The Originals (2013)
The Originals is a 2013 sci-fi & fantasy series created by Julie Plec. It stars Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies and Charles Michael Davis.
The oldest vampires in the world are also a family that cannot stop wounding each other. Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah Mikaelson return to New Orleans, the city they helped raise centuries ago, to find it run by a former protege and thick with witches, werewolves, and old grudges. This Vampire Diaries spin-off trades small-town teen romance for dynastic power plays, blood feuds, and the pull of home. Loyalty and betrayal run in the same veins, and the Mikaelsons have had a thousand years to perfect both.
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What is The Originals about?
The oldest vampires in the world are also a family that cannot stop wounding each other. Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah Mikaelson return to New Orleans, the city they helped raise centuries ago, to find it run by a former protege and thick with witches, werewolves, and old grudges. This Vampire Diaries spin-off trades small-town teen romance for dynastic power plays, blood feuds, and the pull of home. Loyalty and betrayal run in the same veins, and the Mikaelsons have had a thousand years to perfect both.
When was The Originals released?
The Originals was released on 3 October 2013.
How many episodes does The Originals have?
The Originals has 92 episodes across 5 seasons.
Who made The Originals?
The Originals was created by Julie Plec.
Where can I watch The Originals?
The Originals is available on Prime Video, Google Play, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch The Originals
Stream: Prime Video
Rent: Google Play
Buy: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, Google Play
Cast
- Joseph Morgan as Klaus Mikaelson
- Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
- Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard
- Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall
- Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire
- Leah Pipes as Camille O'Connell
- Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent Griffith
- Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson
- Steven Krueger as Josh Rosza
- Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson
- Nathan Parsons as Jackson Kenner
- Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson
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A few thoughts on The Originals
If the Mikaelsons hook you, Blood cross drops vampire politics and blood hunters into a supernatural New Orleans of its own. Vampire Académie leans younger, with vampire bloodlines, guardians, and boarding-school loyalty for readers who want the family drama on the page.
Vampire sagas full of blood feuds and old grudges
The Originals turns the oldest vampires alive into a family that keeps wounding itself. These novels run on the same blood, following vampire clans, courts and grudges where immortality means centuries of loyalty and betrayal piling up between people who cannot quite quit each other.
Genre TV about dynasties, monsters and power
Klaus and his siblings fight witches, werewolves and their own kin for control of New Orleans. These genre series share that appetite for dynastic power struggles, where monsters and families scheme across long timelines and holding a throne costs almost everyone something.