Season Three (The Originals)

The third season of The Originals was announced on January 12, 2015. Joseph Morgan later tweeted to confirm this.https://twitter.com/JosephMorgan/status/554375499388960768
==Season Summary==
The Mikaelson family tragedies and triumphs continue as THE ORIGINALS enters its third season. The Original vampire-werewolf hybrid Klaus Mikaelson (Joseph Morgan) and his maternal half-brother Elijah (Daniel Gillies) have spent one thousand years fighting to protect their dysfunctional family, but now that Klaus and the hybrid Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) share an infant daughter, Hope, the stakes are higher than ever. In the second season, Klaus and Elijah united against their resurrected mother, Esther, who tortured them with demons from their pasts in an effort to persuade them to surrender their vampire bodies and become mortal. Esther, however, was only the harbinger, as Klaus learned that a long-standing curse had marked Hope for a life of isolation and terror at the hands of Esther's sister, the witch Dahlia, whose defeat came at great cost to the family. Season 3 finds Klaus and Elijah estranged from each other, even as both half-brothers adjust to life with their long-lost sister, Freya (Riley Voelkel). Hayley suffers mightily at the hands of Klaus' petty vengeance, while Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) and Davina (Danielle Campbell) rule the city under a new status quo. Meanwhile, Camille (Leah Pipes) and Vincent (Yusuf Gatewood) find themselves caught up in a surprising mystery involving the newest resident of New Orleans - the first vampire ever sired by the Mikaelsons a thousand years ago. THE ORIGINALS is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with My So-Called Company, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios. Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries", "Kyle XY", "Wasteland"), Michael Narducci ("The Vampire Diaries", "The 4400", "Medium"), Diane Ademu-John ("Body of Proof", "Medium") and Leslie Morgenstein ("The Vampire Diaries", "Gossip Girl", "Pretty Little Liars") are executive producers. 
It aired on Fridays.https://www.eonline.com/news/735158/the-originals-moves-to-fridays-and-klaus-is-as-angry-as-we-ve-ever-seen-him
==Antagonists==
*Lucien Castle
*Tristan de Martel
*Aurora de Martel
*The Strix
*Aya Al-Rashid
*Camille O'Connell
*Gaspar Cortez
*The Ancestors
*Marcel Gerard
==Cast==
For more information, see Character Appearances.
===Starring===
*Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson (22/22)
*Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson (22/22)
*Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall-Kenner (22/22)
*Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard (21/22)
*Leah Pipes as Camille O'Connell (16/22) (3x01 - 3x19)
*Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire (15/22) (3x01 - 3x21)
*Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent Griffith (15/22)
*Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson (18/22)
===Special Guest Stars===
*Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson (7/22) (archive footage in 3x11 & 3x17)
*Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore (1/22)
*Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (1/22)
===Guest Starring===
*Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson (12/22)
*Andrew Lees as Lucien Castle (14/22)
*Oliver Ackland as Tristan de Martel (11/22)
*Rebecca Breeds as Aurora de Martel (17/22) (uncredited 3x19 - 3x21)
*Caspar Zafer as Finn Mikaelson (7/22)
*Jason Dohring as Will Kinney (9/22)
*Nathan Parsons as Jackson Kenner (6/22)
*Steven Krueger as Josh Rosza (5/22)
*Tracy Ifeachor as Aya Al-Rashid (9/22)
*Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Eva Sinclair (body)/Rebekah Mikaelson (1/22)
*Debra Mooney as Mary Dumas (1/22)
*Haley Ramm as Ariane (2/22)
*Rebecca Blumhagen as Madison (1/22)
*Leslie-Anne Huff as Rayna Cruz (1/22)
*Matt Cedeno as Gaspar Cortez (1/22)
*Taylor Cole as Sofya Voronova (1/22)
*Dan Martin as Hollis (1/22)
===Co-Starring===
*Stephanie Cleough as Alexis (4/22) (archive footage in 3x07)
*Joyce Thi Brew as Kara Nguyen (4/22)
*Lawrence Kao as Van Nguyen (5/22)
==Crew==
===Writers (12)===
*Diane Ademu-John (5/22) (co-written)
*Michael Narducci (4/22) (co-written)
*Carina Adly MacKenzie (4/22) (3 co-written)
*Michelle Paradise (4/22) (3 co-written)
*Ashley Lyle (4/22) (co-written)
*Bart Nickerson (4/22) (co-written)
*Declan de Barra (3/22) (2 co-written)
*Michael Russo (3/22) (co-written)
*Christopher Hollier (3/22) (co-written)
*Kyle Arrington (3/22) (co-written)
*Beau DeMayo (3/22) (co-written)
*Celeste Vasquez (1/22) (co-written)
===Directors (15)===
*Matt Hastings (4/22)
*Jeffrey Hunt (3/22)
*Michael Grossman (2/22)
*John Hyams (2/22)
*Lance Anderson (1/22)
*Michael A. Allowitz (1/22)
*Steven DePaul (1/22)
*Bethany Rooney (1/22)
*Kellie Cyrus (1/22)
*Darren Genet (1/22)
*Chris Grismer (1/22)
*Hanelle Culpepper (1/22)
*Joseph Morgan (1/22)
*Jesse Warn (1/22)
*Millicent Shelton (1/22)
==Episodes List: 2015-2016==
==Production News==
*The series was officially renewed on January 12, 2015 along with The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, Supernatural, The 100, The Flash, Jane the Virgin and Reign.https://www.spoilertv.com/2015/01/cw-renews-8-shows.html This was the network's earliest and largest renewal to date with renewing 8 whole shows at once early in the new year.
