"Sparks Fly Out"
Season 1, Episode 05
Air date	5 Oct 2008
Written by	Alexander Woo
Directed by	Daniel Minahan
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"Sparks Fly Out" is the fifth episode of Season 1 of True Blood, and the fifth episode overall.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Notes 2.1 Flashbacks 2.2 Accolades 2.3 Featured music 2.4 Title 3 Memorable Quotes 3.1 Bill 3.2 Jason 3.3 Tara 3.4 Arlene 3.5 Lafayette 3.6 Sookie 4 Memorable Dialogue 5 Trailer 6 Cast 6.1 Starring 6.2 Recurring cast 6.3 Guest starring 6.4 Co-starring 6.5 Uncredited

SynopsisEdit

"Excuse me, who ordered the hamburger with AIDS?."-Lafayette

Bill’s car arrives outside Sookie’s house, and the two have an argument about their encounter with the police officer. Bill confesses that, had she not been there, he would have fed on the officer. Bill promises to never call on her again and leaves. Sookie asks her Gran about her problem and Adele suggests that she not be afraid or be suspicious of him just because he is different. Tara is furious at Lafayette for selling V to Jason and makes him promise to apologize.

When Jason stops by, however, Lafayette convinces him to give vamp blood another try and instructs him on how to take it properly.

At Merlotte's, Sam seizes his opportunity with Sookie and asks her to go with him to the Descendants of the Glorious Dead meeting. She agrees. Her suspicions about Tara and her brother are raised when she learns that Tara lied to the police in order to give Jason an alibi for Dawn’s murder. That night at the D.O.G.D. meeting, a large crowd has gathered at the Bon Temps church to hear Bill’s speech. Among them are three rednecks named Chuck, Wayne and Royce Williams who are stirring up some trouble.

Adele introduces Bill and he recounts the story about the loss of his friend Tolliver Humphries during the Civil War. The mayor of Bon Temps presents Bill with a photograph of his long-lost wife and children which stirs powerful emotions in Bill. After the meeting, Sookie and Sam go out for coffee. Everything is going well until the conversation turns to vampires and Sam insists that Bill is dangerous--no matter how Sookie feels about him.

At Merlotte’s, the trio of rednecks continue to stir up trouble when Royce sends back a burger saying it has AIDS. This causes Lafayette to fly into a rage and slam the burger into the boy’s face. Jason, René and Hoyt are dining not far away and Hoyt fails to pick up a girl named Randi Sue. A very-stoned Jason professes his deep love for Tara who is smart enough to wait until he is sober for this conversation. Bill is paid a visit at his house by Sheriff Bud Dearborne and Andy who question him about the murders.

Bill insists that no vampire could resist a body full of human blood, and since the victims were not drained, the murderer could not be a vampire. After they leave, Bill remembers how he was turned into a vampire by a woman named Lorena as he was making his way home to his family. She allows him to see them one last time from a distance, but assures him that his old life is over.

Tara catches Jason having sex with Randi Sue in the alley behind Merlotte's, which infuriates her. Sookie takes a cab home from her dismal date with Sam and finds her Gran lying on the kitchen floor, dead and in a pool of her own blood.

NotesEdit

FlashbacksEdit

• Bill flashes back to his Civil War battlefield.
• Bill flashes back to when he met Lorena Krasiki and she turned him into a vampire.

AccoladesEdit

• Nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series

Featured musicEdit

• "Kargyraa" - Huun-Huur-Tu
• "It's Alright" - Phil Phillips
• "Feel Alright" - Steve Earle
• "Sparks Fly Out" - Paul Burch
• "I Play Chicken with the Train" - Cowboy Troy
• "It's All Over but the Shoutin'" - Southern Culture on the Skids
• "Wiggle Stick" - Reverend Horton Heat

TitleEdit

The title and the song may alludes the tension that runs throughout the episode from Bill's dispute with Sookie to Lafayette's fight with the trio at Merlottes.

Memorable QuotesEdit

BillEdit

• "A fresh corpse full of blood, Detective, that's something no vampire could resist."

• "Tell me, Sheriff, were any of these unfortunate women found exsanguinated? Were they completely drained of their blood? Because, a fresh corpse, full of blood, would be irresistible to any vampire. (licks his lips!) I dare say, not even I..."

• "If we reach out to one another, we can coexist and even thrive together."

JasonEdit

• "My life sucks so much ass"

• "First, I get hauled in by the cops. Then, I gotta let a dude drain my Johnson. Thats a f*** of a day"
• "It's OK! She's a tranny"

TaraEdit

• "Giving vampire blood to Jason is like giving Ho-Hos to a diabetic. You know he can't control himself!"

• ''Puto, pendejo, de mierda. It's in Spanish, and it sounds funny as hell."

ArleneEdit

• "No darlin' we're white. He's dead." [to Coby]

• "Vampire bar wasn't all it was made out to be. I hear there are a lot of freaks and people from Arkansas." [to Sookie when talking about Fangtasia]

LafayetteEdit

• "Don't blame the Ferrari just 'cause your ass can't drive. You're gonna have to learn to ride the high, boyfriend."

• "'Scuse me. Who ordered the hamburger... with AIDS? In this restaurant, a hamburger deluxe comes with french fries, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and AIDS! Do anyone got a problem wit dat? Aw baby, it's too late for that. Faggots been breeding your cows, raisin' your chickens, even brewin' your beer long before I walked my sexy ass up in this mother f***er. Everything on your God damn table got aids.
• Well all you gots to do is say hold the aids.  Here. Eat it! Bitch, you come into my house ,you gonna eat the food THE WAY I F***IN' MAKE IT! Do you understand me? Tip your waitress."

• "You's a stupid bitch, Jason Stackhouse."

SookieEdit

• If you're gonna accuse me of lying, be a man and say it out loud for Pete's sake. Either way I'm gonna hear you, whether you look me in the eye or not. Lets face it, there's not a whole lot of ideas in there. Like mice in a cage. I know you're grasping at straws, but don't drag my brother down with you." - to Andy Bellefleur in Merlotte's Bar after talking to Tara

Memorable DialogueEdit

Bill: Yes, you're Sookie's employer.
Sam: Not when we're off the clock.
Bill: No, legally you still are.

TrailerEdit

CastEdit

StarringEdit Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte Ryan Kwanten as Jason Stackhouse Rutina Wesley as Tara Thornton Recurring castEdit Chris Bauer as Detective Andy Bellefleur Nelsan Ellis as Lafayette Reynolds Jim Parrack as Hoyt Fortenberry Adina Porter as Lettie Mae Thornton Carrie Preston as Arlene Fowler Bellefleur Michael Raymond-James as René Lenier William Sanderson as Sheriff Bud Dearborne Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman

Guest starringEdit Lois Smith as Adele Stackhouse Mariana Klaveno as Lorena Krasiki Todd Lowe as Terry Bellefleur Dale Raoul as Maxine Fortenberry William Schallert as Mayor Norris Danielle James as Randi Sue Co-starringEdit Caleb Moody as Royce Williams Jeremy Denzlinger as Wayne Kanin Howell as Chuck Hans Howes as Elderly DGD member Caleb Steinmeyer as Tolliver Humphries Alec Gray as Coby Fowler Laurel Weber as Lisa Fowler Cody Christian as Screaming boy UncreditedEdit Amber Dawn Landrum as Caroline Compton

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