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Love is nothing but a trap. The one truth you speak, the one thing that I agree with entirely -- only the love of family is unbreakable.
Aurora to Elijah

Heart Shaped Box is the thirteenth episode of the third season of The Originals and the fifty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary[]

A VENGEFUL AURORA MAKES HER MOVE - Determined to make her ultimate move against the Mikaelson brothers, Aurora uses Freya as bait to lure Klaus and Elijah into a dangerous trap. Meanwhile, after being recruited by The Strix's powerful coven of witches to perform a spell that could save the lives of her closest friends, Davina finds a way to conjure up Kol, the only person who may know the key ingredient to completing the spell. Finally, Hayley is forced to make a heartbreaking sacrifice. Marcel and Camille also appear.

Plot[]

Klaus is upset at the incompetency of the police force being unable to find Aurora. Elijah tells him to release the Chief, to which Klaus drops him below the stairs, alive. Freya has been constantly trying to find Aurora, but Klaus hurts her feelings when he notes her not trying at this very moment.

The map flames up again after the spell, and Freya is just about ready to give up. But then the object she used to pinpoint the location, flies toward a picture of the building she's in. Aurora greets her from behind.

Davina is working alone, as the other girls would just slow her down and she knows more about breaking the sire link than them. All she needs is the binding agent, but to finish the spell, she needs someone who knew Esther's techniques. Davina thinks she has Aya in a corner, but Aya wants the spell before bringing Kol back to life; she gives Davina the Hand of Glory, a mystic candle that will open any window to any world, including the afterworld.

Elijah finds a letter from Aurora, with a compass. Klaus recalls Freya seeing a vision of herself being buried alive. He and Elijah go look for her. Meanwhile, Freya wakes up in the Bayou in a cabin. Aurora had given her the same concoction Tristan used to give Aurora; Freya is unable to use magic because she can't focus. She tells Aurora her brothers will come for her, which is exactly what Aurora is counting on.

Hayley brings Camille to Marcel's gym to learn how to fight. The Dark Objects may help, but she needs to learn how to defend herself. She says, Camille needs to embrace her vampirism or she'll end up dead for real.

Klaus smells Freya's scent away from the cabin, so they split up. Elijah finds Aurora alone, a gun in her hand with a White Oak bullet. She wants Klaus to see his brother die, so she waits to pull the trigger.

Klaus finds numerous empty graves, so he has a hard time finding Freya. Freya, though, has Finn's spirit's help bringing her wound's blood up above ground, which Klaus senses and digs her out.

Davina pulls Kol from the afterworld, and while he's happy to see her, he's dismayed of her being with The Strix. Aya tells him he's welcome to remain a ghost if he doesn't help them. Davina explains they need the binding agent to the de-linking spell. Kol says he'll only talk to Davina, alone.

Elijah taunts her that he wasn't responsible for their breakup, that there's only so much madness even Klaus can handle. Aurora's eyes brim with tears as he tells her that maybe Klaus finally understood the difference between love and desire. He nearly gets the gun out of her hands, but Aurora's guard isn't let down. She agrees and says love is a trap, that only love for family is unbreakable. She wants to end Tristan's suffering by ending Elijah, and have Klaus see it happen as a way to salve her broken heart.

Klaus comes in, with Freya in tow. She uses what little magic she could, to throw off Aurora's aim. She runs off, and Freya collapses. Klaus goes after her.

Aya has her coven spy on Davina and Kol. Davina figures out that the loophole is blood-related, but Kol begs her to stop because someone has to die for the spell to work. She ignores him, thinking aloud that taking blood won't kill the person, therefore the spell needs their heart. The heart has to be special, perhaps outside the link, and she quickly realizes they need an unsired heart. But...that would mean Hayley.

With the information they need, Aya instructs the coven to go after Hayley. Marcel tries to stop them, but Aya snaps his neck. Davina warns Hayley, but the coven arrive. Camille uses a magical box to paralyze her attacker, but there's more behind her. She tries to fight in combat, but is knocked out. The coven nearly gets Hayley's heart, but Kol channels magic through Davina and the candle, to knock the coven out, since Davina is linked to the coven. Davina goes down too, but Hayley is saved.

In the woods, Aurora shoots at Klaus, but Klaus sticks a signpost into her, and runs off. When he's healed, he grabs the gun from behind and they fight. Elijah gets shot at instead, and Aurora runs off. Klaus snaps Elijah's neck and digs the bullet out.

