The Originals

About The Originals

The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

The CW's The Originals is a mystery, science fiction, and fantasy series. Joseph Morgan stars as Klaus Mikaelson, Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson, Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard, and Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson.

Its 5 seasons and 92 episodes aired between October 2013 and August 2018. That is around 18 episodes a season.

Shelv files it under werewolf, vampire, witch, and rivalry. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Peacock Premium. It scores 8.6 out of 10 from 3,689 TMDB voters and it carries a TV-14 rating.

Legacies, The Vampire Diaries, and Penny Dreadful make useful companions to The Originals.