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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 (161,377 votes)
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

8.67 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 2,924 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 2,400 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,227 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 2,123 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,086 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 2,041 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 1,960 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,174 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 1,816 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 1,822 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 1,905 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,732 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 1,787 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 1,814 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 1,797 votesEp 16: 9.0 · 2,131 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 1,588 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 1,556 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,556 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 1,613 votesEp 21: 9.3 · 2,287 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 3,543 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Always and Forever8.22,924
2House of the Rising Son8.52,400
3Tangled Up in Blue8.62,227
4Girl in New Orleans8.62,123
5Sinners and Saints8.72,086
6Fruit of the Poisoned Tree8.72,041
7Bloodletting8.61,960
8The River in Reverse8.82,174
9Reigning Pain in New Orleans8.41,816
10The Casket Girls8.61,822
11Après Moi, Le Déluge8.91,905
12Dance Back from the Grave8.51,732
13Crescent City8.71,787
14Long Way Back from Hell8.81,814
15Le Grand Guignol8.81,797
16Farewell to Storyville9.02,131
17Moon Over Bourbon Street8.21,588
18The Big Uneasy8.21,556
19An Unblinking Death8.41,556
20A Closer Walk with Thee8.71,613
21The Battle of New Orleans9.32,287
22From a Cradle to a Grave9.53,543

Season 2 (2014)

8.63 avg 22 episodes 8.8 → 9.1 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 1,879 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 1,567 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 1,470 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 1,489 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 1,537 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 1,518 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 1,437 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,412 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 1,572 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 1,354 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,327 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 1,392 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 1,564 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 1,377 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,263 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 1,243 votesEp 17: 8.4 · 1,263 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 1,320 votesEp 19: 8.8 · 1,330 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 1,244 votesEp 21: 9.1 · 1,672 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,743 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rebirth8.81,879
2Alive and Kicking8.61,567
3Every Mother's Son8.41,470
4Live and Let Die8.71,489
5Red Door8.81,537
6Wheel Inside the Wheel8.71,518
7Chasing the Devil's Tail8.61,437
8The Brothers That Care Forgot8.61,412
9The Map of Moments8.91,572
10Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire8.51,354
11Brotherhood of the Damned8.41,327
12Sanctuary8.61,392
13The Devil Is Damned9.01,564
14I Love You, Goodbye8.61,377
15They All Asked for You8.11,263
16Save My Soul8.11,243
17Exquisite Corpse8.41,263
18Night Has a Thousand Eyes8.61,320
19When the Levee Breaks8.81,330
20City Beneath the Sea8.41,244
21Fire with Fire9.11,672
22Ashes to Ashes9.11,743

Season 3 (2015)

8.67 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 9.5 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,367 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,222 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 1,167 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,238 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,185 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 1,168 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,158 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,179 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 1,570 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 1,286 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 1,136 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 1,093 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 1,105 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 1,675 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,178 votesEp 16: 8.4 · 1,105 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 1,337 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 1,223 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 1,537 votesEp 20: 9.0 · 1,345 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 1,308 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 2,453 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1For the Next Millennium8.31,367
2You Hung the Moon8.31,222
3I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans8.31,167
4A Walk on the Wild Side8.61,238
5The Axeman's Letter8.51,185
6Beautiful Mistake8.61,168
7Out of the Easy8.41,158
8The Other Girl in New Orleans8.61,179
9Savior9.11,570
10A Ghost Along the Mississippi8.91,286
11Wild at Heart8.31,136
12Dead Angels8.21,093
13Heart Shaped Box8.31,105
14A Streetcar Named Desire9.11,675
15An Old Friend Calls8.61,178
16Alone with Everybody8.41,105
17Behind the Black Horizon9.01,337
18The Devil Comes Here and Sighs8.81,223
19No More Heartbreaks9.11,537
20Where Nothing Stays Buried9.01,345
21Give 'Em Hell Kid8.91,308
22The Bloody Crown9.52,453

Season 4 (2017)

8.53 avg 13 episodes 8.9 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 1,805 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 1,339 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,199 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,156 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 1,053 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 1,013 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,057 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 1,022 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 992 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 970 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 949 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 979 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 1,671 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gather Up the Killers8.91,805
2No Quarter8.81,339
3Haunter of Ruins8.61,199
4Keepers of the House8.61,156
5I Hear You Knocking8.31,053
6Bag of Cobras8.21,013
7High Water and a Devil's Daughter8.41,057
8Voodoo in My Blood8.51,022
9Queen Death8.4992
10Phantomesque8.2970
11A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken8.4949
12Voodoo Child8.4979
13The Feast of All Sinners9.21,671

Season 5 (2018)

8.49 avg 13 episodes 8.7 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.7 · 1,609 votesEp 2: 8.4 · 1,204 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,354 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 1,107 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,103 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,298 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 1,135 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 1,411 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,497 votesEp 10: 8.4 · 1,017 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 1,069 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 1,443 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 2,444 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Where You Left Your Heart8.71,609
2One Wrong Turn on Bourbon8.41,204
3Ne Me Quitte Pas8.61,354
4Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea8.11,107
5Don't It Just Break Your Heart8.21,103
6What, Will, I, Have, Left8.51,298
7God's Gonna Trouble the Water8.51,135
8The Kindness of Strangers9.11,411
9We Have Not Long to Love8.01,497
10There in the Disappearing Light8.41,017
11'Til the Day I Die8.21,069
12The Tale of Two Wolves9.11,443
13When the Saints Go Marching In8.62,444
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