After killing Bethanne, Stefan is kidnapped by the tomb vampires in the middle of a storm. Armed with Alaric’s vervain darts and other vampire-hunting weapons, our favorite trio, Damon, Alaric, and Elena, have to team up to get him back. During the rescue mission, Damon and Elena have a very heated conversation that’s so steamy it inspired the rain kiss in season six. Meanwhile, Jeremy keeps pushing Anna to turn him, and he inadvertently reveals to Anna that he wants to turn because of Vicki. Oh...
Aug 03, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 17
After a quick Bing search, Jeremy figures out that Anna is a vampire and decides that he wants her to turn him. On top of dealing with that, Anna and Pearl struggle to keep the tomb vampires under control as they become desperate for revenge. Despite all of this drama going on, Stefan and Elena agree they should have fun and pretend they're just a normal couple. Their first step? Go on a double date with Matt and Caroline. And as if a double date with an ex wasn't uncomfortable enough, the date ...
Jul 27, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Jenna reveals to Elena that, like a true 21st-century woman, she scoured the internet to research Elena’s birth mother, Isobel. After Jenna gives her the full report, Elena pays Isobel’s high school bestie, Trudie, a visit, where Trudie is SUS AF. Meanwhile, Mom of the Year, Kelly Donovan, comes back to town to bully Caroline and go to the annual Mystic Falls Bachelor Auction. The two most eligible bachelors, Alaric and Damon, are raffled off, but not before Damon can reveal to Alaric and pretty...
Jul 20, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 15
With the help of Grams, Stefan and his hero hair save Elena and Bonnie from their first kidnapping. As it becomes obvious that Damon won't give up, Elena gets everyone on board to open the tomb, including Damon who she convinces to trust her again by taking off her vervain necklace. When the door is finally open, Anna gets her mother, Pearl, out and we learn Katherine was never even in the tomb. After doing all of that for nothing, Bonnie discovers that Grams exhausted her magic and herself. But...
Jul 13, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 14
It's time for some more flashbacks! As the search for Emily's grimoire continues, Stefan remembers the events that led to Katherine being captured by Giuseppe Salvatore and the rest of the 1864 Town Council. In the present, Damon reluctantly teams up with Stefan and Elena to search for Johnathan Gilbert's journal, which leads to a Stelena grave digging date. Speaking of dates, in a classic Vampire Diaries honeypot scheme, Anna and Ben scheme to get their hands on the Gilbert journal by sending B...
Jul 06, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 13
It’s finally time for the first decade dance! Literally every single person in Mystic Falls attends: Jeremy’s stalker, Elena’s stalker, and the teens that don’t have stalkers. Despite being best dressed, Caroline and Bonnie ditch the dance early on to go to the Grill where Bonnie flirts with Bartender Ben, and Caroline and Matt get their Notebook kiss. Back at the dance, Stefan and Damon interrogate their girlfriend’s stalker about who he’s working with. Meanwhile, Anna does the vamp eyes after ...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 12
If you were one of the early Delena shippers, this is where it all began: Elena and Damon’s road trip to visit Bree in Georgia. While Elena actually lets herself have fun and Damon asks Bree about opening the tomb, Stefan tries to get Bonnie to do a locator spell to find Elena. Stefan eventually rescues Bonnie from the tomb entrance and returns her to Grams, who we find out is even cooler than we already thought. We also meet Anna for the first time when she not-so-subtly suggests to Jeremy that...
Jun 22, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 11
At the Mystic Falls High Career Fair, Jeremy and Tyler sort of bond over their typical teenage boy art, Caroline decides she wants to become a broadcast journalist, and Logan Fell comes back from the dead to work the crowd and kidnap Caroline. Just as Damon is about to deal with Logan, Logan reveals that there’s another way to open the tomb. Meanwhile, Stefan and Elena get back together and, after they hook up for the first time, Elena finds the picture of Katherine. This week: Season 1 Episode ...
