Everything is at stake.

The fate of all humanity is at stake in the fifth season of this unique, bold, and undeniably sexy series. While Sookie deals with Tara's shooting and her unpredictable faerie powers, Bill and Eric find themselves called into action by the Vampire Authority. Alcide battles new werewolves J.D. and Martha; Sam searches for shifter murderers; and Jason struggles with his attraction to Jessica. It all adds up to a wicked, bloody climax between the Authority and the bloodthirsty vampire fundamentalists that will affect the lives of everyone living and dead in this unrelenting, action-packed season of HBO's otherworldly phenomenon.

All 12 episodes from the fifth season of the offbeat vampire drama adapted from Charlaine Harris's 'The Southern Vampire Mysteries' book series by writer Alan Ball. In this series, Sookie (Anna Paquin) makes an arrangement with Pam (Kristin Bauer van Straten) that will save a wounded Tara (Rutina Wesley) but leave her much changed and Bill (Stephen Moyer) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) find themselves under interrogation by the Vampire Authority following the murder of Nan Flanigan. The episodes comprise: 'Turn! Turn! Turn!', 'Authority Always Wins', 'Whatever I Am, You Made Me', 'We'll Meet Again', 'Let's Boot and Rally', 'Hopeless', 'In the Beginning', 'Somebody That I Used to Know', 'Everybody Wants to Rule the World', 'Gone, Gone, Gone', 'Sunset' and 'Save Yourself'.