The Vampire Diaries American horror-romance television series that debuted on the CW Network in September of 2009 . The show is based upon a series of novels written by L.J. Smith . Its tone and story-structure was largely inspired by the popularity of the Twilight film series. The first half of season one ran for ten episodes in 2009 and resumed airing in January , 2010 . The story follows the journey of a young woman named Elena Gilbert of the fictional town of Mystic Falls who finds herself the object of affection of two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore . Both brothers take sharp note of the fact that Elena bears a strong resemblance to a 19th century vampire named Katherine Pierce - a woman who had garnered the affections of both men.
Episodes [ ] Season One [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 1
Episode
Title
Airdate
1x1
Pilot September 10th , 2009
1x2
The Night of the Comet September 17th , 2009
1x3
Friday Night Bites September 24th , 2009
1x4
Family Ties October 1st , 2009
1x5
You're Undead to Me October 8th , 2009
1x6
Lost Girls October 15th , 2009
1x7
Haunted October 29th , 2009
1x8
162 Candles November 5th , 2009
1x9
History Repeating November 12th , 2009
1x10
The Turning Point November 19th , 2009
1x11
Bloodlines January 21st , 2010
1x12
Unpleasantville January 28th , 2010
1x13
Children of the Damned February 4th , 2010
1x14
Fool Me Once February 11th , 2010
1x15
A Few Good Men March 25th , 2010
1x16
There Goes the Neighborhood April 1st , 2010
1x17
Let the Right In On April 8th , 2010
1x18
Under Control April 15th , 2010
1x19
Miss Mystic Falls April 22nd , 2010
1x20
Blood Brothers April 29th , 2010
1x21
Isobel May 6th , 2010
1x22
Founder's Day May 13th , 2010
Season Two [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 2
Episode
Title
Airdate
2x1
The Return September 9th , 2010
2x2
Brave New World September 16th , 2010
2x3
Bad Moon Rising September 23rd , 2010
2x4
Memory Lane September 30th , 2010
2x5
Kill or Be Killed October 7th , 2010
2x6
Plan B October 21st , 2010
2x7
Masquerade October 28th , 2010
2x8
Rose November 4th , 2010
2x9
Katerina November 11th , 2010
2x10
The Sacrifice December 2nd , 2010
2x11
By the Light of the Moon December 9th , 2010
2x12
The Descent January 27th , 2011
2x13
Daddy Issues February 3rd , 2011
2x14
Crying Wolf February 10th , 2011
2x15
The Dinner Party February 17th , 2011
2x16
The House Guest February 24th , 2011
2x17
Know Thy Enemy April 7th , 2011
2x18
The Last Dance April 14th , 2011
2x19
Klaus April 21st , 2011
2x20
The Last Day April 28th , 2011
2x21
The Sun Also Rises May 5th , 2011
2x22
As I Lay Dying May 12th , 2011
Season Three [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 3
Episode
Title
Airdate
3x1
The Birthday September 15th , 2011
3x2
The Hybird September 22nd , 2011
3x3
The End of the Affair September 29th , 2011
3x4
Disturbing Behavior October 6th , 2011
3x5
The Reckoning October 13th , 2011
3x6
Smells Like Teen Spirit October 20th , 2011
3x7
Ghost World October 27th , 2011
3x8
Ordinary People November 3rd , 2011
3x9
Homecoming November 10th , 2011
3x10
The New Deal January 5th , 2012
3x11
Our Town January 12th , 2012
3x12
The Ties That Bind January 19th , 2012
3x13
Bringing Out the Dead February 2nd , 2012
3x14
Dangerous Liaisons February 9th , 2012
3x15
All My Children February 16th , 2012
3x16
1912 March 15th , 2012
3x17
Break on Through March 22nd , 2012
3x18
The Murder of One March 29th , 2012
3x19
Heart of Darkness April 19th , 2012
3x20
Do Not Go Gentle April 26th , 2012
3x21
Before Sunset May 3rd , 2012
3x22
The Departed May 10th , 2012
Season 4 [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 4
Episode
Title
Airdate
4x1
Growing Pains
October 11th , 2012
4x2
Memorial
October 18th , 2012
4x3
The Rager
October 25th , 2012
4x4
The Five
November 1st , 2012
4x5
The Killer
November 8th , 2012
4x6
We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes
November 15th , 2012
4x7
My Brother's Keeper
November 29th , 2012
4x8
We'll Always Have Bourbon Street
December 6th , 2012
4x9
O Come, All Ye Faithful
December 13th , 2012
4x10
After School Special
January 17th , 2013
4x11
Catch Me If You Can
January 24th , 2013
4x12
A View to a Kill
January 31st , 2013
4x13
Into the Wild
February 7th , 2013
4x14
Down the Rabbit Hole
February 14th , 2013
4x15
Stand by Me
February 21st , 2013
4x16
Bring It On
March 14th , 2013
4x17
Because the Night
March 21st , 2013
4x18
American Gothic
March 28th , 2013
4x19
Pictures of You
April 18th , 2013
4x20
The Originals April 25th , 2013
4x21
She's Come Undone
May 2nd , 2013
4x22
The Walking Dead
May 9th , 2013
4x23
Graduation
May 16th , 2013
Season 5 [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 5
Episode
Title
Airdate
5x01
I Know What You Did Last Summer October 3rd , 2013
5x02
True Lies October 10th , 2013
5x03
Original Sin October 17th , 2013
5x04
For Whom the Bell Tolls October 24th , 2013
5x05
Monster's Ball October 31st , 2013
5x06
Handle with Care November 7th , 2013
5x07
Death and the Maiden November 14th , 2013
5x08
Dead Man on Campus November 21st , 2013
