RETURNING FOR ITS FIFTH SEASON, TRUE BLOOD IS HBO'S SEXY, SCARY, WILDLY ENTERTAINING DRAMA SERIES FROM OSCAR- AND EMMY-WINNER ALAN BALL (SIX FEET UNDER) AND BASED ON THE SOOKIE STACKHOUSE NOVELS BY CHARLAINE HARRIS. IN ADDITION TO RETURNING CAST FAVORITES ? HUMAN/FAERIE WAITRESS SOOKIE STACKHOUSE, HER VAMPIRE SUITORS BILL COMPTON AND ERIC NORTHMAN, SOUL-SEARCHING PAL TARA, SHAPE-SHIFTING BOSS SAM, RAKISH BROTHER JASON, CLAIRVOYANT LAFAYETTE AND TEEN-VAMP JESSICA ? SEASON 5 INTRODUCES A WHOLE NEW WAVE OF OTHERWORLDLY CHARACTERS. THERE'S VAMPIRE GUARDIAN ROMAN, PRESIDENT OF THE VAMPIRE AUTHORITY, WHO WANTS CO-EXISTENCE BETWEEN HUMANS AND VAMPIRES; VAMPIRE ZEALOT SALOME (YES, THE SALOME), INTENT ON RECREATING THE WORLD IN GOD'S VAMPYRIC IMAGE; AUTHORITY CHANCELLOR NORA, WHO SHARES THE SAME MAKER AS ERIC; WEREWOLVES J.D. AND MARTHA, WHO WANT A RELUCTANT ALCIDE TO TAKE HIS RIGHTFUL PLACE AS PACKMASTER; AND MANY MORE. MIXING ROMANCE, SUSPENSE, MYSTERY AND HUMOR, TRUE BLOOD SEASON 5 GOES DEEP INTO THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE VAMPIRE AUTHORITY AND "VAMPIRE FUNDAMENTALISTS" ? A POLITICAL POWER PLAY WHOSE OUTCOME COULD DECIDE NOT ONLY THE FATE OF SOOKIE AND HER BON TEMPS FRIENDS, BUT OF ALL HUMAN EXISTENCE.