missed opportunites

One great big huge missed opportunity was further development of the Sookie/ Eric romance. Even Buckner admitted that he was surprised there was so much romantic feeling still left between these two characters while filming Season 7. I don't think he was surprised at all. He was well aware that it was there and that it had not been developed or explorered nearly enough .he was also well aware that a considerable amount of the fan base wanted to see it developed. He simply chose to go with the much less compelling and defuct Bill / Spokie romance instead .

Another missed opportunity was a full on take on Billith trying to achieve the nihilistic goals of Lilith. Billith was as powerful or most likely more powerful than Warow ( he could make the earth shake,after all) and a head to head confrontation between the two was in the works before Buckner decided to redeem and reform Bill,by pulling Bilith's teeth and turning Warlow into some pathetic love sick psychotic. Along with these two story arcs ,we also lost the whole Vampire prophecy thread and the role Nora was to play in unraveling it all. There were strong indications that Sookie was to play a predominate role in that prophecy since someone,one guesses it was Lilith,told Warlow that Sookie was his predestined mate. Even the faerie elder,whose gift was prophecy ,alluded to this when she told Sookiie there was a reason she lusted after vampires. Season 6 and 7 were set up to revolve around these arcs and certainly became loset opportunities in Buckner's hands. Tara could have played an important and key role in all of this instead of being marginalized and then killed off so abruptly and anticlimactically. As it was she was cheated of a good ending and her character was reduced to pettiness. The whole werewolf storyline was just dropped instead of coming up with something awesome for them. I never really cared for their story arec but that's mainly because they didn't do much and rarely had an effect on anything with the acception the ones who took V. Once ?Season 3 was over, they were just kind of an appendage on the show- an opportunity to keep Alcide in the show and show off his muscles and sexual exploits. They could have been so much more. The same with Sam and the shifter issue. Sam shifted on live TV and that should have been a huge event with important ramifications in the human world. Instead,it was skipped over and everyone acted like it never happened. Even the citizens of Bon Temp,once finding out about Sam just took it as one more supernatural to hate along with the vampires.

There were others but I touched on the key ones that bothered me most. Maybe others have more to add.

-Queen Sophie Anne should have lived. It would have been interesting to see her meet Sookie in person.

-If Franklin wasn't such a psycho he would have been great for Tara. Hell, her vampire storyline would have been more interesting if Franklin was still alive.

-With Season 4's opening, the Faerie storyline was made into something so big. I was excited for there to be some showdown between Sookie and Claudine against Queen Maab and her followers.

-Yvetta, the dancer from Season 3. It would have made perfect sense if she was a witch and gave Eric the amnesia.

-Jason should have killed Sarah when he had her in Season 6.

-With all that time spent on the Hotshot werepanthers, Jason should have just turned into one. His storyline with Crystal needed a proper conclusion.

-Jessica dying by Marnie's sun spell. Bill would have wanted revenge and the witch war would have been much bigger.

Oh man, there were so many missed opportunities... but I will just list my top few.

-I would have followed the books and made Eric and Sookie the central relationship. The Bill and Sookie relationship went stale around Season 3 or 4 or so.

-I would have used Russell Edgington more. He was arugably their most popular antagonist, and everyone was really excited when they brought him back for Season 5.... but the storyline fell flat. They turned him into a caricature of himself, hooked him up with Steve Newlin, and then killed him off for good before he even got going. What was the point of bringing him back again? They should have scrapped the Warlow and other useless subplots of Season 6 and kept Russell on longer to antagonize everyone.

-I was never a fan of the were-panther storyline. It ultimately didn't go anywhere, so they should have ignored it altogether. I also would have scrapped most of the werewolf stuff. Alcide was an okay character, but he didn't need his own storylines. The airtime used for the werewolves could have been used for the main characters who viewers cared about more.

-Sookie should have ended up with an established character or alone. Throwing her together with some stranger nobody knew was so dumb and pointless. I understand what they were going for (that she was moving on with her life), but it didn't translate well at all. At least she didn't end up with Bill, so I guess that was my consolation prize.

I LOVED the show up until the end of season 4 when the Eric/Sookie relationship was moving along and all the sudden she decides she loves Bill too. I would of loved to of seen more of Eric/Sookie when he got his memory back. Even if it was just 4 to 5 episodes.

I loved the book where Sookie went to New Orleans but by then on the show the queen had already been introduced.

I would of liked to of seen more of Hunter and Hadley.

They should of never killed Jesus off :(

"Without passion we'd be truly dead"
"This song is ending. But the story never ends"

The one thing that bothered me about this show was they always acted like vampires were zombies or something. They're asleep during daylight. I really think they should have made a stronger human resistance. I also hated how hating vampires was "wrong" and like being a racist or homophobic. Gays and colored people don't go around killing people for sport.

Definitely the Eric and Sookie relationship.. It seems as if most people agree, and they are together in the books so it would have made sense. Also, the whole Jason, Crystal, and Hotshot storyline. Jason should have ended up a werepanther, married Crystal, and lost the baby when she was crucified. Basically, I think they should have stayed more similar to the books. I feel like they *beep* up the whole fairy story too, and basically season 7 could have been better.

I don't think they should have killed off Bill's maker (I forget her name) so soon. She should have remained a thorn in his side for much longer.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE LIKING THIS!!! --Dieter Laser 

- They should have followed the Bill/Sookie/Eric love triangle from the books

- More flashbacks with Eric and Godric, especially from around the time Eric was a new vampire. I would have loved an Eric/Pam/Godric flashback.

- Fairies should have been made less ridiculous, they should have stuck with the book for them. With a less ridiculous Claudia it would have been nice to see her stick around longer.

- Amelia from the books should have been brought in. Sookie needed a good friend to help her out instead of boyfriends. Tara could have been that friend, but it seemed like they never got along. Having a fun gal pal could have made Sookie more likable and there would have been a lot of opportunities to add some lighthearted fun scenes. Sookie always seemed so serious and mad. It also seemed like there weren't many people she got along with really well. By bringing in a friend we would have seen a different side to Sookie that we weren't often exposed to in the show.

This list might make me sound like a book purist, but I'm not. There are just a couple areas where the book got it better.