The Vampire Diaries Summary, Trailer, Season List, Cast, Where to Watch and More

Synopsis

Based on the novels by L.J. Smith, The Vampire Diaries is a story about the developing love triangle between Elena Gilbert and two vampiric brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Set in the town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, the show follows the trio from high school through college as they battle for one another's affection.

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Seasons(8)

Season 1 (2009)

22 episodes

Season 2 (2010)

22 episodes

Season 3 (2011)

22 episodes

Season 4 (2012)

23 episodes

Season 5 (2013)

22 episodes

Season 6 (2014)

22 episodes

Season 7 (2015)

22 episodes

Season 8 (2016)

16 episodes

Cast(24)

Nina Dobrev

Elena Gilbert / Katherine Pierce

Paul Wesley

Stefan Salvatore

Ian Somerhalder

Damon Salvatore

Steven R. McQueen

Jeremy Gilbert

Kat Graham

Bonnie Bennett

Candice King

Caroline Forbes

Zach Roerig

Matt Donovan

Michael Trevino

Tyler Lockwood

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Promo shot from The Vampire Diaries featuring the cast in a wood-paneled room.

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Stefan and Damon Salvatore cross their arms in The Vampire Diaries

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Damon and Elena dance together in The Vampire Diaries season 3

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Elena smiles at Damon while they dance in The Vampire Diaries season 2

Damon stands in the middle of the road in Mystic Falls in The Vampire Diaries

Damon and Elena smile at each other in the finale of The Vampire Diaries season 8

Elena and Damon kiss in the rain in The Vampire Diaries season 6

Elena looks shocked at Damon in The Vampire Diaries season 5 episode 6

Elena and Damon lay in bed together in The Vampire Diaries season 4 episode 9

Elena puts her hand on Damon's Chest in The Vampire Diaries season 3 episode 10

Damon talks to Elena in her bedroom in The Vampire Diaries season 2 episode 8

Damon and Elena at the Miss Mystic Falls competition in The Vampire Diaries season 1 episode 19

Damon and Elena meet for the first time in a flashback in The Vampire Diaries season 3 episode 22

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Klaus Mikaelson looks angrily at his brother Elijah in The Vampire Diaries season 4

Alice Evans as Esther in The Vampire Diaries

Joseph Morgan as Klaus in The Vampire Diaries season 3

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Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder looking upset from The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries still featuring Damon, Elena, and Stefan in front of a stained glass window.

Paul Wesley as Stefan looking serious in The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev as Katherine wearing a green dress and smiling In The Vampire Diaries

Lexi sipping a drink in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Lexi playing pool in The Vampire Diaries.

Lexi Branson smiling at Stephan in The Vampire Diaries

Kat Graham as Bonnie in The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev in The Vampire Diaries season 3, episode 4

Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries

Ian Somerhalder's Damon being held back by someone in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Damon Standing Together with Their Arms Crossed in The Vampire Diaries

Ian Somerhalder looking angry from The Vampire Diaries

The three leads of The Vampire Diaries posing together

Daemon (Ian Somerhalder) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan Elena in The Vampire Diaries season 1, episode 2,

Elena and Damon dancing in The Vampire Diaries season 3, episode 14,

Damon in The Vampire Diaries season 4, episode 17,

Stefan and Caroline in The Vampire Diaries season 6, episode 14,

Elena in The Vampire Diaries season 2, episode 21

Stefan in The Vampire Diaries season 3, episode 1

Stefan, Damon, and Katherine in The Vampire Diaries

Caroline Elena and Bonnie graduate in The Vampire Diaries

Katherine and Stefan standing next to each other

Elena Gilbert with blood dripping from her mouth in The Vampire Diaries

Bonnie & Damon in The Vampire Diaries season 1, episode 22,

Elena in The Vampire Diaries season 1, episode 22,

Bonnie The Vampire Diaries season 4, episode 23,

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Elena, Stefan, and Damon in The Vampire Diaries.

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Finn sitting at a bar table in The Vampire Diaries

Damon and Elena dressed up at a frat party in The Vampire Diaries

Caroline and Bonnie holding hands in The Vampire Diaries episode

The cast of Vampire Diaries standing together and looking worried

Stefan and Caroline dance together in The Vampire Diaries.

An image of Stefan and Caroline smiling at each other in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Caroline Getting Married by Damon in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Caroline on their wedding day in TVD

Stefan and Caroline at a carnival in TVD

Nina Dobrev as Katherine looking down at someone on The Vampire Diaries

nina dobrev as elena in the vampire diaries season 7

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries season 1, episode 11.

