20 Best Episodes of True Blood
Still to this day my favourite TV show. It's silly but smart; trashy but sexy. A vampire show with a fair mix of various supernaturals.
The show is certainly not perfect, it has flaws, storylines don't go in directions you think it should, the character's act out of line a lot - this is why I love this show. It relates to real-life, no one is perfect, everyone makes bad decisions and nobody knows where they'll end up in any situation or in life. This show succeeds in presenting issues we have to deal with in our lives in a very over-the-top entertaining fashion.
Spoilers if you want to read my descriptions.
The show is certainly not perfect, it has flaws, storylines don't go in directions you think it should, the character's act out of line a lot - this is why I love this show. It relates to real-life, no one is perfect, everyone makes bad decisions and nobody knows where they'll end up in any situation or in life. This show succeeds in presenting issues we have to deal with in our lives in a very over-the-top entertaining fashion.
Spoilers if you want to read my descriptions.
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- DirectorScott WinantStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellVampires and humans clean up in the aftermath of the explosion. Eric tricks Sookie into drinking some of his blood, much to Bill's dismay. As a result of the lapse in security, Godric's leadership falls under review but his response surprises everyone, especially Eric, who begs him not to go through with his plan. In Bon Temps, Maryann is out to find Sam Merlotte and complete the ritual sacrifice. She casts a spell on everyone in Sam's bar to get them to look for him. Lafayette and Tara's mother forcibly remove her from Sookie's house. Hoyt and Jessica get used to their situation and Hoyt decides it's time to introduce his true love to his vampire-hating mother.S2E9 - First hints of Sookie's potential relationship with Eric after drinking his blood, that put her relationship with Bill into question. We get to meet Vampire spokeswoman Nan Flanagan in person who is nothing like she is on TV. Sookie and Jason have a emotional conversation, I love their sibling relationship. Amazing final scene with Godric, emotional and makes you feel sympathy for a character who was only there for two episodes.
- DirectorRomeo TironeStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellA desperate Bill tries to ferry Warlow away from the faerie plain, but Sookie is having none of it. Meanwhile, Eric arrives at vamp camp, looking to inflict serious human damage. In Bon Temps, friends and family take emotional turns remembering a fallen neighbor. Bill feels the pull of Lilith's sirens.S6E9 - Very emotional funeral that brought the majority of the Bon Temps residents together. Parallel to this there's the action packed conclusion the Vamp Camp story.
- DirectorLesli Linka GlatterStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellTensions reach a boiling point.S3E8 - Starts with Sookie breaking up with Bill and ends with them getting back together having rough sex after the most awesome fight scene. And I mean Awesome!- you see Bill and Jessica fighting two werewolves, Bill fights Russell, Eric stakes Tabolt during sex and best of all girl-on-girl a fight between Sookie and Debbie.
- DirectorDaniel MinahanStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellAs Bill and Marnie brace for a dangerous midnight faceoff, Sookie and Eric pledge their allegiance to the King. Jason is torn between friendship and passion, and Jessica is spurned from two homes; Lafayette becomes the pawn of a tormented spirit; Tommy takes a walk in someone else's shoes; Sam contends with yet another adversary in Marcus, Luna's ex and the leader of Alcide's new pack.S4E8 - Sookie and Eric get high on each others blood and have sex in Narnia before they join Bill in a graveyard battle against the witches.
- DirectorScott WinantStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellNow free, Sookie must decide between Eric and Bill. It's not an easy decision and she soon realizes that her turmoils are not yet over when someone comes gunning for her. Having taken over Lafayette's body, Marnie is intent on seeking revenge. She also wants additional powers however and knows exactly where to get them. Sookie has to save Bill and Eric from her but gets help from an unexpected source. Jason meanwhile decides it's time to tell Hoyt about sleeping with Jessica. Hoyt doesn't take it too well. Jason and Jessica however come to an understanding about their relationship. Andy Bellefleur tries to make amends about his recent strange behavior and Arlene gets a visit from the last person she wanted to see.S4E12 - Awesome Halloween-based episode as well as an awesome showdown against a Marnie-possessed Lafayette.
