List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

The Vampire Diaries is an American supernatural-fantasy horror television series.^[1] The series is based on a book series of the same name by L. J. Smith and was developed for television by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. The series ran from September 10, 2009, to March 10, 2017, on the CW.^[2][3] The first season was released on both DVD and Blu-ray formats in the United States and Canada on August 31, 2010.^[4]

The Vampire Diaries follows the life of Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) who lives in Mystic Falls, a fictional town heavily charged with supernatural history. She falls for a handsome century-old vampire named Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley). Their lives grow more and more complicated as Stefan's vicious older vampire brother Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) also returns to town with a vendetta against his brother and the descendants of the town's founders. However, Damon quickly becomes their greatest ally in their fight against evil.

During the course of the series, 171 episodes of The Vampire Diaries aired over eight seasons.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	22		September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)	May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)
2	22		September 9, 2010 (2010-09-09)	May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)
3	22		September 15, 2011 (2011-09-15)	May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)
4	23		October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)	May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)
5	22		October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)	May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15)
6	22		October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)	May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)
7	22		October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)
8	16		October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)

Episodes

Season 1 (2009–10)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Marcos Siega	Teleplay by : Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 10, 2009 (2009-09-10)	296766	4.91[5]
2	2	"The Night of the Comet"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 17, 2009 (2009-09-17)	2J5001	3.78[6]
3	3	"Friday Night Bites"	John Dahl	Barbie Kligman & Bryan M. Holdman	September 24, 2009 (2009-09-24)	2J5002	3.81[7]
4	4	"Family Ties"	Guy Ferland	Andrew Kreisberg & Brian Young	October 1, 2009 (2009-10-01)	2J5003	3.53[8]
5	5	"You're Undead to Me"	Kevin Bray	Sean Reycraft & Gabrielle Stanton	October 8, 2009 (2009-10-08)	2J5004	3.52[9]
6	6	"Lost Girls"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	October 15, 2009 (2009-10-15)	2J5005	3.88[10]
7	7	"Haunted"	Ernest Dickerson	Story by : Andrew Kreisberg Teleplay by : Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	October 29, 2009 (2009-10-29)	2J5006	4.18[11]
8	8	"162 Candles"	Rick Bota	Barbie Kligman & Gabrielle Stanton	November 5, 2009 (2009-11-05)	2J5007	4.09[12]
9	9	"History Repeating"	Marcos Siega	Bryan M. Holdman & Brian Young	November 12, 2009 (2009-11-12)	2J5008	4.10[13]
10	10	"The Turning Point"	J. Miller Tobin	Story by : Barbie Kligman Teleplay by : Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	November 19, 2009 (2009-11-19)	2J5009	3.57[14]
11	11	"Bloodlines"	David Barrett	Story by : Sean Reycraft Teleplay by : Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	January 21, 2010 (2010-01-21)	2J5010	3.68[15]
12	12	"Unpleasantville"	Liz Friedlander	Barbie Kligman & Brian Young	January 28, 2010 (2010-01-28)	2J5011	3.71[16]
13	13	"Children of the Damned"	Marcos Siega	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	February 4, 2010 (2010-02-04)	2J5012	3.99[17]
14	14	"Fool Me Once"	Marcos Siega	Brett Conrad	February 11, 2010 (2010-02-11)	2J5013	3.51[18]
15	15	"A Few Good Men"	Joshua Butler	Brian Young	March 25, 2010 (2010-03-25)	2J5014	3.33[19]
16	16	"There Goes the Neighborhood"	Kevin Bray	Bryan Oh & Andrew Chambliss	April 1, 2010 (2010-04-01)	2J5015	2.80[20]
17	17	"Let the Right One In"	Dennis Smith	Story by : Brian Young Teleplay by : Julie Plec	April 8, 2010 (2010-04-08)	2J5016	3.48[21]
18	18	"Under Control"	David Von Ancken	Barbie Kligman & Andrew Chambliss	April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)	2J5017	3.15[22]
19	19	"Miss Mystic Falls"	Marcos Siega	Bryan Oh & Caroline Dries	April 22, 2010 (2010-04-22)	2J5018	3.33[23]
20	20	"Blood Brothers"	Liz Friedlander	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	April 29, 2010 (2010-04-29)	2J5019	3.39[24]
21	21	"Isobel"	J. Miller Tobin	Caroline Dries & Brian Young	May 6, 2010 (2010-05-06)	2J5020	3.31[25]
22	22	"Founder's Day"	Marcos Siega	Bryan Oh & Andrew Chambliss	May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)	2J5021	3.47[26]

