True Blood Season 2 Episode 3

Hoyt: Hi.
Jessica: Hi.
Hoyt: Do you mind if I join you? Uh... I mean if you're alone.
Jessica: (she shrugs and gestures to the booth) I'm alone.
Hoyt: (sits down opposite her) Hi, I'm Hoyt.
Jessica: (watching his neck) Jessica.
Hoyt: Uh, so this might sound kind of funny, but I was just sitting there thinking how come you don't ever meet a nice girl, Hoyt? And then you just walked right in.
Jessica: And how do you know I'm a nice girl?
Hoyt: Coz of your smile, I guess. You can tell a lot about someone by the way they smile. Uh, you know I watch people all the time... (Jessica smiles and looks down flattered) You see that, that's beautiful. I could stare at that all day long.
Jessica: (Jessica's stops smiling and looks serious) Day? Yeah, right.
Hoyt: (looking a little offended) Did I say something wrong?
Jessica: No. Of course not.
Hoyt: Okay, okay good coz I don't wanna scare you away... would you like a drink or something? Uh, food? Um, you're hungry? (Jessica looks uncomfortable)

Arelene: I know, I know I'm late but Lisa decided to give Coby a nose piercing like she saw on America's Next Top Model and now he's got an infection.

(Bill strides in after waking up for the night. He gives Sookie a hug)
Bill: Are you still angry about our fight? Sookie none of that matters anymore.
Sookie: You're right. I'm alive and in one piece, (takes a breath and sounds angry) unlike my friend Lafayette who Eric chained up like an animal and left to bleed to death.
Bill: (looks confused What?
Sookie: You better not have known anything about this Bill Compton, because if you did I don't think I could ever forgive you.
Bill: I have no idea what you're talking about.
Eric: I imagine she's referring to the human in my basement. (both Sookie and Bill look around in surprise as Eric walks into the club) The human who traded sexual services with a vampire in order to sell his blood - which as you know is a grave offense.
Sookie: (walks around Bill) His name is Lafayette! And you ought to be ashamed of yourself for what you've done to him (pulls back her arm and slaps Eric - who allows it)
Bill: Sookie!
Eric: (looks down at her as she realizes what she just did) I'm glad you're feeling better. (he looks at the red Fangtasia T-shirt she's wearing) And may I add that colour suits you very well.
Sookie: Go to hell!
Bill: (he grabs her arm) Sookie, enough!
Sookie: Oh it's not nearly enough. They've tortured him and bitten him and shot him and kept him down there in his own filth for weeks!
Bill: Is this true?
Eric: There are others who would have done far worse and you know it. (Bill looks down)
Sookie: You're gonna let him go right now or I swear I'm going to the police.
Eric: (leans forward as if to strike, his fangs out. Sookie leans back in surprise but holds her ground) I do not respond well to threats. (stares into her eyes, and steps back) But perhaps we could come to some sort of arrangement. (smiles) Please. (he indicates for her to sit down)

Sookie: (Reading Ginger's mind) Lafayette? Why would Eric have Lafayette in the basement?
Ginger: I just work here. (Thinks about gun under the cash register, Sookie runs and gets it.)
Sookie: (Points it at Ginger who screams) Take me to him. Now!
Sookie: (walks down the stairs behind Ginger into the Dungeon) Oh my god. (runs to Lafayette) Lafayette. Lafayette.
Lafayette: Sook? Is that really you?
Sookie: What have they done to you?
Lafayette: Do I look like a vampire?
Sookie: (shaking her head) You look awful.
Lafayette: I feel fucking worse... I guess that means I ain't a vampire then. Which is good.
Sookie: (turns to Ginger) Uncuff him!
Ginger: I don't have that key! I swear!
Sookie: (turns back to Lafayette) I'm going to get you out of here. I promise.

