EPISODE

7. In the Beginning

Salome reveals her true allegiances while Bill and Eric get a powerful taste of sacred blood. A revelation at Hot Wings causes Sookie to wonder what her life would be like without faerie powers. Meanwhile, Sam sniffs out several shifter shooters; Hoyt finds camaraderie in a new group of friends; Alcide prepares for the worst in his face-off with J.D.; Andy attempts to reconnect with Bud; Lafayette finds an unlikely ally searching for Jesus' body in Mexico; Lettie Mae pays Tara a visit; and Arlene takes a sentimental journey as her concerns towards Terry deepen.

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Russell is soon subdued, and Salome reveals to everyone at Authority where her true allegiances lie, admitting she was the one who dug up Russell's grave after following Eric and Bill, and that Nora was her patsy to divert suspicion away from her. Meanwhile, Alcide prepares for a fight with J.D. for leadership of the pack, and rejects the idea of using V. At Fangtasia, Tara, now a dancer at the club, is visited by her estranged mother, Lettie Mae, who quickly disowns her for being a vampire. Hoyt finds a new group of friends, the vigilante "haters" hunting down non-humans. Elsewhere, Lafayette travels to Mexico to search for Jesus' body but ends up getting held hostage by Jesus' uncle. Bill, Eric, Nora, and The Chancellors, now under Salome's lead, drink the sacred blood of Lilith. In Bon Temps, Sookie considers life without fey powers: after discovering they are finite, she decides to drain them on the night sky. After a fight with Jessica over his parents, Jason runs towards the light in the sky emitted by Sookie. At the hospital, Sam locates one of the shooters after catching his scent. The head vampires, now on a blood-induced high, crash a private wedding party on Bourbon Street and feast on all of the humans present. Soon a naked hallucinatory Lilith appears, and seems pleased with the vampiric orgy. Godric then appears in a ghostly vision to Eric, telling him that he knows what he is doing is wrong, but since his sister does not he must save her.

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