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The Vampire Diaries

Season 3, Episode 1 (45)

Air date

September 15, 2011

Written by

Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec

Directed by

John Behring

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The Birthday is the forty-fifth episode of The Vampire Diaries and the Season Three premiere. It will air on September 15, 2011.

Synopsis

On the morning of Elena’s 18th birthday, Caroline is busy planning a party, but Elena is focused on searching for any clues that might help her discover where Stefan is. Damon is also searching for Stefan, while trying to protect Elena and keep her from doing anything that would draw Klaus’ attention.

Meanwhile, Klaus and Stefan are busy trailing a werewolf named Ray Sutton (guest star David Gallagher). Now working at the Mystic Grill along with Matt, Jeremy is struggling to understand why he keeps seeing the ghosts of Vicki (guest star Kayla Ewell) and Anna (guest star Malese Jow) since he was brought back to life by Bonnie’s magic. Meanwhile, Alaric does his best to watch over Elena and Jeremy, while dealing with his grief over Jenna’s death. Finally, Caroline and Tyler face a new and unexpected challenge.

Summary

To be added once episode airs....

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Malese Jow as Anna
Kayla Ewell as Vicki Donovan
Lilly Roberson as Sofie
Dawn Olivieri as Andie^[1]

Guest Cast

David Gallagher as Ray Sutton

Notes

General

There is a time jump from As I Lay Dying to this episode here, and therefore it will be Elena's birthday.
Template:Jeremy works at the Mystic Grill from this episode onwards.^{[citation needed]}
Stefan hasn't been seen by any of the Mystic Falls residents since As I Lay Dying.

Production Notes

First episode since in which Sara Canning is not credited.
Altought not the character's first absence , this is the first season premiere not to feature Jenna Sommers
First season premiere to feature Alaric and Klaus.
In behind the scenes photos for this episode, Stefan's appearance in clothing is similar to that of Damon in the start of season one as that he is wearing all black clothing.
There have been talks that the episode would be named "Bloody," but Zap2It revealed on August 11, 2011 that the episode would be called "The Birthday".
It was also revealed by Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson that Template:Jeremy hasn't told anyone about seeing Anna and Vicki.
Lilly Roberson joins the cast as Sofie, a love interest for Tyler Lockwood.
It is still currently unknown where Katherine is, or if Klaus and Stefan have caught her yet.
From this episode onwards Joseph Morgan (Klaus) is a series regular.

Quotes

Alaric: Hey Elena happy bithday. Damon: Morning.
Elena: Hey, I was gonna-
Elena: OH! (sees Damon naked and she turns around)
Damon: Hey, you should learn to knock, what if I was... indecent.

Caroline: (to Elena) You have to admit you're letting your life pass you by.

Elena: Is that what you all want me to do? Get on with my life?

Elena: I'm not going to give up on finding Stefan.

Stefan: (to Damon) Let. Me. Go.

Gallery

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