True Blood: New World in My View

"New World in My View" is the tenth episode of season two of the supernatural drama series True Blood and the twenty-third episode of the series overall. It was directed by Adam Davidson with a script written by Kate Barnow and Elisabeth R. Finch. It first aired on HBO on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm.

Notes & Trivia

 * True Blood was created by Alan Ball. It is based on the "Sookie Stackhouse" series of novels by author Charlaine Harris.


 * Series based on "The Southern Vampire Mysteries" series of novels written by Charlaine Harris. This episode adapts material from the second book in the series, Living Dead in Dallas.


 * This episode is rated TV-MA.


 * "New World in My View" and "TB: New World in My View" both redirect to this page.


 * This episode is included on disc four of the True Blood: The Complete Second Season DVD and Blu-ray collections.


 * This episode aired in the United Kingdom on FOX on April 30th, 2010.


 * Casting for this episode was provided by Junie Lowry Johnson, CSA and Libby Goldstein.


 * Producer W. Mark McNair is credited as Mark McNair in this episode.


 * Associate producer Luis Patiño is credited as Luis M. Patiño in this episode.


 * Writer Elisabeth Finch is credited as Elisabeth R. Finch in this episode.


 * Editor Debra F. Simone is credited as Debra Simone in this episode.


 * Actor William Sanderson is credited in this episode, but does not make an actual appearance.


 * Actress Adina Porter is given a "Special Guest Star" credit in this episode.


 * Lettie Mae Thornton is identified only as Lettie Mae in the end-title sequence of this episode.


 * The title of this episode is taken from the song "New World in My View" by King Britt Presents Sister Gertrude Morgan. It is played during the end-title sequence of this episode.


 * This is the only episode of True Blood directed by Adam Davidson. He will eventually go on to direct episodes of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.


 * This is the first episode of True Blood co-written by Kate Barnow. She works on seven episodes of the series in total. It is her only episode from season two as a writer. Her next episode is "9 Crimes" in season three. Barnow is also a script coordinator on the series.


 * This is the first episode of True Blood co-written by Elisabeth R. Finch. She is also a writers' assistant on the series and has worked on twenty-three episodes of the show in this capacity. As a script writer, she has worked on three episodes of the show. Her next episode is "9 Crimes" in season three.


 * This is the first and only appearance of Nikki.


 * Behind-the-scenes appearance of Sophie-Anne Leclerq, the vampire queen of Louisiana. She makes her first full appearance in "Frenzy".

Explicit content

 * 1) Female topless nudity
 * 2) Male rear nudity
 * 3) Profanity
 * 4) Smoking

Quotes

 * Jessica Hamby: Lady, you have no idea how little control I have over my actions! You also do not know I have not eaten in days!

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 * Sookie Stackhouse: I've known Tara my whole life and every trace of her was gone. Replaced. And here I thought vampires were the only one's who could hypnotize people.
 * Bill Compton: No offense Sookie, but humans are shockingly susceptible to just about every form of thought manipulation.
 * Sookie Stackhouse: It's all comin' from Maryann. All of it. She-she eats people's hearts and she wants more. She wants their souls and that chant...
 * Bill Compton: Chant?
 * Sookie Stackhouse: Lo lo Bromios, lo lo Dendrites, Eleutherios, Enorches, Bacchus.
 * Bill Compton: Bacchus!
 * Sookie Stackhouse: Bill... I've seen that look on your face before and I don't like it.
 * Bill Compton: I read about some ancient creatures many years ago. But I always assumed it was just a myth. But I believe Maryann might be one.

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 * Sam Merlotte: I got no idea how we're gonna deal with a god-damned maenad.
 * Andy Bellefleur: A mae-what?
 * Sam Merlotte: Wait. You don't remember any of what I told you last night? Or were you passed out, spent the whole fuckin' day in bed, sleepin' off your bender?
 * Andy Bellefleur: You said uh, Maryann was to blame for all this, the bug eyes and the craziness.
 * Sam Merlotte: And the people showin' up dead with their hearts cut out, in the back seat of your car.
 * Andy Bellefleur: She did that?
 * Sam Merlotte: Yeah. She killed Daphne too.
 * Andy Bellefleur: Fuck me... We got another serial killer.

Crew

 * Nathan Barr - Composer
 * Debra Simone - Editor
 * Suzuki Ingerslev - Production designer
 * Joseph E. Gallagher - Director of photography
 * Bruce Dunn - Co-producer
 * Mark McNair - Producer
 * Raelle Tucker - Producer


 * Alexander Woo - Supervising producer
 * Nancy Oliver - Co-executive producer
 * Brian Buckner - Co-executive producer
 * Alan Ball - Executive producer; Creator
 * Gregg Fienberg - Executive producer
 * Christina Jokanovich - Associate producer
 * Luis M. Patiño - Associate producer

Keywords
Birds | Bon Temps | Compton residence | Dallas | Dead animals | Fairy halflings | Gunshot victims | Hotel | Hotel Carmilla | Louisiana | Maenads | Merlotte's Bar and Grill | Mind control | Renard Parish | Shape-shifters | Shotgun | Stackhouse family | Stackhouse residence | Vampires