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The Vampire Diaries S08E12, What Are You?S08E12

The Vampire Diaries · Season 8

The Vampire Diaries season 8 episode 12: What Are You?

Aired 10 February 201742 minRated TV-14

7.0TMDB · 11 votesMark watched

Where to watch The Vampire Diaries Season 8 in Australia

The Vampire Diaries season 8 is streaming in Australia on Prime Video (subscription), HBO Max (subscription) and Stan (subscription), and free on 9Now. You can also buy it on Apple TV from $29.99 and Fetch TV from $44.99.

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What happens in “What Are You?”

In order to save Stefan’s soul, Damon makes a deal with Cade to retrieve the Maxwell journal. Alaric and Matt refuse to hand the journal over as it may contain the key to destroying Cade. Caroline desperately tries to connect with Stefan before Cade goes through with his plan.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 12 of 16 of season 8, so watch episodes 1 to 11 first.
  • It runs about 42 minutes.
  • Directed by Darren Genet, written by Chad Fiveash and James Patrick Stoteraux.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.0 out of 10 (11 votes).

The Vampire Diaries trailer

The official trailer for the series (no preview of this episode has been published).

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Darren Genet
Writers
Chad FiveashJames Patrick Stoteraux
Guest stars
Chris Wood as Kai ParkerPersia White as Abby Bennett WilsonKristen Lee Gutoskie as SelineJaz Sinclair as Beatrice BennettDemetrius Bridges as Dorian WilliamsNathalie Kelley as SybilWolé Parks as CadeReece Odum as Karen

Credits: TMDB.

More from The Vampire Diaries Season 8

Previous · S08E11You Made a Choice to Be Good3 February 2017Next · S08E13The Lies Will Catch Up To You17 February 2017
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Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.