1. Beau Temps
   Bon Temps
2. St. Alice
   Sang Froid

The times in Bon Temps were often difficult, making the name ironic.

1. Vampire Bill
   Bloodsucking Bill
2. The Fangman
   The Southern Vampire

This might be because he's the first vampire many Bon Temps residents met; later, it grew commonplace.

1. The invention of synthetic blood
   The president's daughter came out as a vampire
2. A heroic vampire saved a schoolbus full of children
   The invention of a sunscreen that let vampires walk in daylight

No longer needing to feed on humans made vampires far less of a threat

1. Sweden
   Japan
2. Australia
   Romania

Interestingly, Japan, has been at the forefront of attempts to synthesize blood for surgical purposes in real life.

1. Sexual attraction to the donor
   Rapid healing of injuries
2. Potential addiction
   Being able to see in the dark

The series had a lot of fun with inappropriate sexual fantasies after exchanges of blood, and many injuries were instantly healed, as well.

1. He had to give up any relationship with Sookie
   He had to sire a new vampire
2. He had to become the sheriff of Area Five
   He was buried for 40 days in a lead coffin

Bill's relationship with Jessica Hamby eventually grew into a genuine father-daughter bond.

1. Sam Merlotte
   Andy Bellefleur
2. Rene Lenier
   Terry Bellefleur

Rene was revealed to be killing women who had relationships with vampires.

1. A witch
   A shapeshifter
2. A fairy
   A Maenad

Maryanne's influence makes the townspeople go a bit crazy -- like the influence of wine.

1. The Fellowship of the Sun
   The Church of the Light
2. Circle Daybreak
   The Way of Light and Life

Reverend Newlin and his wife Sarah were involved in the show until the end of its run.

1. Andy Bellefleur
   Eric Northman
2. Hoyt Fortenberry
   Sheriff Dearborne

We'd like to see anyone try to control Eric Northman, the bad-boy owner of Fangtasia.

1. Evan Rachel Wood
   Eva Amurri
2. Kristen Bell
   Ellen Page

Eva Amurri was Wood's co-star in the indie film "The Life Before Her Eyes."

1. Arlene Fowler
   Tara Thornton
2. Amy Burley
   Deputy Kenya

Both Tara and her mother sought "exorcisms" from a woman who turned out to be a fraud.

1. Texas
   Alabama
2. Mississippi
   Arkansas

It's hard to imagine this state being terribly open to his relationship with his beloved Talbot; fortunately, vampire society was different.

1. An assisted-living facility
   A religious commune
2. A psychiatric hospital
   Texas

Alfre Woodward played her in a guest appearance.

1. Elves
   Dryads
2. Shape-shifters
   Faeries

This explains her telepathy, which her brother Jason didn't inherit.

1. Miriam
   Claudine
2. Portia
   Hypatia

Claudine is eventually killed, accidentally, by Eric.

1. A shifter
   A vampire
2. A faerie
   A were-panther

The were-panthers of Hotshot. Also meth cooks, were the show's allegory for the backwoods poor.

1. The Bellefleur family
   Eric
2. Bill
   Arlene and Terry

Eric gets his comeuppance, though -- the dreaded "amnesia story line."

1. Bartending, like she did at Merlotte's
   Cage fighting
2. Cab driving
   Counselor to victims of supernatural creatures

Tara had a rough ride on the show; this was a rare period of happiness.

1. Tom Berenger
   Kris Kristofferson
2. Patrick Stewart
   Robert Patrick

Joe Mangianello, of course, played Alcide.

1. Andy Bellefleur
   Deputy Kenya
2. Maxine Fortenberry
   Debbie Pelt

Really, Tara should never have come back from New Orleans.

1. Eric Northman
   Pam Beaufort
2. Sophie-Anne LeClerc
   Bill Compton

Tara was not happy to be turned, but eventually had a loving relationship with Pam.

1. Lafayette Reynolds
   Steve Newlin
2. Sarah Newlin
   Pam Beaufort

Steve became Russell Edgington's new love interest, some time after Talbot's death.

1. Vlad
   Warlow
2. Robicheaux
   We never learn this

He was promised the first Stackhouse heir with fey powers -- which is Sookie.

1. Bill
   Eric
2. Nora
   Nobody -- it's poured down a drain for safety

Bill was going around the bend for a while before doing so.

1. He gets amnesia
   Holly leaves him and refuses to come back
2. He is left to raise four faerie daughters
   He is drawn into the faerie world and loses years of his life

His quadruplets grow up extremely fast, a common trope in fantasy fiction.

1. Gene Hackman
   Rutger Hauer
2. Liam Neeson
   Anthony Stewart Head

He helped to protect Sookie against Warlow.

1. She's killed in an attack by Hep-V infected vampires
   She's outdoors when the immunity to sunlight abruptly wears off
2. She overdoses on faerie blood
   She kills herself in a tanning bed.

Tara appeared in the last season only via a series of visions her mother, Lettie Mae, had.

1. He finds a pregnancy test in the bathroom
   He smells the change in her hormones
2. He guesses it when she is acting secretive
   Her mother tells him, suggesting he's not fit to be a father

Sam has a number of romantic entanglements on the show, but settles down with Nicole.

1. Lettie Mae
   Andy and Holly
2. Arlene
   Lafayette

Arlene also ends up in a non-sexual relationship with the vampire Keith.

1. Bill
   Eric
2. Alcide
   We never learn this

A man is sitting next to Sookie at the family-and-friends gathering at the end of the show, but we don't know who he is.

1. She's given the keys to Fangtasia
   She's given a large sum of money
2. She's made a vampire
   Eric has sex with her

Their sex scene is comic, not passionate.

1. Sheriff Dearborne
   Reverend Newlin
2. Reverend Daniels
   Andy Bellefleur

Andy says that Louisiana might not consider the marriage valid, "but I have no doubt that God does."

1. Sam Trammell
   Anna Paquin
2. Stephen Moyer
   Alexander Skarsgard

Paquin, Moyer and Skarsgard are from New Zealand, the UK and Sweden, respectively -- accent coaching must have been essential!

1. Stephen King
   Charlaine Harris
2. Alan Ball
   Stephenie Meyer

Alan Ball discovered the books and adapted them for TV.