20 Great TV Shows That Everybody Turned Against
8. True Blood
True Blood was an innovative reinvention of the vampire genre, blending Southern Gothic atmosphere, campy humour, and sharp social commentary. The idea of vampires "coming out of the coffin" to the world was clever, and the first season enraptured viewers straight away by throwing in an enthralling whodunnit mystery.
The series thrived on moral dilemmas and allegories for discrimination, using vampires as a metaphor for marginalised identities. And though fantastical, True Blood was anchored by the love triangle between Sookie, Bill, and Eric, accentuated by the actors' performances.
Sadly, this was too good to last.
Later seasons threw in an overabundance of supernatural elements, including witches, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, smoke monsters, and (sigh) werepanthers. The will-they-won't-they romance between the leads became tiresome as Sookie kept bouncing between love interests ad nauseam. Character motivations shifted wildly, contradicting years of development for the sake of shock value. The final season, especially, was rushed, with major developments occurring with no build-up whatsoever (especially Alcide’s blink-and-you-will-miss-it death).
Even though the earlier storylines of True Blood were great, the later ones deserved a stake through the heart.