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| season = 3
 
| season = 3
 
| number = 13
 
| number = 13
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| episode number = 57
 
| image = BOTD_%288%29.jpg
 
| image = BOTD_%288%29.jpg
| airdate = February 2nd 2012
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| airdate = February 2, 2012
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| viewers = 2.74 million
 
| writer = [[Turi Meyer]] & [[Al Septien]]
 
| writer = [[Turi Meyer]] & [[Al Septien]]
 
| director = [[Jeffrey Hunt]]
 
| director = [[Jeffrey Hunt]]
 
| previous = [[The Ties That Bind]]
 
| previous = [[The Ties That Bind]]
| next = [[Dangerous Liaisons]]}}
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| next = [[Dangerous Liaisons]]
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'''Bringing Out The Dead''' is the thirteenth episode of the [[Season Three|third season]] of [[The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)|The Vampire Diaries]] and the fifty-seventh episode of the series.
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'''Bringing Out The Dead''' is the thirteenth episode of the [[Season Three|third season]] of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' and the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall.
   
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
'''A FAMILY DINNER''' — [[Elizabeth Forbes|Sheriff Forbes]] delivers some disturbing news to {{Alaric}} and {{Elena}} about a weapon used in a recent murder. In the Salvatore brothers’ escalating quest to kill {{Klaus}}, {{Stefan}} turns to {{Bonnie}} and [[Abby Bennett Wilson|Abby]], while {{Damon}} reaches out to an old acquaintance for help in setting up an elaborate plan. Intent on a plan of his own, Klaus hosts a strange dinner party, where he reveals another story from his family’s violent past until an unexpected guest brings the party to an end. Meanwhile, {{Caroline}} is heartbroken when she is unable to stop a tragedy from unfolding.
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'''A FAMILY DINNER''' — [[Elizabeth Forbes|Sheriff Forbes]] delivers some disturbing news to [[Alaric Saltzman|Alaric]] and [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] about a [[weapon]] used in a recent murder. In the [[Stefan and Damon|Salvatore brothers]]’ escalating quest to kill [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]], [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] turns to [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] and [[Abby Bennett Wilson|Abby]], while [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] reaches out to an [[Elijah Mikaelson|old acquaintance]] for help in setting up an elaborate plan. Intent on a plan of his own, Klaus hosts a strange dinner party, where he reveals another story from [[Mikaelson Family|his family]]’s violent past until an unexpected guest brings the party to an end. Meanwhile, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] is heartbroken when she is unable to stop a tragedy from unfolding.
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
 
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[[File:Tvd-recap-bringing-out-the-dead-2.jpg|thumb|left|190px]]After [[Elijah]] has killed the [[hybrid]], [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] being surprised, makes him understand that he wasn't the one who undaggered him. After Klaus indicates that he did keep his promise and reunited him with his family, Elijah attacks Klaus out of anger. Klaus tells him that [[Mikael]] is dead, and that calms him down. But he is curious about why [[Finn]] is still in a coffin after 900 years, and [[Kol]] after over a century. Klaus says he needs his help to destroy Stefan, and once they have the coffin back from him, he will make their family whole again.
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[[File:Tvd-recap-bringing-out-the-dead-2.jpg|thumb|left|190px]]After [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]] has killed the [[hybrid]], [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] being surprised, makes him understand that he wasn't the one who undaggered him. After Klaus indicates that he did keep his promise and reunited him with his family, Elijah attacks Klaus out of anger. Klaus tells him that [[Mikael]] is dead, and that calms him down. But he is curious about why [[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]] is still in a coffin after 900 years, and [[Kol Mikaelson|Kol]] after over a century. Klaus says he needs his help to destroy Stefan, and once they have the coffin back from him, he will make their family whole again.
   
 
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The next morning [[Sheriff Forbes]] visits [[Elena ]] and [[Alaric]], and informs them that Elena's fingerprints are on the weapon that was used to kill Brian Walters, the medical examiner, also a member of the council. Meanwhile, [[Damon]] is meeting with Elijah, who found the note that he left in his jacket pocket when he undaggered him. Damon asks him if he knows who or what might be in the coffin that is sealed with a spell, while [[Stefan]] is taking [[Abby]] and [[Bonnie]] to the secret Lockwood cave where they keep the coffin, so they can open it.
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The next morning [[Elizabeth Forbes|Sheriff Forbes]] visits [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] and [[Alaric Saltzman|Alaric]], and informs them that Elena's fingerprints are on the weapon that was used to kill Brian Walters, the medical examiner, also a member of the council. Meanwhile, [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] is meeting with Elijah, who found the note that he left in his jacket pocket when he undaggered him. Damon asks him if he knows who or what might be in the coffin that is sealed with a spell, while [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] is taking [[Abby Bennett Wilson|Abby]] and [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] to the secret Lockwood cave where they keep the coffin, so they can open it.
   
 
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Back in the hospital, [[Meredith]] complains to[[ Caroline]] that her dad should be more grateful for saving his life. Caroline says he always hated vampires so he hates the idea that vampire blood had saved him. Meredith tells her that she signed his discharge papers last night to shut him up, but Caroline says he didn't call her. So she calls him, but is surprised to hear his phone ringing somewhere in the hospital. She follows the ringing, only to find her father stabbed and murdered violently by the serial killer. She is devastated, but kind of relieved when she remembers he had vampire blood in his system so he will come back to life.
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Back in the hospital, [[Meredith Fell|Meredith]] complains to [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] that her dad should be more grateful for saving his life. Caroline says he always hated vampires so he hates the idea that vampire blood had saved him. Meredith tells her that she signed his discharge papers last night to shut him up, but Caroline says he didn't call her. So she calls him, but is surprised to hear his phone ringing somewhere in the hospital. She follows the ringing, only to find her father stabbed and murdered violently by the serial killer. She is devastated, but kind of relieved when she remembers he had vampire blood in his system so he will come back to life.
   
