Recap / The Vampire Diaries

Season One

Season 1:

Love Sucks

• Chapter I: The Vicki Chapter (Ep. 101 - 107): This chapter deals with the return of Damon Salvatore and his shady influence over the events in the town and most particularly on Vicki Donovan. Stefan wants to get to know Elena Gilbert, who looks identical to the vampire he and his brother loved in 1864. As Damon wreaks havoc in town, he turns Vicki into a vampire. As she was about to kill Jeremy and Elena, Stefan stakes her in front of them. Damon offers to compel away the memories of Vicki's death from Jeremy, which gives Stefan hope for his brother.
  • The main antagonist of this chapter is Damon Salvatore.
• Chapter II: The Tomb Chapter (Ep. 108 - 114): This chapter deals with the aftermath of Vicki's death and the revelation of Damon's master plan: opening the tomb of vampires underneath Fell's Church to release Katherine Pierce. Despite Annabelle, daughter of the Tomb vampire Pearl, and her plans to open the tomb, Damon succeeds with Stefan, Elena, Bonnie, and Grams' help to get in and out of the tomb before the barriers went back up. Shocked Katherine was never in the tomb, Damon is heartbroken as Grams dies from using to much power for the spell, which brought down the barrier in full, allowing the Tomb Vampires to escape.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Damon Salvatore and Annabelle.
• Chapter III: The Lineage Chapter (Ep. 115 - 122): This chapter deals with the aftermath of the opening of the tomb, the release of the tomb vampires and Elena's true parentage. John Gilbert is in town to get rid of the tomb vampires at the Founder's Day celebration with the Gilbert Device, a weapon to immobilize vampires through pain from their heightened hearing. After confirming he is Elena's father, John later at the Gilbert House tries to explain his motives, only for Katherine, posing as Elena, to cut his fingers off, removing his Gilbert Ring, and she stabs John, just as Elena walks inside of the house.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are John Gilbert, Isobel Flemming and Katherine Pierce.

1. "Pilot" (September 10, 2009)
2. "The Night of the Comet" (September 17, 2009)
3. "Friday Night Bites" (September 24, 2009)
4. "Family Ties" (October 1, 2009)
5. "You're Undead to Me" (October 8, 2009)
6. "Lost Girls" (October 15, 2009)
7. "Haunted" (October 29, 2009)
8. "162 Candles" (November 5, 2009)
9. "History Repeating" (November 12, 2009)
10. "The Turning Point" (November 19, 2009)
11. "Bloodlines" (January 21, 2010)
12. "Unpleasantville" (January 28, 2010)
13. "Children of the Damned" (February 4, 2010)
14. "Fool Me Once" (February 11, 2010)
15. "A Few Good Men" (March 25, 2010)
16. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (April 1, 2010)
17. "Let the Right One In" (April 8, 2010)
18. "Under Control" (April 15, 2010)
19. "Miss Mystic Falls" (April 22, 2010)
20. "Blood Brothers" (April 29, 2010)
21. "Isobel" (May 6, 2010)
22. "Founder's Day" (May 13, 2010)

Season Two

Season 2:

The Year Of The Kat

• Chapter I: The Katherine Chapter (Ep. 201 - 207): This chapter deals with the aftermath of the destruction of the tomb vampire, the return of Katherine Pierce, Caroline's new life as a vampire and the mystery surrounding Mason Lockwood and Tyler Lockwood.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Katherine Pierce and Mason Lockwood.
• Chapter II: The Werewolf Chapter (Ep. 208 - 214): This chapter deals with the transformation of Tyler Lockwood into a werewolf and the appearance of the Original vampires as well as the new importance of the curse of the Sun and the Moon.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Elijah and Jules.
• Chapter III: The Klaus/Curse Chapter (Ep. 215 - 222): This chapter deals with the aftermath of Elijah's death and the release of Katherine Pierce from the tomb. It also deals with the arrival of Klaus, and it concentrates truly on the events surrounding the curse.
  • The main antagonist of this chapter is Klaus.

