US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.22 "As I Lay Dying"

Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.22, As I Lay Dying
Original Air Date:  May 12, 2011

Damon has all but resigned himself to the fact he will die from the werewolf bite but Stefan hasn't given up.  When he and Bonnie try to find a spell to save Damon, Bonnie hears the witches say a name:  Klaus.  Stefan seeks out Klaus to find a cure for Damon's werewolf bite.  Caroline and her mother reach a new point in their relationship after Liz Forbes makes a deadly mistake.  Elena and Damon make peace in their troubled friendship.  Stefan makes a dark deal with Klaus.  Jeremy sees two old friends he thought he never would see again.

The morning after the ritual Elena is standing at the door of Jeremy's room watching him sleep.  She slowly closes the door then goes to the door of Jenna's room, looks inside for a second then closes the door.  Damon is waiting for her in the hall.  She asks what he wants and he says he wants to apologize.  He admits feeding her his blood was wrong and that he doesn't deserve her forgiveness but he needs it.  She tells him she needs some time, maybe a lot of it.  He nods and tells her to take all the time she needs.

Damon returns to the Salvatore house and removes his jacket then goes for a drink.  He looks at his bite, which is getting worse, then opens the curtains to allow the sun to stream into the room.  He stands before it, takes a drink then removes his protection ring.  He stands before the window as he starts to burn in the sunlight.  Stefan arrives and drags him from in front of the window.  Damon reminds Stefan about Rose but his brother doesn't care.  He takes Damon to the basement and locks him away telling him he isn't dying today.  Damon asks what the plan is and Stefan tells him they'll find something as he has Bonnie looking for something.  Damon tells his brother to just tell him goodbye and get it over with before collapsing in a fit of coughing.

Klaus awakens outside and Elijah throws his clothes to him.  He tells Klaus it's been almost two days and the full moon came and went and he remained a wolf.  Klaus is pleased to know he can change at will.  Elijah tells him he's been cleaning up his mess along the way, which Klaus comments is just like old times.  Elijah reminds him they have a bargain and that he gave him his word.  Klaus notes what kind of brother would break his bond even though Elijah tried to kill him.  When Elijah comments he could have but didn't, Klaus makes a point of telling him no one can kill him now, not even Elijah.  Elijah asks where they are and Klaus tells him he'll bring him to them soon enough.

A distraught Alaric is drinking heavily at the Grill when he receives a call from Stefan telling him about Damon.  He sobers up fast and asks Stefan what he needs.

Gone With the Wind is being shown on the square in Mystic Falls.  A few ladies and gentlemen are dressed in period dress and everyone is turning out for a fun evening.  Elena and Jeremy are planning on spending the night watching the movie as well.  He isn't too pleased about seeing a "girl movie" at first but she tells him they need to do it as it's a good three hour distraction from real life.  Caroline, chipper as ever, arrives with picnic baskets and the mentality that they need to take a page from Scarlett.  They all made it through the war, they've been through hell and her mother knows she's a vampire so it's basically like Atlanta has burned and, in spite of everything, they persevere.

Bonnie and Stefan are at the old plantation.  She's not sure it will work trying to contact Emily Bennett to find a way to help Damon.  She begins chanting and the candles light.  Stefan whispers her name and she opens her eyes saying "Emily".  She asks why Stefan is there and he says he needs to know if there's a spell to heal a werewolf bite.  She replies there isn't as nature ensures a balance to everything.  He asks if she's just saying 'no' because it's Damon and she says perhaps it's his time to die.  Stefan insists that isn't balance, it's punishment.  She insists she will not give him what he wants leading him to ask if there is an answer to give.  He begs her to tell him if she knows something; to help him save his brother.  Bonnie screams in pain and grabs her head and falls to the floor.  She tells Stefan they don't want them there and think she's abusing their power.  Stefan tells her they know something but didn't want to tell him and she admits she heard them say a name:  Klaus.

Carol Lockwood arrives at Liz Forbes' office wanting an update on where they are with the vampire situation.  When Liz tells her there have been some developments but she's handling it, Carol asks if she really is as she left her in charge the towns safety and she isn't seeing any results.  Liz again tells Carol she's handling it.  Carol curtly tells her to make sure she does because, if she can't, she'll find someone who will and leaves the office.

Stefan arrives at the town square and takes Elena aside.  He tells her about Damon's werewolf bite making her think differently of Damon's visit earlier that morning.  He admits Damon didn't want her to know but he tells her if she wants to talk to him, she shouldn't wait.  He tells her it isn't over and there might be a cure but he must find Klaus to get it.  She warns him Klaus will kill him but Stefan doesn't think so.  He feels that he's the reason Damon became a vampire in the first place and he owes it to him to find the cure if there is one.  They embrace and Stefan tells her to talk to Damon and tell him there's still hope.

A delirious Damon looks toward the door of the room he's locked in and sees a bedroom from the old Salvatore plantation.  Inside, Katherine is sitting before the mirror getting dressed.  Damon, dressed in his Civil War uniform, stops outside the room and watches her.  She informs him spying on a lady is a sign of very poor manners.  He enters the room and apologizes and asks him to help her with her corset strings.  She asks if he'll miss her while off defending the South and he admits he will.  She tells him to hurry back as she'll be lonely with him away.  When he comments Stefan should be company enough she turns to face him and asks if it's so wrong for her to want them both.  From the door, Elena calls to him asks if he can't see that she was toying with him and all he needed to do was say 'no'.  He had a choice and could have walked away.  Katherine turns his head to face her again asking him to promise her he'll return quickly.  He makes the promise and awakens in the basement room and looks at the worsening bite.

Stefan arrives at Alaric's apartment.  Katherine isn't happy because she's been waiting two days and should be free of Klaus' compulsion as he's supposed to be dead.  Stefan tells her they ran into complications.  He asks if she knows where he might be.  As they're struggling, they hear the door open and Katherine speaks to Klaus, who has returned with Elijah.  She pulls Stefan into view.  He tells Klaus he needs his help for his brother.  Klaus informs him it will have to wait as he has an obligation to his brother that requires his immediate attention.  Elijah reminds Stefan that he understands how important family is or he wouldn't be there and that his brother gave him his word he would reunite him with his family.  From behind him, Klaus tells Elijah "and so I shall".  When Elijah turns, Klaus plunges the dagger into Elijah, killing him.  After he falls to the floor, he pushes Stefan against the wall asking what they're going to do with him now.  He plunges a stake into Stefan as Katherine watches.  He tells him the stake is scraping against his heart and one little move would kill him.  Katherine points out Stefan is trying to help his brother and Stefan tells Klaus to make him a deal.  If he gives him the cure he'll do whatever he wants.  Klaus removes the stake and walks over to the counter where he pours some blood into a glass saying he's not sure if Stefan would be any good to him the way he is now.  He's just shy of useless.

As Damon is surveying his bite, Alaric arrives with a glass, Damon's ring and some liquor.  He pours Damon a drink.  Damon puts his ring on and asks if Stefan sent him for suicide watch.  Alaric points out Stefan is trying to help and Damon remarks he's trying to do what he always does:  trying to right the wrongs of the past.  Damon tells Alaric he should want him dead as he's the reason Jenna got killed but Alaric says he doesn't blame him for Jenna.  Damon then points out he turned Isobel into a vampire.  Alaric asks Damon for his glass as neither one of them are drunk enough for that conversation.  Damon reaches through the window on the door and grabs Alaric and begs him to kill him, something Alaric refuses to do.  Damon falls to the floor and says 'Elena'.  Alaric tells him she isn't there.  Outside, Elena drives up to the house and as she walking in, hears a noise.  She stops to listen and when she turns to go inside, Liz Forbes stops her, puts her hand over her mouth telling her not to make a sound.  Damon tells Alaric he needs blood and the latter goes to get him some.  While he's getting a bag of blood for Damon, Liz, gun raised, asks where he is.  The deputy calls to Liz from the hall and Alaric warns her not to go in with Damon.  She sees Damon on the ground and, when she goes into the room, he's nowhere to be seen.  From beside her, he says her name then grabs her and flings her against the wall.

At the square, the movie continues and Jeremy's phone rings.  Alaric asks if he's with Elena and Jeremy tells him she want to speak to Damon.  Alaric tells him Damon has escaped, the cops are looking for him and he's in bad shape so if he finds Elena he needs to get her somewhere safe.  Bonnie doesn't want Jeremy to become involved in the situation with Damon but he protests.  He tells her she can try to stop him but he's going to find his sister and walks away.

Klaus kneels next to Stefan to tell him a story he'd heard of one vampire who was on and off the wagon for decades.  When he was off, he was magnificent.  In 1917, he went into Monterrey and wiped out an entire migrant village.  He was a true ripper.  He asks Stefan if it sounds familiar and Stefan says he hasn't been that way in a very long time.  Klaus tells him that is the vampire he can make a deal with and the kind of talent he can use.  He asks Katherine to come to him.  When she does, he bites her wrist.  He then bites his own wrist and forces it to her mouth.  When his blood enters her system, the bite on her wrist begins to heal before their eyes.  He tells Stefan there is his cure.  Klaus blood is the cure for a werewolf bite.  Stefan puts his arm around Stefan's shoulders and leads him away to talk.

Damon staggers into the square and sees what he thinks is Katherine standing next to a stone monument.  Jeremy runs up to him causing the vision to disappear.  Damon asks where Elena is as he needs to see her.

Liz Forbes returns to her office where Elena is being held and Elena asks where Damon is and what they've done to him.  Liz asks why she cares as she knows what they are and what they do.  A deputy comes in to tell her Damon was spotted outside entering the Grill.  As Liz starts to leave, Elena stops her begging to go along as Damon is sick and not himself.  Liz orders the deputy to keep Elena there then leaves the office.

Jeremy manages to get Damon inside the Grill and calls Alaric.  Damon stands and turns to the entrance to see Liz Forbes standing there with her gun drawn.  When she fires, Damon runs and the bullet hits Jeremy squarely in the chest.  He falls to the floor as she calls for paramedics.  Caroline and Bonnie enter and run to Jeremy.  The ring won't work as the bullet was fired from a human.  Caroline bites her wrist and tries to get Jeremy to drink some of her blood to save him.  Alaric arrives and sees Jeremy.  Bonnie asks Alaric to bring Jeremy but Liz protests.  Caroline tells her to let them go.  Elena picks up a chair and throws it through the window of Liz's office so she can escape.

Klaus fills a bottle with his blood and tells Stefan if he wants to save his brother, how about a decade-long bender.  He has big plans for Stefan when they leave Mystic Falls.  Stefan tells him he isn't like that anymore and Klaus starts to pour the blood out.  Stefan stops him.  Klaus wants Stefan to join him for a drink.  He pushes a blood bag to him.  Stefan opens it and takes a sip and Klaus orders him to finish it.  Stefan does everything Klaus says and Klaus saves Damon.  When Stefan does, Klaus pushes another bag to him.  Stefan opens the bag and finishes it.

Alaric places Jeremy's body on the floor of the old plantation and asks if it's even possible.  Bonnie tells him there's a spell for it if they'll give her the power to use it.  She cradles Jeremy's head in her lap as she starts to chant.  The candles light and she continues to chant.  After a few seconds, she stops.  The spirits are angry at her for returning and don't want to help.  They tell her there will be consequences.  Bonnie starts chanting again and the house shakes and her nose starts to bleed.  She stops chanting and calls to Emily telling her she knows she's there.  She begs her to help her saying "I love him".  The shaking stops and the candles die out.  Bonnie begins to cry but Jeremy's eyes open and he asks what happened.

