Doppelgängers: A Vampire Diaries Podcast
by Grace Piper
Grace and Stephanie are twins who love trashy teen TV. They loved Twilight but missed out on The Vampire Diaries in its prime. Now, they're making up for lost time as newly-minted TVD stan Grace walks Stephanie through her first watch. Who will Stephanie love? Who will Stephanie hate? And how will Stephanie pronounce Stefan? There's only one word for what this podcast will be ... EPIC!
Episodes
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Legacies S1E9 - What Was Hope Doing in Your Dreams?
Everybody wake the hell up, literally, because we have a dream demon called a night hag this week (or do we?). See, that 10 minute shapeshifter conversation paid off! The super squad (yes we are officially calling them that) luckily has a plan where Landon of all people really gets to shine. But...
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Legacies S1E8 - Maybe I Should Start From the End
Alaric and Hope head to Lawrence, KS to find Landon in trouble. Landon has gotten his wish and found Seylah, but, as is typical with Landon’s luck, she’s not exactly the loving mother he hoped for. But his luck changes, because a certain pit may take care of that, plus he ends the week with a...
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Legacies S1E7 - Death Keeps Knocking on My Door
The Necromancer gets his own episode this week and he definitely took what he could get and ran with it! Despite Alaric’s many attempts he reaches an impasse, and Hope jumps in to help. Unfortunately her “help” s tunnel vision, ignoring red flags, and ultimately losing the day. MG tries to help...
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Legacies S1E6 - Mombie Dearest
This week, a monster hits a little too close to home for the Saltzmans. And on such a special day … Josie and Lizzie’s Sweet 16, which the whole school celebrates with the fervor of a senior prom. We start to see some couples worth shipping (MG and Lizzie, Penelope and Josie), while Rafael gets...
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Legacies S1E5 - Malivore
It’s a busy week where we finally get some answers, but don’t worry we still have plenty of time for supernatural school baloney. This week, that is an election for an Honor Council, where vote results hurt quite a few feelings. People are whipping votes, backstabbing, and even just starting...
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Legacies S1E4 - Hope Is Not The Goal
Salvatore students (and Landon) go undercover to solve a mystery - missing Mystic Falls students. Instead, they split up and turn on each other, especially when the culprit seems to be all too familiar. But they forget the goofy show they are on! Hope beefs with Lizzie and Landon. MG and Kaleb’s...
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Legacies S1E3 - We're Being Punked, Pedro
After the football drama and black magic last week, the Salvatore School students are in trouble! As punishment, many of our characters have to head to Mystic Falls to do community service. Of course the day is complicated by Mystic Falls High bullies, MG’s “plan” to make Lizzie jealous, and...
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Legacies S1E2 - Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn
It’s a major week at the Salvatore School - the week of the annual flag football game! Lizzie leads the team in a roller coaster of a game, and we even get to meet some local bullies. Meanwhile, Hope and Rafael join Alaric in search of Landon and the knife, and instead, they encounter our very...
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Legacies S1E1 - This is the Part Where You Run
We made it to Legacies! And yeah, this is not a serious show. We meet quite the cast of characters at the Salvatore School, including our dear Saltzman twins, a dweeb, and a new student who is hand in hand with a familiar face. We get some really insight into Hope and how this school succeeds…
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The Originals Character Draft
It’s time for everyone favorite special episode, the character draft! Who will go first? Who will go last? Will there be an upset? Who will we pick that will make you say “really? them?”? It’s both fun and incredibly serious to us, despite this meaning absolutely nothing in the real world.…
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The Originals Series Recap
We finished The Originals :( It’s time to break down our favorite (and least favorite) moments, rank Mikaelsons and villains, and discuss its place in the TVD universe! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
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TO S5E13 - When the Saints Go Marching In
It’s finale time! And we do have notes… well one main note that we repeat constantly! With Klaus closer to death than ever, how can the Mikaelsons get out of this one? Will we get the endgames we want? Will anyone get a happy ending? Will Vincent agree to be a sperm donor - wait, where the hell…
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TO S5E12 - The Tale of Two Wolves
Hope’s first transition is upon us, and also, possibly her death. So what are the Mikaelsons to do? What they do best: bother the citizens of Mystic Falls and spin off! We visit the Salvatore School and meet other potential Legacies characters, while we check in with Alaric and Caroline. We seem…
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TO S5E11 - 'Til the Day I Die
We made it to a Freelin wedding baby!! Unfortunately given how weddings tend to end on this show we are a bit scared but let’s practice gratitude! We spend plenty of time with another ship meal so good we be forgetting what tf died. Meanwhile, turns out the scary gray veins and bad vibes in Hope...
