Seasons can't go on forever, and "Beyond Here Lies' Nothin'" sends True Blood out in style.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment
I can forgive my favorite shows when they have a bad episode or two. And I'll definitely have to forgive True Blood for this week's installment, "Frenzy." It's pretty much a disaster.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment
What can I say? I wasn't feeling it tonight. "I Will Rise Up" has a few Sucker Punches, but it mostly functions as a placeholder.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.09.2009 | Entertainment
Iximng ti pu. See what I did there? I took the phrase "mixing it up," and I mixed it up. That's because True Blood episode 2.8, "Timebomb," mixes up the meaning of two central metaphors. (I know, right? I'm so clever!)
Mark Blankenship | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment
Are you serious, True Blood? Are you really going to spring Godric on me in the last moment of Episode 7 ("Release Me") and then cut to the credits? D
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment
There are so many sucker-punchy scenes in this installment that I could get carpal tunnel syndrome writing about them all.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.20.2009 | Entertainment
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.
New York Times | BILL CARTER | Posted 08.13.2009 | Media
The slump at HBO is apparently over. In "True Blood," the pay cable giant has its first hit since "Rome," and the numbers indicate it may be the bigg...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 08.12.2009 | Entertainment
Almost all the characters are weakened in some way, which creates a queasily exciting energy: We can sense a bomb's about to drop, but we can't quite tell where it's going to fall.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment
Welcome to Sucker Punch, the only blog post that ranks the gaudiest moments on this week's episode of True Blood.
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.22.2009 | Entertainment
And now back to the important question: When does "Keep This Party Going" go the furthest over the top?
Mark Blankenship | Posted 07.15.2009 | Entertainment
The series, created by Six Feet Under and American Beauty's Alan Ball, pulses with such reckless, lusty energy that I cannot wait for each new episode.
FOXNews | Roger Friedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment
"Nothing Is Private" is written and directed by Alan Ball, the man behind "Six Feet Under" and "American Beauty." But it's caused outrage here for its...
Mark Blankenship | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment