Rewatching True Blood in 2023 is Surprisingly Worth It
It is kind of easy to forget but it's really a great series.
True Blood aired for 7 seasons between 2008 and 2014 and starred Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer among many, many other top talents. With so many top vampire shows taking the limelight, the show based on Charlaine Harris' Southern Vampire Mysteries novels has almost been forgotten. But if you're looking for a decent show to watch - or just haven't got around to it - True Blood is definitely worth a go.
The show follows telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), who lives and works in Bon Temps, Louisiana. When the show begins, it's been two years since the creation of True Blood, a synthetic blood product that allows vampires to 'come out of the coffin' and integrate into society.
Naturally, there is some opposition to this idea, with several anti-vampire organisations keen to deny them equal rights (sort of topical, hey?).
As you might expect, the show focuses on the lives and loves of the main characters. Sookie is a halfling who falls in love with a 174-year-old vampire (played by Moyer), and the show charts the various trials and tribulations that come with that.
It won several awards and peaked in 2010-2011 with an average of just under 5 million viewers per episode. And it's the second most watched HBO show of all time, with only The Sopranos being watched more.
And if that's not enough to make you want to binge, check out these comments from Redditors who have given the show a cheeky rewatch:
'It's kind of easy to forget, but it's a really great show,' said one. While another wrote: 'I just re-watched the whole show this year and found it much better than I thought the first time.
Others describe the show as 'endlessly entertaining' and say it has the 'best intro ever'.
Of course, there are some less positive comments in the thread, with some saying the earlier seasons were better and one user calling it a 'parody of itself' in the end. But there's enough in there to convince us that this is a show that deserves to be given a chance.
The concept alone is intriguing, and it's been compared to the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in the real world. So go on. Give it a go. You might be surprised at how much you enjoy it.
Source: Reddit.