Doppelgängers: A Vampire Diaries Podcast

It’s Christmas in Mystic Falls, and ignore that the timing of that is iffy at best please! There is fake snow and a whole party in the town square, of course hosted by our queen Carol. Jeremy is trying to learn how to not kill his sister, and of course Shane is inserting himself, but he does give us some of his backstory. And Damon and Elena are there too, which tells you how well Damon did at tel...

It’s time for a boys trip! Stefan and Damon head to New Orleans looking for sire bond solutions but end up rehashing the past and finding bad news. Meanwhile, Elena hosts a girls night because she stupidly assumes Caroline and Bonnie are Delena Stans - plus, she plies them with champagne, a recipe for emotional outbursts. Tyler struggles as the hybrids start revolting, and Hayley tells him exactly...

It’s time again for Miss Mystic Falls! Our reigning Miss Mystic Caroline is leading the planning and she’s ready to lead the main ship this time around: Klaroline! Delena who? Delena still has their time for most of the episode, before us stans get unexpectedly pushed back into the trenches. April Young competes in the pageant, but don’t worry, her competition is weak and Shane is judging despite...

Elena is not doing well after killing Connor - but it turns out she has an excuse: she’s cursed! And boy is Connor good at cursing Elena - he brings in special guest hallucinations who may surprise you! Klaus, having prior experience with the curse, tries to help - but the Salvatores do what they do best: get in Klaus’s way. Meanwhile, Caroline does what she does best - distract Klaus! Tyler and H...

Now that Connor has escaped, and got more werewolf venom, the hunter threat is back and most of our team is very ready to kill him. Klaus wants Connor alive, but he is in Italy leading a dig for the sword. Stefan just has to keep Damon and Elena in check for a day, so that should be easy! Except it is not when Connor takes hostages in the grill. Elena and Damon are ready to rush in while Stefan sl...

This episode is about but five guys, and how they have been failing at the one thing they wanna do for about 900 years. Connor knows nothing, and unfortunately to learn about his history, he needs to hang out with Klaus. Stefan spends most of his day with Klaus and Rebekah, looking well-adjusted by comparison. Meanwhile, Bonnie heads to Whitmore College with Damon and Elena, where we meet the cree...

There's a curfew in town this week since, you know, Tyler got shot at church, but that won't keep Rebekah down! She decides to throw an anti-curfew party, which also serves as a celebration because she actually wins against Elena this episode! Now Elena should be able to beat her, but damn this transition is kicking her ass. Connor has a plan to really ruin this party, but his plan is ruined by th...

Elena’s transition continues and it’s getting worse! She keeps puking up blood and - if you can believe it - all her emotions are heightened! Plus, news quickly spreads on the sudden death of 12 council members and really brings down the vibe of the town (and they don’t even know it was a mass suicide). A new character, Connor Jordan, comes to town ready to kill vampires and be sexy while doing it...

It's the 4th season premiere and it's starting with a bang: Elena is a vampire now! Or not, because Stefan and Bonnie think they can somehow fix this even though Elena is alive so what's the big deal? Bonnie experiments with black magic and faces consequences, while many of the vampires get kidnapped by new faces from the council, who decided out was time to just make it a cult. Elena starts to co...

In the season 3 finale (and maybe the best episode of the entire series), tensions are high. Elena has a brief coma dream before waking up to the nightmare that is her life as a bloodthirsty Ric searches for her. But she still gets to call the shots, and starts wheeling and dealing with the originals to save Klaus. The only person who doesn’t let her call the shots is Matt Donovan who drugs her an...

It's all about the time before sunset this week because 1. Alaric does not have a daylight ring, and 2. Klaus loves to set a clock! The Mikalesons know its time to leave town, but Klaus needs his doppelgänger, and she should be easy to grab, right? A showdown in the school brings torture (who else but Caroline?), romance (finally Caroline), and realization (Elena ate!). The fight to bring down Ala...

It’s another decade dance, which is always a low stakes, fun episode where our characters don’t experience any epic loss. Psych! This decade dance continues the grand tradition of being traumatic. Esther reveals her plan to rid the earth of all vampires: make a new vampire. Huh? She reveals she’s literally obsessed with Alaric, but he would rather die than go along with her plan. Let’s see if he g...

