The first season of the

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television drama series '' True Blood'' premiered on September 7, 2008 and concluded on November 23, 2008. It consists of 12 episodes, each running approximately 55 minutes in length and was, for the most part, based on the novel ''

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'', the first entry in ''

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'' by

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. The story takes place in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, two years after vampires have made their presence known to mankind, and follows telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse as she attempts to solve a series of murders that seem to be motivated by a hatred of vampires.

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broadcast the first season on Sunday nights at 9:00 pm in the United States, with a repeat showing at 11:00 pm. The complete first season was released on DVD and

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on May 19, 2009.

Plot

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(

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) is a waitress with telepathic abilities. Stephen Moyer plays her love interest, vampire Bill Compton. Sookie works for

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(

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), owner of Merlotte's bar and a shapeshifter who has a crush on Sookie. Sookie's best friend

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(

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) begins bartending at Merlotte's after quitting her job at the Super Save-A-Bunch. Also working at Merlotte's are Tara's cousin

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( Nelsan Ellis), a short order cook and hustler, and

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(

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). Arlene is a thrice-divorced waitress with two children who, over the course of the season, becomes engaged to Rene Lenier (

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), a Cajun labourer who works on a road crew.

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(

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), Sookie's brother, is a labourer on a road crew and ladies' man. Jason's sexual relations begin to die, one after the other, and he is suspected of being a serial killer. Hoyt Fortenberry ( Jim Parrack), Jason's co-worker, admires Jason's abilities with women. Adele Stackhouse (

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) is Jason and Sookie's grandmother who has looked after them since the deaths of their parents. Jason's love interest

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( Lizzy Caplan) begins a relationship with Jason because of a shared addiction to vampire blood, or "V". They kidnap Eddie Gauthier (

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), to use his blood. In the vampire community,

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(

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) is the Sheriff of Area 5, which includes Bon Temps, and owner of the vampire bar ''Fangtasia''. Working for Eric, both in the bar and under him as Sheriff, are Pam (

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) and Chow (Patrick Gallagher). The bartender Longshadow ( Raoul Trujillo) is killed by Bill to protect Sookie. As punishment for killing a fellow vampire and to replenish the vampire ranks, Bill is taken to

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(

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) and forced to sire

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( Deborah Ann Woll). Jessica is cared for by Eric but when he grows tired of her he leaves her with Bill. In the middle of the season Tara's mother, Lettie Mae (

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), undergoes an exorcism to rid herself of what she terms her "demons" - her addiction to alcohol. The exorcism is administered by "Miss Jeanette", an alias of Nancy LeGuare (

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). Following her exorcism Lettie Mae kicks Tara out. Following a crash and

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, Tara is taken in by Maryann Forrester (

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), who initially presents herself to Tara as some kind of social worker. While staying with Maryann, Tara meets "Eggs" Benedict Talley (

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) to whom she feels a strong attraction. The central mystery of the season begins when Maudette Pickens (Danielle Sapia) is killed. Sheriff Dearborne (

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) places his only detective, Andy Bellefleur (

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) in charge of finding the killer. Bellefleur suspects Jason Stackhouse, and that suspicion grows after the murder of Dawn Green ( Lynn Collins). Andy's cousin

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( Todd Lowe) works as a cook at Merlotte's. The international conflict between vampires and humans is played out in the background, but two minor characters are introduced who become major characters in the second season: Reverend Steve Newlin ( Michael McMillian) and his wife

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( Anna Camp). They head the anti-vampire church the Fellowship of the Sun following the death of Steve's father, who was supposedly killed by vampires. A representative of the Fellowship of the Sun approaches Jason Stackhouse while he is in jail in the final episode of the season.

Episodes

Cast and characters

Main cast

* Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton *

as Detective Andy Bellefleur * Nelsan Ellis as

* Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry *

as Lettie Mae Thornton *

as Rene Lenier *

as Sheriff Bud Dearborne *

* Lynn Collins as Dawn Green * Lizzy Caplan as

as Adele Stackhouse *

as Eddie Gauthier

Guest cast

* Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur *

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Pamela Swynford De Beaufort Pamela Ravenscroft, known as Pamela Swynford De Beaufort in '' True Blood'', is a fictional character from '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'' by author Charlaine Harris. She is a vampire, created by Eric Northman and co-owner of ''Fangtasia'' ...