Season 2 (2010–11)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
23	1	"The Return"	J. Miller Tobin	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 9, 2010 (2010-09-09)	2J5251	3.28[27]
24	2	"Brave New World"	John Dahl	Brian Young	September 16, 2010 (2010-09-16)	2J5252	3.05[28]
25	3	"Bad Moon Rising"	Patrick Norris	Andrew Chambliss	September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)	2J5253	3.57[29]
26	4	"Memory Lane"	Rob Hardy	Caroline Dries	September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30)	2J5254	3.18[30]
27	5	"Kill or Be Killed"	Jeff Woolnough	Mike Daniels	October 7, 2010 (2010-10-07)	2J5255	3.47[31]
28	6	"Plan B"	John Behring	Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain	October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21)	2J5256	3.62[32]
29	7	"Masquerade"	Charles Beeson	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	October 28, 2010 (2010-10-28)	2J5257	3.55[33]
30	8	"Rose"	Liz Friedlander	Brian Young	November 4, 2010 (2010-11-04)	2J5258	3.63[34]
31	9	"Katerina"	J. Miller Tobin	Andrew Chambliss	November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11)	2J5259	3.50[35]
32	10	"The Sacrifice"	Ralph Hemecker	Caroline Dries	December 2, 2010 (2010-12-02)	2J5260	3.46[36]
33	11	"By the Light of the Moon"	Elizabeth Allen	Mike Daniels	December 9, 2010 (2010-12-09)	2J5261	3.16[37]
34	12	"The Descent"	Marcos Siega	Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain	January 27, 2011 (2011-01-27)	2J5262	3.55[38]
35	13	"Daddy Issues"	Joshua Butler	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	February 3, 2011 (2011-02-03)	2J5263	3.22[39]
36	14	"Crying Wolf"	David Von Ancken	Brian Young	February 10, 2011 (2011-02-10)	2J5264	2.78[40]
37	15	"The Dinner Party"	Marcos Siega	Andrew Chambliss	February 17, 2011 (2011-02-17)	2J5265	3.07[41]
38	16	"The House Guest"	Michael Katleman	Caroline Dries	February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)	2J5266	2.98[42]
39	17	"Know Thy Enemy"	Wendey Stanzler	Mike Daniels	April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07)	2J5267	2.73[43]
40	18	"The Last Dance"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	April 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)	2J5268	2.81[44]
41	19	"Klaus"	Joshua Butler	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	April 21, 2011 (2011-04-21)	2J5269	2.70[45]
42	20	"The Last Day"	J. Miller Tobin	Andrew Chambliss & Brian Young	April 28, 2011 (2011-04-28)	2J5270	2.68[46]
43	21	"The Sun Also Rises"	Paul M. Sommers	Caroline Dries & Mike Daniels	May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05)	2J5271	2.84[47]
44	22	"As I Lay Dying"	John Behring	Turi Meyer & Al Septien & Michael Narducci	May 12, 2011 (2011-05-12)	2J5272	2.86[48]

