The Rewatcher
Sink your fangs into The Rewatcher: True Blood the podcast where Ash, Alaina, and Mikie resurrect True Blood one ridiculous episode at a time. Join this unholy trio as they unpack the southern gothic chaos of Bon Temps — from vampire love triangles and questionable accents to every time someone dramatically says “Sookeh.” Expect passionate rants, psychic-level thirst for Eric Northman, wild tangents about supernatural etiquette, and a dangerous amount of Southern impressions. Want more vampy goodness?? Check our first season- The Rewatcher: Buffy The Vampire Slayer! "Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of The Rewatcher ad-free. Start a free...
True Blood: Run (S4E9)
Bill offers Sookie blood and there are… sexy consequences. The drama with Mamafayette goes crazy! Meanwhile Tara wants out of the coven, but Marntonia has lost the entire plot with her revenge schemes!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash has questions about Sookie’s potential threesome, Mikie’s love for Sam Merlotte is in full bloom and Alaina admits that she NEVER liked that biyatch Flannabob!
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True Blood: Spellbound (S4E8)
We pick up where we left off, with Marntonia's coven calling down their wrath upon all vampires in the area, but her efforts prove to be in vain as her expected body count is NOWHERE near her previous numbers! A close call makes Jason forget his bro code, Jessica gets thrown out of two houses, and Hoyt shows a side that none of us wanted to see! Meanwhile we get Tommy skin-walking as Maxine, and Lala getting preyed upon by our gurl Tiana!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina is COMPLETELY revolted by Eric's little boy hair and "aw...
True Blood: Cold Grey Light of Dawn (S4E7)
Welp! Marntonia has let Antonia FULLY get behind the wheel and the vampires are losing their damn minds! When she escapes the Compton compound, she threatens to finish what she started hundreds of years ago! The vampires all shelter in place with silver, as daylight approaches. Meanwhile, Jesus & Lala acknowledge Lafayette's gift of mediumship, Tommy deals with the fallout of his hours as Sommy, and Jason continues to lust after his best friend's girlfriend
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina lets us know what rotting Pam probably smells like, Mikie is mesmerized by makeup effects and Ash hopes that...
True Blood: I Wish I Was the Moon (S4E6)
Everything we've been hoping for is ruined by c&ck-blocking Bill Compton and we're BIG MAD about it!! He arrests Eric and sets plans in motion to remove him from the chessboard altogether. Arlene's ghost shows herself-- and we think that she's gorgeous and probably offended by the fact that Arlene is racistAF! Jason expects the worst out of the full moon, but Jess offers him comfort. Tara gets a visitor. Andy gets a date, and Tommy AND Lala flex some new abilities. Meanwhile, in the Bon temp Initiative, Eric isn't moved by Pam's aggressive pep talk, even though W...
True Blood: Me and the Devil (S4E5)
Eric is having dreams about eating Sookie, but amps up his game to erode her resistance to getting involved with him-- and we ALL get it! Meanwhile, Tommy gets murderous and turns to Sam for help. Jason is physically healed, but is suffering from the trauma of his time in Hotshot. Hoyt can sense something is wrong with Jessica. it's almost as if you can't glamour your problems away JESSICA!! Jesus, Lala & Tara abandon Marnie and search for ways to evade the wrath of Eric & Pam. The haunted doll ramps up it's assault on Arlene's family.
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True Blood: I'm Alive and On Fire (S4E4)
Eric continues to be pathologically adorbs after injesting a full fairy! Drunk off of her Sunny D-licious blood, he gets the zoomies, challenges crocodiles to fights, and pinches Sookie's butt with reckless abandon. We honestly don't know how she survived this!
Jason manages to escape the hellscape that is Hotshot. Tommy seeks out the comfort of family, Terry gets a scare, and Pam gets a rough lesson in manners.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash tells us what Tommy's rose and the thorn are, Alaina proclaims a generational beef with Melinda, and Mikie thinks that Bill...
True Blood: If You Love Me, Why Am I Dying? (S4E3)
Sookie attempts to go against her instincts to help Eric who seems concussed or something! He doesn't know her name, and even more alarming, is kind of being sweet. Pam BEGS Sookie to play babysitter until they are able to fix whatever is wrong with him.
