(PURRING)
(WHIMPERING)
(GRUNTS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(GASPS) Sookie. It's me.
Sookie. Sookie, it's me.
Bill... You hurt?
Come here.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
(DOOR CREAKING)
Get your fucking hands off me.
What are you doing here?
I was making sure Sookie got home safe. The door was open.
What are you doing here?
Bill, it's okay. Let him go.
Sookie?
What happened?
MAN 1: Did you get any prints off that girl?
MAN 2: Nothing clean.
We got a partial one on the sink, though.
SAM: Hey.
Why don't you go upstairs and lie down.
They're gonna be in there a while.
As soon as we find anything out, I'll let you know.
Oh, shit, I got blood on my boots. So much blood.
Adele was a good person.
Pull it together. Do your job.
No wonder they don't respect you.
Cut her up real good, must be thirty stabs.
Throat's wide open.
Holy hell, we've got ourselves a serial killer.
Took Gran and the grandkids to the lake...
Poor woman, stuck raising those bat-shit crazy Stackhouse kids
didn't deserve this.
I knew ever since...
SAM: Sookie?
Maybe I could...
use a little air.
I should never have left you alone.
I lost my temper and I shouldn't have.
Do you think you could apologize to me some other time?
I just...
Whatever you need, anything I can do, you know I'm right here.
I know.
Thank you.
How would you make it better?
I'm the one so sorry... Soft, soft skin...
I said another time, Sam.
Okay.
What happened to Bill?
I'll go get him.
Thank you.
She's asking for you.
There something you wanna say to me?
I want you to stay away from her.
You know, Sookie doesn't take kindly
to people making decisions for her.
You don't need to tell me who Sookie is.
I know who she is.
I've known a long time.
Well, then you'll also know that this is neither
the time nor the place
for you to mark your territory.
There's a woman lying dead downstairs.
She wouldn't be there if it weren't for you.
Anything happens to Sookie, I promise
I'll be sharpening a stake with your name on it.
Looks like she put up a hell of a fight.
See those defensive cuts on her hands?
Straight to the bone.
Oh. Hardcore.
Psycho son of a bitch,
going after an old lady that way.
Just about the sickest thing I ever seen.
No.
I've seen worse.
There was a murder about six years ago. Lady snapped.
Blew her husband's head off while he was watching the game.
Big chunks of brain all over the TV.
Why'd she do it?
I guess she wanted to watch something else.
How the hell would I know, Andy?
People don't murder because they're right in the head.
I told you we never should have released Jason Stackhouse.
Come on, this is his grandma we're talking about.
You think that little pervert ain't capable?
Well, Adele did bring the fanger into a church.
Sure that ruffled more than a few feathers.
If he didn't do it himself...
But Vampire Bill said... Vampire Bill?
You on a first-name basis with that bloodsucker now?
These things are crafty.
They've been killing long enough to know
how to cover their tracks. Am I interrupting?
Whoa, Mr. Compton, this is an official crime scene.
You can't be in here. It's all right, Andy.
I suspect Vampire Bill's been around
a dead body or two before.
Isn't that right, sir?
Friend of yours, wasn't she?
Yes. I suppose she was.
We got a couple more questions for you. You mind?
No. Not at all.
Sookie tells us you were here when she found the body.
Is that right?
I arrived a few moments after.
Kind of late to be making house calls.
Oh, right. I guess you don't sleep, huh?
They sleep. Just not at night.
So you make a habit of visiting Miss Stackhouse
in the middle of the night?
We had certain personal matters to discuss.
After you left my home,
I was waiting for her to return from her engagement.
When I heard a car in the drive, I came across the cemetery.
You're saying you heard a car coming from across the cemetery?
Heightened senses are a common side effect of our condition.
But you didn't see or hear any other vehicles
coming from the house?
Something like a truck, maybe? No.
A lot of folks wouldn't be too keen
on a vampire moving in next door, but Adele Stackhouse,
she welcomed you with open arms, didn't she?
She was very gracious, yes.
So...
Maudette Pickens, Dawn Green, Adele Stackhouse,
they were all very gracious to your, uh, people.
That's just about the one thing they had in common.
Now, is that one hell of a plus-sized coincidence or what?
I don't believe so, no.
