List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural-fantasy horror television series. The series is based on a book series of the same name by L.J. Smith, and was developed for televison by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. The Vampire Diaries premiered on The CW on September 10, 2009. The series follows the life of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) who falls for centuries-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). Whose relationship is interupted by Stefan's evil vampire brother Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder). The series also revolves around the other inhabitants of the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.

Series Overview

Season		Episodes	Season premiere	Season finale	DVD release dates
					Region 1	Region 2	Region 3	Region 4
	1	22	September 10, 2009	2010	–	–	–	–

Season 1: 2009-2010

Season #	Series #	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original US air date	Viewers (in millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec (teleplay)	September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)	4.84
Elena Gilbert and her brother Jeremy come to terms with the deaths of their parents four months ago. In school, Elena and her best friend Bonnie who is said to be a witch, spot a new student in their school talking to the Dean. Elena sees Jeremy run off to the toilet and follows him. Caroline sees Bonnie and they see the face of the new student and both are left speechless. Elena confronts Jeremy to talk to him about his problem but it is useless and she leaves the bathroom. Leaving the boys' bathroom, Elena walks into the new student at school. Elena likes to visit the cemetery where her parents are buried to write in her diary. When she is there, she runs into the new guy at school. The guy introduces himself as Stefan Salvatore but Elena already knew his name because they're in two subject classes together. Jeremy treads on a dangerous path of using drugs to ease his pain. The school is having a back to school party that everyone is attending. While walking in the woods, Vicki is attacked by something and her body is found by Jeremy and Elena. Stefan soon realizes that this was done by someone he knows, "his older brother" Damon. When he returns to the boarding house, he and Damon see each other for the first time in 15 years.
2	2	"The Night of the Comet"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17)	3.78
Mystic Falls begins the preparations to celebrate the passing of a comet. While Vicki recuperates in the hospital from her injuries caused by a vampire, Stefan uses his abilities to erase Vicki's attacker from her memory, but is interrupted by Matt. Mr. Tanner warns Jenna about Jeremy and tells her that she is doing a bad job of taking care of teenagers. Elena and Damon meet for the first time at the Salvatore house and his revelation on Stefan's past brings Elena closer to the truth. Elena and Stefan kiss. Damon finds his next victim in Caroline.
3	3	"Friday Night Bites"	John Dahl	Barbie Kligman & Bryan M. Holdman	September 24, 2009 (2009-09-24)	3.81
Bonnie has a bad feeling about Stefan so Elena decides to invite Stefan and Bonnie to dinner to get to know each other better. At school, Tyler attempts to humiliate Stefan by throwing a football at him, but it backfires as Stefan effortlessly catches it and passes it back. Stefan ends up joining the football team. During dinner, Damon and Caroline unexpectedly show up, and Elena "invites" him into her house. Stefan attempts to convince Damon he still has some humanity left in him, but Damon attacks and kills Mr. Tanner as a rebuttal. Elena also has a nightmare about almost having sex with Damon, who in the nightmare disguises himself as Stefan, and when Elena takes off her clothes, Damon transforms back to himself and tries to bite her.
4	4	"Family Ties"	Guy Ferland	Andrew Kreisberg & Brian Young	October 1, 2009 (2009-10-01)	3.54
Elena and Stefan go to the town's annual Founders Party, hosted by Tyler's parents. Vicki wants Tyler to take her to the party. Damon tells Elena about the history of the Salvatores after Stefan tries to cut Damon out of his life. Meanwhile, Stefan uses Caroline as a vessel to poison Damon. When Damon sucks Caroline's blood, he falls ill. Stefan locks up a weakened Damon at the Salvatore property. Tyler's parents, Sheriff Forbes (Caroline's mom), and Logan have come to the conclusion that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls due to the drained bodies, and must retrieve a pocketwatch that belongs to the Gilbert family. In the end, Vicki goes to Jeremy and they go to the bedroom.
5	5	"You're Undead to Me"	Kevin Bray	Sean Reycraft & Gabrielle Stanton	October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08)	3.52
Damon is still locked up and is growing weaker. Jeremy and Vicki have gotten back together. The school is organizing a car wash to raise funds after Mr. Tanner's death. Elena and Stefan have been having some trust issues but they soon work them out. Elena hears a shocking story about Stefan and Damon from a stranger who recognizes Stefan; it was about an attack that happened over 50 years ago. Elena does some research and finds a video with a news report about the attack. In the video she can clearly see Stefan, who looks exactly like he does now. While still locked up, Damon uses his powers to get Caroline to let him out, killing Zach after being released. Damon ends up escaping the prison, but Stefan has taken his ring, so he cannot leave the house when the sun is out. During the night, Damon leaves the house and attacks Vicki when she is out in the woods with friends. Logan and Aunt Jenna start to rekindle their relationship. Logan uses his time with Jenna to sneak into Jeremy's room and steal the pocketwatch. At the car wash, Bonnie starts a fire using her powers. She is horrified and confused so she goes to her grandmother for help. Elena confronts Stefan about who he really is.
6	6	"Lost Girls"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)	3.88