Meanwhile, Lala wants to clear his conscience, Jessica wants to clear Hoyt's memory, and Arlene wants to clear whatever demon is inhabiting baby Mikey's new/old doll!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Mikie pledges to be gutter-maxing when it comes to Eric, Alaina does a spot on crystal impression, and A...
True Blood: You Smell Like Dinner (S4E2)
Reeling from her short rendezvous in the witness protection faerie realm, Sookie continues to be shocked by HOW MUCH has changed. Eric wants her to be HIS, Bill is the freaking king, and everyone is telling her that she's in CRAZY danger if she doesn't accept Eric's offer for protection OR hide out somewhere.
Taratoni returns to Bon Temps and is quickly reminded of WHY she left this crazy-ass place. Arlene struggles with her evil baby, and Jason finds himself in a compromised position in Hotshot. OH! and Marnie wants to raise a human being from the d...
True Blood: She's Not There (S4E1)
We're back and we have some notes! We pick up with Sookie getting whisked away to the witness protection faerie realm, and things are not okay: Not for Sookie, not for the other humans in the realm, and CERTAINLY not for us Rewatchers who were thrown by this weird interlude!
We get back on track though, and shit has changed in Bon Temps! Sookie's house has been sold. Jason is babysitting a V-addicted Andy. Jesus is still pressuring Lala to get all magical 'n shit. Baby Mikey is an adorable psychopathic nugget. There's a new king of...
The Relistener: HUSH with Doug Jones!
Today we are relistening to one of our favorite episodes of Season 1 of The Rewatcher when Ash & Alaina sat down with everyone's favorite monster-actor, Doug Jones!!!
See you next week when we start the FOURTH SEASON of True Blood!
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True Blood: "Evil Is Going On" (S3E12)
Rewatchers! We have made it to the Season 3 Finale, and we've got a hefty episode to share with you!
We start with two hot dogs in the sun-- Russell & Eric. Eric is having hallucinations that is influencing his plans for Russell! Sookie is OVER the vampire of it all they ALL suck, and she's not going tot take being a pawn in their reindeer games anymore. Meanwhile, Tara can't catch a freaking break, Sam has lost the freaking plot, and Jason is attempting to SAVE hotshot now?? I know. We can't keep up with it either!!
True Blood: "Fresh Blood" (S3E11)
Bill bamfs to Fangtasia to rescue Sookie, but Pam gets Holistic on his ass. Eric seeks Russell out to put an offer on the table that he is unable to refuse. Lafayette's psyche is broken after his V experience with Jesus. Arlene enlists Holly to help her with her serial murder baby bump. Sam has a complete meltdown and pushes everyone away except for Tara who is unable to catch an offing break!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina and Mikie talk about our desire to seek out Wicker for not at all obvious reasons, Ash is SO...
The Relistener: Episode 1 of Buffy (Welcome to the Hellmouth)
Rewatchers! We are revisiting the episode that started it all! Join us in listening to S1:E1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Welcome to the Hellmouth! We will be back NEXT WEDNESDAY with an all new episode! See you then!
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True Blood: "I Smell a Rat" (S3E10)
Sookie is less than psyched with the revelation of what she is, and Bill explains why it makes things for Sookie SO MUCH MORE dangerous! Eric comes (in a slutty lil shirt) to say goodbye to Sookie and give a warning. Jason struggles with PTSD and gets honest with Tara. Summer is all horned up and ready to fooook!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash has flashbacks to a middle school dance, Alaina loves how Mary throws ass, and Mikie wonders why Tommy always looks wet.
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True Blood: "Everything is Broken" (S3E9)
With the ambush on Sookie’s house behind them, Bill and Sookie look to make amends and figure out WTF cookie *is*! Crystal gets tracked down, and she and Jason make a series of unfortunate choices that get multiple hospitalized, and tests their new relationship. Tara gets makes steps to move on from her traumatic getaway, but finds Franklin’s shadow hard to escape. Eric & Pam are placed on house arrest by the Authority as Russell is COMPLETELY unhinged by the death of Talbot.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina gets upset with Nan Flannabob, Mikie talks about an unw...
