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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.

7 Seasons
80 Episodes
Ended
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama Mystery
Best Episodes
S5E12 - Save Yourself ★ 8.4
S5E1 - Turn! Turn! Turn! ★ 8.0
S5E11 - Sunset ★ 8.0
Worst Episodes
S5E7 - In the Beginning ★ 7.5
S5E2 - Authority Always Wins ★ 7.6
S5E4 - We'll Meet Again ★ 7.6
★ 8.4/10 (1754 votes)
#1

Save Yourself

S5:E12

Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

★ 8.0/10 (2079 votes)
#2

Turn! Turn! Turn!

S5:E1

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.

★ 8.0/10 (1367 votes)
#3

Sunset

S5:E11

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

★ 7.9/10 (1450 votes)
#4

Let's Boot and Rally

S5:E5

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

★ 7.8/10 (1403 votes)
#5

Hopeless

S5:E6

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.

★ 7.8/10 (1378 votes)
#6

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

S5:E9

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

★ 7.7/10 (1481 votes)
#7

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

S5:E3

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.

★ 7.7/10 (1314 votes)
#8

Gone, Gone, Gone

S5:E10

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

★ 7.6/10 (1515 votes)
#9

Authority Always Wins

S5:E2

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

★ 7.6/10 (1392 votes)
#10

We'll Meet Again

S5:E4

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

★ 7.6/10 (1332 votes)
#11

Somebody That I Used to Know

S5:E8

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

★ 7.5/10 (1403 votes)
#12

In the Beginning

S5:E7

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

★ 7.5/10 (1403 votes)
#1

In the Beginning

S5:E7

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

★ 7.6/10 (1515 votes)
#2

Authority Always Wins

S5:E2

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

★ 7.6/10 (1392 votes)
#3

We'll Meet Again

S5:E4

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

★ 7.6/10 (1332 votes)
#4

Somebody That I Used to Know

S5:E8

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

★ 7.7/10 (1481 votes)
#5

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

S5:E3

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.

★ 7.7/10 (1314 votes)
#6

Gone, Gone, Gone

S5:E10

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

★ 7.8/10 (1403 votes)
#7

Hopeless

S5:E6

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.

★ 7.8/10 (1378 votes)
#8

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

S5:E9

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

★ 7.9/10 (1450 votes)
#9

Let's Boot and Rally

S5:E5

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

★ 8.0/10 (2079 votes)
#10

Turn! Turn! Turn!

S5:E1

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.

★ 8.0/10 (1367 votes)
#11

Sunset

S5:E11

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

★ 8.4/10 (1754 votes)
#12

Save Yourself

S5:E12

Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

★ 8.0/10 (2079 votes)

Turn! Turn! Turn!

S5:E1

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.

★ 7.6/10 (1515 votes)

Authority Always Wins

S5:E2

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

★ 7.7/10 (1481 votes)

Whatever I Am, You Made Me

S5:E3

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.

★ 7.6/10 (1392 votes)

We'll Meet Again

S5:E4

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

★ 7.9/10 (1450 votes)

Let's Boot and Rally

S5:E5

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

★ 7.8/10 (1403 votes)

Hopeless

S5:E6

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.

★ 7.5/10 (1403 votes)

In the Beginning

S5:E7

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

★ 7.6/10 (1332 votes)

Somebody That I Used to Know

S5:E8

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

★ 7.8/10 (1378 votes)

Everybody Wants to Rule the World

S5:E9

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

★ 7.7/10 (1314 votes)

Gone, Gone, Gone

S5:E10

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

★ 8.0/10 (1367 votes)

Sunset

S5:E11

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

★ 8.4/10 (1754 votes)

Save Yourself

S5:E12

Eric tries to save Bill from losing his humanity.

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
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
Anna Paquin
Stephen Moyer
Alexander Skarsgård
Sam Trammell
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