'True Blood'

'True Blood" is back this Sunday with its third season.

Are you ready for the vampires, shape shifters and spooky drama that the Louisiana town of Bon Temps has to offer this summer?

"True Blood" mixes up the lives of Bon Temps residents as vampires are integrated into society. The main character, Sookie Stackhouse, played by Anna Paquin, is a waitress with the ability to read the minds of vampires and ordinary people alike.

A friend to vampires, Sookie dates vampire Bill Compton, played by Stephen Moyer. In real life, Paquin and Moyer are engaged.

Not all of the characters of "True Blood" are as vampire-friendly, including Sookie's brother, Jason, who, try as he might, just can't stay out of trouble, and Sookie's best friend, Tara.

The show popped up on my radar in the spring of 2009, when I heard that S.C. native Anna Camp would appear in the show's second season. Camp acted in a movie my brother made in 2007, so I decided to watch the show. While entirely nice in person, Camp's character in "True Blood," Sarah Newlin, was really annoying.

The show earned somewhat of a cult following in its 2009 season. Its first season was pretty tame, as viewers watched Sookie and Bill's romance. But in Season Two the show got juicy.

Season Two introduced a bevy of new characters, from Jessica, the annoying new vamp who Bill gets stuck with, to MaryAnn, the mysterious troublemaker who is dying to destroy the town, it seems.

The drama hit a new level as super vampire Eric's interest in Sookie grew and MaryAnn started to turn the town crazy.

And if that weren't enough drama, the anti-vampire group Fellowship of the Sun and its members became a huge part of Season Two, as the clash between vampires and humans got nasty at times.

It's easy to get sucked into the show. While it's not particularly scary or brilliant, it's incredibly addicting and a total guilty pleasure.

It's entertaining because even though it's ridiculous, it doesn't take itself too seriously. After an episode is over, the show escapes my mind and I don't think about it until the next episode I catch.

The show isn't for everyone. It is on HBO and it isn't what I'd call family friendly. And it is a vampire show.

I'm not into the recent obsession with storylines involving vampires. I am openly anti-"Twilight," and outside of "True Blood," the only other vampire show I can recall enjoying was "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

But, once I got a few episodes into "True Blood," I got hooked.

What's going to happen this season? Will the town get destroyed? Will the humans ban the vampires? Who is Sookie going to end up with?

I wouldn't mind Sookie and Eric being the hot item for Season Three. Partially because I think Eric having more of a story line could be interesting, but mostly because I cannot stand the way Bill drawls out Sookie's name a bazillion times in each episode: "Suuuuuhkey."

Hopefully, the third season's stories will build on last summer's crazy momentum without making the show too ridiculous.