Season 3 (2011–12)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
45	1	"The Birthday"	John Behring	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 15, 2011 (2011-09-15)	2J6001	3.10[49]
46	2	"The Hybrid"	Joshua Butler	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	September 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)	2J6002	2.52[50]
47	3	"The End of the Affair"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries	September 29, 2011 (2011-09-29)	2J6003	2.74[51]
48	4	"Disturbing Behavior"	Wendey Stanzler	Brian Young	October 6, 2011 (2011-10-06)	2J6004	2.63[52]
49	5	"The Reckoning"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	October 13, 2011 (2011-10-13)	2J6005	2.89[53]
50	6	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Rob Hardy	Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	October 20, 2011 (2011-10-20)	2J6006	3.03[54]
51	7	"Ghost World"	David Jackson	Rebecca Sonnenshine	October 27, 2011 (2011-10-27)	2J6007	3.28[55]
52	8	"Ordinary People"	J. Miller Tobin	Story by : Nick Wauters Teleplay by : Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)	2J6008	3.51[56]
53	9	"Homecoming"	Joshua Butler	Evan Bleiweiss	November 10, 2011 (2011-11-10)	2J6009	3.17[57]
54	10	"The New Deal"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	January 5, 2012 (2012-01-05)	2J6010	3.32[58]
55	11	"Our Town"	Wendey Stanzler	Rebecca Sonnenshine	January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12)	2J6011	2.86[59]
56	12	"The Ties That Bind"	John Dahl	Brian Young	January 19, 2012 (2012-01-19)	2J6012	2.71[60]
57	13	"Bringing Out the Dead"	Jeffrey Hunt	Turi Meyer & Al Septien	February 2, 2012 (2012-02-02)	2J6013	2.74[61]
58	14	"Dangerous Liaisons"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries	February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)	2J6014	3.08[62]
59	15	"All My Children"	Pascal Verschooris	Evan Bleiweiss & Michael Narducci	February 16, 2012 (2012-02-16)	2J6015	2.90[63]
60	16	"1912"	John Behring	Julie Plec & Elisabeth R. Finch	March 15, 2012 (2012-03-15)	2J6016	2.64[64]
61	17	"Break On Through"	Lance Anderson	Rebecca Sonnenshine	March 22, 2012 (2012-03-22)	2J6017	2.69[65]
62	18	"The Murder of One"	J. Miller Tobin	Caroline Dries	March 29, 2012 (2012-03-29)	2J6018	2.44[66]
63	19	"Heart of Darkness"	Chris Grismer	Brian Young & Evan Bleiweiss	April 19, 2012 (2012-04-19)	2J6019	2.21[67]
64	20	"Do Not Go Gentle"	Joshua Butler	Michael Narducci	April 26, 2012 (2012-04-26)	2J6020	2.22[68]
65	21	"Before Sunset"	Chris Grismer	Story by : Charlie Charbonneau & Daphne Miles Teleplay by : Caroline Dries	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	2J6021	2.54[69]
66	22	"The Departed"	John Behring	Story by : Brett Matthews & Elisabeth R. Finch Teleplay by : Julie Plec	May 10, 2012 (2012-05-10)	2J6022	2.53[70]

Season 4 (2012–13)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
67	1	"Growing Pains"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries	October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11)	2J6651	3.18[71]
68	2	"Memorial"	Rob Hardy	Jose Molina & Julie Plec	October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18)	2J6652	2.91[72]
69	3	"The Rager"	Lance Anderson	Brian Young	October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25)	2J6653	2.87[73]
70	4	"The Five"	Joshua Butler	Brett Matthews & Rebecca Sonnenshine	November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01)	2J6654	3.27[74]
71	5	"The Killer"	Chris Grismer	Michael Narducci	November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08)	2J6655	3.02[75]
72	6	"We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes"	Wendey Stanzler	Evan Bleiweiss & Julie Plec	November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15)	2J6656	2.84[76]
73	7	"My Brother's Keeper"	Jeffrey Hunt	Caroline Dries & Elisabeth R. Finch	November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29)	2J6657	2.86[77]
74	8	"We'll Always Have Bourbon Street"	Jesse Warn	Charlie Charbonneau & Jose Molina	December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06)	2J6658	2.42[78]
75	9	"O Come, All Ye Faithful"	Pascal Verschooris	Michael J. Cinquemani & Julie Plec	December 13, 2012 (2012-12-13)	2J6659	2.81[79]
76	10	"After School Special"	David Von Ancken	Brett Matthews	January 17, 2013 (2013-01-17)	2J6660	2.95[80]
77	11	"Catch Me If You Can"	John Dahl	Brian Young & Michael Narducci	January 24, 2013 (2013-01-24)	2J6661	2.71[81]
78	12	"A View to a Kill"	Brad Turner	Rebecca Sonnenshine	January 31, 2013 (2013-01-31)	2J6662	2.56[82]
79	13	"Into the Wild"	Michael Allowitz	Caroline Dries	February 7, 2013 (2013-02-07)	2J6663	2.50[83]
80	14	"Down the Rabbit Hole"	Chris Grismer	Jose Molina	February 14, 2013 (2013-02-14)	2J6664	2.31[84]
81	15	"Stand by Me"	Lance Anderson	Julie Plec	February 21, 2013 (2013-02-21)	2J6665	2.91[85]
82	16	"Bring It On"	Jesse Warn	Elisabeth R. Finch & Michael Narducci	March 14, 2013 (2013-03-14)	2J6666	2.41[86]
83	17	"Because the Night"	Garreth Stover	Brian Young & Charlie Charbonneau	March 21, 2013 (2013-03-21)	2J6667	2.65[87]
84	18	"American Gothic"	Kellie Cyrus	Evan Bleiweiss & Jose Molina	March 28, 2013 (2013-03-28)	2J6668	2.46[88]
85	19	"Pictures of You"	J. Miller Tobin	Neil Reynolds & Caroline Dries	April 18, 2013 (2013-04-18)	2J6669	2.14[89]
86	20	"The Originals"	Chris Grismer	Julie Plec	April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)	2J6670	2.24[90]
87	21	"She's Come Undone"	Darnell Martin	Michael Narducci & Rebecca Sonnenshine	May 2, 2013 (2013-05-02)	2J6671	2.17[91]
88	22	"The Walking Dead"	Rob Hardy	Brian Young & Caroline Dries	May 9, 2013 (2013-05-09)	2J6672	2.28[92]
89	23	"Graduation"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries & Julie Plec	May 16, 2013 (2013-05-16)	2J6673	2.24[93]

