ORBzine - True Blood TV Review
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Season 1
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 1]
Strange Love
Shown 7 Sep 08
This is set in a parallel world where vampires not only exist, but have come out of the closet and are openly acknowledged.
Sookie Stackhouse ( Anna Paquin ) is a waitress in a redneck diner down in Dixie-land. She has the psychic ability to read peoples' minds. Human minds, that is - as she discovers when she meets her first ever vamp, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet )!
Sookie's brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is something of a babe-hound, which gets him into trouble ...
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 2]
The First Taste
Shown 14 Sep 08
With all the graphic sex and violence introduced in the first episode, we now get onto character development. Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) gets to know her vampire friend Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) a bit better, but everyone else's love life is in limbo.
Jason (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is pulled in by Detective Andy. With Marnette gone, he hooks up with a new GF - Sookie's co-worker, Dawn ( Lynn Collins ).
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 3]
Mine
Shown 21 Sep 08
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) is very sexually frustrated. She visits Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ), meets some of Bill's vamp buddies, and learns more about vampire society.
Jason (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is stressed out by his new GF, Dawn ( Lynn Collins ). He goes to his gay drug-dealer buddy, Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ), and gets some V-blood in exchange for a favour.
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 4]
Escape From Dragon House
Shown 28 Sep 08
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) gets Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) to take her to the Fang-Banger club. It is a bit tame compared to Blade II , but it is nice to get a glimpse at the wider world that this series is set in. The place is run by Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ).
Meanwhile, Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) finds his new GF, Dawn ( Lynn Collins ), was written out of the story. This makes him two for two in the eyes of Detective Andy. Jason and Tara's friendship takes another step. She claims to have been with him instead of Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ).
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 5]
Sparks Fly Out
Shown 5 Oct 08
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) gives the townsfolk a lecture on his service in the US Civil War. We also get a flashback to how he became a vampire.
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 6]
Cold Ground
Shown 12 Oct 08
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) tries to cope with the repercussions of the discovery at the end of the previous ep. But Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) starts to suffer withdrawl symptoms, so he is no help. A split develops between the siblings.
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 7]
Burning House of Love
Shown 19 Oct 08
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) consummate their semi-forbidden love.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) takes her crazy mom ( Adina Porter ) to the exorcist.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) goes looking for some V-juice. His new GF is Amy ( Lizzy Caplan ).
Bill's vamp pals are in town again, and they want him to join them. They appear at the bar, looking for trouble. No wonder the rednecks do not like them!
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 8]
The Fourth Man in the Fire
Shown 26 Oct 08
The rednecks get their revenge on the vamps. Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is believed to have perished in the process.
Tara's mom ( Adina Porter ) seems to be getting better, and even ditches her Devil-Juice.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ), the bar owner, has been spotted running naked through the woods. He denies it, of course. Is his sidekick Terry (the unhinged war veteran) delusional, or is he hiding a dangerous secret?
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) wakes up with his new girl after the best V-blood sex ever. She actually seems to be the perfect woman for him. But their craving for V-blood gets ever stronger ...
The Vamp Sheriff, Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ), summons Sookie ( Anna Paquin ). Someone stole from him, and he wants her to use her mind-reading powers to find the thief.
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 9]
Plaisir D'Amour
Shown 2 Nov 08
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) and his new GF Amy ( Lizzy Caplan ) settle down, and everything seems fine. Of course, this is the calm before the storm. She is a V-Blood junkie, and it is only a matter of time before Jason learns how bad things are.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) thinks her crazy mom ( Adina Porter ) has been cured by the exorcist. Now Tara has to deal with her own problems. Will she settle down with Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ), or will she try to get her own demon exorcised?
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 10]
I Don't Wanna Know
Shown 9th November 2009
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) learns her boss's secret.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) and his new GF Amy ( Lizzy Caplan ) try to control their new source of V-Blood.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) gets her exorcism.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is taken before the Vampires' inquisitor, the Magister (Zelko Ivanek - Hannibal ) to be tried and punished for his crime. This leads to the first appearance of Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ).
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 11]
To Love is to Bury
Shown 16 Nov 08
The serial killer claims another victim.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) struggles to train his annoying teenage charge, Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ).
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) discovers a clue to the killer's identity.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) gets arrested for a DUI. Luckily Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) drops by to bail her out.
Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) is out of V-juice, so he pleases his customers in other ways. One of them is a politician. As a stale pale male person, this politician is going for the reactionary vote. In other words, he hypocritically spouts homophobic and vamp-phobic rhetoric of the God Hates Fangs type.
True Blood [Season 1, Episode 12]
You'll Be the Death of Me
Shown 23 Nov 08
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is in jail, but worst of all - he finds religion! The Church hates vampires, as per the God Hates Fangs sign in the opening credits, so they see the serial killer as a hero. When Vermont legalizes Human-Vampire Marriage, this is clearly a metaphor for Gay Marriage.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) thinks she knows who the real serial killer is. But he is closing in on her ...
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) joins up with self-taught Life Coach Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ).
One major character may not be back next Season ...
Season 2
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 1]
Nothing But the Blood
Shown 14 Jun 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) are shacked up together, nice and cosy. But Bill's teenage spawn Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) threatens to ruin everything.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) wants to go to Summer Camp with the Xian Fundamentalists. Will he find enough money to pay for it?
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) has survived, but is now being held by Vamp Sheriff Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) for selling V-Blood.
The voodoo woman Miss Jeanette ( Aisha Hinds ) is murdered. Is there another serial killer in town?
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 2]
Keep This Party Going
Shown 21 Jun 09
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) goes to Summer Camp with the Xian Fundamentalists. As well as bible class, they also do anti-Vamp seminars. And they all wear silver rings. Will abstinence agree with Jason?
