Well the time has finally come. We had to say farewell TVD. 171 episodes, 8 seasons and it all came down to this. From the books of L.J. Smith came the TV show that rocked our worlds, took us on a wild roller coaster and changed our lives. The stock of Kleenex has to be through the roof after this epic finale full of magic, love, reunions, loss and the ultimate sacrifice. The cast and crew did a tremendous job giving fans the thank you and closure that we all had hoped for.

The final episode of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ kicked off with Bonnie momentarily dying due to magic overload. She spent a brief time in the afterlife where she was greeted by Elena. Once Elena realized Bonnie had died she immediately wanted her to go back to living. “You’re supposed to be old”. Bonnie reassured Elena that she was ready to die. She desperately wanted to be with Enzo.

Enzo then arrived and told Bonnie it wasn’t her time to die and forced her back into the land of the living where she was greeted by Caroline and Stefan. Her best friend Damon was busy killing Vicki in hopes of stopping her from ringing the bell. After killing her twice he tells Matt that he must convince her to stop ringing the bell. Unfortunately Matt was unsuccessful and initiated a town evacuation.

Damon and Stefan then returned to the Salvatore mansion where they were greeted by Katherine pretending to be Elena. Her short rouse didn’t last long. The Queen of Hell informed the Salvatore brothers that she had taken Elena’s body. Where? “That’s for me to know and for you to dot, dot, dot.” Stealing a line right out of Damon’s playbook.

Turns out Kitty-Kat had Cade wrapped around her finger the whole time. Everything that happened to them was a part of her giant scheme. The race to find Elena before the town was set ablaze was on. Thankfully Caroline stayed behind to help Stefan even though Alaric, the girls and Bonnie made an escape to the armory. Stefan eventually sent Caroline away and then found Elena in the boiler room of Mystic Falls high school.

Unfortunately she was trapped in the school thanks to a spell cast from Kai. His final parting gift. With Bonnie too far away to help, it seemed like Damon and Elena were fated to die together along with the town of Mystic Falls. At the armory Bonnie figured out a way to save Mystic Falls, Elena and one of the Salvatore brothers. She sent Ric, the girls and Caroline away just in case her plan didn’t work out. Bonnie drew the flames of the hellfire through the tunnels of the armory in the most epic fashion thanks to her ancestors.

Making sure Katherine died and stayed that way, Damon compelled Stefan (or so we thought) to leave the tunnels and he would stay behind to stab Katherine with the bone dagger and die along with her. Unfortunately for Damon, Stefan had been dosing vervain and returned to take his brother’s place after he took his own blood and injected it into Damon. Thus, giving him the cure and making him human. Stefan was going to die quickly after removing the cure from his body anyway and wanted to be sure that his brother got to the live the human life he deserved. The life that he took away from him so long ago.

Before Stefan went to the afterlife Caroline called him and said she understood his decision and that she would love him forever. Cue the water works that didn’t stop until the very end. Stefan also made a quick stop to visit Elena before departing from this world for good.

He tells Elena that Damon is the better man and then whispers something else in her ear. Stefan then opened the doors and descended into the afterlife where he was greeted by his red car and his best friend Lexi.

Bonnie, the true hero of this episode, not only stopped the town from burning down but also figured out how to break the sleeping curse and Elena finally woke up. Elena reunited with Damon and Caroline at Stefan’s grave. Elena then told Caroline that Stefan got her message and that he will love her forever too. The group then left trinkets on Stefan’s grave; Damon leaving his daylight ring.

We then jumped into the distant future and learned how everyone’s lives played out:

• Matt is still sheriff and is considering running for mayor.
• Vicki found Tyler in the afterlife

• Bonnie traveled the world
• Caroline and Ric opened their school for gifted children at the Salvatore Mansion that was donated to them by Damon
• Caroline also received a generous 3 million dollar donation from Klaus and a letter that read:

“Dear Caroline, I have often imagined the paths your life might take, but your chosen future is more noble than I ever fathomed. Please accept this contribution to your virtuous cause. I do look forward to thanking you in person, someday. However long it takes. Yours, Klaus.”

Does this mean we will be seeing Caroline in NOLA?

