[Metro Gnome]

Completely agree, above. True Blood is already coming close to jumping the Shark. The first season was excellent, but the second one is rapidly going down the drain. Some central characters are getting stupider or more manic. There is rapid cycling of periphery characters. The plot has gone from intriguing to downright ridiculous. And Bill Compton has been rendered completely impotent (how much time has he spent waiting around for other, "more powerful" vampires to let him do something or other?).

Then there's the writing. Plot devices are no longer symbolic or satiric, but...convenient. I mean, Sookie conveniently running into another psychic on her first jaunt outside of Bon temps? The "explanation" (yikes) for the "monad" (Maenad?) was incredibly groan inducing. The "Queen" introduced in the most recent episode was embarrassing from minute one.

As an aside, I recently completed the third season from Dexter. It's still excellent. If True Blood continues it's descent, there's no comparison between the two.