True Blood: " Night on the Sun" (S3E8)
With Sookie freshly traumatized by how animalistic (in a bad way) Bill was, we all grab our tissues and brace for a break up! Lafayette continues to be the BEST kind of person to have around after crazy shite, and Alcide worries about leaving Sookie behind when he heads back home. Meanwhile Jason puffs out his chest around Crystal's family and Arlene gets a ghostly visitor!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash rescinds her previously "thrown in towel" for Bill, Alaina admits that Eric could convince her to do anything, and Mikie finds a new favorite euphemism!
True Blood: Hitting the Ground (S3E7)
Lorena TOTALLY gets why Bill is so obsessed with Sookie and happily nomnomnoms on Sookie's ass much to Bill's dismay. Tara & Alcide escape immediate danger, but worry about loose ends left behind! Eric has an appointment with the Magister, and Jason just wants to get some Crystal!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash officially throws in her towel on bill's bullshit, Mikie loses his mind about some VERY talented and adorable canine actors, and Alaina hates on a double negative moment!
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True Blood: I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues (S3E6)
With knowledge of Sookie's sparkly jazz hands, Russell takes Bill & Sookie back to his home. He interrogates Sookie, and orders Lorena to kill Bill. Franklin lets it slip that Sookie is in the house, and Tara formulates a plan.
Back in Bon Temps, Lafayette and Jesus' date comes to an abrupt end, Jason has girl problems, and Jessica decides to give Arlene a good ending to a shitty night!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh we bask in Eric's slutty little blue sweater, we revel in Eric's seductive ways, and absolutely fangirl over what a badass Tara is!
...True Blood: Trouble (S3E5)
Franklin continues to be an absolute menace, and poor Tara rolls with his mood to stay on his good side. Eric pulls a Hail Mary, but fumbles when the vampire he blames is none other than Russell's newest Sheriff- BILL Compton! But Russell finds out that Bill is LYIN' to him, and is furious, putting Sookie in peril (again).
Back in Bon Temps, Jason follows a siren's song (according to Ash), Terry is overjoyed by the way life is giving him ALL the normal blessings, and Jessica deals some much needed expedited karma to Arlene!
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True Blood: 9 Crimes (S3E4)
Sookie goes undercover to get intel on Bill's whereabouts and imperils herself in the process. Tara and Franklin's meetcute turns meetTerrifying right quick! Eric apparently smells like the North Sea and isn't insulted about it (question mark?) The Jason pendulum continues to swing!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh we start a new weekly segment, Ash is brave and admits that her REWATCHER picker might be broken and Alaina leans in to appreciation of Eric!
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True Blood: It Hurts Me Too (S3E3)
Eric throws himself into the fray to protect Sookie from harm, and gets some precious information about Bill's whereabouts. Tara is dickmatized, and Jason is ready to join the fuzz!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash finds a new beau to focus on after utter betrayal, Alaina is treated to multiple exposures to Eric Northman's cocky charm , and Mikie marvels at some extremely smart music decisions!.
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True Blood: Beautifully Broken (S3E2)
We're BACK in Bon Temps, and MAN this episode is PACKED with exposition!
Sookie is hell bent on chasing every lead, even when it brings her to Eric's Doorstep! Jason starts an arc of redemption, and Tara gets a reality slap from Lafayette. Meanwhile, Bill is being held hostage by the King of Mississippi, and no amount of gourmet blood courses is going to erase the fact that shit is sketchyAF!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash worries that Bill's intentions haven't always been pure, Alaina gets happy when she sees a missed friend, and Mikie o...
True Blood: Bad Blood (S3E1)
Rewatchers!! We made it to SEASON THREE and things are getting wild! We pickup in the absolute mess that the finale left us in. Sookie unsuccessfully attempts to get the fuzz on Bill's trail, Tara is spinning out of control, and Eric has issues of royal proportion!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as we get horrified by distracted driving, Mikie tries to find a tasteful term and fails miserably, and we decide that it's on SIGHT with Stanley!
