Truman got himself caught up with Sarah Newlin and that's never a good thing. His daughter Willa was turned into a vamp; first he supported her and then turned on her. While questioning Truman about Vamp Camp, Bill bit off his head. Good riddance to bad government.
Let's be honest, this was another of those plots that just didn't work. An annoying witch trying to kill our heroes? I think not. In a bizarre SWAT-like standoff (with Vamps as SWAT) Marnie was thankfully put out of her misery. Abandoned by her followers and viewers.
Thinking Tommy was Sam (shifter brothers!), the wolves beat him senseless for interfering in pack biz, but he shifted back to himself mid-maul. He refused V to save his life, and let Sam know how much it meant to finally have the brother he grew up without.
Terry was always a little nuts, but we hoped he'd get better with Arlene's influence. Instead, an old war buddy showed up, called upon his to atone together for past sins and he ultimately paid for someone to kill him so he could leave money to Arlene. Weird.
What a character! First Newlin was married, anti-vampire and running a camp for fellow believers. He was turned and a new face of the American Vampire League, but his ex never followed suit. He wound falling "in love" with Jason, so much so those were his last words as he met death by sunlight thanks to Eric -- a death Sarah watched stunned at his last words so that she screamed in anger. Fun stuff!
Sophie-Anne was in debt, had to marry Russel Eddington and was even jailed briefly. Thinking bygones were bygones, she went to Bill's only to be challenged to a duel she didn't take quite seriously enough. Whoopsie!
Eddington was like a cat with 9 lives. He kept being killed or almost so but only when he was high on Faerie blood did he get caught. He was almost saved by the Fae blood, but Eric's stake ended his thousand years of waiting for vengeance.
Roslyn was a pesky member of the Vampire Authority, but kind of fun. Roslyn got on a lot of people's nerves and Sam entered her in the form of a fly and burst out in human form, killing her. Awesome.
For most of the first season Rene seemed only Arlene's sweet boyfriend. It was revealed he was a vicious (human) serial killer and Sookie got to take him out in human fashion, by shovel to the neck.
Eric's "sister" was a religious vampire fed Hep-V by the authority. She refused to take any of Lilith's blood to possibly save her in tribute to her beliefs. She died in Eric's arms.
Nan Flanagan was a bitch. As the face of the American Vampire League she was probably the best known vampire in the U.S. That didn't stop Bill staking her for threatening to "out" Sookie's fae lineage.
Grandma [about people charging vampires for sex]: Wonder how much one would charge for something like that? Jason: A thousand bucks. Sookie: See, now that just makes me sick. Grandma: I know. What kind of cheap woman could ever do something like that? Sookie: No it makes me sick that they're getting a thousand bucks to lay there and do nothing while I bust my ass for ten bucks an hour plus tips
Tara [tending bar]: Uh-oh do... do not snap at me. I have a name. And that name is Tara. Isn't that funny a black girl being named after a plantation. No I don't think it's funny at all. In fact it really pisses me off that my momma was either stupid or just plain mean. Which is why you better be nice if you plan on getting a drink tonight. Customer: Sorry
