Jason and Amy clean up the pieces of Eddie, and while at first he's strong enough to throw out all the V, eventually she sneaks a little bit back into their bed. While they're tripping balls, Rene sneaks into Jason's house and finally strangles Amy. This is kind of the final proof necessary for Jason to admit he's possibly the killer, and he willingly goes into lockup. Also in jail: Tara Mae Thornton, on a DUI that can't be explained by mythical naked ladies and giant pigs. There's a fairly brutal scene in which Lettie Mae basically disowns Tara because she feels like her salvation is endangered, and then Naked Lady shows up in the form of a freelance social worker, pays Tara's bail, and takes her home with her in a shiny magical car. And finally, Lafayette threatens the state senator's run for the US Congress when he sees his former lover talking shit about vampires and homos on the campaign trail, which should work out splendidly.

Sookie and Sam make temporary house together after she decides if being chased down by the Killer in her place of employment didn't activate her blood bond with Bill, he can just go to hell. They investigate the girl she saw being killed in the Killer's head, and meet a funny old man who tells them the waitress's brother/killer was Drew Marshall -- now living under a fake name with a ridiculous Cajun accent in Renard Parish and newly engaged. That's right: Rene is the strangler. But Sookie and Sam don't know that, thanks to the usual farcical miscommunications, and end up mugging down right as Bill's coming home. He jumps Sam, and Sookie gets pissed enough to rescind his invitation into her home, which bums him out because of how he just killed a girl for her, and also didn't even get to tell her about his new daughter.

Bill's vampire daughter Jessica is truly outrageous, what with her insane hunger for human blood, absurdly delightful existential crisis, generally teenaged acting out, and all of it. Her main goals seem to be: saying curse words, killing a bunch of people, and becoming a stripper. Mostly, it's awesome because of the intensely hilarious situations it puts Bill into, which are nonstop, blackly comedic, and include a vampire parenting sequence with Eric that's gayer than the time Angel and Spike did it.

Next week: the first season finale, Lafayette gets into some scrapes, we learn more about Naked Pig Lady Maryann, Jason is approached by the Newlin vamp-hating church, and Rene comes for Sookie yet again -- but meets a pissed-off border collie in the process.