Season 5 (2013–14)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
90	1	"I Know What You Did Last Summer"	Lance Anderson	Caroline Dries	October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)	2J7501	2.59[94]
91	2	"True Lies"	Joshua Butler	Brian Young	October 10, 2013 (2013-10-10)	2J7502	2.14[95]
92	3	"Original Sin"	Jesse Warn	Melinda Hsu Taylor & Rebecca Sonnenshine	October 17, 2013 (2013-10-17)	2J7503	2.93[96]
93	4	"For Whom the Bell Tolls"	Michael Allowitz	Brett Matthews & Elisabeth R. Finch	October 24, 2013 (2013-10-24)	2J7504	2.63[97]
94	5	"Monster's Ball"	Kellie Cyrus	Sonny Postiglione	October 31, 2013 (2013-10-31)	2J7505	2.07[98]
95	6	"Handle with Care"	Jeffrey Hunt	Caroline Dries & Holly Brix	November 7, 2013 (2013-11-07)	2J7506	2.59[99]
96	7	"Death and the Maiden"	Leslie Libman	Rebecca Sonnenshine	November 14, 2013 (2013-11-14)	2J7507	2.72[100]
97	8	"Dead Man on Campus"	Rob Hardy	Brian Young & Neil Reynolds	November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)	2J7508	2.67[101]
98	9	"The Cell"	Chris Grismer	Melinda Hsu Taylor	December 5, 2013 (2013-12-05)	2J7509	2.36[102]
99	10	"Fifty Shades of Grayson"	Kellie Cyrus	Caroline Dries	December 12, 2013 (2013-12-12)	2J7510	2.44[103]
100	11	"500 Years of Solitude"	Chris Grismer	Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	January 23, 2014 (2014-01-23)	2J7511	2.72[104]
101	12	"The Devil Inside"	Kellie Cyrus	Brett Matthews & Sonny Postiglione	January 30, 2014 (2014-01-30)	2J7512	2.42[105]
102	13	"Total Eclipse of the Heart"	Darren Genet	Rebecca Sonnenshine & Holly Brix	February 6, 2014 (2014-02-06)	2J7513	2.16[106]
103	14	"No Exit"	Michael Allowitz	Brian Young	February 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)	2J7514	2.03[107]
104	15	"Gone Girl"	Lance Anderson	Melinda Hsu Taylor	March 6, 2014 (2014-03-06)	2J7515	2.19[108]
105	16	"While You Were Sleeping"	Pascal Verschooris	Caroline Dries	March 20, 2014 (2014-03-20)	2J7516	2.28[109]
106	17	"Rescue Me"	Leslie Libman	Brett Matthews & Neil Reynolds	March 27, 2014 (2014-03-27)	2J7517	1.73[110]
107	18	"Resident Evil"	Paul Wesley	Brian Young & Caroline Dries	April 17, 2014 (2014-04-17)	2J7518	1.66[111]
108	19	"Man on Fire"	Michael Allowitz	Melinda Hsu Taylor & Matthew D'Ambrosio	April 24, 2014 (2014-04-24)	2J7519	1.81[112]
109	20	"What Lies Beneath"	Joshua Butler	Elisabeth R. Finch & Holly Brix	May 1, 2014 (2014-05-01)	2J7520	1.84[113]
110	21	"Promised Land"	Michael Allowitz	Rebecca Sonnenshine	May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)	2J7521	1.50[114]
111	22	"Home"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries & Brian Young	May 15, 2014 (2014-05-15)	2J7522	1.61[115]

