“Scratches” with Raelle Tucker
Truest Blood
HBO Max Podcasts
5 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
And seem a saint, when most I play the devil. In this third episode, Deborah and Kristin break down “Scratches,” written by Raelle Tucker and directed by Scott Winant. They analyze where our characters fall on the blurred lines of “good” and “evil.” And writer Raelle Tucker speaks on her inspiration for writing True Blood episodes and her background that informs some of the season’s main players.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Truest Blood, the official True Blood podcast. |
| 0:15.0 | I'm Kristen Bauer, and I'm Deborah Ann Mool, and you've been invited in. |
| 0:22.0 | I want to do bad things with you. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Truest Blood. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome back to Truest Blood, where we sink our fangs into the series, episode by episode. |
| 0:40.0 | This week on episode 203. |
| 0:44.0 | We examine scratches written by Ryle Tucker and directed by Scott Weinant. |
| 0:50.0 | And we actually have Ryle Tucker joining us this episode to tell us all about writing for the show. |
| 0:56.0 | Her work on the show was nominated for numerous awards, including an Emmy and multiple Golden Globes. |
| 1:02.0 | And you may also know her work from the returned Jessica Jones and Sacred Lies featuring Ryan Quentin and Yours Truly. |
| 1:14.0 | Good and evil are on everyone's mind this week as our heroes debate who are the good guys and who are the bad. |
| 1:21.0 | So let's get right to it. |
| 1:23.0 | This week on True Blood. |
| 1:32.0 | We start as Bill races Suki's car down the road like the devil was chasing him. |
| 1:37.0 | Having glamored Jessica's family, he now lays into Suki for her mistake. |
| 1:42.0 | She is a loaded gun, Suki. |
| 1:45.0 | Not a doll for you to dress up and play with. |
| 1:48.0 | This sends Suki storming off into the woods while a petulant Bill pouts in the car. |
| 1:53.0 | Alone in the dark, Suki sees a strange half-ball, half-human creature with long, sharp claws. |
| 2:00.0 | It attacks, leaving her paralyzed with three long scratches down her back. |
| 2:05.0 | When his blood doesn't heal her and in fact leaves her convulsing and foaming at the mouth, |
| 2:10.0 | Bill orders just to go home and takes a barely conscious Suki to fang tasia for help. |
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