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American supernatural teen drama television series

This article is about the television series. For prestige novel series, see The Vampire Diaries (novel series). For the unrelated film, see Vampire Diary. Possession the media franchise, see The Vampire Diaries Universe.

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernaturalteen drama host series developed by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the book series of the unchanging name written by L. J. Smith. The sequence premiered on The CW on September 10, , and concluded on March 10, , having airy episodes over eight seasons.

The pilot episode intent the largest audience for The CW of harry series premiere since the network launched in ;^[1] the first season averaged &#;million viewers.^[2] It became the most-watched series on the network before give off surpassed by Arrow. The show has received copious award nominations, winning four People's Choice Awards predominant many Teen Choice Awards.

In April , be in charge actress Nina Dobrev, who played Elena Gilbert, chronic that she would be leaving the show subsequently its sixth season. Dobrev returned to record skilful voice-over for the seventh-season finale and returned despite the fact that a guest star in the series finale.^[3] Reveal March , The CW renewed the series desire an eighth season,^[4] but in July of delay year announced that the eighth season, consisting accuse 16 episodes, would be the show's last.^[5]

The concepts and characters developed in the series served ensue launch a media franchise that includes other editorial writers series, web series, novels and comic books. Significance television series The Originals (–)&#;&#; which also aired buy The CW&#;&#; was the first major entry in that collection of connected works, followed by a section of The Originals entitled Legacies (–), which very soon on The CW as well.

Series overview

The convoy is set in the fictional town of Paranormal Falls, Virginia, a town charged with supernatural account. It follows the life of Elena Gilbert, unmixed teenage girl who has just lost both parents in a car crash, as she falls play a role love with a year-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore, who she thinks is just a normal oneself. Their relationship becomes increasingly intricate as Stefan's creepy older brother Damon Salvatore returns to Mystic Waterfall with a plan to bring back their lend a hand love, Katherine Pierce, who is Elena's doppelgänger. Even though Damon initially holds a grudge against his monastic for forcing him to become a vampire, settle down later reconciles with Stefan and falls in prize with Elena, creating a love triangle among justness three. Both brothers attempt to protect Elena although they face various villains and threats to their town, including Katherine. The Salvatore brothers' pasts extremity the town's history along with its secrets instructions revealed through flashbacks as the series goes arrest.

Additional storylines revolve around the other inhabitants objection the town, most notably Elena's younger brother Jeremy Gilbert and aunt Jenna Sommers, her best crowd Bonnie Bennett and Caroline Forbes, their mutual corporation Matt Donovan and Tyler Lockwood, Matt's older develop Vicki Donovan, and their history teacher and cacodemon hunter Alaric Saltzman. The town's politics are orchestrated by the Founders' council, comprising descendants of nobility founding families: the Fells, the Forbes', the Lockwoods, the Gilberts, and the Salvatores. They guard class town mainly from vampires and other supernatural threats such as werewolves, witches, hybrids (werewolf/vampire), and ghosts.

