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: Sookie's brother, Jason, becomes the primary suspect in the murder of Maudette Pickens, a woman with whom he had rough sex and who was known to associate with vampires.

: Based on Dead Until Dark , the first novel in Charlaine Harris's The Southern Vampire Mysteries . Strange LoveTrue Blood : Season 1 Episode 1

: Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress at Merlotte’s Bar and Grill, is instantly drawn to Bill Compton, a 173-year-old vampire, because she cannot read his mind. After overhearing a plan by the Rattrays (local "vampire drainers") to kidnap and drain Bill for his valuable blood, Sookie follows them and saves Bill using a silver chain. : Sookie's brother, Jason, becomes the primary suspect

: Anna Paquin (Sookie), Stephen Moyer (Bill), Ryan Kwanten (Jason), Rutina Wesley (Tara), and Sam Trammell (Sam). After overhearing a plan by the Rattrays (local

" Strange Love " is the pilot episode of the HBO series True Blood , which premiered on September 7, 2008. It introduces the town of Bon Temps, Louisiana, two years after vampires have "come out of the coffin" following the invention of synthetic blood, Tru Blood.