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{{episode
| name     = {{ep|4x01}}
| season   = 4
| number   = 1
| image    = CovenLafayette.png
| airdate  = June 26, 2011
| writer   = [[Alexander Woo]]
| director = [[Michael Lehmann]]
| previous = {{ep|3x12}}
| next     = {{ep|4x02}}
}}

'''"She's Not There"''' is the first episode of [[Season 4]] of the [[HBO]] original series ''[[True Blood]]'', and the series' thirty-seventh episode in overall. 

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==Summary==
Sookie journeys away from Bon Temps, Eric and Bill try to win back the human public, Jason learns that no good deed goes unpunished, Tara finds refuge in close quarters, Sam bonds with his own, Hoyt and Jessica debate the dinner menu, Jesus urges Lafayette to join a coven, and Terry tries to alleviate Arlene's fears about the baby.

==Synopsis==
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<font face="truebloodregular, TrueBlood, True Blood, Times New Roman" color="#800000" size="4">"''I have a fairy godmother?<br />Okay, if your job is to look after me, can I just say you suck?"<br /><small>― Sookie Stackhouse, to Claudine Crane</small>''</font>
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[[File:Sookiefruit.png|thumb|Sookie sees Barry and the magical Lumiere fruit]]
[[Sookie Stackhouse|Sookie]] and [[Claudine Crane|Claudine]] arrive in the [[Faerie (location)|faery realm]], which looks like a whimsical, mythological world, complete with glowing magical light-fruit called [[Lumiere fruit|Lumiere]]. Claudine introduces Sookie to other [[Faerie|faeries]]. Sookie recognizes [[Barry Horowitz|Barry]] and discovers that her [[Earl Stackhouse|grandfather]] is there. He claims that he's only been there a few hours, but has actually been missing for the past 20 years.

Sookie refuses to eat the Lumiere fruit and notices that something is off about the perfect place. When she attempts to communicate [[Telepathy|telepathically]] with her grandfather, the other faeries all hear her. [[Queen Mab]] commands her to eat the Lumiere fruit. When Sookie refuses, Mab tries to force-feed it to her. The Queen blames Sookie for letting [[Bill Compton|Bill]] taste fairy blood and declares that they are now harvesting [[human]]s. Sookie somehow deflects Queen Mab with her [[Photokinesis|light powers]] revealing the glowing realm into a barren wasteland and the faeries as ugly creatures.

[[File:Earl13.png|thumb|left|Sookie sees her Grandaddy Earl]]
Sookie and her grandfather flee. They are aided by another faery who tells them that there are some who don't agree with the Crown. They escape through a portal and land in the [[Bon Temps Cemetery]]. Sookie’s Grandfather rapidly ages and turns to dust in front of her; an unexpected effect of the Lumiere fruit.

Sookie returns to her [[Stackhouse home|home]] to find a group of contractors remodeling it. She walks in, confused, and they threaten to call the police. Sookie is surprised that [[Jason Stackhouse|Jason]] is the responding officer. He is just as surprised to see her and explains that she has been gone for over 12 months; those ten minutes in fairyland just cost her a year of her life. Jason explains that people thought that [[Bill Compton|Bill]] had killed her. Not knowing that she was still alive, Jason—now a full fledged cop—sold her house. Sheriff [[Andy Bellefleur|Andy]] is more abrasive than usual because he’s hooked on [[Vampire Blood|V]] and experiencing withdrawal.

[[File:PamShesnot There.png|thumb|Pam pays Jessica a visit]]
Sookie tells Jason that she was in a place where time moves differently; to prove it to him, she gives him their grandfather's watch. At that moment, the sun starts to set and Bill comes to the house, in joyful disbelief that Sookie is alive. [[Eric Northman|Eric]] arrives moments later, telling Sookie that he alone knew that she was alive and that he never gave up on her. Bill and Eric bicker and Bill commands Eric to leave, which he does, reluctantly. To save Sookie from questioning, Bill tells everyone that she was on "vampire business" and she agrees to go along with the lie.

[[Lafayette Reynolds|Lafayette]] is being pushed to join a [[witch]] coven by [[Jesus Velasquez|Jesus]]. Jesus introduces Lafayette to [[Marnie Stonebrook]], the head of the [[coven]], who channels [[Eddie Gauthier|Eddie]], Lafayette's former [[vampire]] lover and supplier of V.

[[Arlene Fowler Bellefleur|Arlene]] has had her baby, [[Mikey Bellefleur|Mikey]], and is terrified of him because his father was the serial killer [[Drew Marshall|Rene Lenier]]. Arlene comes home to find the baby ripping the heads off Barbie dolls and freaks out. [[Terry Bellefleur|Terry]], who loves the boy like his own, tries to comfort her.