1. "The Return" (September 9, 2010)
2. "Brave New World" (September 16, 2010)
3. "Bad Moon Rising" (September 23, 2010)
4. "Memory Lane" (September 30, 2010)
5. "Kill Or Be Killed" (October 7, 2010)
6. "Plan B" (October 21, 2010)
7. "Masquerade" (October 28, 2010)
8. "Rose" (November 4, 2010)
9. "Katerina" (November 11, 2010)
10. "The Sacrifice" (December 2, 2010)
11. "By The Light Of The Moon" (December 9, 2010)
12. "The Descent" (January 27, 2011)
13. "Daddy Issues" (February 3, 2011)
14. "Crying Wolf" (February 10, 2011)
15. "The Dinner Party" (February 17, 2011)
16. "The House Guest" (February 24, 2011)
17. "Know Thy Enemy" (April 7, 2011)
18. "The Last Dance" (April 14, 2011)
19. "Klaus" (April 21, 2011)
20. "The Last Day" (April 28, 2011)
21. "The Sun Also Rises" (May 5, 2011)
22. "As I Lay Dying" (May 12, 2011)

Season Three

Season 3:

The Year Of The Originals

• Chapter I: The Ghosts Chapter (Ep. 301 - 307): This chapter deals with the events surrounding Jeremy's new ability to see Ghosts and the mystery surrounding the return of Anna and Vicki to the world of the living. It also deals with Klaus's plan to create more hybrids as well as revealing his back story to his new wingman, Stefan, as well as why he wants Stefan at his side.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Niklaus Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson, and Stefan Salvatore.
• Chapter II: The Originals Chapter (Ep. 308 - 315): This chapter deals with the truth surrounding the creation of the Vampires in the form of the Originals. It evolves into a conflict between Klaus and Stefan after the latter steals the coffins of the Originals and uses them in his crusade to destroy Klaus. It also sees the arrival and death of the one responsible for the creation of the vampires: Mikael, Klaus' stepfather, and the father to the rest of the Original Vampires. Also, vampires and humans alike are baffled when a killing spree begins against Founder's Council members, scaring others into thinking there is a serial killer in Mystic Falls.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Niklaus Mikaelson, Mikael and Stefan Salvatore.
• Chapter III: The Bloodline Chapter (Ep. 316 - 322): This chapter starts with the development of Esther's plot to destroy her family. Elijah and the rest of the family are not willing to just die and they use Elena to force Damon and Stefan to help them in their power struggle against their mother. Lastly, they learn that once you kill one Original, you also kill their entire bloodline of vampires, which leads to a search to find out who turned whom and which Originals they can kill without signing their own death sentences. It also continues the storyline of the mysterious killer who seems bent on killing the Council members who protect the secret of the vampires in Mystic Falls. As Alaric is revealed to be the killer, due to overusing the Gilbert Ring which cause him to have a split personality, Esther makes him into an Enhanced Original Vampire with the last and indestructible White Oak Stake to kill her children. After appearing to kill Klaus, Rebekah kills Elena, as Alaric's life was bound to Elena's, killing him. However, Elena died with vampire blood in her system.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Esther, Niklaus Mikaelson, Rebekah Mikaelson and Alaric Saltzman.

1. "The Birthday" (September 15, 2011)
2. "The Hybrid" (September 22, 2011)
3. "The End of the Affair" (September 29, 2011)
4. "Disturbing Behavior" (October 6, 2011)
5. "The Reckoning" (October 13, 2011)
6. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (October 20, 2011)
7. "Ghost World" (October 27, 2011)
8. "Ordinary People" (November 3, 2011)
9. "Homecoming" (November 10, 2011)
10. "The New Deal" (January 5, 2012)
11. "Our Town" (January 12, 2012)
12. "The Ties That Bind" (January 19, 2012)
13. "Bringing Out the Dead" (February 2, 2012)
14. "Dangerous Liaisons" (February 9, 2012)
15. "All My Children" (February 16, 2012)
16. "1912" (March 15, 2012)
17. "Break On Through" (March 22, 2012)
18. "The Murder of One" (March 29, 2012)
19. "Heart of Darkness" (April 19, 2012)
20. "Do Not Go Gentle" (April 26, 2012)
21. "Before Sunset" (May 3, 2012)
22. "The Departed" (May 10, 2012)