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TO S5E10 - There in the Disappearing Light
Daniel Gillies directs this jam-packed episode, and the end is feeling nearer. Queenicide takes two victims, including a character that felt so safe from death that Grace literally forgot it happened. We start to explore the afterlife more than ever before, with Vincent messing with the Ancestral...
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TO S5E9 - We Have Not Long to Love
The vampire nazis are at it again, and this time trying to hide behind Marcel logic, making Marcel face some of his less kind moments. Elijah goes to bother Declan at Rousseau’s, giving Declan one of his worst, most confusing days ever. Hope faces the consequences of the Hollow, but at least she...
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TO S5E8 - The Kindness of Strangers
Well well well, if it isn’t another chambre de chasse… The Mikaelons are no strangers to a classic chambre de chasse, but this one is particularly tricky, because a) Elijah’s memories are still gone, and b) it was designed by a couple familiar masterminds. Luckliy, they are assisted by the brain...
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TO S5E7 - God's Gonna Trouble the Water
Well last week sucked. And to make it worse, the funeral has all manner of trouble ranging from forgetting to invite people to basically a terrorist attack. Klaus gets bit of revenge on Antionette, making Elijah finally ready to fix his memory mistake. But not everyone is ready for that red door…
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You're Invited In: Off Campus
We’re only human, of course we joined the Off Campus craze! It’s fun, it’s sexy, and we have opinions! Plus Grace is our resident book expert because trust she’s reading just about anything. Spoilers abound for the show and books!! Proceed with caution!! Remember
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TO S5E6 - What, Will, I, Have, Left
What to even say about this episode …. It is everything that makes TVDU incredible, from an iconic ship to a devastating character death, all with an unexpected family member reveal in between. This episode made us sick to our stomachs!!! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us…
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TO S5E5 - Don't It Just Break Your Heart
After identifying the real enemies, Klaus decides to escalate his attempts to bring Hayley home. When Greta is taken to the dungeon, she offers a solution to get Hayley back - but not everyone is ready to make that deal. Freya goes to Mystic Falls to check on Hope, but that is derailed when Hope...
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TO S5E4 - Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
With Hayley still missing, Klaus takes a hostage from each faction to put a pep in their search efforts, while also identifying the guilty faction. Really puts a damper on Mardi Gras float building! Meanwhile, Freya heads to Mystic Falls to warn Hope she might be a danger to the world, and also…
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TO S5E3 - Ne Me Quitte Pas
Well… this is certainly an episode! We see what Elijah has been up to since he made the dumbest decision of his life, just to see that erasing his memories was actually the dumbest decision of his like SO FAR. He heads to one of the literally 4 cities he is not allowed to be in, and learns he is...
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TO S5E2 - One Wrong Turn on Bourbon
Following Hayley’s disappearance and Rebekah’s rejection, Klaus and Marcel return to New Orleans. Klaus reluctantly reunites with Hope, and the damage to their relationship is palpable. Even worse, there’s a weird untrustworthy dude from the Salvatore School at the compound! We are introduced to...
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TO S5E1 - Where You Left Your Heart
Seven years later and New Orleans is finally at peace! But everyone can feel the winds of change coming in, at least partly thanks to Hope who is now a teenager. She kicks off the season with a truly bad choice, but hey, whatever gets your deadbeat dad’s attention. Elijah is indeed off in France...
