You’re probably experiencing a range of emotions following the fifth season finale of True Blood — I’m currently somewhere between confused and exhausted — but fortunately, HollywoodLife.com‘s sister site TVLine is here to ease our every anxiety! The site chatted with Alan Ball, who has officially handed showrunner duties over to co-executive producer Mark Hudis, about how the game-changing finale will affect the residents of Bon Temps as they head into season six.

Here are my five favorite nuggets from TVLine’s lengthy chat:

1. Billith: The only thing Alan can say with certainty about Bill (Stephen Moyer) is that he’s “more ferocious” than ever before. As for anything to do with his character in season six, Alan has the same questions we do: “Is he going to be evil? … Will he be able to revert back to Bill?”

2. Luna’s fate: Though Luna’s (Janina Gavankar) latest skin walk appeared to leave her lifeless on the floor of Authority HQ, Alan suggests we wait before planning her funeral. “We didn’t see her die,” he notes.

3. Hoyt’s (possible) return: He may be off in Alaska for now, but don’t expect Hoyt (Jim Parrack) to stay in the north forever. “I wanted to have the possibility for him to return,” Alan says about his decision to have Hoyt move away, rather than be killed.

4. Where’s Warlow? If you’re anything like me, you were probably annoyed that Warlow wasn’t even mentioned during the season’s final hour, but Alan insists that was done intentionally. “We didn’t want to really define Warlow until the next season,” he explains. When asked if we’ve already encountered that vampire, he simply answered, “No comment.”

5. Pam & Tara’s big kiss: You might want to spend the summer celebrating Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) and Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) big kiss, because Alan says their happiness probably won’t last long. “You have to throw a monkey-wrench into [relationships on this show], because to have people be happy is not that exciting.” (Womp womp.)

OK, let’s talk about Alan’s season six teases: Do you want Bill to be saved, or should be forced to suffer the consequences of his decision? Any theories about Warlow’s true identity? And are you annoyed that there are already problems being planned for Pam and Tara? Drop me a comment with your thoughts!

— Andy Swift

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3. ‘True Blood’ Recap: Sookie & Bill Wage War

Just when I thought I’d seen Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) have sex with vampires in every way imaginable — in a graveyard, on a drug trip, etc. — along came the Sept. 25 episode of Family Guy to present Sookie’s fang-banging in the most unthinkable form yet: animated!

Are you wondering how Sookie ended up in Quahog? Allow me to fill you in:

The Griffins won the lottery on the Family Guy season premiere, so Peter got his buddies Joe and Quagmire to do all sorts of ridiculous stuff for him. In this scene, Peter had Joe watch the entire first season of True Blood on DVD and show him all the parts where you can see Anna Paquin’s breasts. Of course, it wasn’t exactly an uplifting scene for fans of the HBO series. Here’s the exchange:

Peter: No! Anna Paquin boob does not count as real boob! That’s like looking at a 12-year-old boy! You should know that, Joe. … And as for you, Anna, you’re dreadful. And so is the program.
Anna: [Somehow talking to Peter through the TV] I didn’t write it.
Peter: Yeah, but you know the people who do. That Alan Ball — you know him, right?
Anna: Yeah…
Peter: How come everything he writes is so dreary?
Anna: I don’t know.
Peter: Tell him to cheer up! Things ain’t so bad.

Fortunately, the disappointingly un-funny joke took a solid turn when the camera cut to Bruce — my personal favorite — watching the show at home in his True Blood t-shirt.

“This is a weird episode,” Bruce said.

Yes, Bruce. My thoughts exactly…

— Andy Swift

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Stephen is madly in love with Anna, and he says their relationship is based on “trust” both “on and off camera.” Plus, their vampire sex on True Blood is HOT!

Stephen Moyer knew long before the rest of the world that his fiancé and True Blood co-star Anna Paquin was bisexual. “It wasn’t something that was kept from me,” Stephen tells Playboy. “I’ve never been in a relationship before which, literally within the first three days, all the cards were laid out!”

The fact that Anna, 27, said, “I’m Anna Paquin. I’m bisexual, and I give a damn,” in a public service announcement for the True Colors Fund in April doesn’t bother Stephen, 40, in the least bit. “I condone what she has done 100 percent,” he says. “It’s her business to talk about it, not mine. It doesn’t change anything. I’m proud of who she is!”

And the big question: does Stephen worry that Anna may cheat on him with a woman once they’re married? (The couple got engaged in Aug. 2009) Not at all! “We trust each other so implicitly that there’s never anything hurtful,” he says. “She doesn’t pull any punches. It always comes from a loving place. With Anna, it’s just about pure trust, on and off camera. I have never trusted anybody like I trust Anna.”

Stephen fell completely in love when he first met Anna during the negotiations stage of True Blood. “I had returned to London to take a chill after four back-to-back gigs. I told my manager, ‘Don’t send me any more scripts. I’m not interested,’” explains Stephen. “She said, ‘Read just this one for me,’ and three days later I was sitting in [series creator] Alan Ball’s office with Anna, talking about True Blood.”

And after the first season ended, Stephen had to return to London while Anna went back to New York. “It felt as though part of me had been removed when Anna and I were apart,” he confesses.

But, soon enough the couple was back on set filming the crazy “human-on-vampire sex scenes” that True Blood fans can’t get enough of. And, funnily enough, neither can Stephen. “In terms of speed and timing, you may be able to have sex that lasts for days,” Stephen admits of his character vampire Bill Compton’s sex life. “Vampire sex is muscular and physical, so it could be tiring for a human guy to have sex with a female vampire.”

Thank goodness it’s the opposite on the show. Anna plays Sookie Stackhouse, the human love interest of vampire Bill!

— Lindsey DiMattina