Elena runs into the square and Damon says her name from behind her.  She grabs hold of him saying they must go and he asks where they're going.  He remembers running through the woods with Katherine in the 1860's having asked Katherine the same question and she replies "everywhere".  Damon is running after her and stumbles, just as he stumbles in modern day.  In the past, he catches Katherine.  In the present, he pushes Elena against a lamp post, as he had Katherine against a tree in the past.  In the past, he asks Katherine to feed him her blood but she says she will not.  She gives him a pin telling him if he wants it, take it.  It's his choice to make.  In the present, Damon says "I choose you, Katherine" to Elena causing her to correct him on her identity.  In the past, Damon asks Katherine to promise him she won't tell his brother, which she does.  In the present, even though she struggles, Damon leans down and bites Elena's neck.  She tells him he's hurting her and he snaps to reality and pulls away from her, recognizing her.  He falls to the ground and she kneels next to him, holding him.

At the Grill, Caroline gets a call from Bonnie letting her know Jeremy is alright.  She tells her mother who is relieved saying she thought she killed him.  Caroline tells her she did.  She continues that she explained things to her once but had to make her forget because she was afraid of what she might do.  Now, she doesn't want to lie and isn't afraid of her anymore.  She takes her mothers hands and tells her she doesn't want her to be afraid of her, either.  She tells her she's still her little girl and hugs her mother.  Liz returns her daughter's hug.

As Jeremy is doing a web search for "back from the dead" he gets a video message from Bonnie.  She asks how he is and he tells her he's trying to figure out what's wrong with him as he feels different.  He tells her he doesn't know how to thank her and she replies he can thank her tomorrow and the day after that and the day after that.  When their conversation is finished, Alaric looks into Jeremy's room and asks if he needs anything before he leaves.  Jeremy tells him 'no' and, after seeing how lost Jeremy looks, Alaric decides to stay the night at the Gilbert house.  Jeremy thanks Alaric for everything and Alaric tells him he can thank him tomorrow and the day after that and the day after giving the two a brief minute of happiness and a laugh.

Damon is on his bed, dying.  Elena is standing next to him and he tells her to leave as he can hurt her but she refuses.  She insists she's there till the very end and will not leave.  When he writhes in pain, she gets into the bed next to him to comfort him.  He tells her all those years he blamed Stefan, no one forced him to love her, it was his choice.  He made the wrong choice.  He looks up to her and asks her to tell Stefan he's sorry.  She replies that she will.

Stefan is on the floor with a trail of empty blood bags leading up to him.  He finishes another and Klaus is pleased how cooperative he's being.  He steps over Elijah's body and comments it's almost as if Stefan is enjoying it.  Stefan tells him no more until he gives him the cure to which Klaus replies not until they make a deal, it's Stefan's choice.  Klaus holds out another blood bag telling Stefan he can remain in Mystic Falls or embrace what he really is and leave town with him and save Damon.  Stefan grabs the bag from Klaus' hand, rips it open and drinks from it.  Klaus goes to Katherine, gives her the bottle of his blood and compels her to take it to Damon then come back, against Stefan's protest.  She grabs the bottle and rushes from the apartment.  Klaus sits as Stefan tells him she'll never take the bottle to Damon.

Damon tells Elena this is even more pitiful than he thought and she replies there's still hope.  He continues that he's made a lot of choices that have gotten him there and he deserves to die.  She tells him he doesn't but he says it's OK because if he had chosen differently he never would have met her.  He apologizes to her for the many things he's done to hurt her and she forgives him.  He tells her he knows she loves Stefan and it will always be Stefan then confesses his love for her and she should know that.  Through tears, she tells him she does.  He says she would have liked him had she met him in 1864.  She tells him she likes him now, just the way he is then kisses him.  He thanks her for the kiss.  From behind her, Elena hears Katherine say "it's me he should be thanking".  Elena stands and looks at her as Katherine tells her she's the one who brought the cure.  As Katherine walks over to Damon she tells Elena she thought she was dead to which Elena replies "I was".  Damon looks up at Katherine and comments she got free.  She pours some of Klaus' blood into Damon's mouth and tells him 'yep, finally'.  He tells her 'you still came here' and she replies that she owed him one and pats his cheek lightly.  When she stands up, Elena asks where Stefan is and Katherine questions if Elena is sure she cares.  She asks again and Katherine holds up the bottle and tells her he's paying for this and gave himself over to Klaus and shouldn't be expected anytime soon.  Elena asks what she means and Katherine tells her he sacrificed everything to save his brother, including her, and it's a good thing she has Damon to keep her company.  She tells Elena goodbye and stops before she reaches the bedroom door.  She turns to Elena and tells her it's OK to love them both as she did.  She throws the bottle of blood to Elena and is gone in a flash.  Damon weakly sits up and looks to Elena.

Klaus has placed Elijah's body, with the dagger still intact, of course, into a coffin and tells him he will be reunited with our family.  He closes the lid and tells two men to put

him with the others and they're leaving town tonight.  Stefan receives a text from Elena telling him Damon's OK and asking where he is.  Klaus asks if Katherine made it on time and Stefan tells him he won't be seeing her again to which Klaus comments because she's on vervain then remarks he's been around a long time and rarely gets played for a fool.  She won't get far as Stefan will help him see to that.  Stefan asks what Klaus really wants from him and he replies all will be explained in time once they leave Mystic Falls.  Stefan asks if they can leave and Klaus tells him not yet as he has a gift for him.  He calls a girl out from behind some crates and tells Stefan he wants to make sure their deal is honored and he will be of use to him.  He bites the girls neck and tells Stefan he could have compelled her but a real ripper enjoys the hunt.  He sets the girl free to run and Stefan, after a second of thought, goes after her.  He bites her and when she crumples to the floor, he looks to Klaus who tells him they can go now.

Jeremy awakens having heard something.  Thinking it was Alaric, he calls his name.  When he gets no reply, he gets up to search the house.  Someone steps up behind him.  He doesn't see but feels them and looks but sees no one.  As he starts downstairs, Vicki is standing the doorway behind him and follows him down the stairs.  He passes Alaric, who is sleeping on the couch, Vicki following him with every step.  She says his name and he turns but sees no one.  When he looks back, in the kitchen door he sees Anna.  He says Anna's name then turns behind him, seeing Vicki and says her name.

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US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.21 "The Sun Also Rises"

Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.21, The Sun Also Rises
Original Air Date:  May 5, 2011

The night of the ritual has arrived and Klaus has everything, and everyone in place.  Up until the last minute, Bonnie, Jeremy and John look for a way to save Elena.  Jeremy and John find a way but the price that must be paid is great.  Bonnie steps into action against Klaus.  Matt makes it clear to Caroline how he feels about her life now.  Tyler and Caroline come to an understanding in their friendship.  Damon finally reveals he was bitten by Tyler Lockwood and Stefan vows to find a cure for his brother.

Caroline and Matt are trapped in the Lockwood cellar while Tyler, in wolf form, rages outside the gate trying to get to them.  Matt fires the gun against Caroline's protests as she knows the wolf is still Tyler.  The wolf slumps to the floor wounded and Caroline opens the door and tells Matt to take her hand.  He wants to shoot again but she insists he take her hand.  When he does, she secures their escape from the cellar.

Katherine and Damon look over the werewolf bite on Damon's arm.  She doesn't think it looks that bad but he says it will be.  She asks if he's going to just die and he counters if she knows anything about a cure, which she doesn't.  He puts on his jacket to leave and she asks if after 145 years she doesn't even get a last goodbye.  He tells her she doesn't get one.  She gets in his way telling him not to leave mad.  She insists Klaus forced her to call Jenna and she didn't have a choice but he says that's why he gave her the vervain.  Katherine states it was Jenna or her and she chose Jenna.  He points out that Katherine is the only one that will win in the entire situation and asks how it happened.  She calmly tells him she didn't let love get in the way.  He tells her to enjoy and eternity alone and starts to leave.  She asks what he is going to do and he turns to tell her he's going to offer himself as a replacement to Klaus.  She reminds him that Klaus saw his werewolf bite and will not take him as a replacement because of it.

Elena asks Jenna if she remembers what happened.  Jenna says she (Elena) called her because she was scared but realizes it was really Katherine who called.  When she walked into the house a vampire grabbed her and made her drink his blood and she doesn't remember anything after that.  She asks Elena why she doesn't remember anything and Elena wants to know if Jenna remembers what she told her about how someone becomes a vampire, which she does.  The realization she is a vampire dawns on her as Greta walks over to the two women telling Jenna she bets she is hungry.  Elena makes a move to overtake Greta but the witch throws her back and sets a ring of fire burning around Elena to keep her in place.  Greta cuts her wrist and offers it to Jenna who is reluctant to take it.  The longer Greta holds her wrist before Jenna the less she can hold out and she eventually takes Greta's wrist to drink her blood.  When Greta feels Jenna has had enough she pushes her to the ground and walks away.  She turns back around and sets a ring of fire to burning around Jenna like she did with Elena.

At the old plantation, Jeremy and Bonnie are going through the old grimoirs to find a spell that will prevent Elena from becoming a vampire but they are finding nothing.  Alaric, Stefan and Elijah arrive at the plantation and Elijah explains the ritual further saying things will happen in stages.  The werewolf will die first, then the vampire and finally the doppleganger.  Once Elena dies the curse will be broken and Klaus will become hybrid.  He will be vulnerable during his transformation and Bonnie will be able to kill him during that time.  Elijah assures them if Bonnie can deliver Klaus to the brink of death he will personally finish the job of killing Klaus.  Stefan's phone rings and it is Damon calling to tell his brother he won't like what he's about to tell him.  He tells Stefan the sacrifice is happening and he tried to stop it but it got complicated.  Stefan tells him they are sticking with the original plan and meeting Bonnie as they speak.  Damon tells Stefan about Jenna and the latter turns to look at Alaric as Damon continues to tell him Klaus will be using Jenna as the vampire for the ritual.

Jenna tells Elena she feels like herself only not.  Everything is brighter and more amplified.  Part of her is terrified but part of her doesn't want to feel anything.  Tearfully, Jenna asks if she's going to die and Elena forcefully tells her she will not let that happen no matter what she has to do.  Behind them, they hear the painful screams of a woman and they both look.  Greta leads Jules in and throws her to the ground.  Jules asks what is happening to her and Greta informs her she cast a spell to slow down her transformation so her insides are trying to tear themselves free then raises a circle of fire around her.  Elena tells Greta witches are supposed to maintain the balance of nature and it is her duty to them to keep the curse sealed.  Greta tells her her duty is to Klaus.  Klaus steps out of the shadows and asks the women if they are ready.

Caroline and Matt enter the Lockwood house and lock themselves in.  Matt doesn't feel they are safe there as Tyler will get in if he wants to.  Caroline asks how he knew what she was since she compelled him to forget.  He tells her he was on vervain and faked forgetting so he could spy on her for her mother.  Shocked, Caroline asks him what her mother said.  He tells her Liz Forbes hates vampires, she always has and probably always will.  She asks where this leaves them and he shakes his head and tells her stuck in the house trying not to get mauled to death by a friend.