Season 6 (2014–15)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 6

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
112	1	"I'll Remember"	Jeffrey Hunt	Caroline Dries	October 2, 2014 (2014-10-02)	2J7851	1.81[116]
113	2	"Yellow Ledbetter"	Pascal Verschooris	Julie Plec	October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09)	2J7852	1.67[117]
114	3	"Welcome to Paradise"	Michael Allowitz	Brian Young	October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16)	2J7853	1.83[118]
115	4	"Black Hole Sun"	Kellie Cyrus	Melinda Hsu Taylor & Neil Reynolds	October 23, 2014 (2014-10-23)	2J7854	1.66[119]
116	5	"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here"	Leslie Libman	Brett Matthews	October 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)	2J7855	1.58[120]
117	6	"The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get"	Garreth Stover	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	November 6, 2014 (2014-11-06)	2J7856	1.59[121]
118	7	"Do You Remember the First Time?"	Darren Genet	Rebecca Sonnenshine	November 13, 2014 (2014-11-13)	2J7857	1.54[122]
119	8	"Fade Into You"	Joshua Butler	Nina Fiore & John Herrera	November 20, 2014 (2014-11-20)	2J7858	1.68[123]
120	9	"I Alone"	Kellie Cyrus	Brian Young & Holly Brix	December 4, 2014 (2014-12-04)	2J7859	1.49[124]
121	10	"Christmas Through Your Eyes"	Michael Allowitz	Caroline Dries	December 11, 2014 (2014-12-11)	2J7860	1.82[125]
122	11	"Woke Up with a Monster"	Paul Wesley	Melinda Hsu Taylor	January 22, 2015 (2015-01-22)	2J7861	1.63[126]
123	12	"Prayer for the Dying"	Jeffrey Hunt	Brett Matthews & Rebecca Sonnenshine	January 29, 2015 (2015-01-29)	2J7862	1.47[127]
124	13	"The Day I Tried to Live"	Pascal Verschooris	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	February 5, 2015 (2015-02-05)	2J7863	1.61[128]
125	14	"Stay"	Chris Grismer	Brian Young & Caroline Dries	February 12, 2015 (2015-02-12)	2J7864	1.52[129]
126	15	"Let Her Go"	Julie Plec	Julie Plec	February 19, 2015 (2015-02-19)	2J7865	1.41[130]
127	16	"The Downward Spiral"	Ian Somerhalder	Brian Young & Caroline Dries	March 12, 2015 (2015-03-12)	2J7866	1.30[131]
128	17	"A Bird in a Gilded Cage"	Joshua Butler	Neil Reynolds	March 19, 2015 (2015-03-19)	2J7867	1.59[132]
129	18	"I Never Could Love Like That"	Leslie Libman	Story by : Matthew D'Ambrosio Teleplay by : Chad Fiveash & James Storeaux	April 16, 2015 (2015-04-16)	2J7868	1.35[133]
130	19	"Because"	Geoffrey Wing Shotz	Melinda Hsu Taylor	April 23, 2015 (2015-04-23)	2J7869	1.37[134]
131	20	"I'd Leave My Happy Home for You"	Jesse Warn	Brett Matthews & Rebecca Sonnenshine	April 30, 2015 (2015-04-30)	2J7870	1.21[135]
132	21	"I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime"	Michael Allowitz	Brian Young	May 7, 2015 (2015-05-07)	2J7871	1.32[136]
133	22	"I'm Thinking of You All the While"	Chris Grismer	Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	May 14, 2015 (2015-05-14)	2J7872	1.44[137]