Season Four

Season 4:

The Year of Transition

• Chapter I: The Transition Chapter (Ep. 401-402): This chapter also wraps up/coincides with The Bloodline Chapter from Season Three. This chapter focuses on Elena's transition into a vampire and all the things that she has to look forward to now that she is one. The newly reformed Town Council, whose mission is to clean the town of vampires and anyone else they deem a threat, decides to take action.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Pastor Young and Connor Jordan.
• Chapter II: The Hunter Chapter (Ep. 403-409): This chapter deals with a new threat that has arrived in the town of Mystic Falls; The supernatural hunter known as Connor has arrived to rid the town of all the Vampires and Hybrids bringing with him two main things, a new origin as one of the members of the thought to be extinct The Five, and also the key to revealing a Cure for vampirism, which is hidden in his invisible Hunter's Mark tattoo. After Elena kills Connor, she is plagued by the Hunter's Curse, but gets rescued as Jeremy kills a hybrid to activate his Hunter's Mark, officially joining the Five.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Connor Jordan, Niklaus Mikaelson and Atticus Shane.
• Chapter III: The Silas Chapter (Ep. 410-415): This chapter deals with the origins of the first immortal Silas, and the Cure for vampirism. Jeremy tries to complete the Hunter's Mark to reveal the location of Silas and the Cure, and the journey to retrieve them. This results in tragedy and the raising of Silas.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Atticus Shane, Niklaus Mikaelson, Kol Mikaelson, Katherine Pierce, and Galen Vaughn.
• Chapter IV: The Humanity Chapter (Ep. 416-423): This chapter deals with the aftermath of the confrontation on the Island. After Jeremy's death, Elena's pain leads Damon to make a controversial decision which has dramatic consequences for all of Mystic Falls. Meanwhile, Silas, who is now awake, has followed the group back to Mystic Falls and is bent on accomplishing his ultimate goal: to drop the veil with The Other Side, which would bring back every dead supernatural being over there, so he could take the Cure, die, and find peace in the afterlife with his one true love.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Silas, Elena Gilbert, Kol Mikaelson and Katherine Pierce.

1. "Growing Pains" (October 11, 2012)
2. "Memorial" (October 18, 2012)
3. "The Rager" (October 25, 2012)
4. "The Five" (November 1, 2012)
5. "The Killer" (November 8, 2012)
6. "We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes" (November 15, 2012)
7. "My Brother's Keeper" (November 29, 2012)
8. "We'll Always Have Bourbon Street" (December 6, 2012)
9. "O Come, All Ye Faithful" (December 13, 2012)
10. "After School Special" (January 17, 2013)
11. "Catch Me If You Can" (January 24, 2013)
12. "A View to a Kill" (January 31, 2013)
13. "Into the Wild" (February 7, 2013)
14. "Down the Rabbit Hole" (February 14, 2013)
15. "Stand by Me" (February 21, 2013)
16. "Bring It On" (March 14, 2013)
17. "Because the Night" (March 21, 2013)
18. "American Gothic" (March 28, 2013)
19. "Pictures of You" (April 18, 2013)
20. "The Originals" (April 25, 2013)
21. "She's Come Undone" (May 2, 2013)
22. "The Walking Dead" (May 9, 2013)
23. "Graduation" (May 16, 2013)

Season Five

Season 5:

