Paul Wesley plays Stefan with a coiled intensity. He is soft-spoken, almost boringly polite, but the pilot peppers in moments of danger. When a jock named Tyler Lockwood shoves him, Stefan’s eyes flash yellow (a precursor to the show’s later VFX), and his face veins bulge. In one second, the nice guy vanishes. We see the monster underneath.
The episode establishes the series' core supernatural elements and its central love triangle. Here is an interesting look at the story told in the "Pilot": The Arrival of the Brothers : Elena is immediately drawn to Stefan Salvatore The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Ep 1
The charming, malevolent older brother who embraces his vampiric nature and feeds on humans without remorse. Paul Wesley plays Stefan with a coiled intensity
The pilot ends with Damon revealing his hand: he is in Mystic Falls not just to torment his brother, but to free Katherine from the tomb they believe she is trapped in. The last shot of the episode—Damon wiping blood from his mouth after attacking the waitress Vicki—tells the audience one thing: this town is doomed. In one second, the nice guy vanishes
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