The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
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Paul Wesley
Stefan Salvatore
Ian Somerhalder
Damon Salvatore
Kat Graham
Bonnie Bennett
Candice King
Caroline Forbes
Zach Roerig
Matt Donovan
Michael Malarkey
Enzo St. John
Matthew Davis
Alaric Saltzman
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22 episodes • 2009Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | Sep 10, 2009 | 7.8 |
| 2 | The Night of the Comet | Sep 17, 2009 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Friday Night Bites | Sep 24, 2009 | 7.9 |
| 4 | Family Ties | Oct 1, 2009 | 7.9 |
| 5 | You're Undead to Me | Oct 8, 2009 | 8.2 |
| 6 | Lost Girls | Oct 15, 2009 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Haunted | Oct 29, 2009 | 8.2 |
| 8 | 162 Candles | Nov 5, 2009 | 8.3 |
| 9 | History Repeating | Nov 12, 2009 | 8.1 |
| 10 | The Turning Point | Nov 19, 2009 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Bloodlines | Jan 21, 2010 | 8.2 |
| 12 | Unpleasantville | Jan 28, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 13 | Children of the Damned | Feb 4, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 14 | Fool Me Once | Feb 11, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 15 | A Few Good Men | Mar 25, 2010 | 8.0 |
| 16 | There Goes the Neighborhood | Apr 1, 2010 | 7.8 |
| 17 | Let the Right One In | Apr 8, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 18 | Under Control | Apr 15, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 19 | Miss Mystic Falls | Apr 22, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 20 | Blood Brothers | Apr 29, 2010 | 8.2 |
| 21 | Isobel | May 6, 2010 | 8.4 |
| 22 | Founder's Day | May 13, 2010 | 9.2 |
22 episodes • 2010Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Return | Sep 9, 2010 | 8.9 |
| 2 | Brave New World | Sep 16, 2010 | 8.4 |
| 3 | Bad Moon Rising | Sep 23, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 4 | Memory Lane | Sep 30, 2010 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Kill or Be Killed | Oct 7, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 6 | Plan B | Oct 21, 2010 | 8.6 |
| 7 | Masquerade | Oct 28, 2010 | 9.0 |
| 8 | Rose | Nov 4, 2010 | 8.8 |
| 9 | Katerina | Nov 11, 2010 | 8.5 |
| 10 | The Sacrifice | Dec 2, 2010 | 8.3 |
| 11 | By the Light of the Moon | Dec 9, 2010 | 8.4 |
| 12 | The Descent | Jan 27, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 13 | Daddy Issues | Feb 3, 2011 | 8.1 |
| 14 | Crying Wolf | Feb 10, 2011 | 8.0 |
| 15 | The Dinner Party | Feb 17, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 16 | The House Guest | Feb 24, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 17 | Know Thy Enemy | Apr 7, 2011 | 8.3 |
| 18 | The Last Dance | Apr 14, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 19 | Klaus | Apr 21, 2011 | 8.8 |
| 20 | The Last Day | Apr 28, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 21 | The Sun Also Rises | May 5, 2011 | 9.1 |
| 22 | As I Lay Dying | May 12, 2011 | 8.9 |
22 episodes • 2011Avg: 8.5Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Birthday | Sep 15, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 2 | The Hybrid | Sep 22, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 3 | The End of the Affair | Sep 29, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 4 | Disturbing Behavior | Oct 6, 2011 | 8.2 |
| 5 | The Reckoning | Oct 13, 2011 | 9.1 |
| 6 | Smells Like Teen Spirit | Oct 20, 2011 | 8.4 |
| 7 | Ghost World | Oct 27, 2011 | 8.5 |
| 8 | Ordinary People | Nov 3, 2011 | 8.7 |
| 9 | Homecoming | Nov 10, 2011 | 8.9 |
| 10 | The New Deal | Jan 5, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Our Town | Jan 12, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 12 | The Ties That Bind | Jan 19, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 13 | Bringing Out the Dead | Feb 2, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 14 | Dangerous Liaisons | Feb 9, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 15 | All My Children | Feb 16, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 16 | 1912 | Mar 15, 2012 | 7.7 |
| 17 | Break On Through | Mar 22, 2012 | 7.9 |
| 18 | The Murder of One | Mar 29, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 19 | Heart of Darkness | Apr 19, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 20 | Do Not Go Gentle | Apr 26, 2012 | 8.4 |
| 21 | Before Sunset | May 3, 2012 | 8.6 |
| 22 | The Departed | May 10, 2012 | 9.4 |
23 episodes • 2012Avg: 8.4Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growing Pains | Oct 11, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 2 | Memorial | Oct 18, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 3 | The Rager | Oct 25, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 4 | The Five | Nov 1, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 5 | The Killer | Nov 8, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 6 | We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes | Nov 15, 2012 | 8.2 |
| 7 | My Brother’s Keeper | Nov 29, 2012 | 8.7 |
| 8 | We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street | Dec 6, 2012 | 8.3 |
| 9 | O Come, All Ye Faithful | Dec 13, 2012 | 8.5 |
| 10 | After School Special | Jan 17, 2013 | 8.3 |
| 11 | Catch Me If You Can | Jan 24, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 12 | A View to a Kill | Jan 31, 2013 | 8.5 |
| 13 | Into the Wild | Feb 7, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Down the Rabbit Hole | Feb 14, 2013 | 8.5 |
| 15 | Stand by Me | Feb 21, 2013 | 8.7 |
| 16 | Bring It On | Mar 14, 2013 | 7.6 |
| 17 | Because the Night | Mar 21, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 18 | American Gothic | Mar 28, 2013 | 8.4 |
| 19 | Pictures of You | Apr 18, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 20 | The Originals | Apr 25, 2013 | 8.6 |
| 21 | She's Come Undone | May 2, 2013 | 8.3 |
| 22 | The Walking Dead | May 9, 2013 | 8.6 |
| 23 | Graduation | May 16, 2013 | 9.1 |
