We’ve gotten a few clips and promos from the upcoming sixth season of True Blood, all of which reveal dark times ahead for the citizens of Bon Temps, but one character has remained conspicuously absent from all footage: Luna! When last we saw Sam’s oft-undressed lady friend, she was accidentally skin-walking on national television — and Janina Gavankar recently told HollywoodLife.com there will be hell to pay when the show returns June 16.

“She just outed everyone in the shifter community, so now the world knows there’s more than one supernatural creature on this earth,” Janina explained. “Holy. F**k. Imagine being a human watching that. As it is, you have to deal with the idea of there being vampires. This is potentially bad for every shifter on the planet.”

Janina teased that the shifters will experience in season six what vampires had to deal with prior to the series premiere.

“You remember when they ‘came out of the coffin?’” she recalled. “It’s like restarting the series all over again for that supernatural group.”

Sam Trammell Reduced Janina Gavankar To Tears On Set

While Janina couldn’t tell me exactly what goes down between Sam and Luna in season six, she was more than happy to cryptically share a recent on-set experience she shared with Sam Trammell:

I wasn’t even in the shot with him — I was off to the side, like 100 feet away — and the stuff I could hear him doing was making me lose my mind. I was in a warm up tent 100 feet away, and I was crying. True Blood is A-game all day long. I have nothing but major love for him. I go so lucky that I got paired up with him. He’s tremendous.

Darker material for Sam? Count us in!

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HollywoodLifers, what do you hope to see from Sam and Luna in season six? Drop a comment with your theories and predictions!

— Andy Swift
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I’ve been patiently waiting for True Blood‘s Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) and Sookie (Anna Paquin) to get nasty for three seasons, but after the past three weeks, I think I’m ready to see them put their clothes back on. After exchanging blood, the couple spent most of the Aug. 14 episode having drug-induced sex in a Narnia-style fantasy. “Can we make love in it?” Eric asked upon seeing a bed. Try and guess Sookie’s answer.

After a few scenes of Sookie and Eric discovering, and professing, that “all is possible,” they snapped out of their trance — and s**t got real. They joined Bill (Stephen Moyer) for his confrontation with Marnie (Fiona Shaw), and an all-out battle between the vampires and the witches erupted in the middle of the graveyard.

In the middle of all the craziness, Bill kept Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) from literally ripping Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) face off — bummer! — but only before taking some hard silver to the face and going down. Eric was taken down too, by Marnie herself, leaving poor Sookie defenseless. Naturally, she got shot and bled out in the middle of the graveyard. Good thing Alcide (Joe Manganiello) had been creepily stalking Sookie from a distance and was able to take her to safety. Or to bed. You can never tell where it’s heading with these guys.

Oh, Jessica (Deborah Ann woll) is safe too, by the way. Jason (Ryan Kwanten) made it to Bill’s house in time and kept her out of the sun, for which she thanked him with a bloody-faced kiss. So as you can imagine, the Jason-Jessica-Hoyt love triangle got a whole lot pointier this week.

After dreaming about literally killing Hoyt (Jim Parrack) to put him out of his misery, Jessica finally got the courage to dump him for real — and his reaction was a lot more intense than she predicted. A whole lot of “you’re a bitch” and “you’re dead” and “you’re a virgin for eternity, and that sucks” was thrown around, and Jessica ended up the one crying outside.

But did her new blood-buddy Jason welcome her with open arms? Not exactly. He knows he has feelings for her, but since he’s Hoyt’s best friend and he’s the noblest man alive, he uninvited Jessica from his house — and she ended up on the doorstep. Again.

Sam (Sam Trammell) dealt with a little relationship trouble of his own this week when he finally came face-to-face with Luna’s (Janina Gavankar) ex-husband, who — wait for it — also happens to be the Shreveport packmaster who’s been trying to get Alcide to join up! So we know that he’s crazy, and that can’t be good for anybody.

Meanwhile, Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) had another run-in with his singing ghost friend this week and we learned a lot more about her. It turns out she’s pretty possessive. Like, literally possessive, and now her spirit is living inside Bon Temps’ favorite flamboyant fry cook. Worse still, her vengeful spirit is determined to get back the baby she lost when her secret white lover killed it, then killed her.

