Doppelgängers: A Vampire Diaries Podcast

Everybody’s a hostage this week! Aurora holds Cami hostage in St Anne’s, where they discuss Klaus, beating men up, and bipolar disorder. Aurora realizes her worst fear may be coming true - Klaus don’t want her! Klaus teams up with Lucien to find Cami, but they quickly split off once it becomes clear that Klaus is concerned about Cami, but Lucien is more concerned about Aurora. Meanwhile at the compound, Tristan is held hostage and tortured for the longitude of Rebekah’s coffin. Marcel plays double agent and helps to free Tristan for the Strix, but keeps his loyalties to the Mikaelsons clear. Hayley also finally articulates her loyalties to the Mikaelsons when Mary arrives to guilt trip Hayley to the bayou. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

It’s Thanksgiving! Cami is spending it kidnapped, though not for long, and Jackson is spending it alone waiting Hayley to get back from the main dinner at the Mikaelson compound. Lucien, Tristan, and Aurora are invited over to blow up their secret alliance and get answers about Rebekah. Hayley and Freya torture Aurora for answers, but she is also tortured in a different way when she hears mention of Cami. Klaus questions Tristan, who tries to convince Klaus to follow his strategy to avoid the prophecy. Elijah questions Lucien, who realizes his current alliance may not be serving him. One thing becomes clear this week, the prophecy is very much moving along…

Many mistakes are made this week, some more beautiful than others. We check in with Rebekah, who is in Morocco and continuing to fail in her quest to bring Kol back to life, while still finding time to potentially fulfill 1/3 of the prophecy. Klaus spends the day with Aurora and pretty clearly is not lead by logic. Hayley is tailed by the scariest possible villain (a consultant), but is able to capture and question him with Marcel’s help. Elsewhere, Cami and Will Kinney are kidnapped by Lucien and subjected to brunch, a scavenger hunt, and psychological compulsion. Plus, a new weapon is revealed! Finally, we learn why Tristan, Lucien, and Aurora want revenge on the Mikaelsons - it all goes back to a goofy compulsion. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

With her arrival to New Orleans, Aurora immediately reaches out to Klaus so they can be in love again. We learn about their love story and breakup, which comes with a special surprise from behind the red door. Davina struggles with her role as regent during a new witch holiday, but gets at least one good gift to share with Hayley, who helps her with the continuing struggles of leadership. Cami gets mixed up in the serial killer investigation, putting some dangerous tools in the hands of NOLA PD. Finally, Marcel spies on Tristan to see who he might be teamed up with, and stumbles into some surprising information…Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

The Strix decide to recruit Marcel with a good old fashioned masquerade ball (ok Dangerous Liaisons!) and a good old fashioned riddle (ok…). Everybody comes out for the ball - Hayley in a slay gown, Freya in a pink wig, Klaus in a drunken performance, and so on. Alexis is kidnapped, and gets to basically hang out until  Aurora (newly in NOLA) kills her. It’s sort of a Halloween episode, but only vaguely. We have fun!Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

With Lucien making all manner of noise in New Orleans, naturally he gets arrested for the killings. Detective Will Kinney gets kicked out of the room quickly so Cami and Vincent can take over the interrogation. Lucien shares his story, particularly when he, happily, became the first non-original vampire. He also brings a new theory to the case, that he is being framed by none other than Tristan. it is time to meet Tristan in New Orleans, and yes he is also weird. He makes his case for an alliance with Elijah, which mirrors much of Lucien’s logic. We also meet a new crazy face card, Aya, who gives us hope in Elijah’s sire line after seeing Tristan. She brings Marcel to a secret vampire fraternity and kind of their CIA, and we see that Elijah was certainly a muse for many. Meanwhile Jackson helps Hayley deal with her anger and guilt, but they still can’t deal with their lack of sexual chemistry. Klaus apologizes as much as he can to Elijah in an effort to find forgiveness and strengthen themselves in the face of the prophecy. Finally, Aurora makes it clear she is done with the monastery and ready to travel to, where else, to New Orleans!Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

This week, we learn the official prophecy that is coming for the Mikaelsons: three will fall; one by friend, one by foe, and one by family. And oh boy, is New Orleans crawling with friends, foes, and family members! Hayley is missing on the full moon after poachers are sent to the bayou, so Elijah and Jackson work to find her. Davina finds her first though, and dangles the crescent curse solution over Hayley to get her to massacre 11 witches. Jackson and Hayley move across the street from the compound, despite the still active feud between Klaus and Hayley. Meanwhile, Cami profiles the French Quarter killer and … it’s looking like Lucien. And Lucien has a suspicious week, including having his own werewolf bite cure handy? We also confirm Tristan and Aurora are alive in the modern day, with a weird relationship and their sights set on New Orleans.Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