 
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Back in the Lockwood cave, Bonnie tries to find the correct spell by searching the grimoire. Abby asks what all these carvings mean, and Bonnie tells her the genesis of vampirism. Later they find that in order to unseal the coffin, 2 generations are needed, like parent and child. If Abby can unlock her powers, they can open the coffin.
 
Back in the Lockwood cave, Bonnie tries to find the correct spell by searching the grimoire. Abby asks what all these carvings mean, and Bonnie tells her the genesis of vampirism. Later they find that in order to unseal the coffin, 2 generations are needed, like parent and child. If Abby can unlock her powers, they can open the coffin.
   
To buy them enough time, Stefan and Damon are prepared to visit Elijah and Klaus to negotiate a fake truce. When they arrive, after some conversation, Elijah and Klaus tell them about Tatia, who is the originator of the Petrova line, also known as the Original Petrova. Stefan is humored to learn both Elijah and Klaus loved the same girl. Meanwhile,[[ Bill]] wakes up at the hospital, but to Caroline and Elena's surprise, he says he won't drink human blood and become a vampire. They take him home, and Elena calls Elizabeth and tells her what happened.
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To buy them enough time, Stefan and Damon are prepared to visit Elijah and Klaus to negotiate a fake truce. When they arrive, after some conversation, Elijah and Klaus tell them about Tatia, who is the originator of the Petrova line, also known as the Original Petrova. Stefan is humored to learn both Elijah and Klaus loved the same girl. Meanwhile, [[Bill Forbes|Bill]] wakes up at the hospital, but to Caroline and Elena's surprise, he says he won't drink human blood and become a vampire. They take him home, and Elena calls Elizabeth and tells her what happened.
   
 
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He threatens Stefan, which makes Damon give up and agree to bring the coffin. But to everyone's surprise, him and Elijah undaggered the remaining originals. After Finn, Kol and Rebekah arrive, Elijah tells Stefan and Damon that they are free to leave. Damon and Stefan visit Bonnie and Abby only to find them on the ground, passed out. They are still alive, but Damon is not happy with seeing whatever inside the coffin is gone and will be no good to them. In Klaus' house, Rebekah, Elijah, Finn and Kol tell Klaus that they are leaving him forever. Their heated argument ends as [[Esther]] , their mother walks in to everyone's surprise. Klaus is scared that she is here to kill him, but she tells that she is here to forgive him, and it is about time for them to be a family again.
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He threatens Stefan, which makes Damon give up and agree to bring the coffin. But to everyone's surprise, him and Elijah undaggered the remaining originals. After Finn, Kol and Rebekah arrive, Elijah tells Stefan and Damon that they are free to leave. Damon and Stefan visit Bonnie and Abby only to find them on the ground, passed out. They are still alive, but Damon is not happy with seeing whatever inside the coffin is gone and will be no good to them. In Klaus' house, Rebekah, Elijah, Finn and Kol tell Klaus that they are leaving him forever. Their heated argument ends as [[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]] , their mother walks in to everyone's surprise. Klaus is scared that she is here to kill him, but she tells that she is here to forgive him, and it is about time for them to be a family again.
 
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* [[Ian Somerhalder]] as [[Damon Salvatore]]
 
* [[Ian Somerhalder]] as [[Damon Salvatore]]
 
* [[Steven R. McQueen]] as [[Jeremy Gilbert]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
* [[Steven R. McQueen]] as [[Jeremy Gilbert]] <small>(credit only)</small>
* [[Katerina Graham|Kat Graham]] as [[Bonnie Bennett]]
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* [[Kat Graham]] as [[Bonnie Bennett]]
 
* [[Zach Roerig]] as [[Matt Donovan]]
 
* [[Zach Roerig]] as [[Matt Donovan]]
 
* [[Candice Accola]] as [[Caroline Forbes]]
 
* [[Candice Accola]] as [[Caroline Forbes]]
 
* [[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
* [[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]] <small>(credit only)</small>
* [[Matthew Davis|Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric J. Saltzman|Alaric Saltzman]]
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* [[Matthew Davis|Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]]
 
* [[Joseph Morgan]] as [[Niklaus Mikaelson]]
 
* [[Joseph Morgan]] as [[Niklaus Mikaelson]]
 
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* [[Alice Evans]] as [[Esther Mikaelson]]
 
* [[Alice Evans]] as [[Esther Mikaelson]]
 
* [[Persia White]] as [[Abby Bennett Wilson]]
 
* [[Persia White]] as [[Abby Bennett Wilson]]
 
===Guest Cast===
 
=== Guest Cast===
 
 
* [[Nathaniel Buzolic]] as [[Kol Mikaelson]]
 
* [[Nathaniel Buzolic]] as [[Kol Mikaelson]]
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* [[Casper Zafer|Caspar Zafer]] as [[Finn Mikaelson]]
 
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===Co-Starring===
 
* [[Caspar Zafer]] as [[Finn Mikaelson]]
 
