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'''Homecoming''' is the ninth episode of the [[Season 3|third season]] of [[The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)|The Vampire Diaries]] and the fifty-third episode of the series.
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'''Homecoming''' is the ninth episode of the [[Season 3|third season]] of [[The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)|''The Vampire Diaries'']] and the fifty-third episode of the series.
   
 
==Summary ==
  
==Summary ==
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'''ROCK BAND [[My Morning Jacket]] PERFORMS''' — On the night of the Homecoming dance, {{Rebekah}} opens up to {{Elena}} about why the evening is so important to her, leaving Elena with conflicting emotions. {{Caroline}} and {{Matt}} are both shocked at {{Tyler}}'s behavior throughout the evening. The evening takes a surreal turn when {{Klaus}} puts his latest plan in action. Determined to outsmart Klaus, {{Damon}} enters in a dangerous partnership, leading to a terrifying turn of events. The band [[My Morning Jacket]] performs in the party scenes.
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'''ROCK BAND [[My Morning Jacket]] PERFORMS''' — On the night of the [[Homecoming Dance|Homecoming dance]], {{Rebekah}} opens up to {{Elena}} about why the evening is so important to her, leaving Elena with conflicting emotions. {{Caroline}} and {{Matt}} are both shocked at {{Tyler}}'s [[Sire Bond|behavior]] throughout the evening. The evening takes a surreal turn when {{Klaus}} puts his latest plan in action. Determined to outsmart Klaus, {{Damon}} enters in a [[Mikael|dangerous partnership]], leading to a terrifying turn of events. The band [[My Morning Jacket]] performs in the party scenes.
   
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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* Antagonists: [[Mikael]], [[Niklaus Mikaelson]] and [[Hybrids]].
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* Antagonists: [[Mikael]], [[Niklaus Mikaelson]] and [[Hybrids|Klaus' hybrids]].
 
* This is the [[Season 3|third season]]'s mid-season finale.
  
* This is the [[Season 3|third season]]'s mid-season finale.
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* Mikael and [[Rebekah]] are the second and third [[Original|Originals]] who have been neutralized by [[Elena Gilbert]] with a silver dagger.
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* Mikael and [[Rebekah]] are the second and third [[Original Vampire|Original vampires]] who have been neutralized by [[Elena Gilbert]] with a [[Silver Daggers|silver dagger]].
 
* [[Mikael ]]is neutralized with a silver dagger for the last time.
  
* [[Mikael ]]is neutralized with a silver dagger for the last time.
 
* [[Klaus ]]kills [[Mikael]] in this episode.
  
* [[Klaus ]]kills [[Mikael]] in this episode.
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** He is the first Original vampire to be completely destroyed. However, he was later resurrected in the finale episode [[From a Cradle to a Grave|''From a Cradle to a Grave'']] in [[The Originals|''The Originals'']] series' [[Season One (The Originals)|first season]].
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** He is the first Original vampire to be completely destroyed. However, he was later [[Resurrection|resurrected]] by [[Davina Claire]] in the finale episode [[From a Cradle to a Grave|''From a Cradle to a Grave'']] in [[The Originals|''The Originals'']] series' [[Season One (The Originals)|first season]].
 
* More [[hybrids]] are revealed to have been created by Klaus (including the guards at the door).
  
* More [[hybrids]] are revealed to have been created by Klaus (including the guards at the door).
 
* {{Stefan}} confirms his age in this episode - 162 years old.
  
* {{Stefan}} confirms his age in this episode - 162 years old.
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* It is revealed that Klaus carts around four coffins. Elijah's was the only one known as of this episode; however, [[Kol]], [[Finn]] and [[Esther]] would be revealed to be in the other three in ''[[Bringing Out The Dead]].''
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* It is revealed that Klaus carts around four [[coffins]]. Elijah's was the only one known as of this episode; however, [[Kol]], [[Finn]] and [[Esther]] would be revealed to be in the other three in ''[[Bringing Out The Dead]].''
 
* Katherine admits her humanity to Stefan at the end of this episode.
  
* Katherine admits her humanity to Stefan at the end of this episode.
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* Damon becomes the first vampire to kill a fully transitioned hybrid (the guard at the door of the Lockwood Mansion).
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* Damon becomes the first [[vampire]] to kill a fully-transitioned hybrid (the guard at the door of the [[Lockwood Mansion]]).
 
