“Additionally, the characters seem entirely disconnected, as though they had no history or emotional attachment. I can’t help but remember when the scenes between Sookie and Sam used to crackle with chemistry, or when Sookie and Tara used to actually talk about what was going on in their lives. But with so much plot to get through, and so many characters to service, it all feels as muddled as this season’s Vampire Authority plot, which presents a confusing theological debate about Lilith, the “Vampire Bible,” and a “sanguinistas”-versus-mainstreamers conflict within the vampire community.”