Author: Lauren Piester / Source: E! Online

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Always and forever no more.
The Originals just signed off for good, and while that world will be back in the upcoming spinoff Legacies, there are a couple of brothers who definitely will not be making an appearance.
Most of tonight’s finale was a goodbye to Klaus (Joseph Morgan), who knew he had to die in order to get rid of the dark magic that had been destroying Hope (Danielle Rose Russell) and was now camped out inside him.
He got his entire family back together for a sort of funeral, and everyone was essentially having a better time than they’ve ever had on this show while giving us a few perfect closing moments.
Rebekah (Claire Holt) plans to use Klaus’ secret store of cure and become human, while also marrying Marcel (Charles Michael Davis). Freya (Riley Voelkel) and Keelin (Christina Moses) plan to have kids with the help of Vincent (Yusuf Gatewood). Even Klaus and Caroline (Candice King) had a moment, with Caroline giving him a kiss after advising him that he absolutely needed to say goodbye to his daughter. And then when he did have the moment with his future spinoff star Hope, it was essentially the perfect way to send her off into her own show.
Then, it came time for Klaus to actually kill himself, and he found that he wasn’t alone. Elijah (Daniel Gillies) had decided it was also his time to go, and he said his goodbyes to the family as well before breaking the white oak stake into two pieces so the two brothers could use them to kill each other, which they did.

Back at the beginning of the season, we asked both Morgan and Gillies to reflect on their time as the tortured Mikaelson brothers and what made them most proud when they looked back on the show, and their answers were as different as Klaus and Elijah.
Daniel Gillies:
“I never stopped caring. I’m someone who’s not very pleased with any of his work. I don’t watch the show. I don’t like to watch the show, because I don’t like seeing my work. I always think I could have done a scene better, and it’s just…
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