Doppelgängers: A Vampire Diaries Podcast

The vampire nazis are at it again, and this time trying to hide behind Marcel logic, making Marcel face some of his less kind moments. Elijah goes to bother Declan at Rousseau’s, giving Declan one of his worst, most confusing days ever. Hope faces the consequences of the Hollow, but at least she gets to take out some anger on Elijah and gives a chance for Klaus to kind of kill it in fatherhood. An...

Well well well, if it isn’t another chambre de chasse… The Mikaelons are no strangers to a classic chambre de chasse, but this one is particularly tricky, because a) Elijah’s memories are still gone, and b) it was designed by a couple familiar masterminds. Luckliy, they are assisted by the brain power of Marcel and, shockingly enough, Kol! The Hollow’s power is released from the Mikaelsons, and El...

Well last week sucked. And to make it worse, the funeral has all manner of trouble ranging from forgetting to invite people to basically a terrorist attack. Klaus gets bit of revenge on Antionette, making Elijah finally ready to fix his memory mistake. But not everyone is ready for that red door to open. And Vincent and Marcel are, of course, just excited to make Elijah suffer. Ivy discovers anoth...

We’re only human, of course we joined the Off Campus craze! It’s fun, it’s sexy, and we have opinions! Plus Grace is our resident book expert because trust she’s reading just about anything. Spoilers abound for the show and books!! Proceed with caution!! Remember

What to even say about this episode …. It is everything that makes TVDU incredible, from an iconic ship to a devastating character death, all with an unexpected family member reveal in between. This episode made us sick to our stomachs!!! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

After identifying the real enemies, Klaus decides to escalate his attempts to bring Hayley home. When Greta is taken to the dungeon, she offers a solution to get Hayley back - but not everyone is ready to make that deal. Freya goes to Mystic Falls to check on Hope, but that is derailed when Hope wants to save her mom and Klaus wants to save the whole family. We go back to when Klaus first met thes...

With Hayley still missing, Klaus takes a hostage from each faction to put a pep in their search efforts, while also identifying the guilty faction. Really puts a damper on Mardi Gras float building! Meanwhile, Freya heads to Mystic Falls to warn Hope she might be a danger to the world, and also get gossip on Hope’s new crush Roman (who we do not trust yet). The stakes of Haley’s kidnapping are rai...

Well… this is certainly an episode! We see what Elijah has been up to since he made the dumbest decision of his life, just to see that erasing his memories was actually the dumbest decision of his like SO FAR. He heads to one of the literally 4 cities he is not allowed to be in, and learns he is not the only vampire on earth after meeting a girlfriend. She has a secretive family and odd way of lif...

Following Hayley’s disappearance and Rebekah’s rejection, Klaus and Marcel return to New Orleans. Klaus reluctantly reunites with Hope, and the damage to their relationship is palpable. Even worse, there’s a weird untrustworthy dude from the Salvatore School at the compound! We are introduced to the beautiful new seer Ivy who, guess what, thinks Hope is dangerous. Meanwhile, vampires and werewolve...

Seven years later and New Orleans is finally at peace! But everyone can feel the winds of change coming in, at least partly thanks to Hope who is now a teenager. She kicks off the season with a truly bad choice, but hey, whatever gets your deadbeat dad’s attention. Elijah is indeed off in France with his memories gone, but that definitely did not work to keep the siblings separate because, duh. Bu...

It’s finale time and time for Vincent to reveal his unpopular plan, and he was right to be worried about how the Mikaelsons took that news. And he does try his hand at the strategy we suggested last time: lying! The Hollow tries to begin her reign with an old friend by her side, but, as it often does, hubris rears its ugly head. As the team gets ready to defeat the Hollow, everyone feels a pressur...

The Hollow has her claws in Hope and she does not want to let go! The Hollow tries her best to act like a normal 7 year old girl, but she simply does not have the capacity for empathy to give a performance than convinces anyone for more than five minutes. And even worse for her, the one and only Vincent Griffith is back this week, book in hand, ready to beat her down - with a little help from her...

