"Me and the Devil"
Season 4, Episode 05
Air date	July 24, 2011
Written by	Mark Hudis
Directed by	Daniel Minahan
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"Me and the Devil" is the fifth episode of Season 4 of True Blood, and the 41st episode overall.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Trailer 4 Notes 4.1 Allusions 4.2 Production 4.3 Bloopers and continuity errors 4.4 Featured music 5 Memorable quotes 6 Cast 6.1 Starring 6.2 Special guest starring 6.3 Guest starring 6.4 Co-starring 6.5 Uncredited

SynopsisEdit

“You are incapable of love...You are Damned!” - Godric

While visiting with his mother, Tommy is attacked from behind by Joe Lee. Tommy pretends to be passed out and when Joe Lee walks away, Tommy grabs a metal pipe and hits him over the head. He continues to hit him until Joe Lee dies. He accidentally kills Melinda also.

Jesus is helping Marnie while Reynolds is angry that she has now pissed off two vampires and because of her they are in danger. Lafayette, Jesus and Tara leave Marnie in the woods.

Arlene is upset about the writing on the wall and Terry says they need God. They call Reverend Daniels over to cleanse their home.

Plot Edit

Eric watches Sookie sleeping and turns to see Godric standing next to him. Godric begins to run his hand along Sookie's body, and Eric stops him, saying "Don't touch her." Godric demands that he drink from Sookie. It turns out that Eric is simply having a dream. Sookie wakes to ask Eric what the hell he's doing. He states he's had a bad dream.

Jessica and Hoyt put Jason in his bed and let him sleep. Hoyt thanks Jessica for saving his best friend's life. He tries to kiss her, but Jessica is cold and distant. Hoyt asks what's wrong, but Jessica swears nothing is wrong. Hoyt still feels as though something's wrong. Hoyt stays with Jason and Jessica leaves. Later, Jason has a sexual dream of Jessica and Hoyt.

Bill gets a late visit from Portia. She continues to want a relationship with him. Bill glamours her into screaming and running away every time she sees his face.

Eric is comforted by Sookie in her bed. He lays his head in her lap while she strokes his hair. Sookie lets him stay in her bed til sunrise. He puts Sookie's arm around his chest.

Pam visits Bill and insists that he helps find Marnie to reverse the spell cast on her face. Lafayette and Jesus are packing to leave for Mexico. Jesus says his grandfather, a brujo is a very powerful man and can help them. Tara says she is leaving for New Orleans, and hugs Lafayette goodbye. Jesus tells Lafayette a story about his grandfather and a pet goat he had as a child, and was forced to kill. Tara calls Naomi and is questioned on who "Tara Thornton" is, since she always used the alias "Toni".

Tommy pulls up to Sam's trailer and shows him the bodies of Joe Lee and Melinda Mickens in the van. At work, Sookie confronts Holly Cleary about her witch group. She reads her mind and gets information about Marnie and the Moon Goddess Emporium.

Jason eats breakfast with Hoyt at Merlotte's Bar and Grill. He talks to Hoyt, telling him how he was raped. Holly barks at Sookie for supposedly taking her eggs and mentions a full moon, which Jason questions.

Reverend Daniels brings his new wife, Lettie Mae, to Arlene and Terry's home. They begin to sing, while Terry and Arlene watch. They eventually begin to sing along. Reverend Daniels prays and burns sage with Lettie Mae.

Sookie goes to the Moon Goddess Emporium and finds Marnie. She tells her that she wants a reading. During the reading, Sookie hears Gran. She warns Sookie to stay away from Marnie and to run away quickly. Sookie heeds the advice and leaves abruptly.

Sam is pulled over while trying to help Tommy get rid of the dead bodies in the van. Andy makes Sam open the back of the van. Tommy has shifted into an alligator. Sam says he found the gator near some dumpsters and was bringing it to the swamp. Marnie walks to the backroom and finds Katerina Pellham. Marnie is apprehended. While locked in a cell, Marnie has another vision of Antonia . Bill confronts Marnie and Glamours her. He finds out that Marnie truly doesn't know how to reverse the spell she cast.

Tara tells Sookie about Naomi, her girlfriend. They are hanging out in Sookie's living room and eating ice cream. At sundown, Eric emerges from his cubby and Tara is startled. She grabs a fire poker and yells at Sookie for having him in her house. She runs off, and Eric is left surprised at the atrocious thing's he has done.

Lafayette and Jesus pull up to his grandfathers house. There is a young, beautiful woman outside. As they approach the house, his grandfather appears and claims he's been expecting him.

Alcide has a knock at his door. A new Packmaster named Marcus Bozeman is angry that Alcide hasn't registered with the pack. Alcide makes him leave.

