The Vampire Diaries: Stefan’s Top 10 Best Moments

As the “hero” of a show, a character can sometimes get overlooked in favor of villains or flashier anti heroes. But on TVD, every character gets to shine, even the good guys. To boot, we the viewers have been lucky enough to witness a whole different side of Stefan, which has given the mightily talented Paul Wesley even more chance to shine in Season 3. Here is my list of Stefan’s best ever moments of the series.

10 - Brave New World/Bad Moon Rising-Stefan Helps Caroline Adjust to Being a Vampire: I love Stefan when he’s being a friend. Caroline had been turned by Katherine, Damon had tried to kill her, and Bonnie had rejected her. If ever a girl needed a friend, this was it and Stefan stepped up to the plate admirably. That’s the kind of friend I want to be.

9 - The Sacrifice-Stefan Saves Jeremy from Katherine: Jeremy’s plan to get the Moonstone from Katherine went about as well as any Gilbert plan: badly. Stefan couldn’t leave Jeremy trapped with Katherine so he took Jer’s place, to Katherine’s delight and at the expense of leaving Elena in Damon’s care. Heroes just don’t let innocent (albeit sometimes stupid) boys be trapped in tombs with 500 year old psychopathic vampires.

8- Founder’s Day: Stefan Saves Damon: This one makes the list because let’s face it, Season 1 Damon was mostly a brutal sadistic bastard. But Stefan braved a raging inferno to save him. He had no idea that Bonnie was going to help, he just did it. Because. And I loved it.

7 - Daddy Issues-Stefan Gets Caroline What She Needs After She’s Tortured: Here’s another thing a real friend does. He knows when he can’t give you what you need, so he brings you people who can. Caroline was abused by a man and then betrayed by a male friend. She didn’t need his shoulder to cry on. Stefan intuitively knew this and so he brought her the right people: Elena and Caroline. Another stellar example of what real friendship is. However, Brady didn’t get off so easily…

Spoiler: We will weep for Stefan?

Spoiler: Flashback about Stelena

"Vampire Diaries" fans, you're suffering through yet another hiatus at the moment, and we sympathize. We know you're fiending for any spoilery tidbit you can get about the episodes coming up after the break, and we're here to help you wade through all the rumors and figure out what's real and what's not. March 15 will come before you know it!

First of all, yes, it's true that the Gilbert parents, Miranda and Grayson, are currently being cast. Of course, these are Elena's adoptive parents (and Jeremy's biological ones!) who died when their car crashed off Wickery Bridge before the pilot. With Wickery Bridge in the process of being restored after the fundraiser, we're leading up to a big unveiling, which is sure to bring back memories for Elena.

Press Release: Episode 3.18 - The Murder of One

SAVIOR OF THE CURSED AND THE DAMNED — Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) focus a new project that will bring them closer to destroying Klaus (Joseph Morgan), and they quickly bring Elena (Nina Dobrev), Caroline (Candice Accola) and Matt (Zach Roerig) in on the plan. After Klaus threatens someone close to Bonnie (Kat Graham), she has no choice but to work on the spell he needs. Meanwhile, Klaus and Rebekah (guest star Claire Holt) find the perfect motivator to convince Finn (guest star Caspar Zafer) to cooperate with them, but Rebekah is more interested in her own brutal plan to take revenge on Damon. Stefan’s emotional turmoil leads him to a dangerous confrontation with Klaus and, later, to a heartbreaking moment with Elena.
J. Miller Tobin directed the episode written by Caroline Dries (#318).

Paul and Torrey talking about Stelena.