TRUE BLOOD
HBO, 9:00 p.m. ET
There are some goofy and unnecessary subplots this season, to be sure, but one of the best is turning out to be one of the most unexpected and unlikely: the growing relationship between Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) and her vampire protégé Tara, (Rutina Wesley). Last week, Pam presented Tara with a gift that showed how much she cared: a Fangtasia patron, a bitchy and haughty woman from Tara’s past, whom Pam “glamoured” into becoming Tara’s adoring, willing source of omnipresent warm blood.