True Blood (2008–2014)
9/10
Vampires, Werewolves, Witches Meets Six Feet Under
6 March 2012
Warning: Spoilers
True Blood; its now synonymous with vampires, werewolves, forbidden love, hardcore sex and much more. Its come a long way. Vampires are now in the open, to the public and known and socialising around us still feeding on humans, and controlling many aspects of our lives from the shadows. Enter the town of Bon Temp, in the deep south of the USA where the people of the small town are coming to terms with vampires out and among them.

We soon discover that vampires are not the only creatures among us, just the ones who are openly seen and acknowledged by the humans. Werewolves, Witches, shape shifters, shamans, ghosts, spirits, and even demi-gods in human form. Enter Sookie Stackhouse, a resident of the small town who hides a secret of her own; she is the last Fairy in the known world in human form who's blood is so valuable to vampires they would suck it out of her until she were dry.

Among all of these problems facing humans; there are also renegade vampires, Civil War among the ranks of the vampires, secretive Nazi-Werewolves, Witches conjuring up evil from the darkest abyss's of the darkness. Sookie must survive among all of this protecting herself from harm, as she is of such high value among all of this madness.

Hardcore sex, gut wrenching gore, deep-seated drama and mystery surrounds True Blood. Making it one of the greatest shows to grace us thanks to HBO, it is also produced by Alan Ball who gave us Six Feet Under through HBO. This is evident in True Blood, that openly celebrates homosexuality gracefully and very well, acknowledging sex as a form of communication.

With four season already gone by, and a fifth forthcoming it can only get better. Be it true that season one and three personally to me are the strongest of the four, all of them were amazing to watch. True Blood is an amazing companion for fans of Six Feet Under, Rome, Deadwood or simply HBO.
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