
"A good follow-up, but extremely confusing. The Return: Nightfall is perfect for fans of the hit CW TV show The Vampire Diaries, as well as fans of the original New York Times bestselling series who can’t wait to see what happens next with Elena, Stefan, and Damon. Even worse, a demon has taken possession of Damon, causing him to turn on his brother, Elena’s friends, and even on Elena herself. Darkness is infiltrating her hometown of Fell’s Church and is taking over the minds of young girls. Unfortunately, it’s not just vampires who are drawn to her.

Įlena Gilbert is back from the dead, but she’s come back changed-with newfound powers and blood that is irresistible to vampires, including Stefan and Damon Salvatore, the two vampire brothers who love her. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series. The Originals, by our calculation, should be leaving Netflix in August 2023 while Legacies won’t leave until 2027 at the absolute earliest because it’s still ongoing.Īre you glad The Vampire Diaries will be staying on Netflix for a while longer? Let us know in the comments.The Return: Nightfall is the fifth book in L.J. When that will be is completely blown open with this removal date not being in stone. The Originals is expected to eventually leave the service too as will another spin-off Legacies. In Latin America and Europe, the show is already exclusively available on HBO Max. Given the show’s availability internationally, you can almost guarantee that the show will be headed exclusively to HBO Max.

Long term, we still expect the show to eventually be removed in favor of a new home.


It also looks like Netflix managed to renew the rights to the series in Australia at the start of 2022 too given throughout December it was showing a removal notice but didn’t eventually come to fruition (something that can’t be said for the other regions that saw it removed). There is precedent given Netflix had renewed the show in the UK with having left in November 2020 before returning a few months later. One scenario we were keen to stress every time we’ve covered the removal is that Netflix could renew the show (or the removal prediction was wrong).
