Rebecca Nicholson: The penultimate episode of the season provides a bit of a breather, and a bit more Evan Rachel Wood

Rebecca Nicholson: It started with an explosion – and if it didn't get louder from there, this episode was still both hilarious and emotional

Rebecca Nicholson: Herrrrrrrrrre's Godric! And a hugely exciting Fellowship/vampire face-off

Rebecca Nicholson: A slower start this time – but an episode all about letting the characters out provides plenty of OMG moments

Rebecca Nicholson: Imprisonment is the theme, but Lorena manages to liberate a really atrocious French accent

Rebecca Nicholson: Machismo and romance this week, as some of our favourite characters seem to return to their familiar selves

Rebecca Nicholson: There's gore galore from the start in a thrilling episode of the vampire drama

Vicky Frost: It's a vampire series - but for my money the best characters are non-bloodsuckers

Rebecca Nicholson: No murders this week, but the discovery of a body causes a stir, while Bill and Sookie get under each other's skin

Rebecca Nicholson This week's episode is particulary frisky as Bill stakes a claim to Sookie - with some bloodletting of course

Shocks lie in store in this week's instalment as True Blood shows it can do funny without distracting from the drama

Sam explains the nudity, Tara gets exorcised, Amy gets nasty and Bill gets back to vampire basics. Best episode yet?

Rebecca Nicholson: The gore factor was high as Bill saw off Longshadow. But having broken vampire code, Bill will have to pay, leaving Sookie vulnerable.