- DirectorJeremy PodeswaStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellBill is livid when he hears that Sookie has been hiding Eric in her house. He arrests him and puts him in the same cell with Pam, who is still rotting away. He also asks the Authority to put Eric to the true death. Marnie is also in Bill's prison but connects with the spirit of the witch from the past who had a deadly spell for dealing with vampires. It's also a full moon and Jason fully expects to turn into a were-panther. Sookie sits up with him but when he runs off into the woods, it's Jessica who comforts him. With Sam away taking care of Arlene's burnt out house, Tommy shifts into something he has never experienced before. In Mexico. Lafayette and Jesus seek help.S4E6 - Starts out Sookie making out with Eric and ends with them having sex in the woods, nice! As well as a cool fight between Bill and Eric, as well as an ex-lovers quarrel with Sookie and Bill, they are so much more enjoyable when they fight. An awesome flashback of the witch being burnt at the stake. A really funny scene with Sookie chasing Jason in the woods as he thinks he's turning into a werepanther.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellRussell Edgington may have found his ideal place when he discovers the faerie nightclub but the faeries, Sookie included, have no intention of letting him have his way. They get a bit of help from Eric and his sister Nora. Once Russell is dealt with, Eric, Nora, Tara, Sookie and Jason decides to attack the Authority to free Pam and Jessica and hopefully save Bill as well. At the Authority, Bill is playing out his ruse of accepting Salome as the chosen one. He has his own plans however to create his empire. Meanwhile, Sheriff Andy Bellefleur's pregnant faerie girlfriend has something for him.S5E12 - Eric kills Russell finally and is then accompanied by Sookie, Jason, Tara and Nora to infiltrate the Authority and rescue Pam, Jessica and Bill. Only Bill has been corrupted and has drunk the blood of Lilith.
- DirectorAlan BallStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellIn a society where humans and vampires co-exist, set in the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse is a young woman who may have found a perfect boyfriend. Sookie is clairvoyant and constantly hears people's thoughts so it makes dating a bit difficult since she tries to keep her ability a secret. When 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton walks into the Merlotte's Bar and Grill where she works as a waitress, she realizes that she can't "hear" what he's thinking, thus giving away his origins since she can't hear the thoughts of those whom are technically dead. Vampires "came out of the coffin" two years ago when the Japanese invented Tru Blood, a synthetic blood substitute. Sookie rescues Bill when a couple of lowlife rednecks, the Rattrays, try to steal his blood to sell on the black market, but she may have a price to pay for interfering. Meanwhile, Sookie's older brother, Jason, is a smooth-talking hustler and lothario who works part-time with a construction crew, and who gets arrested after a local woman that he had a one-night stand with is found strangled. Tara Thornton is Sookie's ill-tempered best friend whom finds her bad-boy brother irresistible. Sam Merlotte is the owner of Merlotte's Bar, who keeps his romantic feelings for Sookie to himself. Lafayette Reynolds is Tara's flamboyant gay cousin and the short-order cook at Merlotte's as well as Jason's co-worker at his construction day job who has more to offer than his gourmet foods. Arlene Fowler is a middle-aged divorcée and another of Sookie's friends and co-workers at Merlotte's looking for a new husband to help raise her two children. Andy Bellefleur is the local police detective working with the collaboration of the town sheriff, Bud Dearborn, who thinks the town may have a killer in their midst as they investigate the strangulation case.S1E1 - Awesome first episode, sucks you straight into this universe and keeps you in it. The first time Sookie and Bill meet it was instant chemistry.
- DirectorHoward DeutchStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellBill decides to seek out Lillith for advice on handling the escalating human-vampire crisis. Eric, Pam, Nora, Jason and Jessica get up-close-and-personal looks at the perverse perils of Vamp Camp. Sam comes to a decision he hopes will be in Emma's best interest. Andy gives his faerie daughter a name, or two or three or four. Arlene has a solution to Terry's malaise, and Eric makes a startling discovery.S6E6 - Billith finally makes full use his powers to confront the governor. Really sad departure for Terry. Sookie experiences full on Fairy-sex.