Jason: Alright... but you ain't gonna like it. Pretty much goes against everything y'all been sayin.
Sarah Newlin: You're safe here.
Jason: I ain't a vampire victim. In fact they've never done nothing against me, my sister's dating one and from everything I can tell he seems to treat her pretty decent. Well except for the biting,(makes a face) but I think she likes that. (the group mutters) What?
Sarah Newlin: No please, go on.
Jason: (sighs) My girlfriend she staked a vampire right in front of me. His name was Eddie and he was gay... (trying to convince the group) but he was a real nice person.
Sarah Newlin: (patiently) He wasn't a person, Jason. A person wouldn't do that (points to scarred ex-fangbanger) Would they?
Jason: (sighs and thinks) Well, my gran and my girlfriend were killed by my best friend. Just coz he had a problem with vampires. (nods at Sarah) And he was a 'person'. (she sighs and accepts this without comment) Ah, look I'm only here because I thought god wanted me to be. (stands up) Thought maybe he had a purpose for me or some shit like that, (walks around the circle to the door) I'm beginning to see that was just wishful thinking.
Sarah Newlin: (calls after him) Look, Jason wait. (gets up) Becky, take over for a second. (follows Jason) Hey, Jason just talk to me.
Jason: There ain't nothing to talk about.
Sarah Newlin: You know the first time I laid eyes on you I knew there was something special about this one. I knew the lord had sent you to me , but it wasn't until today that I knew why.
Jason: Why?
Sarah Newlin: Because we are so much alike.
Jason: (Jason gives her a doubtful head tilt) Sarah...
Sarah Newlin: No, we want to see the best in others so badly that sometimes we overlook the worse.
Jason: Yeh...that kind of does sound like me.
Sarah Newlin: When the vampires came out of the coffin. (takes a breath) I went with my big sister Amber to march for their equal rights.
Jason: Really?
Sarah Newlin: Two months later Amber disappeared. Got hooked on V, I know they killed her. Got rid of her body in whatever way they do.
Jason: Well, I'm sorry.
Sarah Newlin: They stole my sister, Jason. The same way they stole your girlfriend and your grandmother, and I know you believe Eddie was your friend but think about it. If his kind never existed the people you love would still be alive.
Jason: (shakes his head) Your saying that if I hadn't been too messed up to protect them then they might still be here? (starts getting upset again, circling her.)
Sarah Newlin: You're just human. Vampires, everything they are down to their very blood is seductive.
Jason: God, god I should have done something. I could have saved Gran, Amy, all of them.
Sarah Newlin: I know how much it hurts, trust me. That's why if we can protect even one family from this kind of suffering, then all the love ones we've lost their deaths won't have been for nothing.
Jason: You know sometimes...I wish I was dead too.
Sarah Newlin: But you're not. God needs you. No, you don't have to carry this alone anymore. Give yourself to his light, let him carry this pain for you. Pray with me?
Jason: Okay. (They hold hands and kneel on the porch and pray)

(After he agrees to watch the bar while Sam's gone)
Terry: So you're just gonna cut and run?
Sam: I'm not running.
Terry: Uh huh, remind me never to get caught in a fox hole with you. (opens car door) Coward. (Drives away leaving Sam miffed)

Maryanne: Sam seems like a sensitive, wonderful guy, but...all my instincts scream unevolved.
Tara: (laughs) You're right, that man has way to many issues.
Maryanne: And they're not your problem. Unlike Carl you've done enough of taking care of people to last a lifetime.

(Bill finishes feeding Sookie. Eric turns to watch Pam and Chou walk through the door. Pam's pumps and leg are muddy and she has leaves in her hair.)
Pam: The area has been scanned.
Chou: The tracks were human but the smell was distinctly animal.
Eric: What kind?
Pam: A filthy one.
Chou: We didn't recognize it.
Eric: How intriguing. Well send an alert through the appropriate channels...find out what the neighbors know. (Pam sniffs haughtily and she and Chou begin to walk away) And Pam (waits til she has turned around) those were great pumps. (she gives him a dirty look and continues leaving, Chou and Eric smile. Eric turns back to Bill)
Bill: (reluctantly) I don't want to move her.
Eric: Of course not. I'll make sure she's taken care of.
Bill: I'm not leaving her.
Eric: Longshadow kept a coffin in back. He liked to feed before resting so it might be a bit messy. But you're welcome to it. (turns and starts walking away)
Bill: I want to thank you for your hospitality...and for saving Sookie's life.
Eric: (speaking over his shoulder) I'm sure there's a way she can repay me. (Gives Bill a look)

Dr Ludwig: You can give her blood now, her body should accept it.
Eric: (After looking at Sookie's back transfixed, speeds over to grab Bill and stop him biting his wrist.) My blood is stronger. Allow me.
Bill: Never.(Grabs a hold of Eric's hand on his arm, Eric let's go, laughs and moves back.) Sookie can you hear me? You must drink. (Bill bites his wrist and puts it to Sookie's mouth, she starts drinking)
Dr Ludwig: (On her way out, looks at Eric) I'll expect my payment by the end of the week.
Eric: (watches her go) It's always a pleasure doing business with you, Dr Ludwig.
Dr Ludwig: (From out of frame) Fuck off!
Bill: Clearly the pleasure is one-sided.
Eric: Eh she's no fan of the fang. But she tolerates us as our blood is of such great value to healers. (Sookie makes happy sounds and Eric studies her feeding off Bill) Careful, you'll overcook her.

