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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 (163,088 votes)
Episode average
8.6 ↑ +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons
5
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video · Peacock
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

8.66 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 9.5 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 3,019 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 2,462 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 2,284 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 2,174 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 2,138 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 2,091 votesEp 7: 8.6 · 2,016 votesEp 8: 8.8 · 2,228 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 1,865 votesEp 10: 8.6 · 1,872 votesEp 11: 8.9 · 1,959 votesEp 12: 8.5 · 1,786 votesEp 13: 8.7 · 1,837 votesEp 14: 8.8 · 1,862 votesEp 15: 8.8 · 1,847 votesEp 16: 9.0 · 2,209 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 1,659 votesEp 18: 8.2 · 1,628 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 1,627 votesEp 20: 8.7 · 1,685 votesEp 21: 9.3 · 2,368 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 3,637 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Always and Forever8.23,019
2House of the Rising Son8.52,462
3Tangled Up in Blue8.62,284
4Girl in New Orleans8.52,174
5Sinners and Saints8.72,138
6Fruit of the Poisoned Tree8.72,091
7Bloodletting8.62,016
8The River in Reverse8.82,228
9Reigning Pain in New Orleans8.41,865
10The Casket Girls8.61,872
11Après Moi, Le Déluge8.91,959
12Dance Back from the Grave8.51,786
13Crescent City8.71,837
14Long Way Back from Hell8.81,862
15Le Grand Guignol8.81,847
16Farewell to Storyville9.02,209
17Moon Over Bourbon Street8.21,659
18The Big Uneasy8.21,628
19An Unblinking Death8.41,627
20A Closer Walk with Thee8.71,685
21The Battle of New Orleans9.32,368
22From a Cradle to a Grave9.53,637

Season 2 (2014)

8.62 avg 22 episodes 8.8 → 9.1 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.8 · 1,925 votesEp 2: 8.6 · 1,608 votesEp 3: 8.4 · 1,523 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 1,528 votesEp 5: 8.8 · 1,577 votesEp 6: 8.7 · 1,556 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 1,477 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,449 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 1,611 votesEp 10: 8.5 · 1,390 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,361 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 1,427 votesEp 13: 9.0 · 1,603 votesEp 14: 8.6 · 1,412 votesEp 15: 8.1 · 1,297 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 1,278 votesEp 17: 8.3 · 1,297 votesEp 18: 8.6 · 1,356 votesEp 19: 8.8 · 1,369 votesEp 20: 8.4 · 1,282 votesEp 21: 9.1 · 1,716 votesEp 22: 9.1 · 1,788 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Rebirth8.81,925
2Alive and Kicking8.61,608
3Every Mother's Son8.41,523
4Live and Let Die8.71,528
5Red Door8.81,577
6Wheel Inside the Wheel8.71,556
7Chasing the Devil's Tail8.51,477
8The Brothers That Care Forgot8.61,449
9The Map of Moments8.91,611
10Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire8.51,390
11Brotherhood of the Damned8.41,361
12Sanctuary8.61,427
13The Devil Is Damned9.01,603
14I Love You, Goodbye8.61,412
15They All Asked for You8.11,297
16Save My Soul8.11,278
17Exquisite Corpse8.31,297
18Night Has a Thousand Eyes8.61,356
19When the Levee Breaks8.81,369
20City Beneath the Sea8.41,282
21Fire with Fire9.11,716
22Ashes to Ashes9.11,788

Season 3 (2015)

8.67 avg 22 episodes 8.3 → 9.5 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 1,405 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,265 votesEp 3: 8.3 · 1,203 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,273 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,220 votesEp 6: 8.6 · 1,202 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,192 votesEp 8: 8.6 · 1,213 votesEp 9: 9.1 · 1,604 votesEp 10: 8.9 · 1,322 votesEp 11: 8.3 · 1,169 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 1,152 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 1,163 votesEp 14: 9.1 · 1,713 votesEp 15: 8.6 · 1,212 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 1,137 votesEp 17: 9.0 · 1,375 votesEp 18: 8.8 · 1,257 votesEp 19: 9.1 · 1,577 votesEp 20: 9.0 · 1,384 votesEp 21: 8.9 · 1,345 votesEp 22: 9.5 · 2,529 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1For the Next Millennium8.31,405
2You Hung the Moon8.31,265
3I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans8.31,203
4A Walk on the Wild Side8.61,273
5The Axeman's Letter8.51,220
6Beautiful Mistake8.61,202
7Out of the Easy8.41,192
8The Other Girl in New Orleans8.61,213
9Savior9.11,604
10A Ghost Along the Mississippi8.91,322
11Wild at Heart8.31,169
12Dead Angels8.21,152
13Heart Shaped Box8.31,163
14A Streetcar Named Desire9.11,713
15An Old Friend Calls8.61,212
16Alone with Everybody8.31,137
17Behind the Black Horizon9.01,375
18The Devil Comes Here and Sighs8.81,257
19No More Heartbreaks9.11,577
20Where Nothing Stays Buried9.01,384
21Give 'Em Hell Kid8.91,345
22The Bloody Crown9.52,529

Season 4 (2017)

8.52 avg 13 episodes 8.9 → 9.2 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.9 · 1,845 votesEp 2: 8.8 · 1,376 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,234 votesEp 4: 8.6 · 1,191 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,114 votesEp 6: 8.2 · 1,074 votesEp 7: 8.4 · 1,119 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 1,085 votesEp 9: 8.4 · 1,054 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 1,029 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 1,007 votesEp 12: 8.4 · 1,038 votesEp 13: 9.2 · 1,733 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Gather Up the Killers8.91,845
2No Quarter8.81,376
3Haunter of Ruins8.61,234
4Keepers of the House8.61,191
5I Hear You Knocking8.21,114
6Bag of Cobras8.21,074
7High Water and a Devil's Daughter8.41,119
8Voodoo in My Blood8.51,085
9Queen Death8.41,054
10Phantomesque8.21,029
11A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken8.41,007
12Voodoo Child8.41,038
13The Feast of All Sinners9.21,733

Season 5 (2018)

8.47 avg 13 episodes 8.7 → 8.6 42 min avg

Ep 1: 8.7 · 1,665 votesEp 2: 8.3 · 1,257 votesEp 3: 8.6 · 1,410 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 1,167 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 1,162 votesEp 6: 8.5 · 1,356 votesEp 7: 8.5 · 1,193 votesEp 8: 9.1 · 1,475 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 1,540 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 1,074 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 1,129 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 1,505 votesEp 13: 8.6 · 2,519 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Where You Left Your Heart8.71,665
2One Wrong Turn on Bourbon8.31,257
3Ne Me Quitte Pas8.61,410
4Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea8.01,167
5Don't It Just Break Your Heart8.21,162
6What, Will, I, Have, Left8.51,356
7God's Gonna Trouble the Water8.51,193
8The Kindness of Strangers9.11,475
9We Have Not Long to Love8.01,540
10There in the Disappearing Light8.31,074
11'Til the Day I Die8.21,129
12The Tale of Two Wolves9.11,505
13When the Saints Go Marching In8.62,519
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