After a twisted plan left the life of his girlfriend Elena linked to that of his best friend Bonnie, Damon is forced to navigate his new reality without the love of his life. A newly empowered Bonnie has decided that she will be Damon's moral compass and keeps a close eye on him as he, in turn, cautiously keeps tabs on Alaric, following the loss of his fiancée Jo. Meanwhile, as he waits for Caroline to sort out her emotions, Stefan takes an active role in protecting the town from Lily and her family of Heretics, who have wasted no time wreaking havoc in Mystic Falls. Elsewhere, Enzo struggles to find his place in Lily's new life, and is quickly forced to decide where his true loyalties lie. Finally, with the stakes higher than ever, Matt, who has recently completed his deputy training program, teams up with Stefan and Caroline to put a stop to the Heretics, but an unexpected turn of events leaves one of them in a dangerous position.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 7 Episode 1 of The Vampire Diaries was watched by 1,380,000 viewers, resulting in a 0.60 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Is The Vampire Diaries Renewed or Cancelled for Season 8?

The Vampire Diaries Season 7 Episodes...

• s07e01 - Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take
• s07e02 - Never Let Me Go
• s07e03 - Age of Innocence
• s07e04 - I Carry Your Heart With Me
• s07e05 - Live Through This
• s07e06 - Best Served Cold
• s07e07 - Mommie Dearest
• s07e08 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me
• s07e09 - Cold as Ice
• s07e10 - Hell Is Other People
• s07e11 - Things We Lost in the Fire
• s07e12 - Postcards from the Edge
• s07e13 - This Woman's Work
• s07e14 - Moonlight On the Bayou (1)
• s07e15 - I Would For You
• s07e16 - Days of Future Past
• s07e17 - I Went to the Woods
• s07e18 - One Way or Another
• s07e19 - Somebody That I Used to Know
• s07e20 - Kill 'Em All
• s07e21 - Requiem for a Dream
• s07e22 - Gods & Monsters

The Vampire Diaries Show Summary

Based on novels of the same name, Vampire Diaries follows Elena, a young heroine, who is the object of passion for two vampire brothers. Four months after the tragic car accident thathuged their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world.

As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore. Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers - one good, one evil - are at war for Elena's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.