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) has to babysit the teenage vamp girl, Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ).
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) tries to escape.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) has a lot to handle. With two of his waitresses dead he has to break in a new one, Daphne. With Lafayette missing, Terry is the stand-in chef. Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) visits Sam Merlotte's bar, and works her magicks there ...
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 3]
Scratches
Shown 28 Jun 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) gets attacked by a strange monster in the woods. The Vamps help her, but at a price.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) has doubts about the Xian camp he is attending. But they seem to have plans for him ...
Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) holds another party, this time at her mansion. Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) twigs that something is wrong.
Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ), the teenage Vamp girl, gets a boyfriend.
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 4]
Shake And Fingerpop
Shown 12 Jul 09
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) take Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) the Teen Vamp to Texas, as Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) ordered. Their chauffeur (Dean Norris - Medium ) has plans of his own. It turns out the abduction was by an extremist group.
Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) has yet ANOTHER party. This one is the biggest so far.
Erik goes looking for Lafayette the V-dealer (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ). He has got plans and motivations that have yet to be explained.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) meets a fellow mind-reader.
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 5]
Never Let Me Go
Shown 19 Jul 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) are in Texas, where they are joined by Sheriff Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ). We get to see a flashback to the Sheriff's making as a vamp. Sookie is more interested in finding the elusive bellboy. He may have the key to her own inexplicable power of telepathy.
Sookie's idiot brother Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is having a crisis of faith in the Xian camp. The preacher's wife seems to be tempting him on purpose ...
Sookie's best buddy Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) has Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) and her coven camp out at Sookie's house.
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 6]
Hard-Hearted Hannah
Shown 26 Jul 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) goes undercover at the Church.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) gets to find out how the Pastor's wife really feels about him.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) has a plan to distract Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) from Sookie ( Anna Paquin ).
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 7]
Release Me
Shown 2 Aug 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) discovers who the traitor is. And she gets ever closer to finding out what happened to Sheriff Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ).
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) ends up in a lot of trouble, and it is not really his fault!
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is cornered by his sociopathic sire.
Back in Louisiana, we discover what Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) really is.
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 8]
Timebomb
Shown 9 Aug 09
The vampires and the Xian Fundamentalists finally face off against each other. Godric seems to be the voice of reason!
Back home, Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) has framed the barman for murder. The police do not bother to investigate the town drunk's claims of a satanic coven, even though the local folk (including pathologist John Billingsly - Star Trek: Enterprise !) are being rounded up for having sex in public (with a tree, in Billingsly's case)!
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 9]
I Will Rise Up
Shown 16 Aug 09
The Army of Light try one desperate last-ditch attack on the vamps. But everyone suffers as a result.
Godric is the voice of reason and compromise among the Dallas Vamps, but even he has superiors to answer to. And since the situation with the Xians gets worse, he has to carry the blame for it all.
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 10]
New World In My View
Shown 23 Aug 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ), Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) return to Louisiana. But this is no place like home ...
Jason goes to save the Shifter from being sacrificed. The shell-shocked Barman actually seems better while possessed. But despite Jason being himself, his Army of Light training means that he actually succeeds. Most awesome rescue ever!
Sookie and Bill help Lafayette give Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) her intervention. Even with combined mind-reading and vampiric compulsion, can they succeed?
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 11]
Frenzy
Shown 30 Aug 09
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) visits the Vampire Queen of Louisiana ( Evan Rachel Wood ). She knows a lot about Mary-Anne's kind ... but she does not care enough to interfere.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) wants to go back to Mary-Anne's place (it used to be Sookie's place, but it has been vandalised) ... Of course, Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and Lafayette have to go after her. And Lafayette is still shell-shocked from getting shot, tortured - worse, since he tasted Erik's blood he has visions!
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) and Detective Andy decide to go after Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ). The barman goes to get help from Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ).
True Blood [Season 2, Episode 12]
Beyond Here Lies Nothin'
Shown 13 Sep 09
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and the rescue team discover they are out of their depth against Mary-Anne ( Michelle Forbes ) and her followers.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) decides the only way to save Sookie is to exchange her for Sam.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) plays Yahtze with the Vampire Queen of Louisiana ( Evan Rachel Wood ).
The Season Arc is dealt with quite swiftly, leaving half the ep dedicated to tying up loose ends. We also get a cliffhanger that leads into the next Season.
Season 3
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 1]
Bad Blood AKA Pack of Wolves
Shown 13/Jun/10
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is kidnapped by Cooter (Grant Bowler - Defiance ) and Gus (Don Swayze - ), but manages to break free from the kidnappers. This leaves him naked, alone in the forest, hunted by ferocious killers.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) tries to get over the Eggs situation by having sex with a couple of girls. Unfortunately he keeps seeing them with bullet holes, and he finds this off-putting.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) goes hunting for clues about his birth family.
Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) is suicidal. Luckily her cousin Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) understands this.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) has a visit from the Vampire Queen of Louisiana ( Evan Rachel Wood ). She wants the V-blood sold ASAP, while the Magister (Zelko Ivanek - Hannibal ) is in town looking for the dealers.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 2]
Beautifully Broken
Shown 20/Jun/10
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is taken into custody by the Vampire King of Missisippi, Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) who apparently knows a lot more about the werewolves.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) asks Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) for help. It turns out that Erik and Godric have been secretly hunting the Nazi werewolves for decades.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) tries to help Detective Andy get over the Eggs situation.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) discovers his birth family.