{{Col-end}}
 
{{Col-end}}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* Antagonist: [[Niklaus Mikaelson]].
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* [[Antagonists in Season 3|Antagonist]]: [[Niklaus Mikaelson]].
* [[Katherine]], [[Jeremy]] and [[Tyler]] don't appear in this episode.
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* [[Katerina Petrova|Katherine]], [[Jeremy Gilbert|Jeremy]] and [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] don't appear in this episode.
*  The last members ([[Finn]] and [[Kol]]) of [[The Originals]] appear in this episode.
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*  The last of the [[Original Vampire|The Originals]] ([[Kol Mikaelson|Kol]] and [[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]]) make their first appearances in this episode.
**[[Kol]], [[Finn]] and [[Rebekah]] are undaggered by [[Elijah]].
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**[[Kol Mikaelson|Kol]], [[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]] and [[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] are all undaggered by [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]].
* [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] hosts a dinner party in this episode like [[Damon]] did in ''[[The Dinner Party]].'' Likewise, both episodes featured an [[Original]].
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* [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] hosts a dinner party in this episode like [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] did in ''[[The Dinner Party]]''. Likewise, both episodes featured an [[Original Vampire|Original]].
* [[Meredith]] meets [[Caroline]] in this episode.
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* [[Meredith Fell|Meredith]] meets [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] in this episode.
* [[Abby]] meets [[Stefan]] in this episode.
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* [[Abby Bennett Wilson|Abby]] meets [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] in this episode.
* [[Bill Forbes]] chose not to complete the transition into a [[vampire]]. This is the first time a vampire dies from not completing the transition.
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* [[Bill Forbes]] chose not to complete his transition into a [[vampire]]. This is the first time a vampire dies from not completing their transition.
*Both [[Elijah and Klaus]] tell Stefan and Damon the story of Tatia whom they think is the first [[Doppelgänger]] on how she couldn't choose between Elijah and Klaus, as well as how Esther killed her.
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*Both [[Elijah and Klaus]] tell Stefan and Damon the story of [[Tatia]], whom they believed was the first [[Petrova Family|Petrova]] [[Doppelgänger]], and whom they both loved before they were turned into vampires. They also explained that since she couldn't choose between the two of them, their mother killed her to end the brothers' fighting and to use her blood in both the spell that turned them into the Original vampires as well as the spell that bound Klaus' [[The Hybrid Curse|hybrid curse]].
**[[Red Door|''Red Door'']] reveals that it was [[Elijah]], not [[Esther]] that had killed [[Tatia]] and that she had actually chosen Elijah.
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**However, in ''[[Red Door]]'', it was revealed that it was actually [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]], not [[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]], who killed [[Tatia]], and that she had actually chosen Elijah before he had lost control of his newborn vampire bloodlust and fed on her until she died.''
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**It was also later revealed in ''[[Original Sin]]'' that while Tatia was the first doppelgänger, she did not create the Petrova doppelgänger line with her blood being used to bind the hybrid curse—it was actually [[Amara]], lover of [[Silas]] and handmaiden of [[Qetsiyah]], who was the progenitor of the Petrova bloodline.
* In this episode, the name of the first Lady [[Petrova Family|Petrova]] is revealed: [[Tatia]].
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* In this episode, the name of the first [[Petrova Family|Petrova]] doppelgänger is revealed: [[Tatia]].
**Her name was originally thought to be [[Charlotte]]. <ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/11/11/vampire-diaries-scoop-katherines-diabolical-master-plan-her-history-with-klaus-and-damons-chest-all-revealed-tonight/ 'Vampire Diaries' scoop: Katherine's diabolical master plan, her history with Klaus, and Damon's chest all revealed tonight]</ref>
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**Her name was originally thought to be [[Charlotte]].<ref>[http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/11/11/vampire-diaries-scoop-katherines-diabolical-master-plan-her-history-with-klaus-and-damons-chest-all-revealed-tonight/ 'Vampire Diaries' scoop: Katherine's diabolical master plan, her history with Klaus, and Damon's chest all revealed tonight]</ref>
**She was finally seen in [[Red Door|''Red Door'']]'','' episode 5 of [[The Originals Season 2]].
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**She was finally seen in ''[[Red Door]]'', episode five of [[Season Two (The Originals)|The Originals Season Two]].
* It is the first episode where the majority of the members of [[The Originals]] appear: [[Klaus|Niklaus]], [[Elijah]], [[Kol]], [[Finn]], [[Rebekah]] and [[Esther]]. Only [[Mikael and Esther's firstborn|Freya]], [[Henrik]] and [[Mikael]] do not appear, as they are all deceased.
 
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* It is the first episode where the majority of the [[Mikaelson Family|Mikaelson family]] members appear: [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Niklaus]], [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]], [[Kol Mikaelson|Kol]], [[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]], [[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] and [[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]]. Only [[Freya Mikaelson|Freya]], [[Henrik Mikaelson|Henrik]] and [[Mikael]] do not appear, as the latter two are deceased and the former is in her century of sleep required by the spell that gives her immortality and invulnerability.
* This episode marked the first appearances of Originals [[Kol]] and [[Finn]].
 
* This episode marked the first modern day appearance of [[Esther]].
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* This episode marked the first appearances of Original vampires [[Kol Mikaelson|Kol]] and [[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]].
 
