True Blood
TV Series | Alan Ball
It may not be high art, but it sure is a lot of fun.
Alan Ball had a lot to live up to with his first TV project after the dearly departed Six Feet Under. When True Blood first aired on HBO, it certainly appeared to be a horrible misstep to many, with its seemingly familiar vampire trope and racy skin-flick scenes. But then, a few episodes in, something clicked—the conceit of vampires being "out" and (in some cases) struggling for acceptance started to work, the softcore-porn leanings were toned down, and the quirky denizens of Bon Temps, Louisiana started to appear more vividly out of the humid haze of Southern gothic melodrama. While mind-reading waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) is the central character of True Blood (and the Charlaine Harris books that inspired it), the show also makes room for an intriguing ensemble that includes her old-fashioned vampire suitor, Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer), and her faithful friend and boss, bar owner Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), among others. As the series, which tends to have no shortage of murder and mayhem, progresses, it gets stranger, bloodier and more supernatural, and that's exactly what makes it one of the most entertaining programs on television.
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