The Vampire Diaries (171) + The Originals (92) + Legacies (68) = 331 episodes of interconnected storytelling.
was announced as the final season. The network gave it a shortened order (16 episodes) to allow the showrunners to craft a definitive ending. The villains this time were the Sirens and the ultimate evil: Cade, the Devil himself. The show went full supernatural horror, abandoning much of its teen drama roots for a darker, more apocalyptic tone. how many seasons of tvd are there