Stefan’s older, more volatile brother, Damon Salvatore , arrives in town. Unlike Stefan, who refuses to feed on humans, Damon embraces his dark nature and begins a series of "animal attacks" on the townspeople.
," first aired on September 10, 2009, on . It introduced audiences to the moody, supernatural-charged town of Mystic Falls, Virginia , and set the stage for one of television's most iconic love triangles. A Town Grieving and a Mysterious Newcomer vampire diaries season 1 episodes 1
Then we meet Damon.
Without a word, he steps into her room, stands in a beam of moonlight, and lets his vampire face emerge: the dark veins around his eyes, the glowing red rims, the fangs. Elena gasps. Cut to black. Stefan’s older, more volatile brother, Damon Salvatore ,
The episode ends with Stefan revealing his secret to Elena in a very public, very vulnerable way. After Damon attacks him at the cemetery, Stefan shows up at Elena’s window. He pulls down his shirt collar to reveal his neck, once torn open by a vampire’s bite. Then, in the episode’s final, iconic moment, he shows her his ring—the lapis lazuli that allows vampires to walk in the sun. Elena gasps
Stefan’s older, more volatile brother, Damon Salvatore , arrives in town. Unlike Stefan, who refuses to feed on humans, Damon embraces his dark nature and begins a series of "animal attacks" on the townspeople.
," first aired on September 10, 2009, on . It introduced audiences to the moody, supernatural-charged town of Mystic Falls, Virginia , and set the stage for one of television's most iconic love triangles. A Town Grieving and a Mysterious Newcomer
Then we meet Damon.
Without a word, he steps into her room, stands in a beam of moonlight, and lets his vampire face emerge: the dark veins around his eyes, the glowing red rims, the fangs. Elena gasps. Cut to black.
The episode ends with Stefan revealing his secret to Elena in a very public, very vulnerable way. After Damon attacks him at the cemetery, Stefan shows up at Elena’s window. He pulls down his shirt collar to reveal his neck, once torn open by a vampire’s bite. Then, in the episode’s final, iconic moment, he shows her his ring—the lapis lazuli that allows vampires to walk in the sun.