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) takes his cousin Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) to a hospital. Alfre Woodward is his misbegotten mother, and Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) is the male nurse who looks after her.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 3]
It Hurts Me Too
Shown 27/Jun/10
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) discovers that Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) is being held across the State Line in Mississippi. She decides to go looking - she can read werewolves' minds, of course. Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) cannot go with her, although he does not bother explaining Vampire politics. At least he gives her a bodyguard - a tame (-ish) werewolf, Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ).
Bill has flashbacks to what happened to his family after he became a vampire. His wife was Shannon Lucio , so he can hardly be blamed. Despite what Erik's sire ordered in the previous season, Bill's sire is still obsessed with him.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 4]
9 Crimes
Shown 11/Jul/10
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) involves himself more deeply in the Missisippi plan.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) goes undercover at the Werewolf club.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) has problems with untrustworthy drug-dealers. Worse, the Magister (Zelko Ivanek - Hannibal ) is back.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) tries to sort things out with his family.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 5]
Trouble
Shown 18/Jul/10
Bill's childe Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) takes a job as a waitress at Sam's bar. she discovers that her Ex is now dating Summer ( Melissa Rauch ) AKA Brigitte from Big Bang Theory.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) visits Mississippi, and befriends King Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ).
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) gets a new love interest, but is as stupid as ever.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 6]
I Got a Right to Sing the Blues
Shown 25/Jul/10
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ), Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) are all guests in the King's house, each with a different yet horrible fate lined up.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) plays along with King Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ), because he has his own agenda.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) the barman discovers what his family's dark secret is.
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) has a new love interest, Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) but his drug-dealing problems catch up with him.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) finds out that his new love interest has a family.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 7]
Hitting the Ground
Shown 01/Aug/10
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) rescues Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ), but naturally it does not go the way she expected. She ends up in the ICU, the first time she has ever been hospitalised. The doctors discover she has no blood type, while Sookie wakes up in a garden full of nymphs. This is the first appearance of Claudine Crane ( Lara Pulver ).
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) tries to rescue his brother from the dog-fights.
King Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) confronts the Magister (Zelko Ivanek - Hannibal ), the only one with the legal power to marry him to the Queen ( Evan Rachel Wood ).
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 8]
Night on the Sun
Shown 08/Aug/10
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) is home. But the Vamp King Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) and his minions are after her. Luckily, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) are around. Gus (Don Swayze - ) seems to have taken Cooter's place as Russell's henchman, but he is out of his depth against Jessica.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) starts his plan for revenge on the King. This is really not much of a plan, and it is a pity he was not smart enough to work with Bill when he had the chance.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 9]
Everything is Broken
Shown 15/Aug/10
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) gets home, but has to explain himself to the Vampire Authority.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) discovers that her cousin told their family history to Queen Sophie, Vampire Queen of Louisiana ( Evan Rachel Wood ).
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) tries to sort out his GF's cousin-cum-fiance. But the violent SOB means trouble for the Deputies, so Jason tells Sheriff Andy about the drugs link.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 10]
I Smell a Rat
Shown 22/Aug/10
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) discuss her family history. Faeries were wiped out by vamps.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) remembers his past, as a con-man working with femme fatale Arielle Kebble . Naturally it all ended in tears, as she prefered her ex-lover Jon (Daniel Gillies - Vampire Diaries ), though Sam got enough money to buy himself a bar.
King Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) is being hunted by the authorities. The Church of the Sun is still around, using the opportunity to preach hatred towards vamps. Someone burns a cross on Bill Compton's front lawn.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) tries to control Sookie through her dreams. She hates him for abandoning her in Russell's house, which is what Bill Compton did to Tara ( Rutina Wesley ). But Russell is coming to get them all ...
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) confesses his guilty secret. He also discovers his GF's secret.
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) and his Shaman BF Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) use V-blood for time-travel.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 11]
Fresh Blood
Shown 29/Aug/10
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) gets drunk and insults everyone in the bar.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) explore Sookie's abilities.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) finds a V-Blood conspiracy.
True Blood [Season 3, Episode 12]
Evil is Going On
Shown 12/Sep/10
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) is still recovering from the V-blood.
The DEA are in town. Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) tries to save the hillbillies.
Sam Merlotte's younger brother decides to take the money and run. How far will Sam go to get his money back?
Russell Edgington (Denis O'Hare - American Horror Story ) gets his comeuppance. Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) turns out to be a sadistic bitch.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) starts to even the score with Russell and others.
Season 4
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 1]
She's Not There
Shown 26/Jun/11
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) is in Faerie Land, and meets get grandpa (Gary Cole - Lucas Buck in American Gothic ). But all is not as nice as it seems, and she has to return to Earth ...
A year has passed, and everyone seems better off without Sookie. They have all found cliques of their own, and prospered. Well, Bill's Ward Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) is settled down with her BF but they do not have domestic bliss. And Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) is a lesbian wrestler in New Orleans.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) have both bettered their situations. However, for Sookie only a few hours have passed, so she has yet to forgive either of them.
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) and his BF Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) are involved with the local coven of witches with Marnie the chief Wiccan ( Fiona Shaw ), Katerina Pelham ( Alexandra Breckenridge ) and Casey ( Fiona Dourif ).
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) joins Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) as part of a Shifter group therapy session.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is a full-time deputy now, helping Andy keep his V-blood addiction under control. In his spare time, Jason looks after Timbo (Dane DeHaan - A Cure For Wellness ) and the others at the hillbilly settlement.