It’s a new season baby and man did we have a lot to say about this premiere! Elijah is still mad at Klaus, Hayley is a wolf, Marcel opened a boxing gym, Davina is struggling to lead, and Freya is just happy to be included! Cami finds herself in a new role when Vincent brings her to a crime scene to profile (Stephanie cheered!), and they finally let her dress cute (we all cheered!). Elijah heads to the bayou to meet Hayley, but finds some visitors with guns as well as a very concerning sight of wolves. An old friend named Lucien comes to see Klaus and his vibe is simultaneously perplexing and captivating. We get insight into the early history of the Originals, and Lucien seems to have a lot of going on in the present day, including a friend with a prophecy, as he tries to ally with Klaus. Finally, we go to a monastery, which seems random right? Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

It’s time for a jam-packed season finale! We start out with some classic linking-daggering shenanigans which sets the stage for an urgent plan. The mischief continues with some ashes switcher hijinks, courtesy of Elijah and Rebekah, to resurrect a familiar (and unpopular) face. But that character help’s guarantee another’s downfall! In the hullabaloo, a major weapon is “destroyed”, ashes pile up, and the Mikaelson siblings are at odds. Finally, we reflect on season 2 and start discussing what might be coming up in season 3…Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

With one more week to the finale, it appears Klaus has betrayed his family and fully sided with Dahlia. Meanwhile, Davina and Vincent work on getting the new Regent initiated. Freya, Elijah, and Rebekah are ready to put their plan into action, which works for a moment and only a moment. The wolves continue to run from Dahlia through the storm in the bayou, and Hayley and Jackson, as usual, struggle to be good Alphas. Mary finds away to warn the pack when magic is afoot, but the Crescents find themselves in an all too familiar position, and I’m not talking about hanging out in a junkyard! At the compound, people do eventually decide to check if the dagger did indeed keep Klaus down, and face the consequences when it doesn’t. Despite everyone trying to stop him,Klaus gets his revenge on many people: he pulls the Andi Star on Elijah, puts Rebekah and Marcel in a difficult situation that they may have overreacted to, and absolutely demolishes Hayley and Jackson. But Cami shares a plan that (of course) Klaus had ready, and sets us up for the finale!

Dahlia takes advantage of Klaus’s daggering to welcome him into her mind to show him her past with Esther and Freya, and offer a pretty enticing deal for him and Hope. In the bayou, the wolves have a funeral for Aiden, which encourages Hayley and Jackson to make the stupid decision to continue trying to run away with Hope. Vincent helps the Mikaelsons with multiple spells of varying importance, even as he attempts to leave the world of magic for good. Finally, the dagger gets taken out of Klaus at most 12 hours after it was put in.Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

As everyone struggles to decide how to deal with Dahlia’s looming deadline, Klaus retreats because he knows the only person he can trust is himself. Most people take this as a sign of Klaus unraveling, getting increasingly nervous about if he will protect Hope (even though that’s his ONE goal but ok). Hayley stays with Hope in the St James Infirmary, but when Dahlia stops by and shows the magic is not solid, we return to Jackson and Hayley’s dumb plan from last week, but at least it’s a little smarter this time. Davina, Rebekah, and even Marcel return to the idea that Klaus needs to be put down, and actually have to tool to do it. Meanwhile Josh and Aiden are in love! Oh wait why are we hearing that creepy music and the talk of leaving town, uh oh. Finally we end with a big decision that we make it quite clear we do NOT agree with!Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us in Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

Dahlia has finally arrived in New Orleans, and she makes her presence known by possessing multiple civilians and giving a taste of her power in a fight at St Anne’s. Dahlia’s arrival prompts Elijah to have Josephine create a safe house at St James Infirmary for Hayley and Hope. Meanwhile, it encourages Jackson to come up with a stupid plan, which he loops Hayley into. Luckily, double agent Aiden was able to sabotage it quite easily. Meanwhile, Klaus teams up with his former opps Mikael and Davina to hijack Freya’s tools for a weapon to kill Dahlia (which Dahlia promptly destroys). But Klaus comes up with a smart backup plan which also accomplishes one of his longtime goals….Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

