Every Actor's Best season?
With the 8th and final season coming to an end and the unfortunate closing of the message boards, I wanted to make one last post on this board for old times’ sake. what season was every main character best acting accumulatively? And then a little bonus if you want to pick a few scenes from other seasons that you enjoyed as well your welcome to. No need to read all of my extremely long post, you can just post the best seasons for the actors lol
Paul Wesley: I would say Paul's best seasons were either season 1 or 3, I think I'm leaning towards season three because of the struggle he faced basically the entire season with his actions. I think some of his highlights were 3x05 "The Reckoning" when Stefan is compelled to attack Elena, I thought Paul did a great job showing the struggle and anguish trying to resist. Another would be 3x07 "Ghost World" he did some impressive work with the torture scene with Lexi, and his Dialogue with Her and Elena throughout the episode. 3x11 “Our Town” Stefan abducting Elena and the scene on Wickery Bridge was a great scene between those two, Nina really brought it that scene. Paul was able to play off of her extremely well. 3x14 "Dangerous Liaisons" seeing how close Elena and Damon were getting, Paul did a good job showing the torment he was feeling from what he did to Elena and seeing that he was losing her more and more, the scene with Nina after the dance outside the Gilbert House was a great one where you see Stefan finally showing emotion when confronted by Elena. 3x16 “1912” getting more history on Stefan losing control and becoming the “Ripper of Monterrey” was interesting and then when Damon tries to help Stefan and Elena walks by was another nonverbal scene that Paul was great in. 3x20 “Do Not go Gentle” Stefan and Elena in the gymnasium was another great scene for Paul. 3x22 Scene with Stefan over Elena’s body in the morgue is heartbreaking. Other highlights are Paul’s scenes in the beginning of the season with his humanity off even a little humor thrown in there. Bonus scenes would be the scenes between Paul and Ian the Salvatore brother scenes are always a favorite, 6x05 when Damon returns in the crypt while Stefan’s mourning is an all-time favorite for sure. And Paul’s scenes with Arielle Kebbel are always a favorite as well, Lexi’s scenes in her return in season 4 are heartbreaking.
Nina Dobrev: Nina is harder to decide which was her best season because after season 1 she’s regularly playing two characters which her work with differentiating Katherine and Elena being amazing. If I had to choose her best season for me was probably either season 2 or 3 again leaning towards 3 because of the conflict her character was facing with the feelings for the brothers, the danger that Klaus and the Originals brought to her and her friends. 3x01 “The Birthday” I enjoyed her work in the episode, the highlight of the episode for me was the phone call. Her emotion she brought to the scene was great, the hope she had that it was Stefan on the other end of the phone was emotional. 3x03 “The End of the Affair” was another good episode with Nina and Paul in the closet and then outside the club. 3x11 “Our Town” On wickery bridge after Stefan kidnaps Elena, as previously stated Nina really brought her A game in that scene it was honestly hard to watch her breaking down in that scene. More and more scenes from this season were great but I feel I have to bring up the scene from season 5 where she played 3 different characters, pretty amazing job!
Ian Somerhalder: Ian’s I think by far was season 2 starting with the first episode with the heartbreak of learning that Katherine was always in love with Stefan. Then the stretch of episodes dealing with his emotions after Rose died and his frustration with his feeling for Elena were great work by Ian. From 2x11 to 2x13 are impressive. Ian’s scene where he confesses he wants to be human more than anything was a highpoint for him, for a character that tries to bury the human side of him it was nice to see that side of him. Then of course the dream sequence with Rose was amazingly acted on both parts and written well. There were more scenes that I enjoyed from the season as well but to the bonus scenes, like Paul I enjoy the Salvatore brother scenes Paul and Ian both always seem to bring 100% to these scenes. Another great bonus scene was 3x20 when Damon and Alaric are in the crypt waiting for Alaric to die.
Candice King: I’d have to say season 2 was Candice’s best season as well, season 2 was the paramount season for the character of Caroline. Turning into a vampire and growing into herself was origin story of her character, basically everything Caroline is in now started in season 2. 2x02 when Caroline first turned into a vampire you saw more of Candice’s acting ability. And in 2x03 was the first time that I really began to like the character. And from then on I’ve enjoyed the character.
Kat Graham: Kat is tougher to pin point because there’s been seasons where she’s really pushed to the sidelines and doesn’t get the screen time as others. But season 2 she was a focal point and that built up from the beginning of the season to the end where Bonnie was finding herself as a witch and becoming the weapon to kill Klaus. So, I’d say season 2 was her best season as well, I thought the beginning of season 6 she did good work with Damon and Kai.
Matt Davis: Matt Davis best season was season 3 that was by far his biggest workload I believe, I really enjoyed his scenes throughout the whole season. I always found Alaric’s scenes to be refreshing. Always enjoyed his relationship with Jeremy and Elena, like his relationship with Jenna which made the beginning of season 3 pretty sad when he thought they’d be better off without him. Probably one of the most memorable scenes of the whole show for me will always be 3x20 when he comes out of the crypt and sees the everybody standing there saying goodbye while the “Be Still” by the fray plays.
Michael Trevino: Michael’s was season 2, finding out the mythology of his family and becoming a werewolf was his best work. The scenes where he transitions into a werewolf were intense and the physical work he showed was great. Also, his emotional work dealing with the struggle of becoming a werewolf were great too. I felt bad for him when he left town with Jules, I think the song added to the scene as well. I mean overall, I’d say he was the weakest link in the cast but he had his moments.
Zach Roerig: Zach is definitely harder to pinpoint not really ever having a lot of screen time. Not regularly watching the last two seasons I can’t tell what his workload is like but in the first six seasons I think the most screen time he had as a whole was probably season 1. Although I watched the scene of him finding Tyler’s body in the trunk of the car and it was a very sad scene. Matt losing his best friend was difficult to watch.
Michael M: Seeing as I only consistently watched the first six seasons I really don’t have a big scope to choose from, So I’d say season 5 was probably his best season, his St. Augustine storyline was interesting and I thought he did a good job. Even brought a little comedy to the show that was enjoyable.
Steven Mcqueen: I'd say season 3 for him as well, never was a big fan of Jeremy. But he had some good moments in this season probably his best moment was 3x20 when Alaric was going to die. Very sad scene!
I could have written more for each actor but it was already a long post as it is.