The Vampire Diaries

Season 7 (2015–2016): Nora Hildegard and Mary Louise’s established partnership, conflicts and reconciliation recur throughout the Heretics storyline.

Ended2009United States8 seasons · 171 episodes

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Life in Mystic Falls becomes increasingly difficult to separate from the supernatural history beneath it. Elena Gilbert and the people around her are drawn into relationships where affection and danger can arrive from the same direction. In the seventh season, the arrival of the Heretics introduces Nora Hildegard and Mary Louise, partners whose long relationship has endured a world that offered little space for it. Freedom brings new opportunities as well as old disagreements, and their attachment becomes part of the season’s wider struggle for control. The series places their story within an ensemble of shifting loyalties, where surviving together does not make understanding one another any easier.

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Supporting sapphic storylineDrama Romance Supernatural

Sapphic characters & cast

Scarlett Byrne

as Nora Hildegard

Supporting sapphic character

1990-10-06Libra

Teressa Liane

as Mary Louise

Supporting sapphic character

1988-03-11Pisces

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Details & credits

Country: United States
Language: English
Premiere: 2009-09-10
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 171

Image credits

Poster: TVmaze series artwork catalogue · Source
Scarlett Byrne: Performer publicity via LezWatch.TV · Source
Teressa Liane: Performer publicity via LezWatch.TV · Source

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