The MAIN problem with the "happy ending" they decided to go with? The writers' lack of foresite to sketch in the character who could possibly have been Sookie's future baby daddy. You can tell they had no real idea how to wrap up the show (minus Bill's death), and just went with the "everything's pretty great in the future now" kinda ending. Everybody who's still alive = having kids, in a relationship, and lovin' life. LAME. And seeing Eric being reduced to little more than a bored businessman is utterly disheartening.
I was behind on this season basically the entire way through, so I couldn't partake in much discussion, haha. But I kind of hate that they abandoned the "town is under attack" storyline. I mean, I guess they had to sort out a lot of character arcs, so they didn't really have time to be telling new stories. But that could have been a great jolt for the show had it been done last season.
Anyway, on the finale...meh...at least it didn't pull a "How I Met Your Mother" and just completely change the entire tone of the show with its ending. My wife started to suspect "Bill is going to turn human!" with Sookie being able to hear his thoughts and the "I've felt more human than ever" line. I guess those were intentional red herrings...but I'm really glad they didn't go that cornball route.
I mean, yeah, maybe the final scene they gave us was a little cheesy, but it was a reasonable way to wrap up a show. Maybe it seemed "too happy"...but I think that's mostly because of the utter chaos that had been happening ever since the Tru Blood factories were bombed. With that problem rectified, it's not unthinkable that life could return to normal, or that people would grow up and settle down.
As for "Sookie's Baby Daddy", to me it felt like they intentionally avoided the "who is it?" because that was the point and proved Bill right. The WHO didn't matter...but just that she did move on and lived a normal life. It's not like there was some obvious candidate that they just ignored. It's not Bill, Eric, or Alcide. It was 5 years after Bill died. She met somebody. Good enough for me.
Anyway, what a show, haha. Could have been so much more, but my wife and I saw it through to the end. Looking back at my old posts in this thread, I still stand by my Mary Ann assessment. She
ed up the entire show, lol. It totally jumped the shark during that plotline.