* Klaus says "''I will kill you and every one you've ever met''" to Stefan; this was how Katherine described him when he's betrayed or angry in the series' second season. She said this to Elena and Stefan in ''[[Katerina]]'' and to Damon in ''[[The Last Day]].''
  
* Klaus says "''I will kill you and every one you've ever met''" to Stefan; this was how Katherine described him when he's betrayed or angry in the series' second season. She said this to Elena and Stefan in ''[[Katerina]]'' and to Damon in ''[[The Last Day]].''
 
* This is the first appearance of [[Tony]] and [[Mindy]].
  
* This is the first appearance of [[Tony]] and [[Mindy]].
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*This episode marks the last appearance of Katherine in this season.
  
*This episode marks the last appearance of Katherine in this season.
 
*Damon says ''"Because when this all goes down, I don't want you having any part of it."'' This was a hint that Katherine would be replacing Elena at the homecoming party. It was hinted again by Matt, who tells "Elena" that it's weird that the two of them are there together.
  
*Damon says ''"Because when this all goes down, I don't want you having any part of it."'' This was a hint that Katherine would be replacing Elena at the homecoming party. It was hinted again by Matt, who tells "Elena" that it's weird that the two of them are there together.
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*Klaus promises Stefan that once Mikael is dead, Stefan will be free of the compulsion; by the end of the episode, both of these end up coming true, as Stefan helped prevent Damon from killing Klaus, allowing Klaus to finally kill Mikael once and for all.
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*Klaus promises Stefan that once Mikael is dead, Stefan will be free of his [[Mind Compulsion|compulsion.]] By the end of the episode, both parts of this statement end up coming true-- Stefan helped prevent Damon from killing Klaus, allowing Klaus to finally kill Mikael once and for all.
   
 
==Body Count==
  
==Body Count==
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* [[Mikael]] - stabbed, killed by {{Klaus}}.
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* [[Mikael]] - [[White Oak Stake|staked]], killed by {{Klaus}}.
   
 
==Production Notes==
  
==Production Notes==
 
* This is the first mid-season finale to not feature {{Jeremy}}, {{Alaric}} or {{Jenna}}.
  
* This is the first mid-season finale to not feature {{Jeremy}}, {{Alaric}} or {{Jenna}}.
 
* This is the last episode (before the two month hiatus) of 2011. The series continued airing on January 5, 2012.
  
* This is the last episode (before the two month hiatus) of 2011. The series continued airing on January 5, 2012.
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* This is the first time Klaus and Mikael came face to face since before 1992, when [[Abby Bennett]] desiccated and entombed Mikael in North Carolina.
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* This is the first time Klaus and Mikael have come face to face since before 1992, when [[Abby Bennett]] [[Desiccation|desiccated]] and [[Pickett Mausoleum|entombed]] Mikael in North Carolina.
 
* This is the first mid-season finale to feature {{Klaus}}.
  
* This is the first mid-season finale to feature {{Klaus}}.
 
* This is the second mid-season finale to feature Katherine.
  
* This is the second mid-season finale to feature Katherine.
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==Continuity==
  
==Continuity==
 
* {{Klaus}} returns (in the present) in this episode. He was last seen in ''[[The Reckoning]],'' though, he appears in a series of flashbacks in ''[[Ordinary People]].''
  
* {{Klaus}} returns (in the present) in this episode. He was last seen in ''[[The Reckoning]],'' though, he appears in a series of flashbacks in ''[[Ordinary People]].''
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* Katherine Pierce returns in this episode. She was last seen in ''[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]'' when Mikael fed on her. This is the last time she appeared in Season 3.
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* Katherine Pierce returns in this episode. She was last seen in ''[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]'' when Mikael fed on her upon awakening from his desiccation spell. This is the last time she appeared in Season 3.
 
* [[Anna]] was mentioned by Bonnie. She was last seen in ''[[Ghost World]].''
  
* [[Anna]] was mentioned by Bonnie. She was last seen in ''[[Ghost World]].''
 
* {{Tyler}} was last seen in ''Smells Like Teen Spirit.''
  
