Season One True Blood | |
Season Premiere |
September 7th, 2008 |
Season Finale | November 23rd, 2008 |
Episode Count | 12 |
Cast | Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Chris Bauer, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Carrie Preston, Michael Raymond-James, William Sanderson; Lynn Collins; Lois Smith |
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Season One of True Blood premiered on HBO on Sunday, September 7th, 2008 at 10:00 pm. The season lasted twelve episodes with the finale airing on November 23rd, 2008. True Blood is based on the "Southern Vampire Mysteries" series of vampire novels by author Charlaine Harris. This season adapts the first book in the series, Dead Until Dark. The setting for the show is the fictional town of Bon Temps in Renard Parish, Louisiana. The title takes it's name from Tru-Blood - a synthetic blood substitute that enables vampires to sustain themselves without having to feed off of humans. As vampires are viably no longer a threat to humanity, they choose to "come out of the coffin", revealing their existence to the world. Not all vampires are satisfied with this Great Revelation however and prefer to maintain their centuries-long traditions.
The main character of the series is Sookie Stackhouse, a twentysomething waitress who lives with her grandmother and works at Merlotte's Bar & Grill. One evening at work, she meets a vampire named Bill Compton and the two engage in an old-fashioned, albeit strange, courtship. Someone however, does not care for the idea of fraternization between humans and vampires as a serial killer begins targeting female vampire groupers, or, fangbangers.
Episodes[]
Episode | Title | Airdate |
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1x1 | Strange Love | September 7th, 2008 |
1x2 | The First Taste | September 14th, 2008 |
1x3 | Mine | September 21st, 2008 |
1x4 | Escape from Dragon House | September 28th, 2008 |
1x5 | Sparks Fly Out | October 5th, 2008 |
1x6 | Cold Ground | October 12th, 2008 |
1x7 | Burning House of Love | October 19th, 2008 |
1x8 | The Fourth Man in the Fire | October 26th, 2008 |
1x9 | Plaisir d'amour | November 2nd, 2008 |
1x10 | I Don't Wanna Know | November 9th, 2008 |
1x11 | To Love is to Bury | November 16th, 2008 |
1x12 | You'll Be the Death of Me | November 23rd, 2008 |
Cast[]
Principal cast[]
Guest stars[]
Actor | Role |
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James Parks | Mack Rattray |
Karina Logue | Denise Rattray |
Danielle Sapia | Maudette Pickens |
Andrew Rothenberg | Malcolm Beaumarchais |
Aunjanue Ellis | Diane Hardwicke |
Graham Shiels | Liam McKnight |
Crew[]
Production[]
Directors[]
Writers[]
Home video[]
Notes & Trivia[]
- This is the only season of True Blood with episodes directed by Alan Ball. He directed the season premiere and season finale, "Strange Love" and "You'll Be the Death of Me".
- This is the only season of True Blood with Carol Dunn Trussell as line producer.
See also[]
The World of True Blood
Seasons
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