Damon answers a knock at the door to find John Gilbert standing there.  John is worried because Elena hasn't returned any of his calls for days and he wants to see her.  Damon informs him that Klaus has taken Elena and the sacrifice is happening that night.  John asks how he could let that happen and that he was supposed to keep Elena safe.  Damon says she is safe as he fed her his blood.  John makes a move against Damon who throws him against the wall.  John tells Damon he ruined Elena's life.  Damon understands this and tells him it gets worse, something John doesn't think is actually possible.

Jules screams in agony as Klaus hands the moonstone over to Greta so they can begin the ritual.  She begins the ritual and Klaus walks to the circle around Jules.  Jules looks to Elena and tells her everything she did she was just trying to help Tyler as she didn't want him to be alone.  The circle of fire goes out around Jules.  She tries to escape but Klaus is on her in a flash and takes her to the ground and plunges his hand into her chest and pulls out her heart as Elena and Jenna watch in horror.

Jeremy finds some kind of resuscitative spell in Emily Bennett's grimoire.  Bonnie saw it but Emily didn't explain exactly what the spell did.  Jeremy thinks Jonathan Gilbert might have written about the spell in his journals and suggests he will have Stefan bring them.  They hear someone enter the house and soon Alaric walks into the room with them.  He tells them Elijah and Stefan are upstairs and he asks Bonnie if he can have a second with Jeremy.  When Bonnie has gone, Alaric tells him something has happened with Jenna.  Upstairs, Stefan is telling Bonnie about the developments with Jenna and Elijah explains Jenna was punishment for meddling.  Bonnie wants to go now before Jenna can be sacrificed but Stefan tells her she will die and that isn't an option.  Stefan tells Bonnie they are going to offer another vampire that Klaus will want more.  He will offer himself to Klaus.

Klaus squeezes the blood from Jules' heart into the boiling liquid Greta is chanting over and asks if it is working, which she confirms.  Jenna tells Elena that the day the lawyers called to tell her she was going to be the guardian for her and Jeremy her first thought was "isn't there someone else who can do this?".  She tells Elena she failed her, something which Elena vehemently denies saying she is the one who failed.  She tells Jenna that being a vampire makes her stronger and faster and she can fight back.  She tells her aunt she will get through it and be alright but she wants her to promise that when she gets the chance she will run.  Jenna nods her head in agreement.

Matt looks out the window and asks if Caroline thinks he killed Tyler.  She tells him it takes a lot more than one bullet to kill a werewolf.  She asks him if he thinks her mother wants to kill her and he responds he thinks her mother doesn't know what to do with her daughter.  They hear a sound on the front porch and Matt, gun in hand, goes to check it out.  Caroline won't let him shoot and looks out the door glass to see Tyler on the porch.  She tells Matt to give her his jacket and opens the door and puts the jacket around Tyler who looks up to her and says her name with a confused look on his face.

Elijah tells Stefan Bonnie did a locator spell to tell them exactly where Klaus has Jenna and Elena.  Stefan says he will head over first and Elijah and Bonnie will come in second at the right time, just as the moon hits it's final phase.  Elijah insists Bonnie must stay hidden until the time is right as Klaus cannot know she's alive.  As Stefan starts to leave Elijah tells him he is very honorable.  Stefan stops and looks to Elijah and asks if he is because the whole plan is contingent upon Elijah's honor.  Elijah tells him he will not fail him but Stefan brings up that Klaus is his brother.  Elijah tells him that he had siblings and a family but over the centuries Klaus hunted them down one by one and took them from him and scattered them across the seas where their bodies could not be found.  Stefan comments that Elijah wants revenge and the latter admits that sometimes there is honor in revenge.  Again, he assures Stefan that he will not fail him.  Stefan then asks Elijah to 'please end this' and walks away.

John Gilbert arrives at the old plantation with a box full of the Gilbert journals.  He believes he knows of the spell from Emily Bennett's grimoire.  Upstairs, Alaric tells Damon of Stefan's revised plans, which don't make him very happy.  Damon insists they have a witch that can kill Klaus but Alaric reminds him it will kill Bonnie.  Damon strikes the wall in anger and recoils in pain bringing a look and question of concern from Alaric.

Greta continues chanting the spell as Klaus turns to Jenna.  Elena begs him to let Jenna go since she followed his rules and didn't run.  They can't leave Jeremy without a family.  Klaus smiles and says he doesn't recall you being on the guest list and turns to look up at Stefan who is standing on the hill above them.  Jenna and Elena look to Stefan as he tells Klaus he is there to talk and Klaus goes up to speak with him.

Bonnie and John tell Damon they found something in the Gilbert journals.  A mother called on the services of Emily Bennett because her child was sick and dying.  Emily cast a spell that would bind the woman's life force with her child's.  The child died but the mothers life force flowed through her restoring her to life.  If Elena's soul remains intact she will come back to life and not as a vampire.  Damon protests the plan but John tells him he refuses to let Elena become the thing he's spent his life protecting her against.

Jenna and Elena wonder what is being said between Stefan and Klaus and Elena tells her aunt she can hear what they are saying if focuses on them.  Stefan tells Klaus he will take Jenna's place.  Klaus comments he rather appreciates the symmetry of three women, three goddesses sacrificed at natures altar.  Jenna struggles to listen to the conversation and can finally hear them talking and hears Stefan tell Klaus to make the trade of him for Jenna.  She tells Elena that Stefan is wanting to take her place.

Matt asks Caroline how Tyler is doing and she tells him he's sleeping and he should be better by morning after some rest.  Matt tells her the last few days with her have been great and he thought he might be able to get past the vampire thing but he doesn't know if he can.  He understands this is her life now but his life is an absentee mom, a bunch of bills to pay, school and a job.  It's bad sometimes but it is his life and he thinks he wants to live it without everything in Caroline's world.

Bonnie works Emily Bennett's spell with John as Damon and Jeremy anxiously wait.  When the spell is complete, they start to leave for the meeting with Klaus.  Jeremy wants to go with Bonnie but she casts a spell on him to keep him from leaving with her.  When everyone leaves the house Alaric finds he cannot exit the door.  Bonnie has cast yet another spell to prevent him from leaving so he will not get hurt.

Stefan and Klaus come down from the hill and Stefan tells Elena it will be OK.  Klaus, holding a stake, asks Elena who it will be and waves the stake from Jenna to Stefan.  She says 'no' and Klaus tells her not to worry as there actually is no choice.  He goes behind Stefan and plunges the stake into his back.  Klaus has other plans for Stefan and he wants him alive.  Greta lowers the circle of fire around Jenna and Elena tries to get out of her circle.  Jenna tells her it is alright as she knows what she has to do.  She rushes to Greta and bites her neck.  Klaus comes up behind Jenna and plunges the stake into her back then throws her to the ground as Elena stands watching, crying.  Jenna looks up to her niece and Elena tells her to to just turn it off and she won't be scared anymore.  Klaus turns Jenna over onto her back and plunges the stake into her heart.

Stefan awakens and sees Jenna's lifeless body with the stake still in it.  Greta continues the spell as Stefan whispers "I'm so sorry" to Elena.  She shushes him and whispers back "they're gonna kill him".  Klaus walks to Elena and tells her it is time.  The circle of fire around her extinguishes and he puts his hand out for her.  She stands and walks past him to stand next to the altar where Greta is chanting and where Jenna's body is.  Stefan struggles to get up but cannot.  Klaus turns Elena's face to his own and thanks her.  Klaus bites Elena's neck and drinks her blood as Stefan watches helplessly.  Klaus drops her body to the ground and the fire Greta has been chanting over dies out.

Klaus can feel his transformation happening and begins walking as the moon enters its final phase.  As he begins to transform, Bonnie enters throwing him to the ground.  Damon breaks Greta's neck as Bonnie continues chanting against Klaus.  Damon picks Elena up and carries her to Stefan.  As Bonnie continues to chant, Klaus comments in surprise that she was dead.  Damon removes the stake from Stefan's back.  He tells Damon to get Elena out of there but he isn't leaving until Klaus is dead.  Damon picks Elena up and carries her away as Bonnie continues to chant bringing Klaus to the brink of death.  Elijah walks up to his brother and plunges his hand into his chest telling him in the name of their family.  Klaus tells Elijah he didn't bury them at sea and their bodies are safe.  If he kills him, he will never find them.  Stefan urges Elijah not to listen to him but Klaus mutters that he gives him his word.  Bonnie warns Eiljah that if he doesn't kill Klaus she will kill them both even if she has to die to do it.  Elijah looks to Stefan and Bonnie and, with genuine remorse, apologizes to them then spirits his brother away.

At the old plantation, John Gilbert is writing.  Alaric is worried that they haven't heard anything by now.  Jeremy asks if John read everything regarding the spell, which he did.  He wants to know if John understood what happened to the child's mother after the baby was brought back to life.  He tells Jeremy she saved her daughter and found peace.  John gives Jeremy a letter with instructions to give it to Elena.  He then hands him his Gilbert ring to give to her as well.  John tells him to take care of each other as they hear the door open upstairs.  Alaric and Jeremy rush upstairs to find Damon bringing Elena into the house.  As he's carrying her to a couch, Damon tells Elena if she comes back as a vampire he'll stake her himself so don't.  As he lovingly strokes her hair he tells her he can't stand the idea of her hating him forever.  Jeremy asks anxiously how she is but Damon doesn't know yet.  Alaric asks about Jenna and Damon turns his head and shakes it and tells Jeremy he's sorry.  John looks toward the room with Elena then walks outside the house.  Inside, Elena gasps to life and Damon asks her how she feels.  She tells him she feels fine much to the relief of Damon and Jeremy.  Outside, John falls to the ground, dead.

Caroline sits down on the couch next to Tyler who is waking up.  He tells her she was right that he shouldn't have come home.  She tells him he never should have left and he shouldn't leave again.  He tells her it's the second time he's tried to kill her but she replies no friendship is perfect bringing a laugh from them both.  She tells him Matt broke up with her and that instead of bailing on her again he (Tyler) could just say "thank you, Caroline for taking care of me".  She starts to cry and he puts his arm around her.  The two of them recline back on the couch together and he thanks her for taking care of him.

Damon informs Stefan there was plenty of room at the Gilbert family plot and he compelled two of the gravediggers to do the work.  He asks how Elena is doing and Stefan tells him she lost the only parent she had and is in shock.  Elena is preparing for the funeral and sees family photos on her mirror.  Jeremy enters her room and gives her the letter from John and the ring.  When he starts to leave Elena calls him back to apologize for how many people he's lost.  He tells her he still has her.  When he leaves, she sits down to read John's letter.  He wrote that it was no easy task to be an ordinary parent to an extraordinary child.  He failed that task and because of his prejudices he failed her.  He's haunted by how things might have played out differently had he listened to her side of things.  For him it is the end but for her a chance to grow old and do better with her own child than she did with his.  For that child he gives her his ring.  He doesn't ask for her forgiveness or that she forgets, only that she believes.  Whether she's reading as a human or vampire, she loves her the same as he's always loved her and always will.

At the Gilbert family plot Elena places a rose on the graves of John, Jenna and her parents.  Alaric places a rose on Jenna's grave.  Damon walks to the entrance of the cemetery.  Stefan tells him they are going back to the house but Damon says he'll skip.  Stefan informs his brother Elena needs them all right now.  Damon asks what the plan is.  The curse is broken and how does one go about killing an all powerful wolf/vamp and his two-faced older brother.  Stefan says he has no idea and Damon tells him to get an idea--fast.  Stefan insists he won't let Elena lose anyone else.  Damon tells him he wouldn't make any promises.  When Stefan asks what he means, Damon tells him Tyler bit him, nipped him really, and shows him the bite.  Stefan vows they will find a cure but Damon reminds him there isn't one.  Stefan tells him they kept Elena human; they found a way when there was no way.  He promises Damon he will do it.  Damon tells him if he wants to do something for him he will never let Elena find out as the last thing she needs is another grave to mourn.