* {{Tyler}} was last seen in ''Smells Like Teen Spirit.''
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==Quotes==
  
==Quotes==
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:'''[[Mikael]]''': ''"This is the only weapon that can kill an Original. So, I think I'll hold onto it. No offense"''
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:'''[[Mikael]]''': (to {{Damon}}) ''"This is the only weapon that can kill an Original. So, I think I'll hold onto it. No offense."''
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:'''[[Mikael]]''': ''"You do what you can, and I will kill him."''
  
:'''[[Mikael]]''': ''"You do what you can, and I will kill him."''
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:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"Elena, if this thing blows up in our face, just remember only one of us heals quickly."''
  
:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"Elena, if this thing blows up in our face, just remember only one of us heals quickly."''
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:'''{{Stefan}}''' (to {{Elena}}): ''"I'm compelled to protect you. And, if I look at your track record at [[Fifties Decade Dance|high school]] [[Sixties Decade Dance|dances]], it's pretty tragic."''
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:'''{{Stefan}}''': (to {{Elena}}) ''"I'm compelled to protect you. And, if I look at your track record at [[Fifties Decade Dance|high school]] [[Sixties Decade Dance|dances]], it's pretty tragic."''
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:'''[[Mikael]] (to {{Klaus}})''': ''"Nobody cares about you anymore, boy. What do you have? Other than those whose loyalty you forced? No one. No one."''
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:'''[[Mikael]]''': (to {{Klaus}}) ''"Nobody cares about you anymore, boy. What do you have? Other than those whose loyalty you forced? No one. No one."''
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:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"It's very Katherine of you."''
  
:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"It's very Katherine of you."''
 
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Not the way to make me feel better about myself."''
  
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Not the way to make me feel better about myself."''
 
:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"It was a compliment. Sort of."''
  
:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"It was a compliment. Sort of."''
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:'''{{Caroline}} (to {{Tyler}})''': ''"I finally almost got your mom to stop hating me, so I probably shouldn't get caught in some kind of vampire threesome with her son."''
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:'''{{Caroline}}: (to {{Tyler}}) ''"I finally almost got your mom to stop hating me, so I probably shouldn't get caught in some kind of vampire threesome with her son."'''''
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:'''{{Rebekah}} (to [[Mikael]])''': ''"Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking, save it. Nothing you say matters to me."''
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:'''{{Rebekah}}''': (to [[Mikael]]) ''"Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking, save it. Nothing you say matters to me."''
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:'''{{Katherine}} (to {{Stefan}})''': ''"Humanity is a vampire's greatest weakness. No matter how easy it is to turn it off, it keeps trying to fight its way back in. Sometimes, I let it."''
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:'''{{Katherine}}''': (to {{Stefan}}) ''"Humanity is a vampire's greatest weakness. No matter how easy it is to turn it off, it keeps trying to fight its way back in. Sometimes, I let it."''
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:'''{{Klaus}} (to {{Stefan}})''': ''"Portland is fantastic. Once you get over all the whiny music and healthy-looking people, it's literally a breeding ground for werewolves."''
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:'''{{Klaus}}''': (to {{Stefan}}) ''"Portland is fantastic. Once you get over all the whiny music and healthy-looking people, it's literally a breeding ground for werewolves."''
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:'''[[Mikael]]''': ''"You were never the one I was after."''
  
:'''[[Mikael]]''': ''"You were never the one I was after."''
 
:'''{{Rebekah}}''': ''"Nik was my family. If you were after him, you were after me."''
  
:'''{{Rebekah}}''': ''"Nik was my family. If you were after him, you were after me."''
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:'''{{Tyler}} (to {{Stefan}})''': ''"It's not a party, man. It's a wake."''
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:'''{{Tyler}}''': (to {{Stefan}}) ''"It's not a party, man. It's a wake."''
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:'''{{Tyler}}''': ''"I'm sorry I stabbed you. It's the only thing I could think of to get you out of there."''
  
:'''{{Tyler}}''': ''"I'm sorry I stabbed you. It's the only thing I could think of to get you out of there."''
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:'''{{Caroline}}''': ''"Oh yeah? Not, ‘Hey Caroline. I'm worried about what might happen this evening. So, maybe you should go home and watch Dancing with the Stars'."''
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:'''{{Caroline}}''': ''"Oh yeah? Not, ‘Hey Caroline. I'm worried about what might happen this evening. So, maybe you should go home and watch ''Dancing with the Stars''."''
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:'''{{Bonnie}}''': ''"You're mad at your little brother. You'll yell at him a little, teach him a life lesson. But you can't really be mad like I'm mad."''
  
