The vampire internment camp and the development of the blood-borne virus Hep V were interesting concepts, touching on eugenics and Dr Mengele-style experimentation. Sam's sensitivity had always been a point of difference, but he became so wet you needed to watch his scenes in a plastic poncho. Did anybody care about that? And Sam Merlotte's habit of falling in love with any woman who gave him a sideways glance and taking stupid risks to save them just got dull. Andy Bellefleur had four fairy babies that grew up in a week, were promptly eaten by Bill's progeny Jessica. ![]() Not even in the hickest of hick Southern towns would that fly for more than 10 minutes.Įric turned Burrell's daughter Willa into a vampire, although she had little reason to be there. That left his lover, the Christian zealot Sarah Newlin, trying to pretend that big, bad Burrell was just camera shy. Towards the end, nonsensical character developments overshadowed the show's plot.Īnti-vampire governor Truman Burrell was an energetic adversary, but he was killed off too early (albeit spectacularly). Although many elements in the series never made sense, they didn't lack purpose. Ugh, I thought I'd forgotten about that.īy season six, a lot about True Blood was just…. Bill also went off the rails after drinking the blood of Lilith, the legendary creator of the vampire race who was conveniently played by a ragingly beautiful naked woman with an impeccable merkin.Īnd Jason shagged were-panthers. The Sookie/Bill/Eric/Alcide love quadrilateral became a pentagon with the addition of Warlow, an uninspiring vampire/fairy hybrid who was obsessed with Sookie. A witches coven cursed Eric with no memory, which although rendered him completely adorable (and allowed numerous welcome scenes with his shirt off), did remove the quivering sense of unpredictable danger that made Eric so… Eric. It was genius.īut then Sookie became a fairy, Lafayette a medium and Tara a vampire. At its height, it had maniacal vampire king Russell Edgington tear a newsreader's spine out through his lower back live on air, deliver a terrifying speech about the true nature of vampires, then throw to the weather girl. It devised vigorous sexual escapades and eye-poppingly violent encounters that bested even the most dedicated fan-fiction writer. The show also developed its high-camp flamboyance. We fell in love with Eric Northman, surely the most entrancing bad boy since John Shea's take on Lex Luthor in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (the ladies will back me on this), and revelled in the sharp witticisms of his progeny Pam. The first three seasons let us explore the fictional town of Bon Temps and meet its characters, including Sookie's sex-crazed brother Jason, her feisty-but-damaged best friend Tara and shapeshifter boss Sam. It got to a point where Alcide's werewolf morphs got so erotic I was banned from a local dog park. True Blood's home on HBO meant it could also ramp up the gore, replacing Buffy's convenient "dusting" of vampires with bloody, sticky, ichorous messes. Bill Compton, the Civil War veteran whose love affair with Sookie Stackhouse was the foundation of the whole series, spent much of the first few series regretting the terror he unleashed in his first few decades of vampire life. ![]() The two who became "good" were acted upon externally (Angel by a curse that returned his soul Spike by having a chip inserted into his brain).īy contrast, vampirism in True Blood was something that gave you more power, but you could choose how you wielded it. In Buffy the Vampire Slayer, vampires were cardboard cut-out evil. True Blood also allowed its vampire leads to develop as characters. 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