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The Originals is a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries. This series centers around the Mikaelson siblings, Klaus, Elijah, and Rebekah. Klaus Mikaelson, the original vampire-werewolf hybrid, returns to his past in New Orleans and meets with his former protege, Marcel, a charismatic vampire with control over the city';s inhabitants. Elijah follow him and learns that werewolf Hayley is in the hands of a powerful witch, Sophie Deveraux. Elijah finds that Hayley is pregnant and feels that the Original family may have been given a second chance at humanity. Klaus is more interested in Marcel who has control over the city';s supernatural inhabitants. Klaus decides that he wants his city back.
This all feels a bit like a shaggy dog has wandered onto the show to tell a story with as many loops, turns, twists, ironies and details as fans can possibly absorb or tolerate.
It's House of Cards, with a werewolf/vampire hybrid instead of a charming but ruthless Southern senator. Which, in these hyper-partisan times, just might work.
There are so many vampires and undeads and such on television these days that this crew is going to have a hard time getting attention, especially if the show continues to be as much of a grab bag as the pilot episode is.
Even though the story repeats what is already known to Vampire Diaries fans, the suave presence of Elijah and the vicious hotness of Klaus should be plenty to keep the converted around.