:'''{{Bonnie}}''': ''"You're mad at your little brother. You'll yell at him a little, teach him a life lesson. But you can't really be mad like I'm mad."''
 
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Bonnie..."''
  
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Bonnie..."''
 
:'''{{Bonnie}}''': ''"And you shouldn't have to be. He's your brother. So, no, I can't really talk to you about it."''
  
:'''{{Bonnie}}''': ''"And you shouldn't have to be. He's your brother. So, no, I can't really talk to you about it."''
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:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"Do you trust me?"''
  
:'''{{Damon}}''': ''"Do you trust me?"''
 
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Yes."''
  
:'''{{Elena}}''': ''"Yes."''

Revision as of 23:55, 7 July 2015


Homecoming is the ninth episode of the third season of The Vampire Diaries and the fifty-third episode of the series.

Summary

ROCK BAND My Morning Jacket PERFORMS — On the night of the Homecoming dance, Rebekah opens up to Elena about why the evening is so important to her, leaving Elena with conflicting emotions. Caroline and Template:Matt are both shocked at Tyler's behavior throughout the evening. The evening takes a surreal turn when Klaus puts his latest plan in action. Determined to outsmart Klaus, Damon enters in a dangerous partnership, leading to a terrifying turn of events. The band My Morning Jacket performs in the party scenes.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Guest Cast

Trivia

  • Antagonists: Mikael, Niklaus Mikaelson and Klaus' hybrids.
  • This is the third season's mid-season finale.
  • Mikael and Rebekah are the second and third Original vampires who have been neutralized by Elena Gilbert with a silver dagger.
  • Mikael is neutralized with a silver dagger for the last time.
  • Klaus kills Mikael in this episode.
  • More hybrids are revealed to have been created by Klaus (including the guards at the door).
  • Stefan confirms his age in this episode - 162 years old.
  • It is revealed that Klaus carts around four coffins. Elijah's was the only one known as of this episode; however, Kol, Finn and Esther would be revealed to be in the other three in Bringing Out The Dead.
  • Katherine admits her humanity to Stefan at the end of this episode.
  • Damon becomes the first vampire to kill a fully-transitioned hybrid (the guard at the door of the Lockwood Mansion).
  • Klaus says "I will kill you and every one you've ever met" to Stefan; this was how Katherine described him when he's betrayed or angry in the series' second season. She said this to Elena and Stefan in Katerina and to Damon in The Last Day.
  • This is the first appearance of Tony and Mindy.
  • Jeremy and Alaric do not appear in this episode.
  • Rebekah says that nobody from her family can be trusted. It is implied that she cannot be trusted either.
  • This episode marks the last appearance of Katherine in this season.
  • Damon says "Because when this all goes down, I don't want you having any part of it." This was a hint that Katherine would be replacing Elena at the homecoming party. It was hinted again by Matt, who tells "Elena" that it's weird that the two of them are there together.
  • Klaus promises Stefan that once Mikael is dead, Stefan will be free of his compulsion. By the end of the episode, both parts of this statement end up coming true-- Stefan helped prevent Damon from killing Klaus, allowing Klaus to finally kill Mikael once and for all.

Body Count

Production Notes

  • This is the first mid-season finale to not feature Template:Jeremy, Alaric or Jenna.
  • This is the last episode (before the two month hiatus) of 2011. The series continued airing on January 5, 2012.
  • This is the first time Klaus and Mikael have come face to face since before 1992, when Abby Bennett desiccated and entombed Mikael in North Carolina.
  • This is the first mid-season finale to feature Klaus.
  • This is the second mid-season finale to feature Katherine.
  • Katherine makes her final appearance as a main character in this episode, and is therefore put on hold as a regular. She returned as a hallucination in Season 4's We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, and in person in Down the Rabbit Hole.

Continuity

  • Klaus returns (in the present) in this episode. He was last seen in The Reckoning, though, he appears in a series of flashbacks in Ordinary People.
  • Katherine Pierce returns in this episode. She was last seen in Smells Like Teen Spirit when Mikael fed on her upon awakening from his desiccation spell. This is the last time she appeared in Season 3.
  • Anna was mentioned by Bonnie. She was last seen in Ghost World.
  • Tyler was last seen in Smells Like Teen Spirit.
  • Caroline and Template:Matt were last seen in Ghost World.

