"True Blood" Adds Four New Characters

HBO's "True Blood" is adding some fresh blood for next season.

Guest stars Mehcad Brooks, Todd Lowe, Deborah Ann Woll and Michelle Forbes have been upped to regulars for the show's recently ordered second season. All will appear in the first-season finale later this fall.

The season closer of Alan Ball's vampire drama will mark Brooks' first showing as Benedict "Eggs" Talley, a mellow, guitar-strumming refugee from a hard life.

"Gilmore Girls" alum Lowe debuted his character Terry Bellefleur in Episode 2.

Woll plays Jessica, while Forbes ("In Treatment") plays Maryann.

Brooks, best known for ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and the film "In the Valley of Elah," is repped by Innovative and Mosaic. [x]

More characters?! I can't wait! I love this show. It has quickly become one of my TV obsessions. I'm about to watch the sixth episode, which aired earlier tonight. Check out the promo trailer below.

Episode: Cold Ground
Synopsis: Numbed by tragedy, Sookie looks for refuge from the cacophony of her friends’ and neighbors’ inner voices. After lashing out at his sister and decking Andy, Jason wrestles with withdrawal symptoms from his V juice habit. Tara resists the overtures of her mother Lettie Mae (Adina Porter), who’s trying to rid herself of a demon and needs her daughter’s help. Sam and Tara make a connection in their mutual search for “something real.”