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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – Ian Somerholder, Wild Bill doesn’t want to let  you go.  But he has to.  We have to.

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This is it.  It’s the final season for Vampire Diaries on NOLA 38, the CW.

It all started back on September 10, 2009.  The pilot attracted the biggest audience for any pilot ever for the CW.

Then in 2013, The Originals  arrived on the air as a vampire spin-off.

As for how Vampire Diaries ends?

Well, if you ask Ian Somerhalder, he thinks the vampire brothers should maybe fly off to the Caribbean for one last bloodthirsty hurrah.

Ian tells TV Guide they could “just sit on a beach all night drinking Caribbean rum, and when the sun comes up, share one last toast, give each other a hug, take off their rings and throw them into the water.”

Well, we’ll be watching.