Don't It Just Break Your Heart

The Originals

Season 5, Episode 5 (84)

Air date

May 16, 2018

Written by

Jeffrey Lieber (Teleplay)
Bianca Sams & Jeffrey Lieber (Story)

Directed by

Jeffrey W. Byrd

Episode Guide
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“	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.	”
	— Klaus to Freya

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]

Plot[]

Cast[]

Starring[]

Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson
Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard
Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent Griffith (credit only)
Riley Voelkel as Freya Mikaelson
Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson
Steven Krueger as Josh Rosza

Guest Starring[]

Nadine Lewington as Greta Sienna
Jamie Thomas King as August Müller (flashback)
Jaime Murray as Antoinette
Jedidiah Goodacre as Roman

Trivia[]

Antagonists: Greta Sienna and Niklaus Mikaelson (flashback)

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 and his followers
Unknown Werewolves - Various ways; killed by Niklaus but transitioned to Hybrids via Hope's blood

Continuity[]

Hayley, Rebekah, and Poppywere mentioned. They 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.
Mikael was mentioned. He was last seen in a flashback and a hallucination in I Hear You Knocking.
Esther and Dahlia were mentioned. They were last seen in Ashes to Ashes.
Alaric was mentioned. He was last seen in The Feast of All Sinners.
Stefan was mentioned. He was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries and A Streetcar Named Desire on The Originals.
Alexander was mentioned. He was last seen in Graduation on The Vampire Diaries.
Emil was mentioned. He was last seen in a flashback in House of the Rising Son.

Locations[]

New Orleans, Louisiana
- Unknown Apartment
Rostock, Germany
- Unknown Bar
- August's Cottage
Mystic Falls, Virginia
- Salvatore Boarding School

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[]

Klaus: "These cultists...slaughtered werewolves by the pack."

Klaus: "Rise and shine."

Klaus: "I'm singly focused on your impended suffering."

Klaus: "This ends now."

Elijah: "You were right."

Antoinette: "About?"

Elijah: "The feeling after sundown without the ring. It's just most transcendent joy."

Antoinette: "I'll take credit for most of that joy, thank you very much. Behind you, in the corner, don't look. He was in the bar earlier. You think it's your family again?"

Elijah: "I think we ought to introduce ourselves. Ladies first. Well, somebody's been busy. Busy watching you."

Elijah: "I wouldn't argue with this fool. He's not listening to a single word you say, he's simply waiting for you to draw breath. So that he might pontificate anew."

Klaus: "I believe you're thinking of my brother, Elijah. He's the pompous controlling one."

Elijah: "Interesting. I'd always heard that Elijah was the enigmatic and charming one, the truly distinguished element of the family."

Elijah: "Fifty werewolves killed in Stäbelow. I prefer the eighty in Wittenberg, a dozen massacres all within twenty miles of where we sit, Klaus."

Vampire: "Look, I don't know anything."

Klaus: "Well, that's a pity for you then."