I finally got to watch last night.
I wasn't sure that was Lafayette at first but as soon as he spoke I knew it was him. I think he was hard to place since he was missing his "flair"
I think they're all down there because they've all wronged the vamps. Eric warned them back in season 1 at Merlotte's.
They were turning the wheel so they could go to the bathroom, right? The one guy said bucket and they turned the wheel until he could sit on the bucket.
I LOVED that Eric came out on the attack. While he does have a funny/witty side, he is a vampire and they don't want us to forget it.
I'm ok with most of the changes they've made. It does keep things interesting. The changes I hate are Tara and Jason. This Tara annoys the crap out of me and I prefer Jason in the book. I hope they don't stray too much from the Dallas story.