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★ 7.9

Season 5 - Best Episodes Of True Blood

Overall Rating: ★ 7.9

Season 5 - Best Episodes Of True Blood

(Overall Rating: ★ 7.9)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 5 episodes of True Blood. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed from legendary monsters to fellow citizens overnight. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these creatures "coming out of the coffin." Religious leaders, government officials, and vampire fundamentalists around the world have chosen their sides, but in the small Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the jury is still out.

7 Seasons
80 Episodes
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Overall Rating

★ 7.9
S5 E12
#1
★ 8.4

Save Yourself

Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

S5 E1
#2
★ 8.1

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Sookie and Lafayette clean up the mess. Bill and Eric have a visit from the Vampire authority. Sam and Alcide come to terms with an angry pack.

S5 E11
#3
★ 8.0

Sunset

Bill slips into religious fervor; Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder.

S5 E5
#4
★ 7.9

Let's Boot and Rally

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

S5 E6
#5
★ 7.8

Hopeless

Bill and Eric must now face Russell again after Roman is killed by him; Sookie and Jason go to a faery club where their family's dark history and greatest secrets are revealed to them. Meanwhile, Sam volunteers to assist Andy with a case.

S5 E9
#6
★ 7.8

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Vampires celebrate the start of the holy war; anti-supernatural zealots put Sookie in danger.

S5 E3
#7
★ 7.7

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

Bill and Eric barter for their lives with Roman, the head of the Authority; Jason reunites with his old high school teacher; Sookie searches for Tara.

S5 E10
#8
★ 7.7

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bill puts a spin on the rising vampire violence; Jason uncovers a mysterious scroll.

S5 E2
#9
★ 7.6

Authority Always Wins

Tara resurfaces in Bom Temps. Pam recalls her human life when she met Eric.

S5 E4
#10
★ 7.6

We'll Meet Again

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

S5 E7
#1
★ 7.5

In the Beginning

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

S5 E2
#2
★ 7.6

Authority Always Wins

Tara resurfaces in Bom Temps. Pam recalls her human life when she met Eric.

S5 E4
#3
★ 7.6

We'll Meet Again

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

S5 E8
#4
★ 7.6

Somebody That I Used to Know

The Authority revels in a new direction; Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents’ deaths; Luna gets stuck on Sam.

S5 E3
#5
★ 7.7

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

Bill and Eric barter for their lives with Roman, the head of the Authority; Jason reunites with his old high school teacher; Sookie searches for Tara.

S5 E10
#6
★ 7.7

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bill puts a spin on the rising vampire violence; Jason uncovers a mysterious scroll.

S5 E6
#7
★ 7.8

Hopeless

Bill and Eric must now face Russell again after Roman is killed by him; Sookie and Jason go to a faery club where their family's dark history and greatest secrets are revealed to them. Meanwhile, Sam volunteers to assist Andy with a case.

S5 E9
#8
★ 7.8

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Vampires celebrate the start of the holy war; anti-supernatural zealots put Sookie in danger.

S5 E5
#9
★ 7.9

Let's Boot and Rally

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

S5 E11
#10
★ 8.0

Sunset

Bill slips into religious fervor; Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder.

S5 E1
★ 8.1

Turn! Turn! Turn!

Sookie and Lafayette clean up the mess. Bill and Eric have a visit from the Vampire authority. Sam and Alcide come to terms with an angry pack.

S5 E2
★ 7.6

Authority Always Wins

Tara resurfaces in Bom Temps. Pam recalls her human life when she met Eric.

S5 E3
★ 7.7

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

Bill and Eric barter for their lives with Roman, the head of the Authority; Jason reunites with his old high school teacher; Sookie searches for Tara.

S5 E4
★ 7.6

We'll Meet Again

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

S5 E5
★ 7.9

Let's Boot and Rally

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

S5 E6
★ 7.8

Hopeless

Bill and Eric must now face Russell again after Roman is killed by him; Sookie and Jason go to a faery club where their family's dark history and greatest secrets are revealed to them. Meanwhile, Sam volunteers to assist Andy with a case.

S5 E7
★ 7.5

In the Beginning

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

S5 E8
★ 7.6

Somebody That I Used to Know

The Authority revels in a new direction; Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents’ deaths; Luna gets stuck on Sam.

S5 E9
★ 7.8

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

Vampires celebrate the start of the holy war; anti-supernatural zealots put Sookie in danger.

S5 E10
★ 7.7

Gone, Gone, Gone

Bill puts a spin on the rising vampire violence; Jason uncovers a mysterious scroll.

S5 E11
★ 8.0

Sunset

Bill slips into religious fervor; Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder.

S5 E12
★ 8.4

Save Yourself

Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode Rating Range
2 ★ 8.3 12
★ 8.8 Timebomb
★ 7.9 Never Let Me Go
3 ★ 8.1 12
★ 8.6 Everything Is Broken
★ 7.8 It Hurts Me Too
4 ★ 8.1 12
★ 8.4 And When I Die
★ 7.8 Let's Get Out of Here
1 ★ 8.0 12
★ 8.5 You'll Be the Death of Me
★ 7.7 Mine
5 ★ 7.8 12
★ 8.4 Save Yourself
★ 7.5 In the Beginning
6 ★ 7.8 10
★ 8.1 At Last
★ 7.4 Radioactive
7 ★ 7.0 10
★ 7.8 Death is Not the End
★ 5.4 Thank You
Cast

Anna Paquin

Sookie Stackhouse

Stephen Moyer

Bill Compton

Alexander Skarsgård

Eric Northman

Sam Trammell

Sam Merlotte

Ryan Kwanten

Jason Stackhouse

Nelsan Ellis

Lafayette Reynolds