• Jeremy became a teacher at the Salvatore Boarding School
• Jodi found peace
• Liz found peace
• Elena became a doctor
• Damon rebuilt the Gilbert house for her
• Damon and Elena got married (showed by the engagement and wedding band on her finger)
• Stefan achieved piece

The final moments of the series finale showed Elena and Damon’s afterlife as well. Elena was reunited with her mother, father, Aunt Jenna and Uncle John while Damon was reunited with Stefan who was patiently waiting at the Salvatore Mansion. We once again heard the first line Damon ever uttered to Stefan in the pilot; “Hello Brother”.  After a long life each of our beloved characters were reunited with each other once again. They got their promise of peace.

Farewell TVD. The finale most definitely was epic, beautiful and satisfying.

Need more vampire’s in your life? ‘The Vampire Diaries’ spinoff show ‘The Originals’ premieres Friday March 17^th at 9/8c on The CW.

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Wedding bells rang for Stefan and Caroline on the latest episode of ‘The Vampire Diaries’. Although we did not see Katherine (only her silhouette), we were reunited with a few other familiar faces; Kelly Donovan and Vicki Donovan. Both Donovan’s were of course doing Katherine’s bidding.

While Caroline rushed to plan the wedding of her dreams, Stefan and Damon took a quick trip to the crypt and pulled out Katherine’s bones. They then gave the bones to Matt’s Dad (Peter Maxwell) and had him fuse the bones with metal to make a weapon that can kill the new Queen of Hell. After collecting the bones of their once beloved Katherine, Damon whipped out the bourbon and gave Stefan a mini-bachelor party. Unfortunately for Damon human Stef is a light weight so he continued the party with Caroline.

Damon and Caroline then toasted to Liz (Caroline’s Mom) and Damon gave Caroline her something borrowed. He gave her Elena’s necklace to wear on her wrist so that Elena would be right beside her when she married Stefan. Bonnie then gave Caroline something new; a beautiful headband. Unfortunately Katherine was the one to give Caroline something old; Caroline had assumed the necklace came from Stefan but it was in fact Katherine’s necklace.

Things really heated up after that. Damon, who officiated the wedding, completed the ceremony without a hitch. The real danger awaited Bonnie and the twins at the reception. Good ‘ole Kelly Donovan put a propane tank in the fire place where the girls and Bonnie were using the bathroom. This of course is after she stabbed her ex-husband in order to obtain the dagger that could kill Katherine. Fortunately the dagger was already in Stefan’s possession.

Caroline runs, for some reason not at vamp-speed, to save Bonnie and the girls but she is too late. The house blows but not all is lost. The twins siphon Bonnie’s magic and use it to put out the flames surrounding them. Unfortunately in order to do so Bonnie had to officially let Enzo go. For real this time. The twins are safe but not so sure about Bonnie. She collapsed to the floor with blood dripping from her nose. Did she just die?

The town itself may be in danger of dying via hell-fire if our heroes can’t stop Vicki Donovan from ringing the bell.

THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS EPISODE:

• Stefan telling Damon that he hopes to see Damon and Elena walk down the aisle and see Damon get the human life he so desperately wants
• All the wedding guests were compelled to be there
• Bonnie walked Caroline down the aisle
• Bonnie danced with Damon and Enzo at the reception (within the same moment)
• Kelly died after a bad fall 2 years ago
• Ric tells Caroline he just wants her to be happy
• Enzo makes Bonnie promise to live her life before she lets him go

NEXT WEEK:

2 hour series finale: the 1^st hour will consist of cast/crew discussions and memories. The 2^nd hour will be the epic conclusion of ‘The Vampire Diaries’. We will relive the beginning and weep at the end.

Elena returns.

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It seems that everyone in Mystic Falls conjured up a family reunion on the same day. Alaric was reunited with his almost-brother-in-law Kai Parker, Caroline was reunited with the twins and Bonnie reunited with Enzo.

Kai Parker, probably one of the best villains ‘The Vampire Diaries’ has seen, returned to Mystic Falls without the ability to taste or feel anything due to his purgatory-like state. He is stuck between Hell and Earth but still has the ability to siphon as he did when he walked amongst the living. Unfortunately for Kai, Cade is hunting the escaped prisoner. So Kai seeks refuge from none other than Damon and Alaric. Kai offers to help Damon and Ric kill Cade in exchange for helping him stay on Earth. Damon comes up with another idea. He tells Kai to wake up Elena and in exchange he will help him. He tells Kai that his forgiveness may atone his sins and allow Mr. Parker to rejoin the living. In reality, Damon just wants to use Kai to get Elena back and then kill Kai.

