Main character is the operative capabilities of telepathic 25-year old waitress Sookie Stackhouse who falls in love, regardless of social barriers in a vampire, William Thomas "Bill" Compton.
The vampire image is based on the usual literary sources. May not stop vampires in the sunlight, or even enter houses mortal only when prompted. They die when they rammed a wooden stake through the heart. You can influence the will of people. Among the properties that are different from the traditional stereotypes, is weakened by the injury or silver, which is more like werewolves imputed as properties. Also, the vampires of the series bear the sight of a Christian cross, left, the smell of garlic bothers them only as people to disturb them, and their reflection in the mirror is also available. Their blood taken effect, an almost immediate healing - and leads to a connection between the vampire and man, which allows the vampire to locate any people.
The fate of the vampires in the series is geared to the gay and lesbian movement in the U.S. and its terminology: In the opening credits the camera zooms past a church, are before the words 'God Hates Fangs' (God hates fangs struck). The Westboro Baptist Church is known for the slogan 'God Hates Fags'.