[[File:JasonShesnotthere.png|thumb|left|Jason in Hotshot]]
[[Tara Thornton|Tara]] has become a cage fighter in [[New Orleans]] and only keeps in touch with those she left behind by postcard. She is also in a relationship with [[Naomi]], another fighter.

[[Sam Merlotte|Sam]] is taking anger management with a group of [[Shapeshifter]]s to get over shooting [[Tommy Mickens|Tommy]]. Tommy is alive, but has a limp from his injuries. Tommy visits [[Bellefleur's Bar and Grill|Merlotte's]] with [[Maxine Fortenberry|Mrs. Fortenberry]] looking cleaned up.

[[Hoyt Fortenberry|Hoyt]] and [[Jessica Hamby|Jessica]] are living together, but facing some domestic troubles. They fight over human food vs blood and get into an argument over eggs. Jessica also has urges that she can't control. At [[Fangtasia]], she lusts after a [[fangbanger]] and is visibly shaken over her lack of self-control. [[Pam Swynford de Beaufort|Pam]] gives her some unsolicited advice about the difficulties of suppressing her "hunter" nature but Jessica insists that she loves Hoyt.

Jason is still caring for the [[werepanther]] tribe in [[Hotshot, Louisiana|Hotshot]]. He's sticking to his responsibilities and they seem to care for him. However, while making a food delivery, they trap him in a freezer.

[[File:8.png|thumb|right|Sookie's caught naked by Eric in front of him covered only by a towel]]
[[Nan Flanagan]] and the [[American Vampire League]] are trying desperately to remedy the damage done to Vampires' public image by [[Russell Edgington]]'s murder of a [[TBBN]] [[Jerry McCafferty|newscaster]] on live television. Nan is determined to win back the public one smile at a time. Eric and Bill assist her in making public announcements. Bill speaks at a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new [[Senior Citizens Center]] in [[Bon Temps, Louisiana|Bon Temps]]. He thanks Mayor [[Sterling Norris|Norris]] and the Chamber of Commerce, which is led by [[Portia Bellefleur]].

Bill has become the new Vampire [[Vampire monarch|King]] of [[Louisiana]]!

Eric reveals that he is the one who bought Sookie’s house; and therefore she is "his." 

==Trailer==
[[File:True Blood 4x01 "She's Not There" Promo|center|420px]]

==Notes==
===Accolades===
* This episode currently hasn't received any awards.

===Allusions===
* This episode does not contain any allusions.

===Bloopers and Continuity Errors===
* There are no bloopers that occur in this episode.

===Continuity===
* After three seasons in a starring role as [[Bud Dearborne]], [[William Sanderson]] is removed from the opening credits of this episode. [[Denis O'Hare]] also departs the main cast after appearing in the opening credits last season.
* [[Lauren Bowles]], [[Janina Gavankar]], [[Fiona Shaw]] and [[Jessica Tuck]] all join the main cast as [[Holly Cleary]], [[Luna Garza]], [[Marnie Stonebrook]] and [[Nan Flanagan]] respectively. Bowles previously appeared as a recurring character in the third season and Tuck appeared in a recurring role in the previous three seasons.
* [[Sookie Stackhouse|Sookie]] discovers that her grandfather [[Earl Stackhouse|Earl]] is alive after previously believing him to be dead.
* The [[Fairy|fairies]]' true faces and motivations are revealed to the viewer.
* When [[Sookie Stackhouse|Sookie]] returns to [[Bon Temps, Louisiana|Bon Temps]], she discovers twelve months and two weeks has passed since her disappearance in the closing moments of the [[Evil is Going On|third season finale]]. Because of the year time jump, the lives of the remaining characters have changed significantly since then and marks the longest passage of time between episodes.
* After brief appearances last year, [[witch]]es are formally introduced to the viewer.
* [[Portia Bellefleur]], [[Andy Bellefleur|Andy]]'s sister and [[Terry Bellefleur|Terry]]'s first cousin, is finally introduced after being referenced in the first and second seasons.
* Jessica reveals to the audience that Hoyt's mother, Maxine Fortenberry, attempted to shoot her with a wooden bullet but failed. Maxine was seen in the gun store during the season three finale.

===Flashbacks===
* There are no flashbacks that occur in this episode.

===Miscredits===
* There are no miscredits that occur in this episode.