Also on the verge of being killed this episode was Stefan. He was reunited with a very familiar face; Dorian. Turns out Stefan killed his family during his run in Chicago with Niklaus Mikaealson (Klaus) and compelled Dorian to forget about it. Unfortunately for Stefan (and Matt/Caroline who have to clean up his mess), when he became human all those people he compelled began to remember the truth. Dorian in a fit of rage makes Stefan dig his own grave and then proceeds to shoot Stefan in his side.

On the other side of town Bonnie continues to call out to Enzo. She was then interrupted by a suspicious phone call from Damon. He called asking her if there is a way to bring someone back from hell and she figures out that he is with Kai. She then takes matters into her own hands and decides to pay a visit to Cade in hopes of saving Enzo. Bonnie’s psychic abilities are now in full force. So much so that Cade can sense it and wants to teach her how to use them. He tells her to channel her rage and anger as it is what fuels her power. Bonnie is able to find Enzo and he isn’t in hell. He is actually inside a private dimension created by Bonnie in order to protect him from Cade. Enzo is hiding out so that Cade can’t claim his soul. Cade then uses his powers on Bonnie to try and figure out where Enzo is hiding and subsequently learns that Kai is now back on Earth.

Kai is slowly beginning to die again. He starts bleeding from his nose and coughing up blood. Damon and Kai are able to figure out that killing and eating evil people is enough to sustain Kai for now.

Out in the woods Stefan was also on the verge of death. Cade pays him a visit and tells him to let go, offering to give Caroline a mortal life without Stefan. Stefan, like anyone else, doesn’t want to die and lives to see another day. He then hands over files linking him to hundreds of murders, to Dorian. Allowing him to choose his fate. Stefan then tells Caroline he may leave Mystic Falls…. Alone. Could this be the end for Steroline?

Bonnie reaches out to Enzo one more time and is finally reunited with him.

Across town, Caroline is reunited with the twins and learns that they are losing control of their powers. One accidently harms Caroline and the other almost sets her on fire for hurting mommy. Yikes! Is this because of Selene or is it something else entirely?

The twins’ uncle Kai used his own powers to siphon energy from Damon. He claimed that the he needed his energy to resurrect Elena. Instead, after catching on to Damon’s true motives, he used that energy to make him and Elena invisible and/or disappear.

Next Week:

Stefan has to kill Cade but at what cost? Will there be consequences for others, like Elena?

Kai hurts Caroline in the armory

Damon’s suffering begins

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Joining the land of the living this week was Stefan Salvatore. Unfortunately being mortal comes with a ton of grief/pain and flashes of all the horrible things Stefan did when he was doing Cade’s bidding. Stefan’s escapades in the last couple of months got him in trouble with the law and now because he is human he can’t compel himself out of the situation he is in. Therefore, he is arrested but not for long thanks to his fiancée (?) Caroline. As they exit the jail Stefan and Caroline overhear a little girl reporting her missing mother. The woman was the real estate agent that Stefan attempted to kill. Luckily for the little girl her mother survived by escaping into the woods. Stefan and Caroline find her but not before the woman stabs Stefan, fearing for her life once again.

Caroline feeds the real estate agent her blood in order to save her but when she tries to do the same for Stefan his body rejects it; a side effect of the cure. Vampire blood can no longer heal him. Stefan tells Caroline to let him die. Obviously she isn’t going to and tells him that he needs to redeem himself and fix all the mistakes he has made. After he is all stitched up, Stefan tells Caroline he is unsure about their future. He can’t see himself marrying Caroline because their lives will be different. It isn’t what he wanted. It is what he expected. As usual, Caroline is willing to stay by his side. Will these two work it out or will Steroline be done for good?

Speaking of couples that are over for good (R.I.P. Benzo), Bonnie is grieving the loss of her beloved Enzo and ignoring all her friend’s calls. However, she is reunited with her mother Abby (Persia White) after Caroline gave her a call to tell her what happened. The two begin to lay Enzo to rest but Bonnie stops when she hears Enzo calling out to her. She tells Abby she wants to save Enzo and possibly resurrect him (remember the other side is gone and neither one of them have their witch powers).

