True Blood (season 2)
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The second season of the television series True Blood
commenced airing in the United States on June 14, 2009, concluded on September 13, 2009, and contains 12 episodes.
It is loosely based on the second novel of The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Living Dead in Dallas
.
The second season explores telepath Sookie Stackhouse's relationship with her vampire lover, Bill Compton. It also introduces a number of sub-plots involving the anti-vampire Fellowship of the Sun church and Jason Stackhouse's indoctrination into the church by its leaders, Rev Steve Newlin and his wife Sarah. It also expands the role of Maryann Forrester, a powerful supernatural creature, who slowly gains control over the people of Bon Temps. Sookie and Bill travel to Dallas to help Eric find his maker, a two-thousand-year-old vampire named Godric, who has gone missing and is believed to have been kidnapped by the Fellowship of the Sun.
The second season aired Sundays at 9:00 PM in the United States. The season finale aired on September 13, 2009.
returns as the main character Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities. Stephen Moyer
plays her love interest, vampire Bill Compton. At the beginning of the season Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård
), the Sheriff of Area 5, recruits Sookie and Bill to find his maker, Godric (Allan Hyde
). In Dallas, Godric's lieutenants, Stan Davis (Ed Quinn
) and Isabel (Valerie Cruz
), argue over the direction the vampires should take following Godric's disappearance. Christopher Gartin
portrays Isabel's turncoat human boyfriend Hugo, who betrays the Dallas vampires to the Fellowship of the Sun.
Ryan Kwanten
returns as Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's brother, who was recruited by the Fellowship of the Sun at the end of the previous season. He travels to Dallas to join the church, and Reverend Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian
) and his wife Sarah (Anna Camp
) both take a shine to Jason; Steve is impressed by his strength and Sarah is impressed by his looks.
In Bon Temps Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell
), the owner of Merlotte's bar, resolves to leave town but is persuaded to stay when he meets Daphne Landry (Ashley Jones
), a fellow shapeshifter and lousy waitress. Maryann Forrester (Michelle Forbes
) reveals herself to be a supernatural being, a maenad
. She uses her powers to control the people of Bon Temps, starting with Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley
). "Eggs" Benedict Talley (Mehcad Brooks
) becomes closer to Tara, and he kills Daphne while under the influence of Maryann.
Arlene Fowler (Carrie Preston
) and Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe
) also become involved while under the influence of Maryann.
At the beginning of the season, Tara's cousin Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis
) is imprisoned at Fangtasia with Royce Williams (Caleb Moody). After Royce is killed by Eric, Lafayette attempts to escape and is shot. He is later healed by Eric and ordered by Pam (Kristin Bauer
) to resume selling vampire blood.
Jim Parrack
returns as Hoyt Fortenberry Jason's co-worker. He meets Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll
) and begins a relationship with her, much to the disgust of his mother, Maxine Fortenberry.
After being wrong about Jason Stackhouse, Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer
) begins drinking heavily and is stripped of his badge. Despite this, he continues the search for Miss Jeanette's killer, later revealed to be Eggs under Maryann's influence.
In the last two episodes, Evan Rachel Wood
is introduced as Sophie-Anne LeClerq, the vampire Queen of Louisiana.
Lettie Mae (Adina Porter
) also returns, as does William Sanderson
as Sheriff Dearborne.
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returned as executive producer and head writer. Gregg Fienberg
, who worked on HBO's Deadwood
, joined Ball as executive producer.
Chris Offutt
left the writing staff at the end of the first season and was recruited onto the Showtime dark comedy Weeds
. Brian Buckner
, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker
all returned from the first season. Along with Ball, all writers authored two episodes a piece with the exception of Woo, who wrote three including the finale. Script co-ordinator Kate Barnow and writer's assistant Elisabeth R. Finch co-wrote the tenth episode.
