The third season of The Originals premiered on The CW on October 8, 2015, and concluded on May 20, 2016. It was announced on January 11, 2015.
The season aired on Thursday nights in the fall, and Friday nights in the winter and spring at 9:00 p.m. following The Vampire Diaries.
It arrived on DVD and Blu-ray on September 20, 2016.
Synopsis[]
Cast[]
Main cast[]
- Joseph Morgan as Niklaus "Klaus" Mikaelson
- Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
- Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall-Kenner
- Charles Michael Davis as Marcellus "Marcel" Gerard
- Leah Pipes as Camille "Cami" O'Connell
- Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire
- Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent Griffith
- Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson
Recurring cast[]
Episodes[]
| No. in series | No. in season | Episode title | Written by | Directed by | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 1 | "For the Next Millennium" | Michael Narducci | Lance Anderson | October 8, 2015 |
| 46 | 2 | "You Hung the Moon" | Carina Adly MacKenzie | Jeffrey Hunt | October 15, 2015 |
| 47 | 3 | "I'll See You in Hell or New Orleans" | Declan de Barra & Michelle Paradise | Michael Grossman | October 22, 2015 |
| 48 | 4 | "A Walk on the Wild Side" | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | Matt Hastings | October 29, 2015 |
| 49 | 5 | "The Axeman's Letter" | Michael Russo & Diane Ademu-John | Michael Allowitz | November 5, 2015 |
| 50 | 6 | "Beautiful Mistake" | Kyle Arrington & Christopher Hollier | Steven DePaul | November 12, 2015 |
| 51 | 7 | "Out of the Easy" | Beau DeMayo & Michelle Paradise | Bethany Rooney | November 19, 2015 |
| 52 | 8 | "The Other Girl in New Orleans" | Michael Russo & Michael Narducci | Kellie Cyrus | December 3, 2015 |
| 53 | 9 | "Savior" | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Diane Ademu-John | Matt Hastings | December 10, 2015 |
| 54 | 10 | "A Ghost Along the Mississippi" | Declan de Barra | Michael Grossman | January 29, 2016 |
| 55 | 11 | "Wild at Heart" | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | John Hyams | February 5, 2016 |
| 56 | 12 | "Dead Angels" | Kyle Arrington & Michael Narducci | Darren Genet | February 12, 2016 |
| 57 | 13 | "Heart Shaped Box" | Michelle Paradise & Christopher Hollier | Chris Grismer | February 19, 2016 |
| 58 | 14 | "A Streetcar Named Desire" | Beau DeMayo & Diane Ademu-John | Matt Hastings | February 26, 2016 |
| 59 | 15 | "An Old Friend Calls" | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Michael Russo | Jeffrey Hunt | March 4, 2016 |
| 60 | 16 | "Alone with Everybody" | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | Hanelle Culpepper | April 1, 2016 |
| 61 | 17 | "Behind the Black Horizon" | Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John | Joseph Morgan | April 8, 2016 |
| 62 | 18 | "The Devil Comes Here and Sighs" | Kyle Arrington & Michelle Paradise | Jesse Warn | April 15, 2016 |
| 63 | 19 | "No More Heartbreaks" | Celeste Vasquez & Michael Narducci | Millicent Shelton | April 29, 2016 |
| 64 | 20 | "Where Nothing Stays Buried" | Carina Adly MacKenzie & Christopher Hollier | John Hyams | May 6, 2016 |
| 65 | 21 | "Give 'Em Hell, Kid" | Ashley Lyle & Bart Nickerson | Jeffrey Hunt | May 13, 2016 |
| 66 | 22 | "The Bloody Crown" | Beau DeMayo & Diane Ademu-John | Matt Hastings | May 20, 2016 |
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The Originals official third season poster