Someone has bought Sookie's house, so she hires Portia ( Courtney Ford ) to discover the mystery buyer's identity.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 2]
You Smell Like Dinner
Shown 03/Jul/11
The Panther folk have plans for Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ). Sheriff Andy drops by to confiscate some V-blood, as he now has a nasty addiction to it.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) has a couple of flashbacks explaining his ties to the Vampire Authority. Yes, even before he started working for Queen Sophie Anne ( Evan Rachel Wood ) he had friends in high places. Now he sends Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) to deal with the witches, before their necromancy becomes a problem. But Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) and his cousin Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) are present, which adds to the situation.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 3]
If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?
Shown 10/Jul/11
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) takes Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) home. He has amnesia, courtesy of the necromantic witches. Luckily he had his workers install a cubby-hole in Sookie's house.
The necromancers convince themselves that they are the victims, and that raising the dead is a constitutionally protected right since they are merely practising their religion.
The Panther folk wait for Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) to turn and become one of them. Sheriff Andy has only just noticed Jason is missing.
Jessica and Hoyt are frustrated with their relationship. Worse, they are being haunted by a creepy weird doll. On a similar note, Arlene's baby seems to be an evil telekinetic. What will happen when the indestructible doll is put in the hands of the doll-destroying child?
Sam's brother Tommy is still living with Maxine Fortenberry. Despite her generosity towards him, Tommy still considers ripping her off once he discovers a petrochemical company wants the natural gas rights for her home. No wonder Sam does not trust his own brother.
In the previous episode, King Bill got sex with Katerina Pelham ( Alexandra Breckenridge ). Now he gets Portia ( Courtney Ford ), who does not give as much nudity.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 4]
I'm Alive And On Fire
Shown 17/Jul/11
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) makes his break for it.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) is still hiding out with Sookie ( Anna Paquin ). She gets the wolf-guy from last Season, Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ), to help.
Pam demands the Wiccans restore Erik. But the spell was not theirs - it was from the spirit of Antonia, the vamp-hating Spanish Witch they accidentally awakened.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 5]
Me and The Devil
Shown 24/Jul/11
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) takes direct action against the witches. He convenes a meeting of his four remaining sheriffs. One was actually present at the Inquisition event in 1610.
The waitress and the chef call over the Baptist minister and his wife (Tara's mom) for an exorcism of their devil baby.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) helps his kid brother cover up his misdeeds. But Sheriff Andy decides to get nosy as well as high.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) is warned by her grandmother that Erik's state is only temporary. But she still falls for his charms.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) recovers from his panther-woman ordeal. But he starts having dreams about his rescuers ... And the full moon is tomorrow night.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 6]
I Wish I Was The Moon
Shown 31/Jul/11
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) takes Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) into custody. He is put in the same cell as Pam, who has also been cursed by the necromancer.
The exorcism was unsuccessful because the baby was not possessed, but the creepy doll was haunted. It burns the house down, so landlord Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) spends the rest of the day salvaging furniture. His brother is left in charge of the bar, but the youngster unintentionally skin-walks into Sam's form. This gets complicated when Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) drops by for a nooner.
Lafayette and his Brujah lover Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) are in Mexico, conducting a ritual to invoke their magic powers. It turns out that Lafayette has powers of his own, as a Medium. Just as well, because this Season is all about ghosts.
We get a flashback to the massacre of 1610. Sheriff Luis, then a Vampiric Inquisitor, quoted the King James version of the bible by saying Thou shalt not suffer a Witch to live. Now the witch's ghost comes back to get even with him.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) thinks that he is a were-panther, because of his panther-woman ordeal. And the full moon is tonight. Luckily Jessica can detect when he is in danger, since he drank her blood to heal a couple of episodes ago.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) goes wandering in the woods, looking for Jason. She bumps into Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) and Debbie, who are off to join a werewolf party.
Tara's New Orleans girlfriend is in town. Can Tara salvage the relationship? Or will they both be killed by Pam the rotting vampire?
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 7]
Cold Grey Light of Dawn
Shown 07/Aug/11
Katerina Pelham ( Alexandra Breckenridge ) was in charge of guarding the necromancer's cell, but she was not very good at it. After taking revenge on a couple of Bill's minions, the Necromancer recruits Tara as her new hench-woman. Tara then recruits Casey ( Fiona Dourif ) and the other Wiccans to make the biggest spell-circle possible.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) tries to sort out his relationship with Luna ( Janina Gavankar ).
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) takes pre-emptive steps to prevent another massacre. He orders all junior vampires to flee the state of Louisiana. All senior vamps, including him and Jessica, are to entomb themselves in silver for the daylight hours. Unfortunately Jessica is stronger than he thought. Can Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) save her in time?
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 8]
Spellbound
Shown 14/Aug/11
There are a few job vacancies among Bill's security guards, with two dead and one shot in the shoulder. Perhaps he should hire Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) full-time. Instead he calls Antonia and tries to arrange peace negotiations.
Jessica discovers who has the power in her relationships. It is whoever can say I rescind my invitation.
Lafayette is back in town. As a Medium he can see ghosts ... but they can also see him. However, he does not get involved in the main storyline. Instead of the ghost of Antonia the witch, he gets to interact with the ghost of Mavis the mother.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) hangs out with Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) and her daughter. It turns out that Luna's ex-husband is not just any werewolf, he is Marcus the head of the local wolfpack.
Sookie insists that she and Erik join King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) at the negotiations. All Bill asks for from the witches, as well as mutual assurances of no further atrocities, is that Antonia heals Erik and Pam.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 9]
Run AKA Let's Get Out Of Here
Shown 21/Aug/11
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) gets rescued, but is as good as dead. She dreams of Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) fighting over her - she cannot choose one, so she decides to have them both.
