True Blood: Season 6 (2013)

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Season 6
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Critics Consensus

A major letdown coming off the end of season five, True Blood seems to be running out of steam and isn't aging as elegantly as its eternal vampires.

44%

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Critic Ratings: 16

50%

Audience Score

User Ratings: 230
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Episodes

1
Who Are You, Really?
Air date: Jun 16, 2013
2
The Sun
Air date: Jun 23, 2013
3
You're No Good
Air date: Jun 30, 2013
4
At Last
Air date: Jul 7, 2013
5
**** the Pain Away
Air date: Jul 14, 2013
6
Don't You Feel Me
Air date: Jul 21, 2013
7
In the Evening
Air date: Jul 28, 2013
8
Dead Meat
Air date: Aug 4, 2013
9
Life Matters
Air date: Aug 11, 2013
10
Radioactive
Air date: Aug 18, 2013

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The sixth season of the adaptation of Charlaine Harris' Southern vampire novels opens on a messy reincarnation for Bill (Stephen Moyer), but no one, including Sookie (Anna Paquin), Eric (Alexander Skarsgård) or Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), knows who or what he is, and they're not anxious to get close enough to find out. Meanwhile, Alcide (Joe Manganiello) takes over as pack master and discovers there are certain perks that come with the job; Andy (Chris Bauer) deals with being a new father; Louisiana governor Truman Burrell (Arliss Howard) declares war on vampires; and the Stackhouses receive a visit from a distant relative, Niall (Rutger Hauer), who arrives to share dire news about Warlow, the vampire who killed their parents?and is now coming after Sookie.

Cast

Anna Paquin
as Sookie Stackhouse
Stephen Moyer
as Bill Compton
Sam Trammell
as Sam Merlotte
Ryan Kwanten
as Jason Stackhouse
Rutina Wesley
as Tara Thornton
Alexander Skarsgård
as Eric Northman
Chris Bauer
as Andy Bellefleur
Kristin Bauer van Straten
as Pam
Lauren Bowles
as Holly
Nelsan Ellis
as Lafayette Reynolds
Joe Manganiello
as Alcide Herveaux
Todd Lowe
as Terry Bellefleur
Lucy Griffiths (II)
as Nora
Jim Parrack
as Hoyt Fortenberry
Rutger Hauer
as Niall
Carrie Preston
as Arlene Fowler
Michael McMillian
as Steve Newlin
Deborah Ann Woll
as Jessica Hamby
Arliss Howard
as Gov. Truman Burrell
Robert Kazinsky
as Ben
Rob Kazinsky
as Ben
Kelly Overton
as Rikki
Robert Patrick
as Jackson Herveaux
Anna Camp
as Sarah Newlin
Jurnee Smollett-Bell
as Nicole
Fiona Shaw
as Marnie
Janina Gavankar
as Luna
Jessica Tuck
as Nan Flanagan
Amelia Rose Blaire
as Willa Burrell
Kevin Alejandro
as Gov. Truman Burrell
Marshall Allman
as Alcide Herveaux
Karolina Wydra
as Violet
Luke Grimes
as James
Dale Dickey
as Martha Bozeman
Jamie Gray Hyder
as Danielle
Tara Buck
as Ginger
Keone Young
as Hido Takahashi
Bailey Noble
as Adilyn Bellefleur
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Finn
Chloe Noelle
as Emma
John Fleck
as Dr. Overlark
Gregg L. Daniel
as Reverend Daniels
Adina Porter
as Lettie Mae Thornton
Jessica Clark
as Lilith
Courtney Ford
as Portia Bellefleur
Helen Slayton-Hughes
as Caroline Bellefleur
Tamlyn Tomita
as Ms. Suzuki
Jeffrey Nicholas Brown
as Corbett Stackhouse
John Rezig
as Kevin
Matt Cook
as Jessie
Marque Richardson II
as Kenneth
Shaun Brown
as Bruce
Jessy Hodges
as Mustard
Kofi Natei
as Ruscio
David Wright
as Authority Gate Guard
Valarie Pettiford
as Mary Wright
Dale Raoul
as Maxine Fortenberry
Jenni Blong
as Michelle Stackhouse
Patricia Bethune
as Jane Bodehouse
Christina Scherer
as Occupy Girl
Stacy Haiduk
as Jenny
Chanon Finley
as Siren #1
Marina Benedict
as Veronica
Giles Matthey
as Claude
Jodie Smith
as Siren #2
Chloe Holmes
as Siren #3
Rebecca McFarland
as Maggie
Rico McClinton
as LAVTF Task Force Leader
Ezra Masters
as Authority Guard #1
Hubert Hodgin
as Connor Farley
Andrew Thacher
as Officer Innes
Linc Hand
as Officer Stutz
Todd Quillen
as Hartzell
Sam Schuder
as 11-year-old Faerie Girl #2
Chloe East
as 11-year-old Faerie Girl #3
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Critic Reviews for True Blood Season 6

