I abandoned the show about five seasons in because it seemed obvious to me that they had no idea how to conclude things and any semblance of thematic heft it once had was long gone. True Blood left behind a fascinatingly messy legacy, one that has long fascinated me as a lover of vampire stories and connoisseur of slow-motion train wrecks. Last year, HBO and Ball announced plans to reboot the series, which seems somewhat premature but possibly justified for Ball given that he left the show before it ended, and he may want another stake at it.
It was HBO’s most-watched series since The Sopranos and would only be toppled by a minor cultural phenomenon known as Game of Thrones. What the show was, however, was wildly popular. The series had its critical supporters but often inspired cynical responses and the dubious label to ‘trash TV.’ By the show’s conclusion, True Blood had seriously run out of steam. Of course, a vampire named Bill rolls into town, and suddenly she finds herself embroiled in the paranormal underworld that includes werewolves, faeries, witches, and sex. Amidst this political and religious fallout, with the world split between pro- and anti-vampire camps, a telepathic waitress named Sookie Stackhouse is trying to live a normal life. Created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Alan Ball, based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries by beloved paranormal romance author Charlaine Harris, True Blood told the story of a world where vampires have ‘come out of the coffin’ and live alongside humans thanks to the development of synthetic blood that allows them to live freely without killing.
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