The chief Wiccan ( Fiona Shaw ) has been possessed by the spirit of Antonia, the vamp-hating Spanish Witch they accidentally awakened. She has Erik as her slave, and not in a good way. Her plan is to gatecrash a Vamp Rights event (held as a Public Relations whitewash to make things more like they were before Russell's broadcast at the end of last Season). Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) and the others are her hostages.
Hoyt has split up with Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ). Worse, Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) has been possessed by a woman named Mavis. Mavis takes Hoyt's house, Arlene's baby and Sheriff Andy's gun. An armed stand-off ensues.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) the Shifter goes camping with Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) and her daughter, on the run from Luna's ex-husband - the leader of the local werewolf pack!
All in all, this is a filler episode.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 10]
Burning Down the House
Shown 28/Aug/11
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) rescues Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) from Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ), who is under the control of Marnie the chief Wiccan ( Fiona Shaw ). The vamps want to counter-attack, even though Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) and the others are her hostages.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) finally hooks up with Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ), now that Hoyt kicked her out.
Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) has to sort out the wolf-pack's mess. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) is on the warpath after what happened to his brother. Marcus seems to be over Luna ( Janina Gavankar ), and now has an interest in Debbie.
Terry Belfleur, the fry-cook, takes his cousin Sheriff Andy into the woods for an intervention.
Sookie and Jason team up with Lafayette and his Bruja Boyfriend Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ). The plan is to infiltrate the Wiccan store, and help the hostages escape.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 11]
Soul of Fire
Shown 04/Sep/11
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) plans to destroy the Wiccan store with an RPG-7. His team, clad in tight-fitting black leather, are Jessica, Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Pam.
Unfortunately Marnie the chief Wiccan ( Fiona Shaw ) has hostages - Sookie ( Anna Paquin ), Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) and Casey. Luckily the Brujah Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) has a plan, involving help from Lafayette.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) goes after Markus. Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) comes along, to help. Not only does Markus steal his daughter from Luna ( Janina Gavankar ), he also tries to seduce Debbie.
Sheriff Andy tries to find his way home through the woods. He gets accosted by Maurella ( Kristina Anapau ), who chooses him as her protector ... and breeder.
True Blood [Season 4, Episode 12]
And when I Die
Shown 11/Sep/11
Marnie the chief Wiccan ( Fiona Shaw ) is back, as a ghost - possessing Lafayette. Her first plan is to take the Brujah power from Jesus Velazquez (Kevin Alejandro - Arrow: Season 2 ) for herself. Then she goes after King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ). Can Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) save them in time?
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) confesses to Hoyt, then hooks up with Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) again. Since it is the night of Samhain, a familiar ghost drops by to pay him a visit.
Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) discovers that a vamp has recovered an old enemy ...
Season 5
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 1]
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Shown 10/Jun/12
The previous Season ended on a blood-splattered cliffhanger that wrote out a few supporting characters so that new supporting characters can be introduced.
The good news is that King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) have learned to work together. The bad news is that they have killed a potential ally, then fallen into the hands of the Authority. Luckily Erik's sister is around.
Sookie and Lafayette try to save Tara. Luckily Pam is around to help out.
The wolfpack comes after Sam Merlotte. Martha ( Dale Dickey ) wants the packmaster's corpse for their rituals. Will Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) step in?
Terry Belfleur's USMC budd, Patrick Devins (Scott Foley - Scream 3 ), is still in town. Was Rene's ghost being truthful when he told Arlene that Terry would bring something bad into her life?
Sheriff Andy hooked up with the waitress, but her tweenage sons come home early from their hunting trip. He may be clean of V-Blood, but he is still in hock to the corrupt Judge Clements (Conor O'Farrell - Dark Skies ).
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) discovers what happened to Reverend Steve. Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) does not want monogamy, and Jason tries to be okay with this. He gatecrashes the Frat party she hosts at Bill's Palace, since she is the Queen in Bill's absence.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 2]
Authority Always Wins
Shown 17/Jun/12
Sookie and Lafayette try to help Tara. Pam may have sired her, but does not stick around to help out.
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) are interrogated by the Authority. Dieter Braun (Christopher Heyderdahl - Sanctuary ) is the interrogator, Kibwe (Peter Mensah - Spartacus: Blood And Sand ) is a committee member, and Roman Zimojic (Christopher Meloni - Man of Steel ) is the boss.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) is released by the wolfpack. Alcide Herveaux (Joe Manganiello - Spider-Man 3 ) does not want to accept the leadership of the pack. Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) rejects them too, ignoring the possibility her daughter Emma may take after her father.
Steve Newlin gets interviewed live on television, coming out of the coffin but not the closet. He also tries to befriend Jessica, but his interest in Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is far too selfish.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 3]
Whatever I Am, You Made Me
Shown 24/Jun/12
Sookie and Lafayette are busy trying to find Tara. She hides out with Sam Merlotte, forgetting that Sookie knows Sam and can read his mind.
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik are recruited by the Vampire Authority to hunt down Russell Edgington. Well, all they have to do is act as bait. Molly ( Tina Majorino ), who handles tech support for the Vampire Authority, fits them with the new version of the explosives from Escape From New York .
Steve Newlin gets recruited by Roman Zimojic (Christopher Meloni - Man of Steel ) as the new front-man for the Vampire Authority.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 4]
We'll Meet Again
Shown 01/Jul/12
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik try to find out who leaked Russell's location. Erik hopes Pam is innocent, but for them both to be safe he must release her. Besides, she has her hands full mothering Tara.
Sookie gets called out a few times as being a magnet for weirdness and violence. Tara, Alcide and Pam are all sick of her.