Sam and Tommy drag the bodies of Joe Lee and Melinda into a swamp. Sam tells Tommy that he has killed before also. Sam throws some marshmallows into the water, and the gators begin to eat the bodies.

Arlene and Terry finish making love. Terry notices how quiet the house is. They lay in bed and tell each other how much they mean to one another. A pack of matches ignites on their dresser.

Jason begins to have a sexual dream about Jessica. During the dream, Hoyt appears. Jason can't make him leave, and eventually wakes disturbed.

Eric knows he is capable of extreme cruelty. Sookie tells Eric she likes him. He says there is a beautiful light in Sookie and he couldn't bear it if he snuffed it out. He gets up and leaves the house. As Eric is walking off, Sookie runs on her porch and calls for him, "Please don't go". He returns to her with open arms and they kiss.

Bill is with the four remaining sheriffs of Louisiana. Duprez is sarcastic about the situation, and Bill attacks him. He tells Luis to enlighten him. Luis tells them of vampire priests, including his maker, who was killed by Antonia. Angry, Pam yells out about Eric's memory loss. Bill demands to know where Eric is and Pam tells him he is at Sookie's.

TrailerEdit

NotesEdit

AllusionsEdit

ProductionEdit

Bloopers and continuity errorsEdit

• Although Marnie's spell erased all of Eric's memories he does subconsciously remember Godric but not his importance as his maker.

Featured musicEdit

• “Here I Come” - Nashville Session Singers
• “Waitin’ on the Sky” - Steve Earle
• “Meet Me in the Alleyway” - Steve Earle
• “Me and the Devil” - Gil Scott-Heron

Memorable quotesEdit

• Pam: "I'm through making nice Bill. I can put up with a lot, but you fuck with my face, it's time to die!"
• pam: "If anyone deserves the true death it's that witch, look at me, I'm rotting."

• Hoyt: (to Jessica) “You just saved my best friend’s life.”

• Lafayette: "Hooker, you pissed off another vampire, then took a Goddamn nap."

• Lafayette: "That's some catchy shit for your headstone."

• Arlene: "I've been praying to him every night, but apparently mine just go to his voice mail."

• Eric: (about Sookie) "She can redeem me."

• Eric: "I love being next to you."

• Jason: "Wait, Jessica raped you?"

• Sookie: "My two favorite TV shows were Sabrina...and Charmed."

• Sookie: "When my Gran tells me to run, I run!"

• Sookie: "You gotta be honest with the people you love."

• Eric: "I would never hurt anyone as beautiful as you."

• Godric: “You are incapable of love. You are damned…You cannot be saved. You are a creature of death and the living are good for only one thing, and it is not love. drink.”

• Eric: "I had a bad dream."

CastEdit

StarringEdit Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman Kevin Alejandro as Jesus Velasquez Marshall Allman as Tommy Mickens Chris Bauer as Andy Bellefleur Kristin Bauer van Straten as Pam Swynford De Beaufort Lauren Bowles as Holly Cleary Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds Janina Gavankar as Luna Garza (credit only) Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler Fiona Shaw as Marnie Stonebrook Jessica Tuck as Nan Flanagan (credit only) Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby Special guest starringEdit Adina Porter as Lettie Mae Daniels Guest starringEdit Peter Macdissi as Luis Patino Allan Hyde as Godric Courtney Ford as Portia Bellefleur Vedette Lim as Naomi Alexandra Breckenridge as Katerina Pellham Paola Turbay as Antonia Gregg Daniel as Reverend Daniels Dan Buran as Marcus Bozeman Del Zamora as Don Bartolo Cooper Huckabee as Joe Lee Mickens J. Smith-Cameron as Melinda Mickens Annie Fitzgerald as Kirsch Ismael (East) Carlo as Don Santiago

Co-starringEdit Damion Poitier as Duprez Aaron Perilo as Blackburn Valenzia Algarin as Maria Poncho Hodges as Officer Trap Gabriel Solis as Young Jesus Diahnna Nicole Baxter as Witch #1 Dahlia Waingort as Witch #2 Silvia Curiel as Witch #3 Misha Gonz-Cirkl as Witch #4 Dan Cangemi as Puppeteer #1 Peter Chevako as Puppeteer #2 Robert Devine as Puppeteer #3 Tom von Badinski as Puppeteer #4 UncreditedEdit Lois Smith as Adele Stackhouse (voice) Yosun Goral as Ece Yegane

True Blood Season 4
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#01 "She's Not There"	#07 "Cold Grey Light of Dawn"
#02 "You Smell Like Dinner"	#08 "Spellbound"
#03 "If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?"	#09 "Let's Get Out of Here"
#04 "I'm Alive and on Fire"	#10 "Burning Down the House"
#05 "Me and the Devil"	#11 "Soul of Fire"
#06 "I Wish I Was the Moon"	#12 "And When I Die"