HBO Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of True Blood: The Complete Fifth Season, the latest twelve-episode season of the hit supernatural drama from creator/executive producer Alan Ball. Spread across five Blu-ray discs, the 7-disc set also includes DVD and UltraViolet digital copies of the entire season, and arrives on May 21st.
Official Synopsis: Based on the Sookie Stackhouse novels by Charlaine Harris, True Blood is HBO's sexy, scary, wildly entertaining drama series from Oscar and Emmy-winner Alan Ball (Six Feet Under). In addition to returning cast favorites -- human/faerie waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin), her vampire suitors Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) and Eric Northman (Alexander Skarsgard), soul-searching pal Tara (Rutina Wesley), shape-shifting boss Sam Merlotte (Sam Trammell), rakish brother Jason (Ryan Kwanten), clairvoyant Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and teen-vamp Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) -- Season Five introduces a whole new wave of otherworldly characters.
There's Vampire Guardian Roman (Christopher Meloni), president of the Vampire Authority, who wants co-existence between humans and vampires; vampire zealot Salome (Valentina Cervi), intent on recreating the world in God's vampyric image; Authority Chancellor Nora (Lucy Griffiths), who shares the same maker as Eric; werewolves J.D. and Martha (Louis Herthum and Dale Dickey), who want a reluctant Alcide (Joe Manganiello) to take his rightful place as packmaster; and many more. Mixing romance, suspense, mystery and humor, True Blood Season Five goes deep into the battle between the Vampire Authority and "vampire fundamentalists," a political power play whose outcome could decide not only the fate of Sookie and her Bon Temps friends, but of all human existence.
The Complete Fifth Season features a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track, a DVD copy of the season (on 2 DVD flipper discs), an UltraViolet digital copy, and numerous extras: