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Four months after a car accident killed their parents, Elena and Jeremy Gilbert are still trying to adjust to their new lives. Elena bonds with best friend Bonnie and former boyfriend Matt, but Jeremy continues to have issues with Vicki who has stopped hanging out with him. As the new school year begins, Elena and her friends are drawn to the handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore. Though Elena and Stefan are drawn to one another, Elena can't help but notice Stephan is hiding a dark secret -- he is a vampire.
Episode Info
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Episode number: 1x1 Production Number: 296766 Airdate: Thursday September 10th, 2009 Alternate Airdates:
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Co-Guest Stars
Uncredited
Main Cast
Recap
This episode begins with Stefan Salvatore's voice in the dark. He states plainly that he is a vampire. He's been in hiding for over a century. ..Read the full recap
Episode Notes
The episode was filmed in Vancouver during the same time period that New Moon, the second movie in the Twilight series, was filmed.
Music
| Artist | Song Title | Played When |
| All American Rejects | Back to Me | |
| Bat for Lashes | Siren Song | |
| Fefe Dobson | I Want You | |
| The Fray | Never Say Never | |
| Katy Perry | Thinking of You | |
| Mat Kearney | Here We Go | |
| MGMT | Kids | |
| OneRepublic | Say (All I Need) | |
| Placebo | Running Up That Hill | |
| The Raconteurs | Consoler of the Lonely | |
| Silversun Pickups | Sort Of | |
| Stars | Take Me to the Riot | |
| White Lies | Death |
Episode Quotes
Zach: You don't belong here anymore.
Stefan: Where do I belong?
Stefan: Where do I belong?
Elena: Dear Diary, today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile will say, "I'm fine, thank you. Yes, I feel much better." I will no longer be the sad little girl that lost her parents. I will start fresh, be someone new. It's the only way I'll make it through.
Bonnie: (referring to Stefan) Hold up, who's this?
Elena: All I see is back.
Bonnie: It's a hot back! I'm sensing Seattle and he plays a guitar.
Elena: You're really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?
Bonnie: Pretty much.
Elena: All I see is back.
Bonnie: It's a hot back! I'm sensing Seattle and he plays a guitar.
Elena: You're really going to run this whole psychic thing into the ground, huh?
Bonnie: Pretty much.
Stefan: Crow's a bit much, don't you think?
Damon: Wait till you see what I can do with the fog.
Damon: Wait till you see what I can do with the fog.
Damon: (to Stefan) When was the last time you had something bigger than a squirrel?
Stefan: I wanted to apologize for my disappearing act earlier, I know it was... strange.
Elena: No worries. I get it, blood makes you squeamish.
Stefan: Um, something like that.
Elena: No worries. I get it, blood makes you squeamish.
Stefan: Um, something like that.
Stefan: It's all fun and games, huh Damon? But wherever you go, people die.
Damon: That's a given.
Stefan: Not here, I won't allow it.
Damon: I take that as an invitation.
Stefan: Damon, please, after all these years, can't we just give it a rest.
Damon: I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word.
Damon: That's a given.
Stefan: Not here, I won't allow it.
Damon: I take that as an invitation.
Stefan: Damon, please, after all these years, can't we just give it a rest.
Damon: I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word.
Elena: I made it through the day. I must have said "I'm fine" 37 times.
Elena: Matt and I together, it wasn't...
Stefan: Passionate.
Stefan: Passionate.
Caroline: His name is Stefan Salvatore. He's a Gemini and his favorite color is blue.
Bonnie: You got all that in one day?
Caroline: Please. I got all that between third and fourth period.
Bonnie: You got all that in one day?
Caroline: Please. I got all that between third and fourth period.
Stefan: Stay away from Elena.
Damon: I take that as an invitation.
Damon: I take that as an invitation.
Other Episode Crew
| • Creator | Julie Plec | Kevin Williamson |
| • Executive Producer | Bob Levy (1) | Julie Plec | Kevin Williamson | Leslie Morgenstein |
| • Production Designer | Garreth Stover |
| • Editor | Joshua Butler |
| • Casting | Greg Orson | Lesli Gelles |
| • Re-Recording Mixer | Andre Perreault |
| • Leadman | Dan Post |
| • Art Director | Timothy David O'Brien |
| • Based On The Works Of | L. J. Smith |
| • Makeup Department Head | Beverly Jo Pryor |
| • ADR Mixer | Jeremy Balko |
| • Hair Department Head | Daniel Curet |
| • Key Second Assistant Director | Trish 'the Dish' Stanard |
| • Transport | Bubba Thrift |
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