While The Vampire Diaries kicked off a supernatural franchise, its spinoff The Originals is actually a much better show.

The Originals 92 episodes When it is discovered that Freya has been kidnapped and is in the hands of a dangerous new threat, the Mikaelson brothers are forced to put aside their differences in ...

The Mikaelson family, who were introduced during seasons 3 and 4 of The Vampire Diaries, are known as “the Originals” because they are the first vampires to ever exist.