All Critics (16) | Top Critics (7)

While True Blood remains wildly and bloodily inventive -- and will certainly remain a huge HBO hit -- there's still an overwhelming sense that deja-vu-all-over-again has set in.

Jun 26, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Verne Gay
Top Critic

True Blood: Season 6 is a nonsensical and deliciously high camp return to form for the show.

Mar 22, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Leigh Clark

True Blood returns true to form. [Full Review in Spanish]

Sep 23, 2018 | Full Review…
Guillermo Altares

Blood is neglecting the potent subtext of vampire myth - forbidden sex and romance - in favor of political allegory. Isn't that what zombies are for?

Jun 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Tom Gliatto

In general, this season of True Blood was one of the best in recent memory. The last few episodes picked up the pace and gave our characters plenty to do while effectively thinning the herd, and the show is finally fun again.

Sep 21, 2013 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Christian Law

Does anyone else remember when True Blood was fun?

Jun 25, 2013 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Brian Tallerico

Suspense, surprises and crackling dialogue: True Blood is pumping strong again.

Jun 13, 2013 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Mark A. Perigard

Truly an object lesson in the consequences of removing all sense of jeopardy from a story in the interests of cynically stringing it out: events in 'True Blood' have become all but meaningless.

Jul 17, 2018 | Full Review…
Phil Harrison
Top Critic

There's nothing wrong with a little social relevance, but that's never been what made True Blood worthwhile - if the show isn't fast, funny, scary and sexy, it's nothing.

Jun 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Mike Hale
Top Critic

Bloody hilarious.

Jun 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Linda Stasi
Top Critic

You know things are getting sad when True Blood's trademark nudity isn't sexy anymore.

Jun 12, 2013 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
Melissa Maerz
Top Critic

Don't go shopping for sense at the nonsense store.

Jun 13, 2013 | Full Review…
Willa Paskin
Top Critic
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Audience Reviews for True Blood: Season 6

