What the Cast of The Vampire Diaries Has Said About the End of the Show

"I think it feels like a good place," Malarkey said during press interviews. "Where do you stop, otherwise? It can become a kind of cop show, an episodic thing like Scooby-Doo. The great thing about this, by doing a shorter season with an end point in sight is that they can really hone the focus, drive it toward the end, as opposed to going, 'What can we throw in now to keep everything occupied?'"