===Music===
* ''''Real Wild Child" - '''''Joan Jett & The Blackhearts'''
* ''"What's On Your Mind - '''''Soda Jerk'''
* "''Better Get On" '''''- Danny Wilde'''
* '''"'''''Calling the Shots" '''''- Mississippi Mike Wolf'''
* "''What You Do To Me" '''''- ''''''Blakroc (Featuring Billy Danze, Jim Jones, Nicole Wray)'''
* "''Dues" - '''''El Camino'''
* "''Xcess" (Remixed by Schneider of Rammstein) - '''''Slick Idiot'''
* "''She's Not There" - '''''Neko Case & Nick Cave'''

===Production===
* There are no production notes available for this episode.

===Title===
* The title of this episode may refer to Sookie's absence from Bon Temps for a year.

===Trivia===
* There is currently no trivia associated with this episode.

==Memorable Quotes==
'''Eric Northman:''' Sookie, you are mine!

'''Pamela Swynford de Beaufort:'''
* "The restrooms are for humans. Do I need to explain why?"
* "That tree with the plaid shirt has a name?"

'''Andy Bellefleur:''' "For thirteen straight months I've had that open case on my books. If it weren't for you, this year's Louisiana Safe Streets plaque would be on my wall, and not fucking Webster Parish!"

==Memorable Dialogue==

==Cast==
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===Starring===
* [[Anna Paquin]] as [[Sookie Stackhouse]]
* [[Stephen Moyer]] as [[Bill Compton]]
* [[Sam Trammell]] as [[Sam Merlotte]]
* [[Ryan Kwanten]] as [[Jason Stackhouse]]
* [[Rutina Wesley]] as [[Tara Thornton]]
* [[Alexander Skarsgård]] as [[Eric Northman]]
* [[Kevin Alejandro]] as [[Jesus Velasquez]]
* [[Marshall Allman]] as [[Tommy Mickens]]
* [[Chris Bauer]] as [[Andy Bellefleur]]
* [[Kristin Bauer van Straten]] as [[Pam Swynford De Beaufort|Pam]]
* [[Lauren Bowles]] as [[Holly Cleary]]
* [[Nelsan Ellis]] as [[Lafayette Reynolds]]
* [[Janina Gavankar]] as [[Luna Garza]]
* [[Todd Lowe]] as [[Terry Bellefleur]]
* [[Jim Parrack]] as [[Hoyt Fortenberry]]
* [[Carrie Preston]] as [[Arlene Fowler Bellefleur]]
* [[Fiona Shaw]] as [[Marnie Stonebrook]]
* [[Jessica Tuck]] as [[Nan Flanagan]]
* [[Deborah Ann Woll]] as [[Jessica Hamby]]

===Recurring===
* 

===Co-starring===
* [[Lisbeth Scott]] as a [[Singing Faerie]]
* [[Bradley Dodds]] as [[Lloyd]]
* [[Ricki Noel Lander]] as a [[Servant Faerie]]
* [[Guy Perry]] as a [[Faerie Goblin]]
* [[Kendall Lake]] as a [[Fangtasia Dancer]]
* [[Blaine Saunders]] as [[Becky]]
* [[Brandon Molale]] as [[Officer Featherstone|Officer X]]
* [[Christian Malmin]] as a [[News Correspondent]]
* [[Tahmus Rounds]] as a [[Drunk Man]]
* [[Bernhard Eichholz]] as a [[Puppeteer]]

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===Guest starring===
* [[Gary Cole]] as [[Earl Stackhouse|Earl]]
* [[Dane DeHaan]] as [[Timbo]]
* [[Courtney Ford]] as [[Portia Bellefleur|Portia]]
* [[Lara Pulver]] as [[Claudine Crane|Claudine]]
* [[Rebecca Wisocky]] as [[Queen Mab]]
* [[Dale Raoul]] as [[Maxine Fortenberry]]
* [[Vedette Lim]] as [[Naomi]]
* [[Alexandra Breckenridge]] as [[Katerina Pellham|Katerina]]
* [[Chris Coy]] as [[Barry|Barry the Bellboy]]
* [[Neil Hopkins]] as [[Claude Crane|Claude]]
* [[Clay Wilcox]] as [[Ernie]]
* [[Christina Moore]] as [[Suzanne McKittrick|Suzanne]]
* [[Chris Butler]] as [[Emory Broome|Emory]]
* [[William Schallert]] as [[Mayor Sterling Norris|Mayor Norris]]
* [[Randy Wayne]] as [[Matt (human)|Matt]]
* [[Dean Chekvala]] as [[Roy]]
* [[Dendrie Taylor]] as [[Beverleen]]
* [[Fiona Dourif]] as [[Casey]]

===Special guest starring===
* 

===Uncredited===
* [[Clare Benavides]] as a [[Half Faerie]]
* [[Laura Liz Perloe]] as a [[Faerie]]
* [[James Harvey Ward]] as [[Felton Norris]]

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==Episode Ratings==
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| 5.42
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