List of The Originals episodes

The Originals is an American supernatural drama television series created by Julie Plec for The CW. A spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, the series makes use of certain characters and story elements from the series of books of the same name. The first season premiered with a special preview on October 3, 2013, following the season premiere of its parent series, before premiering in its regular time slot on October 8, 2013.^[1]

The series is set in New Orleans which the Mikaelson family and original vampires helped to build. In the first season, the focus was primarily on Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Rebekah (Claire Holt) who found out in the backdoor pilot, aired on April 25, 2013, how Hayley Marshall (Phoebe Tonkin) was pregnant with Klaus's child, and has now given birth to a werewolf/witch/vampire hybrid named Hope (Summer Fontana). Having fled the city many years ago, they return to find Marcel (Charles Michael Davis) (Klaus's adoptive son) leading the city. The family decide to take back the city. The series also revolves around the relationship between them and other supernatural beings, including witches. In the second season, Kol (played by both Nathaniel Buzolic and Daniel Sharman) and Finn (played by both Yusuf Gatewood and Casper Zafer) come back.

In May 2017, The CW renewed the series for a fifth and final season,^[2] which premiered on April 18, 2018, and concluded on August 1, 2018. During the course of the series, 92 episodes of The Originals aired.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
Pilot			April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)
1	22		October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)
2	22		October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06)	May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)
3	22		October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)	May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)
4	13		March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)	June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)
5	13		April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)	August 1, 2018 (2018-08-01)

Episodes

Pilot (2013)

Further information: The Vampire Diaries season 4, episode 20

"No. overall" and "No. in season" for the pilot dictate the airing and location of the episode within the parent series.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
86	20	"The Originals"	Chris Grismer	Julie Plec	April 25, 2013 (2013-04-25)	2J6670	2.24[3]
Following a tip off informing him a witch called Jane Anne Deveraux has ties to him, Klaus goes back to New Orleans only to find the protégé he thought dead ruling the city. The city lives under his strict rules, which makes the witches in the city hope to overthrow Marcel. They persuade Klaus to help by using Hayley, a werewolf who is pregnant with his child. Along with his brother, Elijah's, help, they decide to get back the city. Meanwhile, Elijah tries to persuade their sister Rebekah to come home too.

Season 1 (2013–14)

Main article: The Originals season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
1	1	"Always and Forever"	Chris Grismer	Michael Narducci & Julie Plec	October 3, 2013 (2013-10-03)	2J7802	2.21[4]
2	2	"House of the Rising Son"	Brad Turner	Diane Ademu-John & Declan de Barra	October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08)	2J7801	1.92[5]
3	3	"Tangled Up in Blue"	Chris Grismer	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)	2J7803	2.22[6]
4	4	"Girl in New Orleans"	Jesse Warn	Michelle Paradise & Michael Narducci	October 22, 2013 (2013-10-22)	2J7804	2.23[7]
5	5	"Sinners and Saints"	Chris Grismer	Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)	2J7805	2.05[8]
6	6	"Fruit of the Poisoned Tree"	Michael Allowitz	Charlie Charbonneau & Diane Ademu-John	November 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)	2J7806	2.03[9]
7	7	"Bloodletting"	Jeffrey Hunt	Michael Russo & Michael Narducci	November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)	2J7807	2.40[10]
8	8	"The River in Reverse"	Jesse Warn	Declan de Barra & Julie Plec	November 26, 2013 (2013-11-26)	2J7808	2.38[11]
9	9	"Reigning Pain in New Orleans"	Joshua Butler	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	December 3, 2013 (2013-12-03)	2J7809	2.33[12]
10	10	"The Casket Girls"	Jesse Warn	Charlie Charbonneau & Michelle Paradise	January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)	2J7810	2.07[13]
11	11	"Après Moi, Le Déluge"	Leslie Libman	Marguerite MacIntyre & Diane Ademu-John	January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)	2J7811	2.51[14]
12	12	"Dance Back from the Grave"	Rob Hardy	Michael Russo & Michael Narducci	January 28, 2014 (2014-01-28)	2J7812	2.32[15]
13	13	"Crescent City"	Chris Grismer	Michael Narducci & Julie Plec	February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)	2J7813	2.10[16]
14	14	"Long Way Back from Hell"	Matt Hastings	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	February 25, 2014 (2014-02-25)	2J7814	1.83[17]
15	15	"Le Grand Guignol"	Chris Grismer	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John	March 4, 2014 (2014-03-04)	2J7815	1.80[18]
16	16	"Farewell to Storyville"	Jesse Warn	Michael Narducci	March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11)	2J7816	1.73[19]
17	17	"Moon Over Bourbon Street"	Michael Robison	Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)	2J7817	1.53[20]
18	18	"The Big Uneasy"	Leslie Libman	Marguerite MacIntyre & Michael Russo	April 15, 2014 (2014-04-15)	2J7818	1.52[21]
19	19	"An Unblinking Death"	Kellie Cyrus	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)	2J7819	1.50[22]
20	20	"A Closer Walk with Thee"	Sylvain White	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Julie Plec	April 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)	2J7820	1.77[23]
21	21	"The Battle of New Orleans"	Jeffrey Hunt	Charlie Charbonneau & Michael Narducci	May 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)	2J7821	1.44[24]
22	22	"From a Cradle to a Grave"	Matt Hastings	Diane Ademu-John	May 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)	2J7822	1.76[25]