Abby hears him calling out as well and the two call upon Enzo to give them a sign. He does. Turns out Bonnie opened a door to where Enzo is. He is suffering and in pain. Abby tells Bonnie they need to bury him to close the door and that it is not Enzo but a darkness reaching out to Bonnie. Bonnie only wants to rescue Enzo and doesn’t care if she gets hurt in the process. She is taken by the darkness which unfortunately forces Abby to set Enzo’s body on fire in order to close the door and save her daughter. She tells Bonnie to say goodbye and let Enzo go for good.

Back in Mystic Falls Cade pays Damon another visit. He wants Ethan’s journal in exchange to allow Stefan to live out his human life before he reclaims his soul. If not Stefan dies at midnight. Damon accepts the deal and heads to the armory to collect the journal. For once Damon was upfront about his motives and deal with Cade. Unfortunately Alaric won’t hand it over and kills Damon (again) in order to stop him.

Alaric, Matt and Dorian lock Damon in a chamber and trigger Matt’s memories to find out what is inside the journal by using hypnosis. We step back in time once again. Turns out the Maxwell’s were working with the Bennett witches and the bell is infused with Bennett witch magic. We also see some of Ethan’s code. He sends a message to Beatrice Bennett that says: “Dear Bea, your courage will save us all” (major foreshadowing!)

Moments later Sybil introduces herself to Ethan and takes him to a room in the armory full of the sirens treasures; the same room where Dorian and Matt found the journal. Selene then arrives and they force Ethan to add the tuning fork to the bell. Sybil also shows Ethan a weapon that can potentially kill Cade. Unfortunately he is sirened to not speak a word about the bell or the weapon that can kill the devil.

Ethan may not be able to say what the siren sisters have told him but can write it. He encodes a message for Beatrice and gives it to her. He begins ringing the bell just as Matt did. Beatrice calls upon the towns’ people for help. The towns’ people sacrifice themselves to keep the hell fire from spreading. Due to the trauma Matt begins to have a heart attack. Damon gives Matt his blood in order to save him.

All the towns’ people die and the bell remains; the blood of 100 souls is on Ethan’s hands. Beatrice then locks the sirens in the cave on the armory. They force Ethan to kill Beatrice if she won’t set them free thus forcing her to lock Ethan in the room in order to save herself. Ethan tells Beatrice that he knows how to kill the devil but he cannot say. Once again he codes it in his journal. Unfortunately Damon steals the journal before Alaric and tow can find out how to do it for themselves.

Damon hands Cade the journal but not before asking if anyone has ever earned their way out. Cade burns the journal and tells Damon he doesn’t want to give him false hope. So that’s a no.

Bonnie finally returns to Mystic Falls and Matt is waiting on her door step. He shares his condolences and Bonnie tells Matt that she doesn’t want to carry on without Enzo. She doesn’t think she can do it. Matt tells her to try and find comfort in the fact that Enzo loved her and will always be with her. He also lets her know that their families are tied together.

Stefan also comes home, only to change, and then plans to head over to Bonnie’s house but he isn’t sure what to say. He asks Damon for advice. Damon says she is a much better person than Stefan and him. She will eventually forgive him but it will take time. Stefan then thanks Damon for saving his life and allowing him to undo the damage he has done. Before he goes he asks Damon if there is a chance for redemption. Damon lies to his younger brother and says absolutely.

Stefan arrives at Bonnie’s house but is tased by someone before he can ring the doorbell.

Damon returns to the armory and says he isn’t apologizing for saving his brother. Turns out the reason Damon gave the journal to Cade was because he already knows how to kill him. He just needed confirmation that the information he had was viable. Damon shows Alaric the relic that has the means to kill Cade. Thanks Sybil! The two celebrate/begin to plan Cade’s murder when they are interrupted by none other than:

KAI PARKER!!!!!!!!!!

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We find out who took Stefan.

Kai offers to help kill Cade, also says hello to Elena and offers to bring her back (right before Alaric attempts to kill him)

If he’s back does that mean he came through the same portal as Cade? Who else came through if that is the case?

