'The Originals' Ending After Season 5 on the CW

The CW's The Originals will be coming to an end after the upcoming fifth season.On Thursday, [...]

By Hunter Miller

The CW's The Originals will be coming to an end after the upcoming fifth season.

On Thursday, showrunner Julie Plec took to Twitter to make the announcement. The revelation came one year after announcing the conclusion of the show's parent series, The Vampire Diaries.

"It's both a gift and a burden to be able to control the ending of a series," Plec wrote. "Many shows are not lucky enough to have a hand in deciding when the end has come."

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Read Julie Plec's full statement below:

"I'm packing my bags for Comic-Con, realizing it's been a year since we announced the end of The Vampire Diaries. It feels only fitting to use this anniversary to make a second farewell announcement:

"This year, we invite you to help us say goodbye to The Originals, which begins shootings its fifth and final season on Monday.

"It is both a gift and a burden to be able to control the ending of a series. Many shows are not lucky enough to have a hand in deciding when the end has come. Being able to celebrate the completion of The Vampire Diaries was a joyful and deeply emotional ride, a luxury gifted by Mark Pedowitz at The CW and Peter Roth at WBTV, who, was TV fans themselves, know what it means when a fan is able to say a true goodbye.

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"Ending a show is always bittersweet, but for me, it's a true blessing to be a part of making that choice. I want each actor to play their last scene as their character, and to put their character to bed with grace and care. For each craftsman to take a final walk on the sets they built, the lights they've hung. To choose the final song or score the final scene. To turn out the lights at the end of the last day, knowing that they can take a moment to be proud of all that they've created, and to say goodbye before they walk out the door for the last time. And I want the fans to be able to go along on that ride with us.

"So please, join us at Comic-Con and as we move ahead with our final season of The Originals. Celebrate with us, cry with us, visit with us, watch us next spring when we air...and know that in a show about an immortal family who believes in 'Always and Forever,' it's never really the end of the story," she wrote.

The Originals stars Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Phoebe Tonkin, Charles Michael Davis, Yusuf Gatewood and Riley Voelkel.

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