<P> Tara and Sam Merlotte, who is Tara's boss, explore the possibilities of a romantic relationship, but it never establishes . Before they can give it another try, Tara meets "Eggs" Benedict Talley, who also lives with Maryann . Sensing that something is not quite right with the mysterious lady, Tara resists the temptation to live with them permanently and moves in with Sookie . However, Sookie goes to Dallas and leaves Tara alone . A vulnerable Tara succumbs to the draw of Maryann and Eggs, but instead of moving in with them, Tara invites the pair to move into Sookie's . Tara and Eggs use this opportunity to get to know each other, and Tara even falls in love with him despite his questionable past . The relationship ends when Eggs is killed by Jason Stackhouse . </P> <P> Tara then crosses paths with the sociopathic vampire Franklin Mott. Franklin glamours and bites her, kidnaps her and holds her bound in a bathroom and takes her to the Mississippi mansion of Russell Edgington. Franklin mixes romantic talk and the prospect of turning her into a vampire with coercive actions, while Tara attempts to soothe him with compliant words, while plotting her own escape . She escapes him on her second attempt, and makes it back to Bon Temps, where she seeks help in a rape survivors' group . Franklin confronts her once more in the parking lot of Merlotte's Bar and Grill a few nights later and attempts to kidnap her again . Tara is saved when Jason Stackhouse arrives and kills Franklin . </P> <P> Jason, the object of Tara's affection since she was a little girl, takes her back to his house to recover . They kiss, but then Jason confesses to being the one who shot Eggs . Tara leaves his place and goes back to Merlotte's where she finds a very angry - at - the - world Sam . The two end up spending another night together, and in the morning Tara feels a little less frayed around the edges . The feeling does not last, however, as Sam decides to reveal his shape - shifting secret to her . She leaves his house and goes back to her mother's house where she finds Lettie Mae in an intimate situation with the Reverend Daniels . It is all too much for Tara, and she leaves Bon Temps for New Orleans, where she changes her first name to "Toni" and finds work as a MMA - style cage fighter . Tara has also started a lesbian relationship with another female fighter, Naomi . But Tara eventually returns to Bon Temps and, through her association with the medium Marnie Stonebrook, becomes entangled in the vampires' battle against necromancy . Shortly afterward she is seen pushing Sookie out of the way of a shotgun blast from the gun of Debbie Pelt, but the buckshot hits her in the side and back of the head and neck . </P> <P> After being shot and left for dead, Tara is turned into a vampire by Pamela Swynford De Beaufort at the request of Lafayette and Sookie . She subsequently attacks Lafayette and Sookie upon awaking, holding resentment that the only people she loved would turn her into her worst nightmare . Pam gives her work at Fangtasia first as a bartender, and later as a dancer . As the fifth season progresses Tara becomes more comfortable with her new life, befriends fellow baby vampire Jessica Hamby, and begins to develop romantic feelings for Pam . During Eric Northman and Bill Compton's involvement with the Vampire Authority, Tara assists in the murder of vampire sheriff Elijah Stormer . Pam is arrested by the Authority and held captive, being freed when Tara joins Eric, Jason, Sookie, and Nora Gainesborough in the infiltration of the Authority's headquarters . Upon reuniting, Tara and Pam share a passionate kiss . </P>

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