Season 2 (2014–15)

Main article: The Originals season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
23	1	"Rebirth"	Lance Anderson	Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec	October 6, 2014 (2014-10-06)	3J5201	1.37[26]
24	2	"Alive and Kicking"	Jeffrey Hunt	Michelle Paradise & Michael Narducci	October 13, 2014 (2014-10-13)	3J5202	1.29[27]
25	3	"Every Mother's Son"	Dermott Downs	Christopher Hollier	October 20, 2014 (2014-10-20)	3J5203	1.27[28]
26	4	"Live and Let Die"	Jeffrey Hunt	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	October 27, 2014 (2014-10-27)	3J5204	1.31[29]
27	5	"Red Door"	Michael Robison	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John	November 3, 2014 (2014-11-03)	3J5205	1.09[30]
28	6	"Wheel Inside the Wheel"	Matt Hastings	Michael Russo & Michael Narducci	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)	3J5206	1.46[31]
29	7	"Chasing the Devil's Tail"	Jesse Warn	Carina Adly Mackenzie & Christopher Hollier	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)	3J5207	1.44[32]
30	8	"The Brothers That Care Forgot"	Michael Allowitz	Charlie Charbonneau & Michelle Paradise	November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)	3J5208	1.26[33]
31	9	"The Map of Moments"	Leslie Libman	Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)	3J5209	1.41[34]
32	10	"Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire"	Rob Hardy	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	January 19, 2015 (2015-01-19)	3J5210	1.52[35]
33	11	"Brotherhood of the Damned"	Sylvain White	Kyle Arrington & Diane Ademu-John	January 26, 2015 (2015-01-26)	3J5212	1.74[36]
34	12	"Sanctuary"	Matt Hastings	Declan de Barra & Michael Narducci	February 2, 2015 (2015-02-02)	3J5211	1.47[37]
35	13	"The Devil Is Damned"	Lance Anderson	Christopher Hollier & Julie Plec	February 9, 2015 (2015-02-09)	3J5213	1.22[38]
36	14	"I Love You, Goodbye"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Narducci	February 16, 2015 (2015-02-16)	3J5214	1.44[39]
37	15	"They All Asked for You"	Chris Grismer	Michelle Paradise	March 9, 2015 (2015-03-09)	3J5215	1.40[40]
38	16	"Save My Soul"	Kellie Cyrus	Michael Russo	March 16, 2015 (2015-03-16)	3J5216	1.25[41]
39	17	"Exquisite Corpse"	Dermott Downs	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John	April 6, 2015 (2015-04-06)	3J5217	1.12[42]
40	18	"Night Has a Thousand Eyes"	Jesse Warn	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	April 13, 2015 (2015-04-13)	3J5218	1.01[43]
41	19	"When the Levee Breaks"	Bethany Rooney	Marguerite MacIntyre	April 20, 2015 (2015-04-20)	3J5219	1.30[44]
42	20	"City Beneath the Sea"	Leslie Libman	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Charlie Charbonneau	April 27, 2015 (2015-04-27)	3J5220	1.20[45]
43	21	"Fire with Fire"	David Straiton	Michael Narducci	May 4, 2015 (2015-05-04)	3J5221	1.14[46]
44	22	"Ashes to Ashes"	Matt Hastings	Christopher Hollier & Diane Ademu-John	May 11, 2015 (2015-05-11)	3J5222	1.19[47]

Season 3 (2015–16)

