Well, unfortunately, Eric gets his memory back at the end of that book and is back to his usual self. He and Sookie apparently had a good time of it though while he had no memory. Aside from being 6 foot 5, Eric is apparently very well endowed :)
The reason they changed the Maenad story line so much, I think, was to give all the other characters in the show something to be doing while Sookie was off in Dallas. The problem the show's makers run into, I guess, is that the books are all about Sookie, no one else really has significant side stories unless it involves Sookie. So that makes me wonder how they are going to handle next season, assuming they're going to do book 3, because book 3 is all about Sookie and pretty much all the other side charaters are left behind in Bon Temps while Sookie goes off to Mississippi for the whole book by herself and some new characters. I think they'll really have to create new storylines in order to keep Tara, Sam, Jason etc doing stuff come next season.
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The reason they changed the Maenad story line so much, I think, was to give all the other characters in the show something to be doing while Sookie was off in Dallas. The problem the show's makers run into, I guess, is that the books are all about Sookie, no one else really has significant side stories unless it involves Sookie. So that makes me wonder how they are going to handle next season, assuming they're going to do book 3, because book 3 is all about Sookie and pretty much all the other side charaters are left behind in Bon Temps while Sookie goes off to Mississippi for the whole book by herself and some new characters. I think they'll really have to create new storylines in order to keep Tara, Sam, Jason etc doing stuff come next season.