The Originals (TV Series) / Episode List
This episode list contains all episodes of the US fantasy series The Originals , sorted according to when they were first broadcast in the US . Between 2013 and 2018, a total of 92 episodes were created in five seasons, each around 40 minutes in length.
Overview
| Season | Number of episodes | First broadcast in the USA | German-language first broadcast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Season premiere | Season finale | ||
| Backdoor pilot | 1 | April 25, 2013 | 4th July 2013 | ||
| 1 | 22nd | 3rd October 2013 | May 13, 2014 | August 8, 2014 | 19th December 2014 |
| 2 | 22nd | October 6, 2014 | May 11, 2015 | February 27, 2015 | October 16, 2015 |
| 3 | 22nd | October 8, 2015 | May 20, 2016 | 18th August 2016 | December 22, 2016 |
| 4th | 13 | 17th March 2017 | 23rd June 2017 | 20th July 2017 | October 12, 2017 |
| 5 | 13 | April 18, 2018 | August 1, 2018 | 20th September 2018 | December 13, 2018 |
Backdoor pilot
| No. | German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of the Vampires | The Originals | Apr 25, 2013 | 4th July 2013 | Chris Grismer | Julie Plec | 2.24 million |
season 1
The first broadcast of the first season was from October 3, 2013 to May 13, 2014 on the US broadcaster The CW . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter sixx of 8 August until 19 December, 2014.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Forever and ever | Always and Forever | Oct 3, 2013 | Aug 8, 2014 | Chris Grismer | Julie Plec & Michael Narducci | 2.21 million |
| 2 | 2 | Betrayal of the family | House of the Rising Son | Oct 8, 2013 | Aug 8, 2014 | Brad Turner | Diane Ademu-John & Declan de Barra | 1.92 million |
| 3 | 3 | Witches vs. Vampires | Tangled Up in Blue | Oct 15, 2013 | Aug 15, 2014 | Chris Grismer | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 2.22 million |
| 4th | 4th | Mysterious savior | Girl in New Orleans | Oct 22, 2013 | 22 Aug 2014 | Jesse Warn | Michelle Paradise & Michael Narducci | 2.23 million |
| 5 | 5 | Sinners and saints | Sinners and Saints | Oct 29, 2013 | 29 Aug 2014 | Chris Grismer | Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec | 2.05 million |
| 6th | 6th | Fruit of the poison tree | Fruit of the Poisoned Tree | Nov 5, 2013 | 5th Sep 2014 | Michael Allowitz | Charlie Charbonneau & Diane Ademu-John | 2.03 million |
| 7th | 7th | bloodletting | Bloodletting | Nov 12, 2013 | Sep 12 2014 | Jeffrey Hunt | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | 2.40 million |
| 8th | 8th | Back to the beginning | The river in reverse | Nov 26, 2013 | 19 Sep 2014 | Jesse Warn | Declan de Barra & Julie Plec | 2.38 million |
| 9 | 9 | Seizure of power | Reigning Pain in New Orleans | 3rd Dec. 2013 | 26 Sep 2014 | Joshua Butler | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 2.33 million |
| 10 | 10 | The Casket Girls | The Casket Girls | Jan. 14, 2014 | Oct 3, 2014 | Jesse Warn | Charlie Charbonneau & Michael Paradise | 2.07 million |
| 11 | 11 | After me the deluge! | Après Moi, Le Déluge | Jan. 21, 2014 | Oct 10, 2014 | Leslie Libman | Marguerite MacIntyre & Diane Ademu-John | 2.51 million |
| 12 | 12 | A dangerous rival | Dance Back From the Grave | Jan. 28, 2014 | Oct 17, 2014 | Rob Hardy | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | 2.32 million |
| 13 | 13 | Full moon | Crescent City | Feb. 4, 2014 | Oct. 24, 2014 | Chris Grismer | Michael Narducci & Julie Plec | 2.10 million |
| 14th | 14th | The plot | Long way back from hell | Feb 25, 2014 | Oct 31, 2014 | Matt Hastings | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.83 million |
| 15th | 15th | Lust for murder | Le Grand Guignol | 4th Mar 2014 | Nov 7, 2014 | Chris Grismer | Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John | 1.80 million |