Sheriff Andy and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) have closed the missing persons case on Debbie Pelt. To celebrate, they let the corrupt Judge Clements (Conor O'Farrell - Dark Skies ) take them to a secret invitation-only party. Maurella ( Kristina Anapau ) runs the place.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 5]
Let's Boot and Rally
Shown 08/Jul/12
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Erik use Sookie to un-compell Doug, the worker who saw Russell get unearthed. Alcide comes along for the ride. They track Russell's crew to a creepy old disused asylum. Molly ( Tina Majorino ) has orders to activate the I-Stakes at dawn, so they have to get the mission over ASAP.
Sheriff Andy and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) have a couple of murders to solve. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) goes to warn Luna ( Janina Gavankar ), but they are targeted next.
Tara starts bartending in Fangtasia, instead of bartending at Merlotte's. Jessica drops by to hang out. Hoyt is there too, as a Fang-Banger.
In a flashback, we learn what Terry and his buddies did while in the USMC in Iraq. A fire demon called an Ifrit is after them.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 6]
Hopeless
Shown 15/Jul/12
Kibwe (Peter Mensah - Spartacus: Blood And Sand ) and his SWAT team take Russell back to HQ. Roman Zimojic (Christopher Meloni - Man of Steel ) plans to execute Russell personally.
Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) is still hospitalised. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) helps Sheriff Andy hunt the Hate Group down. Hoyt is now hanging out with the haters, taking orders from someone codenamed The Dragon.
Jason is obsessed with his new discovery that his parents were killed by a vampire, rather than natural causes as he had assumed. He takes Sookie to the fairy nightclub to get answers.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 7]
In the Beginning
Shown 22/Jul/12
The Sanguinista faction has taken over the Council. They believe that the blood of Lilith is literal, not just a metaphor to keep the vamps in line. It turns out that it can get the vampires drunk, and when they engage in a public feeding frenzy Lilith ( Jessica Clark ) herself will appear.
Tara is still working in Fangtasia, but instead of bartending she is a bikini-clad pole-dancer. Her mother, Lettie Mae Thornton ( Adina Porter ), drops by to disown her in person. Yes, despite Tara always being there when her mother needed her, now the tables have turned and the mother looks out for herself. Well, she is now a preacher's wife so she has to worry about what the neighbours will think.
Lafayette goes back to Mexico, to see what happened to Jesus. The old Mexican uncle wants the Brujah spirit hack. Lafayette would have given it away freely, since it was nothing but a curse on him. Unfortunately the uncle is more of a Human Sacrifice kind of guy.
Terry and his buddy want for the Ifrit to kill them. They go drinking in a meadow, just like the one with the entrance to the fairy nightclub.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 8]
Somebody That I Used to Know
Shown 29/Jul/12
The Hate Group want to initiate Hoyt. They give him the chance to shoot Jessica. Do they trust him enough to give him a loaded weapon? And what about Bill's security team who are supposed to protect her?
Alcide faces the Shreeveport packmaster in a challenge. It is not a duel, it is a running race. Drew Powell ( Gotham ) is the Master of Ceremonies.
Arlene gets Lafayette to conduct a seance for Terry. They contact the murdered woman, in the hope of getting her to call off the Ifrit.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 9]
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Shown 05/Aug/12
Erik and Molly do not have a high enough clearance to leave the bunker. They team up with Bill to escape, but he has divided loyalties. Meanwhile, the two newest recruits - Russell and Reverend Steve - can wander in and out to meet with the wolfpack.
The Haters are called the Obamas, because of the masks they wear. Their website has lots of reactionary propaganda that parodies the American right-wing extremists of that era. Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) and Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) offer to help Sheriff Andy and Jason hunt the Hate Group down.
Alcide meets up with his father, Jackson Herveaux (Robert Patrick - Terminator 2 ).
Patrick decides not to wait until Terry hunts him down. Arlene finds herself as bait in a trap. Can Terry show that he is now a better man, or is he the same cold-blooded killer that the Ifrit was sent after?
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 10]
Gone, Gone, Gone
Shown 12/Aug/12
This episode writes out a few recurring characters. One is victim of a vampire attack, one stands trial by the Vampire council, and one is glamoured by a vampire to go live in Alaska.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 11]
Sunset
Shown 19/Aug/12
Sookie and Jason visit the Fae in order to get info on Warlow. Denis O'Hare is after them.
True Blood [Season 5, Episode 12]
Save Yourself
Shown 26/Aug/12
Erik teams up with the others to defeat the Lillith cultists.
Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) and Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) try to rescue Emma from the Vampire bunker. Well, they are both skinwalkers. We get to see the move that Ant-Man proposed using on Thanos.
Season 6
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 1]
Who Are You, Really?
Shown 16/Jun/13
Luna ( Janina Gavankar ) leaves Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) to look after her daughter Emma. Later, Maurella ( Kristina Anapau ) gives birth to Andy's daughters ... and leaves him to raise them. Luckily the staff at Merlotte's Grill are willing to step in.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 2]
The Sun
Shown 23/Jun/13
Since the Vamp Authority blew up the Tru Blood factories, now the humans have decided to fight back. They have silver bullets that emit UV light, like in Underworld .
Jason gets a lift with a stranger, Niall Brigant (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner ), who knows about Warlow and Sookie. Can he be trusted?
Sookie befriends a stranger, Ben Flynn (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ). He claims to be a half-fae, like her, and says he was injured in an attack by a vampire. She directs him to the fae club.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 3]
You’re No Good
Shown 30/Jun/13
The Governor offers Ms. Suzuki ( Tamlyn Tomita ) government support in producing Tru Blood again. This seems like a smart thing to do, restoring the previous detente of the Vampire Mainstreaming movement. Does he have a more sinister motive?
