Daniel Gillies | True Blood

• Genre: Fantasy drama, Supernatural horror
• Created by: Alan Ball
• Based on: The Southern Vampire Mysteries by Charlaine Harris
• Showrunners: Alan Ball, Brian Buckner
• Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Jim Parrack, Chris Bauer, Carrie Preston, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll, Kristin Bauer van Straten, Lauren Bowles, Joe
• Manganiello
• Theme music composer: Jace Everett
• Opening theme: "Bad Things" by Jace Everett
• Composer: Nathan Barr
• No. of seasons: 7
• No. of episodes: 80
• Executive producers: Alan Ball, Gregg Fienberg, Brian Buckner, Raelle Tucker, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver, Mark Hudis, Angela Robinson
• Producers: Bruce Dunn, W. Mark McNair, Carol Dunn Tussell
• Running time: 45–64 minutes
• Production companies: Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, HBO Entertainment
• Network: HBO
• Release: September 7, 2008 – August 24, 2014

Set in modern times, vampires roam the Earth and are humans' mortal enemies. However, a substitute has been found for human blood, a substitute that vampires can consume with the same effect as human blood. This is True Blood. Now humans and vampires can co-exist in harmony, and even form relationships. But there will always be rogue elements on both sides ready to exploit the uneasy truce.

"I Smell a Rat"

Bill reveals to Sookie that she is part faerie. Eric makes a will, leaving his fortune to Pam. Sam ponders his dark past when he was a jewel thief. Arlene struggles with what to do with her unborn child. Jesús and Lafayette do V together and share hallucinations involving their grandparents. Jason confesses to Sookie that he killed Eggs, and then has to reveal it to Tara. Sookie confronts Eric about not trusting Bill. Eric responds by kissing her. Hoyt tells Jessica that he broke up with Summer, and wants to be with her again. Russell picks up a male prostitute who resembles Talbot and stakes him to recreate his dying moments so he can say goodbye. Crystal reveals to Jason that she is a were-panther. Eric detains Sookie.