So Lafayette did what any man possessed by a crazy ghost would do: He headed for the Bellefleuer mansion and kidnapped baby Mikey — and a gun. (Spoiler alert: Nelsan Ellis gives an incredible performance in next week’s episode.)

— Andy Swift

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Sam and his partner Missy have an instant family of four after the actress gave birth to baby boys on Tuesday (Aug 9).

We’re told the birth went smoothly, and Sam Trammell and Missy Yager are now the proud parents of healthy twin boys!

“The couple is very happy that everything went smoothly,” a source tells Life & Style.

There’s no word on baby names yet.

Sam — who plays shape-shifter Sam Merlotte in True Blood – met Missy eight years ago, when they were both working in New York theater.

If you recognize Missy, it’s because she’s been in a string of TV shows including Mad Men and Boston Public.

Congratulations to the new parents — we can’t wait to meet the twins!

– Ian Garland

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The love square that is Sookie Stackhouse’s life got a little more complicated — and awkward — on the Aug. 8 episode of True Blood when Alcide (Joe Manganiello) walked in on Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) plowing Sookie (Anna Paquin) in the woods. Sookie and Eric eventually returned home, where they proceeded to deliver what can only be described as soft-core porn.

But Sookie’s love life didn’t nearly take as big a hit as the vampires of Bon Temps. Marnie (Fiona Shaw), or should I say “Antonia,” rallied her witches together to perform a spell that would make all vampires want to walk into the sun. To prevent this insane disaster from occurring, King Bill (Stephen Moyer) ordered all vampires — at least the ones in Bon Temps, anyway — to be tied down with silver chains and kept indoors.

This worked for most of our fanged friends — the scene with Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) struggling to get out of her coffin while Ginger (Tara Buck) rode it like a washing machine was pretty spectacular — but it didn’t go so smoothly for Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll), who broke free from her chains and began her escape into the sun.

Fortunately, Jessica’s blood-buddy Jason (Ryan Kwanten) is on the way to save her, though HBO did wisely leave all traces of the redhead out of the preview for next week’s episode.

Now let’s back to Pam for a minute. Of all the things that have ever trended on Twitter, why wasn’t “Poor Pam” a worldwide issue tonight? Dr. Ludwig — welcome back, by the way — spent the hour performing crazy painful procedures on her, just to remove her rotting skin. Sadly, though, there’s still no way to reverse the rotting itself without a witch.

Speaking of witches — eh, sort of — both Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) and Baby Mikey are now going all Sixth Sense and seeing the same ghost. A ghost that likes to sing really creepy songs in foreign languages.

Meanwhile, Sam (Sam Trammell) dealt with more family drama this week, as he put two-and-two together and found out Tommy (Marshall Allman) slept with Luna (Janina Gavankar) after shifting into him. He predictably kicked Tommy out of his house, but am I the only one who thinks he should’ve just killed him? Tommy goes quietly, and you definitely don’t want a skin-walker to be holding any grudges.

— Andy Swift

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The moment we’ve been waiting for all season — well, really for the past three seasons — finally happened on the July 24 episode of True Blood: Sookie (Anna Paquin) finally kissed Eric (Alexander Skarsgard)! It wasn’t a dream, she wasn’t being glamoured, and no one was in any danger of being killed. She did it because she wanted to do it, and I couldn’t be happier.

But that beautiful scene didn’t go down until the very end of the episode, so let’s backtrack a bit.

King Bill (Stephen Moyer) got super tired of putting up with Marnie’s sh*t, so he had her kidnapped and brought to his little vampire prison. He soon learned that Marnie (Fiona Shaw) had no idea how she cast her spells on Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) and Eric, and that she was actually channeling a powerful Spanish witch from the past. This troubled King Bill, so he called the remaining four Louisiana vampire sheriffs together to figure out a game plan.