Daniel Minahan, Michael Lehmann
, Scott Winant
and John Dahl
returned to direct multiple episodes. Michael Ruscio, the senior editor on the series and long-time collaborator with Ball, made his directorial debut with the seventh episode. Adam Davidson, who directed a fifth season episode of Six Feet Under shot episode ten while Michael Cuesta
, another Six Feet Under alum directed the finale.
Buckner and Oliver were the co-executive producers with Woo serving as supervising producer and Tucker as producer. Christina Jokanovich served as associate producer along with Luis M. Patiño. Bruce Dunn joined as co-producer and Mark McNair joined as producer.
acclaimed the violence in the second season: "I'm happy to report that this season, there's More Blood! More Torture! More Killing! and More Intrigue! than last season."
New York Magazine praised the series: "It’s really located at that dirty crossroads HBO discovered long ago, smart enough to be uninsulting, but obsessed enough (and graphic enough about) sex and wildness that it is addictively watchable, not so much a guilty pleasure as a binge food. Cable catnip, in other words." and Newsday
described the second season as: "Silly, gross, soapy, mysterious, intriguing, exotic, erotic True Blood is fun. Even more fun this season."
By the end of the second season, True Blood scored 74, indicating favorable reviews, on Metacritic
, an aggregator of critical responses, 10 more than the 64 scored by season one.
This season was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
. The total number of viewers for the season premiere, including the late night replay, was 5.1 million.
The tenth episode of the second season (August 23, 2009) was seen by 5.3 million viewers, a new record for the series, with an overall weekly second season average of 11.5 million viewers including repeats.
.
The official soundtrack was released on 25 May 2010 in the United States.
True Blood
True Blood is an American television series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in the state of Louisiana...
commenced airing in the United States on June 14, 2009, concluded on September 13, 2009, and contains 12 episodes.
It is loosely based on the second novel of The Southern Vampire Mysteries, Living Dead in Dallas
Living Dead in Dallas
Living Dead in Dallas is the second book in Charlaine Harris's series The Southern Vampire Mysteries. This second novel follows the adventures of telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse of Bon Temps, Louisiana, as she is employed by Dallas vampires to use her telepathy to help find their lost companion...
.
The second season explores telepath Sookie Stackhouse's relationship with her vampire lover, Bill Compton. It also introduces a number of sub-plots involving the anti-vampire Fellowship of the Sun church and Jason Stackhouse's indoctrination into the church by its leaders, Rev Steve Newlin and his wife Sarah. It also expands the role of Maryann Forrester, a powerful supernatural creature, who slowly gains control over the people of Bon Temps. Sookie and Bill travel to Dallas to help Eric find his maker, a two-thousand-year-old vampire named Godric, who has gone missing and is believed to have been kidnapped by the Fellowship of the Sun.
The second season aired Sundays at 9:00 PM in the United States. The season finale aired on September 13, 2009.
Plot
Anna PaquinAnna Paquin
Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history...
returns as the main character Sookie Stackhouse, a waitress with telepathic abilities. Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer
Stephen Moyer is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008.-Early life and career:Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex...
plays her love interest, vampire Bill Compton. At the beginning of the season Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Skarsgård
Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood, Meekus in Zoolander and Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill.-Early life:...
), the Sheriff of Area 5, recruits Sookie and Bill to find his maker, Godric (Allan Hyde
Allan Hyde
Allan Hyde is a Danish television, theatre and film actor. He was born and raised in Denmark to a Danish mother and English father from London . He is a singer on one track of the international versions of the soundtrack Camp Rock...
). In Dallas, Godric's lieutenants, Stan Davis (Ed Quinn
Ed Quinn
Arthur Edward "Ed" Quinn is an American model and actor who has appeared in several film and TV roles, including Eureka, Starship Troopers 2, Young Americans and True Blood.-Early life:...
) and Isabel (Valerie Cruz
Valerie Cruz
Valerie Cruz is an American actress.Cruz was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey of Cuban ancestry. She attended Florida State University and received a BFA theatre degree....
