Columns: No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code | U.S. viewers (million)
1 | " Pilot " | Marcos Siega | Teleplay by: Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec | September10,2009 | 296766 | 4.91 | 2 | " The Night of the Comet " | Marcos Siega | Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec | September17,2009 | 2J5001 | 3.78 | 3 | " Friday Night Bites " | John Dahl | Barbie Kligman & Bryan M. Holdman | September24,2009 | 2J5002 | 3.81 | 4 | "Family Ties" | Guy Ferland | Andrew Kreisberg & Brian Young | October1,2009 | 2J5003 | 3.53 | 5 | " You're Undead to Me " | Kevin Bray | Sean Reycraft & Gabrielle Stanton | October8,2009 | 2J5004 | 3.52 | 6 | "Lost Girls" | Marcos Siega | Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec | October15,2009 | 2J5005 | 3.88 | 8 | "162 Candles" | Rick Bota | Barbie Kligman & Gabrielle Stanton | November5,2009 | 2J5007 | 4.09 | 9 | "History Repeating" | Marcos Siega | Bryan M. Holdman & Brian Young | November12,2009 | 2J5008 | 4.10 | 10 | "The Turning Point" | J. Miller Tobin | Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec & Barbie Kligman | November19,2009 | 2J5009 | 3.57 | 12 | "Unpleasantville" | Liz Friedlander | Barbie Kligman & Brian Young | January28,2010 | 2J5011 | 3.71 | 13 | "Children of the Damned" | Marcos Siega | Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec | February4,2010 | 2J5012 | 3.99 | 14 | "Fool Me Once" | Marcos Siega | Brett Conrad | February11,2010 | 2J5013 | 3.51 | 15 | "A Few Good Men" | Joshua Butler | Brian Young | March25,2010 | 2J5014 | 3.33 | 16 | "There Goes the Neighborhood" | Kevin Bray | Bryan Oh & Andrew Chambliss | April1,2010 | 2J5015 | 2.80 | 17 | "Let the Right One In" | Dennis Smith | Story by: Brian Young Teleplay by: Julie Plec | April8,2010 | 2J5016 | 3.48 | 18 | "Under Control" | David Von Ancken | Barbie Kligman & Andrew Chambliss | April15,2010 | 2J5017 | 3.15 | 19 | "Miss Mystic Falls" | Marcos Siega | Bryan Oh & Caroline Dries | April22,2010 | 2J5018 | 3.33 | 20 | "Blood Brothers" | Liz Friedlander | Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec | April29,2010 | 2J5019 | 3.39 | 21 | "Isobel" | J. Miller Tobin | Caroline Dries & Brian Young | May6,2010 | 2J5020 | 3.31