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Bonnie and the rest of Mystic Falls met Cade on this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries. Cade started off in the local coffee shop and began unleashing secrets from Mystic Falls resident’s using his psychic abilities. As we learn later on in the episode the workers weren’t the only patrons who were mind-jujued.

Back at the Salvatore mansion Damon whipped up Stefan some pancakes with a side of shade and a sprinkle of sass. Unfortunately before he could deliver breakfast Stefan was released from his prison chamber by the devil himself (Cade). Cade gave Stefan and task and sent him on his way. He then gave Damon a task; kill 100 evil strangers or kill the love of Stefan’s life, Caroline by sundown.

Damon raced to the town center to tell Caroline what happened. Caroline and Matt along with some town’s people are opening a time capsule they found from 1790. Damon lets them know that Cade is now on Earth and that Stefan has escaped. Together Matt and Caroline escort the residents of Mystic Falls to the Mystic Grill in order to protect them.

Damon attempted to plan to murder Cade but turns out he can’t be killed by setting him ablaze or ripping out his heart. He proved that by doing said things to himself in front of Damon. Can the devil be killed?

While this is going on Bonnie decided to go on an adventure with Enzo. Benzo (Bonnie & Enzo) went drag racing and sky diving all before they arrived at their final destination; a bed and breakfast in upstate New York. Turns out Bonnie bought the place with money her father left her and that is where she moved Elena after Damon and Enzo went missing. The cure that Enzo planned on taking is in Elena’s blood.

Damon called Bonnie and informed her of the situation at hand. They must use the cure on Cade to make him mortal and then kill him. Once again Bonnie and Damon must sacrifice their happiness in order to save everyone else. This is when we finally learn what Stefan’s task was. Stefan chose to kill Elena and made his way to Bonnie’s upstate home in order to do so.

Cade mind-jujued Bonnie and figured out Elena’s new location. He then sent Stefan to find a realtor and have her sign the deed to the home in order to invite Stefan inside, thus allowing him to get to Elena. Damon learned of his plan and raced to reach Elena and Bonnie but didn’t make it in time. Stefan arrived at the home and murdered Enzo who no longer was able to get inside (can he come back from this?). He then entered the home and attempted to kill Bonnie who injected him with the cure. Bonnie then rushed to Enzo’s side and screamed in agony. She then regained her magic powers.

Other things you may have missed in this episode:

• Matt discovers a coding grill with a Maxwell crest on it
• Dorian attempts to decode one of the Maxwell’s journals — what secrets does it hide?
• Matt receives another family heirloom from the armory; a necklace

Next Week:

Stefan is back to himself now that he is mortal and makes a plan with Damon to kill Cade

Bonnie has a funeral or resurrection for Enzo

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The star posted a photo of episode 15’s script to Instagram to let her fans know.

The caption stating: “I know it’s Thursday, but this is not a TBT,” she wrote, adding the hashtags, “#BackOnSet #TVDForever.” The photo revealed the epic title of the finale, “I Was Feeling Epic,” and that co-creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson wrote the series ender together, with Plec set to direct.

Both Plec and Williamson have spoken about Nina’s return: “I’m thrilled to bring this show to an end the way we always intended — with Nina back to help us say goodbye,” said Plec. “I’m so excited to have Nina back to ensure our farewell episode is truly epic!” Williamson added.

Nina’s return shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to fans considering that Elena wasn’t killed off, but instead, has been resting peacefully in a magic-induced coma thanks to the work of Kai. Additionally, The Vampire Diaries Plec has always said that actress’s return was part of the plan. Back in 2015, Plec told EW, “Nina has always said that if there’s something for her to do in the series finale that she will be there to do it. When she left, she said, ‘I want to see this character to its end at the end of the show, so I can’t wait to come back and put her to bed again.’”

Older scenes from previous seasons featuring Nina’s character have been shown throughout the eighth and final season as Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) struggles to retain his memories of the love of his life.

Images from the finale have emerged from Williamson, Plec and other cast members.

The question remains: is Stelena or Delena end game? Or will it be a surprise twist we will never see coming?

The Vampire Diaries airs Fridays at 8/7c on the CW. The series finale will air on March 10.

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The mid-season finale of The Vampire Diaries took us all the way back to Stefan’s very first Ripper phase. The year was 1917 and it was Christmas Eve. Stefan murdered an entire village that night and yet he doesn’t remember it. Later on in the episode we find out why.