Season 7 (2015–16)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 7

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
134	1	"Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take"	Pascal Verschooris	Caroline Dries	October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)	3J5701	1.38[138]
135	2	"Never Let Me Go"	Chris Grismer	Brian Young	October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)	3J5702	1.40[139]
136	3	"Age of Innocence"	Michael Allowitz	Melinda Hsu Taylor & Holly Brix	October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)	3J5703	1.20[140]
137	4	"I Carry Your Heart with Me"	Jeffrey Hunt	Neil Reynolds	October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29)	3J5704	1.24[141]
138	5	"Live Through This"	Kellie Cyrus	Rebecca Sonnenshine	November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)	3J5705	1.34[142]
139	6	"Best Served Cold"	Darren Genet	Caroline Dries	November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)	3J5706	1.32[143]
140	7	"Mommie Dearest"	Tony Solomons	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)	3J5707	1.10[144]
141	8	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	Leslie Libman	Brett Matthews	December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03)	3J5708	1.31[145]
142	9	"Cold as Ice"	Geoffrey Wing Shotz	Brian Young	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)	3J5709	1.18[146]
143	10	"Hell Is Other People"	Deborah Chow	Holly Brix & Neil Reynolds	January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)	3J5710	1.23[147]
144	11	"Things We Lost in the Fire"	Paul Wesley	Melinda Hsu Taylor	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)	3J5711	1.09[148]
145	12	"Postcards from the Edge"	Pascal Verschooris	Rebecca Sonnenshine	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)	3J5712	1.05[149]
146	13	"This Woman's Work"	Garreth Stover	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)	3J5713	1.01[150]
147	14	"Moonlight on the Bayou"	Jeffrey Hunt	Caroline Dries & Brett Matthews	February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)	3J5714	1.12[151]
148	15	"I Would for You"	Mike Karasick	Brian Young	March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	3J5715	1.06[152]
149	16	"Days of Future Past"	Ian Somerhalder	Melinda Hsu Taylor	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)	3J5716	1.07[153]
150	17	"I Went to the Woods"	Julie Plec	Story by : Julie Plec & Neil Reynolds Teleplay by : Neil Reynolds	April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)	3J5717	1.03[154]
151	18	"One Way or Another"	Rashaad Ernesto Green	Story by : Penny Cox Teleplay by : Rebecca Sonnenshine	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	3J5718	1.02[155]
152	19	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Chris Grismer	Story by : Matthew D'Ambrosio Teleplay by : Holly Brix	April 22, 2016 (2016-04-22)	3J5719	1.02[156]
153	20	"Kill 'Em All"	Kellie Cyrus	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)	3J5720	1.05[157]
154	21	"Requiem for a Dream"	Paul Wesley	Brett Matthews & Neil Reynolds	May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)	3J5721	0.90[158]
155	22	"Gods and Monsters"	Michael A. Allowitz	Brian Young	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)	3J5722	1.04[159]

Season 8 (2016–17)

