Every TV show has to start somehow. A general rule of thumb is to introduce the main heroes and let the audience know what they're about. The Vampire Diaries managed to do just that in expert fashion. In the first episode, Elena tries to get used to her new reality of life without her parents. She meets a handsome stranger (Stefan) and the rest, as they say, is history.
However, The Vampire Diaries that ended in its eighth season was far from the same show as when it started. The characters changed a lot, as did the story. In the end, both the pilot and the finale have a lot of positive things going for them.
10 Series Premiere: Elena's Connection To Stefan
When Elena met Stefan in the first episode, something like love and romance was the furthest thing on her mind. She was still dealing with the fact that her parents had died. As a result, she broke up with Matt because she needed more time for herself.
But when Stefan and Elena met, there was an instant connection between them. They spent some time together and it looked like Stefan might be the person to pull Elena out of her sadness. Their meeting was done incredibly well in this episode.
9 Series Finale: Elena And Damon Live Happily Ever After
By the time the final episode of the show rolled around, Elena was in love with Damon and he felt the same way about her. These two couldn't imagine living without one another. So it's only appropriate that they also got their happily ever after they deserved.
Elena revealed in the last episode that she and Damon had stayed together, did what they loved, and started a family. They went on to be together in the afterlife as well.
8 Series Premiere: Everyone's In School
The show's primary audience when it started airing were teenagers. Elena and most of her friends were 17, so the ideal audience was more or less the same age. As such, it felt only appropriate the show started in the Mystic Falls high school.
The characters talked about typical things people deal with in high school, such as who broke up with whom and what they were wearing the first day of school. This aspect of the show gradually vanished as more and more supernatural drama entered the scene.
7 Series Finale: They Move On With Their Lives
However sweet high school years might be, everybody has to grow up and move on eventually. The people who started watching The Vampire Diaries in 2009 and were the same age as the heroes got older alongside (some of) them. And they might have faced similar life-changing decisions, such as who would they be with and what job would they do.
In the final episode, the characters have moved on with their lives and it's clear they have an interesting future ahead of them. For example, Bonnie is ready to travel and see the world while Caroline's helping to set up the new Salvatore Boarding School. In this sense, the last episode felt like the beginning of something new, not the end.
6 Series Premiere: It Introduced Most Of The Major Characters
The job of any show's pilot is to primarily introduce the main and important supporting characters. It should also establish the beginning of the main storyline. The Vampire Diaries pilot managed to do both of these things.
A lot of the characters that would stay through the entire show (more or less) first showed up in this episode - Elena, both Salvatore brothers, Caroline, Bonnie, Matt, and the list goes on. The episode also hinted at the fact that Stefan and Elena would get close and that Damon would be causing trouble later on - which he did.
5 Series Finale: The Characters Get A Resolution
Throughout the entire show, the characters suffered because they lost their loved ones. The final episode offered them resolution. Elena was happy with Damon but she still missed her parents, just like she did in the first episode.
She was no longer crippled by the loss but she still felt it. So when she got to reunite with her family in the afterlife, it was a happy and hopeful ending.
4 Series Premiere: Damon As The Villain
Throughout its eight seasons, the show has created plenty of amazing villains. But Damon was one of the best. He had a genuine reason to hate Stefan since Stefan forced Damon to become a vampire even though he didn't want to do it.
That doesn't apologize for Damon's actions in the first season, like the way he abused Caroline, snapped Jeremy's neck, or tried to kiss Elena against her will. However, when he first showed up, his attitude and natural charisma had fans immediately fall in love with him.
3 Series Finale: Damon Is Willing To Sacrifice Himself
In the last episode, Damon had definitely changed a lot and become a better person. Damon was willing to sacrifice his own life to stop the Hellfire in order to save Stefan. The only reason he didn't do it is that Stefan tricked him and took the fall.
This Damon was very different from the one the audience met in the first episode. That Damon never would have chosen to sacrifice himself for his brother.
2 Series Premiere: The Vampire Lore
The later episodes and seasons introduced a lot of supernatural creatures - such as werewolves, hybrids, and sirens. But the first episode kept it wonderfully simple. Bonnie joked that she was a psychic but the main emphasis was on vampires.
Damon showed some vampire tricks that never seemed to appear in the show again, such as creating the fog when Elena was in the cemetery. And the first episode actually explained the show's title since Stefan and Elena were writing in their diaries. But this was something the show later dropped.
1 Series Finale: The Threat Feels Real
The show has presented many dangers and supernatural threats but one of the greatest ones appeared in the final episode. Katherine was ready to destroy Mystic Falls with the Hellfire. The heroes all had to join forces to stop her and it was a close call even then.
Stefan's sacrifice has already been mentioned but no-one should also forget how Bonnie and her ancestors contained the Hellfire, or how Matt tried to help to evacuate the city. The episode was full of tension and the ticking clock that announced the upcoming catastrophe made it all the more intense.
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March 20, 2021 at 05:30AM