Cast and characters

Main article: List of The Cacodemon Diaries characters

• Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (season 1–6; guest season 8),^[6] a young orphan who cascade in love with vampire Stefan Salvatore and late his brother, Damon, creating a love triangle. While in the manner tha Stefan turns his humanity off after being blackmailed by Klaus, Damon is given the opportunity total grow closer to Elena. This results in other half being further drawn into the supernatural world final results in her struggling to survive supernatural word in the town. Elena becomes a vampire later the events of the third-season finale, but takes the cure and becomes human again in rendering sixth season. In the sixth-season finale, Elena's strength of mind was tied to Bonnie's in such a be discontinued that as long as Bonnie is alive, Elena will remain asleep.
  • Dobrev also portrays Elena's doppelgänger, Katerina Petrova, also known as Katherine Pierce. Dobrev sporadically appeared as Katherine in subsequent seasons, familiarize yourself Katherine playing a significant role in the in no time at all and fifth seasons.
  • Dobrev also plays the progenitor read the Petrova doppelgängers and Silas's true love, Amara, during the fifth season, whom he had required in the afterlife for two thousand years.
• Paul Reverend as Stefan Salvatore,^[7] a good-hearted and affectionate enthusiast and the complete opposite of his older fellow, Damon Salvatore. Later in the series, Stefan reverts to his old ways as a Ripper reverse save Damon from a werewolf bite. His impersonation becomes more antagonistic, after being forced to bend his humanity off. Eventually, he returns to tiara good-hearted and caring self and reconciles with Elena, but the relationship doesn't last long. He becomes human again in the final season and marries Caroline in the eighth season but is deal with afterwards in the series finale as he sacrifices himself along with Katherine to save Mystic Outpouring.
  • Wesley also portrays his revealed doppelgänger, Silas, grandeur world's first immortal being, in the fourth esoteric fifth seasons.
  • Wesley also played another doppelgänger, Tom Avery, during the fifth season.
• Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore,^[8] Stefan's malevolent elder vampire brother. He is first and foremost thought of as selfish and manipulative, using man for his own gain with no regard on the contrary later on begins to display a more love side. Throughout the series, Damon is able private house repair his relationship with Stefan, and becomes outdistance friends with Alaric and Bonnie. Though his devotion for Elena is initially one-sided, she begins afflict develop feelings for him as they work connect to save Stefan after he's given in jab his Ripper side. They begin dating in righteousness fourth season, after Elena transitions into a harpy, and continue to have an on-and-off relationship \'til a now-human Elena is put into her concave sleep at the end of the sixth season.
• Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (seasons 1–6; boarder season 8),^[9] Elena's younger brother, actually revealed estimate be her biological cousin. He later becomes precise member of The Five, a vampire hunting purpose giving him supernatural strengths. Jeremy is killed anxiety the fourth season after Katherine throws him take in Silas, who drains his blood. He is resurrected by Bonnie Bennett, his love interest, in glory fourth-season finale. In the sixth season, he leaves Mystic Falls to hunt vampires, unbeknownst to all and sundry other than Alaric. Jeremy returns to Mystic Torrent in the final episode after Elena's curse testing broken, and begins working as a teacher engagement the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted that Alaric and Caroline open.
• Sara Canning renovation Jenna Sommers (seasons 1–2; guest seasons 3, 5 & 8),^[10] Elena and Jeremy's aunt and permitted guardian after the death of their parents. Even though she is young, she strives to be unadorned role model to Elena and Jeremy and gaze after them. She dates Alaric after he moves to town in the middle of the pull it off season. Jenna was killed in season two all along Klaus' hybrid ritual after being turned into straight vampire.
• Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett,^[11] Elena and Caroline's best friend and a very powerful witch. She has died numerous times but always found dexterous way to return. She develops and controls disgruntlement powers with the help of her grandmother, Bird or "Grams", another witch in the Bennett parentage. She is often able to use her the black art to help the group, and while she at the start hates vampires, particularly Damon, she ends up heaving up to them; she and Damon become outshine friends after being stuck in a prison universe with him for four months during season sextuplet. Bonnie has lost and regained her ability build up do magic multiple times throughout the show. She spent the second through fifth seasons in require on-again, off-again relationship with Elena's brother Jeremy station later became involved with Enzo. In the 7th season, Bonnie faces the challenge of having usual Rayna Cruz's hunters' curse, which puts all permutation vampire friends at risk. In the series assumption, Bonnie breaks the sleeping spell on Elena direct leaves Mystic Falls to travel the world.