| 16 | 16 | Farewell to New Orleans | Farewell to Storyville | 11th Mar 2014 | Nov 14, 2014 | Jesse Warn | Michael Narducci | 1.73 million |
| 17th | 17th | The peace treaty | Moon Over Bourbon Street | 18 Mar 2014 | Nov 21, 2014 | Michael Robinson | Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier | 1.53 million |
| 18th | 18th | The Big Uneasy | The Big Uneasy | Apr 15, 2014 | Nov 28, 2014 | Leslie Libman | Marguerite MacIntyre & Michael Russo | 1.52 million |
| 19th | 19th | Intrepid into death | Unblinking Death | Apr 22, 2014 | Dec 5, 2014 | Kellie Cyrus | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.50 million |
| 20th | 20th | The mysterious key | A Closer Walk with Thee | Apr 29, 2014 | Dec 12, 2014 | Sylvain White | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Julie Plec | 1.78 million |
| 21st | 21st | Battle for New Orleans | The Battle of New Orleans | May 6, 2014 | Dec. 19, 2014 | Jeffrey Hunt | Charlie Charbonneau & Michael Narducci | 1.44 million |
| 22nd | 22nd | From the cradle to the grave | From a cradle to a grave | May 13, 2014 | Dec. 19, 2014 | Matt Hastings | Diane Ademu-John | 1.76 million |
season 2
The first broadcast of the second season was from October 6, 2014 to May 11, 2015 on the US broadcaster The CW . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter sixx from 27 February 2015 to October 16, 2015.
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 | The rebirth | Rebirth | Oct 6, 2014 | Feb. 27, 2015 | Lance Anderson | Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec | 1.37 million |
| 24 | 2 | Healthy and happy | Alive and kicking | Oct 13, 2014 | 6th Mar 2015 | Jeffrey Hunt | Michelle Paradise & Michael Narducci | 1.29 million |
| 25th | 3 | Family matters | Every Mother's Son | Oct 20, 2014 | 13 Mar 2015 | Dermott Downs | Christopher Hollier | 1.27 million |
| 26th | 4th | Live and Let Die | Live and Let Die | Oct. 27, 2014 | 20 Mar 2015 | Jeffrey Hunt | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.31 million |
| 27 | 5 | The red door | Red Door | Nov 3, 2014 | 27 Mar 2015 | Michael Robison | Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John | 1.09 million |
| 28 | 6th | The wheel of life | Wheel inside the wheel | Nov 10, 2014 | Apr 3, 2015 | Matt Hastings | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | 1.46 million |
| 29 | 7th | In chains | Chasing the Devil's Tail | Nov 17, 2014 | Apr 10, 2015 | Jesse Warn | Carina Adly Mackenzie & Christopher Hollier | 1.44 million |
| 30th | 8th | The marriage | The Brothers That Care Forgot | Nov 24, 2014 | Apr 17, 2015 | Michael Allowitz | Charlie Charbonneau & Michelle Paradise | 1.26 million |
| 31 | 9 | The revenge of Col. | The Map of Moments | Dec 8, 2014 | Apr 24, 2015 | Leslie Libman | Marguerite MacIntyre & Julie Plec | 1.41 million |
| 32 | 10 | Trapped in the mansion | Gonna Set Your Flag on Fire | Jan. 19, 2015 | May 1, 2015 | Rob Hardy | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.52 million |
| 33 | 11 | The Brotherhood of the Damned | Brotherhood of the Damned | Jan. 26, 2015 | May 8, 2015 | Sylvain White | Kyle Arrington & Diane Ademu-John | 1.74 million |
| 34 | 12 | The haven | Sanctuary | Feb. 2, 2015 | May 15, 2015 | Matt Hastings | Declan de Barra & Michael Narducci | 1.47 million |
| 35 | 13 | Doomed to die | The Devil Is Damned | Feb 9, 2015 | Aug 21, 2015 | Lance Anderson | Christopher Hollier & Julie Plec | 1.22 million |
| 36 | 14th | I love you, goodbye | I love you, goodbye | Feb 16, 2015 | 28 Aug 2015 | Matt Hastings | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Narducci | 1.44 million |
| 37 | 15th | Eva Sinclair | They All Asked for You | 9 Mar 2015 | 4th Sep 2015 | Chris Grismer | Michelle Paradise | 1.40 million |
