How many seasons of The Vampire Diaries are there?

How many seasons of The Vampire Diaries are there?
How many seasons of The Vampire Diaries are there? (Source: Amazon Prime Video)


The Vampire Diaries consists of 8 seasons with 171 episodes and one special.


Based on the books of Lisa Jane Smith of the same name, The Vampire Diaries is an American teen drama series in the supernatural genre following the life of a teenage girl named Elena Gilbert (portrayed by Nina Dobrev) who lives in Mystic Falls, a fictional town in Virginia.


Elena is your typical teenage girl who goes through a traumatic, life-changing experience, the death of both her parents. Like any teenage girl, Elena falls in love with a guy named Stefan Salvatore, but what she doesn’t know is that Stefan is a 161-year-old vampire. As their love blossoms, their relationship becomes that much more complicated as Stefan’s older brother Damon comes back to town and Stefan’s mysterious past comes to light little by little.


List of The Vampire Diaries episodes


Here is a list of all 171 episodes and one special of The Vampire Diaries spanning over 8 seasons:


Season 1 (2009–10)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
11PilotSeptember 10, 2009
22The Night of the CometSeptember 17, 2009
33Friday Night BitesSeptember 24, 2009
44Family TiesOctober 1, 2009
55You're Undead to MeOctober 8, 2009
66Lost GirlsOctober 15, 2009
77HauntedOctober 29, 2009
88162 CandlesNovember 5, 2009
99History RepeatingNovember 12, 2009
1010The Turning PointNovember 19, 2009
1111BloodlinesJanuary 21, 2010
1212UnpleasantvilleJanuary 28, 2010
1313Children of the DamnedFebruary 4, 2010
1414Fool Me OnceFebruary 11, 2010
1515A Few Good MenMarch 25, 2010
1616There Goes the NeighborhoodApril 1, 2010
1717Let the Right One InApril 8, 2010
1818Under ControlApril 15, 2010
1919Miss Mystic FallsApril 22, 2010
2020Blood BrothersApril 29, 2010
2121IsobelMay 6, 2010
2222Founder's DayMay 13, 2010


Season 2 (2010–11)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
231The ReturnSeptember 9, 2010
242Brave New WorldSeptember 16, 2010
253Bad Moon RisingSeptember 23, 2010
264Memory LaneSeptember 30, 2010
275Kill or Be KilledOctober 7, 2010
286Plan BOctober 21, 2010
297MasqueradeOctober 28, 2010
308RoseNovember 4, 2010
319KaterinaNovember 11, 2010
3210The SacrificeDecember 2, 2010
3311By the Light of the MoonDecember 9, 2010
3412The DescentJanuary 27, 2011
3513Daddy IssuesFebruary 3, 2011
3614Crying WolfFebruary 10, 2011
3715The Dinner PartyFebruary 17, 2011
3816The House GuestFebruary 24, 2011
3917Know Thy EnemyApril 7, 2011
4018The Last DanceApril 14, 2011
4119KlausApril 21, 2011
4220The Last DayApril 28, 2011
4321The Sun Also RisesMay 5, 2011
4422As I Lay DyingMay 12, 2011


Season 3 (2011–12)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
451The BirthdaySeptember 15, 2011
462The HybridSeptember 22, 2011
473The End of the AffairSeptember 29, 2011
484Disturbing BehaviorOctober 6, 2011
495The ReckoningOctober 13, 2011
506Smells Like Teen SpiritOctober 20, 2011
517Ghost WorldOctober 27, 2011
528Ordinary PeopleNovember 3, 2011
539HomecomingNovember 10, 2011
5410The New DealJanuary 5, 2012
5511Our TownJanuary 12, 2012
5612The Ties That BindJanuary 19, 2012
5713Bringing Out the DeadFebruary 2, 2012
5814Dangerous LiaisonsFebruary 9, 2012
5915All My ChildrenFebruary 16, 2012
60161912March 15, 2012
6117Break On ThroughMarch 22, 2012
6218The Murder of OneMarch 29, 2012
6319Heart of DarknessApril 19, 2012
6420Do Not Go GentleApril 26, 2012
6521Before SunsetMay 3, 2012
6622The DepartedMay 10, 2012


Season 4 (2012–13)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
671Growing PainsOctober 11, 2012
682MemorialOctober 18, 2012
693The RagerOctober 25, 2012
704The FiveNovember 1, 2012
715The KillerNovember 8, 2012
726We All Go a Little Mad SometimesNovember 15, 2012
737My Brother's KeeperNovember 29, 2012
748We'll Always Have Bourbon StreetDecember 6, 2012
759O Come, All Ye FaithfulDecember 13, 2012
7610After School SpecialJanuary 17, 2013
7711Catch Me If You CanJanuary 24, 2013
7812A View to a KillJanuary 31, 2013
7913Into the WildFebruary 7, 2013
8014Down the Rabbit HoleFebruary 14, 2013
8115Stand by MeFebruary 21, 2013
8216Bring It OnMarch 14, 2013
8317Because the NightMarch 21, 2013
8418American GothicMarch 28, 2013
8519Pictures of YouApril 18, 2013
8620The OriginalsApril 25, 2013
8721She's Come UndoneMay 2, 2013
8822The Walking DeadMay 9, 2013
8923GraduationMay 16, 2013