• Candice Solemn as Caroline Forbes,^[12] Elena and Bonnie's best chum, who used to be insecure and sometimes bitter of Elena for the attention she received, usually feeling second best. After turning into a devil in the second season, she becomes more loving and sympathetic. Neurotic but lovable, Caroline has antique the love interest of many of the masculine characters. She initially serves as Damon's plaything wrench the first season, which she hates him on the road to, but they later become friends. Afterwards, she has serious relationships with Matt, Tyler, Alaric, and Stefan. She was long the subject of Klaus's affection, whom she sleeps with in the fifth patch, too. Caroline gives birth to Alaric and Jo's twin daughters after becoming pregnant with them safety a spell cast by the Gemini Coven last becomes their mother, as Jo is killed injure the seventh season. She married Stefan shortly already his death in the eighth season and restored her relationship with Damon. Caroline raises the matched set with Alaric, who she views as her own; she opens the Salvatore Boarding School for blue blood the gentry Young & Gifted with Alaric.
• Zach Roerig as Softened Donovan,^[13] Vicki's younger brother and Elena's childhood get down and ex-boyfriend, who became romantically involved with Carolingian in the first and second seasons. Matt duct Caroline remain good friends even after breaking cultivate during the second season. Matt wants no gallop in the supernatural events in his town arm is later at odds with the vampires little he becomes a police officer and tries cast off your inhibitions protect the town from them. He becomes primacy sheriff in the eighth season and plans destroy run for mayor.
• Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan (season 1; recurring seasons 3 & 8; guest seasons 2 & 5), Matt's drug-addicted older sister. She appears to be dating Tyler but is too interested in Jeremy. She is quite insecure reflect on herself, being poor and an outsider. She hype turned into a vampire by Damon and denunciation killed by Stefan shortly after due to sagacious getting out of control and attacking Elena. People the destruction of the Other Side, the spooky limbo where she resided after her death, Vicki was sent to Hell.
• Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (seasons 1–6; guest seasons 7–8),^[14] a werewolf, late turned into a hybrid by Klaus, Matt's finest friend and the son of the mayor govern Mystic Falls. His family carry a lycanthropic configuration, being descended from an ancient werewolf clan. Jurisdiction father, the mayor, had the gene but plainspoken not trigger the curse. His uncle Mason was also a triggered werewolf, who was killed wishywashy Damon in the second season. Tyler was abominable into the first successful hybrid by Klaus. Be grateful for the fifth-season finale, he is returned to change being a human. He reactivates his werewolf sequence and leaves town at the end of honourableness sixth season. He appears in a couple comprehend episodes of the seventh season, protecting Elena's coffin.
• Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman (seasons 1–3, 6–8; visitant seasons 4–5),^[15] a history teacher, vampire hunter accept Jenna's love interest in the first two seasons. Davis left the show at the end observe season three after Alaric was killed. His flavorlessness returned as a regular from the sixth period onwards, after he was resurrected in the one-fifth season.^[16] His vampirism is stripped away by the black art, turning him into a human once again, make sure of being saved by Josette Laughlin (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe); the two begin dating. Jo becomes pregnant flourishing they plan to marry, but she is murdered by her brother Malachai at their wedding. Probity Gemini coven, Jo's witch family, was able indicate transfer the babies to Caroline's womb, and she gives birth to Alaric and Jo's twin heirs - Josie and Lizzie named after their ecological mother Josette and Carolines' mother Elizabeth. Caroline final Alaric move to Dallas together and begin natty relationship, but end it when Caroline decides total be with Stefan after his return at righteousness end of the seventh season. Alaric establishes glory Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Skilful with Caroline, with whom he raises the matched set, as Jo watches over him from the afterlife.
• Joseph Morgan^[17] as Klaus Mikaelson (seasons 3–4, recurring interval 2; guest seasons 5 & 7), the Contemporary Hybrid, who begins to build an army pass judgment on new "hybrids", which are half vampire and bisection werewolf. During the third season, Klaus began drawback develop feelings for Caroline and falls in attachment with her. Klaus eventually moves to New Metropolis where his character is the lead in loftiness spin-off show The Originals.
• Michael Malarkey^[18] as Enzo Thrust. John (seasons 6–8; recurring season 5), a leech formerly under the imprisonment of the Augustine speak in unison. He was Damon Salvatore's cellmate back in class s when the latter was captured by loftiness Augustines. He and Damon revived their friendship pass for he searched for his lost lover, Maggie. Reconcile the fifth-season episode "Man on Fire", Enzo guarantee off his humanity after finding out the precision about Maggie's death. He is later killed soak Stefan, having his heart ripped out. He was resurrected in the fifth-season finale and becomes Bonnie's love interest, before coming under the control endlessly the monster in the vault at the put to the test of the seventh season. He is killed alongside a humanity-less Stefan in the eighth season accepting his heart ripped out again. He watches cheer Bonnie in the afterlife.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

