Legacies
Young adultTeen protagonists with teen-first appeal.This show: 9/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10SupernaturalGhosts, demons and powers beyond nature in our own world.This show: 8/10Urban fantasyMagic hidden inside the modern world.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Danielle Rose RussellAria ShahghasemiQuincy FouseMatthew DavisJenny BoydChris Lee
Written by
Julie Plec
Starring
Danielle Rose RussellAria ShahghasemiQuincy FouseMatthew DavisJenny BoydChris Lee
Written by
Julie Plec
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | ||
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| S1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.9 | |||||
| S2 | 8.1 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 7.6 | |||||
| S3 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.5 | |||||
| S4 | 8.1 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.8 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.5 |
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About
"Comfort-food supernatural soap for franchise loyalists"
A spinoff of The Vampire Diaries universe, this show follows Hope Mikaelson, a teenage tribrid, as she navigates life at a boarding school for young witches, vampires, and werewolves. It leans heavily into YA territory: monster-of-the-week plots, tangled romances, and coming-of-age angst, all wrapped in the franchise's familiar supernatural mythology. The tone is lighter and softer than its parent shows, more hopeful and less brooding, carried by an ensemble of likable young leads. It rewards existing fans of the universe far more than newcomers looking for something dark or groundbreaking.
Watch it for
the found-family warmth and callbacks that reward longtime fans of the shared universe.
Maybe skip if
you never watched the parent shows or want dark, morally complex storytelling.
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Season 12018
8.217K1611h 10m
Continuing the tradition of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, the story of the next generation of supernatural beings at the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted. Klaus Mikaelson's daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson; Alaric Saltzman's twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman; and other young adults come of age in the most unconventional way possible, nurtured to be their best selves... in spite of their worst impulses. Will these young witches, vampires and werewolves become the heroes they want to be — or the villains they were born to be?
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Season 22019
8.113K1611h 9m
Season two will show us a world without Hope Mikaelson and all the chaos that goes along with it. All the while, Hope will be trying to find her way back to the school she has learned to call home and the friends she has learned to love like family. It will be filled with new monsters and more romantic and emotional surprises than ever.
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Season 32021
7.310K165h 36m
As season three begins, Hope has risked everything to pull her friends back from the brink of a monstrous prophecy that threatened them. But when a heartbreaking loss shatters her whole world, Hope Mikaelson will be forced to fight fate itself.
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Season 42021
8.110K2013h 59m
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Danielle Rose Russell Hope Mikaelson, Aurora de Martel
Aria Shahghasemi Landon Kirby, Malivore
Quincy Fouse Milton 'MG' Greasley, Milton Greasley
Matthew Davis Alaric Saltzman
Jenny Boyd Lizzie Saltzman
Chris Lee Kaleb Hawkins, Kaleb
Kaylee Kaneshiro Josie Saltzman
Ben Levin Jed, Jed Tien
Leo Howard Ethan, Ethan Machado
Peyton 'Alex' Smith Rafael Waithe
Crew
Julie Plec
Brett Matthews
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