Previously on The Vampire Diaries

The slogan "Previously on The Vampire Diaries" is heard at the beginning of all Vampire Diaries episodes throughout seasons one to eight. These words are followed by a series of short clips that recap the scenes that are important for the current episode. All of this lasts for approximately one minute.
The purpose of these clips is to both remind viewers about current and past storylines, as well as aid comprehension for those who may not have seen the last few episodes of the show. In some cases, speech and actions are edited.
In the the first fifteen episodes of Season Four, the intro was replaced by the one where the main actors make a quick narration, followed by short clips of previous episodes.
== The Voice ==
In every episode the voice on the "Previously..." is different. That's because different actors from the main cast are saying it. Normally the actor who does the voice-over for an episode is the character who is given the main focus of the episode, or is mostly centered on them.
Sara Canning and Kayla Ewell both played newly turned vampires who did their first and only voice-over one episode after being turned. In both cases, they died in that episode.
Usually the actor that portrays a character that dies in the episode, does the voice-over.
*Examples:
**Kayla Ewell (Vicki Donovan) in Haunted;
**Ian Somerhalder (Damon Salvatore) in Founder's Day and As I Lay Dying when he nearly died; 
**Kat Graham (Bonnie Bennett) in The Last Dance when it seemed like she died and again in The Walking Dead when she died;
**Sara Canning (Jenna Sommers) in The Sun Also Rises; 
**Joseph Morgan (Niklaus Mikaelson) in Homecoming when he was supposed to be killed by Damon;
**Candice Accola (Caroline Forbes) in Our Town when she was bitten by Tyler;
**Matt Davis (Alaric Saltzman) in Do Not Go Gentle when he was killed as a human and brought back to life by Esther;
**Nina Dobrev (Elena Gilbert) in The Departed when she was killed as a human.
**Nina Dobrev (Katherine Pierce) in Gone Girl and I Was Feeling Epic when she was killed by Stefan both times.
===Season 4 opening===
During the first fifteen episodes of season four a new intro called "Cold Open" replaced the old one. Elena (Nina Dobrev), Damon (Ian Somerhalder), Stefan (Paul Wesley), Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen), Bonnie (Katerina Graham), Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Caroline (Candice Accola) all lend their voices to make a small narration. A variation of this is used in each episode to catch viewers up on major plot points that have happened thus far.
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|-|Season 4 Ep 1-9=
:Stefan: "Mystic Falls. I was born here. This is my home."
:Damon: "And mine."
:Elena: "And mine."
:Stefan: "For centuries, supernatural creatures have lived among us."
:Caroline: "There were vampires, werewolves, doppelgängers."
:Bonnie: "Witches."
:Klaus: "And even Hybrids."
:Bonnie: "There are those who protect them."
:Dark Alaric: "The Sheriff has a vampire for a daughter, and our lovely mayor her son who is half vampire, half werewolf."
:Jeremy: "And those who want them dead."
:Elena: "They're our friends."
:Stefan: "Our enemies."
:Elena: "The ones we love."
:Stefan: "And the ones we lost."
:Elena: "Matt look out!"
:Elena: "And then there's me; I'm human. At least I was."
|-|Season 4 Ep 10-15=
:Elena: "My name is Elena Gilbert, and I'm a vampire. I'm learning how to survive, but there are complications."
:Damon: "You're sired to me, Elena. Everything that you think you feel, might not even be real."
:Elena: "But there's hope now."
:Klaus: "Tell them what the hunter told you the tattoos leads to."
:Rebekah: "He said there was a cure."
:Stefan: "Everyone wants it for a different reason."
:Tyler: "For revenge..."
:Rebekah: "To be human and in love..."
:Damon: "For the truth..."
:Damon: "I'm setting you free, Elena."
:Elena: "And some will stop at nothing to get it."
:Rebekah: "Do it!"
