Season Five

The fifth season of The Vampire Diaries The Vampire Diaries Is Officially Renewed for Season Five premiered in the United States during on October 3, 2013. It was announced on February 11, 2013 that the show was renewed for another season. Julie Plec later tweeted to confirm this.Season 5: Renewal Season Five of The Vampire Diaries is a go!
==Season Summary==
Season Five of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES begins with a sense of hope for Elena (Nina Dobrev). After a very passionate summer with Damon (Ian Somerhalder), Elena heads to Whitmore College with Caroline (Candice Accola), not knowing that Bonnie (Kat Graham) had sacrificed her life in order to resurrect Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen). As Bonnie's friends fought to bring her back to life as the Anchor to The Other Side, Stefan (Paul Wesley) had to face-off with his immortal doppelgänger Silas, and the newly human Katherine (Nina Dobrev) struggled with mortality and motherhood. Damon's relationship with Elena is put to the test when Enzo (guest star Michael Malarkey), an old vampire friend from Damon's past, revealed he's still alive and looking for some revenge. Stefan and Caroline's friendship deepened as they stood up to the Travelers, a nomadic witch tribe led by the ruthless Markos, who are driven to strip Mystic Falls of magic and cast out all of its supernatural residents. Finally, having lost his town and fearing to lose his loved ones on the imploding Other Side, Damon makes a huge sacrifice to bring all of them back - to catastrophic results.
Based on the series of books by L. J. Smith, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES is from Alloy Entertainment and Bonanza Productions Inc in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios with executive producers Kevin Williamson ("Scream," "Dawson's Creek"), Julie Plec ("Kyle XY," "Wasteland"), Leslie Morgenstein ("Gossip Girl," "Private") and Bob Levy ("Gossip Girl," "Privileged").
==Antagonists==
==Cast/Characters==
For more information, see Character Appearances.
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*Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (22/22)*** / Katherine Pierce (15/22)** / Amara (3/22)
*Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore (22/22) / Silas (7/22)* / Tom Avery (2/22)
*Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore (22/22)
*Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes (19/22)
*Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (18/22) / Gregor (3/22)
*Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (18/22) (archive footage only in 5x12)
*Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett (17/22)
*Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (14/22)**** / Julian (5/22)
Note 1: *Appears as a regular through 5x01 - 5x07. Guest in 5x22.
Note 2:**Appears as a regular through 5x01 - 5x16.
Note 3:***Appears only physically in 5x13 & 5x14.
Note 4:****Voice in 5x01. Appears only physically in 5x21.
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*Olga Fonda as Nadia Petrova (12/22)
*Michael Malarkey as Enzo (12/22)
*Rick Cosnett as Wes Maxfield (12/22) (voice in 5x16)
*Shaun Sipos as Aaron Whitmore (8/22) (corpse in 5x13)
*Penelope Mitchell as Liv Parker (8/22)
*Chris Brochu as Luke Parker (7/22)
*Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes (6/22)
*Raffi Barsoumian as Markos (6/22)
*Kendrick Sampson as Jesse (5/22)
*Janina Gavankar as Qetsiyah (4/22)
*Caitlin McHugh as Sloan (4/22)
*Jasmine Guy as Sheila Bennett (3/22)
*Sabrina Mayfield as Dianne Freeman (3/22)
*Jason MacDonald as Grayson Gilbert (3/22) (picture in 5x01 and 5x09)
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*Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson (2/22)
*Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman (2/22)
*Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan (2/22)
*Hans Obma as Gregor (2/22)
*Taylor Treadwell as Mia (2/22)
*Tamara Austin as Maria (2/22)
*Rick Worthy as Rudy Hopkins (2/22) (archive footage in 5x02)
*Joseph Morgan as Klaus Mikaelson (2/22) (archive footage in 5x12)
*Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson (2/22) (archive footage in 5x12)
*David Anders as John Gilbert (1/22)
*Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (1/22)
*Bianca Lawson as Emily Bennett (1/22)
*Arielle Kebbel as Lexi Branson (1/22)
*Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson (1/22)
*Hayley Kiyoko as Megan King (1/22)
*Heather Hemmens as Maggie James (1/22) 
*Trevor St. John as Dr. Whitmore (1/22)
*Judd Lormand as Joseph Salvatore (1/22)
*Kayla Madison as Young Elena (1/22)
*Ashlyn Jade Lopez as Young Nadia (1/22)
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==Crew==
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|-|Writers (11)=
*Caroline Dries (7/22) (4 co-written)
*Brian Young (5/22) (3 co-written)
*Rebecca Sonnenshine (4/22) (2 co-written)
*Melinda Hsu Taylor (4/22) (2 co-written)
*Brett Matthews (3/22) (co-written)
*Elisabeth Finch (2/22) (co-written)
*Sonny Postiglione (2/22) (1 co-written)
*Holly Brix (3/22) (co-written)
*Neil Reynolds (2/22) (co-written)
*Julie Plec (1/22) (co-written)
*Matthew D'Ambrosio (1/22) (co-written)
|-|Directors (12)=
*Michael A. Allowitz (4/22)
*Kellie Cyrus (3/22)
*Chris Grismer (3/22)
*Lance Anderson (2/22)
*Joshua Butler (2/22)
*Leslie Libman (2/22)
*Jesse Warn (1/22)
*Jeffrey Hunt (1/22)
*Rob Hardy (1/22)
*Darren Genet (1/22)
*Pascal Verschooris (1/22)
*Paul Wesley (1/22)
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==Episodes List: 2013-2014==
==Notes==
*This season's college storyline adapts many elements of The Hunters: Moonsong.