Excuse me?
I suspect whoever did this is targeting women
who associate with vampires.
You can't be serious.
Adele Stackhouse and a vamp?
Oh, I don't think Sookie's grandmother
was the intended victim.
I should probably call Jason.
Well, I could do it if you like.
Thank you.
(SNORING)
(RINGTONE PLAYING, VIBRATING)
JASON: This is Stackhouse,
you know what to do.
FEMALE VOICE: To leave a voice message...
Bill, what's going on?
They're about to move your grandmother.
Sookie, you might wanna go sleep at a friend's,
someplace less isolated.
I'm not going anywhere.
Sookie perhaps the detective... No, this is my house.
I'm staying right here. MAN: Turn her there. All right.
Coming through.
God, I hope she didn't recognize me
at that vampire bar.
I looked different, and she was fangbanging...
It's dumb luck you're not in that bag right now,
screwing that vampire.
You could be next.
I'm truly sorry about your grandmother.
Are y'all done in there? Because I'd like to clean up.
If that's all right.
All right, then.
You call us at the first sign of anything.
Keep an eye on her. I will.
They are right. You should not stay here.
SAM: I agree.
Meet me at my trailer, I'll sleep at the bar.
I'm as safe here as anywhere.
Besides, I've got both of you to protect me, haven't I?
Sookie,
I have to go.
Of course.
It's almost dawn.
And I will come back. Later.
I can take it from here.
Don't worry about me.
Go.
Uh, there's an extra mop 'round back.
Would you mind getting it for me? Sookie.
Gran took a lot of pride in her home.
She wouldn't want anyone to see it like this.
Oh, hey, that looks great. Why don't... Why don't you
put it in the kitchen. It is so sad.
(CHATTER)
WOMAN 1: Well, I heard she hasn't cried a single tear.
WOMAN 2: Well, you know she's been going around with that vampire.
WOMAN 1: Mm-hm.
Oh, uh, Mrs. Fortenberry,
you shouldn't have.
You poor child.
I am so sorry for your loss.
That's very kind of you.
Um, Gran often talked about you, so...
Thank you.
Yeah, because nothing says I'm sorry
like a tuna-cheese casserole.
Another one?
Have you seen Jason? Is he here yet?
How the hell should I know? I ain't his keeper.
Bitch.
Adele was just an angel sent from heaven.
Too good for this world.
We're all gonna miss her so much.
I heard they almost cut off her head.
I don't see any blood. I should've gotten here sooner.
Maybe I should have brought my red velvet cake instead.
Excuse me.
Oh, Sookie. I just can't believe it.
Are you all right?
I'm fine, Arlene. Thanks for coming.
Of course. It's the least I could do.
Oh, you poor thing.
I can't imagine what you're going through.
Now, if you need help with moving
or anything at all...
I-I-I'm not moving, I'm not moving.
But, honey.
With it happening right here...
I have more good memories of this kitchen than bad ones.
Oh, what a good way to look at it.
You know, you really are smarter
than anyone gives you credit for.
Oh, sweetie. I didn't mean it like that.
Maxine Fortenberry,
you put that pie down right now!
WOMAN: Come here. She's losing it.
This is Gran's pie!
Well, I'm sorry. I was just making some room.
WOMAN: The girl is crazy as a bedbug.
MAN: We all know you killed your grandmother.
MAXINE: After I spent all morning making this casserole.
MAN: Would even show her face...
Would y'all excuse us?
I need Sookie upstairs.
Just give us a little girl time.
Come on, Lafayette.
(SIGHS): Ooh.
SOOKIE: I shouldn't have lost it like that.
Don't you be sorry for yelling at that snoopy old bitch.
She's been sticking her nose where it don't belong for years.
Said. I mean, if she talked any more shit,
she'd be shaped like a toilet.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
I'm sorry.
Gran's gone.
She's really gone.
Yeah, she is.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do.
Can't even think straight.
Well, of course you can't.
How can you with all these circling buzzards?
Mm-hm.
You know, you're not their entertainment.
You don't have to dance for 'em.
You just gotta feel whatever you're feeling.
I'm not sure I'm...
feeling anything.
I'm just numb.
Numb is good. LAFAYETTE: Yeah.
Numb is probably exactly what you need right now.