The Year of the Doppelgänger

• Chapter I: The Doppelgängers Chapter (Ep. 501-507): This chapter deals with the aftermath of summer, and reveals more of the history between Silas, Qetsiyah, and Amara. The reason for the doppelgängers are revealed, as is Silas' new plan to die, and Qetsiyah's attempt to beat him. This chapter also deals with Damon and Elena finding Stefan, and the aftermath of his escape from the quarry. Bonnie continues to get used to being a ghost, making Jeremy convince her friends she is out of town. A human Katherine is on the run from Silas, and comes across a vampire from her past that has been looking for Katherine for 500 years.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Silas and Qetsiyah
• Chapter II: The Augustine Chapter (Ep. 508-510):This chapter deals with the mystery of the Augustine Society, Wes' plan for vampires, and reveals Damon's dark history as an Augustine Vampire with his old friend Enzo. This chapter also deals with the aftermath of Stefan killing Silas, and Katherine finding out she is dying rapidly of old age from Silas taking the cure from her blood. Bonnie becomes used to being alive again, enjoying her time with Jeremy, but must come to grips with her painful situation with being the Anchor to the Other Side.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Wes Maxfield and Enzo.
• Chapter III: The Passenger Chapter (Ep. 511-515): This chapter focuses on the consequences of all actions taken at Katherine's deathbed. Once she finds her way to live on as a passenger in Elena's body, Katherine sets a plan in motion to take back all she thinks is rightfully hers, sending Damon off on a killing spree with old murder buddy Enzo, which leads to its own tragic aftermath. Finally, Katherine, Damon and Elena find themselves sharing a unique bond. Katherine continues to spend time with her daughter Nadia, while throwing trouble into everyone's lives by trying to get Stefan back while she pretends to be Elena.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Katerina Petrova, Nadia Petrova, Wes Maxfield, Damon Salvatore and Enzo.
• Chapter IV: The Travelers Chapter (Ep. 516-522): This chapter deals with the aftermath of Katherine Pierce's death and her infecting Elena with the ripper virus. Stefan and Caroline try to find an antidote for both Elena and Damon, and are surprised when they are helped by the Travelers, who are now accompanied by Enzo. It is also revealed that the Travelers have plans for the final pair of doppelgängers and they will stop at nothing to make sure that Stefan and Elena will be the two remaining doppelgängers. At the same time, war has been brewing between the Travellers and the Witch Covens, and Mystic Falls is poised to become a battlefield when Markos reveals his plans to strip Spirit Magic from Mystic Falls and the world, leaving witches besides Travelers powerless, and exterminating the vampire species.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are The Travelers and their enigmatic leader, Markos.

1. "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (October 3, 2013)
2. "True Lies" (October 10, 2013)
3. "Original Sin" (October 17, 2013)
4. "For Whom the Bell Tolls" (October 24, 2013)
5. "Monster's Ball" (October 31, 2013)
6. "Handle with Care" (November 7, 2013)
7. "Death and the Maiden" (November 14, 2013)
8. "Dead Man on Campus" (November 21, 2013)
9. "The Cell" (December 5, 2013)
10. "Fifty Shades of Grayson" (December 12, 2013)
11. "500 Years Of Solitude" (January 23, 2014)
12. "The Devil Inside" (January 30, 2014)
13. "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" (February 6, 2014)
14. "No Exit" (February 27, 2014)
15. "Gone Girl" (March 6, 2014)
16. "While You Were Sleeping" (March 20, 2014)
17. "Rescue Me" (March 27, 2014)
18. "Resident Evil" (April 17, 2014)
19. "Man On Fire" (April 24, 2014)
20. "What Lies Beneath" (May 1, 2014)
21. "Promised Land" (May 8, 2014)
22. "Home" (May 15, 2014)

Season Six

Season 6:

