Season 1: Episode 9 – “Plaisir d’Amour”

2009/Jun/30th

Written by Brian Buckner
Directed by Anthony Hemingway

Jason and Amy return home with the captured vampire. At first Jason was against taking the blood, but once he saw the effects it had on Amy he couldn’t resist. Sookie and Bill return home from the Fangtasia, to find Sookie’s house is covered in blood. When Jason and Amy come down from their “V” trip, they confess their love for one another. Tara seeks help from the same deamon exorcist that helped her mother, to rid her of the Demon that lives inside of her. The deamon exorcist tells Tara that the deamon that lives inside her, is much more dangerous than the one that lived inside of her mother. Sam continues to pursue Tara (to start a relationship), and she continues to reject him. Bill tells Sookie he has been called away because he has killed a vampire, and that he must leave. In his absense he asks Sam to watch over Sookie. Eric (vampire) tells the crowed at Sam’s bar that vampires know when someone has harmed one of them, and not to trust the lady of tv that says vampires are all friendly. Sam agrees to pay for Tara’s exorcism. Sookie finds Sam and Tara kissing in Sam’s office and runs off to Bill’s house. Sookie invites the friendly dog she sees around the neighbourhood to sleep on the end of her bed, but when she wakes up there is no dog at the end of the bed; just a nake Same Merlotte….
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Season 1: Episode 8 – “The Fourth Man in the Fire”

2009/Jun/29th

Written by Alexander Woo
Directed by Michael Lehmann

Sookie finds out that 4 vampires have been murdered by a group of angry local vigilantes, and fears one of them may be Bill. While Sookie cleans dirt off of her kitchen floor she has visions of her dead grandmother laying on the ground. Tara’s mother throws out all of her liquor bottles, and claims that she has gone the entire day without a drink. Taras mom appears to be cleaning up her act at the beginning of the episode. Jason wakes up from a night spent with Amy, and is amazed by the night he had on “V” once he realized what he thought he had been doing and what he actually did are two completely different things. Jason tells Amy he doesn’t want her to leave, and invites her to stay with him. Tara has a fit when she finds fang marks on Sookies neck. Later in the episode Jason’s new girl, Amy, charms the crowd at Merlotte’s, but shows that she has a darker side when they run out of vampire juice. As a favour to Bill, Sookie agrees to help a fellow vampire (a Vampire Sherif) hunt for a thief at Fangtasia
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Season 1: Episode 7 – “Burning House of Love”

2009/Jun/28th

Written by Chris Offutt
Directed by Marcos Siega

Sookie tells Compton her painful childhood memories of her Uncle Bartlett ( he sexually assaulted her as a child), which sets Bill into action. Tara agrees to pay for an exorcism to rid her mother Lettie Mae of her said demons. In Jasons neverending search for “V” (vampire blood) he heads to Fangtasia where he meets a girl named Amy. A group of locals decide to seek revenge Compton’s bloodthirsty vampire associates who destroyed Merlotte’s bar in search of Bill. At the end of the episode we are left to believe that Bill may have been one of the vampires killed by the locals.
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Season 1: Episode 6 – “Cold Ground”

2009/Jun/27th

Written by Raelle Tucker
Directed by Nick Gomez

Sookie is faced with dealing with the tragedy of her grandmothers murder. She seeks comfort in knowing that her friends will support her through her tough time. Jason is suffering from vampire blood withdrawls and is an all around complete mess. He decides to blame Sookie for their grandmothers death. Tara and Sam are intimate for the second time, and Sam indicates interest in having a relationship with her.  Tara confronts her alcoholic mother, Lettie Mae, who’s trying to rid herself of a “demon” and explains that she needs Tara’s help to overcome it.
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Season 1: Episode 5 – “Sparks Fly Out”

2009/Jun/26th

Written by Alexander Woo
Directed by Dan Minahan

In this episode Sookie becomes angry with Compton because of how he handled their previous encounter with the law, and she explains to him that she no longer feels safe with him. Bill tells Sookie he will no longer call on her. Tara becomes enraged at Lafayette for selling vampire blood, and resents the fact that he sold a vile of it to Jason. Lafayette explains to Jason how Tara has had a crush on him for years, and Jason is surprisd to hear it. Compton ends up speaking at Sookie’s grandmothers church to a group of civil war descendants, where he is presented with a picture of the mayor and his family. When Bill receives the picture he is struken with sadness, and begins to cry. Jason decides to once again take “V” (Vampire Blood) and trys to confess his love for Tara. When she reaslizes he is high on the vampire blood she tells him to come talk to her when he is sober. Sam kisses Sookie and Sookie rejects him. She decided to take a cab home, when she arrives she finds her grandmother laying on the floor covered in blood.