| 38 | 16 | Save my soul | Save my soul | 16. Mar. 2015 | Sep 11 2015 | Kellie Cyrus | Michael Russo | 1.25 million |
| 39 | 17th | Excellent love | Exquisite corpse | Apr 6, 2015 | Sep 18 2015 | Dermott Downs | Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John | 1.12 million |
| 40 | 18th | Viking ashes | Night Has a Thousand Eyes | Apr 13, 2015 | 25 Sep 2015 | Jesse Warn | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.01 million |
| 41 | 19th | When the dam breaks | When the Levee Breaks | April 20, 2015 | 25 Sep 2015 | Bethany Rooney | Marguerite MacIntyre | 1.30 million |
| 42 | 20th | A trap for Dahlia | City beneath the sea | Apr 27, 2015 | Oct 2, 2015 | Leslie Libman | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Charlie Charbonneau | 1.20 million |
| 43 | 21st | Fight fire with fire | Fire with Fire | May 4, 2015 | Oct 9, 2015 | David Straiton | Michael Narducci | 1.14 million |
| 44 | 22nd | ashes to Ashes | Ashes to Ashes | May 11, 2015 | Oct 16, 2015 | Matt Hastings | Christopher Hollier & Diane Ademu-John | 1.19 million |
season 3
The first broadcast of the third season was from October 8, 2015 to May 20, 2016 on the US broadcaster The CW . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter sixx of 18 August 2016 to 22 December 2016th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | For the next millennium | For the next millennium | Oct 8, 2015 | 18 Aug 2016 | Lance Anderson | Michael Narducci | 0.89 million |
| 46 | 2 | The Prophecy | You hung the moon | Oct 15, 2015 | 18 Aug 2016 | Jeffrey Hunt | Carina Adly Mackenzie | 1.12 million |
| 47 | 3 | Friend, foe and family | I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans | Oct 22, 2015 | 25 Aug 2016 | Michael Grossman | Declan de Barra & Michelle Paradise | 0.95 million |
| 48 | 4th | The reception ritual | A walk on the wild side | Oct 29, 2015 | 25 Aug 2016 | Matt Hastings | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 1.07 million |
| 49 | 5 | A thousand year old lies | The Axeman's Letter | Nov 5, 2015 | Sep 1 2016 | Michael Allowitz | Michael Russo & Diane Ademu-John | 0.97 million |
| 50 | 6th | Nice mistake | Beautiful mistake | Nov 12, 2015 | Sep 1 2016 | Steven DePaul | Kyle Arrington & Christopher Hollier | 0.98 million |
| 51 | 7th | The end of carefree | Out of the easy | Nov 19, 2015 | 8 Sep 2016 | Bethany Rooney | Beau DeMayo & Michelle Paradise | 0.80 million |
| 52 | 8th | The proof of loyalty | The Other Girl in New Orleans | 3 Dec 2015 | Sep 15 2016 | Kellie Cyrus | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | 1.17 million |
| 53 | 9 | The Redeemer | Savior | Dec 10, 2015 | 22 Sep 2016 | Matt Hastings | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Diane Ademu-John | 0.97 million |
| 54 | 10 | In the depths of the blue sea | A Ghost Along the Mississippi | Jan. 29, 2016 | 29 Sep 2016 | Michael Grossman | Declan de Barra | 0.95 million |
| 55 | 11 | Cami's dark side | Wild at Heart | Feb 5, 2016 | Oct 6, 2016 | John Hyams | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 0.92 million |
| 56 | 12 | Dead angels | Dead Angels | Feb 12, 2016 | Oct 13, 2016 | Darren Genet | Kyle Arrington & Michael Narducci | 0.80 million |
| 57 | 13 | The heart in the box | Heart Shaped Box | 19th Feb 2016 | Oct 20, 2016 | Chris Grismer | Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier | 0.87 million |
| 58 | 14th | Checkmate | A Streetcar Named Desire | Feb. 26, 2016 | Oct 27, 2016 | Matt Hastings | Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier | 1.07 million |
| 59 | 15th | Visiting an old friend | To old friend calls | 4th Mar 2016 | Nov 3, 2016 | Jeffrey Hunt | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo | 0.88 million |
