All of our resurrected witches have plans afoot this week, and we discuss the range of failure they have, and we expect they will continue to, experience. Father Kieran faces a familiar threat, which Klaus tries to creatively fix. Camille resists the urge to betray Klaus, but he face multiple enemies and that creepy knife we saw last week.Elijah goes on one of Sabine’s tours in order to expose Celeste, but she has a plan go torture him and his family.Meanwhile, Hayley throws a party to get to kn...
Nov 25, 2024•1 hr 54 min•Season 9Ep. 13
This week, we tune in for a very special EMMY NOMINATED episode, which features the one, the only, Papa Tunde. We learn his history, witness his yellow top night, and see him die! What a week. Meanwhile, Cami bonds with (and saves) Marcel, Rebekah is channeled and loses an ally, and Hayley serves face. But Davina still seems to be dead….. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
Nov 18, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Season 9Ep. 12
After the drama of last week, everyone is happy to be back at the compound to move forward. Davina is mad to be stuck there, but some dangerous symptoms appear which take precedence and overflow into the city of New Orleans. Hayley works for Elijah’s forgiveness while Sophie has a plan for her newly acquired bones. As natural disasters hit New Orleans, there is a new urgency to complete the harvest. Marcel fights for Davina, while the Originals use their evil mom the move the harvest forward. We...
Nov 11, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 9Ep. 11
Happy Casket Girls Festival! Rebekah is feeling the girlboss spirit and uses it to start making some headway on alliances. Speaking of girlbosses, Davina successfully removes Klaus’s compulsion from Cami, leaving Cami pissed at Klaus AND Kieran. Klaus uses Tim to lure Davina back to the compound, where she shows off just how powerful she is, but then Klaus shows off just how easy it is to kill someone, even from a distance. Hayley goes behind Elijah’s back to help Sophie dig up his ex-girlfriend...
Nov 04, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 9Ep. 10
Klaus got his empire, woohoo! Marcel is not happy but he is following his new king. Obviously, the transition in power is less than seamless, so Klaus tries to give his underlings a reward: a werewolf hunt. The very werewolves who are Hayley's family, of course, so Elijah and Rebekah have to spring to action. Luckily, they learn about another family connection! Meanwhile Klaus and Marcel manage the human faction, who is getting awfully bold and do pay for that hubris. Marcel makes substantial pr...
Oct 28, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 9Ep. 9
Klaus finally gets his empire this week, though it’s not all happy in his life - he’s still feuding with his siblings, and his compelled therapist/stenographer Cami has started fighting back with verbal jabs and secret messages for her compelled self. Inspired by Tyler’s new information, Rebekah and Marcel attempt to put down Klaus for good, with a half-baked, misguided plan that causes an honestly pathetic battle. Elsewhere, Hayley comforts Elijah in the bayou while his werewolf bite causes hal...
Oct 21, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Season 9Ep. 8
Grace and Stephanie revisit the first ever episode of TVD, and subsequently Doppelgängers, to discuss the first ever guesses and how the podcast began! Some banger guesses, some duds, but mostly a lot of fun thinking about how far we have come! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram @doppelgangerspodcast!
Oct 18, 2024•31 min
An old pal visits New Orleans, but he’s feeling a lot less like a pal with some mean choices. We do however finally get the backstory on one of the worst emasculations from TVD. As we go out once again to the bayou, Klaus handles his emotions, especially about Elijah and Hayley getting closer, as well as you can expect. These siblings really do be going through it! Meanwhile Rebekah is still pissed bringing her to Marcel. At least those two really match each others’ freak, but it seems that matc...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Season 9Ep. 7
Agnes is decides it’s time to try killing the Mikaelson baby for the second time, this time using an old-timey syringe called the needle of sorrows and taking advantage of Sophie’s linking spell. Elijah, meanwhile, has had it with the linking spell and enlists Davin to unlink Hayley (or, if you ask Davina, untie a knot). Elijah takes revenge on Agnes, and Klaus tries to take credit in front of Cami, who is not too pleased! But you know who is pleased? Rebekah and Marcel! They finally hook up! Bu...
Oct 07, 2024•1 hr 33 min•Season 9Ep. 6
Each of our originals is out and about this week, busy learning about the highly eventful time 4 months before they arrive. Elijah and Davina bond over her betrayal and his need to manipulate. Hayley, Rebekah, and Sophie adventure to the bayou, while Sophie tries to reign in her web of lies. And Klaus and Marcel stall each other, essentially just having a fun boys’ lunch. Once Elijah reunites with his siblings, they must figure out how to face the lies they have ben told thus far, but more impor...