Jun 15, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 10
If you were ever part of a female friendship trio in high school, you know exactly what happens at Elena’s sleepover: Caroline starts a fight, Bonnie storms off into another room, and Elena forces Caroline to apologize. We’ve all been there. Unfortunately, Caroline suggests a seance once they all make up, which ends with Emily possessing Bonnie. Hopefully, that part isn’t too relatable. Meanwhile, Alaric and Jenna meet for the first time and flirt by talking about their terrible love lives. Damo...
Jun 08, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
It's Stefan's birthday! To celebrate, Lexi comes to town and convinces Stefan to have a little fun for once. Luckily, Damon already compelled Caroline to throw a party at the Grill where Stefan and Lexi can go do tequila shots. Since Elena and Stefan are still sort of broken up, Bonnie cheers Elena up by destroying her pillow and magically floating feathers. Later at the Mystic Grill, we find out why Damon had Caroline throw the party because we all knew it wasn't to celebrate Stefan. This week:...
Jun 01, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Now that Vicki has completed her transition, she has to deal with her feelings for Jeremy, Stefan’s vampire lessons, and Elena’s self-important lecturing. And if you are an Elena apologist, proceed with caution, because she makes a lot of missteps in this episode. But none of her missteps are as bad as the costume designer putting Bonnie in a terrible blonde wig for the high school Halloween party. This week: Season 1 Episode 7 | Haunted Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...
May 25, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 7
All I ever wanted, all I ever needed was the scene where Damon dances on the ledge of the second floor of the Salvatore House. After he and Vicki party, Damon snaps her neck, and she starts to transition. Meanwhile, Stefan finally tells Elena some of the truth (of course not all of it, this is Stefan after all), and we meet Katherine for the first time in the 1864 flashbacks. Oh, while this is all going down, Sheriff Forbes arms Logan Fell with the compass and wooden ammo and sends him on the hu...
May 18, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Of course, Mystic Falls would have a sexy car wash. While Logan Fell reports on the fundraiser, because apparently that’s news in Mystic Falls, Stefan reveals all of his red flags to Elena. But Elena overlooks Stefan’s favorite movie being Taxi Driver because she starts to piece together that Stefan is a vampire. Later on, Damon summons the strength to compel Caroline from across town to get away from Stefan’s lectures and Bonnie fights bullying with fire. This week: Season 1 Episode 5 | You’re ...
May 11, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman? Yes, unless that woman is Carol Lockwood, who is on one in this episode. But being on one is kind of the theme of this episode: Logan Fell tries to honeypot Aunt Jenna at the Founder's Day party and Damon is just being season one Damon. Thankfully Stefan swoops in and vervains Damon right before he can kill Caroline, but then we get a self-righteous Stefan monologue, so at what cost? This week: Season 1 Episode 4 | Family Ties Hosted on Acast. ...
May 04, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Eeeep!!! It’s finally time to talk about Friday Night Bites, a true top ten episode. Join us for an in-depth discussion of all the things that make this one of our favorites: the Stelena-Delena love triangle is at its peak, Bonbon still has her psychic abilities, and Damon and Caroline crash Bonnie, Stefan, and Elena's dinner party. Matt also finally tells Tyler to stfu, which is really just a bonus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 27, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We’re back with a discussion of episode 2, The Night of the Comet. Join us for a conversation about Damon’s incredible rizz the first time he meets Elena and the bullying Caroline and Bonnie get up to. Oh, and let’s not forget Jeremy and Tyler talking about hooking up with Vicki right in front of Matt. Poor Matty Blue Eyes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to The Rippah Diaries with Sarah and Rachel. This week we're ripping apart the pilot episode of The Vampire Diaries. Join us as we try to answer important questions like whether Stelena is actually kind of cute and why Bonnie is such a bully in this episode. We also praise one of the best 2010s fashion icons: Elena Gilbert. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Welcome to The Rippah Diaries, where we review The Vampire Diaries episode by episode. Hosted by Sarah Hennessy and Rachel Ellison. New episodes every Thursday starting April 20th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 19, 2023•2 min
