True Blood

Vampires. Sex. Sexy vampires.

Sundays, 9 PM ET, HBO

Current Season: 6 - Total Episodes: 61
Highest Rated: Ep 6, Season 2

C+

“Who Are You, Really?”

by Carrie Raisler June 16, 2013 -

The supernatural soap's return is all about Bill. Or is that Billith?

B+

“Save Yourself”

by Carrie Raisler August 26, 2012 -

Alan Ball hands over the reins with a finale that sums up the show as a whole: a bloody mess of a good time.

“Sunset”

by Carrie Raisler August 19, 2012 -

True Blood sets the stage for the finale, disses John Cougar Mellencamp.

B+

“Gone, Gone, Gone”

by Carrie Raisler August 12, 2012 -

True Blood says goodbye to a character in a surprisingly emotional episode.

Ep. 1, Season 6
“Who Are You, Really?”
Ep. 12, Season 5
“Save Yourself”
Ep. 11, Season 5
“Sunset”
Ep. 10, Season 5
“Gone, Gone, Gone”

Features Reviews

Season

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"You'll Be The Death Of Me"
Episode 12

“Cajun Dialect For Actors”? Really, True Blood? That’s the best you can do? It’s kind of...
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C+
"To Love Is To Bury"
Episode 11

First off, many thanks to Josh Modell for filling in on last week’s write-up and doing an excellent job. For what it’s...
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C
I Don't Wanna Know
Episode 10

Hi there. I'll be filling in for Scotty T. on tonight's episode of True Blood, because he was afraid that its...
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B
"Plaisir D'Amour"
Episode 9

Wow. Nine episodes into the season, and True Blood finally looks like a show I’d voluntarily watch. Not that...
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A-
"The Fourth Man In The Fire"
Episode 8

First, a mea culpa: Last week, there was an explosion of hateration in the comment section over my review of that night’s...
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B
"Burning House Of Love"
Episode 7

Okay, so I don’t want to spend too much time on this episode, which missed the mark again for me. (For those keeping score,...
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C
"Cold Ground"
Episode 6

So here’s the problem with an uneven, closer-to-bad-than-good TV series like True Blood: When you get to an episode...
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C
"Sparks Fly Out"
Episode 5

Oh, True Blood. Why can’t I quit you? (Beyond professional obligation, that is.) After last week’s low...
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B+
"Escape From Dragon House"
Episode 4

Okay, now that was bad. A week after True Blood started showing a little life, along comes a subplot...
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C-
"Mine"
Episode 3

Okay, so True Blood put forth perhaps the strongest of the three episodes so far—strengths magnified, weaknesses...
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B
"The First Taste"
Episode 2

One of these days, perhaps True Blood will wrangle all of its potentially awesome elements—the impact of synthetic...
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C
"Strange Love"
Episode 1

Hello, and welcome to the True Blood blog. I should start by establishing a baseline here: I’m dubious of Alan Ball....
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C+

Beyond Here Lies Nothin
Episode 12

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C+
Frenzy
Episode 11

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A-
New World In My View
Episode 10

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B+
"I Will Rise Up"
Episode 9

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B-
"Timebomb"
Episode 8

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B+
Release Me
Episode 7

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C
Hard-Hearted Hannah
Episode 6

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A
Never Let Me Go
Episode 5

Let's get it out of the way: Topping this week's True Blood themes are a) family/kin and b) ladies reaching for dick. Family first!
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A-
Shake And Fingerpop
Episode 4

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A
Scratches
Episode 3

Just in case you thought Bon Temps might be getting a little boring, the True Blood writers have decided to throw another dart at the mythology-inspiration dartboard.
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B+
"Keep This Party Going"
Episode 2

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A-
"Nothing But The Blood"
Episode 1

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C+

"Evil is Going On"
Episode 12

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C-
"Fresh Blood"
Episode 11

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C+
"I Smell a Rat"
Episode 10

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"Everything is Broken"
Episode 9

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B+
"Night on the Sun"
Episode 8

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C+
"Hitting the Ground"
Episode 7

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A-
"I Got a Right to Sing the Blues"
Episode 6

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B+
"Trouble"
Episode 5

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B+
"9 Crimes"
Episode 4

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B
"It Hurts Me Too"
Episode 3

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B-
"Beautifully Broken"
Episode 2

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B
"Bad Blood"
Episode 1

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B+

“And When I Die”
Episode 12

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C
“Soul Of Fire”
Episode 11

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C+
“Burning Down The House”
Episode 10

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C
“Run”
Episode 9

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C+
"Spellbound"
Episode 8

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B
"Cold Grey Light Of Dawn"
Episode 7

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B+
"I Wish I Was The Moon"
Episode 6

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B-
"I Hate You, I Love You"
Episode 5

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B
"I'm Alive And On Fire"
Episode 4

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B
"If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin'?"
Episode 3

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C-
"You Smell Like Dinner"
Episode 2

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C+
"She's Not There"
Episode 1

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C

“Save Yourself”
Episode 12

Alan Ball hands over the reins with a finale that sums up the show as a whole: a bloody mess of a good time.
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B+
“Sunset”
Episode 11

True Blood sets the stage for the finale, disses John Cougar Mellencamp.
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B
“Gone, Gone, Gone”
Episode 10

True Blood says goodbye to a character in a surprisingly emotional episode.
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B+
“Everybody Wants To Rule The World”
Episode 9

