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07-12-2022, 08:10 PM
https://www.looper.com/925319/the-untold-truth-of-legacies/
BY XANDRA HARBET/JULY 12, 2022 3:36 PM EDT
"Legacies" (https://www.looper.com/430941/things-only-adults-notice-in-legacies/) is a fitting title for the show that closed out the legacy of "The Vampire Diaries" (https://www.looper.com/387343/the-vampire-diaries-universe-timeline-explained/) franchise. While "The Originals" headed to New Orleans in 2013, "Legacies" went back to Mystic Falls in 2018 to end the franchise where it began. The original show and its two spinoffs are nothing if not a roller coaster ride, churning out some of the most compelling vampires (https://www.looper.com/260465/the-best-tv-vampires-ranked/) and other beasties we've ever seen on TV.
Sadly, "Legacies" faced an untimely cancellation following The CW merger, and the show left the air with a slightly rushed yet altogether satisfactory ending, given the circumstances. "Legacies" is a love letter to "Vampire Diaries" fans that takes what fans loved most about the original show — the legacy of Mystic Falls and the Salvatore brothers in a school setting — and pairs it with the Mikaelson family dynamics of "The Originals."
With Alaric Saltzman (Matthew Davis) heading up a supernatural boarding school, Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) frequently playing the lovable martyr, and the Saltzman twins (Jenny Boyd and Kaylee Bryant) causing magical mayhem, it's a match made in heaven. Of course, we know all of the juicy details about what went on in the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. But what happened behind the scenes when the cameras weren't rolling?
BY XANDRA HARBET/JULY 12, 2022 3:36 PM EDT
"Legacies" (https://www.looper.com/430941/things-only-adults-notice-in-legacies/) is a fitting title for the show that closed out the legacy of "The Vampire Diaries" (https://www.looper.com/387343/the-vampire-diaries-universe-timeline-explained/) franchise. While "The Originals" headed to New Orleans in 2013, "Legacies" went back to Mystic Falls in 2018 to end the franchise where it began. The original show and its two spinoffs are nothing if not a roller coaster ride, churning out some of the most compelling vampires (https://www.looper.com/260465/the-best-tv-vampires-ranked/) and other beasties we've ever seen on TV.
Sadly, "Legacies" faced an untimely cancellation following The CW merger, and the show left the air with a slightly rushed yet altogether satisfactory ending, given the circumstances. "Legacies" is a love letter to "Vampire Diaries" fans that takes what fans loved most about the original show — the legacy of Mystic Falls and the Salvatore brothers in a school setting — and pairs it with the Mikaelson family dynamics of "The Originals."
With Alaric Saltzman (Matthew Davis) heading up a supernatural boarding school, Hope Mikaelson (Danielle Rose Russell) frequently playing the lovable martyr, and the Saltzman twins (Jenny Boyd and Kaylee Bryant) causing magical mayhem, it's a match made in heaven. Of course, we know all of the juicy details about what went on in the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted. But what happened behind the scenes when the cameras weren't rolling?