"Shake and Fingerpop"
Season 2, Episode 04
Air date	12 Jul 2009
Written by	Alan Ball
Directed by	Michael Lehmann
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"Shake and Fingerpop" is the 4th episode of Season 2 of True Blood, and the 16th episode overall.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Trailer 3 Notes 3.1 Allusions 3.2 Bloopers and continuity errors 3.3 Featured music 3.4 Title 4 Memorable Quotes 4.1 Maryann 4.2 Jessica 4.3 Sookie 4.4 Eric 5 Cast 5.1 Starring 5.2 Recurring cast 5.3 Co-starring 5.4 Uncredited

SynopsisEdit

"I gave you a very generous gift. The gift of not killing you."-Eric to Lafayette

Bill throws Hoyt out of his house, much to Jessica’s dismay. She storms off and Sookie Stackhouse suggests that it would be a good idea for Jessica to accompany them to Dallas. Bill reluctantly agrees. Tara decides to take up Sookie's offer to move into Sookie’s house and, although Maryann appears supportive and happy for her, she is secretly not pleased. Jason becomes the victim of a cruel practical joke orchestrated by the increasingly jealous Luke at the Light of Day Institute.

Jason then winds up having the last laugh when he is invited to move out of the dorms and stay with the Newlins in their lavish mansion. While there, the attraction between Sarah and Jason becomes more intense and Steve offers him a position in the Soldiers of the Sun – Steve’s “elite spiritual army.” It is revealed that Miss Jeanette, the woman found in Andy Bellefleur’s car, was murdered by the same creature that attacked Sookie.

After leaving her friendship with Sam on shaky turf, Sookie arrives in Dallas with Bill and Jessica. They fly using Anubis Air Airlines. A limousine driver, Leon, attempts to abduct her, but Bill manages to prevent the kidnapping. After glamoring Leon, Bill learns that he was acting on orders from the Fellowship of the Sun, though he does not know who specifically hired him.

Meanwhile Lafayette, still shaken and injured from his harrowing ordeal in the Fangtasia basement, is paid a visit by Eric who offers Lafayette some of his blood to heal.

Although he is suspicious that Eric simply wants to be able to keep track of him, Lafayette is compelled to take Eric’s blood to heal an infection developing in his wounds. Sookie, Bill and Jessica arrive at the lavish Hotel Carmilla, a hotel that caters specifically to vampires.

Back in Bon Temps, Tara is spending her birthday alone until Maryann shows up with Egg to throw her a surprise party and soon things are in full swing. Sam shows up with a gift to Tara from her mother and connects with Daphne who reveals to Sam that she “knows what he is”. Maryann throws Lettie Mae’s gift for Tara away. As the party grows more and more wild, Maryann moves off on her own in the forest and performs an incantation which suddenly causes the winds to stir up and her body to vibrate strangely.

This seems to somehow fill the entire party with an intense sexual energy, just like at her previous party. Maryann’s ritual culminates with her arms held deep in soil and then by transforming them into the same hideous clawed talons seen on the bull-headed beast, proving she was the one that attacked Sookie and with Tara and Eggs having sex. At the Hotel Carmilla, Bill and Eric meet and discuss the missing vampire sheriff Godric. Eric is concerned that if humans can capture a vampire as old and as powerful as Godric, then no one is truly safe.

Sookie is stunned when she encounters a bellhop named Barry who is also able to read minds.

TrailerEdit

NotesEdit

Allusions Edit

• When checking into Hotel Carmilla, Bill is unable to describe his relationship with Jessica; so Sookie suggests calling Jessica his ward--"Like Dick Grayson." This is an allusion to the description of Dick Grayson (Robin) to billionaire Bruce Wayne (Batman).

• Name of airline: Anubis Air Airlines. This is a reference to Anubis, the Egyptian god associated with mummification and the afterlife. Anubis was also believed to protect the dead and guide them to the afterlife, so it is fitting that an airline that caters to the needs of vampires would take the name of Anaubis.

• Episode title: Shake and Fingerpop. This is an allusion to the song "Shake and Fingerpop" by Jr. Walker The All Stars.

Bloopers and continuity errorsEdit

• Near the beginning Jason's shirt has the third button apparently undone. His shirt is then magically buttoned back up as the scene continues.
• Tara goes to visit Lafayette, and he goes to the door to let her in, but he pretends to turn an already unlocked deadbolt.

Featured musicEdit

• "Beni Beni (Acoustic)" - Niyaz
• "Wrong Path" - 5 Alarm
• "Walkin’ in the Shadow of the Blues"- Little Charlie & the Nightcats
• "Rhythm Bound" - Steve Byers
• "Louisiana Hot Sauce" - Sammy Kershaw
• "Nowhere to Go" - Black Toast Music
• "Shake and Fingerpop" - Junior Walker and the All Stars
• "The Duel With The Skeleton" - Bernard Herrmann
• "Dig" - Headbone ft. The Tense Young Man
• "Finale" - Bernard Herrmann
• "The Forgotten People" - Thievery Corporation
• "House Party" - Nathan Barr
• "Watch My Mouth" - Cazwell

TitleEdit

Apart from being an allusion to the song "Shake and Fingerpop" by Jr. Walker The All Stars the title and the song of the episode have a strong sexual meaning on Jason's attraction to Sarah and what really happens with Maryann's party at Sookie's house.

Memorable QuotesEdit

MaryannEdit

• (To Tara) "Go, flourish and don't ever say 'no' to yourself."

JessicaEdit

• "Is it my fault my fangs come out when I get turned on?"
• "You are gonna be SO sorry when I get an Eating Disorder."

SookieEdit

• "You're walkin' in my shoes, and it's givin' you blisters."
• "I've always loved these things. They're like booze for dolls!"

EricEdit

• "I hope you will enjoy your blood substitute which is costing me $45."
• Bill: "Oh, I have no intention on drinking it. I just want you to pay for it."
• Eric: "Oh, you're so mature."

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 Recurring castEdit Chris Bauer as Detective Andy Bellefleur Mehcad Brooks as Eggs Talley 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 Bellefleur William Sanderson as Sheriff Bud Dearborne Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman Deborah Ann Woll as Jessica Hamby

Co-starringEdit Adina Porter as Lettie Mae Daniels Ashley Jones as Daphne Landry Wes Brown as Luke McDonald John Billingsley as Mike Spencer Adam Leadbeater as Karl Dale Wade Davis as Succubus victim Tanya Wright as Kenya Dean Norris as Leon Chris Coy as Barry Aisha Hinds as Miss Jeanette Preston Jones as Dirk Carson Aune as Travis Ailsa Marshall as Desk clerk Jennifer Hamilton as Dancer #1 Ryan Novak as Dancer #2 UncreditedEdit Greg Raffelson as Champagne guy

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'"