Erik abducts the Governor's daughter. Not only is she a useful hostage, but she is eager to share her father's secrets. Those which she knows, that is.
Niall Brigant (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner ) meets Ben Flynn (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ), and recruits him to the cause of hunting Warlow.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 4]
At Last
Shown 07/Jul/13
Warlow the super-vamp gives away his secret identity. No good deed goes unpunished. Niall Brigant (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner ) quickly works it out. He and Jason go after Warlow without backup.
Sookie plans for a hot date with Ben Flynn (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ). For a waitress who never dates, she has some smoking hot lingerie.
Sam and Lafayette save the child and the tweenager from the werewolves. Although Lafayette is able to go back to Bon Temps, the others have to go on the run.
Andy's four fairy daughters have another growth spurt. They are now hot teenage girls, so they go out looking for trouble. They end up hanging out with Jessica.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 5]
Fuck the Pain Away
Shown 14/Jul/13
Sookie demands answers from Warlow. He claims her parents were going to kill her, rather than allow the arranged marriage to take place. To verify this claim, she asks Lafayette to conduct a seance. She forgets that her parents are closeted racist ghosts, and that Lafayette is overly prone to being possessed.
It seems that vampires make better parents than humans. Sookie's father and the Governor are happy to mistreat their daughters. In contrast, Erik and Bill try to protect their progeny.
Alcide and his father are after the fugitives. They run into Jenny ( Stacy Haiduk ), a werewolf hooker in a roadhouse bar.
Bill samples some blood from Andy's fairy daughters. However, Jessica is not as professional as she should be.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 6]
Don't You Feel Me
Shown 21/Jul/13
The bigoted Governor of Louisiana has imprisoned a handful of familiar vamps. However, his security is atrocious. Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) can kill guards with relative impunity, and stage a breakout attempt with ease.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) BS's his way into the anti-vamp police so he can rescue Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ). However, the lady in charge is one of Jason's many old flames. She orders Jessica to be tortured, and forces Jason to watch. Strange that Jessica may have murdered three teenage girls, but
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) communes with Lillith.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ), ever the Mary Sue, has a new super-vamp BF (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ). She is okay with having sex in a graveyard, but offended by the idea of an arranged marriage. When he points out it was a common thing in the 1700s, she replies that women now have the vote. Yes, as if the vote was a big thing in the 1700s!
Terry the cook is having mental issues. His GF decides that the best thing to do is get a Vamp to compel him to forget his troubles. Is vampiric compulsion really a good idea, or will messing with his head have bad results?
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 7]
In the Evening
Shown 28/Jul/13
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) continues his breakout, and goes to King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) for help.
With the Governor out of the way, Jason's ex-GF the racist blonde bitch now gets a promotion. This does not bode well for Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ), who loses his leverage.
Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) tries it with a vampire.
Sheriff Andy has lost four close family members in the last couple of episodes. Luckily his sister Portia ( Courtney Ford ) is around to support him and the rest of the family.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 8]
Dead Meat
Shown 04/Aug/13
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) decides that King Bill's approach is taking too long, so he goes looking for Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and her Fae-Vamp BF (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ). Meanwhile, Bill looks for Sookie so he can make a deal with her.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) is a prisoner ... in the female vamp section. Luckily he has friends there - Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ), Tara ( Rutina Wesley ) and Pam.
The Bigots running the prison have begun to distribute the tainted Tru Blood to the inmates. Luckily, our heroes have learned not to drink it. Unfortunately, the prison authorities just segregate anyone who will not drink ... in the sun-cell!
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 9]
Life Matters
Shown 11/Aug/13
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) takes things into his own hands. He makes a one-man full-frontal assault on the prison.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ), Sam and the other non-vamps attend the funeral.
True Blood [Season 6, Episode 10]
We Will All Go Together When We Go
Shown 18/Aug/13
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) try to save Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) from her Vamp-Fae hybrid BF (Robert Kazinsky - Second Chance ). Sheriff Andy comes along to help.
Six months after the prison breakout and the Hep-V outbreak, the town of Bon Temps is at risk from roving bands of infected vamps. Mayor Sam and King Bill have a plan. But will the townsfolk go along with it, and can it be implemented before the marauders arrive?
Season 7
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 1]
Jesus Gonna Be Here
Shown 22/Jun/14
This starts in the aftermath of the Hep-V vamp attack, ending the cliffhanger from last Season. It turns out that the town lost a major character, and since this is widely advertised to be the final Season it is only the first big death.
The Hep Vamps have abducted some local humans. Deputy Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) and his Vamp GF go looking for them, as do Sheriff Andy and King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ). Strangely, the local vigilantes manage to get around much faster than the cops do.
The human locals are now anti-vamp fanatics, and they blame Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) for it all. Yes, they are happy to listen to advice from King Bill, but not to tolerate his ex being around.
Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) stands guard at Sheriff Andy’s house. Andy’s niece is besieged by a Hep-Vamp, but if Jessica is still on guard at sunrise she will burn.
Pam is in North Africa, looking for Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ).
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 2]
I Found You
Shown 29/Jun/14
This starts with an encounter between Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ). It is memorable, to say the least, but also quite confusing on several levels.
Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) guides a rescue team to save the kidnap victims. They discover a town that the Hep-Vamps hit. She reads the diary of one of the victims, who fell in love with a vamp several years previously, and has a flashback to the first time she met Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ).
Arlene and a couple of others are held in the larder by the Hep Vamps. The humans recognise one of them as a local schoolteacher. Can they talk her into showing mercy?
