Returning this Fall is the second season of the CW’s super hot series “The Vampire Diaries.” Based on the books by L.J. Smith, the show features the intersecting lives of 17 year old Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and the Salvatore brothers, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder).
Last season revealed the Salvatore secret that Stefan and Damon are creatures of the night — vampires cursed to walk throughout eternity — doomed and haunted by the vampire who stalks them: Katherine (Nina Dobrev). When Katherine returned at the end of last season to reclaim everything that belonged to her, the hearts of the Salvatore brothers were first on her list. However, unbeknownst to Katherine, her doppelganger Elena has already laid claim to both Stefan and Damon’s hearts.
Sharing in Elena’s world are her uncle John (David Anders), her aunt Jenna (Sara Canning), her brother Jeremy (Steve McQueen) and her protective circle of friends Matt (Zach Roerig), Caroline (Candice Accola), and the witch Bonnie (Katerina Graham). Rounding out the supernatural world of Mystic Falls are: tormented teen Taylor Lockwood (Michael Trevino), history teacher/rogue vampire hunter Alaric Salzman (Matt Davis), town sheriff Liz Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) and Elena’s mysterious birth mother, Isobel (Mia Kirshner) — who was revealed to be vampire too and who may or may not be aligned with Katherine.
After the astounding array of lives that we lost last season, ranging from vampire favorites Pearl (Kelly Hu) and Anna (Malese Jow) to Mayor Lockwood (Rob Praglo) and Vicki Donovan (Kayla Ewell), it will be fascinating who else in Elena’s world will be sacrificed to keep her safe.
Teenage romance is always troubled and turbulent, but for Elena Gilbert, her love life has the makings of a Gothic romance.
“The Vampire Diaries” returns on Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. on the CW.
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