After fighting through last week, Eva Sinclair successfully gets a strong hold over Rebekah, and gets back to her passion in life, killing kids. Hope is targeted, but protected, and everyone else gets to work got save Rebekah, and eventually Davina. Elijah tests his new alliance with Josephine to get rid of Eva, but she is not following for “rebellious girl has passion” twice. Marcel is able to trap Eva with the anti-magic shackles, and enlists Vincent to get information from her. It looks like Vincent may not be as over Eva as it seems though, and he goes off script. Klaus uses the other pair of magic shackles on Freya, to bring her to get a spell from the only person Freya hates as much as Dahlia - Esther! Of course Esther sees the pain in Freya’s eyes and decides that means she is evil but it can’t possibly be Esther’s fault. Klaus makes progress trying to trust Freya, but their feud grows despite kinda being twins. Finally, we get one of the gaggiest deaths yet and yes, we fail the don’t say mother challenge again!Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

It’s time for Mikaelson family brunch, where Freya’s true intentions are put into question. She tells her life story, which is so tragic and sympathetic it would be suspicious if it wasn’t 100% true. The wolves spend some time in the bayou, where Aiden begins to question Jackson’s leadership. Rebeva blacks out multiple times while Eva attempts to break out. Finally, Marcel brings in Cami to talk to Vincent, and we learn that he has a history with Eva. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

With the packs officially unified it is time to put the werewolf army to work! Jackson, Hayley, and Klaus disagree on how and when to use the army, but naturally Klaus’s orders win out. Jackson struggles to be a good leader, instead focusing on Hayley, who is clearly focusing on forcing herself into the delusion of being in love with him. Just like with the werewolf army, Jackson is not putting himself in a good situation. Freya teams up with Finn to wake Mikael, who is happy to see the one kid he says he liked. But after the past couple weeks of Finn drama, Freya decides to protect him in an unconventional way.  Freya finally gets to meet her other brothers, who unsurprisingly are wary of her trustworthiness. The rest of our team focus on finally answering the question, whose body is Rebekah in? Elijah and Gia meet with a witch matriarch (and familiar face for PLL fans!) while Marcel and Rebekah meet with a witch with the least New Orleans name ever. We end with three couples (only one being good), the starts of a werewolf mutiny, and the return of a child stealing witch, but not the one we have been waiting for.Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

The day has come - Jackson and Hayley are getting married, in a ceremony completely designed by Klaus. Even baby Hope is invited! Klaus plans more than a wedding - he plans Jackson’s murder at the hands of Elijah, but lays off it in favor of inviting Jackson to move into the compound as a show of peace. So naturally, Elijah moves to Algiers! But it’s not all happy news for the Mikaelsons - Koleb is hexed and goes downhill fast, but still finds time to finish his golden dagger and kiss Davina. Elsewhere in a morgue, Freya uses her mysterious necklace to help Finncent after the explosion. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

Multiple plans underway this week as we deal with the fall out of Finn’s discovery and preparations for a mystical wedding. Hayley and Jackson get ready to expand the pack, since every wolf in earshot seems to want these hybrid powers! The vampires yet again are supernaturally hungry, but actually do get a little food today, at least until they are knocked put yet again. Finncent sends all the Mikalesons on what is essentially a wild goose chase to keep them distracted after he reunites with Freya and she helps him find the one thing we don’t want him finding - Hope! Kol, facing near certain death, decides to fight Finn with the help of Rebekah’s new with powers, while Klaus learns to trust his brother as the Hope secret continues to be revealed. Elijah tries a new type of therapy, but is interrupted by Finncent’s arrival which leads to a quite explosive face-off. Luckily Cami has brought Hope out for the day and Hope decides she has been a normal baby for long enough!Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

Well, it looks like the Hope secret is out! In the bayou, Hayley decides to reveal it to Jackson as part of their unification ceremony prep, despite Klaus’s conflicting opinion. Across the river, Finncent tortures Marcel until he has enough information to deduce the secret himself. Meanwhile, speaking of secret family members, Rebekah makes a new friend at the witch asylum, and let’s just say we’re looking at a potential mother. Oh, and speaking of secrets, Jackson’s grandpa killed Hayley’s parents! Cool?Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!

With Marcel and his vampires still trapped in the Mikaelson compound, Marcel faces additional stress as he hallucinates/remembers World War 1. We see the growth of Marcel as a leader, and if he can lead a group who is in the trenches drinking dirty cocoa and being left without gas masks certainly he can handle a group of vampires facing the equally difficult adversity of being hungry. The werewolves are now back in the bayou after escaping last week, and Hayley and Jackson start preparing for the wedding. But with rituals revealed, it’s starting to feeling uneasy trusting Jackson. Meanwhile, the Mikaelson brothers get trapped by Finn in a “chamber de chasse”, where Finn shares how he has been piecing things together but still does not quite know his brothers. The vampires escape, Davina reunites with Kol after he survives the mob of hungry vampires, and the werewolves appear to be one step closer to unification.