Even though season three’s finale was pretty lackluster, the eleven episodes leading up to it blew me away. One of the most intriguing things about last season was LaFayette’s storyline (and the fact that his mother might not be as crazy as we thought), which looks to be one of the big driving forces for the upcoming fourth season. EW found out some interesting tidbits about what’s to come on True Blood, which follows the strange goings-on in Bon Temps, Louisiana. I know the show has strayed from the Charlene Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse series and is being used just as a basis at this point (kind of like Dexter), but for those who read the books, do any of these characters sound like the Hallow Stonebrook were-sorcerer Alan Ball teased a few months ago? Sound off in the comments.
– Marnie is a Z-list palm reader who’s painfully aware of what a joke she is — that is, until she comes to be possessed by the spirit of a real witch. Anybody else thinking said sorceress might turn out to be the Hallow character Alan Ball told me about back in August?

– Andy’s sister, Portia, is as easy on the eyes as she is sharp in the courtroom. And, since I hear possible portrayers have to be cool with nude scenes, we’re gonna get an eyeful.

– Naomi is an Asian-American cage fighter who, outside of the ring…er, cage…is hot-‘n’-heavy with one of her female competitors. My hunch is that, driven away by brother Sam, Tommy starts putting up his dukes for money instead of his paws.

– Queen Mab is an elegant beauty who presides over a fantasy land that sounds a lot like the fairy domain into which Sookie (Anna Paquin) keeps being pulled. But, ethereal as her highness may be, she’s also got a temper…

– Suzanne McKittrick is a Real Housewives type who throws a hootenanny to bond with “her kind.” That “kind,” I’m thinking, being shapeshifters like buttoned-down African-American (and fellow newbie) Emory Broome.