Cultural References

  • Homecoming is an American tradition, where alumni are invited to return to their Alma mater, usually for a special Football game. Normally there are several activities including a parade, cultural events and decade dances. The homecoming tradition started in 1911, so Rebekah would have heard of this dance.
  • Portland is a city in Oregon. It was incorporated in 1851, coincidental just a few years before Mystic Falls. It is home to bands such as Paul Revere & the Raiders. Recently its been home to a number of indie bands.
  • Caroline says she does not want to get into a "vampire threesome" with Tyler. A threesome can mean many things, but usually it means when three people are engaged in sexual activity together. It's a common element in sexual fantasies, and it is hinted that's what Katherine wanted with the Salvatore brothers.
  • Beer Pong is a drinking game where players try to land a ping pong ball at a cup of beer at the other side of the table. Rules vary tremendously. Elena also mention kegs - in past episodes they always show somebody chugging at beer kegs.
  • Big Bad Wolf is a term used to describe the fictional wolf that appear in many cautionary fairy tales, like Red Riding Hood and Aesop's fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf. He is an archetype of a menacing, predatory antagonist.
  • Elena says that they must let Stefan go. "Let him go" is a song by Bob Marley, may also reference TVD's own soundtrack music, "Holding on and Letting Go", because although they say they are letting him go, they are actually holding on to hope.
  • This is a great example of Unspoken Plan Guarantee: the very detailed the Zany Scheme is more likely to fail. It's Katherine's simple unspoken plan that works in the end...

Behind the Scenes

  • This episode had about 3.33 million viewers in the USA.

Quotes

Mikael: (to Damon) "This is the only weapon that can kill an Original. So, I think I'll hold onto it. No offense."
Mikael: "You do what you can, and I will kill him."
Damon: "Elena, if this thing blows up in our face, just remember only one of us heals quickly."
Stefan: (to Elena) "I'm compelled to protect you. And, if I look at your track record at high school dances, it's pretty tragic."
Mikael: (to Klaus) "Nobody cares about you anymore, boy. What do you have? Other than those whose loyalty you forced? No one. No one."
Damon: "It's very Katherine of you."
Elena: "Not the way to make me feel better about myself."
Damon: "It was a compliment. Sort of."
Caroline: (to Tyler) "I finally almost got your mom to stop hating me, so I probably shouldn't get caught in some kind of vampire threesome with her son."
Rebekah: (to Mikael) "Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking, save it. Nothing you say matters to me."
Katherine: (to Stefan) "Humanity is a vampire's greatest weakness. No matter how easy it is to turn it off, it keeps trying to fight its way back in. Sometimes, I let it."
Klaus: (to Stefan) "Portland is fantastic. Once you get over all the whiny music and healthy-looking people, it's literally a breeding ground for werewolves."
Mikael: "You were never the one I was after."
Rebekah: "Nik was my family. If you were after him, you were after me."
Tyler: (to Stefan) "It's not a party, man. It's a wake."
Tyler: "I'm sorry I stabbed you. It's the only thing I could think of to get you out of there."
Caroline: "Oh yeah? Not, ‘Hey Caroline. I'm worried about what might happen this evening. So, maybe you should go home and watch Dancing with the Stars."
Template:Bonnie: "You're mad at your little brother. You'll yell at him a little, teach him a life lesson. But you can't really be mad like I'm mad."
Elena: "Bonnie..."
Template:Bonnie: "And you shouldn't have to be. He's your brother. So, no, I can't really talk to you about it."
Damon: "Do you trust me?"
Elena: "Yes."
Damon: "Then you have nothing to worry about."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Last.fm_play.png "Don't Stop (Bit Funk Remix)" – The Only Children
Last.fm_play.png "Free Like You Make Me" – Cary Brothers
Last.fm_play.png "You Wanna Freak Out" – My Morning Jacket

Last.fm_play.png "First Light" – My Morning Jacket
Last.fm_play.png "Holdin' On To Black Metal" – My Morning Jacket
Last.fm_play.png "The Day Is Coming" – My Morning Jacket

Pictures

See also

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