After spending the summer enjoying her passionate relationship with Damon, and making sure that Jeremy is adjusting after his return from the dead, Elena is thrilled to move into the dorm at nearby Whitmore College with her new roommate, Caroline. Still believing that Bonnie has been traveling all summer and will soon join them, Elena and Caroline are surprised when a student named Megan shows up and announces that she will be sharing their dorm room. Katherine makes an unexpected appearance at the Salvatore house and pleads with Damon to help her now that she is human and vulnerable to her enemies. Matt and Rebekah return to Mystic Falls after spending a wild summer in Europe, where they met a mysterious beauty named Nadia. Elena can't shake the feeling that something is wrong with Stefan, and Silas makes a terrifying appearance at the "End of Summer" party in the town square.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 1 of The Vampire Diaries was watched by 2,590,000 viewers, resulting in a 1.20 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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The Vampire Diaries Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
• s05e02 - True Lies
• s05e03 - Original Sin
• s05e04 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
• s05e05 - Monster's Ball
• s05e06 - Handle with Care
• s05e07 - Death and the Maiden
• s05e08 - Dead Man on Campus
• s05e09 - The Cell
• s05e10 - Fifty Shades of Grayson
• s05e11 - 500 Years of Solitude
• s05e12 - The Devil Inside
• s05e13 - Total Eclipse of the Heart
• s05e14 - No Exit
• s05e15 - Gone Girl
• s05e16 - While You Were Sleeping
• s05e17 - Rescue Me
• s05e18 - Resident Evil
• s05e19 - Man On Fire
• s05e20 - What Lies Beneath
• s05e21 - Promised Land
• s05e22 - Home

The Vampire Diaries Show Summary

Based on novels of the same name, Vampire Diaries follows Elena, a young heroine, who is the object of passion for two vampire brothers. Four months after the tragic car accident thathuged their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world.

As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore. Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers - one good, one evil - are at war for Elena's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.