Whenever it seems like the Hollow can be beat, she finds a way and this week, that way is Kol. And somehow she teamed up with Kol on the smartest day of his entire life! Rebekah tries to work with Kol, but gets trapped with her soulmate and they both have to pretend to hate it. Freya and Hayley get ready to kill the Hollow in her evil home, but of course she has some hallucinations prepped to both...

This week, we venture deep into Elijah’s mind and WOOF! It’s a hallway of doors to repress memories and you better believe one is red! While Freya, Hayley, and Hope work on that, Kol and Rebekah arrive home to help Klaus destroy the rosebush thorns. Unfortunately, both Kol and Rebekah get distracted by their exes. Marcel needs the thorns for Sofya, and Davina is used as a tool to get Kol to switch...

This week we have an old TVD favorite that is new to the Originals: a good old fashioned martyr-off! With Elijah in danger, and the Hollow threatening Vincent, we need a plan STAT. Of course the priorities are mismatched because of, what else, always and forever. We get the return of a certain piece of jewelry, finally see the cure that came from weeks of extracting Keelin’s venom, and experience...

This week, we finally learn the origin story of The Hollow, which also comes with ANOTHER origin story, for a very relevant curse. In search of answers, Klaus and Hayley head to the Ancestral Plane, where they reunite with Klaus’s #1 opp, Davina, who has a strong vision for the day. Bones are gathered quickly this week thanks to help from a visitor from Mystic Falls - Alaric Saltzman! Bone reveal:...

After the drama of the murder at last week’s party, Klaus and Hayley stay trapped in the compound with Hope to stay safe. Hope, of course, finds a way to have fun by making a new friend: her brother Marcel who is excited to connect with the family he desperately wants to rejoin. Freya and Elijah both pursue their own independent plans, one better than the other. Freya enlists Josh to take on the H...

It’s Mardi Gras, the perfect time to final clean up the Mikaelson compound and host a party that has an ulterior motive! Marcel is listed as the co-host despite being in the dungeon - luckily, at least Josh could put 2 and 2 together and figure that out. Marcel’s other ally, Sofya, isn’t quite so effective - she leaves the party with no weapons, no Marcel and no leverage, despite being motivated b...

After the drama of last week, we have to really focus on understanding the Hollow and that whole deal. The Hollow has its hooks in Klaus and Marcel, and they definitely don’t feel the need to get too creative with shapeshifting characters. But they do make some good headway Meanwhile, Elijah and Hayley head to the bayou with Hope, and Mary is less than pleased to see Elijah. But her day only gets...

Another NFL season done and boy was it a fun one to be a Jaguars or Panthers fan! We recap our teams and season thoughts, plus revisit some opinions from our last minisode! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @dopplegangerspodcast!

The Mikaelsons return to New Orleans for what should never have been a quick spell, but things do not go as planned, because Will Kinney is evil now! Hayley and Marcel head to the bayou to investigate a wolf who is involved for some reason? Klaus, Elijah, and Vincent find their way into the woods for a mysterious ritual that looks pretty focused on killing kids. While trying to stop the ritual, Kl...

The family is reunited and away from New Orleans, so now comes the scary part for Klaus: actually being a father! Luckily she likes to paint and walk through the woods, while Elijah and Hayley flirt and Kol and Rebekah plan their future as non series regulars. We learn more about the evil orb and Vincent’s life before all these people fucked with him, and see this new entity in new and familiar fo...

With all the Mikaelsons up from their 5 year nap, they get right to their number one priority: rescuing Klaus! Luckily, Klaus is safe and sound right where he wants to be (doing therapy with Cami in his subconscious). Marcel is in deep denial about being a Mikaelson, so much so that he allows himself to get stalled by Rebekah of all people, even as he attempts to flirt with Sofya, his committed em...

It’s a new season with a time jump confirmed! After keeping the Mikaelsons down for 5 years, it’s time to get them up and at ‘em! Hayley has been hard at work but needs the help of a new slay werewolf for the final step. And there’s a new ship alert! Meanwhile, Marcel deals with an influx of vampire tourism and, despite his insistence he hates Klaus, he still wants his advice. But even without the...

Season 3 comes to a close, with a prophecy fulfilled and a new king on the New Orleans throne. Is a time jump imminent? How can the Miakelsons get out of this one? Plus, we discuss expectations for season 4 and our favorite moments of season 3.  Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!