Main article: The Originals season 3

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
45	1	"For the Next Millennium"	Lance Anderson	Michael Narducci	October 8, 2015 (2015-10-08)	3J5301	0.89[48]
46	2	"You Hung the Moon"	Jeffrey Hunt	Carina Adly Mackenzie	October 15, 2015 (2015-10-15)	3J5302	1.12[49]
47	3	"I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans"	Michael Grossman	Declan de Barra & Michelle Paradise	October 22, 2015 (2015-10-22)	3J5303	0.95[50]
48	4	"A Walk on the Wild Side"	Matt Hastings	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	October 29, 2015 (2015-10-29)	3J5304	1.07[51]
49	5	"The Axeman's Letter"	Michael Allowitz	Michael Russo & Diane Ademu-John	November 5, 2015 (2015-11-05)	3J5305	0.97[52]
50	6	"Beautiful Mistake"	Steven DePaul	Kyle Arrington & Christopher Hollier	November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)	3J5306	0.98[53]
51	7	"Out of the Easy"	Bethany Rooney	Beau DeMayo & Michelle Paradise	November 19, 2015 (2015-11-19)	3J5307	0.80[54]
52	8	"The Other Girl in New Orleans"	Kellie Cyrus	Michael Russo & Michael Narducci	December 3, 2015 (2015-12-03)	3J5308	1.17[55]
53	9	"Savior"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Diane Ademu-John	December 10, 2015 (2015-12-10)	3J5309	0.97[56]
54	10	"A Ghost Along the Mississippi"	Michael Grossman	Declan de Barra	January 29, 2016 (2016-01-29)	3J5310	0.95[57]
55	11	"Wild at Heart"	John Hyams	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	February 5, 2016 (2016-02-05)	3J5311	0.92[58]
56	12	"Dead Angels"	Darren Genet	Kyle Arrington & Michael Narducci	February 12, 2016 (2016-02-12)	3J5312	0.80[59]
57	13	"Heart Shaped Box"	Chris Grismer	Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier	February 19, 2016 (2016-02-19)	3J5313	0.87[60]
58	14	"A Streetcar Named Desire"	Matt Hastings	Beau DeMayo & Diane Ademu-John	February 26, 2016 (2016-02-26)	3J5314	1.07[61]
59	15	"An Old Friend Calls"	Jeffrey Hunt	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo	March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	3J5315	0.88[62]
60	16	"Alone with Everybody"	Hanelle Culpepper	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)	3J5316	0.93[63]
61	17	"Behind the Black Horizon"	Joseph Morgan	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John	April 8, 2016 (2016-04-08)	3J5317	0.89[64]
62	18	"The Devil Comes Here and Sighs"	Jesse Warn	Kyle Arrington & Michelle Paradise	April 15, 2016 (2016-04-15)	3J5318	0.86[65]
63	19	"No More Heartbreaks"	Millicent Shelton	Celeste Vasquez & Michael Narducci	April 29, 2016 (2016-04-29)	3J5319	0.93[66]
64	20	"Where Nothing Stays Buried"	John Hyams	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Christopher Hollier	May 6, 2016 (2016-05-06)	3J5320	0.83[67]
65	21	"Give 'Em Hell, Kid"	Jeffrey Hunt	Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson	May 13, 2016 (2016-05-13)	3J5321	0.79[68]
66	22	"The Bloody Crown"	Matt Hastings	Beau DeMayo & Diane Ademu-John	May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)	3J5322	0.85[69]

Season 4 (2017)

Main article: The Originals season 4

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
67	1	"Gather Up the Killers"	Lance Anderson	Michael Russo & Michael Narducci	March 17, 2017 (2017-03-17)	401	1.05[70]
68	2	"No Quarter"	Bethany Rooney	Talicia Raggs & Michelle Paradise	March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24)	402	0.99[71]
69	3	"Haunter of Ruins"	Jeffrey Hunt	Carina Adly Mackenzie & Declan de Barra	March 31, 2017 (2017-03-31)	403	0.93[72]
70	4	"Keepers of the House"	Joseph Morgan	Beau DeMayo & Christopher Hollier	April 7, 2017 (2017-04-07)	404	1.08[73]
71	5	"I Hear You Knocking"	Chris Grismer	Kyle Arrington	April 14, 2017 (2017-04-14)	405	0.87[74]
72	6	"Bag of Cobras"	Jesse Warn	Michael Russo & Michelle Paradise	April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28)	406	0.96[75]
73	7	"High Water and a Devil's Daughter"	Charles Michael Davis	Celeste Vasquez & Carina Adly MacKenzie	May 5, 2017 (2017-05-05)	407	0.93[76]
74	8	"Voodoo in My Blood"	John Hyams	Talicia Raggs & Christopher Hollier	May 12, 2017 (2017-05-12)	408	0.85[77]
75	9	"Queen Death"	Nicole Rubio	Beau DeMayo	May 19, 2017 (2017-05-19)	409	0.84[78]
76	10	"Phantomesque"	Daniel Gillies	K.C. Perry & Kyle Arrington	June 2, 2017 (2017-06-02)	410	1.03[79]
77	11	"A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken"	Hanelle Culpepper	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo	June 9, 2017 (2017-06-09)	411	0.89[80]
78	12	"Voodoo Child"	Michael Grossman	Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier	June 16, 2017 (2017-06-16)	412	1.01[81]
79	13	"The Feast of All Sinners"	Bethany Rooney	Michael Narducci	June 23, 2017 (2017-06-23)	413	0.80[82]