), argue over the direction the vampires should take following Godric's disappearance. Christopher Gartin
Christopher Gartin
Christopher Russell Gartin is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1996 film Tremors 2: Aftershocks as cab driver Grady Hoover. He also had roles in the films As Virgins Fall, Johns and the comedy Friends & Family...
portrays Isabel's turncoat human boyfriend Hugo, who betrays the Dallas vampires to the Fellowship of the Sun.
Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Kwanten
Ryan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away...
returns as Jason Stackhouse, Sookie's brother, who was recruited by the Fellowship of the Sun at the end of the previous season. He travels to Dallas to join the church, and Reverend Steve Newlin (Michael McMillian
Michael McMillian
Michael McMillian is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on What I Like About You and Steve Newlin on the HBO series True Blood...
) and his wife Sarah (Anna Camp
Anna Camp
Anna Ragsdale Camp is an American stage and television actress. She is known for her role as Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus and for her role as Sarah Newlin in the HBO television drama series True Blood....
) both take a shine to Jason; Steve is impressed by his strength and Sarah is impressed by his looks.
In Bon Temps Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell
Sam Trammell is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in the HBO vampire series, True Blood, which saw him nominated for a 2009 Scream Award for "Breakout Performance - Male."...
), the owner of Merlotte's bar, resolves to leave town but is persuaded to stay when he meets Daphne Landry (Ashley Jones
Ashley Jones
Ashley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is probably most recognized for her roles as Daphne on HBO's critically acclaimed drama True Blood, and as Dr...
), a fellow shapeshifter and lousy waitress. Maryann Forrester (Michelle Forbes
Michelle Forbes
Michelle Renee Forbes Guajardo , known professionally as Michelle Forbes, is an American actress who has built a career of work in television and independent film and has acted in productions in both the United States and in the United Kingdom...
) reveals herself to be a supernatural being, a maenad
Maenad
In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus , the most significant members of the Thiasus, the god's retinue. Their name literally translates as "raving ones"...
. She uses her powers to control the people of Bon Temps, starting with Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley
Rutina Wesley
Rutina Wesley is an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her role as Tara Thornton on the HBO series True Blood.-Early life:...
). "Eggs" Benedict Talley (Mehcad Brooks
Mehcad Brooks
Mehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model.-Early life:Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School...
) becomes closer to Tara, and he kills Daphne while under the influence of Maryann.
Arlene Fowler (Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston
Carrie Preston is an American film and television actress, producer and director. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson, and her brother is actor John G. Preston.-Early life:...
) and Terry Bellefleur (Todd Lowe
Todd Lowe
Todd Lowe is an American actor from Humble, Texas, about fifteen miles from Houston. He is best known for his role as Lane Kim's husband Zach Van Gerbig on Gilmore Girls...
) also become involved while under the influence of Maryann.
At the beginning of the season, Tara's cousin Lafayette Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis
Nelsan Ellis
Nelsan Ellis is an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright. He is well known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood, which he has been playing since 2008.-Early and personal life:...
) is imprisoned at Fangtasia with Royce Williams (Caleb Moody). After Royce is killed by Eric, Lafayette attempts to escape and is shot. He is later healed by Eric and ordered by Pam (Kristin Bauer
Kristin Bauer
Kristin Bauer van Straten is an American film and television actress, perhaps best known for her role as vampire Pam in the HBO series True Blood.-Biography:...
) to resume selling vampire blood.
Jim Parrack
Jim Parrack
Jim Parrack is an American actor. He has a starring role as Hoyt Fortenberry in HBO series True Blood, and appeared in the film Battle: Los Angeles, which was released March 2011....
returns as Hoyt Fortenberry Jason's co-worker. He meets Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll is an American actress best known for her role as Jessica Hamby on HBO's True Blood.- Early life :...
) and begins a relationship with her, much to the disgust of his mother, Maxine Fortenberry.
After being wrong about Jason Stackhouse, Andy Bellefleur (Chris Bauer
Chris Bauer
Mark Christopher "Chris" Bauer is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and attended high school at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He played on Miramonte Championship football team his senior year, 1984...
