“ | Okay, Mom, listen... While you're still here, there's something that's been nagging at me for... a long time.
I'm so sorry. |
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Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me is the eighth episode of the seventh season of Template:The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and forty-first episode of the series overall.
Summary
A FRACTURED FAMILY — As Julian and Lily throw a party to celebrate Nora and Mary Louise's Anniversary, Stefan and Damon set in motion a risky plan to eliminate a new threat posed by Julian. Meanwhile, following a major revelation uncovered by Valerie, Caroline is forced to face her new reality, even as it threatens to destroy her relationship with Stefan. Finally, determined to do what’s best for her family, Lily makes the most difficult decision of her life.
Plot
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Cast
Main Cast
Special Recurring Guest Star |
Recurring Cast
Co-Starring
Uncredited
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Trivia
- Antagonists: Julian and Mary Louise
- In the flash forward, Damon is held captive at the TV station by the Huntress. At first it was assumed that the Huntress was Lily. Later on, it was actually a hallucination of Lily and the Huntress knocked out Damon.
- In the last few seconds of the episode, the Huntress' real form was shown.
- Damon was confirmed to have been affected by werewolf venom.
- Valerie tells the rest of the Heretics what Julian did to her and her unborn child. Beau and Nora turned on Julian and sided with Valerie and Lily but Mary Louise does not believe Valerie's story and thus sided with Julian instead.
- Lily is the second vampire mother character to kill herself, the first was Elena's, Isobel Flemming under Klaus' compulsion in the season two episode Know Thy Enemy. Though Lily did so willingly to save her son Damon and Valerie from being killed by Julian.
- Lily Salvatore staked herself to kill Julian not knowing that the latter was freed from the linking spell. He ordered Mary Louise to undo the spell to protect Lily from being killed when her sons get the chance to eliminate Julian, resulting in a backfire.
- Julian grieved Lily's suicide, he was seen weeping in this episode indicating that he may have genuine feelings for her.
- Both Damon and Elena, his sleeping girlfriend, have both watched their mothers kill themselves.
- Mary Louise proposes to Nora, who accepts, but the engagement does not last long as Nora breaks things off when Mary betrays everyone and frees Julian.
Continuity
Locations
- Dallas, Texas
- KQBC Channel 3 News Studio (flashforward)
- Mystic Falls, Virginia
- McKinley, Virginia
Body Count
- Lillian Salvatore - staked; by herself
Behind the Scenes
- This is the first episode of the series overall, in which the third official main cast member (Kat Graham in this case) is absent.
- Hashtag during the airing is #LilysChoice
Cultural References
- "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2 from the Batman Forever soundtrack album.
Quotes
- Caroline: "Hey."
- Matt: "Breaking news. Remember all those people Julian was stockpiling? They disappeared this morning."
- Caroline: "That's weird. Where did they go?"
- Matt: "It's what I'm working on. Wanna cut class today and help me get to the bottom of it?"
- Caroline: "Actually, I can't. I'm......Turns out Valerie was right."
- Matt: "Wait...you're really pregnant?"
- Caroline: "Yep!"
- Matt: "How'd Stefan take it?"
- Caroline: "Oh! You know. Totally supportive....and just wanted to make sure that I was okay. At least that's how I'm hoping it goes when I tell him today."
- Mary Louise: "Don't tell me you forgot."
- Lily: "Forgot what?"
- Nora: "It's our anniversary."
- Compelled People: "Happy Anniversary!"
Multimedia
Soundtrack
"Tongues" – Dear Rouge
"Best That I Can" – Vance Joy
"Backbeat" – DAGNY
"Your Magazines" – Brain Tan
"Tropique (Hernene Remix)" – Wild & Free
"Young (Elephante Remix)" – Ayer
"Glow" – Light & Motion
"Beach" – Axel Flovent
"Every Breath You Take" – Denmark + Winter
"i) Alone" – Mikal Cronin
Videos
Pictures
References
See also
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