The seventh and final season of the adaptation of Charlaine Harris' Southern vampire novels begins with a vampire-human mixer at Bellefleur's, née Merlotte's, in full swing, but a gruesome attack by a band of Hep V-infected bloodsuckers throws Bon Temps into chaos and prompts a wave of spiteful finger-pointing at one of its most well-known residents--Sookie (Anna Paquin). Meanwhile, Jessica (Deborah Ann Woll) tries to convince Andy (Chris Bauer) she's desperate to atone for her past mistakes; Bill (Stephen Moyer) recalls his pre-Civil War life; Jason (Ryan Kwanten) has an awkward reunion with an old friend; Lafayette (Nelsan Ellis) helps Lettie Mae (Adina Porter) resolve her tumultuous relationship with Tara (Rutine Wesley); and Pam (Kristin Bauer Van Straten) searches the globe for Eric (Alexander Skarsgård)--assuming he's still alive!

The second season of creator Ryan Murphy's American Horror Story takes place inside of a bleak mental institution called Briarcliff. Patients tend to disappear physically, emotionally, or both once inside this last stop for the criminally insane (and in many instances, criminally unlucky), for in addition to the sadistic ministrations of administrator Sister Jude and the threat of a serial killer known as "Bloody Face", lurks an otherworldly evil that may be the cruelest force of all.