List of The Vampire Diaries episodes
Season 3 (2011–12)

List of The Vampire Diaries episodes

Section Title: Season 3 (2011–12)
Table Section Text: None

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

45	1	"The Birthday"	John Behring	Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec	September 15, 2011	2J6001	3.10

46	2	"The Hybrid"	Joshua Butler	Al Septien & Turi Meyer	September 22, 2011	2J6002	2.52

47	3	"The End of the Affair"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries	September 29, 2011	2J6003	2.74

48	4	"Disturbing Behavior"	Wendey Stanzler	Brian Young	October 6, 2011	2J6004	2.63

49	5	"The Reckoning"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	October 13, 2011	2J6005	2.89

50	6	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Rob Hardy	Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	October 20, 2011	2J6006	3.03

51	7	"Ghost World"	David Jackson	Rebecca Sonnenshine	October 27, 2011	2J6007	3.28

52	8	"Ordinary People"	J. Miller Tobin	Story by: Nick Wauters Teleplay by: Julie Plec & Caroline Dries	November 3, 2011	2J6008	3.51

53	9	"Homecoming"	Joshua Butler	Evan Bleiweiss	November 10, 2011	2J6009	3.17

54	10	"The New Deal"	John Behring	Michael Narducci	January 5, 2012	2J6010	3.32

55	11	"Our Town"	Wendey Stanzler	Rebecca Sonnenshine	January 12, 2012	2J6011	2.86

56	12	"The Ties That Bind"	John Dahl	Brian Young	January 19, 2012	2J6012	2.71

57	13	"Bringing Out the Dead"	Jeffrey Hunt	Turi Meyer & Al Septien	February 2, 2012	2J6013	2.74

58	14	"Dangerous Liaisons"	Chris Grismer	Caroline Dries	February 9, 2012	2J6014	3.08

59	15	"All My Children"	Pascal Verschooris	Evan Bleiweiss & Michael Narducci	February 16, 2012	2J6015	2.90

60	16	"1912"	John Behring	Julie Plec & Elisabeth R. Finch	March 15, 2012	2J6016	2.64

61	17	"Break On Through"	Lance Anderson	Rebecca Sonnenshine	March 22, 2012	2J6017	2.69

62	18	"The Murder of One"	J. Miller Tobin	Caroline Dries	March 29, 2012	2J6018	2.44

63	19	"Heart of Darkness"	Chris Grismer	Brian Young & Evan Bleiweiss	April 19, 2012	2J6019	2.21

64	20	"Do Not Go Gentle"	Joshua Butler	Michael Narducci	April 26, 2012	2J6020	2.22

65	21	"Before Sunset"	Chris Grismer	Story by: Charlie Charbonneau & Daphne Miles Teleplay by: Caroline Dries	May 3, 2012	2J6021	2.54

66	22	"The Departed"	John Behring	Story by: Brett Matthews & Elisabeth R. Finch Teleplay by: Julie Plec	May 10, 2012	2J6022	2.53

Sentence(s)

"The Birthday" is the first episode of the third season of the television series, The Vampire Diaries and the 45th episode of the series overall.

final_sentence: "The Birthday" is the first episode of the third season of the television series, The Vampire Diaries and the 45th episode of the series overall.