In Memoriam: Russell Edgington, ‘True Blood’

One of the best parts of 'True Blood' has always been Russell Edgington -- played with outstanding panache by Denis O'Hare, Edgington always got the wittiest lines and most fun story lines, especially in season five, when he leads his fellow vampires in slaughtering an entire room full of people during karaoke. But then he lets that faerie nonsense go to his head again, and while distracted by their intense light powers, Eric Northman drives a stake through Russell Edgington's heart, welcoming him to the true death once and for all. Lame.