| 60 | 16 | Manipulation games | Alone with Everybody | April 1, 2016 | Nov 10, 2016 | Hanelle Culpepper | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 0.93 million |
| 61 | 17th | Behind the black horizon | Behind the Black Horizon | Apr 8, 2016 | Nov 17, 2016 | Joseph Morgan | Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John | 0.89 million |
| 62 | 18th | The devil comes and sighs | The Devil Comes Here and Sighs | Apr 15, 2016 | Nov 24, 2016 | Jesse Warn | Kyle Arrington & Michelle Paradise | 0.86 million |
| 63 | 19th | do not leave me | No More Heartbreaks | Apr 29, 2016 | Dec 1, 2016 | Millicent Shelton | Celeste Vasquez & Michael Narducci | 0.93 million |
| 64 | 20th | Evil vengeance of the ancestors | Where Nothing Stays Buried | May 6, 2016 | Dec 8, 2016 | John Hymes | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Christopher Hollier | 0.83 million |
| 65 | 21st | One last kiss | Give 'em Hell, kid | May 13, 2016 | Dec 15, 2016 | Jeffrey Hunt | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | 0.79 million |
| 66 | 22nd | The bloody crown | The Bloody Crown | May 20, 2016 | Dec 22, 2016 | Matt Hastings | Beau DeMayo & Diane Ademu-John | 0.85 million |
Season 4
The first broadcast of the fourth season was from March 17 to June 23, 2017 on the US broadcaster The CW . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter sixx from 20 July to 12 October 2017th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | Hayley's promise | Gather Up the Killers | 17th Mar 2017 | 20th July 2017 | Lance Anderson | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | 1.05 million |
| 68 | 2 | Finally united | No quarter | 24 Mar 2017 | July 27, 2017 | Bethany Rooney | Talicia Raggs & Michelle Paradise | 0.99 million |
| 69 | 3 | The old bad | Haunter of Ruins | 31 Mar 2017 | 3rd Aug 2017 | Jeffrey Hunt | Carina Adly Mackenzie & Declan de Barra | 0.93 million |
| 70 | 4th | the blue light | Keepers of the House | April 7, 2017 | 10 Aug 2017 | Joseph Morgan | Beau DeMayo & Christopher Hollier | 1.08 million |
| 71 | 5 | I hear your knock | I Hear You Knocking | Apr. 14, 2017 | 17th Aug 2017 | Chris Grismer | Kyle Arrington | 0.87 million |
| 72 | 6th | A sack full of cobras | Bag of Cobras | 28 Apr 2017 | 24 Aug 2017 | Jesse Warn | Michael Russo & Michelle Paradise | 0.96 million |
| 73 | 7th | A new friend for Hope | High Water and a Devil's Daughter | 5th May 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | Charles Michael Davis | Celeste Vasquez & Carina Adly MacKenzie | 0.93 million |
| 74 | 8th | Voodoo in the blood | Voodoo in My Blood | May 12, 2017 | Sep 7 2017 | John Hyams | Talicia Raggs & Christopher Hollier | 0.85 million |
| 75 | 9 | Queen death | Queen Death | 19th May 2017 | Sep 14 2017 | Nicole Rubio | Beau DeMayo | 0.84 million |
| 76 | 10 | Ghostly! | Phantomesque | 2nd June 2017 | 21 Sep 2017 | Daniel Gillies | Kyle Arrington & KC Perry | 1.03 million |
| 77 | 11 | totem | A Spirit Here That Won't Be Broken | June 9, 2017 | 28 Sep 2017 | Hanelle Culpepper | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo | 0.89 million |
| 78 | 12 | Fight! | Voodoo Child | June 16, 2017 | Oct. 5, 2017 | Michael Grossman | Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier | 1.01 million |
| 79 | 13 | The feast of all sinners | The Feast of All Sinners | 23rd June 2017 | Oct 12, 2017 | Bethany Rooney | Michael Narducci | 0.80 million |
Season 5
The first broadcast of the fifth season was from April 18 to August 1, 2018 on the US broadcaster The CW . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter sixx from 20 September to 13 December 2018th
| No. ( total ) |
No. ( St. ) |
