The original is the Spinoff of the vampire diaries, one of the best television shows I have ever watched. So it had a lot of to live up to and did it well. It did and more. The the the originals review original family of of the vampires, the oldest and the strongest vampires in the history of time. They were introduced in the second season of TVD cloud and season third main storyline was all about the Michael and family, the originals