Five years later, Sookie is seen happy, pregnant, and in a relationship with an unknown man, hosting all of her human and non-human friends for a dinner party at her house.
He is kidnapped by Felton and Crystal who are now V-addicts and raped by all the women of the were-panther community after it is believed he is the "ghost daddy" meant to revive the dwindling numbers of the genetically weakened inbred pack.
He manages to escape with Hot Shot and Crystal and kill Felton in the process, however, as a result of the excessive, untreated bites from attempting to be turned were-panther by the others, he is left on the side of the road badly wounded.
When the witches cast a spell to bring the vampires out into the daylight, Jessica breaks free of her silver bonds and almost burns herself trying to walk out into the sunlight.
In the culmination of season 4, when The Moon Goddess Emporium is being held captive by Marnie, Jason tries to save Sookie, Tara, and everyone else inside.
After running into his high school teacher, who is revealed to have slept with an underage Jason, he struggles with his inner demons; saying that there is a big hole in him, with something just missing - and he's been trying to fill it with sex, which so far has worked - but now it is not.
Jason, believing his parents died in a flood, tries to get more information from Hadley but gets kicked out of the club with Sheriff Andy and presumably attacked by 2 male faeries.
She eventually escapes the vampire by tricking him into letting her drink his blood so she would have the power to smash his skull with one of the weapons that adorned the wall of their room.
Tara ends up traumatized by her experience and after discovering that Jason had been the one who killed Eggs, cuts off her hair and leaves Bon Temps.
Because half of her brain was previously missing before the healing process brought on by Pam's turning of her, not only is Tara now a vampire, but there is now a severe personality change.
At the end of the season, Tara rescued Pam from the Vampire Authority and the two shared a long, heartfelt kiss.
On the rare occasion someone, usually a traveller passing through, makes a homophobic remark, he is quick to defend himself and is very capable of doing so, both verbally and physically, with many in the community backing him up.
In True Blood, he is saved due to the popularity of his character and to help expand Tara Thornton's role in the series.
In casting, Alan Ball had concerns that the character's sexuality would be a dominating trait, "because you don't want to bring in someone who's going to play that in a phony way".
Alcide's pack's aggressive behaviour, and murder of the students who tried to persuade them to reveal their existence, publicly frustrates him.
Eric returns to Bon Temp and tells Pam that Willa is still part of their family and he must say goodbye to her in person before he dies.
Eric, Sookie and Bill manage to dispose of Russell at the end of the third season by tricking him and burying him underneath concrete.
In the season 4 finale it is implied that Russell has escaped the concrete, when Alcide finds a mysterious hole in a parking garage floor with silver chains discarded near it.
In order of episode appearances The two do not meet again for more than 70 years when, in season 2, she is summoned to the vampire hotel in Texas by Eric who, in his desperation to find Godric, schemes with her to hold Bill captive while Sookie infiltrates the Fellowship of the Sun so that he cannot interfere.
Her love and longing for Bill has intensified over the years and as she holds him captive the two share memories of their twisted past together.
She spends a lengthy and very emotional time torturing him in the servants' house on the mansion grounds before allowing werewolves to feed on his blood.
However, the Fellowship retaliates by sending a suicide bomber to his home, destroying three vampires and killing two human companions.
He "meets the sun" at dawn on the roof of the Hotel Carmilla, surprised and inspired by the fact that a "human", Sookie Stackhouse, would accompany him and shed tears at his end.
In the season three finale, Godric's spirit apparently appears to Eric and tries to get him to embrace peace and forgiveness during his battle with Russell.
Lilith appears in this vision and before a horrified Eric and Norah, rips Godric to shreds, thus ending his spirit visitations.
Born in Gaul in the first century BC, Godric was captured during one of Julius Caesar's invasions and sent to Rome where he was sold as a slave.
His life in Rome had given Godric a fascination for war and death, and he'd often watch or join in battles and raids for fun.
The character was part of various interactive internet campaigns related to the show; including a fictional blog and YouTube channel.
In order of first appearances Antonia repeats this act in Bon Temps four centuries later, after inhabiting Marnie's body inside Bill's compound.
Bent on seeing her baby one last time, she doesn't find rest and wanders as a spirit, showing herself to Mikey Bellefleur and Lafayette.