True Blood S01 E12 1x12 You'll Be the Death of Me

In the season finale, Sookie finds a link to the string of killings in Bon Temps--and ends up in the murderer's crosshairs. Tara decides to make the most of her second chance with Maryann; Jason finds a new calling after receiving a jail visit.

True Blood S01 E11 1x11 To Love Is to Bury

Bill fulfills the conditions of the tribunal's sentence, although he and Eric find that Jessica doesn't quite turn (out) as expected. Trying to solve the mystery behind her most recent vision, Sookie heads to a pie shop with Sam.

True Blood S01 E10 1x10 I Don't Wanna Know

Caught in a compromising position, Sam shares a secret with an incredulous Sookie. Thinking she's been purged of her demon, Tara celebrates with Lettie Mae--but goes off the deep end when she uncovers Miss Jeanette's true intentions.

True Blood S01 E09 1x09 Plaisir d'Amour

Bill breaks a vampire taboo in protecting Sookie--and must pay a steep price as a result. Jason and Amy break their own taboo by kidnapping a vampire named Eddie to harvest his blood. Tara consults with Miss Jeanette about exorcising an inner demon.

True Blood S01 E08 1x08 The Fourth Man in the Fire

Sookie tries to hold it together in the wake of another possible tragedy. Tara is amazed by Lettie Mae's turnaround, and considers similar therapy for herself after lashing out at Sookie and Sam. Jason's new squeeze charms the crowd at Merlotte's.

True Blood S01 E07 1x07 Burning House of Love

Sookie's painful revelation about her uncle spurs Bill into action. Despite her skepticism, Tara pays for an exorcism to purge a demon out of Lettie Mae. In search of V juice, Jason travels to Fangtasia, where he bonds with a young woman named Amy.

True Blood S01 E06 1x06 Cold Ground

Numbed by tragedy, Sookie looks for refuge from the cacophony of her friends and neighbors' inner voices. After lashing out at his sister and decking Andy, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his V-juice habit.

True Blood S01 E05 1x05 Sparks Fly Out

Spurned by Sookie, Bill wins 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.

True Blood S01 E04 1x04 Escape From Dragon House

Another killing in Bon Temps finds Jason back in custody. Tara gets him off the hook, but neither she nor Lafayette has the antidote to his current ailment. Trying to help Jason, Sookie persuades Bill to take her to a vampire bar called Fangtasia.

True Blood S01 E03 1x03 Mine

Foiled in their attempt to 'glamour' Sookie, Malcolm, Liam and Diane retreat after Bill lays claim to her. At Merlotte's, Sam seeks a short-term remedy to his long-term loneliness, while Tara seeks respite from her mother's alcohol-fueled rage.

True Blood S01 E02 1x02 The First Taste

Bill returns Sookie's favor by rescuing her from the Rattrays' revenge, healing the wounded waitress with his own blood and leaving her, temporarily, with heightened senses. Later, she invites him into Gran's house for a 'get-to-know-you' gathering.

True Blood S01 E01 1x01 Strange Love

 

Across the country, vampires have come 'out of the coffin' after the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood. In Louisiana, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities, falls under the spell of a sexy vampire named Bill Compton.

Recap: True Blood S01 E01 1x01 Strange Love - Synopsis

 The series opens with two young adults driving down the road past a store sign advertising Tru Blood. They stop at the store and after a short confrontation with a vampire they take off. Next, Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress at a local bar notices a vampire who walks in and sits down in a booth. After locking eyes with the vampire she confronts him about what he'd like to order. The vampire asks for Tru Blood but due to a lack of local vampire patrons there isn't any in stock. Later Sookie runs out of the bar after the vampire and two people that lured him outside. She finds the two draining the blood from the vampire. Vampire blood is known to enhance the healing process in humans and give a bit of a sex boost. Sookie saves the vampire, who introduces himself as Bill.

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Music: True Blood S01 E01 1x01 Strange Love

• Y'All Think She'd Be Good to Me by CC Adcock

• Goodbye Good Lookin' by Robbie Fulks

• Soulful Garage by Southern Culture on the Skids

• The Dreaming Dead by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter

• Strange Love by Slim Harpo

• Lake Charles by Lucinda Williams

• Still Beating by Josh Ritter

• Dang Good Stuff by Kim Lenz and Her Jaguars

• Stumble and Pain by Joseph Arthur

• Bones by Little Big Town

Quotes: True Blood S01 E01 1x01 Strange Love

• Lafayette: (Thinking about Sookie joining Vampire Bill at his table) Looks like she likes 'em tall dark and dead. 