Spurned by an exasperated Sookie, Bill ends up winning over Adele’s church audience with his vivid recollections from the Civil War, though Andy and Bud remain suspicious. Sam tries to make the most of his opportunity with Sookie, though she’s clearly not ready to commit. Ignoring Tara’s rebuff, Lafayette convinces Jason to give vampire blood, a.k.a. “V juice,” another shot. Alone at home, Bill remembers the painful wartime incident that changed his fate forever.
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Season 1: Episode 4 – “Escape from Dragon House”

2009/Jun/24th

Written by Brian Buckner
Directed by Michael Lehmann

In this episode Jason is accused of another murder, this time the waitress whom he had been seeing. When he is arrested he decides to drink the entire vile of vampire blood he got from Lafayette in the previous episode. Jason then becomes ill in the police station and runs to the bathroom. While Jason is in the washroom Terra arrives threatening undue process because Jason has no lawyer present. She tells the police that she was with Jason last night so he couldn’t have killed the waitress. When the police decide not to charge Jason with anthing at the moment, he and Terra take off.  Sookie decides to use her psychic powers to find the person to try and catch whoever it was that was killing people, so she persuades Compton to take her to the local vampire bar called “Fangtasia”. Once there she meets a Norweigen (Viking!) Vampire named Eric. Throughout the episode Jason feels the effects of taking too much Vampire blood.
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Season 1: Episode 3 – “Mine”

2009/Jun/22nd

Written by Alan Ball
Directed by John Dahl

The episode begins where the last ended, with Sookie arriving at Compton’s house to be greated by a group of blood-thirsty vampires. Compton lays claim on Sookie by stating that she was his, assuring that none of the other vampires would attempt to feast on her. After this the vampires (Malcolm, Liam and Diane) leave the house. Compton explains to Sookie that when vampires live in groups, the will eventually secom to their urges, but ones like him that live alone can hang on to what little humanity they still posess. Jason begins seeing a waitress and friend of Sookie’s, and seeks help (with his new found problem)  from Lafayette Reynolds. (played by Nelsan Ellis). Lafayette is a cook at Sam Merlotte’s bar, as well as a self-proclaimed entrapreneur (drug-dealer). He gives Jason a vile of vampire blood to help with his problems in bed.
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Season 1: Episode 2 – “The First Taste”

2009/Jun/21st

Written by Alan Ball
Directed by Scott Winant

Bill Compton returns Sookie’s favor of the previous episode (saving him from the vampire drainers) by rescuing her from them when they try to seek their revenge. After murdering the two vampire drainers, compton heals Sookie’s wounds by giving her his blood to drink.  In edition to healing her wounds, Sookie is left with hightened senses (another perk of drinking vampires blood). Sookie invites Compton to her house to meet her grandmother and he accepts. When Compton shows up at Sookie’s house, her friend Tara and her brother Jason are also there. Sookie’s grandmother ends up being quite fond of Compton, but Tara is weary of her best friend possible seeing a vampire, and her brother Jason is absolutely against having a Vampire in the house (there is a constant debate throught the series on whether or not vampires should be allowed to live amongst society).  After a small visit, Sookie and Compton take off for a walk in the night, and reach the house where he is staying (the house turns out to be just across the way from Sookie’s). Sookie and Bill have their first kiss here and Bill fights off his vampire earges (wanting to suck Sookie’s blood). Sookie immediately leaves after the kiss, but her desires for Compton over power her and she returns to his house  get the better of her as she returns to Bill’s, where she is greeted by as group of his bloodthirsty vampire friends.

Also in this episode:  Jason is aquitted for murdering the fang-banger and Tara must deal with her mothers alcoholism. This episode also introduces us to a new religous group that threatens the vampires.
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Season 1: Episode 1 – “Strange Love”

2009/Jun/20th

Written and Directed by Alan Ball

Across America vampires have begun to live amongst normal society. The start of this episode takes place some two years after the vampires became known and “accepted” in society. The first 5 or so minutes of this episode is spent introducing us to the idea of vampires living amongst humans, as well as introduces us to a mass-produced synthetic blood drink called “Tru Blood” which serves as the vampires primary source of nutrition (so they don’t have to suck the blood from humans).

After we are introduced to the theme of the show in the first couple of scenes, we are then introduced to the main characters. Sookie Stackhouse (played by Anna Paquin) ,is  a telepathic waitress in Sam Merlotte’s Bar (played by Sam Trammell) in Bon Temps, Louisiana. Sookie meets her first Vampire named Bill Compton (Played By Stephen Moyer).  Sookie is instantly attracted to Compton,and later that evening she saves him from 2 vampire drainers (they slay vampires and drain their blood to sell). Sookie then realizes that she cannot read Compton’s thoughts and he becomes  even more interesting to her because she has never met someone who’s mind she couldn’t read.

This episode also introduces us to a few of the other characters in the series. The first being Sookie’s best friend Tara Thornton (played by Rutina Wesley) who comes to work at Sam Merlotte’s bar with Sookie. Another character we are introduced to is Sookie’s brother  Jason Stackhouse (played by Ryan Kwante) who at the end of the episode is arrested under the suspision of murdering a local “fang banger” (someone who sleeps with vampires) whom he had been intimate with earlier in the episode.
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