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Their lives were just too complicated.
However, what was happening onscreen wasnt the only thing that was epic about that moment.
Co-creator Kevin Williamson will never forget reading that interaction and what it meant for the show.
And then Stefan came back and said it to her again, and I remember tearing up.
I thought we were onto something special.
When you shoot a pilot, you never know if anything is going to work.
But its those second and third episodes where it starts to come together.
And thats when you know if the show has legs.
I did a lot of the early writing and Kevin did a lot of the re-writing, Plec says.
And I remember Kevin circling it on his script and giving it a triple check.
A triple check from Kevin Williamson is, I love this line.'
So it was no surprise when the line or at least the sentiment came back in episode 8.
That line became Julies favorite line of the entire show, Williamson says.
From the very very beginning, we kept saying in the writers room: It has to be epic.
We want an epic moment.
This whole show has always been about epic moments and that was the line.
It had to be epic, Williamson says.
What better title than the callback of what was one of our favorite lines in the whole show?
Epic has been our mantra from day one.
The Vampire Diariesairs Fridays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