Aya attacks Hayley when the coven fails, but Marcel stops her, telling her the Mikaelsons will kill Aya before the spell is performed. Aya says there's no other alternative, but Marcel asks to be given time to find a solution or The Strix will suffer at Klaus and Elijah's hand. Aya gives him until midnight.

Since The Strix will need an identical heart to Hayley's—Jackson's, because the unification ceremony made his heart a mirror image of hers—they immediately go to where Hayley buried his heart. It is missing. Marcel delivers Jackson's heart. Davina tells Aya it will work.

Aya visits Aurora, wishing to align herself with Aurora to take down the Mikaelsons.

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Trivia[]

  • Antagonist: Aurora de Martel.
  • Camille and Hayley get into a fight in this episode as part of Klaus' idea for Hayley to keep busy and help Camille.
  • Camille uses one of the Dark Objects to paralyze one of The Sisters.
  • This marks Kol's third appearance in Season Three.
  • Freya was put in a box and buried alive, like The Prophecy suggested, after being kidnapped by Aurora. Her brothers were engaged in one of Aurora's games of hide and seek to find her.
  • Kol revealed that Davina is linked to The Sisters coven, and if she goes down, so will they.
  • Aya makes a deal with Aurora to help each other out.
  • Aurora planned to kill Elijah in front of Klaus to end her brother Tristan's suffering of drowning over and over again at the bottom of the ocean.
  • It is shown that Aya doesn't trust Davina at all, and she is using The Sisters to spy on her and Kol, despite Marcel's objections.
  • The feeling is also mutual with Davina as she is using The Sisters as means to an end.
  • It is revealed in this episode that the final ingredient to the spell unlinking the sirelines is the heart of an unsired vampire, something that was presumed to be impossible.
    • Hayley Marshall-Kenner qualifies due to being turned by Hope rather than by an Original. However, she unwittingly passed this trait on to her pack during the Unification Ritual. This brings her dead husband in the spotlights.
    • Kol knew the final ingredient to the spell unlinking the sirelines is Hayley's heart, and refused to tell Davina, even though it meant he will stay dead.
  • This is the first time Esther is referred to as Esther Mikaelson in the shows, Kol was the one who called her that by saying that she was an artist; as all her spells were unique.

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Cultural References[]

  • "Heart-Shaped Box" is a song by American rock band Nirvana, written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. The song was released as the first single from the group's third and final studio album, In Utero in 1993.
  • "Heart-Shaped Box" is a horror novel written by author Joe Hill, it was published on February 13, 2007 by William Morrow.
  • "Heart-Shaped Box" is the eighth episode of the eighth season of the American television medical drama Grey's Anatomy, and the 156th episode overall. It aired on November 3, 2011 on ABC in the United States.

Quotes[]

Elijah: "Whatever happens, you promise me."
Klaus: "Aurora dies today."

Elijah: "Whatever happens, you promise me."
Klaus: "Aurora dies today."

Davina: "Let me guess, I need something else done."
Marcel: "Actually...I came to let you know I'm on your side."
Davina: "Then maybe you can tell Aya to let me bring back Kol permanently."
Marcel: "D. I hear you but we need to talk priorities. Kol has been dead, he can stay dead a little while longer. But my life can end at any minute."
Davina: "I know....Just please tell me you don't trust her."
Marcel: "I don't but I do trust you. I need you to trust me. Okay, Aya is always going to be playing her own game just like everybody else in this town. But now more than ever, we gotta stick together. And when this is over, I will help you raise your pain-in-the-ass boyfriend from the dead."

Elijah: "What do we know about this traitor in the Strix coven?"
Marcel: "Nothing. No one knows how Aurora got to her. No one knows where Aurora is. Our coven hit the same cloaking spell as Freya."
Klaus: "Your coven? Making yourself quite conformable with the Strix aren't you?"
Marcel: "Yeah. Yeah. To help you."
Klaus: "Any other news from your new BFFs you like to make us aware of?"
Elijah: "Niklaus. Why don't we reserve any malevolent intentions for ex-girlfriends."

Klaus: "Your coven? Making yourself quite conformable with the Strix aren't you?"
Marcel: "Yeah. Yeah. To help you."
Aurora (to Freya): "Are you looking for me?"
Aurora (to Freya): "The only question is... will you still be alive when they get here?"
Hayley (to Cami): "Come on postgrad, you can do better than that!"
Kol: "I truly wish you didn't join this particular coven."
Davina: "Kol! We can finally be together! Why can't you just tell me?"
Kol: "Because darling, I guarantee you won't like the answer."

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Last.fm_play.png "I Will Love You" – Gin Wigmore

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