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True Blood: Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (S2E12)
We pick up where we left off with Sookie losing her damn mind as Tara tends to Eggs AND the weird giant egg in Gran's bed! unfortunately for her, Maryann has ideas on how she wants her reunion with her god to go, and they include Sookie!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash lives for the folk horror of it all, Mikie is obsessed with this episode’s music game, and we continue to mourn Scrub Daddy’s lost innocence!
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True Blood: Frenzy (S2E11)
With Bill being held hostage by the whims of the Brat Queen, Bon Temps continues to unravel into debauchery! Tara hones in on exploiting Lettie Mae's weakness. Sam calls upon an unlikely ally, and Sookie is drawn back to her house of horrors.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Ash bares her soul to mystified silence, Alaina wants to steal Sophie-Ann's look, and Mikie's euphemism almost gets him thrown in pod lab jail!
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True Blood: New World In My View (S2E10)
Sookie and Jason are welcomed back to Bon Temps with a bang-- literally! Maxine is not so queenlike, and Jessica has had ENOUGH. Bill gets all bitey when he confronts Maryann to HORRIBLE effect, and Sookie desperately tries to get through to a black eyed, possessed Tara.,
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Mikie feels the heat from Jason, we marvel at how much Terry loves Arlene, and we send some mustard lapping heathens to jail immediately!
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True Blood: I Will Rise Up (S2E9)
Picking up right at the end of last week's explosive ending, the Dallas Vampire Coven deals with the fallout of a terrorist attack! Eric dupes Sookie to get under her skin (and MAN does he!) and Godric falls upon his sword to ensure that his clan is protected.
Back in Bon Temps, things are ramping up into chaos! Lafayette is HORRIFIED when he sees bruises on Tara and responds accordingly. Sam flies the coop (literally), and Maryann continues to be an absolute menace to society.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as we mourn a fallen joke , Ash i...
True Blood: Timebomb (S2E8)
In one of the best episodes of the series so far, Sookie gets saved by an unlikely friend. She and Eric attempt to escape from cult camp as Bill and Jason rally to get her to safety!
At Merlottes, Lafayette gets a mystical warning, and Sam finds Daphne’s corpse and ends up in serious hot water!! Not a banner night for the hometown haunt!
Back at the house that booties built, Tara is sus about the blackouts everyone is experiencing, and Maryann makes the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen. But hey! At least s...
True Blood: Release Me (S2E7)
With Sookie stuck at Cult Camp: Basement Edition, shit looks BLEAK! Hugo is bitchmade, and sings like a canary to save his own ass FURTHER endangering not only Sookie, but Jason as well!!
Back in Bon Temps, Tara is freaked out by the time that she lost and starts to sense something is up when Arlene mentions the same thing happened to her. Meanwhile Andy just sounds like a crazy person ranting about demons and orgies in the woods, and people see him for what he looks like!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina talks about t...
True Blood: Hard-Hearted Hannah (S2E6)
REWATCHERS!!! We will be taking a short vacation, and will be back with a new episode in 2 weeks! Catch the next episode on March 25th! see you then!
Sookie gets unlikely assistance from Hugo, a human paramour of one of the Dallas Vampires. Together they go undercover to spy on Steve & Sarah's Cult! Jason is having a conflict of faith after he got a holy handjob last week, and cracks in Sarah & Steve's marriage starts to show.
Back in Bon Temps Tara and Eggs are treated to bitchmade behavior when the water heater gives out. A...
True Blood: Never Let Me Go (S2E5)
This episode is brought to YOU by HANDJOBS! **twinkling sound** This week Daphne reveals how she knows about Sam's secret! Sookie attempts to force a bond with Barry the telepath, but fails miserably. Meanwhile Tara gets overwhelmed by the world, but comes home to Maryann who offers comfort!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina talks away Eric's previous poor oral hygiene, Mikie has thoughts about the episode title, and Ash readies herself to show Maryann these hands because of her "Temu Gran costume" she puts on! (Honestly! The fucking nerve of this woman!)
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True Blood: Shake and Fingerpop (S2E4)
Sookie plays the adorable step mom in this episode, talking Bill into leading Jessica with a gentler hand! They travel to Dallas, and receive an unwelcomed greeting. Meanwhile, Jason gets lured into the Newlin’s close circle, and Tara celebrates her birthday with 100 of her closest strangers!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina needs to collect herself after Eric’s blood has unexpected effects on Lala, Mikie has strong feelings about Scrappy (emphasis on CRAPPY) Doo, and Ash pulls YOU aside for a little side conversation!