This season finally has some momentum, and that is a good thing.
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B+
“Somebody That I Used To Know”
Episode 8

The Authority storyline finally comes together and so does the episode around it.
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A-
“In The Beginning”
Episode 7

Russell's return leads to a completely insane, totally entertaining episode.
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A-
“Hopeless”
Episode 6

After weeks of running in circles, True Blood finally gives us some real chaos.
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B+
“Let’s Boot And Rally”
Episode 5

The vampire civil war rages on, if raging on includes numerous speeches and boardroom meetings.
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C-
“We’ll Meet Again”
Episode 4

The show follows all its best and worst instincts, resulting in a frustrating episode.
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B
“Whatever I Am, You Made Me”
Episode 3

The season inches along with a mostly entertaining episode. (Except Jason. Poor Jason.)
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B
“Authority Always Wins”
Episode 2

True Blood struggles to continue the momentum of last week's premiere, resulting in a disappointing episode.
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C+
“Turn! Turn! Turn!”
Episode 1

The gory soap returns with a premiere almost fun enough to make us forget about last season. Almost.
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B+

“Who Are You, Really?”
Episode 1

The supernatural soap's return is all about Bill. Or is that Billith?
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C+

True Blood returns to make Sundays less cerebral, more visceral
True Blood returns to make Sundays less cerebral, more visceral. Also: Linden and Holder reunited (and it feels so glum) and the Borgias get booted from the Vatican.
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Embrace the mystery: Is repeat viewing the best way to approach complex TV?
Two writers discuss whether the current crop of TV shows favors complicated plot construction over character development.
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It’s not TV—and it’s not available on HBO Go: 27-plus HBO originals unavailable from the streaming service
Another list from The A.V. Club.
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True Blood
The sex- and blood-drenched series is back.
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Could Netflix’s programming strategy kill the golden age of TV?
The company’s innovations seem driven more by when content is available, not quality.
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Guns, Girls And Gambling is 15 years late for the era of Tarantino knockoffs
A parade of Elvises, Christian Slater, Powers Boothe, and a slew of self-satisfied quirks can’t save this pseudo-hip display.
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John Carter’s commentary track showcases three filmmakers “drunk with power”
Apparently a $250 million production budget buys a lot of unexpected chickens and bridges.
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Rutger Hauer to play a Rutger Hauer-type guy on True Blood
As a "sinister" guy.
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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett discusses vintage horror and geek bonding
“For years, I told people this is the other thing I do other than music.”
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Robert Patrick on Last Resort and playing the T-1000
“People ask me, ‘Where did you learn to do what you do?’ I learned it in the Roger Corman Film School.”
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Jeanne Ryan’s debut Nerve channels The Hunger Games’ emotions to lower-stakes ends
In a culture dominated by an online game of escalating dares, one teenager chooses to leave her comfort zone far behind.
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Zeljko Ivanek on Damages, Lost, and playing the good guy for a change
“Pushing Gary Oldman into the pigs is about as good as it gets.”
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Memorable marathons
Sometimes one episode doesn’t cut it, and you have to watch the whole season in a sitting.
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Confused by our commitment
A reader asks about “Pop-Cultural Stockholm Syndrome,” where prolonged exposure gets us addicted to things we normally would avoid.
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True Blood finale fights the Authority—but will the Authority always win?
True Blood finale fights the Authority—but will the Authority always win? Also: Cryptic Aaron Paul tweets decoded while Aaron Sorkin takes one more swipe at the Internet.
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You’ll never take us alive, Copper!
You’ll never take us alive, Copper! Also: Season finales for aliens and political animals alike.
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Animal Practice brings—hey, look! A monkey!
Animal Practice brings—hey, look! A monkey! Also: A monkey-less Breaking Bad and the end of the London Olympics (which probably has no monkey, either).
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Improved by low expectations
Sometimes if you go in expecting nothing, you’re pleasantly surprised by anything.
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Celebrate Walter White’s 51st birthday—he probably doesn’t have many of those left
Celebrate Walter White’s 51st birthday—he probably doesn’t have many of those left. Also: The Great Vampire War begins and Nancy Botwin tries to forge ahead with pot.
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M. Ward shares his iPod contents, from Chuck Berry to Sade
The singer-songwriter shuffles his MP3 player to find Captain Beefheart, Beach Boys, and himself.
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HBO at the TCA press tour: Aaron Sorkin among the masses
Let’s try a thought experiment: If The Newsroom had aired on TNT, would it have gotten nearly as vicious of reviews as it did?
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With all eyes on London, Inspector Lewis helps other parts of England get some attention
With all eyes on London, Inspector Lewis helps other parts of England get some attention. Also: Walter White shares secrets and bugs battle in the Marvel Universe.
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Paging Dr. Melfi: 29 characters on serialized TV shows who outlived their usefulness
The A.V. Club's weekly list.
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Celebrate the return of classic Simpsons reviews by declaring yourself the lizard queen (or king)
Celebrate the return of classic Simpsons reviews by declaring yourself the lizard queen (or king). Also: Diversify with Walt and Jesse, take a big whiff of Bon Temps.
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We’ve got work to do—watching the Breaking Bad première, specifically
We’ve got work to do—watching the Breaking Bad première, specifically. Also: Premières that are not Breaking Bad, but do have Timothy Hutton and Sigourney Weaver.
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