All Spell Breaks Loose

• Chapter I: The Grieving Chapter (Ep. 601-607): This chapter follows the gang four months after Damon and Bonnie's death, and how their friends are trying to move on with their lives. Elena, Jeremy and Stefan are still grieving, and Caroline and Enzo try and find a way to break The Travelers' anti-magic spell on Mystic Falls, along with trying to locate Bonnie and Damon. Damon and Bonnie find themselves stuck in a prison world repeating the same day in 1994, and meet a mysterious inhabitant named Kai while trying to find a way home. Tyler and Alaric also come to terms with their new status, while Matt has joined a new Militia group.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Tripp Cooke and Kai.
• Chapter II: The Parker Chapter (Ep. 608-615): This chapter mainly focuses on the Parker Family and Kai's history, with flashbacks showing what Kai did to his family years ago. Kai reveals he plans to become the new leader of the Gemini Coven through The Merge, a ritual that makes the new leader of the Gemini Coven by merging the essence of two twins from the coven and increases the winner's powers, which takes an unexpected turn. Liv and Luke find their long lost sister. Jo and Alaric's relationship takes a leap forward. While Enzo uses Matt to try to ruin Stefan's life, Bonnie tries to find her way home from the prison world, and Jeremy makes a life changing decision.
  • The main antagonist of this chapter is Kai.
• Chapter III: The Salvatore Chapter (Ep. 616-622): This chapter focuses on the Salvatore Brothers mother, Lily, and her companions the Heretics, siphon witches turned into vampires that can siphon their own vampirism for an endless source of magic. Lily is so desperate to find her Heretics, that she will do anything to reunite with them. Caroline deals with the loss of her mother; however, in doing so, she makes a drastic decision as she drags Stefan down with her in turning off their humanity. Elena considers taking the cure, which leaves repercussions with Damon, who decides to take it with her. Alaric and Jo's wedding takes place, but it takes a turn for the worse when Kai appears to enact a deadly plan of revenge that affects everyone. Lily is reunited with her Heretic family.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Caroline Forbes, Stefan Salvatore, Lillian Salvatore and Kai Parker.

1. "I'll Remember" (October 2, 2014)
2. "Yellow Ledbetter" (October 9, 2014)
3. "Welcome To Paradise" (October 16, 2014)
4. "Black Hole Sun" (October 23, 2014)
5. "The World Has Turned And Left Me Here" (October 30, 2014)
6. "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get" (November 6, 2014)
7. "Do You Remember The First Time?" (November 13, 2014)
8. "Fade Into You" (November 20, 2014)
9. "I Alone" (December 4, 2014)
10. "Christmas Through Your Eyes" (December 11, 2014)
11. "Woke Up with a Monster" (January 22, 2015)
12. "Prayer For The Dying" (January 29, 2015)
13. "The Day I Tried To Live" (February 5, 2015)
14. "Stay" (February 12, 2015)
15. "Let Her Go" (February 19, 2015)
16. "The Downward Spiral" (March 12, 2015)
17. "A Bird In A Gilded Cage" (March 19, 2015)
18. "I Never Could Love Like That" (April 16, 2015)
19. "Because" (April 23, 2015)
20. "I'd Leave My Happy Home For You" (April 30, 2015)
21. "I'll Wed You In The Golden Summertime" (May 7, 2015)
22. "I'm Thinking of You All the While" (May 14, 2015)

Season Seven

Season 7:

Heartbreak Is Eternal

• Chapter I: The Heretics Chapter (Ep. 701-705): The Heretic family, living in Mystic Falls, kill a few locals, prompting Stefan and the gang to compel the town people to leave, allowing the Heretics to feed on intruders in the town. Damon and Bonnie decide to fight back and kill one of Lily's Heretics, causing attacks to both the Mystic Falls gang, and the Heretics for control of the town. Alaric, in the meantime, wants to use the mysterious Phoenix Stone to bring his dead fiancée Jo back, but Lily wants the stone herself to bring back her vampire lover Julian.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Lillian Salvatore and the Heretics.
• Chapter II: The Julian Chapter (Ep. 706-709): Lily's vampire lover Julian is revived from the Phoenix Stone, and is trying to get back to normal with his Heretic family. Stefan, who wants Julian dead for killing his unborn child with Valerie Tulle, teams up with Damon to kill Julian. Julian links to Lily's life, for protection. Lily teams with her sons and her Heretics, and tries to kill herself to kill Julian while linked; however, Mary Louise unlinked them, so Julian survived while Lily died. Blaming her sons for her death, Julian uses the Phoenix Sword to kill Damon before Stefan is killed by Nora, for revenge, trapping their souls in the Phoenix Stone, constantly reliving their own unique hell.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Julian and the Heretics.
• Chapter III: The Rayna Chapter (Ep. 710-716): This chapter deals with the origins and powers of Rayna Cruz, a ruthless vampire huntress spelled by shamans. She was given regeneration after death, stronger each time, and the Phoenix Sword to imprison vampires in their own unique hell. After Stefan kills Julian, Enzo found her for the Armory, but she escaped, killing Beau, then stabbing Stefan, forcing him to run as she could find him anywhere. Caroline gives birth to Alaric's twins and moves with him to Dallas. As Rayna escapes with Matt's help after three years, she tracks down and kills Stefan with her sword, despite Damon being seconds away of having the mark transferred onto himself. A dying Mary Louise, with help from Nora, siphons the Phoenix Sword, destroying it, the stone, and themselves, which releases the imprisoned souls into people's bodies.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Julian and Rayna Cruz.
• Chapter IV: The Vault Chapter (Ep.717-722): After the destruction of the Phoenix Sword, all the imprisoned vampires, including Stefan, are sent into random corpses of humans and vampires. After saving Stefan, Bonnie's life is endangered from the pills her boyfriend Enzo gave her to hide her from the Armory, as they needed her to unlock their Vault. Damon makes a deal to kill all the escaped vampires, so Rayna would transfer her last life to Bonnie. After Bonnie becomes the new Huntress, Damon tries to fix her vampire killing urges by venturing into the Armory's Vault to destroy the last Everlasting, freeing her of the urge to kill her friends. Despite his heroics, Damon falls victim to the evil monster in the Vault along with Enzo when he tried to rescue Damon. After months, the gang discovers that Damon and Enzo have escaped the Vault and killed dozens due to the effects the Vault's monster has on them.
  • This main antagonists of this chapter are Ambrose, Rayna Cruz, Bonnie Bennett and The Armory's Monster.