) begins drinking heavily and is stripped of his badge. Despite this, he continues the search for Miss Jeanette's killer, later revealed to be Eggs under Maryann's influence.
In the last two episodes, Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood
Evan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again...
is introduced as Sophie-Anne LeClerq, the vampire Queen of Louisiana.
Lettie Mae (Adina Porter
Adina Porter
Adina Porter is an American actress, currently seen as Lettie Mae Thornton on HBO's True Blood.She played Letecia Barris on the show Prison Break and also appeared as Ricky in the film version of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna Blues for HBO...
) also returns, as does William Sanderson
William Sanderson
William Sanderson is an American character actor.-Early life:Sanderson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to an elementary school teacher mother and a landscape designer father...
as Sheriff Dearborne.
Main cast
- Anna PaquinAnna PaquinAnna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history...
as Sookie Stackhouse - Stephen MoyerStephen MoyerStephen Moyer is an English actor who has starred as vampire Bill Compton in the HBO series True Blood since 2008.-Early life and career:Moyer was born in Brentwood, Essex...
as Bill Compton - Sam TrammellSam TrammellSam Trammell is an American stage, film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Sam Merlotte in the HBO vampire series, True Blood, which saw him nominated for a 2009 Scream Award for "Breakout Performance - Male."...
as Sam Merlotte - Ryan KwantenRyan KwantenRyan Christian Kwanten is an Australian actor. He played Vinnie Patterson from 1997 to 2002 on the Australian soap-opera Home and Away...
as Jason Stackhouse - Rutina WesleyRutina WesleyRutina Wesley is an American film, stage, and television actress best known for her role as Tara Thornton on the HBO series True Blood.-Early life:...
as Tara Thornton - Chris BauerChris BauerMark Christopher "Chris" Bauer is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Bauer was born in Los Angeles, California and attended high school at Miramonte High School in Orinda, California. He played on Miramonte Championship football team his senior year, 1984...
as Detective Andy Bellefleur - Mehcad BrooksMehcad BrooksMehcad Jason McKinley Brooks is an American actor and former fashion model.-Early life:Brooks was born and raised in Austin, Texas, where he attended L.C. Anderson High School...
as "Eggs" Benedict Talley - Anna CampAnna CampAnna Ragsdale Camp is an American stage and television actress. She is known for her role as Jill Mason in the 2008 Broadway revival of Equus and for her role as Sarah Newlin in the HBO television drama series True Blood....
as Sarah Newlin - Nelsan EllisNelsan EllisNelsan Ellis is an award-winning American film and television actor and playwright. He is well known for his role as Lafayette Reynolds in the HBO series True Blood, which he has been playing since 2008.-Early and personal life:...
as Lafayette Reynolds - Michelle ForbesMichelle ForbesMichelle Renee Forbes Guajardo , known professionally as Michelle Forbes, is an American actress who has built a career of work in television and independent film and has acted in productions in both the United States and in the United Kingdom...
as Maryann Forrester - Mariana KlavenoMariana KlavenoMariana Klaveno is an American actress best known for her role as Lorena Ball in HBO's True Blood. She became a credited regular in season 2 and 3, playing the part of the "maker" of the main character Bill Compton. She also starred in the feature film While the Children Sleep in the role of Abby...
as Lorena Krasiki - Todd LoweTodd LoweTodd Lowe is an American actor from Humble, Texas, about fifteen miles from Houston. He is best known for his role as Lane Kim's husband Zach Van Gerbig on Gilmore Girls...
as Terry Bellefleur - Michael McMillianMichael McMillianMichael McMillian is an American actor and writer, known for his roles as Henry Gibson on What I Like About You and Steve Newlin on the HBO series True Blood...
as Reverend Steve Newlin - Jim ParrackJim ParrackJim Parrack is an American actor. He has a starring role as Hoyt Fortenberry in HBO series True Blood, and appeared in the film Battle: Los Angeles, which was released March 2011....
