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

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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.^[2]

Plot

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Cast

Trivia

Antagonists: Greta Sienna, Klaus (flashback).

Body Count

August Müller - Heart extraction; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson (flashback)
Unknown Vampires - Various ways; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson
Unknown Werewolves - Decapitated; killed by August Müller and his followers (flashback)

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.

Locations

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

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."

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."

Marcel: "None of this makes sense, what could Hayley have to deserve this?

Marcel: "What is that?"

Klaus: "A message. From enemies I thought I'd buried long, long ago."

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 may 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: "50 werewolves killed in Stäbelow. I prefer th 80 Wittenberge. A dozen massacres all within 20 miles of where we sit, Niklaus."

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

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