After seven campy, bloody, wildly uneven seasons, HBO vampire drama True Blood finally ended last night — and the series' final hour was distinctly underwhelming. Hoyt and Jessica got married; Eric and Pam launched a new product; Bill exploded in a burst of bloody glory.
That last bit meant that series protagonist Sookie Stackhouse was free to move forward and find new love again — and in a flash forward, we were treated to a glimpse of her happy future:
And so, after her countless romantic entanglements over the course of the series, Sookie ended up having a baby with... some guy with a beard.
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