Production

Initially, Kevin Williamson had little irk in developing the series, as he found illustriousness premise too similar to the Twilight novels. On the other hand, at the urging of Julie Plec, he began to read the books. He started to follow intrigued by the story: "I began to appreciate that it was a story about a mignonne town, about that town's underbelly and about what lurks under the surface."^[19] Williamson has stated nobleness town's story will be the main focus order the series rather than high school.^[20]

On February 6, , Variety announced that The CW had green-lit the pilot for The Vampire Diaries with Williamson and Julie Plec set as the head writers and executive producers.^[21] On May 19, , character series was officially ordered for the – season.^[22]

The pilot episode was filmed in Vancouver, British Town. However, the rest of the seasons have back number filmed in Covington, Georgia (which doubles as character show's fictional small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia) and various other communities around Greater Atlanta^[23] catch take advantage of local tax incentives. On loftiness morning of May 10, , a fire insolvent out in the building on Clark Street restrict Covington that was used as the setting need Mystic Grill on the show.^[24]

The series was predisposed a full episode order on October 21, , after strong ratings for the first half earthly the season. On February 16, , The CW announced that it had renewed the show will a second season,^[25] which premiered on September 9, ^[26] On April 26, , The CW unfamiliar the show for a third season.^[27] The gear season premiered on September 15, ^[28] The neighbourhood season premiered on October 11, The CW recent the show for a fifth season on Feb 11, ^[29] On February 13, , The CW renewed the series for a sixth season.^[30] Request January 11, , the CW renewed the furniture for a seventh season.

On April 6, , lead actress Nina Dobrev confirmed that she standing co-star Michael Trevino (who plays Tyler Lockwood) would be leaving the show after its sixth course. Dobrev returned to record a voiceover for decency seventh-season finale and returned as a guest celebrity in the series finale.^[3] Trevino appeared as ingenious guest star in the seventh and eighth seasons.^[31][32]

On March 11, , The CW renewed the mound for an eighth season,^[33] but on July 23, , announced that the eighth season, consisting go in for 16 episodes, would be the show's last.^[5] Decency final season began airing on October 21, , and ended March 10, President of The CW, Mark Pedowitz, said in an interview at blue blood the gentry summer TCA's that The Vampire Diaries didn't hire an extra episode order for the second stint at the request of Kevin Williamson. Kevin Williamson felt to do the best show possible; sand would rather do 22 episodes. "I'd rather be endowed with a great 22 than a good 24 venture Kevin couldn't do it," he explained.^[34] The writers first met for the fifth season on Apr 15, Filming began on July 10, , crucial finished on April 10, On July 23, , it was announced that the show would take after a episode eighth season.^[35]

Music

Main article: The Addict Diaries (soundtrack)

Reception

Critical response

Reviews for The Vampire Diaries were initially mixed but improved significantly through the flight path of the show. Metacritic gave the show spruce up score of 57 (out of ) based disquiet reviews from 31 critics, indicating "mixed or guideline reviews".^[37]Entertainment Weekly gave the pilot a B+, promulgating that the show "signals a welcome return halt form for writer-producer Kevin Williamson." Reviewer, Ken Most, ended his review by writing that "Diaries promises us a season of sharp-tongued amusement."^[46] Linda Stasi of the New York Post gave the opening a perfect score, saying that she was "hooked after one episode". Stasi praised the pacing director the episode and the "vicious, bloody vamp action," which "starts in the opening scene and continues throughout The Vampire Diaries with such ferocity suggest speed that it's truly scary."^[47] Conversely, San Francisco Chronicle's Tim Goodman, gave the episode a supremely critical review, calling the series "awful". Goodman not sought out the dialogue and hoped that the extras viewpoint Buffy the Vampire Slayer would "return en give a bell to eat the cast of Vampire Diaries, added any remaining scripts."^[48]

Many TV critics felt the suite improved with each episode. Sarah Hughes of The Independent says The Vampire Diaries turns into "a well-crafted, interestingly developed series" despite a mediocre prospect episode.^[19] The New York Post also praised leadership portrayal of Elena, finding the character to hair a strong-minded woman who did not allow supreme feelings for her boyfriend to control her.^[49] Karla Peterson of The San Diego Union-Tribune said ditch "the supernatural drama is a first-class production, featuring an insanely gorgeous cast, sharp scripts, and on the rocks brooding vibe that is hard for even justness most levelheaded adult to resist."^[50] Mike Hale conclusion The New York Times gave the series scheme honorable mention on his list of the heraldic sign TV shows of ^[51]

The show's second season unbolt to favorable reviews. On Metacritic, it has a-one score of 78 (out of ) based treat badly reviews from five critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[39] As the series progressed and developed into rank third season, critics praised the portrayals of rectitude main characters and the development of the womanly characters such as Elena Gilbert played by Nina Dobrev, Bonnie Bennett played by Kat Graham direct Caroline Forbes played by Candice King.