Russell Crowe holding a shotgun in Kraven the Hunter and Nina Dobrev looking upset in The Vampire Diaries

Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) Waking Up As A Transitioning Vampire In The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 22,

Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) Standing Over Elena's Body In The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 22,

Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) Lying Dead In The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 22,

Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) Realizing Elena Is Dead In The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 22,

Elena lies dead after drowning in The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) Realizing Something In The Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 22,

Stefan Salvatore in the woods in The Vampire Diaries.

Stefan Salvatore with blood on his mouth in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan Salvatore looking at something in The Vampire Diaries.

Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore in Period Clothes in The Vampire Diaries

A composite image of Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries and Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones

Elena under the sleeping curse in The Vampire Diaries.

Elena and Damon Vampire Diaries Series Finale

Stefan and Damon Hug Goodbye in The Vampire Diaries Series Finale

Damon standing in a porch looking on in The Vampire Diaries.

Elena Gilbert looking serious in the series finale of The Vampire Diaries

Damon and Elena looking at something on The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan, Damon, and Elena in the woods staring at the camera in a promotional still in The Vampire Diaries

Elena and Stefan hugging in the kitchen in The Vampire Diaries

Elena and Stefan look on worriedly in The Vampire Diaries.

Elena wearing a blue dress and holding onto Damon who's in a suit in The Vampire Diaries

Elena appears surprised standing next to Damon in The Vampire Diaries episode Bloodlines

Stefan Sees Damon's Werewolf Bite in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Damon in The Vampire Diaries season 7

Caroline and Klaus looking at one another while they talk in front of a tree line in The Vampire Diaries

Ian Somerhalder as Damon looking up in The Vampire Diaries.

Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore in a promo image for The Vampire Diaries

Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries season 1

Promo photo for season 2 of The Vampire Diaries. Pictured: Stefan, Elena, Damon

Damon and Elena in The Vampire Diaries episode

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Elena and Stefan from The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley as Elena and Stefan in The Vampire Diaries

David Alpay looking determined in The Vampire Diaries

Arielle Kebbel as Lexi in The Vampire Diaries.

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert looking serious in front of a TV screen with The Vampire Diaries cast on it

Elena Gilbert's dead body right before she becomes a vampire in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Elena standing in a forest on The Vampire Diaries

Caroline holding up a drink in each hand in The Vampire Diaries

Bonnie Bennett smiling and standing outside on The Vampire Diaries

Damon, Elena, and Stefan from The Vampire Diaries and Lorelai and Rory from Gilmore Girls inside a TV frame

Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore and Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries

Damon and Elena dance in The Vampire Diaries.

Bad Moon Rising Damon Elena and Alaric The Vampire Diaries

Bad Moon Rising episode Damon and Elena The Vampire Diaries

Caroline on a hunting trip with Stefan in The Vampire Diaries season 2, episode 3

Elena and Bonnie sitting at a table with glasses of water in The Vampire Diaries

Candice Accolla as Caroline speaking to two girls in The Vampire Diaries Season 7 Episode 1

elena in the cemetary in the vampire diaries pilot

Jeremy Gilbert wearing a gray shirt with short hair in Vampire Diaries

Jeremy Gilbert looking over his shoulder in The Vampire Diaries

Steve McQueen as Jeremy Gilber in a tanktop in The Vampire Diaries

Jeremy looking upset on The Vampire Diaries

Jeremy Gilbert smiles and looks to the side in The Vampire Diaries

Johnathan Gilbert wearing a suit in The Vampire Diaries

John Gilbert talking to Damon in The Vampire Diaries

John Gilbert staring at Elena in The Vampire Diaries

Caroline Forbes and Sheriff Liz Forbes in The Vampire Diaries

Vampire Diaries characters Damon and Elena next to the Mystic Falls sign

Damon putting a stake in Lexi's heart in The Vampire Diaries.

Stefan and Lexi hugging on The Vampire Diaries

Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore The Vampire Diaries

Katherine (Nina Dobrev) tilting Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) face toward her in 1864 in The Vampire Diaries

Katherine wearing a white dress and headpiece in the 1800s in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Katherine (Nina Dobrev) in the 1800s in The Vampire Diaries.

stefan damon in The Vampire Diaries Lost Girls

A still of Vicki Donovan's death in The Vampire Diaries.

