12. Beyond Here Lies Nothin'

Complete story — includes the ending

Taking Sookie captive, Maryann decides to appoint Sookie as the "Maid of Honor" at her sacrificial ritual. Jason and Andy try to advance on the crowd with their weapons, but become entranced themselves. Eric meets Sophie-Anne, revealing she ordered him to have Lafayette sell V again, and doesn't like that Bill knows what they're doing. Eric promises to deal with him. Bill finds Sam at Merlotte's and takes him to Maryann, against Sookie's objections. Eggs stabs Sam, offering his blood to Maryann. Sam survives, and tells Sookie to destroy all of Maryann's ritual offerings. Maryann pursues Sookie, but is stopped by a bull, believing it to be a manifestation of Dionysis. The bull gores Maryann's chest, and is revealed to be a transformed Sam, who rips Maryann's heart out. Bill gives Sam his blood to heal. Hoyt learns his mother wasn't lying about his father's suicide, and leaves her. Jessica leaves to apologize to Hoyt, but ends up feeding on a truck driver at a gas station. Sam visits his adopted parents asking to know who his biological parents were, despite his mother's warnings that they were bad people. Eggs, disturbed by his blackouts, has Sookie uncover his memories, revealing he killed Miss Jeanette and Daphne. Distraught, Eggs holds Andy at knife-point to get arrested; Jason witnesses this, and mistakenly shoots Eggs; Tara witnesses this and breaks down in tears. Bill takes Sookie to a French restaurant and proposes to her. Sookie is overwhelmed and excuses herself to the bathroom; after a moment, she decides she wants to marry Bill. However, Bill is abducted while Sookie's out. When she returns, she finds the place in disarray.