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US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.20 "The Last Day"

Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.20, The Last Day
Original Air Date:  April 28, 2011

After receiving a phone call from his mother begging him to return, Tyler Lockwood comes home to Mystic Falls unaware of everything that has happened.  Elijah reveals his plan to save Elena's life but Damon takes matters into his own hands as he doesn't think the plan will work.  Stefan takes Elena on a romantic day out as it could very well be the last day of Elena's life.  Damon tries to fix a mistake but pays a dear price for it.  Klaus obtains his vampire, his werewolf and the doppleganger for his ritual.

Elijah, Stefan and Elena discuss the events that will be unfolding that night.  Elijah confirms to Stefan the Sun & Moon Curse is fake but that Klaus has a very real curse placed upon him and what will happen if he succeeds in breaking that curse.  Damon enters the conversation wanting to kill Klaus that day with Bonnie but Elena points out that is not an option as if Bonnie used that much power it would kill her.  Elijah explains the ritual Klaus will be performing that night.  A witch will channel the power of the full moon to release the spell that is contained within the moonstone.  Klaus will then sacrifice both a werewolf and a vampire then, in the final part of the ritual, he will drink the blood of the doppleganger to the point of death.  Elijah removes an aged bottle from a box and explains it is an elixir he acquired some 500 years ago for Katherine.  It possesses mystical properties of resuscitation.  In theory, Elena will drink the elixir and she will die but will then come back to life.  Damon isn't pleased with this plan and feels it will not work.  He asks about the Gilbert ring and Elijah explains it only works on humans.  Since dopplegangers are a supernatural occurrence the odds is the ring will not work.

At the Lockwood house, Carol Lockwood is walking up the stairs as she is talking on the phone to leave a message for Tyler.  She tells him she doesn't know where he is but she needs him as she has had an accident and is in the hospital.  As she begs him to come home she reaches the top of the stairs where Maddox is standing.  She hangs up and asks him why she said that and he tells her "because you had a terrible fall" and uses his powers to push her over the balcony of the stairs to the floor.

Stefan and Damon talk about the attitude Damon is exhibiting.  Damon questions Stefan for believing Elijah but Stefan asks what he should do as Elena has made her decision and he's putting his faith in her.  Inside, Elijah asks Elena why she is willing to do everything and she tells him it is because she's the key to breaking the curse.  Klaus is there because of her and if she doesn't stop it he will hurt people.  He warns her there is a possibility the elixir will not work and she understands that.  They hear a commotion in the hall and find that Alaric has entered the house and Jenna is holding a crossbow on him demanding he leave.  Everyone converges in the hall and Alaric tells them Klaus let him go.  After proving it really is him, Alaric delivers a message from Klaus:  the sacrifice happens that night.

Carol Lockwood awakens in the hospital to find Tyler standing by the window.  He kisses her forehead and she is happy to see her son again.  At the Grill, Caroline surprises Matt by sneaking up on him while he's turned to clear a table.  The two make plans to spend his lunch break together.  Caroline has errands to run and tells him she'll return.  When she leaves, he goes to a table where Sheriff Forbes is sitting and tells her he can't do this anymore.  He feels either is Caroline is putting on the best show of her life or she's still the same girl he always knew and loved.  Liz assures him she isn't the same and tries to convince him the vampires are monsters and points out again that they even killed his sister and asks what other proof he needs.  He turns the question back on her and asks why she hasn't done anything before now.  She tells him she needs more information and, despite what she knows, she still looks at Caroline and sees her daughter.  When he says Damon is the problem she tells Matt that she shouldn't have involved him and thanks him for his help but she will take things from there then leaves.

At the Salvatore house, Alaric tells everyone he remembers nothing.  He blacked out and woke up three days later and Katherine was there.  Stefan tells him she's under compulsion and that Damon got some vervain to her but she can't leave until Klaus allows her to.  Elena asks where Damon is and Jenna tells her she saw him go upstairs.  Elena leaves the group to go see Damon as Alaric asks what else he did while under Klaus' control.  Upstairs, Elena finds Damon standing in front of the window in his bedroom.  She wants him to understand why she is doing what she's doing.  She assures him she will be fine as she will drink the elixir and Bonnie will kill Klaus and everything will be over.  He is still unsure as to whether the plan will work or not.  He isn't willing to take the risk that she may or may not come back to life after Klaus kills her.  She takes his hand in hers and says she is.  He softly tells her he can't lose her and she tells him he won't.  When she turns to leave, he moves in front of her telling her there is another way.  He bites his wrist and force feeds her some of his vampire blood.  Stefan rushes into the room and throws Damon away from Elena asking his brother what he did.  Damon replies he saved her life since she's so bent on dying he will know that she will come back this way.  Stefan points out as a vampire and asks how Damon, of all people, could have taken the choice away from Elena.  Stefan attacks his brother in anger and Damon comes back on him saying he should admit that he (Stefan) wishes he had the courage to do exactly what he just did himself.  The two continue fighting until Damon raises a broken piece of wood which goes into Stefan's stomach.  Elena orders Damon from the room and when Alaric and Jenna arrive, she tells them to get Damon out of the room.  Damon leaves on his own accord as Alaric tells Jenna to go to the basement and get some blood bags for Stefan.  Elena removes the stake and Stefan falls into her lap in agony apologizing to her.

Downstairs, Elijah puts away the elixir telling Damon they won't be needing it anymore as feeding Elena vampire blood rendered it useless.  He tells Damon to tell Elena he will be back before nightfall and they will proceed as planned.  As Elijah is leaving, Damon tells him they both know the elixir wouldn't have worked.  Elijah steps back to Damon saying he talks a good game but doesn't actually know anything.  Elena will never forgive him and never for a vampire is a very long time.

Upstairs, Stefan drinks from the blood bags Jenna has brought and his strength slowly returns.  Alaric and Jenna go downstairs and he tells her that he knows everything is a lot to take.  He tried to protect her but should have known she could handle it.  She tells him she is glad he's alright and kisses him.  Elena asks Stefan how Damon could do this to her.  He says they've never talked about what all this means and she tells him it doesn't matter but he disagrees.  He asks her to go somewhere with him.  She reluctantly agrees only when he promises it isn't far and just for the day.

Jules meets Tyler in the hall outside his mother's room and takes him from the hospital saying they have to get out of there and lock themselves up before night.  As they are leaving, they run into Caroline who is there to see about Carol Lockwood.  Jules gives them a minute to talk.  When he tells her he and Jules need to get on the road she comments he's leaving again.  He left for a reason but she says the explanation must have gotten lost in the mail along with his goodbye.  He turns to leave and when she goes after him is overtaken by something that forces her to her knees.  Tyler turns to look at her and he, too, is overtaken.  Maddox steps from behind a car and Greta comes up behind Caroline and injects her with vervain.  Once both Caroline and Tyler are incapacitated, the two witches take them away.

A worried Matt calls Caroline saying they need to talk as it is important.  As he is hanging up, he sees Damon enter the Grill.  Damon goes to the bar and orders a drink.  Alaric sits down next to him and Damon admits he screwed up.  Klaus steps up next to the two men.  He warns Damon not to do anything he would regret regarding his doppleganger.  Damon asks if he could talk Klaus into a postponement of just one month by any chance.  Klaus laughs the thought away and tells him he has his vampire, his werewolf.  The ritual will happen that night as he has everything he needs.  If Damon wants to live to see tomorrow, he will not screw it up.  When Klaus leaves and Damon sits down Alaric asks "you're gonna screw it up, aren't you?".  Damon asks his friend if he thought that taking the werewolf out of the equation Elena would get over the fact he tried to turn her.  Alaric doesn't think it will matter as Damon will be dead.  Damon points out that without the werewolf the ritual cannot proceed so he will have at least bought Elena another month and Alaric reminds him he'll still be dead.  Damon asks him if he will help him or what.  After a second, Alaric asks Damon what he wants him to do.

Stefan and Elena are walking through the woods and he won't tell her where they are going.  He wants to talk about everything.  As she tells him she doesn't know how she is feeling a majestic waterfall comes into view.  As she is gazing upon it, Stefan says he thinks she does know how she feels and it is OK for her to tell him.  She maintains she can't talk about it.  He's fine with that as that day is about her and they've got a long way to the top of the mountain.  She asks if he can do one of his super-power vampire jumpy things and he replies that since it's her last day as a human, why cheat now and holds out his hand to her.  She takes his hand and the two begin their climb.

At Alaric's apartment, Katherine is going through the refrigerator for something to eat but finds the blood bags empty.  She hears a noise and it is Alaric opening the door.  He invites Damon into his apartment, something that doesn't make Katherine happy.  Damon tells her he gave her the vervain now he's there to collect.  He tells Alaric he can leave as only one of them needs the blame for this and that he should go back to the house to prevent Elena from handing herself over.  Damon asks Katherine where Klaus is keeping his werewolf as a dead werewolf means no ritual.  She warns him against interfering and he counters that she should like his plan as it will buy another month of her pathetic life.  She informs him she isn't the vampire Klaus is planning to sacrifice as he as Caroline and Tyler and she is in the clear.  Damon drops the news on her that Elena has vampire blood in her system and if she comes back as a vampire, Katherine will have to compete with her for Stefan's love forever.  Katherine tells him Klaus has Caroline and Tyler in the tomb.

In the tomb, Caroline awakens to find Tyler already awake.  Tyler asks if she's alright and she thinks she is and tries to free herself but cannot.  He already tried to do the same.  She tells him the witches vervained her and when he asks who they are, she says she thinks they are with Klaus.  He asks who that is and she realizes that he knows nothing of what is happening and what is going to happen and tells him he never should have come back.

As they walk, Elena tells Stefan Bonnie will have to make her a daylight ring.  She asks what the best part about being a vampire is and he tells her the feeling she can do anything, be anyone.  Beautiful things are more beautiful, everything is heightened and you can live and love more intensely and powerfully.  She asks the worst and he tells her she knows that.  She comments aside from the blood.  He stops and tells her anger becomes rage, when you're sad you are in despair, grief and loss can cripple you.  He explains that is why so many of them turn their emotions off because it can become too overwhelming.  He tells her for a while for him the good wasn't worth the bad.  She asks how long it was before he learned to handle both and he tells her he is still trying every day.  He asks what else she'd like to know but she wants to keep walking as they're just halfway to the top.

Klaus returns to Alaric's apartment as Katherine is pouring herself a cup of coffee.  He knows something is wrong and asks what she's been doing.  She simply tells him making coffee.  He grabs her by the throat and compels her to tell him.  Again, she tells him making coffee.  He releases her and tells her to give him her bracelet.  When she does, he orders her to stand by the window in the sunlight.  She says she'll burn but he replies she doesn't have a choice.  She does as he orders and, sure enough, she begins to burn.  He calmly drinks coffee as he watches her burning and listens to her screaming.  After a few seconds, he tells her that's enough and she moves out of the sunlight and he guessed he was wrong.  He proceeds to tell her he needs her to do something for him.

