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A Closer Walk With Thee

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A Closer Walk With Thee is the twentieth episode of the first season of The Originals and the twentieth episode of the series.

Summary

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A CELEBRATION OF LIFE — Template:Hayley confronts a surprising enemy as she and her unborn baby fall into peril during a celebratory wake to honor a fallen member of the community. In order to save Hayley, Klaus and Elijah enlist the help of Genevieve who struggles to maintain control over Davina and the other young witches. Camille tells Template:Marcel that Francesca is determined to find a mysterious key that may unlock a family secret. Meanwhile, as Klaus suffers from nightmares of his father Mikael, he is forced to examine his troubled relationship with his own adoptive son, Marcel.


Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

​Co-Starring

Trivia

  • Antagonist: Mikael, Monique Deveraux.
  • Narrator: Hayley Marshall.
  • Title meaning: a reference to Mikael's plan to return from the dead and pursue his plans to destroy Klaus and his daughter.
  • This is the first ever The Vampire Diaries/The Originals episode to be directed by French director Sylvain White.
  • Furthermore, this is the first ever episode to be written by Carina MacKenzie.
  • Mikael appears in this episode, marking his first present day appearance on The Originals.
  • A funeral for Kieran was held.
  • Hayley confronts Francesca as she suspects she played a part in the bayou bombings.
  • The events occurring on The Vampire Diaries begin to affect the characters on this show since The Other Side is disintegrating.
    • This is the first time that the events of the parent show are affecting the spin-off.
  • Klaus mentions Bonnie, who tells him that the Other Side is disintegrating.
  • Hayley and Elijah kiss for the first time. 
  • Mikael meets with Davina and asks her to bring him back from The Other Side, as he knows she could.
  • Genevieve doesn't want to kill Klaus' baby and pleads withthe Ancestors not to make her a monster by making her do it, because the child's innocent. This explains why she isn't happy with Monique when she tries to kill Hayley and the baby. Despite her pleas, the ancestors refuse.
  • This is the first and the only episode in which the Other Side is seen. The collapse of the Other Side allows Hayley and Mikael to interact.
  • The 1820 to 1835 flashbacks seen in this episode were originally filmed for the second episode of the series, House Of The Rising Son, but Julie decided to use them for this episode.

Continuity

Locations

Behind the Scenes

  • This episode had about 1.77 million viewers in USA which was 0.27 million more than the previous episode.

Cultural References

  • Just a Closer Walk With Thee is a gospel song and is one of the most frequently played tunes in traditional New Orleans jazz funerals.
  • Just a Closer Walk with Thee is an LP album of spiritual songs sung by Patti Page, released by Mercury Records in 1960 under catalog number MG-20573.

Quotes

Mikael: "Greetings, boy."
Klaus: "My father is literally mocking me from beyond the grave."
Klaus: "The spirit world is crumbling."
Hayley: "I'm dreaming, this is a nightmare."
Mikael: "On the contrary, this is very real."
Elijah: "She's not breathing."
Hayley: "The baby!"
Mikael: "There is no saving that atrocity festering in your womb."
Klaus: "I won't lose that baby."
Elijah: "I won't lose that girl."
Hayley: "No!"
Mikael: "Welcome to my hell."
Mikael: "Greetings, boy."
Klaus: "The dead are being torn away and they are not interested in going quietly."
Elijah: "Our father, faced with permanent extinction, is tormenting us. How delightful."
Marcel: "Kieran rolled into town on a rusty old cruiser after his daddy died twenty-five years ago. And dammit, that guy could party! That was, of course, before he took his vows. But, even then, he was committed to the Quarter. He knew that this town needed him. And, we still do. To Father K!"
Audience: "To Father K."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Last.fm_play.png "Long Time Traveller" – The Wailin' Jennys
Last.fm_play.png "Drowsy Maggie / Rakish Paddy / Harvest Storm" – Altan
Last.fm_play.png "The Kid On The Mountain" – The Ballybeg Band
Last.fm_play.png "In Crimson" – Jessy Greene
Last.fm_play.png "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" – Sabor! Brass Band
Last.fm_play.png "Bringin' The Flavor" – Sabor! Brass Band
Last.fm_play.png "Celebration" – Sabor! Brass Band
Last.fm_play.png "Too Late" – M83

Videos

Pictures

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References

See also

The Originals Episodes
The Originals Transcripts
Season One
0 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22
Season Two
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22
Season Three
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22
Season Four
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13
Season Five
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13
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