I saw this for the first time last night, it was the last two episodes. I wouldn't have known anything about this show if it wasn't for the number of fans on this site . Will be hoping to read the book soon.
Joining the series near the end meant i was a little confused as to what was going on but i suspected who the murderer was quite early on *smug smile* .
Don't want to upset hardcore fans, but i thought the actress playing Sookie(sp) was pretty poor. I'm not familiar with her. She only has one facial expression and she's not charismatic enough to be a leading character . The rest of the cast were ok, though. If it's repeated i'll watch from the start and give it another go .
As someone else posted, big thumbs up to the title song and the opening title sequence. It's very eye-catching!