Damon walks through the woods near the tomb and is met by Maddox who asks which one Damon is trying to save:  the blond or the wolf and asks if he really thought Klaus would leave them unprotected.  Damon attacks him and takes him to the ground but Maddox is able to use his powers to throw Damon off.  Maddox gets to his feet and starts to kill Damon when a shot rings out from behind them.  Damon looks up to see Matt standing behind Maddox holding a rifle as the witch falls to his knees.  Damon breaks Maddox's neck and looks to Matt.  He asks what he's doing there and Matt wants to know where Caroline is.  When Damon doesn't give him an answer, Matt raises the rifle to him and asks again where she is.  Damon raises his hands saying he's there to rescue Caroline then moves in fast to disarm Matt and knock him out with the butt of the rifle.  As she's removing the bullets from the gun, he tells Matt he's lucky he's screwed up already one that day or he'd be dead.  He drops the gun on Matt's body and picks up the bullets to see they are wooden tipped.

Caroline has explained to Tyler that the Sun & Moon Curse is fake but Klaus still needs to do the sacrifice.  He asks if she thinks Klaus will kill them and she replies that she thinks so.  He tells her Jules has been helping him come to terms with what he is while he's been gone and how to deal with it but that none of it matters anymore.  She asks why he didn't say 'goodbye'.  He asks if she wants to talk about it now and she says if they're going to die she might as well know the truth and asks why he left her.  He tells her he knew she hated him and thought she deserved better than having someone like him in her life.  She explains she was hurt because he turned his back on her when she needed him but she could never hate him.  They hear the door to the tomb open and Damon walks in.  He tells her Matt is outside with a rifle loaded with wooden bullets and she has explaining to do.  Tyler asks if Matt knows and she truly believes he doesn't.  Damon shushes her and releases her from the chains holding her.  They start to leave but she will not go without Tyler.  Damon asks Tyler how fast he can get away from there as it's getting dark soon.  Tyler tells him if he can get to the Lockwood cellar and he can lock himself up.  Caroline assures Damon she'll help.  Damon bends next to Tyler and tells him "don't make me regret this" then frees him from his chains.

Stefan and Elena finally make it to the top of the mountain and look out upon the breathtaking view.  Seeing she is still saddened, he tells her she can say it; the thing she's been wanting to say but was afraid of how it would make him feel.  She doesn't want to say anything but he tells her it might make her feel better.  He says he knows this isn't the first time she thought about drinking vampire blood to survive and admits even he's thought about it a hundred times.  She asks if he thought about it before everything with Klaus.  He admits he did and that if it were his choice, he'd want to be with her forever.  She asks why he never brought it up to which he replies if he knew it were an option she would bring it up.  It would be selfish for him to ask.  She comments it didn't stop Damon.  Stefan agrees he shouldn't have done that but he did so because he loves her.  She feels since he did that to her, he doesn't really know what love is.  She goes on to say she doesn't know if she does.  She knows she loves Stefan but her future and their lives together were supposed to be things she dealt with as they came along.  Tearfully, she tells him she doesn't want to be a vampire, she never did.

As Damon, Caroline and Tyler leave the tomb, Matt is awakening beneath the full moon.  Caroline runs to him and helps him to his feet as Tyler falls to his knees and looks to the sky.  He tells them it is starting.  Damon orders Caroline to grab 'boy wonder' so they can go.

When Stefan and Elena return to the Salvatore house, Klaus is there to meet them.  He asks Elena if she is ready to go.  she starts to step from behind Stefan but he stops her.  Klaus warns him against interfering saying there's no reason for him to die too.  Elena tells Stefan it is fine.  She will go and no one needs to get hurt.  She kisses him, tells him she loves him.  He returns the sentiment and they kiss once more.  She asks him to close his eyes.  When he does, she moves away from him to Klaus.  When he opens his eyes, they are gone.

Stefan goes inside and finds Alaric.  Stefan asks where Damon is.  In the woods, Damon tells Tyler he better not wolf out on them when Stefan calls.  He asks Damon what he is doing and he replies 'saving the day' and to tell Elena to stay put.  Stefan tells him she's already gone as Klaus came and took her.  Damon tells him he'll take care of it and the two hang up.  Tyler collapses in pain as his transformation starts.  He tells them he doesn't know if he can hold it off and warns them to leave.  Caroline tells him everything will be ok but he yells at her to go.  He lunges up from the ground and attacks Damon.  The two struggle but Damon is able to throw Tyler off.  Damon tells Caroline he's fine and orders her and Matt to get to the Lockwood cellar since if it held Tyler in it will keep him out.  He gives Matt the wooden bullets telling him if it doesn't, use them as they will buy them a couple seconds.  They run toward the cellar as Tyler continues his transformation and Damon flees the woods.

Klaus returns to Alaric's apartment asking where Maddox is as he should be back by now.  Katherine doesn't know.  He starts watching footage on his computer as she asks where Elena is.  He tells her she is with Greta and that it's almost time.  The door to the apartment blows open and Damon enters.  He tells Klaus he must postpone the ritual because he rescued his vampire and werewolf and killed his witch.  He tells Klaus he can kill him for it, he doesn't care, but it was all him.  Klaus asks Katherine to give he and Damon a moment.  When she's gone he tells Damon he's heard of him, the crazy impulsive vampire in love with his brother's girl.  He knew one of the brothers would try to stop him but it was a guess on who.  He shows Damon the footage he's been watching and explains he has a backup plan.  Jules is now the werewolf he will be using for his ritual and that he has a backup vampire covered too.

Caroline and Matt make it into the Lockwood cellar and she locks them in as they hear growling.  Matt raises the gun as they see Tyler come into view.  Caroline talks to him to try and calm him but he lungs at the gate.

Katherine gives Damon, who is out cold on the floor, some blood that is left in one of the bags and he awakens.  She tells him Klaus is gone to do the ritual.  She apologizes saying she had to do it as Klaus would have known she was on vervain if she didn't.  He asks what and she tells him she was forced to call her to lure her out as he needed another vampire.  Damon asks who she called but she is reluctant to answer.

Elena and Greta are walking through the woods and Elena asks where they are going.  She asks Greta if she's Luka's sister, that she heard about her and Luka and Jonas were looking for her.  She tells Elena she wasn't lost.  When Elena stumbles and says she cannot see anything Greta lights fires around them to illuminate the path.  In front of them, Elena sees the body of a woman on the forest floor:  Jenna.  She doesn't feel a pulse and asks Greta why Klaus killed her as she did everything he asked.  Jenna sits up with a start and Greta explains Jenna isn't dead, she's in transition.

At Alaric's apartment Damon struggles to his feet saying Klaus should have used him.  Katherine says he couldn't and tells Damon Klaus said Damon was as good as dead.  Damon asks what that means and Katherine pushes the sleeve of his shirt up and asks what a bubbling patch of skin on his arm is.  Damon looks to her and tells her it is a werewolf bite.

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US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.19 "Klaus"

Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.19, Klaus
Original Air Date:  April 21, 2011

Elijah awakens in the basement of the Salvatore home.  He and Elena leave the house so they can talk alone and he tells her a shocking truth about Klaus, himself and the Originals.  Jenna comes to learn the truth about vampires.  Tension begins growing and reaches a boiling point between Stefan and Damon.  Elena and Elijah renew the terms of their deal.

Elijah awakens and sees Elena but thinks she is Katherine.  He remembers first meeting her in England in 1492.  He is introduced to Katherine by Trevor (Trent Ford) and is rendered speechless upon seeing her then tells her she reminds him of someone.  Elena identifies herself to Elijah before he seemingly becomes unconscious again.  He jerks back awake again and gets to his feet unable to breathe as he hadn't been invited into the house that is now under the sole ownership of Elena.  Elena helps his stay on his feet as he tells her he can't be in the house.  He stumbles out of the basement with Elena running behind him.  She finds him crouching on the doorstep, catching his breath.  He tries to re-enter the house and, when he can't, he asks what happened.  She shushes him and whispers she will tell him and points upstairs to indicate Stefan and Damon are home and that they must speak elsewhere.  She asks him if she can trust him and he returns the question to her.  In a show of trust, she gives him the dagger used to kill him.

Stefan wakes up and searches the house calling for Elena.  He finds Andie and asks if she's seen her, which she hasn't.  As Damon kisses Andie, Stefan asks where Elena is and Damon tells her she's his girlfriend then asks Andie if she has time for a bite because he's so hungry.  She asks if he can use a blood bag because she's late for work.  Stefan calls Elena's cell and leaves a message for her to call him.  Andie leaves for work as Stefan continues walking through the house.  His attention is drawn towards the basement and he, followed closely by Damon, find that Elijah is now gone leading Damon to remark "no, she didn't."

Maddox promises Klaus he will return as quickly as he can.  Katherine pours Klaus a cup of coffee and asks where Maddox is going and Klaus tells her he's going to retrieve him so he can get out of Alaric's body.  She questions whether that is a good idea and he tells her the full moon is almost upon them, he's killed the witch, he has the moonstone and the doppleganger is waiting in the wings so he's ready to break the curse.  She asks why he plans to do that there since there are so many people who are trying to stop him.  He informs her he must do it there as it is the birthplace of the doppleganger, something she didn't realize was a requirement.  He remarks she couldn't have known because as she betrayed him and fled England before he could give her the details thus leading him to find her birthplace and slaughter her family.  He tells her they can just hope Elena isn't as stupid as she was.  Katherine assures her Elena won't run and will die before she lets anyone she loves get hurt, something Klaus is counting on.

Elena stops the car so she can speak with Elijah who is drinking from a blood bag and is looking much improved.  He asks where she got the dagger.  She promises to tell him everything but insists they must work together and she needs his word.  He tells her her ability to make demands is long past.  She is making no demands, she's offering him her help and in return she wants his.  He asks why he should consider it.  She replies it's the same reason he hasn't killed her:  he needs her help to kill Klaus and she needs him.  Stefan calls and asks where she is.  She tells him she's fine and with Elijah.  When he asks her where and says he's on his way, she tells him she and Elijah need some time alone.  Stefan insists Elijah can't be trusted and he will use her to get to Klaus.  Elena tells Stefan that Elijah is a noble man who lives by a code of honor and she can trust him.  He knows she would be stupid to try and kill him again and that by removing the dagger she has proven herself.  He tells her she can't do it alone and she replies that it's her decision and asks him to respect it and to make sure Damon doesn't do anything stupid.  She tells him she'll be in touch then hangs up.  Elijah places his hand out for her phone and she turns it over to him.  Damon asks Stefan if Elena hung up on him.  When he says 'yes', he comments she's lost it.  Stefan feels if anyone can get Elijah to help them kill Klaus it will be Elena.  Damon insists Bonnie is the way.  Stefan points out Bonnie will kill herself in the process and Elena wants another way.  Damon wants to find Elena and stop her as he feels her way will get her killed.  Stefan stands and tells him to back off and they should trust her even though he doesn't like the plan any more than Damon.  Damon tells his brother that might be his plan, but his is better starts to walk away.  Stefan grabs his arm and looks into Damon's eyes and firmly tells him "I said 'back off'".