We've been waiting for this one! While Stefan and Alaric try to hunt down the last white oak stake that Evilaric hid, Damon and Elena go on a trip to get Jeremy from Denver, and that won't be sexy at all. Jeremy of course found a way to cause problems in Denver, and the hunt for answers about the vampire bloodline that led to the Salvatores leads our heroes to a motel. Yes, motel and Delena! Meanw...

Things are looking up for our heroes this week - if briefly. After the discovery that the Wickery Bridge sign is made of white oak, they’re able to fashion it into 12 stakes. And with the Originals linked, they only need to kill one original. That means they have 12 chances to kill one person - can they do it? The answer may surprise you! Meanwhile, Rebekah, annoyed that Damon isn’t irrevocably in...

It's finally time for the new Wickery Bridge to get built! As construction begins, everyone is constructing their own schemes for the week. Alaric's situation is only looking worse as Elena treats him supernaturally while Meredith treats him medically, neither of which seem to be super successful. Caroline and Bonnie are helping Abby with her transition, but turns out the transition to mother is m...

This episode finally sees our heroes asking “whodunnit?” Meredith, however, is the only one presenting a suspect and it’s not only one of our heroes, but one of the victims of the killer: Alaric! This prompts Damon to all of a sudden remember a similar string of murders from 1912 - conveniently a year Stefan was dealing with some of the same issues he’s dealing with right now! Crazy! Meanwhile, Re...

With the news that Esther is just like Michael and wants to kill her children, people need to pick their sides! Elena feels bad that Elijah could be killed, but everyone else could care less. Elena goes to foil the plan she set in motion last week, but Elijah already has a plan and she plays her classic role: the hostage. The Salvatores are not pleased with Elijah's ultimatum, but Rebekah is pleas...

The Originals (now officially known as the Mikaelsons) are reunited and taking the opportunity to celebrate with the kind of theatricality we have come to expect from them - a huge ball! Everyone has ulterior motives - Klaus wants to smooch Caroline, Rebekah wants to smooch Matt, Stefan and Damon want to smooch Elena, Esther wants to kill all of her children - wait what? That’s right, Esther is no...

The dead are certainly brought out this week! Elijah is back and letting potential allies come to him, leading to a dinner party where tantrums just keep coming. The brothers negotiate, stall, and bond over the fact that they all have fought over Petrovas at one point or another, until Elijah picks his alliance and brings more friends to the party. Meanwhile, the killer strikes again, leading to a...

Bonnie finally starts paying real attention to her witchy dreams and is led to a surprising source - her estranged mother Abby! Elena accompanies her on the emotional mission where she learns why Abby left and stayed away - and it isn’t exactly comforting. Meanwhile, Tyler enlists the help of Bill Forbes to break the sire bond, and it requires more effort than he anticipated. Meredith reveals she...

It's Caroline's birthday, and even though she isn't super into it everyone else decides they are going to make this day eventful! Her party moves to a new venue while Damon and Alaric go to yet another council meeting disguised as a party, and Stefan decides to just be super fucked up. We discuss Stephanie's deep distrust of Dr. Fell, the first hint of Klaroline, the profile of a plain ol' murdere...

Everyone is wheeling and dealing this episode, and it's too soon to tell who will come out on top! Stefan's got Klaus's coffins and Klaus is none too plased so he's making it everyone else's problem. Tyler finally starts to understand why everyone has been so judgmental about the sire bond, and Ric dies again! But this time, it's worse - until he meets the beautiful Dr. Meredith Fell. Can she be t...

It's time for the homecoming dance, and as we all know a school dance means a plan is afoot. And you know how this group does plans: badly! When the gym gets flooded, Tyler is nice enough to host a party, which everyone quickly realizes he is not capable of throwing considering there is a full band and a bunch of people no one recognizes. We meet some of Klaus' new friends, start to sour on Tyler...

The Originals may be 1000 year old vampires, but as we learn their backstory this episode, we learn they really are ordinary people: they hate their parents, lie to their siblings, and just wanna go to homecoming! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram @doppelgangerspodcast!

It's Illumination Night in Mystic Falls, so everyone is in the town square lit only by lanterns, what could go wrong? Damon quickly guesses which ghost is after him, and that door to the other side cracked by Vicki swings wide open. We see past friends, lovers, and enemies descend on the town, each with their own mission. We discuss the emotional highs of this episode, the ghost reunion that made...