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==List of cast that voice-over==
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|-|Overall=
Actor/Actress 	Voice-overs
Ian Somerhalder 	66 (+ 15 special narrations)
Paul Wesley 	32 (+ 15 special narrations)
Nina Dobrev 	20 (+ 15 special narrations)
Candice King 	12 (+ 9 special narrations)
Kat Graham 	7 (+ 9 special narrations)
Joseph Morgan 	5 (+ 15 special narrations)
Steven R. McQueen	3 (+ 9 special narrations)
Michael Trevino 	3 (+ 6 special narrations)
Matt Davis 	3 (+ 9 special narrations)
Sara Canning 	1
Zach Roerig 	1
Kayla Ewell 	1
Daniel Gillies 	1
Claire Holt 	6 special narrations
|-|S 1=
In the first season, Nina Dobrev voice-overed 8 times, Ian Somerhalder 5 times, Paul Wesley 4 times and Katerina Graham, Kayla Ewell, Steven R. McQueen and Matt Davis 1 time each. Candice Accola, Michael Trevino, Sara Canning and Zach Roerig are the only ones who didn't do any voice-over all season.
Paul Wesley and Nina Dobrev both did voice-overs in the Pilot, but they didn't say "Previously on The Vampire Diaries," which is because it's the very first episode, so there was nothing going on previously.
Episode 	Voiceover
1.01-Pilot 	No voiceover
1.02-The Night of the Comet 	Nina Dobrev
1.03-Friday Night Bites 	Nina Dobrev
1.04-Family Ties 	Nina Dobrev
1.05-You're Undead to Me 	Nina Dobrev
1.06-Lost Girls 	Ian Somerhalder
1.07-Haunted 	Kayla Ewell
1.08-162 Candles 	Ian Somerhalder
1.09-History Repeating 	Katerina Graham
1.10-The Turning Point 	Nina Dobrev
1.11-Bloodlines 	Matt Davis
1.12-Unpleasantville 	Nina Dobrev
1.13-Children of the Damned 	Ian Somerhalder
1.14-Fool Me Once 	Paul Wesley
1.15-A Few Good Men 	Nina Dobrev
1.16-There Goes the Neighborhood	Steven R. McQueen
1.17-Let The Right One In 	Ian Somerhalder
1.18-Under Control 	Paul Wesley
1.19-Miss Mystic Falls 	Paul Wesley
1.20-Blood Brothers 	Paul Wesley
1.21-Isobel 	Nina Dobrev
1.22-Founder's Day 	Ian Somerhalder
|-|S 2=
In the second season, Nina Dobrev voice-overed 5 times, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Candice Accola and Michael Trevino 3 times each, Katerina Graham twice and Steven R. McQueen, Matt Davis and Sara Canning 1 time each. Zach Roerig is the only one who didn't do any voice-over all season.
Episode 	Voiceover
2.01-The Return 	Ian Somerhalder
2.02-Brave New World 	Candice Accola
2.03-Bad Moon Rising 	Paul Wesley
2.04-Memory Lane 	Nina Dobrev
2.05-Kill or Be Killed 	Michael Trevino
2.06-Plan B 	Steven R. McQueen
2.07-Masquerade 	Nina Dobrev
2.08-Rose 	Paul Wesley
2.09-Katerina 	Nina Dobrev
2.10-The Sacrifice 	Katerina Graham
2.11-By the Light of the Moon	Michael Trevino
2.12-The Descent 	Ian Somerhalder
2.13-Daddy Issues 	Candice Accola
2.14-Crying Wolf 	Michael Trevino
2.15-The Dinner Party 	Paul Wesley
2.16-The House Guest 	Candice Accola
2.17-Know Thy Enemy 	Nina Dobrev
2.18-The Last Dance 	Katerina Graham
2.19-Klaus 	Matt Davis
2.20-The Last Day 	Nina Dobrev
2.21-The Sun Also Rises 	Sara Canning
2.22-As I Lay Dying 	Ian Somerhalder
|-|S 3=
In the third season, Paul Wesley and Joseph Morgan voice-overed four times, Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Katerina Graham each voice-overed three times, and Zach Roerig, Steven R. McQueen, Candice Accola, Daniel Gillies and Matt Davis each voice-overed once. Michael Trevino did not voice-over any episodes this season.