LAFAYETTE: Mm-hm.
Stop worrying about being so damn appropriate.
This is not an appropriate event.
Thank you for getting me out of there.
I haven't had a single minute of silence.
Can't seem to block anything out right now.
You want me to tell 'em to shut the hell up?
I wish it were that easy.
It is.
Your wish is my command.
Oh, no. I-I don't do drugs.
Sook. Relax.
This is not drugs.
This is just a Valium.
Well, I'll tell you what. Put it on your nightstand
just in case you change your mind.
I'm gonna go and check on the circling buzzards.
Lafayette? Yes, ma'am.
Would you mind
taking this downstairs for me?
I will guard it with my life.
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(TIRES SQUEALING)
Holy shit. This ain't no good.
Yeah, I know. I know. I'm late.
My alarm broke and I couldn't find my phone.
MAN: Jason. Jason. Yeah?
Wha... What you doing here?
My job.
Oh.
Fuck.
He don't know, him.
Man, I am so sorry.
About what?
You want me to call anyone? Your cousin Hadley?
No one's heard from her in over a year.
Since she ran away from that rehab Gran paid for.
I don't even know how to get hold of her.
What about Bill? You gonna invite him?
Tara, he can't go.
Oh. Right.
It's not like you've known a lot of vampires.
Kind of takes getting used to.
I'm not sure I'll ever get used to it.
What? So not everyone is as open-minded as you.
Shoot me.
You should hear the things people are saying.
I do.
Bill did not kill my grandmother.
Don't you get all mad at me.
Nobody is blaming Bill.
Exactly.
Didn't you tell me he has some scary-ass friends?
Not all vampires are like that.
I'd fucking lose it if anything happened to you.
You know that, right?
Tara, last night was so horrible.
I don't know how I would've gotten through it
if it weren't for Bill.
When I'm around him...
I don't know how to explain it exactly, but...
It's like I almost feel normal.
(CHATTER)
Jason.
What the fuck? It's your fault.
Gran is dead 'cause of you. It should have been you!
Bitch, don't you lay a hand on her.
She's screwing a vampire, Tara.
A fucking vampire!
Yeah, well, that vampire was there for her
when you weren't.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself!
Is that how your grandma raised you?
To beat on your own sister?
Look at you.
I don't even recognize you anymore.
Get the hell out of here.
Get out! Get out!
You okay?
Stackhouse? I need to ask you a few questions.
Not now, Andy.
Where were you last night? I don't know.
I was with a girl. Tara Thornton?
What? No.
Yeah. I didn't think so. What's this one's name?
I don't remember her name. Okay?
Uh, I got her number.
I don't know what I did with it, though.
Well, ain't that convenient.
What the hell is that supposed to mean, Andy?
It's Detective Bellefleur.
And what the fuck do you think it means?
Are you saying I killed my grandmother?
(CAR ALARM BEEPING)
You is a stupid bitch, Jason Stackhouse.
Jason Stackhouse tossed Andy Bellefleur
like he was nothing but a rag doll.
Rene makes me watch that Friday Night Smackdown with him.
Those men are built thicker than walls,
but I ain't never seen one of 'em do that.
Well, you know, Jason, he work out a lot.
He real strong.
Mm-hm.
All right, everybody. Sookie needs her rest.
It's time for y'all to go now.
What the hell are you all staring at? You heard me.
The sideshow's over. Now, get.
Let's go. Let's go.
We appreciate y'all coming out, we love y'all.
Come on, let's go. Let's go. Thank you.
That means you too, Sam.
Look, I get it.
But right now, she needs to be alone.
All right. Well, if there's anything I can do, you call me.
You're a good friend.
Now, get the fuck out of here.
Please.
All right.
Don't make me throw y'all out myself, 'cause you know I will.
I heard you, Tara.
LAFAYETTE: What the fuck is it
with white people and Jell-O?
I don't understand.
What the hell are we gonna do with all this?
Toss it.
Sookie don't need no bad-juju cooking.
Bad juju?
A way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
That shit true as gold.
You put some love in your food and folk can taste it.
Smell this. You can smell the...
The fear and nastiness coming off that cornbread.
Taste just fine to me.
See, bitch, you gonna wish you ain't did that.
