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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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.^[1]

Plot

Cast

Main Cast

Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson
Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall-Kenner (credit only)
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

Recurring Cast

Nadine Lewington as Greta Sienna
Jedidiah Goodacre as Roman

Guest Cast

Jamie Thomas King as August Muller
Jaime Murray as Antoinette

Trivia

Antagonist:

Body Count

August Muller - Heart extraction; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson
Unknown Vampires - various ways; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson

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 Template: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 Template:The Vampire Diaries.