The Vampire Diaries

Whenever Elijah (Daniel Gillies) leaves town — or gets daggered, for that matter — a little part of us dies. He’s become one of our favorite Vampire Diaries characters, and so we miss him and his lilting accent whenever he’s MIA.

The Vampire Diaries is a show where witches can bring back people from the dead, vampires kiss humans instead of ripping their throats out, and werewolves have silky smooth chests when they haven’t transformed. And we accept all of this without the blink of the eye. Yet it’s the little things that make us scoff and say, “that would never happen.” Check out the biggest...

Damon Salvatore is the snark king of Mystic Falls. Sure, he mumbles and has a tendency to smirk. But oh — the things that come out of his mouth. So what witticisms did prime time’s finest bloodsucker drop this week? Here are Damon’s best zingers from “All My Children.”

10. Your mother, my friend
Damon (to Klaus): You didn’t know I was friends with your...

The wait between Vampire Diaries episodes is usually excruciating, but now that we have four weeks until March 15 to find out if Alaric (Matt Davis) survived a shooting by his psycho girlfriend Meredith (Torrey DeVitto). The vampire hunter is scrappy, but we can’t help but be concerned that a human with a gun might be the one to do him in for good.

We love those moments on The Vampire Diaries that make us gasp, pause, and rewind — and the 15th episode of the third season, “All My Children,” was chock full of them. Here are the five scenes that left our jaws agape.

5. Rebekah does the walk of shame.
It’s hard enough having friends see you stroll home the morning after a fling. But to do it in front of your...