<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Season </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Episodes </Th> <Th colspan="2"> Originally aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> First aired </Th> <Th> Last aired </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> September 10 , 2009 ( 2009 - 09 - 10 ) </Td> <Td> May 13 , 2010 ( 2010 - 05 - 13 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> September 9 , 2010 ( 2010 - 09 - 09 ) </Td> <Td> May 12 , 2011 ( 2011 - 05 - 12 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> September 15 , 2011 ( 2011 - 09 - 15 ) </Td> <Td> May 10 , 2012 ( 2012 - 05 - 10 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 23 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> October 11 , 2012 ( 2012 - 10 - 11 ) </Td> <Td> May 16 , 2013 ( 2013 - 05 - 16 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> 5 </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> October 3 , 2013 ( 2013 - 10 - 03 ) </Td> <Td> May 15 , 2014 ( 2014 - 05 - 15 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> 6 </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> October 2 , 2014 ( 2014 - 10 - 02 ) </Td> <Td> May 14 , 2015 ( 2015 - 05 - 14 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> 7 </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 22 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> October 8 , 2015 ( 2015 - 10 - 08 ) </Td> <Td> May 13 , 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 13 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td colspan="1"> 8 </Td> <Td colspan="2"> 16 </Td> <Td colspan="1"> October 21 , 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 21 ) </Td> <Td> March 10 , 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 10 ) </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the last episode of vampire diaries aired
March 10 , 2017