Pilot (The Vampire Diaries)
| "Pilot" | |
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| The Vampire Diaries episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Marcos Siega |
| Teleplay by | |
| Production code | 296766 |
| Original air date | September 10, 2009 |
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"Pilot" is the pilot episode of The CW television series, The Vampire Diaries, as well as the first episode of the series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The teleplay was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and it directed by Marcos Siega.
The episode begins with a couple, Darren Malloy (Steve Belford) and Brooke Fenton (Cindy Bushy), driving their car when suddenly they hit someone. They stop to see if the person is injured, however both of them end up being killed by this person.
In the small Virginia town of Mystic Falls, Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) and her brother Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) cannot come to grips with the fact that their parents have recently died and that they are being looked after by their aunt, Jenna (Sara Canning), who acts more like their friend than a parent. Elena becomes emotionally withdrawn after recently breaking up with her boyfriend, Matt, while Jeremy turns to drugs to avoid dealing with his own feelings. At school, Elena bumps into the mysterious new student Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) who attracts Elena's attention.
Elena goes to the cemetery to visit her parents and write in her diary. While writing, a crow appears and refuses to move even when she attempts to scare it away. Suddenly, fog begins to cover everything and Elena starts running, dropping her journal. She trips, gets hurt, and upon standing up, finds Stefan there. While they talk, the smell of blood from Elena's leg seems to cause some changes in Stefan's face who vanishes all of a sudden. He later goes to Elena's house to apologize for vanishing and returns her journal to her.
At the Salvatore house, Zach (Chris William Martin), after seeing the news about the two people who were attacked by an animal, asks Stefan why he came back and why Stefan attacked these people despite his promise not to hurt anyone. Stefan denies that he had anything to do with the attack and leaves to attend the campfire party where Elena will be.
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