Eric Northman

1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire

[Bill returns home and finds Eric bathing in his tub, listening to music]

ERIC: I texted you three times. Why didn't you reply?

BILL: I hate using the number keys to type. What are you listening to?

ERIC: From my younger days. It's really quite beautiful if you know old Swedish. I have a favor to ask of you.

BILL: A favor or an order?

ERIC: Depends on how you look at it. Honestly, did you think you could keep her to yourself?

ERIC: Pam, Long Shadow, and I are partners in this club, and we recently noticed that sixty thousand dollars has gone missing from our books. And Bruce... [puts hand on scared man's shoulder] is our accountant. Perhaps you can start by listening to him.

SOOKIE: He's not saying anything.

ERIC: Don't be coy. It's humbling enough to turn to a human for assistance. We know what you can do.

SOOKIE: And I know what you can do, too. Why don't you just glamor him?

ERIC: Now don't you think we might have tried everything before summoning you? So... it would be a great favor to me and to Mr. Compton if you help us.

SOOKIE: If I find out who did it, then what?

LONG SHADOW: We'll turn that person over to the police and let the authorities handle it from there.

SOOKIE: Hundreds of years old, and you're still a terrible liar. Come on! [to Eric] I'll make you a deal. If you promise to hand over the person who did this to the police, I'll agree to help you any time you want.

ERIC: All right. Why not?

[Sookie takes Bruce's hand]

BRUCE: [thinking that he shouldn't have started working for vampires and that he was the one who reported the missing money]

SOOKIE: Bruce, it's okay. Take a deep breath. Did you steal their money?

BRUCE: No. No, no, you gotta believe me, I didn't do it, I swear--

SOOKIE: Shh. Do you know who did?

BRUCE: No. [thinking that he would turn the person in, trying to think of who might have done it]

SOOKIE: He's telling the truth.

LONG SHADOW: You trust a skinny human to clear the fat one?

ERIC: Bring the next one in.

GINGER: [sees Bill] Mmmm, yummy.

ERIC: Ginger, this woman has some questions for you. Now be a good girl and answer them, will you?

GINGER: Aye-aye, Master. [Sookie takes Ginger's hand] Don't you touch me.

ERIC: [to Pam] Hold her still.

SOOKIE: Ginger, someone's been stealing money from the bar.

GINGER: Really. Huh. [thinking that it wasn't her]

SOOKIE: She didn't do it... but she knows who did.

GINGER: What? Fuck you. [wondering how Sookie knew, scared that someone's going to kill her]

SOOKIE: Who? Who's gonna kill you? Ginger, honey, what's his name? [tries to listen] It's blank, like her memory's been erased.

GINGER: I don't know anything, I swear.

PAM: She's been glamored.

SOOKIE: It's a vampire.

[Long Shadow leaps over the bar and grabs Sookie by the throat]