Elena tells Elijah Klaus is there and has taken over Alaric's body, something Elijah comments is one of Klaus' favorite tricks.  She asks what his other tricks are and what he will do next as he is the only one who knows Klaus.  Elijah remembers back to 1492 on the night he met Katherine at the birthday party.  She asks where the mysterious host she heard so much about is and Elijah says he's fashionably late as he likes to make an entrance.  He sees Klaus coming down the stairs and points him out to her.  She turns and watches as Klaus makes his way through the crowd of party goers.  When their eyes meet, Klaus walks directly to her.  Elijah introduces her to the Lord Niklaus (Joseph Morgan).  She curtsies and Klaus kisses her hand and tells her Niklaus is the name his father gave him but asks her to please call him Klaus and smiles.

Elijah and Elena show up at Carol Lockwood's home.  She asks what they are doing there and what happened to Elijah.  He tells her he had a bit of an incident and is hoping she can help.  She says she's on her way to a meeting but he steps forward and compels her and she invites them in saying 'anything you need'.  He asks for a change of clothes and she tells him they could try one of her husbands suits as she hasn't boxed them up yet.  When she leaves to get the suit, Elena asks how he knows she isn't on vervain.  He replies that he's the one who got her off it right before she and her friends killed him--twice.

Jenna calls Stefan asking where Elena is and Jeremy as no one is answering their phones.  He tells her Elena isn't there and asks if everything is alright.  She asks what is going on as Elena left her a bunch of messages telling her to stay away from Alaric.  He tells her Elena was hoping Jenna could stay on campus a little while longer.  When she tells him she's in her kitchen and she's supposed to meet Alaric at the Grill for lunch, Stefan warns her to not meet Alaric at the Grill and that he is coming over now to explain everything.  When he gets off the phone Damon tells him he'd love to lend her a hand but he knows Stefan wouldn't want him to do anything stupid.  Stefan asks if he's seriously going to be like that and Damon replies that he and his girlfriend are calling all the shots, he's just 'backing off'.  Stefan leaves as Andie returns and Damon tells her they should go.  She asks where and he tells her they're splitting from the team; going rogue.

At the Lockwoods, Elijah, dressed in a new suit, assumes the Martin witches are no longer with them, something Elena confirms.  He asks about Katherine and Elena tells him Klaus took her and they think she might be dead.  He doubts that as Klaus' style dictates death would be too easy for her after what she did.  Elena doesn't understand that while Elijah wants Klaus dead he still made Katherine pay for betraying him.  Elijah tells her he has his own reasons for wanting to make Katherine pay.  He tells her there was a time he would have done anything for Klaus.  In 1492, Klaus asks Katherine where she's from.  She replies she's new to town and Elijah supplies the information that she's from Bulgaria.  Klaus turns to Elijah and asks "do you mind, brother, I'd like to have a moment alone with her".  Elijah wishes his brother a happy birthday and watches as Klaus leads Katherine away.  In modern day, Elijah confirms to a shocked Elena that Klaus is his brother.

At Alaric's apartment, Katherine is listening to music and enjoying a bottle of bourbon.  She hears Damon and Andie talking as they walk up to Alaric's door.  Andie knocks on the door and asks Alaric if he's home.  Katherine tries to open the door but cannot.  Damon turns the door knob and Andie pushes it open revealing Katherine, standing there looking at them.  They enter the apartment as Andie comments in amazement that Katherine looks exactly like Elena.  Damon tells Katherine they thought she might be dead to which she replies "unfortunately not".

Stefan arrives a the Gilbert home and expresses his thanks to Jenna for not going to the Grill.  He tells her he can explain but before he can, Alaric walks into view.

Elena is surprised to learn there is an entire family of Originals.  Elijah explains his father was a wealthy landowner in a small village in eastern Europe and his mother bore seven children.  Their whole family was human and their origin as vampires is a long story but she should just know, they are the oldest vampires in the world.  They are the Original family and, from them, all vampires were created.  She points out that Klaus is his brother and he wants him dead.  Elijah comments he needs some air and the two go outside for a walk.

Katherine asks what they are doing there and Andie says they are there to rescue her.  Damon corrects her that they are there to see if she deserves to be rescued.  He says he feels that Alaric/Klaus was blending too easily and that he had some coaching.  He holds up a bottle of vervain.  She tells him it won't undo anything but he says there's always a loophole.  He asks if Klaus told her to stay in the apartment until it was OK to leave, something she can't answer.  He asks if Klaus told her to do absolutely everything he said until the end of time.  When she tells him 'no', he says that's her loophole.  He tells her to drink the vervain and it will prevent any further compulsion.  She walks toward him to get the vervain but is stopped at the door.  She demands him to give it to her but before he will, he wants to know why she doublecrossed them with Isobel.  She tells him she didn't think they stood a chance against Klaus and was looking out for herself.  He throws her the bottle of vervain and warns to her be careful with it because if Klaus catches her with it she will never get out of the apartment.  She takes a drink of the vervain and he tells her she owes him and he will collect.  He calls to Andie and leaves.

Alaric makes small talk about the knife he is using to cut vegetables as Jenna and Stefan look on.  She says she's still waiting for someone to tell her what's happening.  Alaric asks Stefan if he'd like to do it or should he.  Alaric asks her if she believes in vampires and tells her they do have a place in their history and, as a history teacher, finds them fascinating.  She asks why they are talking about it.  He replies that she's been angry with him for keeping secrets and this is one of his secrets.  He's obsessed with vampires.  She asks if he's joking.  He tells her not at all and asks if Stefan is a fan of vampires.  Stefan replies literature, Bram Stoker, it's dense but he appreciates it.  Alaric comments that vampires are the oldest creatures of the night, except for werewolves, of course.  Jenna incredulously repeats werewolves and walks away saying she knows he's joking.  He continues that he's read about the Aztec curse and explains it to her and includes that the creatures wouldn't care who they had to kill to break the curse.

Elijah explains to Elena that nothing can kill an Original, including sun, fire or a werewolf bite.  Just the wood from one tree can do it and it was a tree his family made sure burned, the white ash for the dagger.  He tells her the witches won't allow anything truly immortal to walk the earth.  Every creature must have a weakness to keep the balance.  She asks why Klaus is obsessed with breaking the Sun & Moon curse since the sun cannot kill him.  With a smile, he remarks the Curse of the Sun & Moon sounds so biblical.  In the 1400's, he remembers handing a "Roman parchment" to Klaus.  The latter looks it over and says he remembers etching it when he was quite drunk.  Elijah says Klaus' finest work was the Aztec drawings.  In the present, he admits to Elena the Aztec scrolls, African tribal etchings and any other culture or continent they felt like planting the story in.  She asks why and he explains the easiest way to discover the existence of a doppleganger or to find a long-lost moonstone is to have every single member of two warring species on the lookout.  The Curse of the Sun and the Moon is fake.

Alaric says he knows it sounds crazy but vampires are real.  When he gets up to get Jenna more wine she tells him to get out.  He starts to talk to her but she again tells him to get out.  Stefan stands and tells him he heard Jenna.  Alaric says he doesn't want to leave.  She stands to leave and Alaric picks up a knife telling her she isn't going anywhere.  Stefan rushes with lightening speed between the two and shoves Alaric against the way drawing surprise from Jenna.  As he holds the knife to Alaric's throat he tells Jenna to leave now.  Alaric tells Stefan he might not have a witch protecting him today but if he kills that body what is to stop him from using Jenna as his next one.  Again, Stefan tells her to leave.  She protests and he turns to her in anger and yells for her to go and she runs from the house in fear.  He tells Stefan to kill him but to remind Elena how easy it will be for him to kill her if she tries to stop him from breaking the curse.  Stefan hits him, knocking him to the floor then kicks him twice before rushing from the house.

Elijah admits to Elena that he and Klaus faked the Sun & Moon Curse dating back over 1,000 years.  There is a curse and the real one is much worse.  It is a curse placed on Klaus that he's been trying to break for the last 1,000 and Elena is his only hope.  She asks what the curse is and he pulls her phone from his pocket saying it won't stop its incessant buzzing.  He hands it to her and she answers it to find Stefan on the line.  He tells her about Jenna and she says she'll be right there.  When she hangs up she tells Elijah Klaus went after Jenna and she must go to her.  He says that wasn't part of the days arrangement.  She insists and gives him her word that she will be back.  He tells her that means nothing to him until she lives up to it.  She thanks him and leaves.

He remembers the past with Katherine.  She is running playfully from him.  When they stop, she tells him Klaus promised to spend the day with her but he never returned home from the night.  He tells her Klaus lives by no ones rules but his own.  She remarks he's a very charming man and hard for any woman to resists.  She doesn't know why he courts her as he doesn't seem to care about her at all.  He points out that many a union has been built on much less and she asks if it's wrong to want more.  He asks if she has more with Trevor.  She tells him Trevor believes he loves her but true love isn't real unless it's returned and asks if he agrees.  He tells her he doesn't believe in love.  She says that's too sad for her to accept as life is too cruel and if we cease to believe in love why would we want to live?  He smiles then stands with a start as Klaus walks up, his shirt stained with blood.  Katherine asks what happened and he tells her the wrong villager picked a fight at the tavern.  He leads her away from Elijah.

At the Salvatore home, Elena arrives to find Jenna upset.  Jenna leans away from Elena causing the latter to apologize saying she never meant for any of this to happen.  She tells her about Elena's mother telling her (Jenna) bedtime stories about vampires when she was little.  She didn't believe them.  Elena confirms they are and that she should of told her but thought if she didn't know she would be safe.  Things spiraled out of control and everything she did to keep her out of it blew up.  Jenna asks who else knows and asks about Jeremy.  Elena nods.  She asks if John knew.  Elena says they were just trying to protect her and will tell her everything.  Jenna admits she's scared and Elena puts her arms around her aunt to comfort her apologizing again and again as Stefan listens from the hall.

Elena closes the door and goes into the hall with Stefan who asks if Jenna is going to be OK.  She tells him her aunt is in shock and she tried to tell her all she could but was barely able to scratch the surface.  Stefan apologizes to Elena and she tells him it isn't his fault, it's hers.  She tells him she has to go back to Elijah but he tries to stop her.  She tells him of her promise to return and she cannot break that promise.  He reluctantly agrees and she promises she'll be alright.  Damon gets in her way and asks where she's going.  She tells him back to Elijah and he stops her.  She tells him to get out of her way but he grabs her arms telling her if she tries to take a step out of the house.  Andie warns him 'easy' but he tells her to stay out of it.  Stefan demands Damon let Elena go but he doesn't want to.  Stefan steps up and again demands his brother let Elena go.  Damon looks to his brother and tells him that was twice that day he stood in his way and he shouldn't try it a third.

At Alaric's, Katherine is continuing to enjoy the bourbon and music.  She dances around the apartment taking an occasional drink until she hears the keys in the lock and Alaric/Klaus returns.  She is sitting on the couch when he comes in.  He tells her to turn the music down and that the body has outlived its usefulness when she asks why he's grumpy.  She asks if he wants a drink, which he doesn't.  She again offers the drink.  He takes the bottle and throws it against the wall and grabs her to compel her to sit down and shut up.  She obediently sits.  The door opens and Maddox returns followed by two men carrying Klaus' luggage.  A young woman next enters the apartment and Klaus warmly greets her as Greta (Lisa Tucker).  She asks if he's ready to get out of the body he's in, which he is.  They both look to the door to watch two men wheeling in a large trunk.