  • Apr 05, 2015
    After the events in season 5, humans now decided to fight back against the vampiric threat, how? By putting them into a concentration camp. The premise was silly but it was fun most of the time.
    Sylvester K Super Reviewer
  • Jul 02, 2019
    I mean... It was honestly hard to feel bad for the vampires because this whole season was pointless. Everyone was living in peace, and then the vampires drank lilith's blood and went bat shit crazy and then when the humans fought back, suddenly they are racist and prejudiced and it's all poor vampires when THEY started the whole mess? Like do you understand what I am saying? what was the point of Lilith being a prophet when it was her blood that made them act crazy? and then she was saying it would be Warlow who would be the one to fix her fuck up. Like it was so pointless. What was the point of Lilith. You'd think with her being a godless god she would have realized when the vampire race would be threatened and made sure her blood was destroyed. not flipping egg people to drink it. What a disappointment. And Warlow... My sweet Warlow...I would have loved to be his Faerie Vampire Blood... Too Bad...
    Vanessa Z
  • Jun 07, 2019
    True Bloody awful... The series, which continues to deliver on interesting ideas and concepts consistently fails to live up to its hype and season six is no different. The series relies heavily on nudity and poor special effects to keep its audience interested whilst altering minor details to rehash the same stories season in, season out. Other than lead vampire Bill Compton, the characters lack development and seem tired of the same old stories coming back again and again with different masks on. This is even referenced several times in dialogue as humans, vampires, witches, werewolves et al admit their fatigue at fighting the same battles with different supernatural beings. This show could have been brilliant given a grown-up writing team and time to breathe but the pace, the obsession with sex and story running on fumes proves this was a miss altogether.
    Fraser M
  • Feb 11, 2019
    A seven season supernatural ride in the American landscape, delivered by an awesome cast & crew!! Truly imaginative storyline that takes the Vampire franchise in a new direction- a must see for fans of the genre!!
    Phil C
  • Jul 27, 2014
    Season 6 is clearly an example of a show that has run out of ideas, and while there were some standout episodes, the overall feeling wasn't much better than that of season 5.
    Antonio B
  • Jul 25, 2014
    The shawshank with vampires. This season was hated by some people and I know it's they opinions, but I liked this season more then the firth season. Eric, Jason and bill are the highlights of this season. Sookie and Tara still get's on my nerves for some reason, I don't know why but every episode I see those two I get a headache.
    Matthew B
  • Jun 21, 2014
    for 2013: it really is the weakest season of the show somewhere along the line the writers kinda lost their focus but I still like watching what's happening regardless after Bill takes Lillith's blood he is 'reborn' as an ultimate source of divine power he looks normal but has gained a sort of wisdom and higher calling as a result from the vampire religion however, he has distanced himself from everyone including Sookie and along with some of his newly gained powers he has a premonition of all of his fellow vampires meeting a terrible fate the humans have also retaliated by declaring open season on all vampires in order to preserve the human race it's sort of a metaphor for the victims of the Holocaust having the vampires rounded up and being put in concentration camps or Vamp Camp as its called to the humans they treat it as sort of a recovery process to study and analyze but also poke and probe vampires in order to break them down completely in more ways than one Andy also having had a chance encounter with another Faire now has the responsibility of raising children albeit supernatural ones Terry also deals with the guilt of killing his fellow army buddy in order to keep the witch's curse from continuing to consume them both and asks the unthinkable and just to make things even more complicated Warlow returns from a prison he was sentenced to after murdering the Stackhouse parents and Sookie, Jason, and their Faire grandfather are gearing up to take him out the new subplots and characters still seem to work this time around it's just that the narrative loses its way on more than one occasion it's not as compelling or as enthralling as the previous seasons there was a much more sense of danger and urgency but here everything just seems to happen without it mattering too much that doesn't mean though that Alan Ball has lost his touch though, he still makes the drama pretty well-intentioned and killing off two supporting characters always manages to ring some emotion out of some pesky territory there's still the gore, the plot twists, the philosophical side of things, the human condition, and the spiritual sense of immortality, power, birthright, rebirth, renewal, self-righteousness I guess we'll just have to see if the next and very last season can close everything up, tie up the loose ends, and bring proper closure to every being in Bon Temps human or vampire: can one side live superior or be the less-evolved species? who will go, who will stay? the final fight is upon everyone now....
    Jon C
  • May 26, 2014
    No tan buena como las anteriores temporadas y me parece q algunas cosas cosas (Warlow, aunque me encanta Rob) se sintio forzado falto algo mas alli. Aun asi es True Blood y me encanta :D
    Edison H
  • Dec 14, 2013
    first three seasons were pretty good, don't know what happened then.
    Kai M
  • Dec 04, 2013
    Started out close to the books and strong. I didn't think that TB could become more of an off-the-rails burning wreck worse than the last two seasons. They sure proved me wrong! I have flashbacks to Heroes all over again.
    Andrew K
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