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TO S4E13 - The Feast of All Sinners
It’s finale time and time for Vincent to reveal his unpopular plan, and he was right to be worried about how the Mikaelsons took that news. And he does try his hand at the strategy we suggested last time: lying! The Hollow tries to begin her reign with an old friend by her side, but, as it often...
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TO S4E12 - Voodoo Child
The Hollow has her claws in Hope and she does not want to let go! The Hollow tries her best to act like a normal 7 year old girl, but she simply does not have the capacity for empathy to give a performance than convinces anyone for more than five minutes. And even worse for her, the one and only...
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TO S4E11 - A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken
Whenever it seems like the Hollow can be beat, she finds a way and this week, that way is Kol. And somehow she teamed up with Kol on the smartest day of his entire life! Rebekah tries to work with Kol, but gets trapped with her soulmate and they both have to pretend to hate it. Freya and Hayley…
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TO S4E10 - Phantomesque
This week, we venture deep into Elijah’s mind and WOOF! It’s a hallway of doors to repress memories and you better believe one is red! While Freya, Hayley, and Hope work on that, Kol and Rebekah arrive home to help Klaus destroy the rosebush thorns. Unfortunately, both Kol and Rebekah get...
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TO S4E9 - Queen Death
This week we have an old TVD favorite that is new to the Originals: a good old fashioned martyr-off! With Elijah in danger, and the Hollow threatening Vincent, we need a plan STAT. Of course the priorities are mismatched because of, what else, always and forever. We get the return of a certain...
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TO S4E8 - Voodoo In My Blood
This week, we finally learn the origin story of The Hollow, which also comes with ANOTHER origin story, for a very relevant curse. In search of answers, Klaus and Hayley head to the Ancestral Plane, where they reunite with Klaus’s #1 opp, Davina, who has a strong vision for the day. Bones are...
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TO S4E7 - High Water and a Devil's Daughter
After the drama of the murder at last week’s party, Klaus and Hayley stay trapped in the compound with Hope to stay safe. Hope, of course, finds a way to have fun by making a new friend: her brother Marcel who is excited to connect with the family he desperately wants to rejoin. Freya and Elijah...
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TO S4E6 - Bag of Cobras
It’s Mardi Gras, the perfect time to final clean up the Mikaelson compound and host a party that has an ulterior motive! Marcel is listed as the co-host despite being in the dungeon - luckily, at least Josh could put 2 and 2 together and figure that out. Marcel’s other ally, Sofya, isn’t quite so...
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TO S4E5 - I Hear You Knocking
After the drama of last week, we have to really focus on understanding the Hollow and that whole deal.The Hollow has its hooks in Klaus and Marcel, and they definitely don’t feel the need to get too creative with shapeshifting characters. But they do make some good headway Meanwhile, Elijah and...
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You're Invited In: NFL Season Review
Another NFL season done and boy was it a fun one to be a Jaguars or Panthers fan! We recap our teams and season thoughts, plus revisit some opinions from our last minisode! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @dopplegangerspodcast!
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TO S4E4 - Keepers of the House
The Mikaelsons return to New Orleans for what should never have been a quick spell, but things do not go as planned, because Will Kinney is evil now! Hayley and Marcel head to the bayou to investigate a wolf who is involved for some reason? Klaus, Elijah, and Vincent find their way into the woods...
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TO S4E3 - Haunter of Ruins
The family is reunited and away from New Orleans, so now comes the scary part for Klaus: actually being a father! Luckily she likes to paint and walk through the woods, while Elijah and Hayley flirt and Kol and Rebekah plan their future as non series regulars. We learn more about the evil orb and...
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TO S4E2 - No Quarter
With all the Mikaelsons up from their 5 year nap, they get right to their number one priority: rescuing Klaus! Luckily, Klaus is safe and sound right where he wants to be (doing therapy with Cami in his subconscious). Marcel is in deep denial about being a Mikaelson, so much so that he allows...