22 episodes • 2013Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Oct 3, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 2 | True Lies | Oct 10, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 3 | Original Sin | Oct 17, 2013 | 8.2 |
| 4 | For Whom the Bell Tolls | Oct 24, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 5 | Monster's Ball | Oct 31, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 6 | Handle with Care | Nov 7, 2013 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Death and the Maiden | Nov 14, 2013 | 8.0 |
| 8 | Dead Man on Campus | Nov 21, 2013 | 7.7 |
| 9 | The Cell | Dec 5, 2013 | 8.1 |
| 10 | Fifty Shades of Grayson | Dec 12, 2013 | 7.8 |
| 11 | 500 Years of Solitude | Jan 23, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 12 | The Devil Inside | Jan 30, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 13 | Total Eclipse of the Heart | Feb 6, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 14 | No Exit | Feb 27, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 15 | Gone Girl | Mar 6, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 16 | While You Were Sleeping | Mar 20, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 17 | Rescue Me | Mar 27, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 18 | Resident Evil | Apr 17, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 19 | Man on Fire | Apr 24, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 20 | What Lies Beneath | May 1, 2014 | 7.6 |
| 21 | Promised Land | May 8, 2014 | 8.5 |
| 22 | Home | May 15, 2014 | 8.9 |
22 episodes • 2014Avg: 8.1
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I'll Remember | Oct 2, 2014 | 7.7 |
| 2 | Yellow Ledbetter | Oct 9, 2014 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Welcome to Paradise | Oct 16, 2014 | 7.8 |
| 4 | Black Hole Sun | Oct 23, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 5 | The World Has Turned and Left Me Here | Oct 30, 2014 | 8.6 |
| 6 | The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get | Nov 6, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 7 | Do You Remember the First Time? | Nov 13, 2014 | 8.1 |
| 8 | Fade Into You | Nov 20, 2014 | 8.2 |
| 9 | I Alone | Dec 4, 2014 | 8.0 |
| 10 | Christmas Through Your Eyes | Dec 11, 2014 | 7.9 |
| 11 | Woke Up With a Monster | Jan 22, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 12 | Prayer for the Dying | Jan 29, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 13 | The Day I Tried to Live | Feb 5, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Stay | Feb 12, 2015 | 8.3 |
| 15 | Let Her Go | Feb 19, 2015 | 8.7 |
| 16 | The Downward Spiral | Mar 12, 2015 | 8.4 |
| 17 | A Bird in a Gilded Cage | Mar 19, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 18 | I Never Could Love Like That | Apr 16, 2015 | 7.7 |
| 19 | Because | Apr 23, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 20 | I'd Leave My Happy Home for You | Apr 30, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 21 | I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime | May 7, 2015 | 8.5 |
| 22 | I'm Thinking of You All the While | May 14, 2015 | 8.8 |
22 episodes • 2015Avg: 8.0
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take | Oct 8, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 2 | Never Let Me Go | Oct 15, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Age of Innocence | Oct 22, 2015 | 7.9 |
| 4 | I Carry Your Heart with Me | Oct 29, 2015 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Live Through This | Nov 5, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 6 | Best Served Cold | Nov 12, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 7 | Mommie Dearest | Nov 19, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 8 | Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me | Dec 3, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 9 | Cold as Ice | Dec 10, 2015 | 8.1 |
| 10 | Hell Is Other People | Jan 29, 2016 | 8.7 |
| 11 | Things We Lost in the Fire | Feb 5, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 12 | Postcards from the Edge | Feb 12, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 13 | This Woman's Work | Feb 19, 2016 | 8.3 |
| 14 | Moonlight on the Bayou (I) | Feb 26, 2016 | 8.6 |
| 15 | I Would for You | Mar 4, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 16 | Days of Future Past | Apr 1, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 17 | I Went to the Woods | Apr 8, 2016 | 8.1 |
| 18 | One Way or Another | Apr 15, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 19 | Somebody That I Used to Know | Apr 22, 2016 | 7.6 |
| 20 | Kill 'Em All | Apr 29, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 21 | Requiem for a Dream | May 6, 2016 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Gods & Monsters | May 13, 2016 | 8.1 |
16 episodes • 2016Avg: 8.2
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello, Brother | Oct 21, 2016 | 8.2 |
| 2 | Today Will Be Different | Oct 28, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 3 | You Decided That I Was Worth Saving | Nov 4, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 4 | An Eternity of Misery | Nov 11, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 5 | Coming Home Was a Mistake | Nov 18, 2016 | 7.7 |
| 6 | Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell | Dec 2, 2016 | 7.9 |
| 7 | The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You | Dec 9, 2016 | 7.8 |
| 8 | We Have History Together | Jan 13, 2017 | 7.5 |
| 9 | The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch | Jan 20, 2017 | 7.8 |
| 10 | Nostalgia's a Bitch | Jan 27, 2017 | 8.5 |
| 11 | You Made a Choice to Be Good | Feb 3, 2017 | 8.9 |
| 12 | What Are You? | Feb 10, 2017 | 8.1 |
| 13 | The Lies Will Catch Up To You | Feb 17, 2017 | 8.0 |
| 14 | It’s Been a Hell of a Ride | Feb 24, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 15 | We’re Planning a June Wedding | Mar 3, 2017 | 8.7 |
| 16 | I Was Feeling Epic | Mar 10, 2017 | 9.3 |
