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Season 5 refers, collectively, to the 12 episodes that comprise the fifth season of the HBO original series True Blood. Debuting on Sunday, June 10, 2012 to a modest 5.2 million viewers, the season makes its appearance starting with the series’ 49th episode overall, ” Turn! Turn! Turn! “.

Bill and Eric are released by the Authority and set out to locate Russell Edgington. They return to Fangtasia where Eric presses Pam for Russell’s location but she knows nothing. She begs Eric to release her. Sookie meanwhile is feeling guilty about killing Debbie and tells Jason she wants to turn herself in to the police.

Having found Russell Edgington, the former King of Mississippi is taken prisoner and is put in a cell at the Authority. Not quite knowing what might be in store for them on their return, Bill and Eric are happy to see that Roman welcomes them back with open arms. Roman decides that he’s going to execute Russell immediately.

An irate Lafayette unwittingly puts Sookie’s life in danger after using his brujo blood to curse her car. Elsewhere, Terry flashes back to a deadly night in Anbar, Iraq, as he and Patrick travel to South Dakota to find their former service buddy, who turns out to be the suspected arsonist.

Sookie enlists a band of vampires and humans to track down the H-Vamps. ‘Lost Cause.’ (Season Seven) Sookie hosts a mainstreaming party; Eric and Pam head to Dallas for a fundraiser. Sookie makes a shocking discovery; Eric and Pam forge an unlikely alliance.

Eric, Bill and Nora are ambushed and arrested by the Authority. Sookie and Lafayette wait for Pam and Tara to awaken, and are upset when it seems that Tara is dead. Suddenly however, a reanimated Tara pops up and lunges for Sookie. Eric and Bill are locked-up and interrogated at the Vampire Authority headquarters in New Orleans.