Stefan wanting his last day as a free man to be ever-so-perfect, begins prepping an extravagant Christmas Eve dinner. On the guest list: Ric and The Twins, Stefan, Caroline, Matt, Peter (Matt’s Dad) and the uninvited duo of Sybil and Damon (who is not dead thanks to his deal with Cade). And boy are they all in for a treat.

But before the fun can begin, Caroline calls Bonnie to warn her and Enzo not to come to the dinner. Instead she sends them out to find the pitchfork.

Damon pulls his brother aside promising to tell him why he is there is he comes and gathers the old Salvatore ornaments with him. Big mistake! Damon stabs Stefan with one of those ornaments and sends Stefan down to have some quality time with Cade. Cade then shows Stefan why he is perfect to serve him.

Back in 1917 Cade saw what Stefan did and decided right then and there that Stefan was his. Seline was also with Cade and when she breached Stefan’s mind she saw that he showed remorse and it meant something to her. She spared his life because she only saw anguish and not evil within Stefan. Seline then wiped the memory of the 1917 massacre from Stefan’s mind in hopes to give him a chance at a good life. Stefan intrigues Cade because he was able to take his best servant and turn her against him. After Seline saw the good in Stefan she no longer wanted to make the decision as to who gets sacrificed to Cade. She also picked up writing down her victims’ names from Stefan.

Bonnie and Enzo arrive at the house where they think Sybil is staying and find Seline instead. She has the pitchfork and is willing to give it to them if she can talk to Ric. Seline tells Ric she needs to remove her psychic imprint from the girls but he wants no part of it. However, a deal is a deal and Seline gives Enzo and Bonnie the pitchfork.

Back at the Salvatore mansion Ric returns to the table just in time to learn why Damon is there. He is planning to kill one of them and give their soul to Cade. Only the worst of them though. Damon is able to get Peter (Matt’s Dad) to admit why he left Matt, his sister and mother behind. He was ashamed and didn’t want to be a nobody in the town of Mystic Falls. Damon found his champion and makes a move to kill him but Sybil needs something from him first. Luckily for Peter, Bonnie and Enzo arrive with the pitchfork in time to save him.

In purgatory, Cade tells Stefan that he ruined Elena’s life when he met her. He tells Stefan that never meeting Elena was the only way to save but instead he selfishly took her down a dark path. That is why he wants Stefan to serve him. Cade wants Stefan to take good people and make them wicked. So Stefan strikes another deal with Cade. He will become The Ripper for one year and get the job done in half the time in exchange for his and Damon’s freedom after all is said and done. Cade agrees to the deal but thinks they won’t want to leave.

Speaking of Elena. Caroline gave Damon a gift earlier in the episode. Sybil opens the gift and it is Elena’s necklace. As Damon puts it around Sybil’s neck he begins to remember Elena. Realizing what Sybil has done to him, he rips out her heart and places it on the bench next to her.

Stefan then comes back to life and kisses Caroline under the mistletoe. He then tells her about the deal he made with Cade.

Ric finally came to his senses at the close of the hour and called Seline. She removes her psychic imprint and memory from the twin’s minds and is on her way. She is trying to redeem herself and repent for her sins. Ric and the girls then leave town just as Stefan does the same.

Damon scoops up Stefan in his car and as they cross the town lines Stefan turns off his humanity switch.

The Vampire Diaries Returns Friday January 13^th, 2017. *THE SERIES WILL RUN WITH NO OTHER BREAKS AFTER ITS RETURN IN 2017. THE 16^TH EPISODE OF SEASON 8 AND FINAL EPISODE OF THE SERIES WILL AIR FRIDAY MARCH 10^TH, 2017. THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY (MARCH 17^TH, 2017) WILL BE THE SEASON 4 PREMIERE OF THE HIT SPINOFF THE ORIGINALS.

Clip from the new episode coming Friday January 13^th:

For those that have the CW app (if you don’t download it, it’s free!), The CW has given app users an exclusive look into the next episode of The Vampire Diaries which airs on Friday January 13^th:  Sybil is still alive and Caroline is trying to stop her friends from doing something horrible. Stefan and Damon go on a killing spree.

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