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True Blood: Scratches (S2E3)
We start with Sookie telling Bill to piss off, and storming away from her banana mobile into these hella dangerous Louisiana streets, but her attempt to distance herself from her insufferable boyfriend ends up putting her in the crosshairs of a magical beast that attacks her. Distraught, Bill brings her scratched up ass to Fantasia for magical healing of the non-sexy variety! Meanwhile, both Tara and Jason worry that they're not where they should be, and Sam shows that he's a bitch.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Mikie gets a new favorite euphemism, Ash worries that Maryann is da...
True Blood: Keep This Party Going (S2E2)
We pick up where we left off last week! Layfayette is in grave peril, but remembers that even though the blood may be synthetic, Royce's ass is magnetic! Sookie attempts to be a cool mom, and Eric gets a makeover!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina basks in Eric's final form, Mikie expresses his love Pam & Eric's bond, and we Ash almost sprays the entire pod lab with an actual near spit-take!
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True Blood: Nothing But the Blood (S2E1)
Season two is here WITHOUT the months long wait and it is GIVING! Picking up where we left off, everyone is scandalized by the corpse found in Andy's vehicle, but Tara is downright horrified! Sookie gets a double whammy of shocking news, and Jason is just out in these Bon Temps streets joining the closest cult he can find!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as we fangirl about Nan Flanna Bob, we worry about Lala's current state of being, and we formally decide on the proper way to apologize to us,
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True Blood: You'll Be the Death of Me (S1E12)
With Jason in the clink, Sookie's dedication to find out who the murderer is renewed, but her outspokenness about what she has discovered puts her in grave danger. Tara has landed herself in a bona fide resort, but is it the Devil in a Sunday hat? Arlene's kids finds some unsettling things in the garage as Season 1's mystery is finally exposed, leading us to a confrontation that had us SHOOOK! Rewatch, Listen & Laugh Mikie gets crass (again), Alaina compares a character to a hotdog, and Ash offers some extremely valuable relationship advice that we should DEFINITELY commit to merch...
True Blood: To Love is to Bury (S1E11)
Sookie cozies up to Sam to do some sleuthing to figure out who the murdered girl in her vision was, and has some WILD thoughts about how important she is to Bill. Jason & Amy navigate their relationship issues, and take one last trip. Tara is denied by Lettie Mae, but makes a new influential friend with a penchant for giant- Paul Bunion pigs. Meanwhile, Bill completes the ritual welcoming his newly sired vampire daughter Jessica, and she is hilariously annoying.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh the love for Deborah Ann Woll begins, Lala has an iconic moment, and Ash's...
True Blood: I Don't Want To Know (S1E10)
Sookie reacts correctly to finding Sam naked on the foot of her bed, but spends the rest of the episode acting like an absolute asshole. Tara has her exorcism and slays her demon, but it doesn't stick. Meanwhile, we get a glimpse behind the curtain, and watch as Bill is punished for murdering a vampire by creating another.
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh as Alaina talks about teachable vampire turning moments, Ash theorizes hard about who the killer is, and Mikie rejoices at some buttermilk biscuits!
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True Blood: Plaisir d'amour (S1E9)
The episode starts with a baptism of blood as Sookie gets a front row seat to Vampiricide, and returns home to see another household member found murdered. Tension is high as Bill makes promises that he cannot keep, and Sookie reels from everyone not being truthful with her!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh we continue to drag the piece of garbage that Amy is, Alaina has to recover from an epic swoon, and Ash's canine suspicions prove correct!
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True Blood: The Fourth Man in the Fire (S1E8)
Emotions are running almost as high as Jason & Amy and everyone is messed up! With a fourth coffin at the fire, and Bill NOT back in his hidey hole, cookie fears the worst, as Tara is messed up by the fact that the exorcism seems to have actually WORKED!
Rewatch, Listen & Laugh Ash feels alone up on that hill, Alaina & Mikie express their interest in helping Eric conserve water, and we worry about Sookie’s OB health!
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