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True Blood Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
12 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Turn! Turn! Turn!
Sun, Jun 10, 201252 mins
With Tara seriously wounded, Sookie and Lafayette ask Pam to turn her into a vampire. She agrees but makes no promises that it will work. Erik and Bill are taken into custody by the Authority but their main captor, Nora, has something of a surprise for them.
Episode 2
Authority Always Wins
Sun, Jun 17, 201255 mins
Tara is having more than a little difficulty accommodating herself to being a vampire. Sookie takes special measures but Lafayette is at his wits end. Reverend Newlin visits Jessica in the hopes that she will let him go after Jason. Terry Bellefleur continues to walk in his sleep.
Episode 3
Whatever I Am, You Made Me
Sun, Jun 24, 201259 mins
Tara goes hunting for food and Sookie and Lafayette can't catch up to her. Tara seeks out Sam's help but nothing it seems will prevent her from harming herself. The Authority decides to accept Bill's proposal to exchange Russell Edgington for their lives.
Episode 4
We'll Meet Again
Sun, Jul 1, 201256 mins
Pam decides to do what she's supposed to and steps in to teach Tara a few things about being a vampire. Bill and Eric are released by the Authority and set out to locate Russell Edgington. They return to Fangtasia where Eric presses Pam for Russell's location but she knows nothing.
Episode 5
Let's Boot and Rally
Sun, Jul 8, 201247 mins
Lafayette continues to fight his inner demons. Eric and Bill interrupt Sookie and Alcide and enlists them in their search Russell Edgington. Alcide's employee Doug is the only person who can lead them to him and when Sookie reads his mind, they know who may have dug him up.
Episode 6
Hopeless
Sun, Jul 15, 201252 mins
Having found Russell Edgington, the former King of Mississippi is taken prisoner and is put in a cell at the Authority. Not quite knowing what might be in store for them on their return, Bill and Eric are happy to see that Roman welcomes them back with open arms.
Episode 7
In the Beginning
Sun, Jul 22, 201257 mins
In the aftermath of Roman's death, Russell and the other followers of Lilith celebrate their victory. Bill and Eric don't quite know what it all means for them but a taste of Lilith's blood sends them on a rampaging lust for blood. Eric gets advice from someone from his past.
Episode 8
Somebody That I Used to Know
Sun, Jul 29, 201254 mins
After their blood-filled feast Bill, Eric and the others return to the Authority headquarters. It's clear that Russell Edgington plans on taking the group in a different direction. While Bill seems to remain neutral, Eric isn't buying any of it and tries to convey Godric's message to his sister.
Episode 9
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Sun, Aug 5, 201257 mins
The Authority begins to carry out its plan to destroy the five True Blood factories in the world, as per Bill's suggestion. Eric can't quite believe Bill's take on the situation and plans to leave, taking his sister with him. Jessica tells Andy Bellefleur and Sam Merlotte about her kidnapping.
Episode 10
Gone, Gone, Gone
Sun, Aug 12, 201248 mins
The Vampire Authority allows its members to wreak havoc with humans, demons, fairies, wolves, weres, shifters and other kind. Also, Rev. Newlin impersonates an ISIS agent, refusing to shut up He and Russell turn a frat house into a fruit roll.
Episode 11
Sunset
Sun, Aug 19, 201250 mins
Jessica wants to get away from the Authority's headquarters and proposes to Bill that she will turn Jason into a vampire. Bill thinks that's a splendid idea - but sends along two Authority security officers to made sure she does the deed. Bill has been seeing apparitions of Lilith.
Episode 12
Save Yourself
Sun, Aug 26, 201253 mins
Russell Edgington may have found his ideal place when he discovers the faerie nightclub but the faeries, Sookie included, have no intention of letting him have his way. They get a bit of help from Eric and his sister Nora. Sheriff Andy Bellefleur's pregnant faerie girlfriend has something for him.
