List of True Blood Episodes
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True Blood is an American television drama series created by Alan Ball and based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries (also known as The Sookie Stackhouse novels) by Charlaine Harris. It aired on HBO from September 7, 2008 to August 24, 2014. A total of 80 episodes of True Blood were broadcast over seven seasons.
The series revolves around Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), a telepathic waitress who is living in the rural town of Bon Temps, Louisiana two years after the invention of a synthetic blood called Tru Blood that has allowed vampires to "come out of the coffin" and allow their presence to be known to mankind. Now they are struggling for equal rights and assimilation, while anti-vampire organizations begin to gain power. Sookie's world is turned upside down when she falls in love with 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and for the first time must navigate the trials, tribulations and terrors of intimacy and relationships. Other characters include Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley), Sookie's tough-talking best friend, her womanizing brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), thousand year old vampire and Sheriff of Area 5, Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård), and her shape-shifting boss Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell). True Blood follows a serialized format, with every episode ending on a cliffhanger that leads directly into the next. Episode titles are taken from the name of a song that appears on the soundtrack of that episode.
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[edit] Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 12 | September 7, 2008 | November 23, 2008 | |
| 2 | 12 | June 14, 2009 | September 13, 2009 | |
| 3 | 12 | June 13, 2010 | September 12, 2010 | |
| 4 | 12 | June 26, 2011 | September 11, 2011 | |
| 5 | 12 | June 10, 2012 | August 26, 2012 | |
| 6 | 10 | June 16, 2013 | August 18, 2013 | |
| 7 | 10 | June 22, 2014 | August 24, 2014 | |
[edit] Episodes
[edit] Season 1 (2008)
- Main article: True Blood (season 1)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Strange Love | Alan Ball | Alan Ball | September 7, 2008 | 1.44 |
| 2 | 2 | "The First Taste" | Scott Winant | Alan Ball | September 14, 2008 | 1.79 |
| 3 | 3 | "Mine" | John Dahl | Alan Ball | September 21, 2008 | 1.81 |
| 4 | 4 | "Escape from Dragon House" | Michael Lehmann | Brian Buckner | September 28, 2008 | 1.82 |
| 5 | 5 | "Sparks Fly Out" | Daniel Minahan | Alexander Woo | October 5, 2008 | 1.74 |
| 6 | 6 | "Cold Ground" | Nick Gomez | Raelle Tucker | October 12, 2008 | 1.67 |
| 7 | 7 | "Burning House of Love" | Marcos Siega | Chris Offutt | October 19, 2008 | 2.10 |
| 8 | 8 | "The Fourth Man in the Fire" | Michael Lehmann | Alexander Woo | October 26, 2008 | 2.07 |
| 9 | 9 | "Plaisir d'Amour" | Anthony M. Hemingway | Brian Buckner | November 2, 2008 | 2.35 |
| 10 | 10 | "I Don't Wanna Know" | Scott Winant | Chris Offutt | November 9, 2008 | 2.39 |
| 11 | 11 | "To Love Is to Bury" | Nancy Oliver | Nancy Oliver | November 16, 2008 | 2.67 |
| 12 | 12 | "You'll Be the Death of Me" | Alan Ball | Raelle Tucker | November 23, 2008 | 2.45 |
[edit] Season 2 (2009)
- Main article: True Blood (season 2)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Season 3 (2010)
- Main article: True Blood (season 3)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Season 4 (2011)
- Main article: True Blood (season 4)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Season 5 (2012)
- Main article: True Blood (season 5)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Season 6 (2013)
- Main article: True Blood (season 6)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Season 7 (2014)
- Main article: True Blood (season 7)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Minisodes
HBO began airing six mini-episodes of Drop of True Blood on April 24, 2010 to lead up to the season three premiere.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Specials
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[edit] Home video releases
| Season | Episodes | DVD and Blu-ray release dates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | Discs | ||