• Sookie: I am NOT psychic! 

• (Customer snaps his fingers to get Tara's attention for a drink)
  Tara: Uh-oh do... do not snap at me. I have a name. And that name is Tara. Isn't that funny a black girl being named after a plantation. No I don't think it's funny at all. In fact it really pisses me off that my momma was either stupid or just plain mean. Which is why you better be nice if you plan on getting a drink tonight.
  Customer: Sorry. 

• (Discussing hookers who specialize in vampires)
  Gran: Wonder how much one would charge for something like that?
  Jason: A thousand bucks.
  Sookie: See, now that just makes me sick.
  Gran: I know. What kind of cheap woman could ever do something like that?
  Sookie: No it makes me sick that they're getting a thousand bucks to lay there and do nothing while I bust my ass for ten bucks an hour plus tips. 

• Vampire Bill: Vampires often turn on those who trust them you know. We don't have human values like you.
  Sookie: Well, humans turn on those who trust them too.

• Denise: You don't wanna be on my bad side.
  Sookie: I'm not so sure you even have another side you no-account backwoods trash. 

• Sookie: What can I do for ya'll tonight?
  Mack: (Thinking) You can wrap your sweet lips around my slim reaper. 

• Woman in bar: (Looking at the man with her thinking) Don't you dare gripe about me eatin' fries. Not after what I did for you last night in the bedroom. Which, by the way, was disgusting. Although I kind of enjoyed it.

• Camo-clad vampire: (To the clerk who pretended to be a vampire) You ever pretend to be one of us again and I'll kill ya. Got it?
  Clerk: Yeah.
  Vampire: (Flashing fangs) Have a nice day now. 

• Sookie: (Realizing there is a vampire in the bar) I have been waiting for this moment since they came out of the coffin two years ago. 

• Teenager: (Thinking) What the hell is this music? Man, I can not wait to get the hell out of this podunk town.
  Sookie: (Responding to the teen's thoughts as if he spoke out loud) Well make sure you do, and before it's too late. Because every year you wait you just get more and more stuck here. Believe me, I know.
  Teenager: (Thinking) How'd she know what I was thinking. That's weird. 

• Nan: We're citizens. We pay taxes. We deserve basic Civil Rights just like everyone else. 

• Lafayette: Hey, Hookah. How you doin'? what are you doing here?
  Tara: I work here.
  Lafayette: Oh, no the hell you don't!
  Tara: Oh, yes the hell I do too, you ugly bitch.
  Lafayette: Shit. Sam must've lost his damned mind because you should not be allowed to work in no situation where you actually have to interact with the people. 

• Jason: I hooked up with Maudette last night, we had sex. That's all.
  Andy: How would you characterize the sex?
  Jason: Eh, it was okay. 

• Tara: If I did work here...
  Sam: It would only be a matter of time before you went off on somebody. I don't wanna drive my customers away.
  Tara: I only go off on stupid people.
  Sam: Most of my customers are stupid people. 

• Sookie: (Covering her neck with silver) I'm not a total fool.
  Bill: Oh, but you have other very juicy arteries. There is one in the groin that is a particularly favorite of mine.

• Tara: My life sucks.
  Sookie: Tara, don't you be feelin' sorry for yourself. That's just lazy.
  Tara: But why can't I keep a job?
  Sookie: Maybe because you can't keep your mouth shut.
  Tara: Bitch, who asked you?

Trivia: True Blood S01 E01 1x01 Strange Love

• Vampire Bill Compton is 173 years old. 

• The frat boy and sorority girl, Kelly, pull over at the "GrabbitKwik" convenience store. Maudette Pickens, the murdered woman, is mentioned to be an employee at "GrabbitKwik". 

• Nan Flanagan of the American Vampire League is shown on television doing an interview with Bill Maher. Bill Maher is host of the talk show Real Time with Bill Maher which also airs on HBO. 

• The camo-clad hunter/vampire purchases the synthetic drink "Tru Blood" in the form of a 4-pack of bottles. Typically wine coolers are sold in 4-packs, beer is generally sold in 6-packs. The tag line for "Tru Blood" is "Real Blood is for suckers!" 

• When Sookie comes home from work the first night, her grandmother is reading Last Scene Alive, written by Charlaine Harris who also wrote the Sookie Stackhouse books "True Blood" is based on.