Elena returns to the Lockwoods as she promised Elijah she would.  He welcomes her back and she immediately asks him to tell her what Klaus' curse is.  He tells her his family was quite close but Klaus and his father didn't get on too well.  When they became vampires they discovered the truth that Klaus wasn't his father's son.  His mother had been unfaithful and it was her darkest secret.  Klaus came from a different bloodline.  When his father found out, he hunted his mother's lover down and killed him and his entire family not realizing he ignited a war between species that rages even today.  The war between the vampires and the werewolves.  Elena asks if that makes Klaus a vampire or werewolf.  Elijah tells her that he's both.  A hybrid would be deadlier than any werewolf or vampire.  Nature wouldn't stand for such an imbalance of power so the witches sought to insure Klaus' werewolf side would become dormant.  Klaus wants to trigger the werewolf part of him.  If he succeeds, he can father his own bloodline and build his own race, endangering not just vampires but everyone.  Elena points out that Elijah helped him.  He admits he did that because he loved his brother but that has changed now and Klaus must die.  She says he has the dagger.  He reminds her that when a werewolf is wounded by silver it heals.  Since an Original can only be killed by white ash on a silver dagger it wouldn't work as the silver wouldn't kill the werewolf.  He says there's one way to kill any supernatural species:  at the hands of the servants of nature themselves.  As Elena knows, witches, if they can channel that much power.  He tells her the curse must be broken during a full moon while Klaus is in transition as that is when he will be his most vulnerable.  A witch with enough power can kill Klaus.  She asks what if she could tell him she knows a witch that can channel that much power.  He replies there's one more thing she should know.

He remembers the past and Klaus telling him the full moon is tomorrow and after all these centuries it's finally time.  He tells Klaus he's been to see the witches and they believe they might know of a way to spare the doppleganger.  Klaus feels she's nothing more than a means to an end and it doesn't matter if she lives or not.  Elijah questions if she should die for his gain to which Klaus replies she's human and her life means nothing.  Elijah begs him to reconsider leading Klaus to ask his brother if he's so foolish as to care for Katherine.  Elijah says he isn't and Klaus tells him love is a vampires greatest weakness and they are not weak.  They don't feel and they don't care.  Elijah reminds him they did once.  Klaus replies it was too many lifetimes ago to matter and to tell the witches not to bother as the sacrifice will happen as planned.  Elena asks him if he found a way to save the life of the doppleganger and he admits he did.  Unfortunately, Katherine took matters into her own hands first and she knows how that played out.  Elena asks him if he cared about her too.  He replies it is a common mistake, he's told, and one he won't make again then walks away.

Andie gives Damon a drink telling him he doesn't need to be angry with Stefan as he's just worried about Elena.  He tells her to go but she continues that she knows he's worried about her too.  He again tells her to go as Stefan enters the room.  Stefan asks if he's tired of his plaything already and Damon tells his brother she's just a distraction.  Stefan remarks that she's a person.  Damon says Stefan should be happy she's here as it keeps him from going for what he really wants.  Stefan turns and thanks him for being in love with his girlfriend.  Damon sits his drink down and stands.  Stefan tells Damon he can be in love with Elena all he wants if it means he'll protect her but he (Stefan) has the one thing he (Damon) never will:  her respect.  Damon hits Stefan and the two brothers begin to fight.  Elena and Elijah enter the room and she calls to them to stop.

When Elijah looks upon the brothers, he remembers the past.  Klaus enters the room angrily asking Elijah what he's done, something he doesn't understand.  Klaus tells him Katherine has fled and asks what he told her.  Elijah maintains he told her nothing but Klaus doesn't believe him and shoves him against the wall yelling for him not to lie to him.  Elijah gives Klaus his word that he will find her.  Klaus calmly tells Elijah that if he does not, he gives him his word that he (Elijah) will be dead.

Damon questions that Elena has invited Elijah in.  She tells them she and and Elijah have renewed the terms of their deal.  He assures them they will come to no harm at his hands and he only asks one thing of them:  an apology.  The brothers seem confused at first.  Stefan steps up and apologizes for the part he played in his death as he was protecting Elena and he will always protect Elena.  Elijah tells him he understands and everyone turns to look at Damon who is reluctant to apologize.  Elena tells him the sacrifice is going to happen, Bonnie will be able to kill Klaus without hurting herself and Elijah knows how to save her life as well.  She found another way as she told him she would.  Damon asks if it is true and Elijah says it is.  Damon then asks if she is trusting Elijah and she says she is.  Damon tells them all they can go to hell and leaves the room.  Stefan turns to Elijah and tells him Damon is angry with him (Stefan) right now but he will come around.  Elijah whispers "perhaps".

Damon goes into his room and finds Andie still there and says he thought he told her to leave.  She tells him he didn't compel her and she wants to be there.  He goes to her and holds onto her telling her he's upset and she knows what happens when he's upset.  She has to leave.  She refuses as he needs to know someone cares about him, she cares.  He bites her neck then throws her to the floor crying.  He kneels next to her and forces her to look at him.  He compels her to get out of there before he kills her and begs her to go.  She gathers her clothes and turns to him once more then leaves.

At Alaric's apartment, Maddox and Greta are chanting in an arc of candles as Alaric/Klaus stands nearby and Katherine watches on.  The light of the candles flares up and Alaric's body surges.  He looks to Katherine and says "Elena?" in confusion then falls to the floor.  Maddox stands and walks to the large trunk and opens it allowing Klaus, in his real body, to walk out.

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US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.18 "The Last Dance"

Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode Eighteen, The Last Dance
Original Air Date:  April 14, 2011

Klaus continues to inhabit Alaric's body and goes out to see Elena in person.  The school is hosting a 60's themed dance and Klaus sends a message to Elena that he will be there.  Stefan, Damon, Elena and Bonnie make plans to go after Klaus at the dance but they don't know he's in Alaric.  Damon and Bonnie have a plan to kill Klaus that may be the the death of Bonnie--literally.  Elena enacts a dangerous Plan B.

Klaus, inhabiting Alaric's body, goes through the closet to select something to wear and isn't impressed with the selection of clothing available to him.  He asks Katherine for her opinion and she tells him the dark colors suit him better.  He asks about the dagger and white ash and she tells him it was used to kill Elijah and he can be found in the Salvatore's basement.  Klaus wants the dagger to stay exactly where it as as the last thing he wants to do is resurrect Elijah.  Katherine reminds him that Alaric is on the outs with Jenna.  He asks what else and she informs him that's it.  He touches her hair and she shrinks away asking him to just kill her as she's told him all she knows.  He believes that she believes that but wonders what they could be keeping from her.  He looks into her eyes and asks her to tell him.  She says they were wanting to see if there was a way Bonnie could kill an Original without the dagger.  He questions that Katherine said Bonnie didn't have her powers any longer and she replies that Bonnie doesn't, or didn't, she isn't sure as she's out of the loop since he kidnapped her.  Again, she begs him to kill her an be done with it.  He tells her that since he spent 500 years searching for her, her death will last at least half that long.  He holds out a knife and tells her he wants her to stab herself with it.  She takes the knife and plunges it into her leg.  He tells her to take it out.  While he's gone, he wants her to do that over and over and over again.  If she gets bored, switch legs.  He's going to go see Elena.  He kisses her lightly on the forehead and tells her to not look so glum as her fun is just beginning.

Elena signs the paperwork making her the sole owner of the Salvatore home.  She tells Bonnie the house is all hers, for now, and she is the only person who can invite a certain type of person inside.  Damon questions whether or not Bonnie can take on Klaus and Stefan says Bonnie feels she can channel enough witches power to kill him, something Elijah, an Original, thought would work.  Damon asks if she can do a witch tracking spell to find Klaus.  Stefan tells him she can't without something that belongs to Klaus.  Damon asks his brother if he thinks Klaus killed Katherine.  Stefan feels he probably has.  When Mr. Henry, the man who oversaw the change-over of the Salvatore home to Elena, leaves, Stefan and Damon try to come inside and cannot.  Elena cordially invites Stefan into the house.  She turns to Damon and asks him if she lets him in does he promise to obey the owner of the house.  When he says 'no', she tells him he promised she called the shots, no lies, no secret agendas.  He agrees and she invites him into the house.  When both brothers are inside, Elena puts her coat on and Stefan asks where she's going.  She tells him to school and both Damon and Stefan tell her they didn't create a safe house for her to leave it.  She appreciates what they're doing and can sleep well at night knowing she's safe there but she won't be a prisoner.  Bonnie assures them that she's ready.  If Klaus shows, she can take him.  As she and Bonnie head out the door, Stefan tells them he's coming with them.

Matt arrives at the Forbes home and Liz tells him Caroline left early for school.  He doesn't know what to do around Caroline and Liz tells him he can't let Caroline know that he knows.  He asks about the dance Caroline wants him to take her to.  Liz tells him to take her to the dance, something he feels he can't do as Caroline will figure him out.  She warns him that if what Caroline said was true, she isn't the only one.  The Salvatore brothers are vampires and the Gilbert family is in on it and Tyler Lockwood is god-knows-what (Matt kindly supplies werewolf).  There isn't anyone in the town she can trust.  She needs to take some time to figure out what to do.  He again expresses doubts and Liz assures him that Caroline believes he doesn't remember anything.  She asks him to buy her some time.

In class, Elena shows Stefan a poster for the 60's themed dance coming up and he shakes his head 'no'.  She shows it to Bonnie who gives her a nod then turns back to Stefan with a smile.  Alaric enters the classroom and asks what they are learning today.  A girl in the front mentions they've been covering the 60's all week since there is a decade dance that night.  He gets a look at Elena before turning to the board to write "the 60's".  He turns around and starts mentioning things that happened in the 1960's and mentions "Watergate".  Elena corrects him that was the 70's and calls him "Rick".  When everyone looks at her she calls him "Mr. Saltzman".

Preparations are being made for that nights decade dance and Caroline arrives to help.  She sees Matt and goes to talk to him.  He kisses her and tells her he's just practicing for tonight.  Jeremy asks Bonnie if she told anyone what it will take for her to do the Klaus spell.  She hasn't and tells him he will tell no one, either.  He tells her she can't do it since harnessing the power of 100 dead witches will kill her.  She tells him she's going through with it and if he tells anyone.  He interrupts her asking what she will do but she doesn't answer.  Elena walks up and asks if he's alright at the house alone with John.  She then asks about Jenna and he tells her it looks like she's staying on campus.  He tells her he's late for class then leaves.  Elena sits down and asks Bonnie what is going on.  Bonnie explains that she told him he had to dress up tonight and he got uptight.  Dana (Anna Enger) walks up to the table and tells Elena what she has to say will sound freaky but a totally hot guy wanted to know if she (Elena) was going to the dance that night.  Bonnie tells her to tell the guy Elena has a boyfriend.  Dana says Elena needs to look the guy up at the dance and tells her his name is Klaus.  Bonnie asks Dana if he's there and she doesn't know, but he wants to know if Elena will save him the last dance.  Bonnie knows Dana has been compelled.

Elena and Bonnie go back to the Salvatores with the news Dana brought her at lunch.  Damon wants them to find Klaus at the dance but Stefan points out they don't even know what Klaus looks like.  A knock sounds at the door and Alaric enters the house.  Damon tells him to put him down as a chaperon at the dance as Klaus has made his first move.  Elena asks what the plan of attack is once they find Klaus.  Bonnie speaks that up that she's the plan as he has no idea how much power she can channel.  She assures them if they can find him, she can kill him.  Alaric says it won't be easy as Klaus is the biggest, baddest vampire around.  Damon agrees and moves towards Bonnie who extends her hand and knocks him back impressing everyone in the room.  Bonnie says it doesn't matter if Klaus is an Original, she can take down anyone who comes at her.