Back in town, the clean-up is halted by the failed Mayoral candidate. Last ep he had a handful of vigilantes to back him up, but now he gets the whole town on his side. They do not have any guns of their own, despite being rednecks, try to loot the guns from the police station. Just like in Season Two, when Mary-Anne took over, the locals all go crazy when the main characters are out of town!
Since this ep takes place in the daytime, King Bill and all the local vamps are asleep. Except Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ), who is telepathically linked to Andy's daughter ... and Pam, who is in Europe looking for Erik.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 3]
Fire in the Hole
Shown 06/Jul/14
Pam has finally found Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ), but he has lost his will to go on. They flashback a couple of decades, to when Tru-blood was being developed and the plan to come out of the coffin was first discussed. Erik’s devil-may-care attitude gained him some powerful enemies, as he learns to a painful cost.
The Hep Vamps are out hunting again. Sookie sets herself up as bait for them. She takes King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) along as backup, and they reminisce about old times.
Mayor Sam and Sheriff Andy head back home separately. Unfortunately, the human inhabitants of the town are now a gun-toting lynch-mob.
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) gets high with Jessica’s Vamp BF. Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) herself has gone off to help Sheriff Andy, but her BF never gives her a thought.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 4]
Sick of Goodbyes
Shown 13/Jul/14
Pam brings Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) back to Louisiana, so they can start tracking the Xian woman down. She reminisces about how the Magister set them up with a video store business, then they recruited a vamp groupie who came up with the idea for Fangtasia.
Everything is set for a big climactic battle against the Hep-Vamps. Sookie and the good humans team up with King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and the good vamps. This is not a particularly group, but they have Erik and the element of surprise.
Amanda the Hep-Vamp ( Jamie Luner ) is a familiar face, although she does not have any lines.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 5]
Return to Oz
Shown 20/Jul/14
Now the Hep-vamps are out of the way, Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) and the gang hold a wake for their fallen friends. This allows social disorder to reign - like in a Soap Opera. Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) discovers she is in a love triangle or two, while Sheriff Andy proposes to his woman.
King Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) starts to flash back to his pre-vamp days, helping the Underground Railroad and generally undermining the Confederacy. Ironic, since he was a soldier on the Confederacy when he was embraced. Also, unlike Lost his flashbacks have no relevance to the main storyline.
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Pam go to Dallas to hunt the woman who created Hep V. They go undercover at a Republican convention. Unfortunately, the Yakuza are still after her and they are a lot less subtle than the vamps.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 6]
Karma
Shown 27/Jul/14
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Pam get taken by the Yakuza to meet their boss, Mr Gus (Will Yun Lee - Die Another Day ). Will they help him track down their mutual enemy? Is anyone interested in finding a cure for Hep-V?
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) visits a lawyer to have his last will and testament updated. His Hep-V infection develops far more quickly than it should. Was he infected via Sookie's Faerie blood? Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) goes to the clinic to get tested.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) will have to break up with his Vamp GF. But how will he do it without her breaking him up?
Lafayette the chef (Nelsan Ellis - Veronica Mars ) and Tara's mother share a V-blood vision. Could Tara be genuinely communicating from the beyond?
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 7]
One Last Time
Shown 03/Aug/14
Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ), Pam and Mr Gus (Will Yun Lee - Die Another Day ) discover Sarah's secret. They re-double their efforts to catch her. But will Erik control his rage long enough to get cured?
Bill's condition is getting worse. Sookie ( Anna Paquin ) calls in a dwarf doctor, who advises her to ask her Faerie Patriarch (Rutger Hauer - Blade Runner ).
Sheriff Andy is still looking for his daughter and stepson. They are with Jason's psycho ex, who has kindly taken them to her sex dungeon.
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) meets up with Hoyt, who has returned for his mother's funeral. Unfortunately Hoyt has been glamoured into forgetting their friendship, which makes it an uncomfortable experience for Jason.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 8]
Getting Closer... To the Ground AKA Almost Home
Shown 10/Aug/14
Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten - Tru Calling ) discovers that Violent Violet, his psycho ex, has the hostages in her basement. He goes to rescue them single-handed. Violet is a centuries-old vamp who delights in torturing and murdering people, while Jason is a twit with a tin badge.
Hoyt meets Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) again, and is inexplicably attracted to her. Will they rekindle their former love?
Sookie has shacked up with Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) again. Someone has to Florence Nightingale him as he slowly dies of Hep-V. Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ), Pam and Mr Gus (Will Yun Lee - Die Another Day ) have a cure, but they must keep it secret until it is ready for mass-marketing.
Tara's family continues to commune with her ghost. We get a flashback to her childhood, to the moment that turned her mother into an abusive alcoholic.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 9]
Love is to Die
Shown 17/Aug/14
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) visits a lawyer ( Kathleen York ) and chooses his fate. Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell - American Refugee ) quits town, retiring from both the Mayoralty and the diner-running business. Pretty much everyone else in town who is still human meets up, and lots of soap-opera style angst ensues.
Jessica ( Deborah Ann Woll ) and Hoyt are properly reunited. Jason comforts Hoyt's fiance Bridget.
True Blood [Season 7, Episode 10]
Thank You
Shown 24/Aug/14
Mr Gus (Will Yun Lee - Die Another Day ) regards Sookie as a security leak, and wants to get rid of her. This means he has a difference of opinion with Erik Northman (Alexander Skarsgard - Legend of Tarzan ) and Pam, who see the merit in keeping her alive.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer - Ultraviolet ) and Sookie's relationship, the centre of the entire show, comes to an end.
The final section shows the world in future years. Charlaine Harris , author of the book series this TV show was based on, has a cameo as a crew member of the TV infomercial at the end. Will New Blood be as successful as Tru Blood was?