I like the show, but I do agree that they kind of forgot about the murder mystery for several episodes in the middle with little to no mention of the earlier murders, then BAM the second to last episode Sam and Sookie are hot on the trail.

They do tend to telegraph their big reveals though, which lessens the impact I think.  BEWARE SPLOIERS....

.....Sam going into the bar when the detective is trying to talk to him, then seconds later a dog runs out and over to Bill's to look after Sookie.  Also, the fax of Drew Marshall's pic at the end of the second to last episode.  I think by showing this at the end of a episode weakens the tension when he finally attacks Sookie.  I would have rather seen the fax in the final episode immediately followed by some interaction between him and Sookie.  Seeing it the week before left me with that 'yeah i no he's the killer, so get on with it' feel.

The way this last epsiode was edited you'd think Bill fed on LaFayette, but I agree Stephen here that's probably a red herring.  Though I don't think there's any chance that Bill fed off of his newly turned vamp girl.  There's a scene near the end where Eric and Pam dropped the annoying new vamp off at Bill's b/c she's too much of an annoyance.

Yo this show is pretty nice.  With each episode I liked it more, especially when they showed Sookie's boobies.  That was extra niceness.

I disagree that showing the killer at the end of the episode lessens the impact.  I lean towards the other way.  I was pumped and wanted to see the next episode right away instead of waiting a week for it.  Plus the fact that we know the killer but Sookie doesn't made the scene in the car/house much better imo.

What I hated about this episode is the fact that vampires can survive so damn long in the sunlight.  That's some bullshit right there.  Bill left his house, walked to the cementary, collapsed, waited while Sookie & the killer went at it, then had to wait for Sam to bury him and the dude never died!!!!!?  WTF?  How long do they have to be out to die? 

I also hated what happened to Lafayette.  He's a funny motherfraker. 

I want season 2 now damn it!!!!!

*******Spoilers for season 2**********

Lafayette is dead.    I'm really pissed about this shit.  He was one of my fave characters.

The lady that picked up Tara and knows Sam, is a new creature to be introduced in the show.  I believe she is a Maenad. They can control some animals, run around naked in the woods with pigs, like to drink, have sex, hang around bars, hate vampires.

I know this cause I'm currently half way through Book 2 Living Dead in Dallas.  Apparently HBO will base each season around a book.  The ending of Season1 is how Book 2 begins.

In response to Hanso's spoilers, so Spoilers here as well:

Wow, so Lafayette really is dead huh?  I thought he would've been turned into a Werewolf or one of the other different Were-creatures that supposedly come into the lime light later in the story.  I heard about Jason and his future Were-difficulty lol, but that was it. 

Anyway, I was wondering what Maryann was, and I don't mind reading spoilers before hand, so now I'm happy lol.  That does look interesting though.

Btw, since everyone else thought it was pretty simple to figure out; I guess I wasn't the only one that saw Rene as the killer early on in the series?  Shame, and here I thought I was clever :-(   ah well.

Great show though, and yes, a lot of hot, fine lookin titties on the show.  That never hurts.

I'll give that bitch from Mean Girls, Cloverfield, and Amy from the last season on True Blood credit*.  She had a nice ass body...something I never would've thought looking at her in the other two films.  That Dawn girl at the beginning of the season was pretty sweet too.

Spoilers, maybe.....

Awesome show, can't wait till next season! I hoping they don't kill off Lafayette even if he did die in the book. I haven't read any of the books yet but I do know he wasn't that big a character in them. Typically if a book I like is turned into a movie or show I loathe anything buy small changes, but this one I would let slide. Like hanso said, Lafayette is funny motherfracker. Besides he had a huge bag of percocets!

I agree about the extremely long amount of time that Bill was able to walk around and be in the sunlight.  Just too damn long.  However, they did set this up earlier in the season when Sookie had the breakfast with Bill dream where he burst into flames.  Sookie told him about her dream and Bill said it wouldn't happen exactly like that.  He then described basically what we saw on the last episode, though I still didn't think he could survive that long.

I love this show. It really sucks (pun intended) that we have to wait till summer 2009 for new episodes. Man I hope Lafayette is not dead, that is a great character. Make him a vampire, and have Jason following him around asking for V!

When did LaFayette end up in the detective's car?  Did I miss something?

Yea you missed something, you missed the end of the episode.  The detective was walking to his car with  Sookie &  Tara, when the back seat door of his car is opened a black foot with painted nails is opened, the girls scream end of episode.

The only black man who painted his toes in the show was Lafayette.

Oh yeah, I remember them screaming when he opened the door, but I didn't remember them showing what was in the car.

Firstly I would like to agree whole heartedly with Hanso.  Boobies.

Secondly, also really enjoyed the show.  And have been pulling my hair out looking for that Hamburger with Aids recipe.

Lastly, the final episode aired 4 days ago, I don't think Spoiler warnings are needed anymore.