Front Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Every Episode is Huge: The Making of The Vampire Diaries -- Julie Plec's Epic To-Do List -- Julie Plec on Finding Her Stride as Showrunner -- Episode Guide: Season 4 -- 4.01 Growing Pains -- Tyler Cook on Editing for TVD -- 4.02 Memorial -- Writer Jose Molina on the Damon Cemetery Moment -- Meanwhile in Fell's Church: Bloodsharing -- 4.03 The Rager -- 4.04 The Five -- Director Joshua Butler on "The Five" -- 4.05 The Killer -- 4.06 We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes -- Caroline Dries on Her Fellow Writers -- 4.07 My Brother's Keeper -- 4.08 We'll Always Have Bourbon Street -- Caroline Dries on the Sire Bond -- 4.09 O Come, All Ye Faithful -- Director Pascal Verschooris on "O Come, All Ye Faithful" -- 4.10 After School Special -- 4.11 Catch Me If You Can -- Tyler Cook on Editing "Catch Me If You Can" -- 4.12 A View to a Kill -- Dave Perkal on TVD's Cinematography -- 4.13 Into the Wild -- 4.14 Down the Rabbit Hole -- The Five & Their Wonderful Toys -- 4.15 Stand By Me -- Ode to the Gilbert House -- 4.16 Bring It On -- Editor Tyler Cook on the Show's Tone -- 4.17 Because the Night -- Michael Suby on Composing for Silas -- 4.18 American Gothic -- 4.19 Pictures of You -- Michael Suby on the Music of The Vampire Diaries -- 4.20 The Originals -- Filming "The Originals" -- Tyler Cook on The Originals Pilot -- 4.21 She's Come Undone -- Caroline Dries on Making Product Placement Work -- 4.22 The Walking Dead -- Caroline Dries on Creating Silas -- Making Threats -- 4.23 Graduation -- Tyler Cook on "Graduation" -- Name Calling -- Looking Back and Looking Ahead -- Music in Season 4 -- The Vampire Diaries Timeline -- Seasons 1, 2, and 3 Recaps -- Selected Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Back Cover.