The HBO drama set in a small Louisiana drama continues to set series-high ratings throughout its second (and most talked about) season. Last week’s episode (‘I Will Rise Up’) is pretty much the best episode yet, with Eric’s trickery (and that grin), the dream sequence, and Godric’s end, but with the Dallas storyline to an end, these last three episodes continue into the chaos that is one of the most mysterious characters that was introduced toward the end of the first season: Maryann (played by Michelle Forbes).

She’s got pretty much the whole town under her spell, and Sookie (Anna Paquin), Bill (Stephen Moyer), and Jason (Ryan Kwanten) returned back from Dallas in the middle of it all. Sookie learns that it was Maryann who attacked her (which we already knew, as an audience, but it was the first time Sookie learned of it, since she was in Dallas the entire time), Jason continues to be our new hero, rescuing Sam (and that whole god-bit, hilarious), with the help from Bill, Sookie is able to bring Tara back, Bill heads to see the Vampire Queen of Louisiana, and Sookie seems to have a new surprising power (Jaw dropping, WTF moment, and really, a shock, since it is definitely completely new; in the books, she only had telepathy. [note, there's really no reason to compare between the show and the books they are based on, the series has taken a new direction on its own, which is great, 'cause I'm excited to see where it goes]).

That was just the gist of the last two episodes, I didn’t even mention about new Vampire Jessica and Hoyt, and Hoyt’s mother (again, hilarious scene with her and the Wii). The only thing the previous ep, ‘New World in my View’, would be a disappointment, as the 45 minute run time (it’s usually around 52-55 min). Oh, and only about two minutes of Eric (played by Alexander Skarsgard), but seems next week’s will make up for that part.

The tenth episode, ‘New World in My View,’ came in at an astonishing 5.3 million viewers (around 12 million when onDemand and DVR is counted). To get an idea of how good this is, the last show HBO had to break 5 million, was the Sopranos, whose finale brought in over 11 mil. Could the finale (airing September 13, instead of the 6th due to Labor Day weekend) see 6 million?

Here’s the trailer for the 11th episode of the season, ‘Frenzy’:

True Blood Ratings Continue to Rise – Just Jared | True Blood Tuesday continues – TVByTheNumbers

I want to point out, that on September 6th, since there are no new episodes, HBO, will, however, air the previous three, episodes 9 through 11, starting at 9PM, which is a good chance to review all, including that marvelous 9th episode, before the season finale.