Skip to content

Top Navigation

EW.com EW.com
    • All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Winter TV
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
    • All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
    • All Music
    • Music Reviews
    • All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
    • All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
    • All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
    • All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
    • All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Subscribe

Explore EW.com

EW.com EW.com
  • Explore

    Explore

    • A guide to The Last of Us Easter eggs

      A guide to The Last of Us Easter eggs

      From the Uncharted lighter to the giraffe plushie. Read More
    • 2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards

      2023 Oscars predictions: See who will win at the 95th Academy Awards

      From Brendan Fraser and Angela Bassett to a potential upset in Best Actress, see who EW thinks will win at the 2023 Oscars. Read More
    • Meet the cast of Survivor 44

      Meet the cast of Survivor 44

      Here are the 18 contestants who will be vying for $1 million. Read More
  • TV

    TV

    See All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Winter TV
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
  • Movies

    Movies

    See All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
  • Music

    Music

    See All Music
    • Music Reviews
  • What to Watch

    What to Watch

    See All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
  • BINGE

    BINGE

    See All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
  • The Awardist

    The Awardist

    See All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
  • Books

    Books

    See All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
  • Theater

    Theater

    See All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
  • Events

    Events

    See All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. Home
  2. Gallery
  3. 'True Blood': Quick Guide to 6 Seasons

'True Blood': Quick Guide to 6 Seasons

Before the final episodes, a refresher on the weirdest, wildest, most WTF moments so far

By Samantha Highfill,  Marc Snetiker and Tim Stack June 20, 2014 at 05:00 PM EDT
Skip gallery slides
FB

1 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 1

True Blood | Small-town waitress Sookie Stackhouse—who feels like an outsider because she can hear people's thoughts—finds herself drawn to Bon Temps' newest resident, vampire Bill Compton. The…
Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO

Small-town waitress Sookie Stackhouse—who feels like an outsider because she can hear people's thoughts—finds herself drawn to Bon Temps' newest resident, vampire Bill Compton. The fact that she can't read his mind makes him even more appealing. (Oh, ladies, when will we learn?)
The Big Bad: Rene, Arlene's seemingly kind Cajun fiancé, who is murdering ''Fangbangers.''
WTF Moment (Good): At Eric's bar Fangtasia, Bill saves Sookie's life by staking vampire Longshadow, who projectile-vomits blood all over her.
WTF Moment (Bad): Sookie and Jason's Gran is killed!
Freeze-Frame Alert: Jason and Amy have trippy sex while high on V in episode 9.

1 of 6

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 2

True Blood | The residents of Bon Temps fall under the spell of maenad Maryann. Jason falls under a spell of a different sort: anti-vampire congregation the Fellowship…
Credit: Jaimie Trueblood/HBO

The residents of Bon Temps fall under the spell of maenad Maryann. Jason falls under a spell of a different sort: anti-vampire congregation the Fellowship of the Sun. On the love-triangle front, Bill and Sookie are together, but that doesn't stop her from helping Eric locate his maker.
The Big Bad: Maryann, who takes control of the town for a Dionysian ritual.
WTF Moment (Good): The bull that kills Maryann turns out to be Sam Merlotte, who rips her heart out with his bare hand.
WTF Moment (Bad): Did Maryann's plan have to include a meat tree?
Freeze-Frame Alert: Drinking Eric's blood in episode 9 gives Sookie a dream worth remembering.

2 of 6

3 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 3

True Blood | Bill has gone missing, so Sookie searches for him with the help of werewolf Alcide Herveaux. Meanwhile, Lafayette falls for his mother's nurse, Jesus, who…
Credit: Doug Hyun/HBO

Bill has gone missing, so Sookie searches for him with the help of werewolf Alcide Herveaux. Meanwhile, Lafayette falls for his mother's nurse, Jesus, who harbors his own supernatural abilities.
The Big Bad: Russell Edgington, the power-hungry vampire King of Mississippi. He's got the veneer of a Southern gentleman but the instincts of a killer.
WTF Moment (Good): Driven mad by the death of his lover Talbot, Russell rips out the spine of a news anchor on live television.
WTF Moment (Bad): Anything having to do with Alcide's trashy ex-girlfriend Debbie.
Freeze-Frame Alert: Bill's (literally) twisted sex scene with Lorena in episode 3.

3 of 6

Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

4 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 4

True Blood | Sookie returns home from a year in faerie land to find a new Bon Temps: Jason is a police officer, Eric has bought her house,…
Credit: John P. Johnson/HBO

Sookie returns home from a year in faerie land to find a new Bon Temps: Jason is a police officer, Eric has bought her house, and Bill is the King of Louisiana.
The Big Bad: Witch Marnie, who—along with the spirit of Antonia Gavilán de Logroño—wants to kill all the vampires by making them walk in the sun.
WTF Moment (Good): After a season of dirty dreams and real feelings, Jason and Jessica hook up.
WTF Moment (Bad): In the season's final moments, Tara takes a bullet to the head for Sookie.
Freeze-Frame Alert: Four words: Bill-Sookie-Eric threesome. (Who cares that it was all just a dream?)

4 of 6

Advertisement

5 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 5

True Blood | Bill and Eric are arrested and imprisoned by the Vampire Authority—led by Roman—for the murder of Nan Flanagan. In order to save a dead Tara,…
Credit: Lacey Terrell/HBO

Bill and Eric are arrested and imprisoned by the Vampire Authority—led by Roman—for the murder of Nan Flanagan. In order to save a dead Tara, Sookie persuades Pam to turn her into a vampire.
The Big Bad: An exhumed Russell, who kills Roman and joins the Authority.
WTF Moment (Good): Bill drinks Lilith's blood, explodes, and then is reborn (completely naked) in the finale.
WTF Moment (Bad): Terry is haunted by the ghost of a woman he and his military troop killed in Iraq.
Freeze-Frame Alert: Alcide and Sookie are finally about to get it on—until she drunkenly pukes on him.

5 of 6

6 of 6

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Season 6

True Blood | Jason and Bill attempt to rescue Jessica, Tara, Pam, and other vamps, who've been taken prisoner by a vicious governor who's spiking Tru Blood with…
Credit: John P. Johnson/ HBO

Jason and Bill attempt to rescue Jessica, Tara, Pam, and other vamps, who've been taken prisoner by a vicious governor who's spiking Tru Blood with Hep-V. Terry is plagued by the guilt of killing Patrick, and Andy must raise his half-faerie children.
The Big Bad: Warlow, the faerie-vamp who killed the Stackhouse parents. He has returned to claim Sookie as his bride.
WTF Moment (Good): Before exploding in the sun, Steve Newlin professes his love for Jason.
WTF Moment (Bad): Sarah Newlin murders a Tru Blood exec using a stiletto.
Freeze-Frame Alert: Seemingly immune to the light, Eric goes sunbathing—and we get full-frontal Skarsgård.

6 of 6

Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

  • By Samantha Highfill @samhighfill
  • By Marc Snetiker
  • By Tim Stack

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Trending Videos
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 6 Season 1
    2 of 6 Season 2
    3 of 6 Season 3
    4 of 6 Season 4
    5 of 6 Season 5
    6 of 6 Season 6

    Share & More

    Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message
    EW.com

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise this link opens in a new tab
    • Content Licensing this link opens in a new tab
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    Meredith© Copyright 2023 Meredith Corporation. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
    © Copyright EW.com. All rights reserved. Printed from https://ew.com

    View image

    'True Blood': Quick Guide to 6 Seasons
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.