Gather Up the Killers

The Originals

Season 4, Episode 1 (67)

Air date

March 17, 2017

Written by

Michael Russo & Michael Narducci

Directed by

Lance Anderson

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“	I'm trying to save my family.	”
	— Hayley to Keelin

Gather Up the Killers is the first episode of the fourth season of The Originals and the sixty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary[]

FIVE YEARS LATER — On the fifth anniversary of Klaus' defeat, Marcel is king of the city and welcomes the un-sired vampires to New Orleans, only to find they pose an unexpected threat to his rule, leading him to seek counsel from an unlikely source. Meanwhile, as Hayley closes in on the cure that will allow her to revive Elijah and the slumbering Mikaelsons, she faces a final task that will force her to make a ruthless decision. Vincent and Freya also appear.

Plot[]

Cast[]

Starring[]

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Trivia[]

Antagonists:
There's a five year time jump, placing the events of this episode in May 2019, 14 months after the events of TVD's series finale.
The six wolf packs are mentioned. They consist of Deep Water, Barry, Poldark, Malraux, BasRoq and Paxon. They were first mentioned in Behind the Black Horizon.

Body Count[]

Unnamed Woman - Drained of blood; killed by Alistair Duquesne
Alistair's Followers - Bitten, torn apart; killed by Hayley Marshall-Kenner
Alistair Duquesne - Bitten; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson
Two of Alistair's Followers - Stabbed with a sword laced with Marcel's venom, bitten; killed by Niklaus Mikaelson
One of Alistair Duquesne's vampires - Fatal pain infliction; killed by Freya Mikaelson
Two of Alistair Duquesne's vampires - killed by Elijah Mikaelson

Continuity[]

Cami was seen in both archive footage and in a photo. She was last seen as a corpse in Where Nothing Stays Buried.
Davina was seen in both archive footage and in a photo. She was last seen as a spirit in Give 'Em Hell Kid.
Mary was last seen in The Other Girl in New Orleans.
Sofya was last seen in Alone with Everybody.
Kol and Rebekah were mentioned. They were last seen in The Bloody Crown.
The French Quarter Coven, Algiers Coven, and Ninth Ward Coven are mentioned.
Mikael was mentioned. He was last seen in Night Has A Thousand Eyes.

Locations[]

New Orleans, Louisiana
- St. Anne's Church
- The Abattoir
  - The Cells
- Marcel's Penthouse
- Rousseau's
Hayley's Safehouse
Austin, Texas
- Bar
- Warehouse

Behind the Scenes[]

This is the first season of The Originals to premiere without its parent show The Vampire Diaries being on air at the same time. "Gather Up The Killers" aired one week after the TVD series finale.
The first song of the episode is "When The Saints Go Marching In", which is the title of the series finale of The Originals.
This episode marks the 30th appearance of Joshua Rosza on The Originals. He is a recurring character with the most appearances.

Cultural References[]

"Gather Up the Killers" is a verse from Leonard Cohen's song "Samson In New Orleans".
- One of the lines refers to "a bloody crown", which is a title of the previous episode.

Quotes[]

Vincent: "This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. We've managed to keep our monsters buried and now we've got to make sure that they stay buried."

Hayley: "After all this time, I am this close to getting them back."

Marcel: "I put him down. I kept him down."

Sofya: "Hayley is trying to bring the Mikaelsons back."

Vincent: "This city, everyone in it, is in danger."

Man: "Give up now and we'll end this quick."

Klaus: "Camille, Camille!"

Camille: "I'm here."

Hayley: "I'm trying to save my family."

Sofya: "Every vampire either loves you or fears you."

Klaus: "Have you come to taunt me, Marcellus?"

Marcel: "New Orleans is the city that you like to say you built. It's mine."

Klaus: "Have you come to taunt me, Marcellus?"

Marcel: "No. I came to have a nice, civilized conversation. I think we're overdue."

Vincent: "It's a beautiful day outside. Streets are packed with tourists, they're drinking beers, they're chasing beads, headed out on the vampire walking tour of New Orleans. They think it's a myth: just part of our city's charm. Well, we know better. Just like we know that there's a storm coming. This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. Five years of peace and we paid a high price for that peace. We witches, we earned that peace. We snatched back our freedom, we severed our link with our ancestors. To take back our city, we back Marcel Gerard. Now since then, we fought hard to build this community and in the next week, as we celebrate our independence, that community will be challenged."

Vincent: "This week marks five years since the fall of the Mikaelsons. Five years of peace. And we paid a high price for that peace."

Marcel: "All right, look, I'm asking you, especially this week, handle your community. Keep them in the cauldron. Find out who's stirring up trouble, and when you do, get 'em to stop."

Marcel: " I have him right where I want him. He's not going anywhere."

Alistair: "Then I want to see his suffering with my own eyes."

Hope: "Do you have to go?"

Hayley: "I do. But I'll be back very, very soon. And I won't be alone. I'll call you every night before bed, okay? In the meantime, you listen to Mary. Deal?"

Hope: "Deal."

Multimedia[]

Soundtrack[]

"When The Saints Go Marching In" – Kermit Ruffins
"Siberian Nights" – The Kills
"Heart Of Me" – Miike Snow
"Blue Sky" – Cazzette feat. Laleh
"Keep It Low" – The Hundred In The Hands
"Headlock" – Bad Boy Bill
"Bare" – Wildes