In the small town of Mystic Falls, teenager Elena Gilbert and her younger brother, Jeremy, struggle to come to terms with the recent death of their parents. Elena is popu ...

As Mystic Falls prepares for a festival to celebrate the passing of a comet, Vicki is in the hospital recovering from the attack she can barely remember. Stefan goes to t ...

Tyler tries to embarrass Stefan by throwing a football at him during practice. However, Stefan's super-skills of catching a football impresses Mr. Tanner who tries to per ...

Elena asks a reluctant Stefan to go with her to the annual Founder's Day dance. Vicki gets Tyler to ask her, but later accuses him of hiding their drug-induced relationsh ...

With Damon still locked up and growing physically weaker, Jeremy and Vicki have gotten back together. Meanwhile, the school decides to hold a car wash to raise funds afte ...

Elena demands that Stefan explain the frightening events that have been happening in Mystic Falls. In a string of flashbacks, Stefan explains how his rivalry with Damon b ...

As Halloween draws near, Vicki's behavior becomes more dangerous which leads Stefan to try to help her control her blood-lust. Elena tries to convince Jeremy to stay away ...

On his birthday, Stefan is surprised by a visit from Lexi, one of his oldest vampire friends. Still upset by the way events ended at the Halloween haunted house, Elena do ...

A new history teacher, named Alaric Saltzman, arrives and requests to Jeremy that he write an after-hours paper to keep his grades up. Jeremy takes a liking to his new te ...

After reading a journal kept by a Gilbert ancestor, Jeremy begins to sketch again, a hobby he quit when his parents died. Meanwhile, Sheriff Forbes notifies Damon of anot ...

After surviving the horrific car crash, Elena, still shaken by her resemblance to Katherine Pierce, is rescued by Damon who takes on her on a road trip to Georgia where h ...

Damon, Elena and Stefan attend a school dance with a 1950s' theme, where Alaric introduces himself to Damon whom he suspects is the vampire that killed his wife. Stefan a ...

Stefan and Damon recall the incidents that led to the rift in their relationship; Bonnie's date takes a frightening turn; Elena helps Stefan and Damon race to find a jour ...

Stefan helps Elena and Bonnie out of a dangerous situation when they are both kidnapped by Ben and Anna. Meanwhile, Jeremy asks Anna to a party in the woods, unaware that ...

Matt and Caroline are surprised by the sudden reappearance of Matt's estranged mother Kelly who arrives back in Mystic Falls with an agenda. Stefan and Elena are worried ...

Anna brings a surprising guest along when she pays a visit to Damon. Elena and Stefan go on an awkward double date with Caroline and Matt, but Stefan and Matt find they h ...

When Stefan and Damon make a dangerous new enemy, Stefan suddenly finds himself in a perilous situation when a handful of the vampires from the tomb abduct him and hold h ...

While Stefan struggles to control his new situation of blood lust after feeding off Elena's blood to heal, she and Jeremy are surprised by a visit from their uncle, John ...

At the Founder's Day Gala, Elena and Caroline compete with each other for the title of Miss Mystic Falls against other girls from town, including Tina Fell and Amber Brad ...

While Stefan struggles to come to terms with his past, both he and Damon reveal parts of their history to Elena, until she finally learns the truth about how they became ...

Isobel returns to town and stuns Alaric with her attitude and her demands that he arrange a meeting with Elena. When mother and daughter finally meet, Isobel refuses to a ...

On the Founder's Day, Mystic Falls celebrates one hundred and fifty years with a parade and fireworks. Stefan is upset with the revelation of Damon's feelings toward Elen ...