Sep 30, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Season 9Ep. 5
Davina is the titular girl in New Orleans this week as she convinces Marcel to let her out on the town for the annual Dauphine Street Music Festival, while he enlists Cami to babysit. The evening takes them to Davina’s high school sweetheart Tim, who is tortured by Klaus in a church with a very dark history. Meanwhile, Hayley visits a “doctor” in the bayou with a nefarious purpose - luckily, Slayley saves the day. Finally, we are starting to see the damage near-constant compulsion is doing to Ca...
Sep 23, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 9Ep. 4
You know we are really in The Originals now because we have our first fancy party this week! Klaus is working hard this week on a plan with many overlapping people that can only be described as flawless. That’s our king manipulator! Rebekah does her own manipulating, bringing Cami into the line of fire at the party. Cami does get quite a view of Marcel’s business it does not lead to positive conclusions. Sophie teams up with the Mikaelson team now that they have identified Marcel’s weapon for st...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 49 min•Season 9Ep. 3
Rebekah has finally arrived in New Orleans! She immediately starts beefing with Klaus, bonding with Hayley, and having sexual tension with her former beau Marcel - classic Rebekah! She even gets to meet the already iconic Davina. Meanwhile, we learn more about Klaus and Marcel’s demented father/son relationship. Plus, Marcel attempts to take Cami on a date, and Klaus adopts a new henchman - and he’s gay! Woo hoo! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @d...
Sep 09, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 9Ep. 2
We made it to The Originals, we are in New Orleans baby! Elijah opens up the series with a star turn, and his very own yellow top night. Klaus, meanwhile, is busy having a meltdown because his past protogé, Marcel, is now running the French Quarter. That would be enough to mess him up, but he finds out the New Orleans witches lured him because Hayley, who he hooked up with one time, is pregnant! Elijah is ready to fight for family while Klaus would rather fight for power, and it looks like neith...
Sep 02, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Season 9Ep. 1
The day is finally here! Grace and Stephanie debate the ultimate question: which Salvatore brother is the better person? Grace argues for Stefan, and Stephanie argues for Damon (as usual), in a debate where no topic is off-limits! From Damon killing Jeremy to the Wickery Bridge Affair, no brother gets off easy! It’s up to you to decide which brother (and which sister) you side with. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!...
Aug 19, 2024•3 hr 3 min
We do a classic draft of every significant, named character on The Vampire Diaries! Who will get the first pick? Who will pick the craziest rando? Will there be any upsets? Who will be the TVD Mr/Mrs Irrelevant? And of course, who will end up with the better team? Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on TikTok and Instagram @doppelgangerspodcast!
Aug 12, 2024•1 hr 12 min
We actually finished TVD?? We wrap up the whole series with our season rankings, favorite moments, favorite ships, trivia, moral of the show, and so much more! We love this show so much and love to have you all on this journey with us! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
Aug 05, 2024•2 hr 19 min
Well well well, we made it to the SERIES finale! Stefan and Damon engage in a martyr off, Bonnie becomes the most important person of the team as usual, Caroline needs to get in the car, and Nina Dobrev is back (with a crazy wig). Plus, we get a beautiful epilogue as we say goodbye to the characters and this show. Grace and Stephanie reflect on season 8, discuss The Originals and Legacies, and tease a few upcoming special episodes before they embark on the next journey - The Originals! Remember ...
Jul 29, 2024•2 hr 5 min•Season 8Ep. 16
Well, the title says it all! Who can say if it's June, but it's a wedding episode. The wedding is planned quickly because it is first and foremost a trap for a certain enemy, but Steroline fans and wedding fans alike can rejoice that we largely avoid classic annoying TV wedding tropes! We see some struggles, but most people who need two suck it up are able to do so. Stephanie spends the whole episode believing a fully wrong theory, and Grace gets to experience the greatest of Steroline wins! Wit...
Jul 22, 2024•2 hr 1 min•Season 8Ep. 15
This week, Cade seems hell bent on dying - he enters and immediately confirms the Salvatores have the only weapon that can kill him. Luckily, he has Elena’s coffin for leverage and is a psychic, so he should be able to outsmart them, right? …..right? Kai betrays both the Salvatores and Cade, but our heroes get payback by sending him to yet another prison world. But Kai gets the last laugh when he gets to reveal a familiar face is now running hell. Plus, ANOTHER (better) Steroline proposal - we’r...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr 43 min•Season 8Ep. 14
With the return of an old (but fun!) enemy, Damon has his hands full trying to figure out key hell logistics while essentially babysitting. Bonnie tries to get insight from Cade on where Enzo ended up, and Cade's psychic ability is weak since he cannot figure that out. Alaric has returned to reunite Caroline with their kids, just kidding, he needs help because the siphons are, get this, siphoning! Caroline has another hard day in a string of long days, when a forgotten cur consequence rears its ...