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* Alec Gray as Coby Fowler *

as Miss Jeanette *

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as Maxine Fortenberry * Graham Shiels as

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* Raoul Trujillo as Longshadow * Laurel Weber as

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* Jeremy Denzlinger as Wayne *

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as Diane * Kanin Howell as Chuck *

as Maryann Forrester * Danielle James as Randi Sue * Michael McMillian as Reverend Steve Newlin * Caleb Moody as

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* John Prosky as David Finch * Stacie Rippy as Cindy Marshall *

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as Malcolm * Danielle Sapia as Maudette Pickens *

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as Nan Flanagan * Deborah Ann Woll as

* Avion Baker as Young Tara *

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* Patrick Gallagher as Chow * Labon K. Hester as Young

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* Karina Logue as Denise Rattray * Melanie MacQueen as Faye Lebvre * Kevin McHale as Neil Jones * Tess Alexandra Parker as Rosie * James Jean Parks as Mack Rattray * John Rezig as Deputy Kevin Ellis *

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as Sterling Norris * Zenali Turner as Young

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* Cheyenne Wilbur as Bartlett Hale * Patricia Bethune as Jane Bodehouse * Michael Bofshever as Orry Dawson *

as "Eggs" Benedict Talley *

as Magnus the Magister *

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as Lorena Krasiki * Adam Leadbeater as

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as Sue Ann Merlotte * Stewart Skelton as Minister *

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as Young Sam *

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as Sharon * Tanya Wright as Deputy Kenya Jones

Production

Crew

Series creator Alan Ball had previously worked with premium cable channel

on '' Six Feet Under'', which ran five seasons. In October 2005, after ''Six Feet Unders

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, Ball signed a two-year agreement with HBO to develop and produce original programming for the network. ''True Blood'' became the first project under the deal, after Ball became acquainted with

' ''Southern Vampire Mystery'' books. One day, while early for a dentist appointment, Ball was browsing through

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and came across ''Dead Until Dark'', the first installment in Harris' series. Enjoying it, he read the following entries and became interested in "bringing Harris' vision to television". However, Harris had two other adaptation options for the books when Ball approached her. He said she chose to work with him, though, because "

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really 'got' me. That's how he convinced me to go with him. I just felt that he understood what I was doing with the books." Ball wrote and directed the pilot episode, double Emmy winner

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, '' Red Rock West'' writer/director

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, ''

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'' director Michael Lehmann, former '' Deadwood'' director

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, ''

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'' director

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, '' Pretty Persuasion'' director

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, ''

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'' director

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and '' Six Feet Under'' co-producer

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directed subsequent episodes, with Ball directing the finale. Nancy Oliver joined Ball as a producer, in the same role she had on ''Six Feet Under''. Ball wrote the first three episodes with Brian Buckner, Alexander Woo, Raelle Tucker and

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writing two episodes a piece, Nancy Oliver wrote and directed the eleventh episode, which marked her debut as a director. Buckner, Tucker and Woo were also credited as producers, Offutt was executive story editor for this season. Christina Jokanovich was an associate producer and Carol Dunn Trussell the line producer.

Reception

The first season of ''True Blood'' debuted at a very modest 1.44 million viewers compared to the network's past drama premiers such as ''

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'' which premiered at 4.56 million, and '' John from Cincinnati'' which debuted at 3.4 million. However, by late November 2008, 6.8 million a week were watching; this figure includes repeat and on-demand viewings. The season finale's viewership was 2.4 million. At the time, ''True Blood'' had reportedly become HBO's most popular series since ''

'' and ''

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''.

Awards & nominations

The series won the

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for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series.

won the

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for Best Actress in a Television series - Drama whilst the show was nominated for Best TV series - Drama. It also won best TV show, best horror actor for Stephen Moyer, Best Horror Actress for Anna Paquin & best villain for

at the

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Ratings

United Kingdom

All ratings are taken from the UK Ratings website,

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Season 1 ending credits songs

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– "Bones" #Vallejo – "Snake in the Grass" #Charlie Robison – "Good Times" #

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– "

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" #

Nathan Barr Nathan Barr (born February 9, 1973; also known as Nate Barr) is an American film and television composer and musician. His television scores include '' True Blood'', ''The Americans'', '' Carnival Row'', and ''The Great''. He won a Primetime E ...

– "The Cabin" #Mark Seliger's Rusty Truck – "Cold Ground" # Cobra Verde – "Play with Fire" #

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– "I Want You So Hard" #

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– "Walking the Dog" #

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– "I Don't Wanna Know about Evil" #

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– "Pass You By" #

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– "Ain't No Grave"

References

External links

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