"I Will RIse Up"

It's been while since I wrote anything about True Blood. I really had no idea that it was going to get this good. I mean the first season was like a guilty pleasure but in my experience Alan Ball has never produced anything for mere entertainment. I have trusted him ever since "American Beauty" and after he did "Six Feet Under" for HBO I watched anything with his name on it. For me, "Six Feet Under" was the series to end all series. Until now, "True Blood" has merely been skirting the edge of depth, with sex and gore and violence, and no shortage of commentary on inequality, prejudice, and injustice. But this weekend's episode, "I will rise up" has raised the bar several feet.
I watched the last 15 minutes or so of it speechlessly. I wish I could post the last few minutes here but there is no way HBO would ever let youtube get a hold of that. And yet I do manage to watch it online every week illegally. Sometimes, it just feels better that way.