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"Scratches"
Season 2, Episode 03

Air date	28 Jun 2009
Written by	Raelle Tucker
Directed by	Scott Winant
Episode Guide
previous "Keep This Party Going"	next "Shake and Fingerpop"

Scratches is the 3rd episode of Season 2 of True Blood, and the 15th episode overall.

Synopsis

"Pam... those were great pumps." - Eric to Pam

After glamouring Jessica’s family and beginning the drive back to Bon Temps, Bill and Sookie argue fiercely about the night’s events and Sookie storms out of the car. As she walks off, she is viciously attacked and poisoned by a mysterious creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Bill rushes to Eric for help and with the assistance of a goblin woman named Dr. Ludwig, Sookie is saved.

At the Light of Day camp, Jason confesses his true feelings about vampires and bonds further with Sarah Newlin when he lets out some of his grief over his Gran and Amy’s deaths. She reveals to him that she used to be a vampire sympathizer but now suspects they murdered her sister. At Merlotte's, Jessica and Hoyt take a special interest in one another, Sam warns Tara to stay away from Maryann and later, after snapping at Daphne, decides to take off for a while. At Fangtasia, Sookie takes Bill’s blood to heal and then discovers that Lafayette has been held in the basement. She manages to arrange his freedom in exchange for helping locate the missing vampire Godric in Dallas.

Tara and Eggs' relationship hits a rough patch at one of Maryann’s parties when the guests become strangely sexual with one another, including Eggs and another girl. Bill and Sookie walk in on Jessica and Hoyt making out. Sam and Daphne make peace with one another. The episode ends with the revelation that Daphne's back appears to have deep scratches; much like the ones Sookie had.

Notes

Flashbacks

Allusions

"Lisa decided to give Coby a nose piercing like she saw on America's Next Top Model".

America's Next Top Model is a reality show that was created by Tyra Banks and premiered in 2003. The show is a modeling competition where young women go through various challenges and photo shoots and each week one contestant is eliminated (sometimes more than one or none are eliminated). The last one standing receives a variety of prizes including a modeling contract and a photo spread in a magazine. Oddly enough, although there have been contestants who have nose rings, there has never been an instance where a contestant got that piercing during the show.

Featured music

"Sex and Candy" by Marcy Playground

Memorable quotes

Eric: "I thought in over a thousand years I'd seen all there was to see"
Arlene: (in a rush to Sam) "I know, I know. I'm late. But Lisa decided to give Coby a nose piercing like she saw on America's Next Top Model and now he's got an infection"
Eric: "If I want Sookie, I can simply take her"

Cast

Starring

Recurring cast

Chris Bauer as Detective Andy Bellefleur
Mehcad Brooks as Eggs
Anna Camp as Sarah Newlin
Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds
Michelle Forbes as Maryann Forrester
Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur
Michael McMillian as Steve Newlin
Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry
Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler
William Sanderson as Sheriff Bud Dearborne
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman
Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby

Co-starring

Uncredited

Aaron Jennings Hartnell as Party animal with no trousers

True Blood Season 2
<< Season 1	Season 3 >> • Season 4 >> • Season 5 >>

#01 "Nothing but the Blood"	#07 "Release Me"
#02 "Keep This Party Going"	#08 "Timebomb"
#03 "Scratches"	#09 "I Will Rise Up"
#04 "Shake and Fingerpop"	#10 "New World in My View"
#05 "Never Let Me Go"	#11 "Frenzy"
#06 "Hard-Hearted Hannah"	#12 "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"

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 After glamouring [[Jessica]]’s family and beginning the drive back to [[Bon Temps]], [[Bill]] and [[Sookie]] argue fiercely about the night’s events and Sookie storms out of the car. As she walks off, she is viciously attacked and poisoned by a mysterious creature with the head of a bull and the body of a man. Bill rushes to [[Eric]] for help and with the assistance of a goblin woman named [[Dr. Ludwig]], Sookie is saved.[[File:SookieBeingHealed.jpg|thumb|Sookie being healed]]
-At the Light of Day camp, [[Jason]] confesses his true feelings about vampires and bonds further with [[Sarah Newlin]] when he lets out some of his grief over his Gran and [[Amy]]’s deaths. She reveals to him that she used to be a vampire sympathizer but now suspects they murdered her sister. At [[Merlotte's]], Jessica and [[Hoyt]] take a special interest in one another, Sam warns Tara to stay away from Maryann and later, after snapping at [[Daphne]], decides to take off for a while. At Fangtasia, Sookie takes Bill’s blood to heal and then discovers that Lafayette has been held in the basement. She manages to arrange his freedom in exchange for helping locate the missing vampire Godric in Dallas.[[File:JessicaHoyt.jpg|thumb|left|Jessica meets Hoyt]]
+At the Light of Day camp, [[Jason]] confesses his true feelings about vampires and bonds further with [[Sarah Newlin]] when he lets out some of his grief over his Gran and [[Amy]]’s deaths. She reveals to him that she used to be a vampire sympathizer but now suspects they murdered her sister. At [[Merlotte's]], Jessica and [[Hoyt]] take a special interest in one another, [[Sam]] warns [[Tara]] to stay away from [[Maryann]] and later, after snapping at [[Daphne]], decides to take off for a while. At Fangtasia, Sookie takes Bill’s blood to heal and then discovers that Lafayette has been held in the basement. She manages to arrange his freedom in exchange for helping locate the missing vampire Godric in Dallas.[[File:JessicaHoyt.jpg|thumb|left|Jessica meets Hoyt]]
 Tara and Eggs' relationship hits a rough patch at one of Maryann’s parties when the guests become strangely sexual with one another, including Eggs and another girl. Bill and Sookie walk in on Jessica and Hoyt making out. Sam and Daphne make peace with one another. The episode ends with the revelation that Daphne's back appears to have deep scratches; much like the ones Sookie had.