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• 2008

• Fantasy
• Horror

• 18

Summary

Open-minded Louisiana waitress Sookie can tune into people's thoughts. In this drama, she falls in love with Bill, a centuries-old vampire, whose mind, strangely, is a closed book to her.

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Jack Seale

Writer Alan Ball leaves behind the aching seriousness of Six Feet Under for this, a lusty fantasy full of sex, death and surprises.

We’re in Bon Temps, Louisiana, a no-horse town where the hicks have just got even more gossipy and fearful: vampires are coexisting with mortals, thanks to a synthetic blood that means they don’t have to bite humans. They still do bite humans, so this bit doesn’t make sense, but programmes that make sense can contain dull moments, and True Blood avoids dull moments.

Anna Paquin is Sookie, a telepathic barmaid. Her life changes when dishy vampire Bill (Brit Stephen Moyer, whose perfect vampire look and imperfect accent suggest he got the part by simply sending in a photo) woos her in a glowering, Heathcliffy way. Other vampires are aggressive fornicators — their blood is sold as a sort of unpleasantly strong Viagra — but Bill is a quiet, “Yes, ma’am” guy.

At first True Blood seems like merely a salty, titillating mess. Nothing wrong with that, but as the series progresses, the clever stories and hilarious supporting cast make it completely addictive. Drink it in.

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7.9/10

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rolenameSookie StackhouseAnna PaquinBill ComptonStephen MoyerSam MerlotteSam TrammellJason StackhouseRyan KwantenEric NorthmanAlexander SkarsgardTara ThorntonRutina Wesley

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rolenameDirectorAngela RobinsonDirectorLee Rose

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