* This episode marked the first modern day appearance of [[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]].
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* Klaus told Elijah that he murdered their mother a thousand years prior to the episode. However, it was shown in ''[[The Axeman's Letter]]'' that Elijah had known since 1002 C.E, but this knowledge was locked behind his red door.
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==Locations==
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*[[Mystic Falls|Mystic Falls, Virginia]]
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**[[Klaus' Family Mansion]]
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**[[Gilbert House]]
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**[[Woods]]
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***[[The Lockwood Cellar]]
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***[[Cave and underground tunnels]]
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**[[Mystic Falls Hospital]]
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**[[Salvatore Boarding House]]
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**[[Forbes House]]
   
==Body Count==
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==[[Season Three Body Count|Body Count]]==
*[[Bill Forbes]] - stabbed, killed by [[Alaric Saltzman]] (as a human).
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*[[Bill Forbes]] - Stabbed; killed by [[Alaric Saltzman]] (as a human)
*[[Bill Forbes]] - failure to transition, killed by Himself (as an undead).
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*[[Bill Forbes]] - Failure to transition; killed by himself (as a vampire in transition).
*[[Alaric Saltzman]] - stabbed, killed by [[Elena Gilbert]]; resurrected by [[Gilbert Ring]].
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*[[Alaric Saltzman]] - Stabbed, killed by [[Elena Gilbert]]; resurrected by [[Gilbert Ring|Gilbert ring]].
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* Blonde female servant - Drained of blood; killed by [[Niklaus Mikaelson]]
   
 
==Continuity==
 
==Continuity==
* [[Elijah]] attacks [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] for what he did to him in ''[[As I Lay Dying]].''
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* [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]] attacks [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] for what he did to him in ''[[As I Lay Dying]]''.
* [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] mentions to [[Elijah]] that he killed their father, [[Mikael]], which happened in ''[[Homecoming]].''
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* [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] mentions to [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]] that he killed their father, [[Mikael]], which happened in ''[[Homecoming]]''.
* [[Bill Forbes]], [[Meredith Fell]] and [[Abby Bennett Wilson]] were all last seen in ''[[The Ties That Bind]].''
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* [[Bill Forbes]], [[Meredith Fell]] and [[Abby Bennett Wilson]] were all last seen in ''[[The Ties That Bind]]''.
* [[Elizabeth]] and [[Matt]] were last seen in ''[[Our Town]].''
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* [[Elizabeth Forbes|Elizabeth]] and [[Matt Donovan|Matt]] were last seen in ''[[Our Town]]''.
 
* The murder of [[Brian Walters]] is mentioned. It was first revealed in ''[[Our Town]].''
 
* The murder of [[Brian Walters]] is mentioned. It was first revealed in ''[[Our Town]].''
* [[Damon]] mentioned his kiss with [[Elena]] to [[Stefan]], which took place in ''[[The New Deal]].''
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* [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] mentioned his kiss with [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] to [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]], which took place in ''[[The New Deal]]''.
* [[Esther]] was last seen in ''[[Ordinary People]]'' in the[[Flashback| flashback]] scenes.
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* [[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]] was last seen in ''[[Ordinary People]]'' in the [[Flashbacks|flashback]] scenes.
* [[Damon]] undaggered [[Elijah]], which took place in the [[The Ties That Bind|previous episode]].
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* [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] undaggered [[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]], which took place in the [[The Ties That Bind|previous episode]].
* [[Rebekah]] was last seen briefly in ''[[The New Deal]].'' She was neutralized by [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]. 
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* [[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] was last seen briefly in ''[[The New Deal]]''. She was neutralized by [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]].
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* Steven is mentioned by Caroline. He was first mentioned in ''[[Let The Right One In]]''.
   
 
==Continuity Error==
 
==Continuity Error==
*When revealing his history with [[Tatia]], [[Klaus ]] claims she was the progenitor of the [[Doppelgänger ]] line. However, [[Season Five]] reveals [[Tatia ]] herself was a [[Doppelgänger]] of Amara.
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*When revealing his history with [[Tatia]], [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] claims she was the progenitor of the [[doppelgänger]] line. However, [[Season Five]] reveals [[Tatia]] herself was a [[doppelgänger]] of Amara.
**Of course, [[Klaus ]] may not have known this, for he likely never put any effort into discovering if there were more [[Doppelgängers ]] prior to [[Tatia]] . He may not have cared, since he was fixated on the current one.
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**Of course, it is very likely that Klaus did not know this, for he likely never put any effort into discovering if there were more [[doppelgänger]]'s prior to [[Tatia]], considering he had more interest in the current ones who could help him break his curse, and sire more hybrids.
**Any [[Doppelgängers|Doppelgängers ]] prior to [[Tatia ]] would have been around before the time of the [[Original ]] siblings and it is very unlikely that there was anyone still alive with knowledge of the original [[Petrova family |Petrova ]] during their time as [[Amara |she ]] existed 1,000 years before [[the Originals]] did.
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**Any [[doppelgänger]]'s prior to [[Tatia]] would have been around before the Mikaelson children were born and it is very unlikely that there was anyone still alive with knowledge of the original [[Petrova family|Petrova]] during their time, as [[Amara|she]] existed 1,000 years before [[Mikaelson Family|the Originals]] did.
   
 
==Cultural References==
 
==Cultural References==
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163988/ Bringing out the Dead]''  is a 1999 movie by Martin Scorcese with Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette about a paramedic plagued with visions of the victims he could not save.
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*''{{w|Bringing Out the Dead}}'' is a 1999 movie by Martin Scorcese with Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette about a paramedic plagued with visions of the victims he could not save.
 
**The title of the movie is a reference to a phrase believed to to have originated during the black plague. Men with carts would shout: "[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bring%20out%20your%20dead&defid=896081 Bring out the dead]" so that corpses could be collected and disposed of. There is some doubt if this is historically accurate but it has become a fairly common depiction in modern films and literature.
 
