Remember last year when I was constantly distracted during the first half of the season of True Blood by Bill's sudden hotness? You know, back when he was wearing dinner jackets? Then he got back with Sookie and stopped being hot. Well, good news! I saw some new images from the upcoming season (June 26th cannot come soon enough), and Bill's hot again! Check it out for yourself:

I mean, pocket squares? It's like he's undergoing a Chuck Bass-ification. Which probably explains shit like this:

I mean, c'mon: the purple, the snifter, the fireplace?* Damn show, you've got my interest piqued. And just because we need to see it again:

Confidential to Alcide: never stop making that noise. Now just you wait for the witches to come after Eric. Bet Bill tries to warn him and everything. 

*Now that I think about it, Chuck Bass and Michael Rosenbaum's Lex Luthor were birds of a feather, were they not?