The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Ep 1 | HD |

The pilot efficiently introduces the two vampire brothers who represent opposing moral poles. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) is the brooding, guilt-ridden vampire who feeds on animal blood (a “vegetarian vampire” in the show’s lexicon) and seeks redemption. He enrolls in high school to be near Elena, whom he recognizes as a doppelgänger of his lost love, Katherine. His introductory scene—sitting alone in a cemetery, writing in a journal—immediately codes him as introspective and melancholic.

But Stefan’s primary motivation in is not blood. It’s Elena. The moment he sees her in the school hallway, the camera lingers on his expression of shock and recognition. He knows her. Or rather, he knows someone who looked exactly like her: Katherine, the vampire who turned him 145 years ago. The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Ep 1