The Vampire Diaries Season 8
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
The final season of “The Vampire Diaries” begins a few months after it left off, with Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo (Michael Malarkey) on an epic killing spree after being kidnapped and enslaved by the Siren Sybil (Nathalie Kelley). During the search to find them, Stefan (Paul Wesley), Bonnie (Kat Graham), Caroline (Candice King), and Alaric (Matt Davis) discover that the mysterious force they are up against may be more powerful than they thought and they must go to great lengths to keep the people they love safe. When they discover Sybil’s motive, they must do everything in their power to prevent her from accomplishing her goal. Caroline and Stefan take a big step in their relationship, but when Stefan is forced to turn off his humanity to protect the people he loves their plans are put on hold. Guest cast includes Nina Dobrev, Michael Trevino, and Steven R. McQueen.
The Vampire Diaries premiered for the eighth and final time. Written by the show’s creators, Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson, the episode delivered nostalgia, horror, romance, friendship, brotherly love, and new mysteries.-Mandy Treccia
WHAT IT’S ABOUT Good night, Mystic Falls. Good night, vampires. Good night, vampire killers. Good night, Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder), and Stefan (Paul Wesley), and Bonnie (Kat Graham), and Caroline (Candice King). Good night, “The Vampire Diaries” lovers everywhere. The eighth and final season wraps Friday night on CW, preceded by a celebratory edition, “TVD: Forever Yours” at 8). Elena (Nina Dobrev) — who left two seasons ago — is expected to return for the finale, per reports, when she awakens from the long slumber she voluntarily underwent to save Bonnie.
For the uninitiated, “Diaries” was about Mystic Falls teen Elena Gilbert, who had lost her parents in a car accident, and who fell in love with a pair of vampire brothers, one naughty, the other nice. They, too, were smitten because she looked exactly like their old amour, one Katherine Pierce — who was decidedly not nice.
-Verne Gay
After eight seasons of moonstones, witches, doppelgangers and more neck breaks than one could count, The Vampire Diaries aired its final episode on Friday night. The series finale, titled “I Was Feeling Epic,” was written by co-creators Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. Williamson left at the end of Season 2, making Plec the showrunner, but the pair reteamed for the final installment, which paid homage to the show’s long history, brought back old faces from the past, and ultimately left its characters with some closure.
The biggest return of the final hour was Nina Dobrev, who got to reprise not one, but two roles. Dobrev has been sorely missed since she left the show after its sixth season, and each moment she’s on screen here feels warm and familiar. As comforting as it is to see Elena back, it’s even more satisfying watching Dobrev portray her deliciously evil doppelganger, Katherine Pierce, one last time. The plot of the finale centers predominately around Katherine, who last appeared in Season 5, when she died and was mysteriously banished somewhere (although it was heavily implied that she wasn’t being sent to some peaceful resting place). Naturally, in the time that’s passed, Katherine’s become Queen of Hell. It wouldn’t be a Vampire Diaries seriesfinale without Katherine getting revenge on the Salvatore Brothers, and her return is nothing short of glorious.
-JASON SELIGSON
DVD Wholesale Main Features :
Actors: Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig
Producers: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec, Leslie Morgenstein, Caroline Dries
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: French, Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1
Number of discs: 3
Rated: NR – Not Rated
Studio: WarnerBrothers
DVD Release Date: June 13, 2017
Run Time: 704 minutes
ASIN: B01LTI0GKU