*This is the first season to air after its parent show The Vampire Diaries at 9PM on Thursday nights since last summer when Season 1 aired back to back with The Vampire Diaries.
*This season will focus more on the vampires and less on the witches.https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/vampire-diaries-finale-elena-die-live-leaving-nina-dobrev-originals-1201492262/ Indeed, the first vampire ever sired by the Mikaelsons come to town.
*Riley Voelkel has been upgraded to regular cast member for Season 3, reprising her role as Freya Mikaelson.https://tvline.com/2015/05/11/the-originals-season-3-riley-voelkel-series-regular-freya/
*This is the last season to feature Leah Pipes as a series regular.
*Klaus has given away the rule of New Orleans to Marcel, and he has established a new status quo with the witches, led by Davina.
*This is the first season of The Originals to feature Caspar Zafer reprising his role as Finn Mikaelson in his Original Vampire body via flashbacks.https://www.tvguide.com/news/claire-holt-the-originals-scoop/ This season will also feature Finn's first flashback scenes as an Original Vampire from either show. This is also the first season of The Originals to feature Finn in his original body in the present, as Finn's spirit appears in his true form and he was later resurrected.
*Paul Wesley appeared as Stefan Salvatore in episode 14 of this season.https://www.spoilertv.com/2016/01/winter-tca-live-blog-sunday-10th.html
*Joseph Morgan directed episode 17,https://twitter.com/JosephMorgan/status/695042211021455366 while Diane Ademu-John and Declan de Barra wrote for episode 17.https://www.instagram.com/p/BBi4rWTRHGC/
*Zach Roerig appeared as Matt Donovan in episode 17 of this season.http://www.accesshollywood.com/articles/originals-boss-why-two-mikaelsons-will-visit-mystic-falls-whats-next-klaus-hayley/#be1rOrKv7vjB00sQ.02
*Millicent Shelton directed episode 19, while Celeste Vasquez and Michael Narducci wrote for episode 19.https://twitter.com/trashquez/status/705956999830368256
*Jeffrey Hunt is directing episode 21,https://www.instagram.com/p/BC08kN5RIn2/https://www.instagram.com/p/BDG6DqWxIuF/ while Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson wrote for episode 21.https://twitter.com/junkyardmessiah/status/716338733822439425
*The final day of shooting season three was April 14, 2016.https://twitter.com/kj17/status/720643696560062464
==Notes==
*Season Three begins after a six month time jump.https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/113033/sdcc15-7-things-we-learned-about-the-originals-season-3/
*This season features the 200th episode in the TVD Universe.
*This was tweeted as a preview for season 3.https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/Woodcut-of-a-werewolf-attack.jpg
*This is the first season of either series to feature all 6 Mikaelson siblings, excluding Henrik, in the modern day, played by their original actors.
**Freya, Klaus, and Elijah are main characters, all in their birth bodies.
**Rebekah appears in both Eva's and her own body in Beautiful Mistake and Savior.
**Finn appears as a spirit in Freya's necklace in The Other Girl in New Orleans and again in Savior. He appears again after being resurrected as an Original Vampire in An Old Friend Calls.
**Kol appears as an ancestral spirit in Wild at Heart and Heart Shaped Box. He appears again after being resurrected as an Original Vampire in A Streetcar Named Desire.
*Davina and Camille were killed off this season, making it the first season on The Originals to have removed two main characters.
==Timeline==
==Multimedia==
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===Videos===
The Originals S3 Tease
The Originals - Season 3 Trailer
The Originals Season 3 Promo (HD)
The Originals This Bloods For You Trailer The CW
The Originals Jason Dohring Season 3 Interview The CW
The Originals Danielle Campbell Season 3 Interview The CW
The Originals Leah Pipes Season 3 Interview The CW
The Originals Yusuf Gatewood Season 3 Interview The CW
The Originals 5 Reasons to Watch Thirstdays The CW
==References==
==External links==
*Official Facebook
*Official Twitter
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*IMDB
==See also==
*The Originals Season One
*The Originals Season Two
*The Originals Season Three Soundtrack
*The Originals Season Three Minor Characters
*The Originals Season Three Body Count
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