1. "Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take" (October 8, 2015)
2. "Never Let Me Go" (October 15, 2015)
3. "Age of Innocence" (October 22, 2015)
4. "I Carry Your Heart with Me" (October 29, 2015)
5. "Live Through This" (November 5, 2015)
6. "Best Served Cold" (November 12, 2015)
7. "Mommie Dearest" (November 19, 2015)
8. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" (December 3, 2015)
9. "Cold as Ice" (December 10, 2015)
10. "Hell Is Other People" (January 29, 2016)
11. "Things We Lost in the Fire" (February 5, 2016)
12. "Postcards from the Edge" (February 12, 2016)
13. "This Woman's Work" (February 19, 2016)
14. "Moonlight on the Bayou" (February 26, 2016)
15. "I Would for You" (March 4, 2016)
16. "Days of Future Past" (April 1, 2016)
17. "I Went to the Woods" (April 8, 2016)
18. "One Way or Another" (April 15, 2016)
19. "Somebody That I Used to Know" (April 22, 2016)
20. "Kill 'Em All" (April 29, 2016)
21. "Requiem for a Dream" (May 6, 2016)
22. "Gods and Monsters" (May 13, 2016)

Season Eight

Season 8:

The End Awakens

• Chapter I: The Siren Chapter (Ep. 801-807): This chapter begins with Damon and Enzo enslaved to the Siren Sybil, who reveals she harvests souls for Arcadius, the Devil, along with her sister Seline. Sybil destroys Damon's good qualities, which leads him to making a deal with Cade for him and Stefan to take to Sirens' place as his servants to stay out of hell for eternity. Stefan reluctantly agrees, turning into a ripper to corrupt innocent souls to damn to hell.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Sybil, Seline, Damon Salvatore and Cade.
• Chapter II: The Bell Chapter (Ep. 808-812): This chapter continues with Sybil finally revealing her intentions to Caroline. She wanted to retrieve three parts of Mystic Falls Founders Bell, before her sister Seline could use them together to kill her. Later, it was revealed by Seline that the bell was far more powerful. Not only that it could kill the sirens, but it could also kill anyone for miles, by ripping open a hole in Cade's domain, and releasing the hellfire. The only catch was that only someone from Maxwell bloodline could ring it, as it was made by Ethan Maxwell. Later, Matt was compelled by Stefan, yet with a free choice, to ring the bell 12 times, if he can't forgive Damon for killing Vicki. He rings the bell 11 times before he is stopped, but that was enough for Cade to cross over to Earth. After revealing himself to Seline and Sybil, he kills them with hellfire. He also gives Damon an ultimatum, where he needs to kill Caroline or 100 evil strangers. Unknown to Damon he gave Stefan a similar task earlier that day, where he must kill 100 evil strangers or Elena. That resulted with death of Enzo and with Bonnie using the Cure, taken from Elena's blood, on Stefan in revenge and self-defence. Later in flashbacks, it was revealed that the bell was spelled by the Bennett Coven, as means of eradication of all vampires, but it was corrupted by the Sirens before its completion. This resulted in destruction of the most of the Bennett Coven, except for Bonnie's ancestor Beatrice, and near destruction of entire Mystic Falls.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Stefan Salvatore, Damon Salvatore, Sybil, Seline and Cade.
