I would of given this 5 stars but there is a few things that I didn't like. First off the love triangle with elena, stefan and damon got really boring, and it went on way to long. The whole Elena always forgiving Damon again got boring. Julie plec in all her series focuses far to much on love stories. The legacies is the same with Hope and Landon, The Vampire Academy was the same. Matt also annoyed me as he was a wet blanket. It is a really good series but like above to many love stories that drag on. Caroline was one of my fave characters and she was funny. Having her appear in the originals before klaus died was really good. i found The VPD was very similar to Buffy in alot of ways. Stephan was like Angel, Damon very much like Spike, Bonnie was a witch so was willow, caroline was the Cordelia, oz was a wolf so is Tyler. I would suggest watching The Originals also that was my fave out of the three series.