as Hoyt Fortenberry - Carrie PrestonCarrie PrestonCarrie Preston is an American film and television actress, producer and director. Her husband is actor Michael Emerson, and her brother is actor John G. Preston.-Early life:...
as Arlene Fowler - William SandersonWilliam SandersonWilliam Sanderson is an American character actor.-Early life:Sanderson was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to an elementary school teacher mother and a landscape designer father...
as Sheriff Bud Dearborne - Alexander SkarsgårdAlexander SkarsgårdAlexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. He is best known for his roles as vampire Eric Northman on the HBO series True Blood, Meekus in Zoolander and Brad Colbert in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill.-Early life:...
as Eric Northman - Deborah Ann WollDeborah Ann WollDeborah Ann Woll is an American actress best known for her role as Jessica Hamby on HBO's True Blood.- Early life :...
as Jessica Hamby
Guest cast
- Patricia Bethune as Jane Bodehouse (9 episodes)
- John BillingsleyJohn BillingsleyJohn Billingsley is an American actor, known for his role as Doctor Phlox on the television series Star Trek: Enterprise.-Career:...
as Mike Spencer (9 episodes) - Ashley JonesAshley JonesAshley Aubra Jones is an American actress. She is probably most recognized for her roles as Daphne on HBO's critically acclaimed drama True Blood, and as Dr...
as Daphne Landry (8 episodes) - Adam Leadbeater as Karl (8 episodes)
- Wes BrownWes BrownWesley Michael "Wes" Brown is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Sunderland. Before joining Sunderland, Brown had spent his entire career at Old Trafford, having joined the Manchester United youth team in 1996...
as Luke McDonald (7 episodes) - Dale RaoulDale RaoulDale Raoul is a film and television actress; she is also a voice actor.-Career:Since her first screen credit in 1986, she has appeared in over fifty film and television productions, including appearing in a recurring role as Maxine Fortenberry, the mother of Hoyt Fortenberry, on the television...
as Maxine Fortenberry (6 episodes) - Valerie CruzValerie CruzValerie Cruz is an American actress.Cruz was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey of Cuban ancestry. She attended Florida State University and received a BFA theatre degree....
as Isabel Beaumont (5 episodes) - Kristin Bauer van StratenKristin BauerKristin Bauer van Straten is an American film and television actress, perhaps best known for her role as vampire Pam in the HBO series True Blood.-Biography:...
as Pamela Swynford De Beaufort (4 episodes) - Greg Collins as Gabe (4 episodes)
- Chris Coy as Barry Horowitz (4 episodes)
- Allan HydeAllan HydeAllan Hyde is a Danish television, theatre and film actor. He was born and raised in Denmark to a Danish mother and English father from London . He is a singer on one track of the international versions of the soundtrack Camp Rock...
as Godric (4 episodes) - Tara BuckTara BuckTara L. Buck is an American actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Ginger in the television series True Blood. Her other guest appearances include Bones, Cold Case, The Closer, The X-Files and Party of Five...
as Ginger (3 episodes) - Christopher GartinChristopher GartinChristopher Russell Gartin is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role in the 1996 film Tremors 2: Aftershocks as cab driver Grady Hoover. He also had roles in the films As Virgins Fall, Johns and the comedy Friends & Family...
as Hugo Ayers (3 episodes) - Aisha HindsAisha HindsAisha Hinds is an American television and film actress, known for her recurring roles on the TV shows Dollhouse, HawthoRNe, Invasion, True Blood, and Detroit 1-8-7.-Films:* Assault on Precinct 13...
as Miss Jeanette (3 episodes) - Valorie Hubbard as Random Frenzier (3 episodes)
- Ed QuinnEd QuinnArthur Edward "Ed" Quinn is an American model and actor who has appeared in several film and TV roles, including Eureka, Starship Troopers 2, Young Americans and True Blood.-Early life:...
