List of The Vampire Diaries episodes
Season 2 (2010–11)

List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

Section Title: Season 2 (2010–11)
Table Section Text: None

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)

23	1	"The Return"	J. Miller Tobin	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 9, 2010	2J5251	3.28

24	2	"Brave New World"	John Dahl	Brian Young	September 16, 2010	2J5252	3.05

25	3	"Bad Moon Rising"	Patrick Norris	Andrew Chambliss	September 23, 2010	2J5253	3.57

26	4	"Memory Lane"	Rob Hardy	Caroline Dries	September 30, 2010	2J5254	3.18

27	5	"Kill or Be Killed"	Jeff Woolnough	Mike Daniels	October 7, 2010	2J5255	3.47

28	6	"Plan B"	John Behring	Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain	October 21, 2010	2J5256	3.62

29	7	"Masquerade"	Charles Beeson	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	October 28, 2010	2J5257	3.55

30	8	"Rose"	Liz Friedlander	Brian Young	November 4, 2010	2J5258	3.63

31	9	"Katerina"	J. Miller Tobin	Andrew Chambliss	November 11, 2010	2J5259	3.50

32	10	"The Sacrifice"	Ralph Hemecker	Caroline Dries	December 2, 2010	2J5260	3.46

33	11	"By the Light of the Moon"	Elizabeth Allen	Mike Daniels	December 9, 2010	2J5261	3.16

34	12	"The Descent"	Marcos Siega	Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain	January 27, 2011	2J5262	3.55

35	13	"Daddy Issues"	Joshua Butler	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	February 3, 2011	2J5263	3.22

36	14	"Crying Wolf"	David Von Ancken	Brian Young	February 10, 2011	2J5264	2.78

37	15	"The Dinner Party"	Marcos Siega	Andrew Chambliss	February 17, 2011	2J5265	3.07

38	16	"The House Guest"	Michael Katleman	Caroline Dries	February 24, 2011	2J5266	2.98

39	17	"Know Thy Enemy"	Wendey Stanzler	Mike Daniels	April 7, 2011	2J5267	2.73

40	18	"The Last Dance"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	April 14, 2011	2J5268	2.81

41	19	"Klaus"	Joshua Butler	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	April 21, 2011	2J5269	2.70

42	20	"The Last Day"	J. Miller Tobin	Andrew Chambliss & Brian Young	April 28, 2011	2J5270	2.68

43	21	"The Sun Also Rises"	Paul M. Sommers	Caroline Dries & Mike Daniels	May 5, 2011	2J5271	2.84

44	22	"As I Lay Dying"	John Behring	Turi Meyer & Al Septien & Michael Narducci	May 12, 2011	2J5272	2.86

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"The Last Dance" is the 18th episode of the second season and 40th episode of the overall.

final_sentence: "The Last Dance" is the 18th episode of the second season and 40th episode of the overall.