Woo TV: True Blood

I just started watching True Blood; apparently I've been living in a cave for much of the season. True Blood is extremely popular, and I now know why. It's great! Sure, it's a soap opera, but it's a woo, supernatural soap opera.

For those who don't know, True Blood is about vampires; the setting is Louisiana. Vampires have now come out and some are "mainstreaming" into society, others prefer to remain the evil nest dwelling blood suckers of humans they are. The vampires are accepted into society (legally, anyway) and so, we have humans, and we have vampires.

A lot of prejudice about vampires: there are good vampires, bad vampires, human-vampire sexual unions, human-vampire hatreds, etc. The usual. Throw in sex (lots of HBO cable television type sex), werewolves,telepathic humans, shapeshifters, and a serial killer, and you have a smacking good paranormal TV show.

Anna Pacquin is the main character Sookie Stackhouse, who does a very good job, as do all the other actors in the show. The show itself is based on a series of books by Charlaine Harris.


Actress Rutina Wesley on left (Tara), Anna Pacquin on right (Sookie)


I like all the characters, (even the the ones I can't stand, like Sookie's brother, who is "dumber than a sack of hair," as one character called him, but they're fun to hate) but my favorite is the character Tara Thornton,Sookie's best friend, played by actress Rutina Wesley. She's beautiful of course but I just love her character!

There are only two episodes left in this season! Thankfully I was able to catch up by watching the season's worth on HBO2. There will be a second season, fortunately.