**The title of the movie is a reference to a phrase believed to to have originated during the black plague. Men with carts would shout: "[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bring%20out%20your%20dead&defid=896081 Bring out the dead]" so that corpses could be collected and disposed of. There is some doubt if this is historically accurate but it has become a fairly common depiction in modern films and literature.
*"[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=always%20and%20forever Always and Forever] " is the vow said frequently by Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus. It means to love somebody unconditionally and with forgiveness. It has been used as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_and_Forever title] for several songs and albums.  It also went on to be the title for the first episode of the vampire diaries spin-off show [[The Originals (TV Series)|''The Originals ''(TV Series)]] which centres around Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah.
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*"[[Always and Forever (Vow)|Always and Forever]] " is the vow said frequently by Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus. It means to love somebody unconditionally and with forgiveness. It has been used as {{w|Always and Forever|title}} for several songs and albums.  It also went on to be the title for the first episode of the vampire diaries spin-off show ''[[The Originals]]'' which centres around Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah.
*Alaric claims to have "Whiskey dialed" Meredith, as a variation from "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunk_dialing Drunk Dialing]." It could be a bit of foreshadowing when he said that "it was a weird night", because he was already under the influence of the ring.
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*Alaric claims to have "Whiskey dialed" Meredith, as a variation from "{{w|Drunk dialing}}." It could be a bit of foreshadowing when he said that "it was a weird night", because he was already under the influence of the ring.
*Foreshadowing: when Elena says that Meredith did not kill the medical examiner. Also, Meredith did not yet know of Alaric's "night job" as a Vampire Hunter, nor of his stash of weapons.
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*Foreshadowing: when Elena says that Meredith did not kill the medical examiner. Also, Meredith did not yet know of Alaric's "night job" as a [[Vampire Hunter|vampire hunter]], nor of his stash of weapons.
 
*"[http://www.amazon.com/Annies-Variety-Grahams-Cheddar-Thirty-Six/dp/B00196P9QO Bunny Snacks] " are rabbit shaped cookies consumed during Easter. It is also the name of a trend to give incentive to kids to eat healthier by eating what bunnies eat: carrots and leaves.
 
*"[http://www.amazon.com/Annies-Variety-Grahams-Cheddar-Thirty-Six/dp/B00196P9QO Bunny Snacks] " are rabbit shaped cookies consumed during Easter. It is also the name of a trend to give incentive to kids to eat healthier by eating what bunnies eat: carrots and leaves.
 
*"[http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t10311.htm To Clean up Nicely] " usually refers to somebody that is mostly seen sloppy and unkempt shows up surprisingly handsome and well groomed. In this case it is used with irony, because Elijah is usually well groomed, and was unkempt only while daggered...
 
*"[http://www.antimoon.com/forum/t10311.htm To Clean up Nicely] " usually refers to somebody that is mostly seen sloppy and unkempt shows up surprisingly handsome and well groomed. In this case it is used with irony, because Elijah is usually well groomed, and was unkempt only while daggered...
 
*"[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=xoxo XOXO] " means hugs and kisses and it is also a reference to CW's show {{w|Gossip Girl}} in which character says "xo.xo.Gossip Girl" in each episode.
 
*"[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=xoxo XOXO] " means hugs and kisses and it is also a reference to CW's show {{w|Gossip Girl}} in which character says "xo.xo.Gossip Girl" in each episode.
 
*"[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/pace_2 Pace yourself] " means that you should not over-exert yourself in the beginning, on the risk of being too tired in the end. It's used in the context of a marathon, for example.
 
*"[http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/learner-english/pace_2 Pace yourself] " means that you should not over-exert yourself in the beginning, on the risk of being too tired in the end. It's used in the context of a marathon, for example.
*''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023622/ Trouble in Paradise]''  is a 1938 movie about a thief and a pickpocket lady who join forces to perform a long con. Now a days the expression is used to indicate trouble where everything used to be perfect.
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*''{{w|Trouble in Paradise (film)|Trouble in Paradise}}''  is a 1932 movie about a thief and a pickpocket lady who join forces to perform a long con. Now a days the expression is used to indicate trouble where everything used to be perfect.
 
*"Aged to Perfection" usually refers to wine but can refer to any drink or food that has to be aged (in this case, used ironically, because the young woman is not really aged).
 
*"Aged to Perfection" usually refers to wine but can refer to any drink or food that has to be aged (in this case, used ironically, because the young woman is not really aged).
*"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slasher_film Slasher]" is A slasher film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times thriller, typically involving a mysterious psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims usually in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film. Horror films like Halloween, Urban Legend, Friday the 13th, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Sorority Row.
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*"{{w|Slasher film|Slasher}}" is A slasher film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times thriller, typically involving a mysterious psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims usually in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film. Horror films like Halloween, Urban Legend, Friday the 13th, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Sorority Row.
   
*[[Matthew Davis]], who played Alaric Saltzman in ''The Vampire Diaries'', he also played Travis/Trevor in the slasher film ''Urban Legends: Final Cut'', Mike in ''Wasted Away'', O'Dell in ''Below'' and Sebastian in ''BloodRayne''.  He is the Scream King.
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*[[Matthew Davis]], who played Alaric Saltzman in ''The Vampire Diaries'', he also played Travis/Trevor in the slasher film ''Urban Legends: Final Cut'', Mike in ''Wasted Away'', O'Dell in ''Below'' and Sebastian in ''BloodRayne''. He is the Scream King.
   
