Directed by Anthony Hemingway Written by Alan Ball   Charlaine Harris   Brian Buckner   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 Adina Porter ... Lettie Mae Thornton Carrie Preston ... Arlene Fowler Michael Raymond-James ... Rene Lenier William Sanderson ... Sheriff Bud Dearborne (credit only) Alexander Skarsgård ... Eric Northman Lizzy Caplan ... Amy Burley Stephen Root ... Eddie Gauthier Aisha Hinds ... Miss Jeanette Kristin Bauer ... Pam De Beaufort (as Kristin Bauer) Raoul Max Trujillo ... Longshadow (as Raoul Trujillo) Jessica Tuck ... Nan Flanagan Patrick Gallagher ... Chow Tara Buck ... Ginger Kanin Howell ... Chuck Jeremy Denzlinger ... Wayne Caleb Moody ... Royce Uncredited Cast Ben Decker ... High Class Vampire 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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