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Updated 7/8/10

In November I made a number of predictions (here, here, and here) about s3 to see how closely we might be able to anticipate where the writers were going with the story. In this  post, I focused on Sookie and Eric’s first meeting in s3. These predictions were based on the realization that Jason and Eric are doppelgangers and have parallel story lines. I predicted that Sookie and Eric’s first scene of s3 would parallel Sookie and Jason’s first scene of s2. Some of these predictions are extremely mundane, for example, Sookie goes to Fangtasia. Notice how this predicted scenario differs from Club Dead though. In the book, the Fang Gang all showed up at Sookie’s house to inform her of Bill’s kidnapping and then Eric threatened to torture her. In this case, the book was a poor predictor of how the scene would play out, but the scene in season 2 when Sookie informed Jason of Uncle Bartlette’s death was a fantastic predictor.

The info in brackets is [new or additional wording.] I didn’t change any meanings, just added info or made the language more precise to heighten the parallel.

Club Dead: Eric, Pam, and their new employee, Chow, visit Sookie.
Season 2: Sookie interrupts Hoyt and Jason talking at work [while taking a break.]
Prediction: Sookie will interrupt Eric and Pam at Fangtasia.
Season 3: Sookie does interrupt Eric and Pam at work while Eric is ‘taking a break’ with his new employee.
*The most important thing here is that I was able to predict which s3 scene would correspond to this s2 one.

(Spoiler photo added 5/10)

Club Dead:
Season 2: Hoyt says he’s sorry to hear about the discovery of Ms. Jeanette’s body at Merlotte’s.
Prediction: Pam will say she was sorry to hear about Sookie’s recent ordeal in Dallas.
Season 3: With her tongue in her cheek, Pam apologized to Eric about allowing Sookie to interrupt him and Yvetta.
*The take away here is that Pam did offer an apology, just like Hoyt did.

Club Dead: Eric tells Sookie that Bill has been kidnapped.
Season 2: Sookie tells Jason that Uncle Bartlette is dead.
Prediction: Sookie will tell Eric that Bill has been kidnapped.
Season 3: Sookie will tell Eric that Bill has been kidnapped.
*TB reversed Sookie and Eric’s roles, and that was able to be predicted perfectly.

Club Dead:
Season 2: Jason asks what happened, and Sookie tells him about the insurance agent’s visit.
Prediction: Eric will ask what happened, and Sookie will tell him about her evening with Bill.
Season 3: Sookie asks where Bill is and what Eric has been doing all night.
*The prediction was good, but I got Sookie and Eric’s roles reversed.

Club Dead:
Season 2: Sookie adds that Uncle Bartlette left her an inheritance.
Prediction:  Sookie will add that Bill asked her to marry him.
Season 3:  Sookie adds that Eric owes her $10,000 before leaving.
*This prediction was off, but notice how what happed in s3 follows perfectly from its s2 antecedent.

Club Dead:
Season 2: Jason is hurt to find out that Uncle Bartlette didn’t remember him in his will.
Prediction: Eric will be hurt to find out that Sookie accepted Bill’s proposal.
Season 3: Many have commented on Eric’s look of disappointment when he sees the ring on Sookie’s finger as she head up stairs.

Club Dead:
Season 2: Sookie [is there to deliver] the check to Jason.
Prediction: Sookie will give Eric her engagement ring to finance the investigation.
Season 3: Pam delivers the check to Sookie the next night.
*Again the prediction is off, but what happened follows from what happened in s2.

(Spoiler photo with Sookie’s ring around Eric’s neck added 5/10–Actually, I’m reconsidering this image. I no longer think it’s Sookie’s ring. The proportions look mansized.  So…whose ring is it, and why does Eric move it to his finger after the confrontation with Sophie Anne at Fangtasia? Could it belong to his father, King Ulfric? By putting it on his finger, is Eric declaring that he has played his last game of Yahtzee and that Sophie Anne better watch her back?)

Club Dead:
Season 2: Jason suggests he and Sookie split the money, but Sookie insists Jason take all of it.
Prediction: Eric will suggest another way to finance the trip to Jackson, but Sookie will insist he take the ring.
Season 3: Eric added a bonus to Sookie’s check.
*The take away from s2 is that Sookie is overly generous with Jason, which parallels Eric s3 being generous with her.

Club Dead:
Season 2: Jason sees the windfall as a sign from God to go to FOTS and gives thanks.
Prediction: Eric will see the situation as an opportunity to win Sookie and will be visibly thankful.
Season 3: It is clear that is exactly how Eric views Bill’s kidnapping and his feelings for Sookie are easy to see on his face. It also gives him the opportunity to go to Jackson and appease his anger at Russell Edington paralleling Jason going to Dallas because of his hatred of vampires.

So, what is the take away from all this?

1.  If you are familiar with the books, it’s fairly easy to predict which major scenes will correspond.
2. The parallels are very detailed, but challenging to predict because there are so many variables.