On December 13, The CW will viewers a chance to catch up on this season's first 10 episodes of The Vampire Diaries.

Or for fans to simply re-watch these installments because, let's face it, can you ever get enough of Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore?

Ready to hop in for a week-long trip with the Salvatore brothers?

Over five consecutive nights, the network will air two hours' worth of the pulse-pounding show, beginning with "The Return" and concluding on Friday, December 17 with "The Sacrifice," which won't originally air until December 2.

Following each episode, we encourage readers to visit TV Fanatic and read through our take. Agree or disagree with our critic, the section of Vampire Diaries reviews always keeps fans buzzing.

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