Jason: Dear God: You gotta help me out coz I don't know what's right or wrong no more. Maybe I never did. Just... God please, please give me another sign. Coz I'm lost. I'm so f**king lost.
Luke: (Luke throws a pillow at him) There's your sign, now shut up. Some of us are trying to sleep in here.
Jason: (Hugs the Pillow and leans back and hits his head on the window still) Ow.

(Bill runs in as Sookie kicks and screams as Dr Ludwig pours something on her scratches)
Bill: What are you doing to her?
Dr Ludwig: (yells over Sookie screaming) Hold her down! Or let her die, your choice. (Bill holds her down)
Sookie: (yelling and crying) Stop. Stop. Stop.
(Dr Ludwig finishes pouring the steaming liquid and starts pocking and digging in Sookie's scratches as she screams in pain)

(Eric paces next to Bill as they wait on Dr Ludwig and Sookie)
Eric: The head of a bull...
Bill: That's what she said. It was dark, it all happened in seconds.
Eric: So you didn't see this bull-man?
Bill: No
Eric: And you gave her your blood?
Bill: It didn't work.
Eric: Hmm
Bill: You ever heard of anything like this?
Eric: Surprisingly no. (moves to sit behind his desk) Pam. Chou. I thought in over a thousand years I'd seen all there was to see. (Pam and Chou enter Eric's office, he addresses them.) Search the woods around highway 71.
Pam: (Pam nods at Chou) He can do it I'm wearing my favorite pumps.
Eric: (In Swedish) You heard what I said. (Pam sighs and leaves the room with Chou)
Eric: (talking to Bill about Pam) She is extremely lazy. But loyal. (sighs) How's yours? Jessica.
Bill: (practically spits his first answer answer, getting calmer as he goes.) Petulant. Dangerous. Afraid.
Eric: I am glad to see you two are bonding. Being a good maker is very rewarding.
Bill: (turns to go) I have to get back to Sookie.
Eric: Ah, relax. (Picks up a folder on his desk) Dr Ludwig treated one of Pam's humans when he was mauled by a werewolf...he lost an eye but otherwise he's fine. (Bill nods and then turns as Sookie lets out a shrill scream from the other room)

Dr Ludwig: I'm Dr Ludwig, what's your name? (Touches Sookie's wounds, Sookie cries out and Bill flinches)
Sookie: Sookie... S-Sookie Stackhouse. Am I dying?
Dr Ludwig: Yes. (threads needle)
Bill: (Bill watching on anxiously) No. She cannot die. You will save her.
Dr Ludwig: Back off vampire. Let me do my job.
Eric: (sitting on a chair observing) Forgive him. Bill is abnormally attached to this human.
Dr Ludwig: Well we don't have a lot of choices, she's been poisoned. You ever heard of Komodo dragons? Their mouths are teaming with bacteria, after one has bitten you it will track you for hours, days just waiting for the toxins to slowly eat away at your nervous system- til you're good and helpless. Then it will devour you alive.
Sookie: I-I was scratched by a dragon?
Dr Ludwig: No, but this poison is similar but way more efficient. I don't think I've seen it before but it's hard to tell without further testing and don't have that kind of time. (looks at the two vampires) Give us some privacy I need to remove her clothing. (Eric gets up and leaves)
Bill: (kneels down next to Sookie and puts a hand on her shoulder) I will be just outside. I am SO sorry.
Dr Ludwig: (Sookie coughs up some white goo) She's running out of time Mr.Compton. (Sookie gurgles and coughs. Bill leaves her side)

Sookie: (Walking through the woods she hears growling and turns slowly to see a strange horned silhouette in the moonlight.) What the......?

(Bill, Sookie and Jessica drive home after Jessica's disastrous visit with her family. Bill lectures Sookie after he's pulled over to the side of the road.)
Bill: That does not give you license to behave like a insolent child. She is a loaded gun Sookie, not a doll for you to dress up and play with. (Sookie gets out of the car) What are you doing?
Sookie: Walking! (Slams door)
Bill: (Gets out of car) Don't be ridiculous, Bon Temps is nearly 20 miles away.
Sookie: I'd rather walk all night then spend another second in that car with you! (Strides off into the forrest)

Bill: I remember when ladies clothing stores sold petticoats.
Sookie: That's so weird.
Bill: Actually I sort of miss my times. Clothes left something to the imagination and required a certain skill to get past.
Sookie: I think there's a Halloween store around here that sells them.
Bill: You're such a tease.

Sookie: What kind of doctor are you?
Dr. Ludwig: The healing kind.

Jessica: This is so embarrassing. I'd die if I wasn't already dead.

Eric: You surprise me. That's rare in a breather.
Sookie: You disgust me.
Eric: Perhaps I'll grow on you.
Sookie: I'd prefer cancer.