The Vampire Diaries is introducing a cold open to be used in each new season 4 episode, featuring narration by the cast. And you can watch it right now!
TV Guide has released this tantalizing look at the very beginning of season 4:
The video serves as an introduction for new viewers and a recap of what has happened over the first three seasons of the show. Considering how different The Vampire Diaries will be from here on out, maybe it is not surprising that they have decided to include this at the beginning of each episode.
The narration is done by several of the main characters, and it goes as follows:
Stefan: Mystic Falls. I was born here. This is my home.
Damon: And mine.
Article Continues BelowElena: And mine.
Stefan: For centuries, supernatural creatures have lived among us.
Caroline: There are vampires, werewolves, doppelgangers –
Bonnie: Witches.
Klaus: And even hybrids.
Bonnie: There are those who protect them –
(Alaric: The sheriff has a vampire for a daughter, and the lovely mayor a son, who is half vampire, half werewolf.)
Jeremy: And those who want them dead.
Elena: There are friends –
Stefan: Our enemies –
Elena: The ones we love –
Matt: And the ones we’ve lost.
(Elena: Matt, look out!)
Elena: And then there’s me. I’m human. At least I was.
What do you think about this very expository video introducing the different kinds of supernatural beings and the main players on the Mystic Falls stage? The video is almost a minute long, and we wonder if they will actually use this in its unabbreviated form for the entirety of the season? Surely that takes away precious airtime.
But don’t be too concerned, as The Vampire Diaries did receive an extra episode from what was originally allotted!
The show premieres next Thursday on October 11, airing at 8/7c on The CW! Check out the promo for “Growing Pains,” as well as Hypable’s Vampire Hype podcast, where we analyse the footage revealed!
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