as Stan Davis (3 episodes) - Tanya Wright as Deputy Kenya Jones (3 episodes)
- Price Carson as Mean Looking Frenzier (2 episodes)
- Missy DotyMissy DotyMissy Doty is an American actress. She grew up in Springdale, Ohio and graduated from Princeton High School in 1990. She also attended Stephens College where she received a BFA in Musical Theater.-Professional:...
as Vonetta (2 episodes) - Patrick GallagherPatrick Gallagher (actor)-Career:Gallagher is best known for his television roles as Det. Joe Finn in Da Vinci's Inquest, the alcohol salesman in Entourage, Leon in The Line, Farhod the Fierce in Pair of Kings, and Ken Tanaka in Glee, and his film roles as Awkward Davies in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World...
as Chow (2 episodes) - Alec Gray as Coby Fowler (2 episodes)
- Jennifer Hamilton as Dancer #1 (2 episodes)
- Lindsey HaunLindsey HaunLindsey Haun is an American actress and singer. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her role in the 2000 Disney Channel original movie The Color of Friendship as Mahree Bok, and has starred in the film Broken Bridges, for which she also recorded a portion of the soundtrack.- Personal...
as Hadley Hale (2 episodes) - Preston JonesPreston JonesPreston Jones was an American playwright best known for a set of three plays, A Texas Trilogy.-Biography:...
as Dirk (2 episodes) - Jack KrizmanichJack KrizmanichJack Krizmanich is an American actor and model. He played Aaron Spencer on theMyNetworkTV serial Wicked Wicked Games...
as Ludis (2 episodes) - Ailsa Marshall as Desk Clerk (2 episodes)
- Tess Alexandra Parker as Rosie (2 episodes)
- Lauren PritchardLauren Pritchard (actress)Lauren Pritchard is an American comic actress. Pritchard is most notable for her membership in the recurring cast of comedians on sketch comedy series MADtv during its 14th Season.-Early years:...
as Coralee (2 episodes) - Jessica TuckJessica TuckJessica Ines Tuck is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Megan Gordon Harrison on One Life to Live, Gillian Gray on Judging Amy, and Nan Flanagan on True Blood. She also appeared as Madeline Peterson Woods on Days of our Lives.-Personal life:Tuck was born in New York City and is a...
as Nan Flanagan (2 episodes) - Laurel Weber as Lisa Fowler (2 episodes)
- Avion Baker as Young Tara (1 episode)
- Jeanne Baron as Hostess (1 episode)
- Michael Bofshever as Orry Dawson (1 episode)
- John Hillard as Hank (1 episode)
- Caleb Moody as Royce Williams (1 episode)
- Judy PrescottJudy PrescottJudy Prescott Judy Prescott is an American actress and poet. She has performed many roles on stage and screen since 1987 and is the author of the book, SEARCHING FOR CECY: REFLECTIONS ON ALZHEIMER’S .- Early Life:...
as Sue Ann Merlotte (1 episode) - John Rezig as Deputy Kevin Ellis (1 episode)
- Stephen RootStephen RootStephen Root is an American actor. He is best known for his comedic work on the TV sitcom NewsRadio, in the film Office Space and as the voice of Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland in the animated series King of the Hill...
as Eddie Gauthier (1 episode) - Martin SpanjersMartin SpanjersMartin Ryan Spanjers is an American actor. He is best known for playing the role of Rory Hennessy in the short-lived ABC television sitcom 8 Simples Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter.-Life and career:...
as Young Sam (1 episode) - Sharon TaySharon TaySharon Tay is an Asian American journalist and former host of two programs on the MSNBC network.-Life and career:Tay was born in Singapore and emigrated to the United States at the age of seven. Her family settled in Connecticut for several years before relocating to the Philippines...
as Sharon (1 episode)
Special guest cast
- Adina PorterAdina PorterAdina Porter is an American actress, currently seen as Lettie Mae Thornton on HBO's True Blood.She played Letecia Barris on the show Prison Break and also appeared as Ricky in the film version of Ruben Santiago-Hudson's Lackawanna Blues for HBO...
