Le Grand Guignol

The Originals
Season 1, Episode 15 (15)
Air date	March 4, 2014
Viewers	1.80 million
Written by	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John
Directed by	Chris Grismer
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“	The final act of Le Grand Guignol is upon us! Where are my players? Enough running, children! Step out of the shadows so we can finish this tale of sorrows.	”
	— Mikael

Le Grand Guignol is the fifteenth episode of the first season of The Originals and the fifteenth episode of the series overall.

Summary

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA — In a series of flashbacks to 1919, Klaus opens up to Camille and reveals details of the devastating secret Rebekah and Marcel were trying to keep from him. Elijah forms an unlikely alliance with Monique and asks for her help in locating Sabine. Elsewhere, Thierry is reluctant to get involved when Marcel and Rebekah approach him with a plan to take down the witches. Meanwhile, in The Bayou, Hayley is at her wits' end and holds Sabine hostage in an attempt to get information that will reverse the curse on her werewolf clan.

Plot

Cast

Starring Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard Leah Pipes as Camille O'Connell Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire

Guest Starring Shannon Kane as Sabine Laurent/Celeste Dubois Callard Harris as Thierry Vanchure Sebastian Roché as Mikael (flashback) Elyse Levesque as Genevieve Co-Starring Shannon Eubanks as Bastianna Raney Branch as Celeste Yasmine Al-Bustami as Monique Tasha Ames as Eve Morgan Alexandria as Lana (flashback)

Trivia

• Antagonists: Mikael (1919) and Celeste Dubois

Body Count

• Celeste Dubois - Stabbed; killed by Elijah Mikaelson
• Sabine Laurent - Slit throat; killed by Celeste
• Bastianna Natale - Beheaded; killed by Marcel Gerard
• Lana (flashback) - Impaled; killed by Mikael
• Opera house patrons (flashback) - Burned; killed by Mikael

Continuity

• Mikael was last seen in a flashback in Always and Forever.
• Thierry Vanchure was last seen in Dance Back from the Grave.
• Camille was last seen in Crescent City.
• Celeste, in her original body, was last seen during flashbacks in The River in Reverse.
• Eve was last seen in Reigning Pain in New Orleans.
• Davina was last seen in Après Moi, Le Déluge.

Locations

• New Orleans
  • French Quarter
    • Lafayette Cemetery
    • St. Anne's Church
    • Old Opera House
  • The Bayou

Behind the Scenes

• This episode had about 1.80 million viewers in the USA, which was 0.03 million less than the previous episode.

Cultural References

• Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, also known as the Grand Guignol – was a theatre in the Pigalle area of Paris (at 20 bis, rue Chaptal). From its opening in 1897 until its closing in 1962, it specialized in naturalistic horror shows.
• Its name is often used as a general term for graphic, amoral horror entertainment, a genre popular from Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre (for instance Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, and Webster's The Duchess of Malfi and The White Devil), to today's splatter films.
• Some say that Théâtre des Vampires in Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles was inspired by Le Grand Guignol, however Anne claims she did not know of this until after writing her novels.
• The scene with the fire at the opera house is a nod to the scene in Interview With A Vampire where Louis sets fire to the Théâtre des Vampires.
• Grand Guignol is the second full-length studio album released by John Zorn's band Naked City in 1992 on the Japanese Avant label.

Quotes

Marcel: "There's only one way that we can truly hide from Klaus forever... get outta town."

Rebekah: "He'll chase us to the end of the earth. It's a suicide mission."

Marcel: "It's our only hope."

Klaus: "They will pay for this."

Rebekah: "If we don't leave now, there will be no one to save him."

Klaus: "Rebekah!"

Marcel: "I am NOT going to leave you behind!"

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Marcel: "There's only one way that we can hide from Klaus forever."

Rebekah: "It's a suicide mission."

Marcel: "It's our only hope."

Rebekah: "No one can hide forever."

Rebekah: "Get out of here."

Marcel: "I will not leave you behind."

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Klaus: "Well, this is a first! Werewolves, vampires, witches and dirty cops, all happy as clams and all drunk as stoats."

Lana: "You gotta love this town."

Elijah: "To a new era, collaboration in the face of Prohibition."

Lana: "To your dogs, their booze, and our theatres to hide it under. You're welcome boys."

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Cami: "Wow. Things I never thought I'd be doing: feeding a vampire. My 16-year-old self would think I'm really cool right now."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

"I Got A Treme' Woman" – Kermit Ruffins
"Haitian Celebration: Rara Second Line / Haiti Cherie" – Dr. Michael White
"Mpingo Blues" – Dr. Michael White

Videos

The Originals 1x15 Promo - Le Grand Guignol HD

The Originals 1x15 Webclip - Le Grand Guignol HD

Pictures

• Promotional
• Screencaps