• Chapter III: The Arcadius Chapter (Ep. 813-814): This chapter continues with Kai making an agreement with Damon and Alaric in which Damon and Alaric will get Kai out of hell, and he will help them kill Cade with Bone Daggers. When Alaric confronts Kai about death of Jo and tries to kill him, Kai tells them that he is also willing to wake up Elena. In the meantime Stefan continues to deal with all consequences of him being human and Bonnie tries to find Enzo with the help of Cade. He tells her that she created her own dimension, like he did, and that Enzo is there. Later, Damon takes Kai to the Salvatore crypt where Elena's casket has been moved back to from upstate New York, so that he can wake up Elena. Instead Kai betrays Damon by siphoning the magic of his vampirism, leaving him dead and desiccated and taking both Elena's casket and the weapon that can kill Cade. Later, it was revealed that Cade spared Damon's soul, but only because he agreed to exchange the blade and Elena's casket with him. Instead, Stefan tries on his own to kill Cade, and that almost ends with his death and the death of Elena, Damon and Bonnie. Meanwhile, Kai tries to kill Josie and Lizzie, because they are the offspring's of the Gemini Coven. But luckily, they are saved in time by Alaric and Caroline, and then Kai is banished to the new Prison World. Sometime later Kai tells Bonnie, that all of them actually fell for his plan, as Katherine is returning for her revenge, and that she will stop at nothing to make sure that they all suffer for what they did to her.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Kai and Cade.
• Chapter IV: The Final Chapter (Ep. 815-816): This chapter follows the aftermath of Cade's destruction. When Kelly crashed Stefan's and Caroline's wedding, before her death, she finally confessed that Katherine has returned once again. But all of that was just a distraction, which aimed to cover up Katherine's real plan. She wanted to destroy Mystic Falls using the Hellfire, which was eventually released by Vicki, when she rang the bell 12 times. After the disaster at the wedding, Bonnie regained her witch powers, but with terrible cost. Finally, she together with the rest of the Bennett witches combined their powers, and used them to draw the Hellfire through the tunnels all the way to Armory. Then they deflected it back to hell, as it was the only way to destroy it once and for all, but that came with one major death. Later she used her powers to wake Elena up, and she finally decided to live her life to the fullest and to travel the world. In the meantime, Alaric and Caroline opened new school for the gifted children, Elena and Damon married and after their deaths they found their peace with their loved ones.
  • The main antagonists of this chapter are Katherine Pierce, Vicki Donovan and Kelly Donovan.

1. "Hello Brother" (October 21, 2016)
2. "Today Will Be Different" (October 28, 2016)
3. "You Decided That I Was Worth Saving" (November 4, 2016)
4. "An Eternity of Misery" (November 11, 2016)
5. "Coming Home Was a Mistake" (November 18, 2016)
6. "Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell" (December 2, 2016)
7. "The Next Time I Hurt Somebody It Could Be You" (December 9, 2016)
8. "We Have History Together" (January 13, 2017)
9. "The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch" (January 20, 2017)
10. "Nostalgia's a Bitch" (January 27, 2017)
11. "You Made a Choice to Be Good" (February 3, 2017)
12. "What Are You?" (February 10, 2017)
13. "The Lies Will Catch Up To You" (February 17, 2017)
14. "It's Been a Hell of a Ride" (February 24, 2017)
15. "We're Planning a June Wedding" (March 3, 2017)
16. "I Was Feeling Epic" (March 10, 2017)