As is its custom, "True Blood" dealt us some serious cliffhanger-y blows last season. SPOILERS ahead, obviously, if you haven't seen the action-packed season four finale. We're dealing with a lot of loose ends heading into season five: Russell Edgington rose from the cement, Tara seemed to be mortally shot, Reverend Steve returned to attack Jason, Sookie swore off men and Debbie Pelt lost her head.
Personally, as a superfan of Alcide and Charlaine Harris' fourth Stackhouse book, "Dead to the World," I was very pleased that Alan Ball and Co. finally had horrible Debbie Pelt dealt a fatal blow via a blast from Sookie's shotgun. So when MTV News happened upon Alcide himself, Joe Manganiello, at the Scream Awards red carpet, I asked him if he knows whether season five will follow Charlaine's storyline in the books (meaning he won't find out about Debbie's death until much later on).
"Am I gonna find out about Debbie? Not having a head? I think we all know," Joe said, at which point I brought up the fact that in the books her death isn't revealed to everyone right away.
"Oh, I don't know," Joe said, adding that he and the show's creator, Alan Ball, were sitting down to have lunch in the coming days, and that he will likely have some inside scoop very soon. But what does he hope happens with Alcide's storyline next season?
"What do I hope? I mean, come on, I’m with everybody else. I want to see Alcide and Sookie hook up.”
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