6. Cold Ground

Complete story — includes the ending

Sam and Bill watch over Sookie, who refuses to leave the house she and her grandmother shared. As coroner Mike Spencer has Adele's body removed, Sookie scrubs up Adele's blood. Andy and Bud discuss the case; Andy regrets releasing Jason Stackhouse, Bud doubts Jason could murder his own grandmother. The next day, Sookie holds a wake for Adele in the house, which is full of nosy townspeople. Sookie loses it when Maxine Fortenberry attempts to make room in the fridge by moving the last pie Adele made before she was killed. Tara and Lafayette take Sookie upstairs and Sookie confesses that she doesn't think she is feeling anything at all. Jason, oblivious to his grandmother's death, learns the news at work, and races to the wake. Jason smacks Sookie, blaming her for the death, but is forced out by Tara. Andy confronts Jason, practically accusing him of murdering Adele, and Jason shoves Andy down as though he weighed nothing. At Adele's funeral, Jason invites their estranged uncle Bartlett, aggravating Sookie; Lettie Mae makes a speech about a woman she barely knew; Jason struggles with his V-juice addiction and Sookie lashes out when she cannot block out the townspeople's thoughts. After the funeral, Lettie Mae tells Tara that she's possessed by a demon, forcing her to drink and needs money for an exorcism; after sleeping with Sam, Tara becomes conflicted about her mother's problem. Sookie returns home, eating her grandmother's last pie, sobbing over every bite. Sookie goes to Bill's house, where he takes her virginity and she tells him to drink her blood.