Doppelgängers: A Vampire Diaries Podcast

With one more week to the finale, it appears Klaus has betrayed his family and fully sided with Dahlia. Meanwhile, Davina and Vincent work on getting the new Regent initiated. Freya, Elijah, and Rebekah are ready to put their plan into action, which works for a moment and only a moment. The wolves continue to run from Dahlia through the storm in the bayou, and Hayley and Jackson, as usual, struggl...

Dahlia takes advantage of Klaus’s daggering to welcome him into her mind to show him her past with Esther and Freya, and offer a pretty enticing deal for him and Hope. In the bayou, the wolves have a funeral for Aiden, which encourages Hayley and Jackson to make the stupid decision to continue trying to run away with Hope. Vincent helps the Mikaelsons with multiple spells of varying importance, ev...

As everyone struggles to decide how to deal with Dahlia’s looming deadline, Klaus retreats because he knows the only person he can trust is himself. Most people take this as a sign of Klaus unraveling, getting increasingly nervous about if he will protect Hope (even though that’s his ONE goal but ok). Hayley stays with Hope in the St James Infirmary, but when Dahlia stops by and shows the magic is...

Dahlia has finally arrived in New Orleans, and she makes her presence known by possessing multiple civilians and giving a taste of her power in a fight at St Anne’s. Dahlia’s arrival prompts Elijah to have Josephine create a safe house at St James Infirmary for Hayley and Hope. Meanwhile, it encourages Jackson to come up with a stupid plan, which he loops Hayley into. Luckily, double agent Aiden w...

After fighting through last week, Eva Sinclair successfully gets a strong hold over Rebekah, and gets back to her passion in life, killing kids. Hope is targeted, but protected, and everyone else gets to work got save Rebekah, and eventually Davina. Elijah tests his new alliance with Josephine to get rid of Eva, but she is not following for “rebellious girl has passion” twice. Marcel is able to tr...

It’s time for Mikaelson family brunch, where Freya’s true intentions are put into question. She tells her life story, which is so tragic and sympathetic it would be suspicious if it wasn’t 100% true. The wolves spend some time in the bayou, where Aiden begins to question Jackson’s leadership. Rebeva blacks out multiple times while Eva attempts to break out. Finally, Marcel brings in Cami to talk t...

With the packs officially unified it is time to put the werewolf army to work! Jackson, Hayley, and Klaus disagree on how and when to use the army, but naturally Klaus’s orders win out. Jackson struggles to be a good leader, instead focusing on Hayley, who is clearly focusing on forcing herself into the delusion of being in love with him. Just like with the werewolf army, Jackson is not putting hi...

The day has come - Jackson and Hayley are getting married, in a ceremony completely designed by Klaus. Even baby Hope is invited! Klaus plans more than a wedding - he plans Jackson’s murder at the hands of Elijah, but lays off it in favor of inviting Jackson to move into the compound as a show of peace. So naturally, Elijah moves to Algiers! But it’s not all happy news for the Mikaelsons - Koleb i...

Multiple plans underway this week as we deal with the fall out of Finn’s discovery and preparations for a mystical wedding. Hayley and Jackson get ready to expand the pack, since every wolf in earshot seems to want these hybrid powers! The vampires yet again are supernaturally hungry, but actually do get a little food today, at least until they are knocked put yet again. Finncent sends all the Mik...

Well, it looks like the Hope secret is out! In the bayou, Hayley decides to reveal it to Jackson as part of their unification ceremony prep, despite Klaus’s conflicting opinion. Across the river, Finncent tortures Marcel until he has enough information to deduce the secret himself. Meanwhile, speaking of secret family members, Rebekah makes a new friend at the witch asylum, and let’s just say we’r...

With Marcel and his vampires still trapped in the Mikaelson compound, Marcel faces additional stress as he hallucinates/remembers World War 1. We see the growth of Marcel as a leader, and if he can lead a group who is in the trenches drinking dirty cocoa and being left without gas masks certainly he can handle a group of vampires facing the equally difficult adversity of being hungry. The werewolv...

The werewolves and vampires gather at the Mikaelson compound for “negotiations”, but are quickly trapped by Finncent, using Papa Tunde sacrificial magic to up the drama. While trapped, the two factions drink and fight each other (classic), while Hayley reveals to Klaus and Jackson that she was WITH Elijah. Across town, Rebekah settles into the witch asylum, where she sees our old friend Pixie Cut...

