<Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> It has been two years since the invention of the synthetic plasma TruBlood that has allowed vampires to make their presence known to mankind . In the small town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, 25 - year - old waitress Sookie Stackhouse struggles with being telepathic and not being able to control hearing the thoughts of everyone she sees . That is until 173 - year - old vampire Bill Compton walks into Merlotte's bar where Sookie works . She is immediately drawn to him, and so are Mack and Denise Rattray, a couple of local thugs who later attack Bill with silver and try to drain his blood so that they can sell it on the black market . But Sookie rescues him and drives the Rattrays away, after which she learns that not only is Bill equally interested in her, but that she cannot read his thoughts as his brain is technically dead . Meanwhile, Sookie's hard - talking best friend Tara Thornton is fired from her job when she mouths off to her boss and a customer and Sam Merlotte hires her as the new bartender . Meanwhile, Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse has a sexual interlude with a young woman named Maudette Pickens, who enjoys rough sex with vampires . She shows Jason a videotape of her with a bald - headed, tattooed vampire and later she videotapes them having rough sex . The next day, Jason is arrested by Sheriff Bud Dearborne and Detective Andy Bellefleur for murder of Maudette, who was killed the night before . Sookie's grandmother Adele asks if Sookie thinks she can get the vampire Bill to speak at her Descendants of the Glorious Dead meeting . And at Merlotte's that night, Bill agrees to meet her in the parking lot after work to discuss the favor . Sookie gets into a heated argument with Sam and Tara, who believe that getting involved with a vampire could be very dangerous and Sookie tells them both to stay out of her life . After work Sookie and Sam make amends with one another and alone in the parking lot, Sookie is suddenly and savagely attacked by the Rattrays, out for revenge . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "The First Taste" </Td> <Td> Scott Winant </Td> <Td> Alan Ball </Td> <Td> September 14, 2008 (2008 - 09 - 14) </Td> <Td> 1.79 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The Rattrays are brutally beating Sookie as she bleeds on the ground . They are about to kill her when Bill suddenly intervenes . He kills both Rattrays and takes Sookie to the edge of a lake, where he offers her some of his vampire blood, which has special properties that allow her to completely heal instantly . Sookie asks him about being a guest speaker at her grandmother's next meeting and he agrees to that and to call in on her at her house the next evening to meet her family . Meanwhile, Jason is shown a videotape of him with Maudette and it turns out that Jason thought he had choked her to death during sex, but that she was only fooling around with him . Sheriff Dearborne and Detective Bellefleur aren't entirely convinced Jason didn't kill Maudette, but he is eventually released . Tara returns home from work to find her alcoholic mother passed out on the couch and she asks her flamboyant cousin Lafayette, who is also the Merlotte's cook, to take her to a party . He agrees . Jason meets up with an old flame and another Merlotte's waitress, Dawn and the two spend the night together . The next morning, he discovers vampire bite marks on her neck . Sookie learns that the police found the Rattrays' bodies in the wreckage of their trailer and have ruled that they were killed by a freak tornado . Sookie also notices throughout the day that her sense of smell and taste have been enhanced by Bill's blood . That night Bill meets with Adele, Jason and Tara at Sookie's house . He takes her for a starlit walk and they share their first kiss . The next day Dawn heads for work, leaving Jason tied up on her bed . At Merlotte's, Sookie learns that Reverend Theodore Newlin, founder of the anti-vampire church the Fellowship of the Sun, along with his wife and daughter were killed in an accident . Questioning just how far vampires are willing to go, she races to Bill's house to ask him about the incident where she is set upon by three strange vampires, including the bald - headed man seen in Maudette's sex tape . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Mine" </Td> <Td> John Dahl </Td> <Td> Alan Ball </Td> <Td> September 21, 2008 (2008 - 09 - 21) </Td> <Td> 1.81 </Td> </Tr>

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