Also in need of a new game plan is Sam (Sam Trammell) and Tommy (Marshall Allman.) When his visit with his parents turned sour, Tommy went a little bananas and killed them both. Sam helped him dump the bodies in a nearby swamp, but there’s a much bigger issue at hand now: Now that Tommy, a shifter, killed a member of his family, will he become a “skin walker” like Luna (Janina Gavankar)? And even worse, will that shared ability bond them and pull her away from Sam?

Elsewhere, Hoyt (Jim Parrack) and Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) brought Jason (Ryan Kwanten) back to Bon Temps safe and sound — but new problems arose when Jessica’s blood started to mess with Jason’s mind. Cue an awkward dream in which Jason and Jessica were having sex, with Hoyt sitting next to them. I’m not going to lie, it was kind of hot for a second — but then Hoyt and Jessica suddenly switched places. And it got hilarious.

Speaking of hilarious things, Pastor Daniels and Tara’s (Rutina Wesley) whore mother went over to Arlene’s (Carrie Preston) house to expel whatever evil was messing with their baby. But apparently that crazy whore’s tambourine shaking was all in vain, because a book of matches suddenly caught on fire at the end of the episode! A lot of people are hating on this story line — I’ve heard the words “stupid” and “ridiculous” used — but I’m loving it. I have a feeling it’ll end up tying in nicely with the witches. Plus, evil or not, that baby is freakin’ adorable.

Meanwhile, Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) and Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) took a little road trip down to Mexico this week to visit Jesus’ “brujo” uncle. He’s the one who first gave Jesus his powers, and they’re hoping he’ll be able to help them fight off the vampires. Side note: Am I the only who thinks Jesus is getting in a little over his head, picking a fight with Eric? Dude’s totally gonna die this season, I’m calling it now.

OK, now let’s get back to Eric and Sookie! Pam let it slip that Sookie is hiding him, which sent King Bill into a crazy jealous rage. Based on the previews of next week’s episode, we know Bill and Eric are going to have a violent run-in… but I’m just hoping he actually walks in on Sookie and Eric doing the nasty! I’ve always been open about my disdain for Bill — even though Stephen does an incredible job portraying him — and seeing Sookie with Eric would really stick it to him!

What do you guys think? Was Sookie and Eric’s first real kiss everything you hoped it would be? Will Jason try to hook up with Jessica for realz? And when will Tara’s mom finally release her debut album of tambourine classics?

— Andy Swift

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Sookie (Anna Paquin) and Eric (Alexander Skarsgard) continued playing the world’s most awkward game of “house” ever on the July 3 episode of True Blood, and I’m really starting to wonder what’s wrong with Sookie. A rich, hot, powerful vampire is throwing himself at her, and she won’t even give him a chance? This girl needs to get her head examined!

Speaking of heads, Sookie is about to have a whole new pile of Eric troubles after his encounter with the witches this week. Bill (Stephen Moyer) sent Eric to break up Marnie’s (Fiona Shaw) coven, and just as his plan seemed to be going smoothly, Marnie whipped out her most terrifying spell yet. Channeling all sorts of freaky spirits, Marnie put a curse on the Nordic Wonder and totally wiped out his memory! (Side note: Can we just give Fiona Shaw an Emmy and call it a day? I know she’s only been around for two weeks now, but she consistently blows me away with her incredible performances.)

Speaking of people getting screwed over, we finally learned how Bill became the King of Louisianna this week, giving us yet another reason to hate him. We all knew he didn’t stand a chance against Queen Sophie-Anne (Evan Rachel Wood) when he challenged her alone on last season’s finale, but what we didn’t know is that he wasn’t alone! Bill had worked out a secret deal with Nan Flanagan (Jessica Tuck) to assassinate the queen and allow Bill to usurp her throne. I guess Bill’s anti-killing philosophy plays better to the vampire’s public image in a post-Russell Edgington world.

Meanwhile, Sam (Sam Trammell) was having more fun with his shifter friends this week, particularly an olive-skinned beauty named Luna (Janina Gavankar.) But it turns out Luna is no ordinary shifter: The Navajo tribe she was raised by believes her to be a “skin-walker,” one who can shift into ANY animal — including another human! She regailed her shifter friends with the story of how she once shifted into her mother, who died giving birth to her. Apparently the skin-walker’s powers are awakened when they kill a member of their own family, which in Luna’s case, was her mother.