5x09
The Cell December 5th , 2013
5x10
Fifty Shades of Solitude December 12th , 2013
5x11
500 Years of Solitude January 23rd , 2014
5x12
The Devil Inside January 30th , 2014
5x13
Total Eclipse of the Heart February 6th , 2014
5x14
No Exit February 27th , 2014
5x15
Gone Girl March 6th , 2014
5x16
While You Were Sleeping March 20th , 2014
5x17
Rescue Me March 27th , 2014
5x18
Resident Evil April 17th , 2014
5x19
Man on Fire April 26th , 2014
5x20
What Lies Beneath May 1st , 2014
5x21
Promised Land May 8th , 2014
5x22
Home May 15th , 2014
Season 6 [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 6
Episode
Title
Airdate
6x1
I'll Remember October 2nd , 2014
6x2
Yellow Ledbetter October 9th , 2014
6x3
Welcome to Paradise October 16th , 2014
6x4
Black Hole Sun October 23rd , 2014
6x5
The World Has Turned and Left Me Here October 30th , 2014
6x6
The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get November 6th , 2014
6x7
Do You Remember the First Time? November 13th , 2014
6x8
Fade Into You November 20th , 2014
6x9
I Alone December 4th , 2014
6x10
Christmas Through Your Eyes December 11th , 2014
6x11
Woke Up with a Monster January 22nd , 2015
6x12
Prayer for the Dying January 29th , 2015
6x13
The Day I Tired to Live February 5th , 2015
6x14
Stay February 12th , 2015
6x15
Let Her Go February 19th , 2015
6x16
The Downward Spiral March 12th , 2015
6x17
A Bird in a Gilded Cage March 19th , 2015
6x18
I Never Could Love Like That April 16th , 2015
6x19
Because April 23rd , 2015
6x20
I'd Leave My Happy Home for You April 30th , 2015
6x21
I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime May 7th , 2015
6x22
I'm Thinking of You All the While May 14th , 2015
Season 7 [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 7
Episode
Title
Airdate
7x1
Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take October 8th , 2015
7x2
Never Let Me Go October 15th , 2015
7x3
Age of Innocence October 22nd , 2015
7x4
I Carry Your Heart with Me October 29th , 2015
7x5
Live Through This November 5th , 2015
7x6
Best Served Cold November 12th , 2015
7x7
Mommie Dearest November 19th , 2015
7x8
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me December 3rd , 2015
7x9
Cold as Ice December 10th , 2015
7x10
Hell is Other People January 29th , 2016
7x11
Things We Lost in the Fire February 5th , 2016
7x12
Postcards from the Edge February 12th , 2016
7x13
This Woman's Work February 19th , 2016
7x14
Moonlight on the Bayou February 26th , 2016
7x15
I Would for You March 4th , 2016
7x16
Days of Future Past April 1st , 2016
7x17
I Went to the Woods April 8th , 2016
7x18
One Way or Another April 15th , 2016
7x19
Somebody That I Used to Know April 22nd , 2016
7x20
Kill 'Em All April 29th , 2016
7x21
Requiem for a Dream May 6th , 2016
7x22
Gods of Monsters May 13th , 2016
Season 8 [ ] Main article: Vampire Diaries/Season 8
Episode
Title
Airdate
8x1
Hello Brother October 21st , 2016
8x2
Today Will Be Different October 28th , 2016
8x3
You Decided That I Was Worth Saving November 4th , 2016
8x4
An Eternity of Misery November 11th , 2016
8x5
Coming Home Was a Mistake November 18th , 2016
8x6
Detour On Some Random Backwoods Path of Hell December 2nd , 2016
8x7
The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You December 9th , 2016
8x8
We Have History Together January 13th , 2017
8x9
The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch January 20th , 2017
8x10
Nostalgia's a Bitch January 27th , 2017
8x11
You Made a Choice to Be Good February 3rd , 2017
8x12
What Are You? February 10th , 2017
8x13
The Lies Will Catch Up with You February 17th , 2017
8x14
It's Been a Hell of a Ride February 24th , 2017
8x15
We're Planning a June Wedding March 3rd , 2017
8x16
I Was Feeling Epic March 10th , 2017
Notes & Trivia [ ] The Vampire Diaries is based on a series of young adult novels by author L.J. Smith . The series includes:The Awakening The Struggle The Fury Dark Reunion The Return: Nightfall The Return: Shadow Souls The Return: Midnight The Hunters: Phantom The Hunters: Moonsong The Hunters: Eternity Author L.J. Smith is also responsible for writing another series of novels called The Secret Circle September , 2011 to March , 2012 , right after The Vampire Diaries .
The Vampire Diaries is filmed in Covington and Atlanta , Georgia , as well as Chicago , Illinois . The Salvatore Boarding House is filmed at 688 Abernathy Road NE in Sandy Springs, Georgia .Elena's house is filmed at 1904 Floyd Street NE in Covington, Georgia.
Tyler's house is filmed at 2129 East Street SE in Covington, Georgia.
Gram's house is filmed at 2136 Conyers Street SE in Covington, Georgia.
The vampire special effects used in the series are provided by Entity FX.
Production services are provided by Bonanza Productions , which also worked on the TV series Eastwick
Zach Roerig , Michael Trevino and Paul Wesley originally auditioned to play Damon Salvatore before landing their respective roles.Nina Dobrev is six months younger than Steven R. McQueen while her character is two years older than his character.Home Video [ ] See also [ ] External Links [ ] 