'The Vampire Diaries' Season 8 Air Date, Spoilers, News & Update: A Major Character Dies? Everything That We Need To Know!

By Carrie Winters - 22 Oct '16 07:28AM

"The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 is confirmed to be the final season of the series. It is speculated that there may be several deaths that will happen in the season finale including a major character.

In a report from Bustle, there is a death of a major character in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 but it does not happen in the first episode. It may happen in the middle of the season when all the characters are in place for the series.

It can be recalled that in the previous season Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo (Michael Malarkey) entered a restricted place. They needed to kill the final Everlasting inside the vault in order to save Bon-Bon. However, when the entered the vault, they disappeared. It remains to be a mystery what happened to them until "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 premieres.

Meanwhile Showrunner Julie Plec shares her thoughts about "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 in a report from ET. Plec expressed that having Nina Dobrev come back to the series as Elena is a good thing. In fact they both spoke about the role and for Dobrev to come back.

Plec also shares that she is excited to have Dobrev back in "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8. She also added that there may be a lot of things that can happen in a final season especially on the love stories of the characters. It can be of a variety of reasons on what they can do to the relationships.

It is likely that the final season of "The Vampire Diaries" may kill off a major character. The series is known for several deaths then it is a possibility, to happen in the season finale. Whoever the character may be, the premiere of the last season is worth the wait.

Additionally, it already has been reported by News Everyday that Nina Dobrev is going back to "The Vampire Diaries" Season 8. It is also stated in the same report that a speculation of Kirsten Stewart is going to join the show.

"The Vampire Diaries" Season 8 returns on October 21, 2016.