Watch.
(DOOR CREAKING, FLOOR CREAKING)
(GASPING, CHOKING)
Bill...
(GASPS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(YELLS)
Maybe I should go check on Sookie.
Trust me.
That child is dead to the world right now.
What the fuck?
Sookie! Sookie!
What the hell are you doing?
Sookie! Sookie! Sookie!
Sookie! Sookie, S...
Bill, what's wrong?
I thought...
I had a dream. That's all.
You go back to sleep. But I...
You don't worry.
I'm not going anywhere.
Go on.
Do you think they're capable of loving a person?
Who knows what they're capable of?
(WOMAN SINGING)
(CONTINUES SINGING)
(SOBBING)
Lord, we gather here today
to remember the life of Adele Stackhouse.
To celebrate the time that she enjoyed here on Earth.
And to thank you for each precious moment...
Ow. Sookie, my hand.
Sorry. Sorry.
MINISTER: family, friends.
But even as we grieve, we shall be comforted
knowing that she is at peace in the Lord's kingdom.
And there shall be no more death...
Uncle Bartlett, what are you doing here?
She was my sister.
You haven't been part of this family in a long time.
JASON: Sook, come on.
Give the guy a break.
MINISTER: Sookie Stackhouse
has prepared a few words.
Honey, you wanted to say a few words?
S-Sookie, are you okay?
Adele Stackhouse was...
everything to me.
She wasn't just my grandmother,
she was my parent,
my teacher,
and my best friend.
Oh, please. If it weren't for you, she'd still be alive.
A good girl. Guess you never know.
How dare you show your face.
Shame on you for even showing up here.
To say she'll be missed
just doesn't cut it 'cause...
I can't even imagine a world
without her in it.
She was always there
with a kind word,
and a hot meal,
and a shoulder to cry on.
Not just for me,
but for everyone who knew her.
Never meant to hurt no one. I couldn't help...
Pathetic thing.
Can't pretend she's normal. As nuts as nuts can be.
With your grandmother's killer. Dead because of...
Shut up!
All of you, just shut the fuck up!
Look at her, cursing...
This whole world's just plain crazy...
(VOICES TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
It's shameful. Adele would be rolling in her grave.
Well...
(CLEARS THROAT)
Is there anyone else
who'd care to share a few words?
I've got something to say.
LAFAYETTE: What is she doing?
No, Mama.
Oh, my fucking God, girl.
This is about to get ugly.
I didn't know Ms. Stackhouse
like a lot of you did.
But the few times I did meet her,
she was nothing but kind to me.
She was a good,
God-fearing woman.
And when I was going through some bad things,
my daughter would go stay with her.
And I always knew she'd be just fine.
Adele Stackhouse took care of my baby when I couldn't.
And I'll always be grateful for that.
JASON: Sookie.
Sookie, just hold up a sec.
Why? So you can hit me again?
Go ahead, tell me how it's all my fault,
tell me how you wish it were me in that coffin.
I deserve it.
I'm sorry.
(PANTING)
I'm so sorry.
Don't touch me.
Well, I didn't mean to hurt you.
You gotta know that.
You invited Uncle Bartlett.
How could you do that?
Well, he has a right to be here.
Look, I know he and Gran had their problems,
but whatever they were, it don't matter no more,
because that's what family does.
We forgive each other.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
Sookie, please.
I mean, we're all we've got.
We've got nothing.
(WHISPERS): Hey.
I was moved. Very moved.
You know, you should come to our next
Descendants of the Glorious Dead meeting.
That some kind of support group thing?
I went to one of those AA meetings once;
it was nothing but a cult.
Hi, baby.
This is my precious daughter Tara.
We've met, like, a hundred times too many.
Excuse us.
What the hell are you doing? Talking to that nice lady.
Let go of my arm, you're hurting me.
Oh, I'm hurting you?
That's funny.
'Cause the last time I saw you,
you were beating my head in with a bottle.
Oh, sweet Jesus.
You poor child.
I am so sorry.
You had no right to speak for that woman.
She was more of a mother to me than you ever were.
She took care of me.
She fed me,
she put clothes on me.
She called social services on you twice.
You hated her guts.
No.
I didn't... Yes, you did.
You used to call her a white-devil bitch.
