Pilot - Recap

In the beginning of the first episode of this series, there is a couple that are driving home from or to a concert. They think that they have hit someone and they go to check on the supposed victim. It turns out that he shouldn't have gotten out of the car as they end up both being brutally murdered. We are introduced to Elena Gilbert who has a brother named Jeremy. They have just recently lost their parents and are now being raised by their very young Aunt Jenna. It is time for them to get ready to go back to school.

Elena catches a ride with her bff Bonnie and she is talking to her about what her Grandmother has been telling her lately. It seems that she thinks she'll be psychic. She laughs about it a bit, but there have been signs in parts of her life that it is probably true. We learn that Jeremy is selling drugs and doing drugs. Elena is talking to her friend Caroline who is concerned about her. She hopes that she is okay.

Stefan is the new guy to the school and is in the office trying to get everything together. The secretary tells him that not everything is in order and he glamors her into thinking that everything is in fact--in order. That is when Elena and her best friend see him. That is when Elena sees Jeremy slipping into the bathroom and she follows him. She realizes that Jeremy has been doing drugs and she refuses to let him continue the path he has been walking. She gives him a lot of grief and then leaves the room. She runs right into the new kid, Stefan, and they talk to one another a little bit and then it is time for class.

Jeremy goes to talk to Vicki and she tells him to go away. She rejects him and we learn that they have been partying and enjoying one another's company over the summer. She is more interested in Tyler, though. Tyler is Matt's best friend and Jeremy's worst enemy. After school, Elena decides that it is a good idea to go visit her parents at the graveyard. There is a raven that seems to be bothering her and she gets creeped out by it. She starts running when she sees a man show up. It turns out that it is Stefan and she is hurt...bleeding. He disappears due to that because he seems to not be able to control himself around blood.

Stefan feels bad about just ditching her and goes to her house to talk to her. She also dropped her diary and he wanted to bring it to her. They talk about the fact that they both have journals and then she invites him to go with her to meet up with her friends. They go to hang out with Bonnie who is having a conversation with Matt. Matt is Elena's ex boyfriend who is very nice.

Stefan goes home and his "uncle" attacks him about the fact that people are being murdered. He thinks that Stefan had killed the people from the beginning of the episode. Stefan didn't do it and he denies it due to that. After his "uncle" leaves, he brings out a journal that has a picture of his ex girlfriend on the journal. Her name is Katherine and she and Elena are identical.

The next day in history, Stefan got to have fun with the teacher who asks him a bunch of questions about the history. He answers every question correctly and even when the teacher thinks that he has topped Stefan, he is incorrect. All of the kids know that there is a bonfire type of party that all of the school goes to party hard. Stefan goes and then concentrates on tracking Elena's voice in the giant crowd. He finds her and they go to have a talk. She tells Stefan that she was in the car when the accident happened and she felt really guilty.

Elsewhere, Tyler is trying to get Vicki to have sex with him and she is just not into it. He is getting forceful and Jeremy swoops in to save the day. Vicki isn't all that receptive of his niceness and tells him off. After that, she goes wandering into the woods. Matt tells Elena that he still has feelings for her and will be around for when she wants to be with him again. Elena is preoccupied with her brother walking around with beer. She goes to talk to him and argue over the fact that he is drinking. While they are doing this, Jeremy trips over Vicki who has been attacked by something or someone. They bring her back to the party and Stefan books it.

Stefan gets home and tells his uncle that there is something going on and there is someone out there causing all of the murders. He goes upstairs after that and sees the same raven that was messing with Elena earlier. The raven turns into Damon, Stefan's long lost evil brother, and he has been causing all of the violence in the area. They argue about the fact that Elena looks like Katherine. This is also when we learn that they wear rings that protect them from daylight.

Caroline is wasted and sad that Stefan has rejected her. She is very jealous of Elena and hurtful, too. She does eventually run into the attractive evil brother and finds herself to be pretty attracted to him instead. Vicki is at the hospital after being attacked. Jeremy was by her side and she whispers to him the word vampire.

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