 
*Writer and producer [[Kevin Williamson]] has been involved on horror and thriller-themed projects before—such as the ''Scream'' series, ''Cursed'', ''Venom'', ''The Faculty'', ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'', ''Glory Days'' and ''The Following''.
 
*Writer and producer [[Kevin Williamson]] has been involved on horror and thriller-themed projects before—such as the ''Scream'' series, ''Cursed'', ''Venom'', ''The Faculty'', ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'', ''Glory Days'' and ''The Following''.
*"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whodunit Whodunit]is a whodunit or whodunnit (for "Who [has] done it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective.
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*"{{w|Whodunit}}" whodunnit (for "Who [has] done it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective.
**Perhaps the most well-known author of whodunits was [http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agatha_Christie Agatha Christie,] a celebrated British writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections she wrote, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. Among her plays is the world's longest-running play, ''The Mousetrap''. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott.
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**Perhaps the most well-known author of whodunits was {{w|Agatha Christie}}, a celebrated British writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections she wrote, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. Among her plays is the world's longest-running play, ''The Mousetrap''. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott.
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==Behind the Scenes==
 
==Behind the Scenes==
 
* This episode had about 2.74 million viewers in the USA.
 
* This episode had about 2.74 million viewers in the USA.
   
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
:'''[[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]]''' (to Klaus): ''You seem surprised to see me? So it wasn't you who removed the dagger from my chest.''
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:'''[[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]]''': (to Klaus) ''You seem surprised to see me? So it wasn't you who removed the dagger from my chest?''
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:'''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''' (to Elijah): ''"Help me destroy Stefan and I promise you that our family will be whole again!"''
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:'''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': (to Elijah) ''"Help me destroy Stefan, and I promise you that our family will be whole again!"''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead."''
 
:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead."''
:'''[[Elijah]]''': ''"You left something in my jacket pocket."''
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:'''[[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]]''': ''"You left something in my jacket pocket."''
:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Yeah: "Dear Elijah, let's get together over the destruction of your brother. XOXO..."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Yeah; "Dear Elijah, let's get together over the destruction of your brother. XOXO..."''
:'''[[Elijah]]''': ''"...Damon."''
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:'''[[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]]''': ''"...Damon."''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"We're not gonna have a problem, are we?"''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"We're not gonna have a problem, are we?"''
:'''[[Elijah]]''': ''"Well I'm here, so let's talk."''
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:'''[[Elijah Mikaelson|Elijah]]''': ''"Well, I'm here, so let's talk."''
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:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"Get dressed, we're going out"''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Get dressed, we're going out."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"Yeah sorry, I'm not interested"''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"Yeah, sorry, I'm not interested."''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"I didn't ask. Elijah and I have scheduled a very old-fashion sit down with you and Klaus. I was thinking about the black. Makes you look all villainy."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"I didn't ask. Elijah and I have scheduled a very old-fashioned sit-down with you and Klaus. I was thinking the black. Makes you look all villain-y."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"Klaus won't make a deal, Damon."''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"Klaus won't make a deal, Damon."''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"He doesn't have to. All we're doing is buying a little time, to give our wicked witches a chance to pop the top of the coffin."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"He doesn't have to. All we're doing is buying a little time to give our wicked witches a chance to pop the top of the coffin."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"So that's your, eh, plan? Stall Klaus."''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"So that's your, uh, plan? Stall Klaus?"''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"If you didn't go postal on his hybrids than maybe we'd have some options."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"If you didn't go postal on his hybrids, then maybe we'd have some options."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"So you unleash an original to help him out?"''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"So you unleash an Original to help him out?"''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"Undaggering Elijah was smart, Stefan. Are you kidding me? After what Klaus did to him, he's in vengeance mode, perfect."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Undaggering Elijah was ''smart'', Stefan! Are you kidding me? After what Klaus did to him, he's in vengeance mode! Perfect."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"Nothing smart about trusting Elijah, Damon. He screwed us over the last time he promised to kill Klaus."''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"Nothing smart about trusting Elijah, Damon. He screwed us over the last time he promised to kill Klaus."''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"And the way you've been acting, I trust him about as much as I trust you."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"And the way you've been acting, I trust him about as much as I trust you."''
:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"Hm.. Well I guess that goes both ways, doesn't it?"''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"Hm.. Well I guess that goes both ways, doesn't it?"''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"Oh yes, this is about me kissing Elena. Just remember if it wasn't for Klaus, you wouldn't become such a dick and that kiss would never have happened. So get ready, and get happy, we are going to negotiate a fake truce and I don't want your attitude screwing it up."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"Oh yes, this is about me kissing Elena. Just remember if it wasn't for Klaus, you wouldn't become such a dick and that kiss would never have happened. So get ready, and get happy, we are going to negotiate a fake truce, and I don't want your attitude screwing it up."''
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:'''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': ''"Bring me my coffin before I burn him alive."''
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:'''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': (to Damon) ''"Bring me my coffin before I burn him alive."''
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:'''[[Stefan]]''': ''"I love her, Damon."''
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:'''[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]''': ''"I love her, Damon."''
:'''[[Damon]]''': ''"So do I."''
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:'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]''': ''"So do I."''
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: '''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': ''"I'm the hybrid. I can't be killed!"''
 
: '''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': ''"I'm the hybrid. I can't be killed!"''
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: '''[[Elena]]''': ''"I'm a doppelgänger. That makes me ...supernatural."''
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: '''[[Elena Gilbert|Elena]]''': ''"I'm a doppelgänger... That makes me supernatural."''
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: '''[[Finn]]''' (to Klaus): ''"You're staying behind."''
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: '''[[Finn Mikaelson|Finn]]''': (to Klaus) ''"You're staying behind."''
: '''[[Rebekah]]''' (to Klaus): ''"We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that doppelgänger wench. Then you will be alone. Always and forever.''"
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: '''[[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]]''': (to Klaus) ''"We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that doppelgänger wench. Then, you will be alone-- always and forever.''"
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: '''[[Esther]]''' (to Klaus): ''"Look at me! Do you know why I'm here?"''
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: '''[[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]]''': (to Klaus) ''"Look at me! Do you know why I'm here?"''
 
: '''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': ''"You're here to kill me."''
 
: '''[[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]''': ''"You're here to kill me."''
: '''[[Esther]]''': ''"Niklaus, you are my son and I am here to forgive you.  I want to us to be a family again."''
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: '''[[Esther Mikaelson|Esther]]''': ''"Niklaus, you are my son. And I am here to forgive you.  I want to us to be a family again."''
   
 
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Bringing Out The Dead is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The Vampire Diaries and the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary

A FAMILY DINNERSheriff Forbes delivers some disturbing news to Alaric and Elena about a weapon used in a recent murder. In the Salvatore brothers’ escalating quest to kill Klaus, Stefan turns to Bonnie and Abby, while Damon reaches out to an old acquaintance for help in setting up an elaborate plan. Intent on a plan of his own, Klaus hosts a strange dinner party, where he reveals another story from his family’s violent past until an unexpected guest brings the party to an end. Meanwhile, Caroline is heartbroken when she is unable to stop a tragedy from unfolding.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Guest Cast

Co-Starring

Trivia

  • Antagonist: Niklaus Mikaelson.
  • Katherine, Jeremy and Tyler don't appear in this episode.
  •  The last of the The Originals (Kol and Finn) make their first appearances in this episode.
  • Klaus hosts a dinner party in this episode like Damon did in The Dinner Party. Likewise, both episodes featured an Original.
  • Meredith meets Caroline in this episode.
  • Abby meets Stefan in this episode.
  • Bill Forbes chose not to complete his transition into a vampire. This is the first time a vampire dies from not completing their transition.
  • Both Elijah and Klaus tell Stefan and Damon the story of Tatia, whom they believed was the first Petrova Doppelgänger, and whom they both loved before they were turned into vampires. They also explained that since she couldn't choose between the two of them, their mother killed her to end the brothers' fighting and to use her blood in both the spell that turned them into the Original vampires as well as the spell that bound Klaus' hybrid curse.
    • However, in Red Door, it was revealed that it was actually Elijah, not Esther, who killed Tatia, and that she had actually chosen Elijah before he had lost control of his newborn vampire bloodlust and fed on her until she died.
    • It was also later revealed in Original Sin that while Tatia was the first doppelgänger, she did not create the Petrova doppelgänger line with her blood being used to bind the hybrid curse—it was actually Amara, lover of Silas and handmaiden of Qetsiyah, who was the progenitor of the Petrova bloodline.
  • In this episode, the name of the first Petrova doppelgänger is revealed: Tatia.
  • It is the first episode where the majority of the Mikaelson family members appear: Niklaus, Elijah, Kol, Finn, Rebekah and Esther. Only FreyaHenrik and Mikael do not appear, as the latter two are deceased and the former is in her century of sleep required by the spell that gives her immortality and invulnerability.
  • This episode marked the first appearances of Original vampires Kol and Finn.
  • This episode marked the first modern day appearance of Esther.
  • Klaus told Elijah that he murdered their mother a thousand years prior to the episode. However, it was shown in The Axeman's Letter that Elijah had known since 1002 C.E, but this knowledge was locked behind his red door.

Locations

Body Count

Continuity

Continuity Error

  • When revealing his history with Tatia, Klaus claims she was the progenitor of the doppelgänger line. However, Season Five reveals Tatia herself was a doppelgänger of Amara.
    • Of course, it is very likely that Klaus did not know this, for he likely never put any effort into discovering if there were more doppelgänger's prior to Tatia, considering he had more interest in the current ones who could help him break his curse, and sire more hybrids.
    • Any doppelgänger's prior to Tatia would have been around before the Mikaelson children were born and it is very unlikely that there was anyone still alive with knowledge of the original Petrova during their time, as she existed 1,000 years before the Originals did.