Main article: The Vampire Diaries season 8

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
156	1	"Hello, Brother"	Michael A. Allowitz	Julie Plec & Kevin Williamson	October 21, 2016 (2016-10-21)	T27.13301	0.98[160]
157	2	"Today Will Be Different"	Pascal Verschooris	Melinda Hsu Taylor	October 28, 2016 (2016-10-28)	T27.13302	0.90[161]
158	3	"You Decided That I Was Worth Saving"	Michael Karasick	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)	T27.13303	0.94[162]
159	4	"An Eternity of Misery"	Rob Hardy	Brett Matthews & Neil Reynolds	November 11, 2016 (2016-11-11)	T27.13304	1.00[163]
160	5	"Coming Home Was a Mistake"	James Thompson	Celine Geiger	November 18, 2016 (2016-11-18)	T27.13305	0.92[164]
161	6	"Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell"	Paul Wesley	Alan McElroy	December 2, 2016 (2016-12-02)	T27.13306	1.05[165]
162	7	"The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You"	Tanya Hamilton	Shukree Hassan Tilghman	December 9, 2016 (2016-12-09)	T27.13307	0.98[166]
163	8	"We Have History Together"	Ian Somerhalder	Matthew D'Ambrosio	January 13, 2017 (2017-01-13)	T27.13308	0.95[167]
164	9	"The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch"	Geoff Shotz	Neil Reynolds & Penny Cox	January 20, 2017 (2017-01-20)	T27.13309	0.86[168]
165	10	"Nostalgia's a Bitch"	Kellie Cyrus	Brett Matthews	January 27, 2017 (2017-01-27)	T27.13310	0.94[169]
166	11	"You Made a Choice to Be Good"	Carol Banker	Melinda Hsu Taylor & Celine Geiger	February 3, 2017 (2017-02-03)	T27.13311	0.92[170]
167	12	"What Are You?"	Darren Genet	Chad Fiveash & James Stoteraux	February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10)	T27.13312	1.11[171]
168	13	"The Lies Will Catch Up to You"	Tony Solomons	Neil Reynolds	February 17, 2017 (2017-02-17)	T27.13313	0.99[172]
169	14	"It's Been a Hell of a Ride"	Pascal Verschooris	Brett Matthews & Shukree Hassan Tilghman	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)	T27.13314	1.04[173]
170	15	"We're Planning a June Wedding"	Chris Grismer	Story by : Jen Vestuto & Melissa Marlette Teleplay by : Melinda Hsu Taylor	March 3, 2017 (2017-03-03)	T27.13315	1.14[174]
171	16	"I Was Feeling Epic"	Julie Plec	Julie Plec & Kevin Williamson	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)	T27.13316	1.15[175]

Special

No.	Title	Aired between	Original release date	US viewers (millions)
1	"Forever Yours"	"We're Planning a June Wedding" "I Was Feeling Epic"	March 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)	1.07[175]
Retrospective of the series featuring interviews with past and present cast members and guest stars, a conversation with the executive producers, Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson, behind-the-scenes footage from the final season and special moments from the past eight years.

Ratings

Season		Episode number																							Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
	1	4.91	3.78	3.81	3.53	3.52	3.88	4.18	4.09	4.10	3.57	3.68	3.71	3.99	3.51	3.33	2.80	3.48	3.15	3.33	3.39	3.31	3.47	–	3.66
	2	3.28	3.05	3.57	3.18	3.47	3.62	3.55	3.63	3.50	3.46	3.16	3.55	3.22	2.78	3.07	2.98	2.73	2.81	2.70	2.68	2.84	2.86	–	3.17
	3	3.10	2.52	2.74	2.63	2.89	3.03	3.28	3.51	3.17	3.32	2.86	2.71	2.74	3.08	2.90	2.64	2.69	2.44	2.21	2.22	2.54	2.53	–	2.81
	4	3.18	2.91	2.87	3.27	3.02	2.84	2.42	2.81	2.95	2.71	2.71	2.56	2.50	2.31	2.91	2.41	2.65	2.46	2.14	2.24	2.17	2.28	2.24	2.64
	5	2.59	2.14	2.93	2.63	2.07	2.59	2.72	2.67	2.36	2.44	2.72	2.42	2.16	2.03	2.19	2.28	1.73	1.66	1.81	1.84	1.50	1.61	–	2.23
	6	1.81	1.67	1.83	1.66	1.58	1.59	1.54	1.68	1.49	1.82	1.63	1.47	1.61	1.52	1.41	1.30	1.59	1.35	1.37	1.21	1.32	1.44	–	1.54
	7	1.38	1.40	1.20	1.24	1.34	1.32	1.10	1.31	1.18	1.23	1.09	1.05	1.01	1.12	1.06	1.07	1.03	1.02	1.02	1.05	0.90	1.04	–	1.14
	8	0.98	0.90	0.94	1.00	0.92	1.05	0.98	0.95	0.86	0.94	0.92	1.11	0.99	1.04	1.14	1.15	–							0.99

The Vampire Diaries : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^{[176][citation needed]}