I Carry Your Heart With Me

The Vampire Diaries

Season 7, Episode 4 (4)

Air date

October 29, 2015

Written by

Neil Reynolds

Directed by

Jeffrey Hunt

Episode Guide
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“	You may be a thousand miles away or a hundred years away, but.. you're still here with me. And my heart is right there in that coffin with you.	”
	— Damon to Elena via his diary

I Carry Your Heart With Me is the fourth episode of the seventh season of Template:The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and thirty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary

HEAVEN & HELL BALL — Just as Damon thinks he’s gained the upper hand in his fight against Lily, an unexpected turn of events leaves him scrambling for a plan B. Elsewhere, when the fallout of Damon’s actions gains the unwanted attention of Mary Louise and Nora, Stefan and Caroline are forced to spend the night distracting the girls at Whitmore College’s Heaven & Hell ball. Finally, after suspecting that she’s up to something, Enzo sets off on a mission to find out what Valerie is hiding, while a plan set by Alaric and Bonnie leaves their worlds turned upside down. Matt also appears.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Special Recurring Guest Star

Annie Wersching as Lily Salvatore

Recurring Cast

Co-Starring

Uncredited

Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood

Trivia

Bonnie resurrects both Oscar and Jo with the help of the Phoenix Stone. They are also the first supernatural characters brought back to life since the Other Side ceased to exist at the end of Season 5.
The 2016 flash forward shows Alaric and Jo's twins.
Nora siphons the magic cast by Valerie from Caroline.

Continuity

The "Heaven & Hell Ball" is the third dance that Caroline has attended at Whitmore College. The first being the "Historical Ball" in Monster's Ball and the second being the "Bitter Ball" in Total Eclipse of the Heart both in Season 5.
The tour guide mentioned Grove Hill, which is a place Isobel grew up in.
Damon referred to Lily as "Mommie Dearest", which is a title of a future episode.

Behind the Scenes

Filming began on August 23, 2015.
Julie Plec says this episode is the show's Halloween episode.

Cultural References

Quotes

Damon: "You gotta be kidding me."

Matt: "Pack it up and get out."

Professor: "There's no real danger here."

Professor: "Any questions before the final stop on our tour?"

College Student: "When does this get scary?"

Damon: "You gotta be kidding me."

Damon: "We need to get rid of this body."

Stefan: "No. No. No. You need to get rid of this body."

Mary Louise: "Where's Oscar?"

Damon: "You just missed him!"

Matt: "Pack it up and get out."

Professor: "There's no real danger here."

Damon (to Bonnie and Alaric): "We gotta bring this guy back to life."

Professor: "Any questions before the final stop on our tour?"

College Student: "When does this get scary?"

Caroline: "Mmm hmmm..."

Bonnie: "I didn't want to wake you."

Caroline: "Well, I would lose more sleep if you just snuck out without saying hi!"

Bonnie: "Hi!"

Caroline: "Hmmm...I missed this!"

Bonnie: "Am I gonna catch fire?"

Caroline: "No! I just can't touch vampires. Valerie basically turned my skin into vervain."

Bonnie: "I'll work on unraveling the spell when I -"

Caroline: "Stop! We have so much to catch up on. Let's just go shopping for Halloween costumes and we can worry about magic later."

Bonnie: "Kind of worrying about magic already. Alaric think we can reunite Jo's spirit with her body, but he's in some sketchy need of American resurrection stone. My job is to crush his dreams in the most gentle way possible."

Caroline: "Wow! Okay...you don't think it'll even work?"

Bonnie: "I think it should. The Other Side is gone, there's no more Gemini Prison world, which means Jo's spirit...is probably in peace."

Caroline: "Our lives are weird."

Bonnie: "Tell me about it."

Valerie: "Have you done your duty to the family and found Julian yet?"

Oscar: "I found him months ago."

Valerie: "But Julian is the devil. I can't let Lily bring him back."

Damon: "Mother. Tell me you have Elena."

Lily: "Let me speak to Oscar."

Damon: "No can do. Not until I wake him up from his little vervain nap."

Mary Louise: "Where's Oscar?"

Damon: "You just missed him!"

Mary Louise (to Nora): "Come Nora."

Stefan (to Caroline): "I have come up with the genius plan to keep them occupied while Damon sorts out his Oscar problem."

Nora: "What's this?"

Caroline: "Just some silly Heaven and Hell Ball."

Nora: "We're going!"

Damon (to Bonnie and Alaric): "We gotta bring this guy back to life. Now."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

"Handsome" – The Vaccines
"These Boot Are Made For Walkin" – Pete Harper and J Blynn
"Mene" – Brand New
"Sweet Sour" – Band Of Skulls
"West Coast" – Fidlar
"Goat" – French For Rabbits
"To Die For" – Bohicas
"Where The Devil Don't Go" – Elle King
"What Good Is A Heart" – Arum Rae
"Malmo I Mitt Hjarta" – Sarah MacDougall