Season 5 (2018)

Main article: The Originals season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
80	1	"Where You Left Your Heart"	Lance Anderson	Marguerite MacIntyre	April 18, 2018 (2018-04-18)	T46.10001	0.97[83]
81	2	"One Wrong Turn on Bourbon"	Carol Banker	Carina Adly MacKenzie	April 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)	T46.10002	1.03[84]
82	3	"Ne Me Quitte Pas"	Joseph Morgan	K.C. Perry & Michelle Paradise	May 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)	T46.10003	0.90[85]
83	4	"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea"	Michael Grossman	Beau DeMayo & Kyle Arrington	May 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)	T46.10004	0.76[86]
84	5	"Don't It Just Break Your Heart"	Jeffrey W. Byrd	Story by : Bianca Sams & Jeffrey Lieber Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lieber	May 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)	T46.10005	0.80[87]
85	6	"What, Will, I, Have, Left"	Charles Michael Davis	Marguerite MacIntyre	May 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)	T46.10006	0.82[88]
86	7	"God's Gonna Trouble the Water"	Carl Seaton	Bianca Sams & Julie Plec	June 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)	T46.10007	0.77[89]
87	8	"The Kindness of Strangers"	Kellie Cyrus	Beau DeMayo & Carina Adly MacKenzie	June 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)	T46.10008	0.86[90]
88	9	"We Have Not Long to Love"	Bethany Rooney	K.C. Perry & Michelle Paradise	June 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)	T46.10009	0.77[91]
89	10	"There in the Disappearing Light"	Daniel Gillies	Eva McKenna & Jeffrey Lieber	July 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)	T46.10010	0.77[92]
90	11	"'Til the Day I Die"	Geoff Shotz	Kyle Arrington & Marguerite MacIntyre	July 18, 2018 (2018-07-18)	T46.10011	0.68[93]
91	12	"The Tale of Two Wolves"	Rudy Persico	Carina Adly MacKenzie & Julie Plec	July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25)	T46.10012	0.85[94]
92	13	"When the Saints Go Marching In"	Lance Anderson	Story by : Julie Plec Teleplay by : Jeffrey Lieber	August 1, 2018 (2018-08-01)	T46.10013	0.86[95]

Webisodes

The Originals: The Awakening

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"The Awakening: Part 1"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie	November 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
2	"The Awakening: Part 2"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie	November 17, 2014 (2014-11-17)
3	"The Awakening: Part 3"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie	November 24, 2014 (2014-11-24)
4	"The Awakening: Part 4"	Matt Hastings	Carina Adly MacKenzie	December 8, 2014 (2014-12-08)

Ratings

The Originals : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number																						Average
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
	1	2.21	1.92	2.22	2.23	2.05	2.03	2.40	2.38	2.33	2.07	2.51	2.32	2.10	1.83	1.80	1.73	1.53	1.52	1.50	1.77	1.44	1.76	1.98
	2	1.37	1.29	1.27	1.31	1.09	1.46	1.44	1.26	1.41	1.52	1.74	1.47	1.22	1.44	1.40	1.25	1.12	1.01	1.30	1.20	1.14	1.19	1.31
	3	0.89	1.12	0.95	1.07	0.97	0.98	0.80	1.17	0.97	0.95	0.92	0.80	0.87	1.07	0.88	0.93	0.89	0.86	0.93	0.83	0.79	0.85	0.93
	4	1.05	0.99	0.93	1.08	0.87	0.96	0.93	0.85	0.84	1.03	0.89	1.01	0.80	–									0.94
	5	0.97	1.03	0.90	0.76	0.80	0.82	0.77	0.86	0.77	0.77	0.68	0.85	0.86	–									0.83

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[96]