Matt Roush over at TV Guide talks TB and the future. Nothing as far as concrete spoilers but it does sort of have books stuff so it was too spoilery for the regular board

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Question: I am totally addicted to HBO's True Blood and loving every moment of it. After the show started, I read a bunch of the Charlaine Harris books, and I see that Alan Ball is following an outline of the events in the book but fleshing out the characters, particularly the intensity of the love story between Sookie and Bill. Ball and Stephen Moyer have made Bill much more "human," and we are all falling in love with him. I think Ball is making the story much more enjoyable than the books. The problem I see is this: As the books proceed, Bill is basically phased out as Sookie moves onto other "boyfriends" from the supernatural world. I am hoping that Alan Ball won't do that to Stephen Moyer's Bill. I'm sure there are lots of fans of the show that want Bill and Sookie to be together for "eternity." According to many websites, fans are coming back each week for their love story. — Lori

Matt Roush: Funny how you bring up addiction, since that's another undercurrent to the show (Jason getting hooked on V-juice) that Alan Ball has played up more than it is in the books (at least in those I've read so far). What I'm hoping is that True Blood will go the path of Dexter, and after producing a first season that follows the introductory book fairly closely (but by no means with slavish devotion), it will then chart its own path and use the world Charlaine Harris created to tell its own stories. I can't imagine, given the chemistry between Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer, that the show will do anything to diminish that in seasons to come. At the same time, tempting Sookie with other supernatural diversions could provide a source of juicy conflict. I'm also hoping that the show stays closer to Bon Temps than the next few books did (which took her and Bill to Dallas and Jackson, Mississippi).

6 New episode stills from the upcoming episodes, thanks to True Blood Italia

First image is Sam saying that two years ago no one had ever even heard of a vampire and who knows what else is out there

Bill is opening his door to Eric, Pam, and Chow

Then there are two women I have never seen before. It looks like one of the women is forcibly dragging the other women against her will

Bill is standing outside in his jacket and him and Sookie are touching foreheads and Sookie is saying "you told me me everything is going to be OK, but it's not is it?"

The next image is Bill walking away backwards and Sookie clinging to his hand. Bill says he has to go and Sookie is crying, watching him leave

Eric is telling Bill that he (Bill) loves Sookie and Bill is saying that Sookie must be protected

Sookie is saying "there is a killer out there trying to hunt me down"

Sookie is flipping on a light in a room and the walls are covered in blood she screams

Lafayette is screaming at Jason about how dead people are piling up around him

Sam is cocking a rifle, next shot he is stading out side and Andy is speaking in the background asking about Sam's life before the women started getting killed.

Amy and Jason are splattered in blood and Amy is telling Jason that he knew it was going to end like this and that the vampire would have killed them

Bill is breaking off a draft lever (the lever bartenders use to dispense draft beer) to use as a stake and starts charging

Bill is standing before a judge and Eric is there. The judge tells Bill he has broken an ancient fundamental law and he owes the court a life

Sookie is running in a white dress

Amy is charging with a broken off piece of wood and it looks like she intends to use as a stake

Tara outside holding up a knife or screwdriver and looking at it in shock and disgust. It looks like blood may be dripping off of it.

Bill telling Sookie "if you knew what I had done to return to you" Sookie cuts him off and yells at him to get out and slams the door in his face

Someone is attacking Sookie and trying to choke her

Either Amy or Jason is lifting the chain mail off the vampire Eddy's face

Tara is drinking a bottle of hard liquor and driving

Jason is fighting someone

Eric gets in the face of a Merlotte's customer

Sam and Bill get in a fist fight

Someone is sitting outside kneeling on the ground, hair is covering her face, and she is screaming. I think it's the girl (Jessica) from earlier in the preview that was being dragged by the other woman I do not recognize.

Voice over of the word human and then a shot of Eric saying "honestly Bill I don't know what you see in them"