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TO S4E1 - Gather Up the Killers
It’s a new season with a time jump confirmed! After keeping the Mikaelsons down for 5 years, it’s time to get them up and at ‘em! Hayley has been hard at work but needs the help of a new slay werewolf for the final step. And there’s a new ship alert! Meanwhile, Marcel deals with an influx of...
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TO S3E22 - The Bloody Crown
Season 3 comes to a close, with a prophecy fulfilled and a new king on the New Orleans throne. Is a time jump imminent? How can the Miakelsons get out of this one? Plus, we discuss expectations for season 4 and our favorite moments of season 3. Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers!…
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You're Invited In: HEATED RIVALRY!
Yes of course we love Heated Rivalry like anyone with taste! SO naturally we needed a minisode to share our thoughts on the best TV show to come out in quite some time! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
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TO S3E21 - Give 'Em Hell Kid
After the recent deaths it’s time not only for multiple funerals, but also to check in on the prophecy that is the Mikaelsons hope has been stopped. Of course, that is not how prophecies work. Meanwhile, Klaus attempts to mend the relationship with Marcel, which goes quite well until someone buts...
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TO S3E20 - Where Nothing Stays Buried
This week, we catch up with Kol after he (reminder) killed Davina last week! Luckily, she is a witch in New Orleans, so she should be easy enough to bring back. Well, she would be … but she’s made enemies of the ancestors and Freya needs ancestor magic to kill Lucien, who cements himself as a…
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TO S3E19 - No More Heartbreaks
Yes Cami has been bitten, but hey there’s always a loophole so this should be light work! The whole team disperse to get answers, Davina to Rousseau’s where Lucien is partying, Vincent and Marcel to Cami’s apartment to collect a potential cure, and Hayley and Elijah to the bayou to fetch the...
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TO S3E18 - The Devil Comes Here and Sighs
It’s NOLA Music Days, and Lucien takes the occasion to make some big moves. He “proposes” to Aurora with serum, then kidnaps Klaus to lure out Elijah. Unfortunately for Lucien, a number of things are working against him - Aurora doesn’t want him, and both Klaus and Elijah have shooters! Meanwhile...
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TO S3E17 - Behind the Black Horizon
Lucien is now officially a villain, so he takes a trip to a familiar place to reveal the truth of the beast perhaps! Elijah and Finn follow him, and Elijah learns empathy for his boring brother while they run into a familiar face that they are not thrilled to see. Davina and Kol help track down...
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TO S3E16 - Alone With Everybody
The white oak bullet is back in play, in the possession of a new character with a bump-it. Her first order of business? A high-tech auction! Former computer science minor Josh leads a crack team to get the bullet back. Meanwhile, the Mikaelsons hole up at the compound until the white oak is...
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TO S3E15 - An Old Friend Calls
With the sire link broken, Klaus returns to his favorite emotion: paranoia. But he may not be incorrect, when he sees an old enemy has already made their way to New Orleans. Cami sees the struggle Klaus is facing, and relates enough that she finds a way top address her paranoia in her own,...
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TO S3E14 - A Street Car Named Desire
STEFAN SALVATORE HAS ARRIVED TO NEW ORLEANS!! While that is by far the biggest news of the week, it’s a busy week for all Mikaelsons and their orbit. Aya makes an alliance with Aurora for access to White Oak, and in return gives her access to a chamber de chasse with Tristan, Klaus, Elijah, a lot...
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You're Invited In: The Summer I Turned Pretty
Time for one of our most highly requested minisodes and spoiler alert, we are team Conrad (and team Belly tbh)! We'll always and forever have summer! Remember to rate, review, and share, brothers! Follow us on Instagram and TikTok @doppelgangerspodcast!
About this show
Grace and Stephanie are twins who love trashy teen TV. They loved Twilight but missed out on The Vampire Diaries in its prime. Now, they're making up for lost time as newly-minted TVD stan Grace walks Stephanie through her first watch. Who will Stephanie love? Who will Stephanie hate? And how will Stephanie pronounce Stefan? There's only one word for what this podcast will be ... EPIC!
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Grace Piper