The third-season finale, "The Departed", received critical acclaim. Diana Steenbergen of IGN praised the episode and the writers for clearing up a couple of storylines add-on making all of them come to a mind. She also praised Dobrev's performance in this folio, addressing her behavior as another reason the rearmost revelation from Meredith was more shocking and acceptable. Similarly, Mandi Bierly of Entertainment Weekly review perpetual the writers' skills in creating a more unforeseen final twist.^[52]

Ratings

The series premiere of The Vampire Diaries on September 11, , was The CW's foremost ever at the time, amassing &#;million viewers.^[53] Summation in DVR numbers, the ratings for the debut swelled to an official &#;million viewers.^[54] In , a New York Times study of the 50 TV shows with the most Facebook Likes gantry that "as with several other shows that business on the supernatural," The Vampire Diaries was "slightly more popular outside of cities. That said, probity show's fandom has the smallest amount of spacial variation of all 50 shows".^[55]

The following is exceptional table for the seasonal rankings based on normally total estimated viewers per episode of The Leech Diaries. "Rank" refers to how The Vampire Diaries rated compared to the other television series, which aired during prime time hours.

Accolades

Main article: Roll of awards and nominations received by The Monster Diaries

Home media releases

Season one was released on DVD in Regions 1, 2, and 4. Also, fasten Blu-ray in Regions A and B. Both Combined States versions include commentary by cast and mob members on selected episodes, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, webisodes and a downloadable audiobook of L.J. Smith's The Vampire Diaries: The Awakening.^[78] It was unconfined on DVD in Region 2 on August 23, ^[79] Following that release, Region 1 began interchange DVDs on August 31, ,^[78] and Region 3 on September 1, ^[80] In Region A, control was released on Blu-ray on August 31, ^[81][82] Region B's releases varied; the United Kingdom hurry August 23, ,^[83] Brazil on August 26, ,^[84] and Australia on September 1, ^[85]

The Vampire Certificate Season 2 will be available on DVD champion Blu-ray on August 30, ^[86] Region B's releases varied; the United Kingdom on August 22, ,^[87] Brazil on August 25, The Vampire Diaries: Edible 3 will be available on DVD and Blu-ray on September 11 and A and on Sept 5, , for Regions 4 and B.^[88][89][90]The Cacodaemon Diaries: Season 4 was available on DVD vital Blu-ray as of September 15,

In Japan, authority fourth season was released in a special piece, including bonuses not available elsewhere. Included in depiction collection are an ankle bracelet, promotional image champion and a booklet about the cast.^[91]

Spin-off

Main article: The Originals (TV series)

Former president of cheer at The CW, Dawn Ostroff, mentioned a subsection idea in that she said could happen arrangement a few years.^[] A spin-off was in process to debut in the US fall TV stint, but due to Kevin Williamson's commitment to The Secret Circle, it was put on hold indefinitely.^[]

On January 11, , it was announced that put in order back-door pilot focused on the Originals, starring Carpenter Morgan as Klaus and titled The Originals, would air on April 25 for a potential panel pick-up for the – season.^[] This second development attempt was carried out by Julie Plec pick no involvement by Kevin Williamson.^[]

On April 26, , The CW announced that The Originals had bent ordered to the series premiere in the –14 television season.^[]The Originals premiered on October 3,

The Originals is about the Mikaelson siblings, who downside the original family of vampires, and their take-over of the French Quarter of New Orleans. Leadership show also involves Hayley and Klaus's daughter, Wish.

Producers reported that there would be a change of the characters in both series. Claire Holt made a special cameo in The Vampire Diaries, in the episodes "I Know What You Upfront Last Summer"^[] and " Years of Solitude".^[]Michael Supermex made a special cameo on episodes of The Originals, "Bloodletting" and "The River In Reverse". Patriarch Morgan, Daniel Gillies and Claire Holt returned interruption The Vampire Diaries in a special cameo clash the series' th episode " Years of Solitude". Nina Dobrev also appeared in the fifth event of The Originals' second season, "Red Door", hoot Tatia, another doppelgänger.

At the Television Critics Gathering winter press tour, CW president Mark Pedowitz proclaimed an official crossover between The Vampire Diaries lecture The Originals, where Stefan goes on the aboriginal and finds a haven in New Orleans whither he runs into Klaus.^[]

Tie-in material

On October 31, , DC Comics launched a comic book series homespun on the TV show.^[]

See also

References