True Blood: Season 5

12 EPISODES | TV-MA

Anna Paquin stars in this series as a telepathic waitress in the near future, in which vampires -- and various other creatures -- live among us.

Sookie and Lafayette clean up the Tara and Debbie Pelt mess. Bill and Eric are visited by the Vampire Authority.

Tara resurfaces in Bon Temps. Pam recalls her human life and meeting Eric. Bill and Eric meet Salome at the Vampire Authority headquarters.

Bill and Eric barter for their lives, as Jason reunites with his old high-school teacher. Sookie searches for Tara.

Eric and Bill fear for their lives as Lafayette puts Sookie's life in danger. Roman and Salome root out a Council traitor.

Bill and Eric turn to Sookie for help with Russell's whereabouts; Jason has a disturbing dream.

Bill and Eric are retrieved by the Authority, as Roman lays out his plans for Russell.

Sookie embraces her human side. Sam sniffs out some perps and Alcide braces for a fight. Salome reveals her true allegiances.

The Authority revels in the afterglow of Lilith-induced carnage. Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents' deaths. Luna gets stuck on Sam.

Salome and the Chancellors celebrate the start of the vampire holy war. Meanwhile, Sookie is endangered by anti-supernatural zealots.

Bill spins rising vampire violence in the Authority's favor; Jason uncovers a mysterious Stackhouse scroll.

Bill slips further into religious fervor, as Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder on an ancient family secret.

Eric embarks on a final, desperate mission to save Bill from losing his humanity.