True Blood: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of True Blood Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Turn! Turn! Turn!
Jun 10, 2012
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.
Authority Always Wins
Jun 17, 2012
Tara resurfaces in Bom Temps. Pam recalls her human life when she met Eric.
Whatever I Am, You Made Me
Jun 24, 2012
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.
We'll Meet Again
Jul 1, 2012
Eric and Bill fear for their lives; Lafayette puts Sookie’s life in danger; Roman and Salome root out a Council traitor.
Let's Boot and Rally
Jul 8, 2012
Bill and Eric turn to Sookie for help with Russell’s whereabouts; Jason has a disturbing dream.
Hopeless
Jul 15, 2012
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 t
In the Beginning
Jul 22, 2012
Salome reveals her true allegiances; Sookie embraces her human side; Sam sniffs out some perps; Alcide braces for a fight.
Somebody That I Used to Know
Jul 29, 2012
The Authority revels in a new direction; Sookie and Jason visit the site of their parents’ deaths; Luna gets stuck on Sam.
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Aug 5, 2012
Vampires celebrate the start of the holy war; anti-supernatural zealots put Sookie in danger.
Gone, Gone, Gone
Aug 12, 2012
Bill puts a spin on the rising vampire violence; Jason uncovers a mysterious scroll.
Sunset
Aug 19, 2012
Bill slips into religious fervor; Sookie seeks insight from the faerie Elder.