I can obviously think of a gazillion reasons to love it, but 10 seems like a round number...

1. The action is so fast and amazing it makes you fear blinking in case you miss something...

2. Hello?? Damon Salvatore's in the show!!

3. Several truly gasp-worthy moments in EVERY episode.

4. The Originals!! Sure, I'm not their biggest fan, but they spruce the show up a lot and make it a lot more interesting.

5. Flashbacks. Whether its the Originals 1000 years ago or Damon and Elena meeting just 1 year ago, you can never get enough of the flashbacks...

6. The truly beautiful main cast... from Nina Dobrev to Ian Somerhalder, the show does not lack looks!

7. The truly drool-worthy guest stars... who was that guy who played Ben again?

8. Damon and Stefan's influences... Stefan had Lexi, Damon had Sage... if Sage hadn't been there, Damon wouldn't have been as thrilling... he would be a more grounded (if possible) version of Stefan.

9. The whole "Sun and Moon curse is fake" thing. Totally didn't see that coming.

10. The diary entries. Sure, they got written out not far through season 1, but that was what made the show up until that point... without them, the show would just be "The Vampire." No Diaries.