▁Stefan ▁Salv atore ▁( Paul ▁Wes ley ). ▁Their ▁lives ▁grow ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁complicated ▁as ▁Stefan ' s ▁v icious ▁older ▁v amp ire ▁brother ▁Dam on ▁Salv atore ▁( I an ▁Som er hal der ) ▁also ▁returns ▁to ▁town ▁with ▁a ▁vend etta ▁against ▁his ▁brother ▁and ▁the ▁city ▁found ers ' ▁descend ants . ▁However ▁Dam on ▁quickly ▁becomes ▁their ▁greatest ▁al ly ▁in ▁their ▁fight ▁against ▁evil . ▁ ▁Series ▁over view ▁ ▁Epis odes ▁ ▁Season ▁ 1 ▁( 2 0 0 9 – 1 0 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 2 ▁( 2 0 1 0 – 1 1 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 3 ▁( 2 0 1 1 – 1 2 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 4 ▁( 2 0 1 2 – 1 3 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 5 ▁( 2 0 1 3 – 1 4 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 6 ▁( 2 0 1 4 – 1 5 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 7 ▁( 2 0 1 5 – 1 6 ) ▁ ▁Season ▁ 8 ▁( 2 0 1 6 – 1 7 ) ▁ ▁Spe ci als ▁ ▁Rat ings ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ▁Category : List s ▁of ▁American ▁fant asy ▁television ▁series ▁episodes ▁Category : List s ▁of ▁American ▁horror - super natural ▁television ▁series ▁episodes <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁western ▁sp otted ▁thick - to ed ▁ge cko ▁( P ach yd act yl us ▁ser val ) ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁l izard ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁G