“ | A thousand years of family has taught me to expect betrayal from those I hold most dear. Bind her, really? How many times have you heard me rail against the shame our parents gave me. | ” |
Don't It Just Break Your Heart is the fifth episode of the fifth season of The Originals and the eighty-fourth episode of the series overall.
Summary[]
FLASHBACKS TO 1930's GERMANY — A mysterious clue sent to Klaus leads him one step closer to finding Hayley. Antoinette opens up to Elijah after her past comes back to haunt her. Meanwhile, Marcel makes a decision that puts him at odds with Klaus. Finally, Hope takes matters into her own hands to fix the mess that she's created. Freya and Josh also appear.[2]
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Cast[]
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Trivia[]
- Antagonists: Greta Sienna, Klaus (flashback).
- Klaus turned some Werewolves into Hybrids using Hope's blood.
Body Count[]
- August Müller (flashback) - Heart extraction; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson
- Unknown Vampires - Various ways; killed by Niklaus
- Unknown Werewolves (flashback) - Decapitated; killed by August Müller and his followers
- Unknown Werewolves - Various ways; killed by Niklaus but transitioned to Hybrids via Hope's blood
Continuity[]
- Hayley was mentioned. She was last seen in Where You Left Your Heart.
- Kol, Finn and Henrik were indirectly mentioned. Kol was last seen in Where You Left Your Heart, Finn was last seen in Behind the Black Horizon and Henrik was last seen in Ordinary People on The Vampire Diaries.
- Rebekah was mentioned. She was last seen in Where You Left Your Heart.
- Mikael was mentioned. He was last seen in I Hear You Knocking as a flashback/hallucination.
- Esther was mentioned. She was last seen in Ashes to Ashes.
- Alaric was mentioned. He was last seen in The Feast of All Sinners.
- Poppy was mentioned. She was last seen in Where You Left Your Heart.
- Dahlia was mentioned. She was last seen in Ashes to Ashes.
- Stefan was mentioned. He was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on TVD and A Streetcar Named Desire on The Originals.
- Alexander was mentioned. He was last seen in Graduation on The Vampire Diaries.
- Emil was mentioned by Elijah. He was last seen in House of the Rising Son in a flashback.
Locations[]
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Unknown Apartment
- Rostock, Germany
- Unknown Bar
- August's Cottage
- Mystic Falls, Virginia
Behind the Scenes[]
- Jeffrey Lieber's family escaped from Germany through Shanghai.[3]
Cultural References[]
- "Don't It Just Break Your Heart" is a song by Jeff Young.
Quotes[]
- Vampire: "Look, I don't know anything."
- Klaus: "Well, that's a pity for you then."
Multimedia[]
Soundtrack[]
"Fats Meets Nacio Herb" – Richard Geere
"She Always Takes It Black" – Gregory Alan Isakov
"Trois Gnossienne" – Erik Satie
"The Downfall" – Ruelle
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