Episode 	Voiceover
3.01-The Birthday 	Paul Wesley
3.02-The Hybrid 	Nina Dobrev
3.03-The End of the Affair 	Joseph Morgan
3.04-Disturbing Behavior 	Paul Wesley
3.05-The Reckoning 	Zach Roerig
3.06-Smells Like Teen Spirit	Ian Somerhalder
3.07-Ghost World 	Katerina Graham
3.08-Ordinary People 	Ian Somerhalder
3.09-Homecoming 	Joseph Morgan
3.10-The New Deal 	Steven R. McQueen
3.11-Our Town 	Candice Accola
3.12-The Ties That Bind 	Katerina Graham
3.13-Bringing Out The Dead 	Joseph Morgan
3.14-Dangerous Liaisons 	Ian Somerhalder
3.15-All My Children 	Daniel Gillies
3.16-1912 	Paul Wesley
3.17-Break On Through 	Katerina Graham
3.18-The Murder of One 	Paul Wesley
3.19-Heart of Darkness 	Nina Dobrev
3.20-Do Not Go Gentle 	Matt Davis
3.21-Before Sunset 	Joseph Morgan
3.22-The Departed 	Nina Dobrev
|-|S 4=
In the fourth season, first fifteen episodes had a special opening. As of the traditional voiceovers are back. Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley voiced-over twice while Joseph Morgan and Katerina Graham each voiced-over once.
Episode 	Voiceover
4.01-4.09 	Special narration opening #1
4.10-4.15 	Special narration opening #2
4.16-Bring It On 	Ian Somerhalder
4.17-Because the Night	Ian Somerhalder
4.18-American Gothic 	Nina Dobrev
4.19-Pictures of You 	Paul Wesley
4.20-The Originals 	Joseph Morgan
4.21-She's Come Undone	Nina Dobrev
4.22-The Walking Dead 	Kat Graham
4.23-Graduation 	Paul Wesley
|-|S 5=
In the fifth season, Paul Wesley voice-overed 18 times, while Ian Somerhalder voice-overed 3 times, and Nina Dobrev only once. Steven R. McQueen, Kat Graham, Candice Accola, Zach Roerig, and Michael Trevino are the only main cast members not to voice-over this season.
Episode 	Voiceover
5.01-I Know What You Did Last Summer	Paul Wesley
5.02-True Lies 	Paul Wesley
5.03-Original Sin 	Paul Wesley
5.04-For Whom the Bell Tolls 	Paul Wesley
5.05-Monster's Ball 	Paul Wesley
5.06-Handle with Care 	Paul Wesley
5.07-Death and the Maiden 	Paul Wesley
5.08-Dead Man on Campus 	Paul Wesley
5.09-The Cell 	Paul Wesley
5.10-Fifty Shades of Grayson 	Paul Wesley
5.11-500 Years of Solitude 	Paul Wesley
5.12-The Devil Inside 	Paul Wesley
5.13-Total Eclipse of the Heart 	Ian Somerhalder
5.14-No Exit 	Paul Wesley
5.15-Gone Girl 	Nina Dobrev
5.16-While You Were Sleeping 	Paul Wesley
5.17-Rescue Me 	Paul Wesley
5.18-Resident Evil 	Ian Somerhalder
5.19-Man on Fire 	Paul Wesley
5.20-What Lies Beneath 	Paul Wesley
5.21-Promised Land 	Paul Wesley
5.22-Home 	Ian Somerhalder
|-|S 6=
In the sixth season, Ian Somerhalder has done 14 voice-overs, while Candice Accola has done 8.
Episode 	Voiceover
6.01-I'll Remember 	Ian Somerhalder
6.02-Yellow Ledbetter 	Ian Somerhalder
6.03-Welcome to Paradise 	Ian Somerhalder
6.04-Black Hole Sun 	Ian Somerhalder
6.05-The World Has Turned and Left Me Here 	Ian Somerhalder
6.06-The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get	Ian Somerhalder
6.07-Do You Remember the First Time? 	Ian Somerhalder
6.08-Fade Into You 	Ian Somerhalder
6.09-I Alone 	Ian Somerhalder
6.10-Christmas Through Your Eyes 	Ian Somerhalder
6.11-Woke Up With a Monster 	Ian Somerhalder
6.12-Prayer For the Dying 	Ian Somerhalder
6.13-The Day I Tried To Live 	Ian Somerhalder
6.14-Stay 	Ian Somerhalder
6.15-Let Her Go 	Candice Accola
6.16-The Downward Spiral 	Candice Accola
6.17-A Bird in a Gilded Cage 	Candice Accola
6.18-I Never Could Love Like That 	Candice Accola
6.19-Because 	Candice Accola
6.20-I'd Leave My Happy Home For You 	Candice Accola
6.21-I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime 	Candice Accola
6.22-I'm Thinking Of You All The While 	Candice Accola
|-|S 7=
In the seventh season, Ian Somerhalder has done has done all voice-overs but one which Paul Wesley has done.