- DirectorNick GomezStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie must deal with her emotions when her grandmother is the mysterious serial killer's latest victim. She can't block out the thoughts of others and she knows many of the townspeople think the main reason her grandmother is now dead is her association with a vampire. She has a very clear message for them at the woman's funeral. Despite Sam and Bill's pleading, Sookie insists on staying in the house, but she does decide to spend the night with Bill to lose her virginity once and for all. Meanwhile, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his 'V Juice' habit, which leads him to lash out at Sookie when he hears about Gram Adele's murder, and he also punches Detective Andy. Also, Tara has a run-in with her drunken mother Lettie Mae at Adele's funeral, who tells her some unsettling facts about herself. Tara then asks Sam to have sex with her at her motel room to look for "something right" between them, while Jason has his night with Randi Sue, and Sookie finally gives in to her carnal desires with Bill.S1E6 - Emotional farewell to Gran and Sookie loses her virginity to Bill.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellLafayette continues to fight his inner demons. Eric and Bill interrupt Sookie and Alcide and enlists them in their search Russell Edgington. Alcide's employee Doug is the only person who can lead them to him and when Sookie reads his mind, they know who may have dug him up. They also learn they only have until dawn to find him. Terry and Richard are taken prisoner by their former army buddy who tells then they are cursed as he saw a fire demon after the village massacre in Iraq. Terry realizes he saw it as well. Jason has a strange dream involving his parents. Andy Bellefeur wakes up naked on Arlene's couch. Tara is tending bar at Fangtasia and Jessica tries to cheer her up. She begins to see there might be an upside to being a vampire. Sam Merlotte's friends are found dead and he tries to warn Luna that she may be in danger.S5E5 - A drunk Sookie leading Bill, Eric and Alcide on a mission to track down Russell Edgington.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellRussell captures Sookie and orders Lorena to kill Bill, while Tara remains Franklin's prisoner. Will they be able to escape Mississippi before it's too late?S3E6 - Awesome quid pro quo moment between Sookie and Russell, as well as an emotional Lorena torturing Bill. Ending with Sookie and Tara escaping the mansion.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie and Hugo embark on a dangerous mission to infiltrate the Light of Day and locate Godric.S2E6 - I love this mainly for the flashbacks, we get to see the monster Bill was in the past with Lorena pulling his strings. Although Maryann's orgy and attack on Sam was quite disturbing.
- DirectorAnthony HemingwayStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie confronts her attraction to Ben by inviting him to dinner; Eric counters Burrell's brutal anti-vampire initiatives by hitting him where it hurts the most; Andy's faerie daughters keep dangerous company; Bill gives Takahashi the task of synthesizing a new kind of blood.S6E4 - We discover who Warlow is and Sookie carefully sets a trap for him.
- DirectorMichael RuscioStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellIn the aftermath of Roman's death, Russell and the other followers of Lilith celebrate their victory. Bill and Eric don't quite know what it all means for them but a taste of Lilith's blood sends them on a rampaging lust for blood. Eric gets advice from someone from his past. Sookie learns from her new friends in the faerie bar that her powers may be finite. Hoyt's new friends are the vampire-haters who shot Sam and Luna. Hoyt decides to join them and they set their sights on their next target: Jessica. Alcide prepares to fight for the leadership of the pack. Lafayette travels to Mexico to face his nemesis.S5E7 - Sookie learns she could lose her powers and anticipates getting rid of them. Jason shoots Jessica, hilarious. Lettie May disowns Tara, sad. We get the big reveal of Lilith, awesome!
- DirectorGregg FienbergStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellIn the aftermath of yet another bloodbath, Sam, Sookie and Jason find themselves the bearers of bad news in Bon Temps. Pam recalls the events that led her and Eric to Shreveport and Fangtasia.S7E4 - Epic conclusion to rabid vamp attack story. As well as awesome flashbacks to the origins to Fangtasia.
- DirectorDavid PetrarcaStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie receives a distressing call from Bill. She accompanies Alcide to his ex-fiancée's supposed engagement party as she searches for Bill.S3E4 - That scene in the werewolf club was brilliant, and Sookie in the biker disguise was just hot.
- DirectorJohn DahlStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie's captivity takes an unexpected turn.S2E8 - Excellent showdown in the church.
- DirectorScott WinantStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellSookie weighs a future with and without Bill. Eric and Pam struggle with their uncomfortable partnership with Mr. Gus. Sam makes a choice, while Andy comes upon an unexpected inheritance.S7E10 - The last ever episode, light on the action but has a lot of emotion. Not the best finale by any means but didn't deserve all the harsh reviews. I would not change a thing in Sookie and Bill's last scene together. Brings the whole show full circle.
- DirectorMichael LehmannStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellWith the town's second murder in a week, Jason is again the number one suspect, but Tara provides him with an alibi. Knowing that both Maudette and Dawn had frequented the Fangtasia vampire club, Sookie asks Bill to take her there as she tries to find evidence that will clear her brother. Both of the dead girls were well known at the club and Sookie meets Eric, the vampire elder. Sam Merlotte seems to have a few eccentricities of his own. Jason buys vampire blood - an aphrodisiac - from Tara's cousin Lafayette and despite clear instructions to never take more than one or two drop at any one time, downs the entire vial with somewhat painful results.S1E4 - Our first visit to Fangstasia, as well as Eric and Pam's first episode.