Evil is going on. And evil has a new name...Bill Compton.

The episode opened with our beloved viking burning in the sun.  He is willing to die himself to make sure Russell is dead, and that Sookie is safe.  Does Sookie realize the depth of Eric's devotion?  I believe she is starting to see the light.

She wakes up from her blood draining coma to wonder aloud "where is Eric"?  Pam tearfully informs her that he is outside burning.  Sookie is on a mission to save him, even after his betrayal,  but of course Bill is there to try to stop her from the reality he knows he cannot stop anymore.  And Sookie tells him that he doesn't own her. Bill realized the depth of Sookie's feelings for Eric in episode 11.  Their car ride with their forced "what if" conversation the beginning of the end for Bill/Sookie.  And Bill knows it.

Sookie rushed outside to save Eric, and at first he tries to push her away.  Sookie isn't going to hear any of it.  She uses her magic fingers to blast the handcuffs apart and save Eric, while leaving Russell to fry.

During this time Eric was outside, Godric appears to him.  Why is Godric appearing to Eric?  I think Godric is appearing as an extension of Eric's growing conscience, the conscience he had long buried.  The conscience that is now reappearing due to his love for Sookie.  We watch him fighting Godric (conscience).  I think it's important we as viewers to see the reemergence of Eric's conscience played out for us, instead of thinking Eric has changed.  Eric is going to fight this, as we see him do through out the episode.  It's going to be a long, hard road for Eric to admit that he feels.  He has shut himself off from feeling for centuries.

After they get back inside, Sookie willingly offers her blood to Eric.  Another important milestone.  And she makes Bill bite her wrist since Eric is so weak. Another pointed jab to Bill.  Sookie pointedly tells Bill to watch Eric, since they both know what can happen when they lose control.  Sookie tells Bill this for a reason-deep down Sookie knows that Bill's excuse for what happened in the back of Alcide's truck is just that: an excuse. And she was willing to accept an excuse before, but not now.  Eric has no problem stopping, but wants to bring Russell in. Again, Sookie goes outside to bring him in.  This is important.  She is working as Eric's partner. She is helping him, showing him that she is his partner.

Russell is brought back in, and Sookie is put in charge of watching Russell while Eric, Pam and Bill sleep.  Eric and Sookie are already in tune with each other-Eric pointedly tells Sookie not to stake Russell.  And Sookie actually listens, and doesn't argue.

Sookie decides to sit on Eric's throne.  Another important thing.  Sookie could have sat anywhere in Fangtasia-but she chooses to sit in Eric's seat.  This shows her position of power and her need to be close to Eric.

Sookie and Russell have a conversation where he offers to kill Bill and Eric.  Or whichever she chooses.  Sookie realizes that Russell will never leave her alone, and chooses this time to flaunt her authority by taking Talbot's remains and putting them down the disposal in the sink at Fangtasia.   Sookie, thinking more like Eric, wants revenge.  And can you blame her?

Let's talk more about Bill Compton.  He knows it's the end of the road for him.  He has nothing to lose, and everything to gain.   In his delusional mind, he thinks if he can rid himself of one final obstacle, he can hide the truth.  So, he makes a last final mistake, and shows us how truly evil he is:

Coward.

Bill, not content to just bury Eric in concrete to rid himself of his rival and the one person that can expose his lies, takes Eric's phone, disguises his voice to sound like Eric to order an assassin to kill Pam as well.

 

Bill comes back to Sookie's house, ready to woo her back.  He tells her Russell is dead, as is Eric, Pam and the Queen.  Sookie is visibly upset about Eric, and doesn't really hide it.  Bill then tells her that he just wants her to be safe and makes a move to leave. 

Sookie, starts to ask Bill to stay when we see the door fly open with the truth.  Finally.

Eric tells Sookie about Bill's deal with the Queen.  He was sent to Bon Temps to procure Sookie for her.  Sookie, asks Bill if it's true.  Bill, looking like a child caught with his hand in a cookie jar, says yes.  Then, Eric tells Sookie about Bill watching the Rattray's almost kill Sookie so he could give her his blood.  And this my darlings, makes True Blood Bill worse than Book Bill.    I suspected that Bill watched this go down with the Rattray's.  He stood back, and watched two psychopaths almost kill a girl.  And he waited.  Just so he could get his bad blood inside of her.

Sookie violently rescinds Bill's invitation to her house, and this made Jason's "Get the fuck out" to Bill look like a gentle whisper.  She also tells Eric to leave, but not before he tells her that he never would have handed her over to Russell, and that he is sorry to see her suffer, but she deserved to know the truth.

Where does this leave us for Season 4?  Russell is not dead-he is only buried under concrete with silver on him.  Bill is not going to give up on Sookie so easily.  Eric will want some sort of revenge on Bill.  But what will Sookie want?  I can only hope it is the beginning for us.