Fade Into You

The Vampire Diaries

Season 6, Episode 8 (8)

Air date

November 20, 2014

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Fade Into You is the eighth episode of the sixth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and nineteenth episode of the series.

Summary

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FRIENDSGIVING AT WHITMORE COLLEGE / FLASHBACKS TO KAI’S MURDEROUS PAST — As Caroline and Elena prepare to host Friendsgiving at the dorm, they receive some hopeful news from Alaric and Stefan, who have traveled to Portland to gather some information regarding the Gemini Coven. Tyler is determined to help Liv after she and Luke reveal some disturbing information about their witch lineage and the impending plans their coven has for them. Meanwhile dinner takes a drastic turn when Jo, who has revealed some painful details about her past, finds herself fighting for her life, leaving Alaric scrambling to help from a distance. Finally, Kai makes a dangerous discovery that brings him one step closer to his release. Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham also star.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (credit only)
Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (credit only)
Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
Michael Malarkey as Enzo (credit only)

Recurring Cast

Penelope Mitchell as Liv Parker
Chris Brochu as Luke Parker
Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Jo Laughlin
Marco James as Liam Davis
Chris Wood as Kai

Guest Cast

Christopher Cousins as Joshua Parker

Co-Starring

Kimberly Leemans as Young Jo
Bella Lotz as Young Liv
Corbyn Kennedy as Young Luke

Trivia

Antagonist: Kai & Joshua Parker.
There will be a 1 week break after this episode airs.
This episode marks the first time this season that Tyler appears in two episodes in a row.
Friendsgiving refers to Thanksgiving. In 2012 Thanksgiving was on Thursday November 22nd.
Kai tells Bonnie by his count he's spent 6,771 consecutive repeating the same day over and over figures that it's Thanksgiving. He tells Bonnie he wants to talk as they have Thanksgiving dinner before they go their separate ways, but it's really just a plot.
Elena breaks up with Liam and compels him to forget their relationship as she isn't able to explain her complicated life to him, to forget what he learned this day and "Lady Whitmore" as well as saying she'll see him at work on Monday.
Elena sees the sympathetic look on Jo's face after she's compelled Liam and after he's left.
Stefan, Alaric, and Damon go on a road trip to Portland, Oregon, to track down the Gemini Coven.
This episode reveals a vampire can be invited into a house by a resident even if that resident is far away as Jo invites Stefan into her family house from miles away over the phone.
Elena tells Alaric over the phone that she wishes he was there as the number of men at Friendsgiving is small because Jeremy and Matt are handling the Tripp situation.
Alaric informs Elena that Bonnie may still be alive.
It is revealed that Jo, Liv, Luke, and Kai are siblings.
This episode shows the family house of Jo, Liv, Luke, Kai and their father Joshua Parker. Which is cloaked by a spell and it can be disabled by a object that contains a witch's magic.
There are several flashbacks from Jo and Kai's past.
Damon, Alaric, and Stefan meet Jo's dad.
It is revealed that Jo's dad is the Gemini Coven's leader and that a leader is always a surviving twin. Since Liv and Luke are in line for the position they have to merge their magic to point of where one's completely drained and dies.
Alaric was compelled by Damon for the first time to get The Ascendant from Jo anyway he can.
Joshua Parker almost killed Jo but she was saved by Elena, who gave her some blood to heal Jo.
Kai finds the knife that contains Jo's magic and absorb the power. He also use the knife to stab Bonnie so he can use her Bennett blood to perform the spell to escape the Otherworldly Time Dimension.

Locations

Whitmore College
- Dorm common room
Portland, Oregon
- Parker House
Mystic Falls
- Lockwood Mansion
Otherworldly Time Dimension
- Portland, Oregon
  - Parker House

Continuity

This is the third holiday episode seen in the series.
- The first was Halloween in Season One's Haunted.
- The second was Christmas in Season Four's O Come, All Ye Faithful.
This is also the second episode this season in which Matt, Enzo, and Jeremy are the only characters who don't appear in an episode.
- The first time was in The World Has Turned and Left Me Here.

Behind the Scenes

This episode had 1.68 viewers in the USA, 0.14 million more than the previous episode.

Cultural References

"Fade Into You" is a song by Mazzy Star from their 1993 album So Tonight That I Might See. It was released as a single in spring 1994.

Quotes

Promo

Stefan: "Were you invited to friendsgiving?"

Damon: "What? Were you not invited?"

Caroline: "Alright! Gather around."

Elena: "I'm a vampire!"

Liam: "You're what?"

Stefan: "Great."

Caroline: "Er, could someone please pass the rolls?"

Damon: "I'll just kill him."

Elena: "Bonnie's still alive?"

Elena: "It's getting weird."

Stefan: "You're just mad because no one knew how to carve the turkey."

Clip 1

Alaric: "Is that the reason Caroline assigned me the turkey and the cranberries? Stefan wasn't invited."

Damon: "See what you did? Now we're pulling your weight, I really hope you figure this out before Christmas."

Stefan: "Yeah, well I'm glad you're both finding amusement in this."

Damon: "Why don't you just date her and put us all out of our misery?"

Stefan: "Because I don't think about her that way. She's my friend."

Damon: "She'd make a great girlfriend. Look, One: She's hot, subjectively. Two..."

Alaric: "She puts up with you."

Damon: "Big plus. Three: Very, very well organised."

Stefan: "Organisational skills?"

Damon: "There are no drawbacks to this woman, Stefan."

Alaric: "Uhh, she did sleep with you."

Damon: "See? Another plus."

Stefan: "Oh, look! We're here. Behold, the Gemini coven - exactly how it looked four months ago."

Producer's Preview

Jo: "Am I glad to see you! You too, Liam."

Stefan: "Hey, were you invited to friendsgiving?"

Damon: "What? Were you not invited?"

Stefan: "Nope."

Damon: "Ooh, you messed with the wrong girl's feelings."

Alaric: "Well, if it's any consolation, our Thanksgiving was roadside chili."

Alaric: "If she sent her teddy bear over, it could mean she's still..."

Elena: "Bonnie's still alive? Oh my God."

Alaric: "Yeah, we're in Portland right now trying to track down some Gemini... thing."

Damon: "Ascendant."

Damon: "Oh no. Is Stefan feeling sensitive about ruining his friendship with Caroline? She really liked him and he broke her heart."

Alaric: "See, Stefan? Even the bear knew."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

"When I Get Older" – Wild Party
"Full Moon Song" – Peter Bradley Adams
"Mr. Jones" – Counting Crows
"Runaway Train" – Soul Asylum
"When You Fall In Love" – Andrew Ripp