I am pledged with the need to watch series from beginning to end. So I began with Vampire Diaries and on to The Originals.
The one thing that makes me laugh, besides Klaus's smart comment, it's the fact that everyone wants to keep their secrets in both series, but for some reason, they find the need to write everything down and leave the journals were everyone can read them. Oops secrets out, gotta compel or kill them now. If they need to write it down burn it, shred it, at least hide them better so no one just sitting on their couch could read it while they wait for a drink or something. Ridiculous...