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The Originals (2013)

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

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.

IMDb rating
8.2 (160,758 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

8.67 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.5 45 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,904 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 2,402 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,225 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,125 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,087 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 2,049 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 1,963 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,178 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 1,814 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 1,803 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 1,890 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,714 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 1,769 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 1,804 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 1,787 votesEp 16: 9.0 · 2,119 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 1,571 votesEp 18: 8.3 · 1,540 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,539 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 1,596 votesEp 21: 9.3 · 2,271 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 3,518 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Always and Forever8.22,904
2House of the Rising Son8.52,402
3Tangled Up in Blue8.62,225
4Girl in New Orleans8.62,125
5Sinners and Saints8.72,087
6Fruit of the Poisoned Tree8.72,049
7Bloodletting8.61,963
8The River in Reverse8.82,178
9Reigning Pain in New Orleans8.41,814
10The Casket Girls8.61,803
11Après Moi, Le Déluge8.91,890
12Dance Back from the Grave8.51,714
13Crescent City8.71,769
14Long Way Back from Hell8.81,804
15Le Grand Guignol8.81,787
16Farewell to Storyville9.02,119
17Moon Over Bourbon Street8.21,571
18The Big Uneasy8.31,540
19An Unblinking Death8.41,539
20A Closer Walk with Thee8.71,596
21The Battle of New Orleans9.32,271
22From a Cradle to a Grave9.53,518

Season 2 (2014)

8.63 avg 22 episodes 8.8 → 9.1 42 min avg

  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.8 · 1,866 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 1,555 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 1,458 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 1,479 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 1,527 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 1,510 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 1,426 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,401 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 1,560 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 1,342 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,313 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 1,379 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 1,544 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 1,364 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,249 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 1,228 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 1,249 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 1,304 votesEp 19: 8.8 · 1,312 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 1,228 votesEp 21: 9.1 · 1,653 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,721 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rebirth8.81,866
2Alive and Kicking8.61,555
3Every Mother's Son8.41,458
4Live and Let Die8.71,479
5Red Door8.81,527
6Wheel Inside the Wheel8.71,510
7Chasing the Devil's Tail8.61,426
8The Brothers That Care Forgot8.61,401
9The Map of Moments8.91,560
10Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire8.51,342
11Brotherhood of the Damned8.41,313
12Sanctuary8.61,379
13The Devil Is Damned9.01,544
14I Love You, Goodbye8.61,364
15They All Asked for You8.11,249
16Save My Soul8.11,228
17Exquisite Corpse8.41,249
18Night Has a Thousand Eyes8.61,304
19When the Levee Breaks8.81,312
20City Beneath the Sea8.41,228
21Fire with Fire9.11,653
22Ashes to Ashes9.11,721

Season 3 (2015)

8.67 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 9.5 42 min avg

  • Big finale
Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,351 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,206 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 1,151 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,222 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,169 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 1,152 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,143 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,165 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 1,544 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 1,270 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 1,123 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 1,077 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 1,089 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 1,647 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,161 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 1,089 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 1,314 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 1,203 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 1,513 votesEp 20: 9.0 · 1,321 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 1,290 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 2,412 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1For the Next Millennium8.31,351
2You Hung the Moon8.31,206
3I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans8.31,151
4A Walk on the Wild Side8.61,222
5The Axeman's Letter8.51,169
6Beautiful Mistake8.61,152
7Out of the Easy8.41,143
8The Other Girl in New Orleans8.61,165
9Savior9.11,544
10A Ghost Along the Mississippi8.91,270
11Wild at Heart8.31,123
12Dead Angels8.21,077
13Heart Shaped Box8.31,089
14A Streetcar Named Desire9.11,647
15An Old Friend Calls8.61,161
16Alone with Everybody8.41,089
17Behind the Black Horizon9.01,314
18The Devil Comes Here and Sighs8.81,203
19No More Heartbreaks9.11,513
20Where Nothing Stays Buried9.01,321
21Give 'Em Hell Kid8.91,290
22The Bloody Crown9.52,412

Season 4 (2017)

8.53 avg 13 episodes 8.9 → 9.2 42 min avg

  • Big finale
  • Rebound
Ep 1: 8.9 · 1,783 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 1,322 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,182 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,140 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 1,039 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 998 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,042 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 1,005 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 974 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 952 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 932 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 961 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 1,646 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gather Up the Killers8.91,783
2No Quarter8.81,322
3Haunter of Ruins8.61,182
4Keepers of the House8.61,140
5I Hear You Knocking8.31,039
6Bag of Cobras8.2998
7High Water and a Devil's Daughter8.41,042
8Voodoo in My Blood8.51,005
9Queen Death8.4974
10Phantomesque8.2952
11A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken8.4932
12Voodoo Child8.4961
13The Feast of All Sinners9.21,646

Season 5 (2018)

8.51 avg 13 episodes 8.8 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 1,593 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 1,188 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,331 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,090 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,086 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,280 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 1,114 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 1,388 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,439 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 998 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 1,050 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 1,420 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 2,408 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Where You Left Your Heart8.81,593
2One Wrong Turn on Bourbon8.41,188
3Ne Me Quitte Pas8.61,331
4Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea8.11,090
5Don't It Just Break Your Heart8.21,086
6What, Will, I, Have, Left8.51,280
7God's Gonna Trouble the Water8.61,114
8The Kindness of Strangers9.11,388
9We Have Not Long to Love8.01,439
10There in the Disappearing Light8.4998
11'Til the Day I Die8.21,050
12The Tale of Two Wolves9.11,420
13When the Saints Go Marching In8.62,408

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