I was feeling epic: an oral history of the Vampire diaries

Twilight for TV

Hello, brothers : inside the casting process

"Today will be different" : making the pilot

"I have to know her" : launching season 1

The body count begins : RIP, Vicki, Lexi, and Grams

This town loves an event : Miss Mystic Falls and Founder's Day

"Katherine happened" : season 2

A curse, a moonstone, and one heck of a party

He's a special vampire : Elijah's big entrance

Enter : Klaus

"Stefan is gone and he's not coming back" : season 3

"Turn. It. Off." : inside the series' best episode

An original backstory, a Delena kiss, and Caroline's birthday

A road trip, a motel, and a decade dance

"If it was just down to him and me, and you had to make a choice . . ." : the season 3 finale

"It's okay to love them both" : the fandom

Vampire Elena : Season 4

The body count rises : losing Carol and Jeremy . . . but not Matt

The originals

Bonnie sacrifices herself . . . again

"Hello, my shadow self" : the season 4 finale

"If I have to hear Doppelgänger one more time, I'm going to have to learn how to spell it" : season 5

The one hundredth episode

The end of the other side : the season 5 finale

Trapped in the nineties : season 6

Losing Liz Forbes

Wedding day massacre : the end of season 6

Flash-forwards, a pregnant vampire, and benzo : Season 7

The final farewell : season 8

"Goodbye, brother" : the series finale

Is anything ever really dead?