Klaus returns to Katherine, who has been stabbing herself, saying that Bonnie is aiming to kill.  He tells Maddox (Gino Anthony Pesi) they are going to have to kill her.  Under a false bottom in one of Alaric's clothes drawers he finds crossbows, wooden bullets and automatics.  He removes a crossbow from the drawer and asks Katherine who Alaric is again and she tells him he's the local vampire hunter.  Klaus tells Maddox he wants him to take Bonnie out at the dance that night but Maddox warns him if she has a great deal of power she can sense him coming from a mile away and can't get near her.  Klaus will have to kill her himself.  Maddox warns him that no witch can handle channeling that much power and it will kill Bonnie.  He has to make her use it.  All he must do is keep attacking her until it kills her.  Alaric's body will last longer than Bonnie's as he (Maddox) can help him with a protection spell.

That night, Caroline is ready to go to the dance when her mother arrives home.  Caroline asks her mother if everything is alright and Liz writes it off to work stress.  Matt arrives to take Caroline to the dance and Liz wishes them fun.

Elena and Stefan are getting ready to go to the dance and he tells her it isn't too late to back out.  She admits she had all but convinced herself Klaus wasn't real.  Stefan tells her they will put an end to him that night.  She kisses him and tells him she loves him.  He remarks that he wants her to tell him that when the nights over.

At the dance, Alaric moves through the crowd of students casually.  He stops to talk with Dana and her date, Chad.  He asks them if he and his friends would like to earn a little extra credit.  Outside the dance, Jeremy stops Bonnie and takes off his Gilbert ring telling her he wants her to have it.  She jokes but he's serious.  She tells him the ring won't work on him.  When he comments it was made by a witch she says it was, yes, but to protect from the supernatural not for someone who is.  He feels he must do something but she tells him because a bunch of dead witches gave her a warning doesn't mean she will die.  She says she can't explain it but she can feel them.  She's in power and she knows she can do it.  As they hug, she sees Damon arriving over Jeremy's shoulder.  She says his name and he replies 'evening' and walks away.  Elena and Stefan arrive and the two girls embrace.

Inside, Dana is on the stage and tells the crowed there is a special shout out that night for Elena from Klaus.  Elena says she knows everyone there.  Damon suggests they should blend and let him come to them, something Bonnie agrees with.  She drags Jeremy onto the dance floor despite his protests.  Damon sees Alaric and goes to speak with him leaving Elena with Stefan.  Alaric comments about the message from Klaus and Damon says he isn't impressed then tells Alaric to let him know if he sees anything out of whack and moves through the crowd.  Elena sees Caroline arrive and says they have to tell her what's going on.  Stefan says he's on it and motions for Damon to come watch over Elena.  He and Elena start dancing.  Caroline takes Matt onto the dance floor and he looks at her strangely.  Stefan steps up to them and asks if he can steal Caroline for a minute.  Matt says he doesn't and goes to get them something to drink.  Stefan tells her Klaus is there and to keep her eyes open for anything weird.  Damon steps into the dance between Jeremy and Bonnie.  When Jeremy has gone, Bonnie asks him if he heard her and Jeremy talking.  He asks if it's true and she confirms it.  He asks if she'd lay everything on the line for Elena and with all that power if there isn't a way to increase her odds.  She tells him he should be careful as she might start to think he actually cares.  Jeremy and Elena watch Damon and Bonnie dancing and she asks what they are up to.  Jeremy says 'who knows' and she asks if he's fine.  He throws his cup down and walks away.

In the hallway, Stefan catches up to Jeremy telling him Elena thinks they should all stick together.  He tells Stefan he's fine as he has his ring but Stefan knows there's a problem.  Jeremy tells him about Bonnie.  He asks Stefan what he's supposed to do.

Everyone is having fun at the dance when Elena tells Bonnie they need to talk to her.  Damon, who is on the dancefloor, over hears Elena.  Stefan accosts Damon on the dancefloor and asks if he knew Bonnie was on a suicide mission.  Stefan has told Elena and he tells Damon he promised no more secrets.  Damon changed his mind.  Elena is angry and tells Bonnie it isn't an option, which Bonnie remarks is their only option.  Elena wants to find another way.  Bonnie asks if the situation was reversed, would Elena do it for her.  Her lack of an answer is all Bonnie needs.  Elena still tells her 'no'

Chad, and two of his friends accost Jeremy in the school hallway and pick a fight with him.  The three of them gang up on Jeremy and give him a pretty good beating.  Damon and Stefan run to Jeremy's defense and one of Chad's friends shoots Damon in the shoulder with an arrow using Alaric's bow.  The other two also have some of Alaric's weapons.  Stefan and Damon get the upper hand knowing Klaus has compelled the boys.  Damon wants to kill them but Stefan tells him not to as it's a distraction.  He sends Damon to find Bonnie and Elena while he takes care the boys.

Outside, Alaric goes up to Bonnie and Elena and tells them Klaus has Jeremy and to follow him, which they do.  Elena feels something isn't right and Bonnie asks where Jeremy is.  Alaric stops walking and starts talking about preferring the 20's over the 60's.  Elena asks Alaric if he's on vervain.  He says "I am not Alaric." and Elena figures out it is Klaus in Alaric's body.  He tells Elena he's not there to hurt her as she isn't on his hit list that night and looks to Bonnie and tells her she is.  He flies toward her and she knocks him back.  He tells her he knows a witch and she's going to have to hit him a lot harder than that.  She does and throws him down the hallway and into a sports display case.  Again, he gets up telling her to fire away because if she kills that body he will get a new one.  Bonnie tells Elena to run and the girls take off.  Bonnie closes the doors behind them and they meet with Damon in the hall.  Elena tells him Klaus is in Alaric's body.  He tells Elena to find Stefan now.  When she's gone he asks Bonnie if she can kil him and she tells him he has a protection spell.  He tells her she's got the power of 100 witches and she should break it.  She says she's trying but if she kills Alaric he'll possess someone else.  She knows that Klaus is trying to kill her because she has her powers.  He tells her Klaus does not win that night and asks if she's still willing to do whatever it takes to kill him.  She nods her head.

Elena re-enters the party to search for Stefan and Caroline sees her frantically searching and asks if she's alright.  As she's with Matt, Elena tells her she is and says she's looking for Stefan.  Caroline asks what's wrong.  Elena tells her to stay with Matt.  When she sees Stefan, Elena runs to him.

Bonnie opens the doors to the school hall and walks down to the end and into a room.  Alaric is sitting there waiting for her with a knife in his hands.  He asks what took her so long and if she wants to do it the easy or hard way.  She breaks his hand causing the knife to fall to the floor.  He stands and says "the hard way, got it".  She continues inflicting pain and injury to Alaric's body and Klaus asks if she'd kill her favorite history teacher.  She replies it is what Alaric would want and he'd want Klaus to suffer first.  Her nose is starting to bleed and he makes comment of her condition asking if that's all she's got.  She says let's find out.

Elena and Stefan meet Damon in the hall and she asks where Bonnie is.  Damon tells them she's doing what she has to do.  Stefan asks where she is and Damon tells him to let her do this.  Again, Stefan asks where she is.

Bonnie takes Alarics knees out and he falls to the floor.  Papers fly off the boards around him and the lights flicker.  He tries to get to his feet again and she puts him down yet again.  Elena and Stefan run through the hall toward the room where Bonnie is confronting Klaus.  When they reach the room, Elena screams "Bonnie, no!" as Bonnie sees her friends and closes the door so they cannot enter.  She attacks Alaric two more times and looks back to Elena who, along with Stefan, is beating on the doors trying to get into the room.  Alaric gets to his feet and Bonnie crumples to the floor.  The doors open and Stefan and Elena run to her.  As Elena is seeing to her friend, Stefan looks around the room and Alaric/Klaus is nowhere to be found.  Elena cannot find a pulse on Bonnie and she isn't breathing.  Elena begs Stefan to give Bonnie blood but he tells her it is too late.  Elena keeps begging for her friends life as Damon steps into the doorway.  He tells Stefan to get Elena out of there and he'll deal with the body.  Elena angrily asks "what you do mean 'deal with it'".  He tells her the sheriff can't know about it.  Damon demands Stefan to get Elena home now and let him clean it up.  Stefan helps Elena to her feet and she starts saying Jeremy's name.  Damon tells her he'll find him.  When they are gone, Damon closes Bonnie's eyes.  Damon delicately places Bonnie's body in the trunk of his car as Jeremy comes running up to him.  He asks where Elena and Bonnie are.  Damon tells him they need to have a little talk.

At home, Elena blames herself for Bonnie's death.  Stefan tells her it was Klaus; he did it.  Damon arrives home and Elena asks what he did with Bonnie.  He tells Stefan to calm her down.  He tells her to calm down.  She asks if he knew Bonnie would die if she harnessed all the power and he admits he did.  She slaps him.  He looks at her sternly and tells her she needs to listen to him and prepare for what he's about to say.  As Damon talks to Elena, Jeremy is at the old plantation home with Bonnie's body which is on the floor surrounded by candles.  Damon tells Elena Bonnie had to die.  Klaus using Alaric's body was a surprise and she wasn't prepared for that.  He wasn't going to stop and they weren't going to be able to stop him until he knew Bonnie was dead.  He had to believe it.  As Jeremy is lighting more candles, Bonnie awakens.  He goes to her and takes her in his arms.  Damon continues telling Elena that Bonnie cast a spell and she's alright.  He turns and walks away.

Stefan goes after Damon and tells him he could have told him to which Damon replies how can he know when Stefan will go blabbing things to his girlfriend.  Stefan asks if Damon understands what he put Elena through.  Damon says that's why he never told him because Stefan wouldn't have been able to do it.  Damon tells him he doesn't mind being the bad guy and making all the life and death decisions while Stefan worries about collateral damage.  He'll even let Elena hate him for it.  At the end of the day, Damon will be the one to keep Elena alive.

Jeremy asks Bonnie if she's sure it is safe at the old plantation and she is.  He hooks Internet up to a laptop and she tells him he doesn't need to stay there with her.  He tells her he won't let her out of his sight.  She asks him to talk to Elena for her.  Tell her how sorry she is for what she and Damon had to do.  Jeremy pulls Elena on video up on his computer and tells Bonnie to tell her herself.  Bonnie tearfully apologizes to Elena and her friend readily forgives as she just needed to see Bonnie's face to know she's truly alright.

Later, Elena goes to see Damon and he again tells her Klaus had to think Bonnie was dead and her reaction had to be real.  She tells him she understands why he did what he did.  She wants to get one thing straight with Damon:  she will not let Bonnie die for her.  He tells her they need to kill Klaus--the real Klaus--who he feels will probably be coming to pay Elena a visit now that he knows Bonnie is dead.  Damon tells Elena that Bonnie is the only one who can do it.  She insists they'll find another way and he replies that he hopes so.  She tells him she shouldn't have hit him and he says "apology accepted.  Damon wants to be clear about something:  if it comes down to her and the witch again, he'll gladly let Bonnie die.  He will always choose Elena.  She tells him goodnight and leaves his room.

Elena goes to the basement where Elijah is and opens the door.  She removes the dagger from his body and sits back against the wall

The Vampire Diaries airs Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. (eastern time) on the CW network.
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