No, Tara.
That wasn't me.
That wasn't me that said those things.
You were too drunk to remember.
Don't mean it never happened.
Please, baby, just listen.
All those terrible things I did to you,
it wasn't me who did them.
I have a demon inside of me.
What?
A demon.
Living and breathing inside me.
Eating me up.
(LAUGHS)
Don't you laugh at the devil, Tara Mae,
because he's as serious as cancer.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, you have a demon inside you?
Oh, fuck me. That's too good.
(LAUGHING) It ain't funny.
You have no idea what I go through,
wrestling with this demon.
I try and do right.
I try so hard,
but it breaks me down.
It poisons everything.
I wanna be the mama you deserve.
I can make up for everything.
I can. It's not too late.
But I can't do this alone.
Do what?
I gotta get it out of me.
And it's very expensive.
And that's why you came to this woman's funeral?
Because you want money?
I had nowhere else to go.
Tara. Tara, please.
Don't walk away from me.
I am still your mama.
I need you.
You're all I got.
(CRYING)
I'm so sorry.
(HEART POUNDING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
WOMAN (ECHOING): Adele was a saint.
Sorry for your loss.
We're not done, Stackhouse.
What?
Oh, fuck.
(HEART POUNDING)
(PANTING)
Ffffffuck!
Fuck!
Oh, shit.
(GROANS)
Fuck!
Hey.
I was looking for you.
Well, you found me.
I liked your speech.
What I heard of it, anyway.
I especially liked the part where you
told the whole town to shut the fuck up.
Yeah, I'm a real crowd pleaser.
Hey, I'll walk you home.
So how about you take a bath
and I'll find us some stupid movie on TV,
something with aliens.
Romantic comedy, then?
Sam, not now.
I just...
I need to be alone.
Thanks.
(SIGHS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
She said she wants to be alone.
Well, I don't.
Me either.
(SNIFFLES)
(SOBBING)
I won't ever give you another goddamn chicken.
Hi. Hey, Roger.
(MAN AND WOMAN YELLING)
WOMAN: Oh, don't you lie to me,
you no-good piece of shit.
I'll fucking kill you.
Don't worry, she says that all the time.
WOMAN: Oh, get the hell out of here!
(LAUGHS): Come on, you gotta admit,
it has a certain charm.
You live here?
Uh-huh.
You want a beer?
They're warm.
Yeah. Sure.
Is this really where you live?
(SIGHS)
Yes, Sam.
This is really where I live.
You trying to make me feel bad?
No. No.
It's just...
I thought you were staying with Lafayette.
I was.
Do you know he has a webcam in his bathroom?
No way I'm letting a bunch of perverts watch me pee.
(LAUGHS)
You should have told me you needed somewhere to stay.
Why?
So you can ride up on your white horse and save me?
Why do you do that?
Do what?
Try and turn everything into a fight.
I mean, why is it so hard
to just let someone be nice to you?
I don't know, Sam.
You think maybe I have bad self-esteem?
Maybe it's the only way I know how
to express my real feelings.
I should go.
Would you relax? I was only teasing.
Maybe I'm sick of being teased.
Stay.
Please. What for?
Because I want you to.
Well, I don't wanna play games.
I don't want no strings.
I just...
I want something real in my life.
And you think I don't?
If we do this,
we really did this.
(TARA GASPS)
Holy shit.
I'll take that as a compliment.
I guess I really needed that.
Me too. Let's do it again.
WOMAN: Knew you'd come back.
MAN: I had to, baby, I'm sorry.
I love you.
WOMAN: I love you too. I need you.
I need you so fucking much.
You're all I've got.
I guess they made up.
Yeah.
Listen, I gotta go.
Whoa, what?
It's the middle of the night.
Tara, what just happened? Did I do something?
It's not about you.
I'm sorry.
I'll see you at work, okay?
WOMAN: This feels so good.
(MOANING)
Oh, God.
(MOANS)
I love you.
(PANTING)
I love you.
(CRYING)
(MOANING)
(FIRE CRACKLES)
(GASPS)
Is...?
Is something wrong?
Hi, Mom.
I knew you'd come.
(PANTING)
Do it.
I want you to.
(GROANS)
(SLURPING AND SUCKING)