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Tagline:
Thou Shall Not Crave Thy Neighbour more
Plot:
The series follows Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid living in Louisiana who can read people's minds, and...
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe.
Another 8 wins
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10 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(1555 articles)
AFI's Top 10 Films and TV Shows of 2009
(From Aceshowbiz. 13 December 2009, 8:10 PM, PST)
Where's Avatar? Not on AFI's List
(From E! Online. 13 December 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)
(From Aceshowbiz. 13 December 2009, 8:10 PM, PST)
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Fangtastic!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 22 of 86)| Anna Paquin | ... | Sookie Stackhouse (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Stephen Moyer | ... | Bill Compton (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Sam Trammell | ... | Sam Merlotte (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Ryan Kwanten | ... | Jason Stackhouse (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Rutina Wesley | ... | Tara Thornton (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Chris Bauer | ... | Detective Andy Bellefleur (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Nelsan Ellis | ... | Lafayette Reynolds (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Jim Parrack | ... | Hoyt Fortenberry (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Carrie Preston | ... | Arlene Fowler (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| William Sanderson | ... | Sheriff Bud Dearborne (24 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Alexander Skarsgård | ... | Eric Northman (21 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Todd Lowe | ... | Terry Bellefleur (20 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Michelle Forbes | ... | Maryann Forrester (15 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Adina Porter | ... | Lettie Mae Thornton (15 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Deborah Ann Woll | ... | Jessica Hamby (15 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Mehcad Brooks | ... | Eggs (13 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| John Billingsley | ... | Mike Spencer (13 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Michael Raymond-James | ... | Rene Lenier (12 episodes, 2008) | |
| Michael McMillian | ... | Steve Newlin (12 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Kristin Bauer | ... | Pam (11 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Patricia Bethune | ... | Jane Bodehouse (10 episodes, 2008-2009) | |
| Dale Raoul | ... | Maxine Fortenberry (10 episodes, 2008-2009) |
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USA:60 min
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Alexander Skarsgård, who plays Eric, is from Sweden and the language spoken by him and his subjects is Swedish.
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Quotes:
Bill Compton:
[to Sookie] There is nothing more natural than the act of making love. Who am I to try to change what comes naturally to you?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "30 Rock: Into the Crevasse (#4.2)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Bad Things
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FAQ
Who is the woman hiding in the bushes? (from the Pre-aired Pilot)What is Sookie?
Story sounds familiar, where do I know it from?
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OK, I just watched episode 1 of this new HBO series, created by Alan Ball ("American Beauty," "Six Feet Under"), and there is simply no question in my mind that it's going to be one of the hottest things on TV.
The setting is backwoods Louisiana. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin, from "The Piano") is a waitress in a local eatery during the day and at the local bar at night. She's pretty normal, except that she can read minds. And the crowd at the eatery and at the bar are pretty normal, too, by backwoods Louisiana standards.
Except that the hook of this series is that vampires "came out of the coffin" on national TV a couple of years earlier. They now live openly in society, because the Japanese have invented a synthetic blood that is sold in convenience stores everywhere as "True Blood." The vampires themselves are considered kinda exotic, and there are "fang bangers" of both sexes who long to have sex with them.
One moves to town. Sookie saves his life. Sparks fly. The stage is set for a really fun, well-written series. There is not a clunker in the cast, or an off moment in the writing. One to look forward to.