“True Blood”
Role: Sookie Stackhouse
Directors: Alan Ball, Scott Winant, Michael Lehmann, John Dahl, Nick Gomez, Daniel Minahan, Marcos Siega
Writers: Charlaine Harris (Book Series) Alan Ball, Brian Buckner, Nancy Oliver, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo
Release: September 7th, 2008 on HBO at 9pm
Rating: N/A
Runtime: 60 min
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California; Shreveport, Lousiana

Links: Official Site, Charlaine Harris’ Official Site, IMDB

Cast:
Stephen Moyer, Ryan Kwanten, Sam Trammell, Rutina Wesley, Alexander Skarsgard, Raoul Trujillo, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll

Sypnosis:
The series follows the world of vampires who co-exist with humans in Louisiana by drinking a Japanese-made synthetic blood. Their integration into a small Louisiana town causes quite a stir, and a love story ensues between Bill Compton, a vampire, and Sookie Stackhouse, an innocent waitress who can read people’s minds.

Episodes
1.01 – Strange Love (09.07.08)
1.02 – The First Taste (09.14.08)
1.03 – Mine (09.21.08)
1.04 – Escape From Dragon House (09.28.08)
1.05 – Sparks Fly Out (10.05.08)
1.06 – Cold Ground (10.12.08)
1.07 – Burning House Of Love (10.19.08)
1.08 – 4th Man in the Fire (10.26.08)
1.09 – Plaisir D’Amour (11.02.08)
1.10 – I Don’t Wanna Know (11.09.08)
1.11 – To Love Is To Bury (11.16.08)
1.12 – You’ll Be The Death Of Me (11.23.08)

2.01 – Nothing But the Blood (06.14.09)
2.02 – Keep This Party Going (06.21.09)
2.03 – Scratches (06.28.09)
2.04 – Shake and Fingerpop (07.12.09)
2.05 – Never Let Me Go (07.19.09)
2.06 – Hard-Hearted Hannah (07.26.09)
2.07 – Release Me (08.02.09)
2.08 – Timebomb (08.09.09)
2.09 – I Will Rise Up (08.16.09)
2.10 – New World in My View (08.23.09)
2.11 – Frenzy (08.30.09)
2.12 – Beyond Here Lies Nothin’ (09.06.09)

3.01 – Bad Blood (06.13.10)
3.02 – Beautifully Broken (06.20.10)
3.03 – It Hurts Me Too (06.27.10)
3.04 – 9 Crimes (07.11.10)
3.05 – Trouble (07.18.10)
3.06 – I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (07.25.10)
3.07 – Hitting the Ground (08.01.10)
3.08 – Night on the Sun (08.08.10)
3.09 – Everything Is Broken (08.15.10)
3.10 – I Smell A Rat (08.22.10)
3.11 – Fresh Blood (08.29.10)
3.12 – Evil Is Going On (09.12.10)

4.01 – She’s Not There (06.26.11)
4.02 – You Smell Like Dinner (07.03.11)
4.03 – If You Love Me, Why Am I Dyin’? (07.10.11)
4.04 – I’m Alive and on Fire (07.17.11)
4.05 – Me and the Devil (07.24.11)
4.06 – I Wish I Was the Moon (07.31.11)
4.07 – Cold Grey Light of Dawn (08.07.11)
4.08 – Spellbound (08.14.11)
4.09 – Let’s Get Out of Here (08.21.11)
4.10 – Burning Down the House (08.28.11)
4.11 – Soul of Fire (09.04.11)
4.12 – And When I Die (09.11.11)

Other Info:
- The show is based on the Southern Vampire series by Charlaine Harris
- Pilot shot in June 2007
- Show was picked up in August 2007
- Filming was halted in November 2007 when the WGA Strike began
- Filming resumed in March 2008 once the WGA Strike ended in February 2008
- Anna dyed her hair blonde for the role and is spray painted tan for episodes
- The character “Tara Thornton” was played by Brooke Kerr in the original pilot and the role has since been recast and will be played by Rutina Wesley