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Season 8Ep. 13
Well well well. Stefan faces the consequences of his big week last week as he begins to navigate the world as a human - and gets arrested for murder almost immediately. Caroline steps into save him and Karen the realtor as she adjusts to her new life. Meanwhile, Cade has Damon go looking for the Maxwell journal, which is being used at the Armory by Ric, Dorian, and Matt, to uncover the meaning behind some crazy nightmares. Lastly, a fan favorite returns, straight from hell! Remember to rate, rev...
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 8Ep. 12
With Cade in Mystic Falls, he decides it's time to put Damon and Stefan to work, but not before discovering a modern coffee shop and causing drama. Cade gives Damon a choice, which he simply refuses to make, while Stefan naturally jumps right into his job. The town celebrates "Time Capsule Day", which quickly falls apart due to, you know, the devil. Caroline hangs out at the grill with Matt and Dorian to keep the town safe, where Matt and Caroline beef about vampirism, and Dorian reveals an intr...
Jun 24, 2024•2 hr 11 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Caroline tries to have a day of wallowing while Bonnie faces a big decision, but both of their days are derailed when they discover a catatonic Damon in the living room. Thus begins an It’s A Wonderful Life-esque journey through Damon’s subconscious. Meanwhile, Stefan continues to be a menace by compelling Matt to ring the Maxwell Bell which causes literal hellfire. Okay! Though the bell does not finish ringing, it does ring enough for Cade to get a physical foothold in Mystic Falls, and his fir...
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr 31 min•Season 8Ep. 10
It's Miss Mystic Falls time once again, and of course Damon is feeling the power of Elena. This pisses Stefan and Sybil right off, who team up to ruin Damon's humanity at the one event where that task is at its hardest. Let's not forget, Elena's got hands! Enzo and Bonnie have returned from Paris, with some new jewelry and plans for the future, and are the only ones to really slay the Miss Mystic Falls dance. Caroline enlists Matt and Dorian to get another piece of the bell from Seline, where Do...
Jun 10, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Stefan and Damon start their time on the road at an anger management group where they pick a victim (but lets be honest, it’s a little lazy). Stefan teeters on the edge of Ripper-hood as they find a much more interesting victim: an orphaned brunette doctor who they want to turn into a murderer, Tara. Meanwhile, Sybil has gotten a job as a history teacher to find a bell that Caroline finds in like 20 minutes. The bell, as it turns out, is notable for the Maxwell family - we get a history lesson f...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 8
With 24 hours left before an eternity of servitude, Stefan decides hosting Christmas with Caroline is the perfect final day. Of course no one else lets them have that. Damon of course shows up with Sybil, much to the shock of Alaric and Matt who thought they finally killed him. Matt and his dad become the target of the latest empty threat, and Sybil continues to act dumb as can be. While Bonnie and Enzo hunt down the tuning fork, and Seline attempts to free the twins from her control, Stefan get...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Seline has officially kidnapped Josie and Lizzie, and reveals her plan for them: she wants to offer them to Cade as replacements for her and Sybil! Ric and Caroline team up to find Seline and their kids, but it’s not without drama. Caroline breaks off her engagement, and Ric is a dick to pretty much everyone but especially Caroline. Stefan is told not to help, but still does, even joining with Damon to make Cade an extreme offer. Enzo is tortured by Sybil a la Dr. Whitmore, but luckily Bonnie is...
May 20, 2024•1 hr 35 min•Season 8Ep. 6
When news of Tyler reaches the group in Mystic Falls, everyone decides to come together to mourn. Alaric is free for the day as Dorian returns to the Armory and Seline kindly watches the kids with no ulterior motives! Matt, Caroline, Stefan, and Ric go to the cemetery to mourn, but of course Damon is there to... make empty threats? Bonnie is busy trying to get Enzo's humanity back on, and she takes drastic measures. Finally, we end with happy moment for once, until Matt makes himself useful and ...
May 13, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 8Ep. 5
In our latest minisode we are assigning every character their Taylor Swift era! Some are layups while others bring up quite a conversation. Swifties and non-Swifites alike will love this one! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
May 10, 2024•49 min