Vicki Donovan and Jeremy Gilbert talking on The Vampire Diaries

A still of Vicki Donovan in The Vampire Diaries.

Vicki Donovan with an angry look on her face in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Elena Hold Onto Each Other in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Katheine standing close together in The Vampire Diaries episode Memory Lane

Stefan with Elena staring straight at the camera in Vampire Diaries

Stefan sitting at the Grill in The Vampire Diaries.

Damon and Caroline looking to the side in The Vampire Diaries.

Caroline carrying a cake with candles on it in The Vampire Diaries Our Town (Season 3, Episode 11)

Caroline Forbes in a red dress at a party

Caroline Forbes looking smug in The Vampire Diaries.

An image of Caroline looking serious in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan (Paul Wesley) hugging Elena (Nina Dobrev) in The Vampire Diaries

An image of Elena carrying a bag in The Vampire Diaries

Matt Donavan in the Gilbert house in The Vampire Diaries.

Matt Donovan looking serious in The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore looking smug in The Vampire Diaries

Damon Salvatore staring at something on The Vampire Diaries

Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Caroline at their wedding in The Vampire Diaries

Klaus offering Caroline his blood to cure her werewolf bite in The Vampire Diaries

Klaus and Caroline talk in The Vampire Diaries

Klaus leaning in as though about to kiss Caroline in The Vampire Diaries

Klaus comes up behind Caroline and moves her hair in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan (Paul Wesley), Caroline (Candice King), Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) from The Vampire Diaries

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Kyle MacLachlan as Dale in Twin Peaks and Nina Dobrev as Elena in The Vampire Diaries.

Damon kissing Elena in The Vampire Diaries season 5.

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert turning off her humanity and crying in The Vampire Diaries season 4.

Damon Salvatore looks at the camera in The Vampire Diaries.

Elena writes in her journal in The Vampire Diaries pilot.

Kayla Ewell as Vicki looking concerned in The Vampire Diaries

Matt Donovan on the verge of tears in The Vampire Diaries

Stefan and Katherine standing together in Mystic Falls in The Vampire Diaries

Matt and Caroline at the Founder's day in Mystic Falls

A still of Vicki Donovan in The Vampire Diaries. She is wearing a vampire costume.

Stefan drinking coffee in The Vampire Diaries

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert in The Vampire Diaries

Caroline Forbes (Candice King) and Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) in The Vampire Diaries

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10/10

Absolutely love this series, watched it several times. Only thing that could make it better, is making more episodes

2024-12-10 01:48:41
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7/10

fav show

2025-01-13 00:39:39
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10/10

If I could give 100/10 I would this is by far the best series ever I fully recommend it❤

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10/10

I m stuck in Mystic Falls wid Damon forever nd ever.

2025-04-07 04:17:18
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10/10

Love it love it love it, can’t get enough of it. It’s my favorite show of all times, I’ve watched it like 100 times maybe exaggerating a little, nope I’m not. My grand babies say again and I say yep absolutely!! I can almost quote most of it!!

2024-12-10 20:29:20
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10/10

Make a new season of the vampire dice.

2025-06-21 20:10:58
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9/10

So at the time of airing 2009-2017, I wouldn't have been caught ever watching TVD until I got Netflix during the pandemic. I watched and rewatched it, The Originals and Legacies. Being the TVD started all of these great, poetic and Shakespearian roles. I know they had Julie Plec was their main story writer and she worked across all three series. Fantastic work and I'm a TVD geek.

2025-04-25 18:18:55
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10/10

MRS NINA PATON WITH MR BLAIR PATON IN FULL LONG TERM SERIOUS RELATIONSHIP LIVING TOGETHER AS A REAL COUPLE OK

2025-07-05 12:14:40
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10/10

This series deserves a comeback, period! if they do bring it back, plz try to use the same characters, and plz no Momoa and no Swift not a fan of either.

2025-09-22 02:40:43
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10/10

Absolutely amazing show this is the show which helped me to change my personality what an amazing show and when ian says hello brother 🤝

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10/10

One of the BEST Series i've seen in years.Full of Horror.Laughs.Jokes.Love and Hate.I wish the ending had been better where we saw Damon and Elena Marry and have their Children.Stefan shouldnt have died and he was still with Caroline.Enzo the Same and he was with Bonnie.Matt had found someone and Jeremy returned.Rebekah Mikaelson should have returned to be with Matt xxxxxxx

2025-06-22 19:05:51