*Three cast members hit a 100 episode mark in the 100th episode 500 Years of Solitude: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev.
===Cast News===
*Premiere date was October 10, 2013, but it is changed to October 3, 2013.https://www.wetpaint.com/vampire-diaries/video/2013-06-26-cw-premiere-dates-vampire-diaries Wetpaint
*Day 1 in the writers room for Season Five on April 15, 2013 Julie Plec tweet
*There will be ample opportunity for some characters from TVD and The Originals to move between shows on occasion.https://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/04/the-vampire-diaries-spinoff-explained-how-backdoor-pilots-and-planted-spinoffs-work.html
**Tyler Lockwood is the first character to crossover to The Originals.
**Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah appeared in The Vampire Diaries.
*Bonnie will remain as a series regular.
**This is the only season with two witches in the main cast that are Bonnie and Katherine.
*A new doppelgänger appeared in Rescue Me, episode seventeen of Season Five, and it was a Silas doppelgänger, called Tom Avery.
*This is the first season which took place over a single school year, both at Whitmore College and Mystic Falls High School. It's not split between two seasons like Junior Year 2009-2010 (Seasons One and Two) and Senior Year 2010-2011 (Seasons Three and Four).
*Season Five also has the largest and somewhat confusing time jumps between episodes to cover a full year of school from the Fall of 2011 through the Spring of 2012.
*This will be the first to feature three permanent deaths in the season finale and in the series in general, though these three deaths will bring the total to four after Katherine's in Gone Girl.
===Production News and General===
====Production News====
*The writers and Julie Plec came up with the final scene for Season Five.Julie Plec on Twitter
*Filming of the season was finished on April 10, 2014.Julie Plec on Twitter
====General====
*Three Season 5 Spoilers; Shocking secret, College, cured vampire.Hollywood Life
**"In the tumultuous fourth season of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, the world of Mystic Falls was turned upside down when the beautiful and compassionate Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) came face-to-face with her worst nightmare – life as a vampire. While Elena struggled to control her new powers and the overwhelming thirst for blood, the astonishing news that a cure for vampirism may actually exist reached Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) Salvatore, the two vampire brothers who love her. Their search for the cure leads the brothers, along with Elena's brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and her best friends Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline (Candice Accola), to a horrifying confrontation with the ancient and all-powerful immortal, Silas, who has been entombed with The Cure for more than 2,000 years. But Elena isn't the only vampire who longs to return to life as a Human, and the question of who will take the cure is resolved in the heart-stopping season finale, along with moments of unexpected joy, unspeakable sorrow, and a confession of true love. The series heads into its fifth season with some characters headed off to college, a newly cured vampire trying to survive as a human, and a shocking Salvatore secret."
**This is the first season not to feature a full moon episode.
**This is the first season not to feature Bonnie practicing her magic.
**DVD/Blu-ray of Season Five was released in September 9, 2014.
===Timeline===
*At the beginning of the season a time-jump happened, leading us to September 2011, when Elena and Caroline begin college. It follows almost the whole first year at college til May 2012. (8 months)
**Season Five is the second season to have a time-jump at its beginning. The season to do so was Season Three. Later Season Seven would start with a 3 years time-jump.
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===Videos===
==References==
==External links==
*Official Facebook
*Official Twitter
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*IMDB
==See also==
* Season One
* Season Two
* Season Three
* Season Four
* Season Five Soundtrack
* Season Five Minor Characters
* Season Five Body Count
* Season Five Co-Stars
* The Complete Fifth Season (DVD)
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