prim-o Waltz-alike in the actor Christopher Heyerdahl.
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  • By Ian Grey
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  • June 17, 2012 9:55 PM
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