It’s family reunion time, and what better time for that than Christmas aka bonfire season! We finally see Klaus and Hayley visit baby Hope and oh it fills the heart! We also go back to 1914 to see what (and who) led to Kol’s most recent daggering, and meet a couple witches with a new spooky location. Finn confirms his true hatred for vampires, while Kol confirms his allegiance to his current allia...

We check in with Rebekah this week for the first time since hiding away with baby Hope and - uh oh - starlings are checking in on her too! At the compound, Klaus works with Marcel to convince Koleb and Finncent to reconsider alliances. Davina, annoyed at Kol’s kidnapping, actually does put Klaus down, but then immediately gets a taste of the mercurial Mikaelson brotherly bond. Elijah heads out to...

With Elijah still in captivity, Klaus decides to hunt him down and finds himself looking for a mysterious orchid with Ansel, who tries to bond and make up for 1,000 years of not being a father. Hayley wants to go after Esther, but instead acts like a real Mikaelson and instead goes after what Esther loves. She recruits Marcel, Cami, and Aiden to pull one over on Finncent, and Cami’s all-time manip...

This episode starts out with a big gag - the reveal of the name Freya, and the fact that she is indeed a Mikaelson! Elijah’s kidnapping forces Klaus to have a long chat with Esther, where she reveals information about Klaus’s father, but neglects to mention the existence or significance of Dahlia. Speaking of Klaus’s father, he turns up in the bayou with the long-missing Jackson, who was NOT kidna...

Davina wakes up from being knocked out to find that things have gone crazy and she has lost nearly all her leverage. She discovers Kaleb’s true identity but like a true sister cannot resist the draw of a Mikaelson brother. Cami may have stopped Klaus from killing his dad last week, but I think were can all, including her by the end of this week, agree that was a mistake. Michael kidnaps her, waste...

Davina, with her alliance to Mikael now exposed, heads to a cabin in the woods, where she twists her ankle, flirts with Koleb, gets her bracelet deactivated, and loses possession of the white oak stake, all in about 12 hours. Klaus finally reunites with Cami to hunt down Davina, and of course get some more free therapy as he ponders killing his father (or at the very least stabbing him with Papa T...

The Mikaelson family gets closer to a reunion, better or worse! Esther has made her identity clear so time to reveal her plan, which if we know Esther is logically flawed and selfish. tradeoff is Elijah must mentor new vampire Gia, who he mostly just sends on an errand he does not want to do. Oliver takes time to help as a spy, and Hayley uses that as an excuse to beat his ass like she should. Fin...

New hyperfixation, new minisode! We discuss the Fox/ABC hit show 911, known for ridiculous disasters, gay firefighters, and, most importantly, Angela Basset. We share all our thoughts on Buddie canon, our favorite characters in the 118 and beyond, Buddie canon, the best episodes and calls across the show, and of course: Buddie canon. If you’re a 911 fan you will be excited to see this minisode, if...

With the introduction of Koleb, we take a trip down memory lane and learn more about Kol and his history with Klaus and Elijah. In flashbacks, we see Elijah oh so elegantly handle his relationship with a young and impressionable Marcel (I’m being facetious, of course he white fangs him). Meanwhile in the present, Marcel begins building his new vampire community, starting with turning Gia and recru...

It’s a new season baby! Hayley is a hybrid facing a new type of heightened emotion: post partum depression!  Klaus and Elijah have been patiently biding their time since the season 1 finale as the Guerreras have taken over the city, but after months of recon, teaming up with Marcel, and quick trip to city hall, they are ready to attack. Francesca reads this silence as scheming, getting more scared...

It’s the season finale and boy does it feel like it! The baby is born, taken to the sacrifice, saved, kidnapped, fake killed, sent away, and named, all in her first day on Earth! Hayley has a similarly busy day, she gives birth, dies, and comes back as a hybrid! Death is a popular activity of the day, trimming many of our tertiary characters. But there is rebirth too! Klaus and Marcel makeup and r...

Do our listeners care about football? Well I guess we will find out! We decided to dive in this season and be football fans, and we share the teams we picked and all of our opinions. The NFL is fun even if there aren't any vampires involved! (ok well the jury is still out on Saquon) Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

In the lead up to our first Originals season finale, we start picking up the drama and get our first true gaggy twist! Klaus and Elijah work with the Crescent wolves to make the moonlight rings, until Marcel and his crew blow up their plans. Thankfully, Genevieve along with Francesca and her creepy brothers she pulled out of nowhere are there to help, phew! Marcel decides it’s time to attack, but...