Episode 7: "Burning House of Love"

Episode 6 was good, but things get even better after the halfway point of the 12 episode season. Jason's struggles with his V addiction get worse to the point where he's caught by Sookie looking for items to pawn at their grandmother's house. After Lafayette refuses to sell him any more V, he heads to Fangtasia to score some more vamp blood. That's where he meets Amy (Lizzy Caplan, "Cloverfield," "The Class"). The two click immediately over their shared V addiction. Jason is also impressed with Amy, a Connecticut Yankee, for her extended vocabulary and more positive outlook on life.

We get a continuation of Sookie and Bill's love-in, including a little bubble bath time. That's where she shares the truth about her Uncle Bartlett and her childhood.

The three skeezy vamps make a trip to Merlotte's, terrorizing some of the customers to get Bill's attention. Sam tries to hold them off, but fails. In other words, he doesn't morph into a border collie and start gnawing on their legs.

Bill arrives and leaves with the trio. Three of the Merlotte's customers decide to get some revenge on the vamps and set fire to their house the next day. Sookie then learns that four bodies burned in the fire.

Andy and Terry Bellefleur spot Sam doing something about as weird as rolling around in a dead woman's bedsheets.

HBO already has renewed "True Blood" for a second season, and now the Hollywood Reporter has announced that four actors will receive regular status in the second season. One is Detective Andy's cousin, Terry, the shell-shocked vet, who has already appeared in several episodes. New additions are Michelle Forbes ("In Treatment," "24"), Mehcad Brooks, best known for playing the older Applewhite brother on "Desperate Housewives" and Deborah Ann Woll. The other three will make appearances in the last few episodes of the season.