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So grab your tissues and join us on this trip down a vampire-filled memory lane.
This week, showrunner Julie Plec picks some of her favorite episodes…
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I knew the show was going to work when I saw Friday Night Bites.
And we thought, Oh my god, this show works.
This is going to work!
In that moment, we knew we had something really special.
Thats the soccer ball episode.
Its basically just non-stop suspense and action until the end when Elena drops.
Every now and then we do those, but you cant do them all the time.
I have my favorite episodes.
The Reckoning is one of my proudest hours.
I love that episode so much.
Ghost World was such an incredibly difficult episode to find the right tone for.
When I saw it, I cried my head off and I was so happy.
The finale of season 3 is probably No.
2 on my list.
I love that episode so much.
Im really proud of that one.
That was before we planned a spin-off.
It was just watching the backstory of these people.
[Laughs]
But Im cumulatively proud of everything.
As told to Samantha Highfill
The Vampire Diariesairs Fridays at 8 p.m.
ET on The CW.