as Lettie Mae Thornton (5 episodes) - Evan Rachel WoodEvan Rachel WoodEvan Rachel Wood is an American actress and singer. She began her acting career in the late 1990s, appearing in several television series, including American Gothic and Once and Again...
as Sophie-Anne Leclerq (2 episodes)
}}
Episodes
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (million) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crew
Series creator Alan BallAlan Ball (screenwriter)
Alan E. Ball is an American writer, director, actor and producer for film, theatre and television.-Early life:Ball was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Frank and Mary Ball, an aircraft inspector and a homemaker...
returned as executive producer and head writer. Gregg Fienberg
Gregg Fienberg
Gregg Fienberg is an American television producer and director. He worked on the Western drama Deadwood in both capacities and received a Directors Guild of America Award and two Emmy Award nominations for the series...
, who worked on HBO's Deadwood
Deadwood (TV series)
Deadwood is an American Western drama television series created, produced and largely written by David Milch. The series aired on the premium cable network HBO from March 21, 2004, to August 27, 2006, spanning three 12-episode seasons. The show is set in the 1870s in Deadwood, South Dakota, before...
, joined Ball as executive producer.
Chris Offutt
Chris Offutt
Christopher John "Chris" Offutt is an American writer.The son of author Andrew J. Offutt, Chris Offutt grew up in a small former mining community in the Appalachian foothills of eastern Kentucky. He quit high school to join the army, but failed the physical...
left the writing staff at the end of the first season and was recruited onto the Showtime dark comedy Weeds
Weeds (TV series)
Weeds is an American television comedy created by Jenji Kohan and produced by Tilted Productions in association with Lionsgate Television. The central character is Nancy Botwin , a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling marijuana to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a...
. Brian Buckner
Brian Buckner
Brian Buckner is an American television writer, mostly known for his work on sit-coms such as Spin City and Friends. He is currently serving as co-executive producer of the HBO vampire series True Blood...
, Alexander Woo, Nancy Oliver and Raelle Tucker
Raelle Tucker
Raelle Tucker is an American television writer, who is currently serving as a producer on the HBO vampire series True Blood and is developing a remake of the British series Bad Girls along with Nancy Oliver.-Supernatural:...
all returned from the first season. Along with Ball, all writers authored two episodes a piece with the exception of Woo, who wrote three including the finale. Script co-ordinator Kate Barnow and writer's assistant Elisabeth R. Finch co-wrote the tenth episode.
Daniel Minahan, Michael Lehmann
Michael Lehmann
Michael Stephen Lehmann is an American film and television director.Lehmann attended Columbia University. His first job in the film industry was answering phones at Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope film company. Later he supervised cameras on films that included 1983's The Outsiders...
, Scott Winant
Scott Winant
Scott Winant is an American television director and producer of network and premium cable series. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America...
and John Dahl
John Dahl
John Dahl is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for his work in the neo-noir genre.-Life and career:John Dahl was born in Billings, Montana, the second of four children . Dahl spent his young life in and around Montana all the way up through his college years...
returned to direct multiple episodes. Michael Ruscio, the senior editor on the series and long-time collaborator with Ball, made his directorial debut with the seventh episode. Adam Davidson, who directed a fifth season episode of Six Feet Under shot episode ten while Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta
Michael Cuesta is an American film and television director. Cuesta co-wrote and directed the 2001 independent film, L.I.E.. He has directed and produced television series including Six Feet Under, Dexter and Blue Bloods.-Biography:He received a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in...
, another Six Feet Under alum directed the finale.
Buckner and Oliver were the co-executive producers with Woo serving as supervising producer and Tucker as producer. Christina Jokanovich served as associate producer along with Luis M. Patiño. Bruce Dunn joined as co-producer and Mark McNair joined as producer.