Season 5 (2013–14)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
901I Know What You Did Last SummerOctober 3, 2013
912True LiesOctober 10, 2013
923Original SinOctober 17, 2013
934For Whom the Bell TollsOctober 24, 2013
945Monster's BallOctober 31, 2013
956Handle with CareNovember 7, 2013
967Death and the MaidenNovember 14, 2013
978Dead Man on CampusNovember 21, 2013
989The CellDecember 5, 2013
9910Fifty Shades of GraysonDecember 12, 2013
10011500 Years of SolitudeJanuary 23, 2014
10112The Devil InsideJanuary 30, 2014
10213Total Eclipse of the HeartFebruary 6, 2014
10314No ExitFebruary 27, 2014
10415Gone GirlMarch 6, 2014
10516While You Were SleepingMarch 20, 2014
10617Rescue MeMarch 27, 2014
10718Resident EvilApril 17, 2014
10819Man on FireApril 24, 2014
10920What Lies BeneathMay 1, 2014
11021Promised LandMay 8, 2014
11122HomeMay 15, 2014


Season 6 (2014–15)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
1121I'll RememberOctober 2, 2014
1132Yellow LedbetterOctober 9, 2014
1143Welcome to ParadiseOctober 16, 2014
1154Black Hole SunOctober 23, 2014
1165The World Has Turned and Left Me HereOctober 30, 2014
1176The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I GetNovember 6, 2014
1187Do You Remember the First Time?November 13, 2014
1198Fade Into YouNovember 20, 2014
1209I AloneDecember 4, 2014
12110Christmas Through Your EyesDecember 11, 2014
12211Woke Up with a MonsterJanuary 22, 2015
12312Prayer for the DyingJanuary 29, 2015
12413The Day I Tried to LiveFebruary 5, 2015
12514StayFebruary 12, 2015
12615Let Her GoFebruary 19, 2015
12716The Downward SpiralMarch 12, 2015
12817A Bird in a Gilded CageMarch 19, 2015
12918I Never Could Love Like ThatApril 16, 2015
13019BecauseApril 23, 2015
13120I'd Leave My Happy Home for YouApril 30, 2015
13221I'll Wed You in the Golden SummertimeMay 7, 2015
13322I'm Thinking of You All the WhileMay 14, 2015


Season 7 (2015–16)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
1341Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or TakeOctober 8, 2015
1352Never Let Me GoOctober 15, 2015
1363Age of InnocenceOctober 22, 2015
1374I Carry Your Heart with MeOctober 29, 2015
1385Live Through ThisNovember 5, 2015
1396Best Served ColdNovember 12, 2015
1407Mommie DearestNovember 19, 2015
1418Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill MeDecember 3, 2015
1429Cold as IceDecember 10, 2015
14310Hell Is Other PeopleJanuary 29, 2016
14411Things We Lost in the FireFebruary 5, 2016
14512Postcards from the EdgeFebruary 12, 2016
14613This Woman's WorkFebruary 19, 2016
14714Moonlight on the BayouFebruary 26, 2016
14815I Would for YouMarch 4, 2016
14916Days of Future PastApril 1, 2016
15017I Went to the WoodsApril 8, 2016
15118One Way or AnotherApril 15, 2016
15219Somebody That I Used to KnowApril 22, 2016
15320Kill 'Em AllApril 29, 2016
15421Requiem for a DreamMay 6, 2016
15522Gods and MonstersMay 13, 2016


Season 8 (2016–17)


No. OverallNo. in SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date
1561Hello, BrotherOctober 21, 2016
1572Today Will Be DifferentOctober 28, 2016
1583You Decided That I Was Worth SavingNovember 4, 2016
1594An Eternity of MiseryNovember 11, 2016
1605Coming Home Was a MistakeNovember 18, 2016
1616Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to HellDecember 2, 2016
1627The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be YouDecember 9, 2016
1638We Have History TogetherJanuary 13, 2017
1649The Simple Intimacy of the Near TouchJanuary 20, 2017
16510Nostalgia's a BitchJanuary 27, 2017
16611You Made a Choice to Be GoodFebruary 3, 2017
16712What Are You?February 10, 2017
16813The Lies Will Catch Up to YouFebruary 17, 2017
16914It's Been a Hell of a RideFebruary 24, 2017
17015We're Planning a June WeddingMarch 3, 2017
17116I Was Feeling EpicMarch 10, 2017


The Vampire Diaries Special


No.TitleOriginal Air Date
1.Forever YoursMarch 10, 2017


FAQs about The Vampire Diaries

A. The Vampire Diaries consists of 8 seasons with 171 episodes and one special.

A. The Vampire Diaries follows the story of Elena, a typical teenage girl who goes through a traumatic, life-changing experience, the death of both her parents. Elena falls in love with Stefan Salvatore but what she doesn’t know is that Stefan is a 161-year-old vampire.

A. The Vampire Diaries is available on HBO Max and Peacock to stream with a subscription.

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