True Blood: Season 1

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Universal acclaim based on 705 Ratings

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True Blood: Season 3

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: September 7, 2008

Starring: Michelle Forbes, Todd Lowe, Robert Patrick

Summary: Sookie Stackhouse comes to television in the Alan Ball adaptation of Charlaine Harris' Southern vampire series.

Creator: Alan Ball

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Suspense

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E12. You'll Be the Death of Me
Air Date: November 23, 2008
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S1:E11. To Love is to Bury
Air Date: November 16, 2008
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S1:E10. I Don't Wanna Know
Air Date: November 9, 2008

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Critic Reviews

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Graphically sexy and scary, and often wildly funny, True Blood, from Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball, turns Charlaine Harris’ rollicking mystery novels into a broadly entertaining, deliciously twisted slice of modern Southern Gothic. Read full review

Misha Davenport

Bloody, sexy and violent, the show is also both occasionally funny and frightening. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

True Blood is an unlikely but irresistible mixture of pungent political satire, observant pop sociology and lurid drive-in thrills. Read full review

Aaron Barnhart

My hope is that True Blood will get all of this tub-thumping out of the way in a few weeks and start its tremendous potential as an ensemble drama with hints of comedy. Read full review

Heather Havrilesky

Even though the second episode of the season isn't structured very well, with lots of rambling talk about nothing, even though the show lacks the tightness and the natural momentum of "Six Feet Under" (and the weight and the intensity, for that matter), True Blood is still odd, unpredictable and off-kilter. Read full review

Alessandra Stanley

It’s creepy, steamy and funny at times, and it’s also a muddle, a comic murder mystery that is a little too enthralled with its own exoticism. Read full review

Linda Stasi

HBO's new series from death-obsessed Alan Ball, creator of the legendary "Six Feet Under," whose new show True Blood, won't so much make your blood run cold as it will leave you cold. Read full review

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ML.

Aug 20, 2009

The best vampire show I've ever seen. Wow, this show is totally addicting. Nice mix of drama and social/religious/political satire. Very funny at times, but also sad and moving sometimes. A little different from the books which are also great. The characters are a pretty believable, The best vampire show I've ever seen. Wow, this show is totally addicting. Nice mix of drama and social/religious/political satire. Very funny at times, but also sad and moving sometimes. A little different from the books which are also great. The characters are a pretty believable, and many of them remind of me of people I know. It's not perfect, the accents are a little fake, and it's a mystery why Eric's hair doesn't grow back when he cut it(my girlfriend loves him but wishes they had left his hair long). They overdue the sex scenes sometimes too. Still, overall one of my favorite shows of all time. There's not many good Vampire movies or shows, so it's a refreshing change.… Expand

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KelsieL.

Nov 4, 2008

I love this show. It's refreshingly sexy, funny and very original. Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin have great chemistry on screen.

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AliG.

Sep 22, 2009

If you want to watch something that you can really hear what you want, then true blood is for your ears. Not mentioning the ultimate performance of the cast, it's one of the unique-obsessed tv shows i've ever watched. It is promising with top quality effects that the show offers If you want to watch something that you can really hear what you want, then true blood is for your ears. Not mentioning the ultimate performance of the cast, it's one of the unique-obsessed tv shows i've ever watched. It is promising with top quality effects that the show offers and also ironic with what it offers by a mixture of humour and uniqueness in a depression oriented theme.… Expand

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KarmaGirl

Sep 14, 2008

So far, so good.

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Maximo

Nov 28, 2010

Very nice show indeed. Most of all, the characters will keep you occupied. Its not a show that makes you laugh all the time, but it still somehow makes it all fun to watch.

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TalessenO

Aug 17, 2009

I'm definitely watching - but I'm seeing a few flaws.. most recently - how come Jessica's hymen grows back but not Eric's hair? We know he likes the salon, so is he cutting it daily? Also, the murder investigations are a bit lightweight. I miss the potential for I'm definitely watching - but I'm seeing a few flaws.. most recently - how come Jessica's hymen grows back but not Eric's hair? We know he likes the salon, so is he cutting it daily? Also, the murder investigations are a bit lightweight. I miss the potential for investigative quality circa XFiles, Numbers, CSI - and a peek into who and what Maryann really is - that is due now. Sam is the most interesting character of all - though Eric is irresistable. I'm glad to see everyone grow and each is such a believable unique character - Tara, Arlene, Terry, Lafayette, Jessica, Hoyt, Jason.... Even Pam ... though love to dislike a few of the others... Have to agree with Tom Shales - it sure is a romp and a wallow--and a bloody good one.… Expand

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KateS.

Sep 22, 2008

High school drivel. Really terrible puns-they should be fined. Why do people put up with this crappy kind of tv?

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: June 22, 2014
Season 6

58
- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: June 16, 2013
Season 5

74
- Season 5 Overview
  Air Date: June 10, 2012
Season 4

74
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: June 26, 2011
Season 3

79
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: June 13, 2010
Season 2

74
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: June 14, 2009
Season 1

63
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 7, 2008
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  S1:E12. You'll Be the Death of Me
  Air Date: November 23, 2008
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  S1:E11. To Love is to Bury
  Air Date: November 16, 2008
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  S1:E10. I Don't Wanna Know
  Air Date: November 9, 2008
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  S1:E9. Plaisir D'Amour
  Air Date: November 2, 2008
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  S1:E8. The Fourth Man in the Fire
  Air Date: October 26, 2008
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  S1:E7. Burning House of Love
  Air Date: October 19, 2008
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  S1:E6. Cold Ground
  Air Date: October 12, 2008
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  S1:E5. Sparks Fly Out
  Air Date: October 5, 2008
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  S1:E4. Escape From Dragon House
  Air Date: September 28, 2008
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  S1:E3. Mine
  Air Date: September 21, 2008
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  S1:E2. The First Taste
  Air Date: September 14, 2008
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  S1:E1. Strange Love
  Air Date: September 7, 2008