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"Though its primary currency is death, True Blood has always focused more on beginnings than endings, a theme that continued through Sunday\u2019s series finale.\nBefore closing the coffin on Bon Temps, Louisiana \u2014 a town whose residents have proven as resilient as they are mentally off-balance \u2014 there were more than a few loose ends to tie up. And tied they were, mostly in the form of matrimonial knots.\nSee also: 11 'True Blood' #TBT Photos That Definitely Don't Suck\nBill Compton a.k.a. Vampire Bill a.k.a (the former) Billith a.k.a. the center of Sookie\u2019s myriad affections is dying of Hepatitis V. Though a cure exists, in the literal form of Sarah Newlin/\"New Me\" \u2014 yes, the same woman who disseminated the virus in the first place \u2014 Bill chooses not to cure himself. \nHis reasoning is as simple as it is selfless. To defang his relationship with Sookie and allow her to move on with a real life \u2014 one that involves children who'd rather have marinara sauce over blood for dinner \u2014 he must meet the true death. Why anyone would bring children into to the apocalyptic town remains a mystery; even our favorite shapeshifter Sam moved to the Windy City to raise his children away from the green mile that is Bon Temps. \nBills asks Sookie to administer the true death by expelling all of her faye light into him, rending her normal, though it could be argued that not being a mythological creature is abnormal in this town. While she mulls it over, Bill turns to a happier project: wedding Jessica to a good man. And she couldn\u2019t be more excited because, as she reminds us, \u201CI might be a vampire, but I\u2019m also a girl!\u201D \nBut who, exactly, should she marry?\n\nWhy so serious, Sookie?  Image:  John P. Johnson/courtesy of HBOCue deus Hoyt machina, because who is back from Alaska but the nicest guy Bon Temp\u2019s ever known: Hoyt Fortenberry. He admittedly loses a few brownie points by ditching his current girlfriend, who has flown down from Alaska with him to help settle his dead mother\u2019s estate, for his former lover (who he can\u2019t remember, thanks to a Lacuna-esque glamouring). \nBut he dons a Texas tuxedo and marries Jessica anyhow. It works out for the Alaskan girlfriend, too. Jason Stackhouse, true to form, immediately latches onto Hoyt\u2019s heartbroken lady. After, of course, donning his formal jeans to be Hoyt\u2019s best man.\nMeanwhile, the Yakuza are making origami swans out of $100 bills because stereotypes. Eric and Pam make quick work of these Japanese mobsters \u2014 sidenote: when did Eric learn Japanese? \u2014 before letting Newlin go, but not before collecting her blood, which contains the antidote. They\u2019re quiet for the rest of the episode, presumably obtaining dual MBAs since they end up founding a company selling Newlin\u2019s blood to infected vamps. \nAfter seeking advice from her brother, her pastor, and (we have to guess) the angel on her t-shirt, Sookie decides that she\u2019ll fulfill Bill\u2019s request. Five seasons ago, he wanted to marry her. That didn\u2019t pan out, but she takes him up on the offer to kill him. \nThey head to the graveyard separating their houses, once again spurning the burning question I\u2019ve had since the show began: What on earth is the market value of houses that are in the middle of a cemetery? Digressions aside, Sookie decides she can\u2019t lose her inner faye, leaving Bill in the lurch (and in a coffin). Quick minds prevail, and she snaps a shovel in half with a single kick and stakes Bill, an action that\u2019s equally romantic and work intensive, as she then had to fill in the grave by hand. \nAs we flash forward four years, the show ends the only way it could. Everyone in Bon Temps \u2014 everyone who is still alive(ish), that is \u2014 sharing a meal around an outdoor dinner table. A pregnant Sookie takes a seat next to her new beau, as Jason Stackhouse chases his kids around and the screen fades to black. \nIt\u2019s hard not to miss those absent from the finale. Either the dead (like Tara), the relocated (like Sam), or the apparently forgotten (like Lafayette). \nStill, for a season stuffed with allusions to the HIV crisis and Hurricane Katrina, it was nice to see a happy table at the end. After all, much like its vampires, True Blood had far exceeded its expected \u2014 and, some would say, appropriate \u2014 lifespan. But, following in the footsteps of Eric, Pam, Bill, and Hoyt, it found its place at the end. \nAnd that place is the same as it always was: Bon Temps, Louisiana. \nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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