Reception
The second season received even more critical acclaim than the first. The New York PostNew York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
acclaimed the violence in the second season: "I'm happy to report that this season, there's More Blood! More Torture! More Killing! and More Intrigue! than last season."
New York Magazine praised the series: "It’s really located at that dirty crossroads HBO discovered long ago, smart enough to be uninsulting, but obsessed enough (and graphic enough about) sex and wildness that it is addictively watchable, not so much a guilty pleasure as a binge food. Cable catnip, in other words." and Newsday
Newsday
Newsday is a daily American newspaper that primarily serves Nassau and Suffolk counties and the New York City borough of Queens on Long Island, although it is sold throughout the New York metropolitan area...
described the second season as: "Silly, gross, soapy, mysterious, intriguing, exotic, erotic True Blood is fun. Even more fun this season."
By the end of the second season, True Blood scored 74, indicating favorable reviews, on Metacritic
Metacritic
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, an aggregator of critical responses, 10 more than the 64 scored by season one.
This season was nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Ratings
The second season premiere of the series on June 14, 2009, was watched by 3.7 million viewers, making it the most watched program on HBO since the series finale of The SopranosThe Sopranos
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. The total number of viewers for the season premiere, including the late night replay, was 5.1 million.
The tenth episode of the second season (August 23, 2009) was seen by 5.3 million viewers, a new record for the series, with an overall weekly second season average of 11.5 million viewers including repeats.
United Kingdom
All ratings are taken from the UK Ratings website, BARBBarb
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.
| Episode number (Production number) |
Title | Original air date | Total viewers on FX |
Total viewers on FX+ |
Total viewers | Rank on channel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 2-01 |
Nothing But the Blood | February 26, 2010 | TBA | TBA | TBA | #TBA (FX)#TBA (FX+) |
| 14 2-02 |
Keep the Party Going | March 5, 2010 | 467,000 | 108,000 | 575,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 15 2-03 |
Scratches | March 12, 2010 | 555,000 | 94,000 | 649,000 | #1 (FX)#2 (FX+) |
| 16 2-04 |
Shake and Fingerpop | March 19, 2010 | 558,000 | 106,000 | 664,000 | #1 (FX)#2 (FX+) |
| 17 2-05 |
Never Let Me Go | March 26, 2010 | 522,000 | 95,000 | 617,000 | #1 (FX)#2 (FX+) |
| 18 2-06 |
Hard-Hearted Hannah | April 2, 2010 | 484,000 | 43,000 | 527,000 | #1 (FX)#7 (FX+) |
| 19 2-07 |
Release Me | April 9, 2010 | 390,000 | 89,000 | 479,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 20 2-08 |
Timebomb | April 16, 2010 | 466,000 | 90,000 | 556,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 21 2-09 |
I Will Rise Up | April 23, 2010 | 464,000 | 102,000 | 566,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 22 2-10 |
New World In My View | April 30, 2010 | 520,000 | 112,000 | 632,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 23 2-11 |
Frenzy | May 7, 2010 | 530,000 | 151,000 | 681,000 | #1 (FX)#1 (FX+) |
| 24 2-12 |
Beyond Here Lies Nothin' | May 14, 2010 | 558,000 | 88,000 | 646,000 | #1 (FX)#2 (FX+) |
Soundtrack
List of Season 2 Ending Credits Songs in order.- Randy Travis—Nothing but the blood (of Jesus)
- Chuck Prophet—You Did (Bomp Shooby Dooby Bomp)
- Debbie Davies—Scratches
- The Forgotten People—Thievery Corporation
- Katie Webster – Never Let Me Go
- Dolly Kay—Hard-Hearted Hannah (the Vamp from Savannah)
- Bad Livers – Death Trip
- Beck- Timebomb
- Lyle Lovett – I will Rise Up
- Sister Gertrude Morgan & King Britt – New World in My View
- Screamin Jay Hawkins – Frenzy
- Bob Dylan – Beyond Here Lies Nothin
The official soundtrack was released on 25 May 2010 in the United States.