I understand that nudity is an important part of True Blood, but I wish the characters would remain clothed for the more crucial scenes. I’ll be blunt: It’s hard to pay attention to important dialogue when the speaker’s boobs take up half the screen.

Tara (Rutina Wesley) returned to Bon Temps this week, if only to serve as a reminder of just how ridiculous things have gotten. (“Seriously? You’re Wiccan now?” she asked Lafayette.) After everything Tara’s been through over the past three seasons, I never expected her to become the voice of reason.

But no character was in a worse position this week than Jason (Ryan Kwanten), who’s been tied up to a bed by the freakish inbred residents of Hotshot. And to make matters even worse, Felton (James Harvey Ward) and Crystal (Lindsay Pulsipher) are turning Jason into a were-panther so he can get Crystal pregnant! And to think, he was only trying to help…

OK, now it’s time for your thoughts: Do you think Sookie should just suck it up and be with Eric? Do you hate Bill even more, knowing what he did to become king? And what the hell is up with Arlene’s baby? Drop a comment and tell us what’s on your mind!

— Andy Swift

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The show’s resident shape-shifter is ready for his family to double!

Sam Trammell is going to be a proud father!

The True Blood hunk, 40, and his girlfriend Missy Yager are preparing for twins, his representative tells People.

“The couple is thrilled and excited,” says the rep says.

The pair has been an item for eight years, and have thrived since Sam’s career has taken off playing Sam Merlotte in True Blood. Missy has appeared on critically-acclaimed shows such as Mad Men and Childrens’ Hospital.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Plus, the 12 most jaw-dropping moments that made this finale one of the best True Blood episodes EVER!

It was a night of major revelations and bloody good twists on the Sept. 12 season finale of HBO’s True Blood, and at the risk of sounding totally cliché, nothing will EVER be the same for the residents of Bon Temps! We’ve put together the 12 moments that kept our jaws on the floor throughout the hour — let us know which moments shocked YOU!

1. Sookie (Anna Paquin) poured Talbot’s (Theo Alexander) bloody remains down the drain, laughing meniaclly while a sun-charred Russell (Denis O’Hare) screamed in agony. Seriously, this was a totally new dark side of Sookie we’ve never seen before!
2. Crystal Norris’ (Lindsay Pulsipher) brother Felton (James Harvey) shot their dad Calvin (Gregory Sporleder) in the face — and killed him!
3. Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) started having visions: He saw Rene (Michael Raymond-James) choking Arlene (Carrie Preston) and Sam (Sam Trammell) with blood on his hands!
4. Sam finally told Tara (Rutina Wesley) that he’s a shape shifter!
5. Jesus (Kevin Alejandro) admitted to Lafayette that he’s a witch! Even better was Lafayette’s reaction: “You’re a witch… who’s a nurse… who’s a dude?”
6. Tara cut her hair in an act of total defiance. But instead of looking like a mess, it came out voluminous and CA-RAZY!
7. Bill (Stephen Moyer) tried to kill Eric (Alexander Skarsard) by burying him alive in cement!
8. Hoyt (Jim Parrack) proposed to Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll)!
9. Eric finally blew the lid off Bill’s big cover-up! As it turns out, Bill originally seduced Sookie and tricked her into drinking his blood so he could lure her back to the Queen (Evan Rachel Wood!) She wanted to feed on Sookie’s fairy blood!
10. Sam shot Tommy (Marshall Allman!) Was it a hit?
11. Sookie rescinded her invitations to Bill and Eric, banishing them both from her house! To add salt to the wounds, Sookie also called Eric a “f*****g dead piece of s**t.” OUCH!
12. The final shocker: Sookie reunited with her fairy brethren (including Lara Pulver‘s Claudine) and disappeared in a flash of light! Where did she go?

So many ridiculous moments in one hour! Which one shocked YOU the most?