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and viewers and show-runners alike are excited about the implications. In an interview with “EW,” Buckner said the following:

“Here’s my sincere hope: that we get to see more of everybody we love, because everybody is under the banner of fewer stories. The story is ‘for every human a vampire, for every vampire a human,’ and now that there’s a lesser need for separate plot and separate story development for every single character that we have, we’re actually going to get to spend more time with them. That’s my hope, that’s the motivation, and that’s where it’s all coming from.”

If you’re a Truebie, I already know what you’re thinking: “Great ... but what about ERIC?”

I’m happy to say that I have some good news for all the Eric Northman fans out there — showrunners have confirmed that he is returning for the show’s final season. The ancient Swede, played by the appropriately tall, blonde and Swedish Alexander Skarsgård (“Battleship,” 2012), was last seen lounging naked on a snowy moun- tainside in Åre, Sweden, enjoying the solitude and mourning the loss of one of his own.

Warlow’s blood had allowed the vamps who drank it to walk in the sun without harm, but when Warlow is killed in Bon Temps, the effect of his blood is negated. Alone on his mountain at midday, Eric suddenly bursts into flames ... and that’s it. Quite a cliff to leave one of the show’s best loved characters hanging on.

Buckner assures fans that Skarsgård will return as a major part of season 7, but that Eric will not be “suddenly alive and well” as the season opens. Show-runners are tight-lipped beyond this admission, and even the teasers and trailers for the upcoming season shed no light on what has become of Eric.

They do, however, portend a dangerous new world for our favourite characters. “Is this war, Bill?” Sookie asks her vampire neighbor.

“Yes, I suppose it is.”

The wait is almost over. Tune in Sunday, June 22, as the final season of “True Blood” kicks off on HBO.

ACROSS

1 “Moneytalks” band declare weatherman Al

36 Chg. card percentage

37 Get wind of

39 Jaime Pressly stars as a career woman who has lost her job and has to move back in with her mother on this TV Land comedy: 2 wds.

Model/actress

48 Corp. bigwig

49 Frightened shouts!

50 Donated

51 Actor Mr. Watanabe

52 Serpentine sounds

53 Greek goddess of discord

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1 “I __ __ a loss for words.”

2 Caleb __ (Author of The Alienist)

3 Sturdy horse cart

4 “Moonlighting” star Ms. Shepherd

5 “Pretty Little __” on ABC Family

6 Bit of “My Way”: “And now, the __ __ near...”

7 God of war in Greek mythology

8 ‘The Hunting Party’ is the new album by California rock band __ Park

9 Documentary maker, Morgan __

10 Simplicity

11 Actress Ms. Summer

19 Ballet slipper part

23 The Once-__, “The Lorax” (2012) character

24 Apple pie _ __ mode

25 Archangel Gabriel is a character in this supernatural series on Syfy

27 Curly’s pal

28 ‘Hotel’ suffix

32 Caravansary

33 Ryan __ (Improviser on The CW’s “Who’s Line Is It Anyway?”)

34 UK military service

35 Netflix series, “__ Is the New Black”

37 The __ (Family on ABC sitcom “The Middle”)

38 Joe _. __ (Star of ‘60s comedy “Car 54 Where Are You?”)

39 John Mellencamp hit: “__ & Diane”

40 General Robert _. __

41 Enemies

42 TV