True Blood: Season 4

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Season Details & Credits

HBO | Season Premiere Date: June 26, 2011

Starring: Todd Lowe, Lauren Bowles, Jessica Tuck

Summary: Season four introduces Sookie's grandfather (Gary Cole) and a coven of witches led by the mysterious Marnie (Fiona Shaw).

Creator: Alan Ball and Alan Ball

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

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Season 4 Episodes

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S4:E12. And When I Die
Air Date: September 11, 2011
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S4:E11. Soul of Fire
Air Date: September 4, 2011
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S4:E10. Burning Down the House
Air Date: August 28, 2011

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Curt Wagner

Aug 1, 2011

True Blood works best when its freak flag flies--as long as its core characters are along for the ride. Read full review

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Robert Bianco

Jun 23, 2011

Every line, every reaction is perfectly pitched, every shift from humor to menace to seduction perfectly played. Read full review

Tom Gliatto

Jun 23, 2011

Luckily Blood is still buoyed by its weird, Gothic zest and the performers all operate with the same vibe of ripe sexuality and restrained camp. [4 Jul 2011, p.37]

TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

Jun 24, 2011

True Blood is a much guiltier, trashier pleasure than the monumental Thrones, but I wouldn't miss it for all the hush puppies in Louisiana. Read full review

Phillip Maciak

Jun 27, 2011

Shaw and her adherents are poised to bring some critical leavening to a series that maybe could use it. Season four still might end with the introduction of a band of lusty minotaurs or cokehead sasquatches, but, as it begins, we should be encouraged-and thanks to Shaw's boffo performance, delighted-to see True Blood thinking, even for a moment, about controlling itself. Read full review

Renee Scolaro Mora

Jun 27, 2011

This season, as before, True Blood employs its supernatural others to signify cultural anxieties about race and sexuality. Now these anxieties are foregrounded in some of the human protagonists. It's a necessary shift: while the show has always portrayed elements of the vampire community as corrupt, we have been assured that Bill, and maybe a few others, were merely misunderstood. As this story has lost credibility, the vampires as a plausible metaphor for "accepting difference" is falling apart. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jun 27, 2011

True Blood returns on Sunday (June 26) night with too many new characters, not enough time with the characters I like, a general evasion of the most prickly parts of last season's finale, some plodding hints at a lumbering dramatic direction for this season and some breasts. Read full review

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Jul 1, 2011

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Lucas565

Jun 29, 2021

Uma das melhores séries que eu já assisti eu recomendo ela é maravilhosa mesmo

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IraqBobby

Aug 14, 2011

Absolutely Fun series to watch! The show's creators developed a great the mix of mythologies; and, the writers have given us great character development. I highly recommend this series to everyone!!!

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fbtimes

Mar 30, 2015

The beginning of season four is a quagmire. It starts off with a ridiculous and rather frustrating premise. But things quickly improve. We are brought back to the Bon Temps we left behind in season three, though that season ended in disappointment and season four had to clean up its messThe beginning of season four is a quagmire. It starts off with a ridiculous and rather frustrating premise. But things quickly improve. We are brought back to the Bon Temps we left behind in season three, though that season ended in disappointment and season four had to clean up its mess with its first episode. As the season progresses, the story still manages to provide enough solid development to work. That being said, the season finale, And When I Die, is absolutely brilliant. Everything falls apart and it leaves us with an unhealthy desire to begin season five.… Expand

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Yumny

Aug 29, 2011

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No worries, for True Blood is still the sexy, dazzling masterpiece it started out as. The fourth season, however, is plauged by inconsistencies, boring/ pointless storylines and an overall loss of the Southern "pazazz" that made the first season so delectable. Veteran actress Fiona Shaw does a good attempt at saving the show with her excellent performance as bitter witches Antonia and Marnie, but the whole show is darkened by ununderstandable decisions by the writing staff, such as the death of Sophie-Anne Leclerq. And the whole Sookie/Eric/Bill triangle? Weird. Sookie being drawn to the innocent new Eric is relatable, but her still feeling for Bill, who was exposed as a jerk who used her for his own purposes in the last season.. that's just silly. Unless vampire blood does more then we know. Anyway, the season finale better be good.… Expand

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Igonge

Jun 13, 2012

True Blood this season was too overpopulated. There were too many people I needed to care about and too many background characters where getting too much screen time. I hoped they would slow down a bit as the season went on. I used to believe True blood was a believable portrayal of aTrue Blood this season was too overpopulated. There were too many people I needed to care about and too many background characters where getting too much screen time. I hoped they would slow down a bit as the season went on. I used to believe True blood was a believable portrayal of a supernatural world, but this season has questioned that belief.… Expand

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CrimsonFlush

Jun 27, 2011

Twilight with T&A, too many monsters and too many characters overpopulate this supposedly small southern town. Seems like everyone has a power now, so much that the humans are an endangered species on this show. The plots go in circles (see the increasingly tedious SookieBillEricTwilight with T&A, too many monsters and too many characters overpopulate this supposedly small southern town. Seems like everyone has a power now, so much that the humans are an endangered species on this show. The plots go in circles (see the increasingly tedious SookieBillEric triangle; anything involving an angry Tara getting brainwashed or tortured or getting drunk or feeling sorry for herself) and some just come out of nowhere (Sam is now an angry drunk?).… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 7

54
- 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
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  S4:E12. And When I Die
  Air Date: September 11, 2011
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  S4:E11. Soul of Fire
  Air Date: September 4, 2011
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  S4:E10. Burning Down the House
  Air Date: August 28, 2011
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  S4:E9. Let's Get Out of Here
  Air Date: August 21, 2011
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  S4:E8. Spellbound
  Air Date: August 14, 2011
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  S4:E7. Cold Grey Light of Dawn
  Air Date: August 7, 2011
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  S4:E6. I Wish I Was the Moon
  Air Date: July 31, 2011
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  S4:E5. Me and the Devil
  Air Date: July 24, 2011
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  S4:E4. I'm Alive and on Fire
  Air Date: July 17, 2011
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  S4:E3. If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?
  Air Date: July 10, 2011
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  S4:E2. You Smell Like Dinner
  Air Date: July 3, 2011
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  S4:E1. She's Not There
  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