Stefan explains his and Damon's past with Katherine to Elena. In 1864, they both loved Katherine, who then turned them into vampires. Meanwhile, Damon spends the day trapped inside the Salvatore house with Vicki. They feed off of each other and he changes her into a vampire. Stefan discovers this and attempts to persuade her to die instead of completing the transformation into a vampire by feeding on human blood. Logan uses the pocketwatch that tracks down vampires and finds Stefan and Vicki in the woods. Logan shoots Stefan with a wooden bullet, thinking Stefan was attacking Vicki. Damon saves Stefan by attacking Logan. Vicki is overcome by the hunger and feeds on Logan, completing her transformation. Stefan tells Elena Vicki has become a vampire, and Elena decides to keep his secrets, but not without ending their relationship.
7	7	"Haunted"	Ernest Dickerson	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec (teleplay) Andrew Kreisberg (story)	October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29)	4.18
Stefan tries to help Vicki deal with her urge to feed, but is unable to control her. At a Halloween party, she attacks Jeremy and Elena, and Stefan stakes her through the heart, killing her. Stefan swears Elena to secrecy so she won't tell Matt and Jeremy what really happened to Vicki. Elena is unable to console the grieving Jeremy and asks Stefan to use his powers to make sure her brother does not remember what happened. When Stefan tells her he is unsure of it working effectively, Damon volunteers to "take away his suffering."
8	8	"162 Candles"	Rick Bota	Barbie Kligman & Gabrielle Stanton	November 5, 2009 (2009-11-05)	4.09
An old vampire friend of Stefan's arrives in Mystic Falls, the 350-year-old Lexi. She makes Elena realize the value of love, and helps her to take the first step towards renewing a relationship with Stefan. Jeremy stops doing drugs and putting off homework after Damon alters his memory of Vicki's death. Elena asks Damon if there is anything else that he did to her brother but all Damon says is that he "removed the suffering". Damon gives a box of vervain to Sheriff Forbes and she reveals to him all of the vampire hunters in town. Damon frames Lexi for the death of a local boy by altering his girlfriend's memory and changing her testimony. The police apprehend Lexi. Outside the bar, Damon stakes Lexi and kills her before she can attack the sheriff. Stefan is furious about what has been done to Lexi and tells Elena that she was right by ending things with him, then he takes off and attacks Damon, but stops short of killing him. He spares Damon's life to repay Damon for saving him from Logan.
9	9	"History Repeating"	Marcos Siega	Bryan M. Holdman & Brian Young	November 12, 2009 (2009-11-12)	4.10
A new history teacher arrives, Alaric Saltzman, to replace Mr. Tanner. Jeremy notices his ring, which resembles the one worn by vampires. Jeremy introduces his new teacher to Jenna, who then becomes infatuated with Alaric. Alaric asks Jenna to invite him into her home, but she refuses after realizing Jeremy is there. When Bonnie is having dreams about her ancestor Emily, the girls decide to hold a séance, enabling Emily to possess Bonnie. Meanwhile, Damon reveals the reason he really came back to Mystic Falls: to resurrect Katherine with the help of the crystal that Katherine gave to Emily (Bonnie's ancestor) on her very last day. Stefan tries to stop Damon, knowing that it'll cause a disaster in Mystic Falls due to the fact that all the vampires held in Church Fell were burned alive by the townspeople, and that they would take their revenge on the innocent generation of townspeople. On her way to the Church Fell, Damon greets Emily and reminds her about the deal they created a century and a half ago. Damon will protect Emily's line and Emily will protect Katherine. Damon goes for the crystal, and Emily uses her power to throw him up to the branch of a tree. Then Emily performs the ritual to destroy the crystal and thwarts Damon's plan. Emily releases Bonnie from possession. Furious Damon attacks Bonnie, but Stefan saves her by making her drink his blood. Bonnie is frightened of Stefan until Elena reveals everything to her. Matt continues to be there for Caroline when she needs it. Logan returns into the picture as a vampire instead of a corpse.
10	10	"The Turning Point"	J. Miller Tobin	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec & Barbie Kligman	November 19, 2009 (2009-11-19)	3.57
Jeremy decides to return to his hobby of sketching fantasy creatures, that he had left upon the death of his parents. Logan attacks and kills several people throughout the town. Matt and Caroline continue to hang out together. He tells Tyler that he likes hanging out with Caroline. Sheriff Forbes tells Damon of a new recent attack, and he discovers Logan doesn't know who turned him. Alaric helps with a small dispute among Jeremy, Tyler and Mayor Lockwood. Logan kidnaps Caroline after a dispute with the sheriff, but Stefan and Damon save her. Logan tells Damon he knows of another way to resurrect Katherine. Elena tells Stefan that she loves him and he decides to stay in Mystic Falls. After Elena tells Stefan that she loves him, they go into Stefan's house where they have sex. But when Stefan goes to get a drink for Elena, she discovers the photo of Katherine and leaves his house abruptly. She also leaves her vervain necklace behind with the photo of Katherine. Alaric confronts Logan and tells him to leave Jenna alone. Logan tries to attack him, but gets staked and dies. Elena is involved in a car crash while trying to avoid a man on the road, but the person just gets back up and snaps all his bones into place. The last shot is him stopping at the car and Elena screaming.
11	11	"Bloodlines"	David Barrett	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	January 21, 2010 (2010-01-21)	TBA
In the aftermath of the horrific car accident, Elena is attacked by the individual she hit and the following evening, wakes up by the side of the road... transformed into a vampire. As Elena emotionally and physically struggles to come to terms with her new existence, and a possible real future with Stefan, he sets out to find who turned Elena. Meanwhile, Damon learns about a spell that could free Katheryn from her tomb with the help of a newly arrived witch. Upon resurrection, Damon and his old love go on a rampage through Mistic Falls killing dozens of people, while the townspeople mistakenly think that Elena is responsible for the carnage.
12	12	"Unpleasantville"	Marcos Siega	TBA	January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)	TBA
13	13	"Let My Love Open The Door"	TBA	TBA	2010 (2010-TBA)	TBA

External links

• List of The Vampire Diaries episodes at IMDb
• List of The Vampire Diaries episodes at TV.com