Cultural References

  • Bringing Out the Dead is a 1999 movie by Martin Scorcese with Nicolas Cage and Patricia Arquette about a paramedic plagued with visions of the victims he could not save.
    • The title of the movie is a reference to a phrase believed to to have originated during the black plague. Men with carts would shout: "Bring out the dead" so that corpses could be collected and disposed of. There is some doubt if this is historically accurate but it has become a fairly common depiction in modern films and literature.
  • "Always and Forever " is the vow said frequently by Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus. It means to love somebody unconditionally and with forgiveness. It has been used as title for several songs and albums.  It also went on to be the title for the first episode of the vampire diaries spin-off show The Originals which centres around Klaus, Elijah and Rebekah.
  • Alaric claims to have "Whiskey dialed" Meredith, as a variation from "Drunk dialing." It could be a bit of foreshadowing when he said that "it was a weird night", because he was already under the influence of the ring.
  • Foreshadowing: when Elena says that Meredith did not kill the medical examiner. Also, Meredith did not yet know of Alaric's "night job" as a vampire hunter, nor of his stash of weapons.
  • "Bunny Snacks " are rabbit shaped cookies consumed during Easter. It is also the name of a trend to give incentive to kids to eat healthier by eating what bunnies eat: carrots and leaves.
  • "To Clean up Nicely " usually refers to somebody that is mostly seen sloppy and unkempt shows up surprisingly handsome and well groomed. In this case it is used with irony, because Elijah is usually well groomed, and was unkempt only while daggered...
  • "XOXO " means hugs and kisses and it is also a reference to CW's show Gossip Girl in which character says "xo.xo.Gossip Girl" in each episode.
  • "Pace yourself " means that you should not over-exert yourself in the beginning, on the risk of being too tired in the end. It's used in the context of a marathon, for example.
  • Trouble in Paradise  is a 1932 movie about a thief and a pickpocket lady who join forces to perform a long con. Now a days the expression is used to indicate trouble where everything used to be perfect.
  • "Aged to Perfection" usually refers to wine but can refer to any drink or food that has to be aged (in this case, used ironically, because the young woman is not really aged).
  • "Slasher" is A slasher film is a subgenre of horror film, and at times thriller, typically involving a mysterious psychopathic killer stalking and killing a sequence of victims usually in a graphically violent manner, often with a cutting tool such as a knife or axe. Although the term "slasher" may be used as a generic term for any horror movie involving graphic acts of murder, the slasher as a genre has its own set of characteristics which set it apart from related genres like the splatter film. Horror films like Halloween, Urban Legend, Friday the 13th, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street and Sorority Row.
  • Matthew Davis, who played Alaric Saltzman in The Vampire Diaries, he also played Travis/Trevor in the slasher film Urban Legends: Final Cut, Mike in Wasted Away, O'Dell in Below and Sebastian in BloodRayne. He is the Scream King.
  • Writer and producer Kevin Williamson has been involved on horror and thriller-themed projects before—such as the Scream series, Cursed, Venom, The Faculty, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, Glory Days and The Following.
  • "Whodunit" whodunnit (for "Who [has] done it?") is a complex, plot-driven variety of the detective story in which the audience is given the opportunity to engage in the same process of deduction as the protagonist throughout the investigation of a crime. The reader or viewer is provided with the clues from which the identity of the perpetrator may be deduced before the story provides the revelation itself at its climax. The investigation is usually conducted by an eccentric amateur or semi-professional detective.
    • Perhaps the most well-known author of whodunits was Agatha Christie, a celebrated British writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She is best remembered for the 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections she wrote, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. Among her plays is the world's longest-running play, The Mousetrap. She also wrote six romances under the name Mary Westmacott.

Behind the Scenes

  • This episode had about 2.74 million viewers in the USA.

Quotes

Elijah: (to Klaus) You seem surprised to see me? So it wasn't you who removed the dagger from my chest?

Klaus: (to Elijah) "Help me destroy Stefan, and I promise you that our family will be whole again!"

Damon: "Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead."
Elijah: "You left something in my jacket pocket."
Damon: "Yeah; "Dear Elijah, let's get together over the destruction of your brother. XOXO..."
Elijah: "...Damon."
Damon: "We're not gonna have a problem, are we?"
Elijah: "Well, I'm here, so let's talk."

Damon: "Get dressed, we're going out."
Stefan: "Yeah, sorry, I'm not interested."
Damon: "I didn't ask. Elijah and I have scheduled a very old-fashioned sit-down with you and Klaus. I was thinking the black. Makes you look all villain-y."
Stefan: "Klaus won't make a deal, Damon."
Damon: "He doesn't have to. All we're doing is buying a little time to give our wicked witches a chance to pop the top of the coffin."
Stefan: "So that's your, uh, plan? Stall Klaus?"
Damon: "If you didn't go postal on his hybrids, then maybe we'd have some options."
Stefan: "So you unleash an Original to help him out?"
Damon: "Undaggering Elijah was smart, Stefan! Are you kidding me? After what Klaus did to him, he's in vengeance mode! Perfect."
Stefan: "Nothing smart about trusting Elijah, Damon. He screwed us over the last time he promised to kill Klaus."
Damon: "And the way you've been acting, I trust him about as much as I trust you."
Stefan: "Hm.. Well I guess that goes both ways, doesn't it?"
Damon: "Oh yes, this is about me kissing Elena. Just remember if it wasn't for Klaus, you wouldn't become such a dick and that kiss would never have happened. So get ready, and get happy, we are going to negotiate a fake truce, and I don't want your attitude screwing it up."

Klaus: (to Damon) "Bring me my coffin before I burn him alive."

Stefan: "I love her, Damon."
Damon: "So do I."

Klaus: "I'm the hybrid. I can't be killed!"

Elena: "I'm a doppelgänger... That makes me supernatural."

Finn: (to Klaus) "You're staying behind."
Rebekah: (to Klaus) "We're leaving you, Nik. Right after I kill that doppelgänger wench. Then, you will be alone-- always and forever."

Esther: (to Klaus) "Look at me! Do you know why I'm here?"
Klaus: "You're here to kill me."
Esther: "Niklaus, you are my son. And I am here to forgive you.  I want to us to be a family again."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Last.fm_play.png "Lullaby" – Sia
Last.fm_play.png "With Wings" – Amy Stroup

Last.fm_play.png "Hate N' Love" – Jack Savoretti

Pictures

References

See also

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