German title | Original title | First broadcast in the USA | German language first broadcast (D) | Director | script | Spectator (USA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | Where your heart is at home | Where You Left Your Heart | Apr 18, 2018 | Sep 20 2018 | Lance Anderson | Marguerite MacIntyre | 0.97 million |
| 81 | 2 | Endure your punishment! | One wrong turn on bourbon | April 25, 2018 | 27 Sep 2018 | Carol Banker | Carina Adly MacKenzie | 1.03 million |
| 82 | 3 | Do not leave me! | Ne me quince pas | 2nd May 2018 | 4th Oct 2018 | Joseph Morgan | KC Perry & Michelle Paradise | 0.90 million |
| 83 | 4th | Plague or cholera | Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea | May 9, 2018 | Oct 11, 2018 | Michael Grossman | Beau DeMayo & Kyle Arrington | 0.76 million |
| 84 | 5 | shame | Don't It Just Break Your Heart | May 16, 2018 | Oct 18, 2018 | Jeffrey W. Byrd | Jeffrey Lieber Idea: Bianca Sams & Jeffrey Lieber |
0.80 million |
| 85 | 6th | What will i have left? | What, Will, I, Have, Left | 29 May 2018 | Oct 25, 2018 | Charles Michael Davis | Marguerite MacIntyre | 0.82 million |
| 86 | 7th | And God will cloud the water | God's Gonna Trouble the Water | 5th June 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 | Carl Seaton | Bianca Sams & Julie Plec | 0.77 million |
| 87 | 8th | The key puzzle | The Kindness of Strangers | June 12, 2018 | Nov 8, 2018 | Kellie Cyrus | Beau DeMayo & Carina Adly MacKenzie | 0.86 million |
| 88 | 9 | Which side do you choose? | We have not long to love | 19th June 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Bethany Rooney | KC Perry & Michelle Paradise | 0.77 million |
| 89 | 10 | In the disappearing light | There in the Disappearing Light | July 10, 2018 | Nov 22, 2018 | Daniel Gillies | Eva McKenna & Jeffrey Lieber | 0.77 million |
| 90 | 11 | Until death do us part | Til the Day I Die | 18th July 2018 | Nov 29, 2018 | Geoff Shotz | Kyle Arrington & Marguerite MacIntyre | 0.68 million |
| 91 | 12 | Once upon a time there were two wolves | The Tale of Two Wolves | July 25, 2018 | Dec 6, 2018 | Rudy Persico | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Julie Plec | 0.85 million |
| 92 | 13 | Farewell forever | When The Saints Go Marching In | Aug 1, 2018 | December 13, 2018 | Lance Anderson | Jeffrey Dear Idea: Julie Plec |
0.86 million |
Web links
- Episode list in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Episode list at TheFutonCritic.com
- List of episodes at Fernsehserien.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amanda Kondolojy: Thursday Final Ratings: 'The Vampire Diaries', 'The Big Bang Theory' & 'American Idol' Adjusted Up . In: TVbytheNumbers.com . April 26, 2013. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ↑ The Originals: Season 1 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ↑ The Originals: Season 1 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ The Originals: Season One Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . May 14, 2014. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ↑ The Originals: Season 2 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ↑ The Originals: Season 2 . In: Fernsehserien.de . Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ↑ The Originals: Season Two Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
- ↑ Matt Webb Mitovich: The CW Arrow, Supernatural, The 100, Reign, Jane and 3 Others . In: TVLine.com . January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
- ^ The Originals: Season Three Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2016.
- ^ The Originals: Season Four Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . July 20, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ↑ The Originals: Season Five Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . August 2, 2018. Retrieved November 23, 2018.