Episode 	Voiceover
7.01-Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take	Ian Somerhalder
7.02-Never Let Me Go 	Ian Somerhalder
7.03-Age of Innocence 	Ian Somerhalder
7.04-I Carry Your Heart With Me 	Ian Somerhalder
7.05-Live Through This 	Ian Somerhalder
7.06-Best Served Cold 	Ian Somerhalder
7.07-Mommie Dearest 	Ian Somerhalder
7.08-Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me 	Ian Somerhalder
7.09-Cold as Ice 	Ian Somerhalder
7.10-Hell Is Other People 	Ian Somerhalder
7.11-Things We Lost in the Fire 	Ian Somerhalder
7.12-Postcards from the Edge 	Ian Somerhalder
7.13-This Woman's Work 	Paul Wesley
7.14-Moonlight on the Bayou 	Ian Somerhalder
7.15-I Would for You 	Ian Somerhalder
7.16-Days of Future Past 	Ian Somerhalder
7.17-I Went to the Woods 	Ian Somerhalder
7.18-One Way or Another 	Ian Somerhalder
7.19-Somebody That I Used to Know 	Ian Somerhalder
7.20-Kill 'Em All 	Ian Somerhalder
7.21-Requiem for a Dream 	Ian Somerhalder
7.22-Gods and Monsters 	Ian Somerhalder
|-|S 8=
In the eighth season, Ian Somerhalder has done has done all voice-overs but one which Nina Dobrev has done.
Episode 	Voiceover
8.01-Hello, Brother 	Ian Somerhalder
8.02-Today Will Be Different 	Ian Somerhalder
8.03-You Decided That I Was Worth Saving 	Ian Somerhalder
8.04-An Eternity of Misery 	Ian Somerhalder
8.05-Coming Home Was a Mistake 	Ian Somerhalder
8.06-Detoured On Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell	Ian Somerhalder
8.07-The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You	Ian Somerhalder
8.08-We Have History Together 	Ian Somerhalder
8.09-The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch 	Ian Somerhalder
8.10-Nostalgia's a Bitch 	Ian Somerhalder
8.11-You Made a Choice to Be Good 	Ian Somerhalder
8.12-What Are You? 	Ian Somerhalder
8.13-The Lies Will Catch Up To You 	Ian Somerhalder
8.14-It's Been a Hell of a Ride 	Ian Somerhalder
8.15-We're Planning a June Wedding 	Ian Somerhalder
8.16-I Was Feeling Epic 	Nina Dobrev
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==Trivia==
*Out of 171 episodes of the show, 155 episodes had the "Previously on" segment.
**Out of those remaining 16 episodes, 15 had special season 4 recaps, making the first episode of the show the only episode without any kind of intro.
*Matt Davis, Daniel Gillies and Nina Dobrev are the only three to do a voice over while not being a main character (Bloodlines, Do Not Go Gentle, All My Children and I Was Feeling Epic).
**Daniel Gillies is the only actor to have done a voice over without ever being a main character or becoming one in the show. He was however a main character on The Originals.
*Nina Dobrev and Matt Davis are the only two regulars to voice two different characters: Katherine and Elena for Nina; Alaric in Bloodlines; Klaus and Alaric in Klaus for Matt.
*Michael Malarkey is the only regular who did not voice over.
==Gallery==
LOGO.gif|Title card
File:001.PNG|O Come, All Ye Faithful title card
Previously of TVD 1x05 You are Undead to me|Example: intro from You're Undead to Me
NINA DOBREV RECORDING LAST TIME "PREVIOUSLY ON THE VAMPIRE DIARIES"|Nina Dobrev recording the line for I Was Feeling Epic
==See also==
*Previously on The Originals
*Previously on Legacies
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