Directed by Scott Winant Written by Charlaine Harris Alan Ball Cast Anna Paquin ... Sookie Stackhouse Stephen Moyer ... Bill Compton Sam Trammell ... Sam Merlotte Ryan Kwanten ... Jason Stackhouse Rutina Wesley ... Tara Thornton Chris Bauer ... Andy Bellefleur Nelsan Ellis ... Lafayette Reynolds Jim Parrack ... Hoyt Fortenberry (credit only) Carrie Preston ... Arlene Fowler Michael Raymond-James ... Rene Lenier William Sanderson ... Sheriff Bud Dearborne Lynn Collins ... Dawn Green Lois Smith ... Adele Stackhouse James Parks ... Mack Rattray Karina Logue ... Denise Rattray Danielle Sapia ... Maudette Pickens Cedric Pendleton ... Terrell Jessica Tuck ... Nan Flanagan Randy Oglesby ... Rev. Theodore Newlin John Billingsley ... Mike Spencer Patricia Bethune ... Jane Bodehouse Todd Lowe ... Terry Bellefleur Jenni Blong ... Michelle Stackhouse Barbara Whinnery ... Child Psychologist Jeffrey Nicholas Brown ... Corbett Stackhouse Graham Shiels ... Liam Andrew Rothenberg ... Malcolm Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor ... Diane Adina Porter ... Lettie Mae Thornton Sharon Tay ... News Show Moderator Zenali Turner ... Young Sookie Hallock Beals ... Jerk at Bar (as Hallock W. Beals) Russ Hunt ... Sookie's Date #1 Robert Parks-Valletta ... Sookie's Date #2 Eurlyne Epper ... Woman in Bar (as Eurlyre Eper) Randy Hall ... Man in Bar Labon Hester ... Young Jason (as Labon K. Hester) Uncredited Cast Bryan Lay ... Gangster Lover Lyssa Prine ... Woman in Bar Produced by Alan Ball Brian Buckner Bruce Dunn Christina Jokanovich Nancy Oliver Carol Dunn Trussell Raelle Tucker Alexander Woo Original Music by Nathan Barr

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