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The Vampire Diaries

Season 1, Episode 17 (17)

Air date

April 8, 2010

Written by

Brian Young (Story)
Julie Plec (Teleplay)

Directed by

Dennis Smith

Episode Guide
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“	Pearl! Open this door or I swear to God I will bust through and rip your head off.	”
	— Damon

Let The Right One In is the seventeenth episode of the first season of The Vampire Diaries and the seventeenth episode of the series overall.

Summary

STEFAN, DAMON, ALARIC AND ELENA AGAINST TOMB VAMPIRES - When Stefan and Damon make a dangerous new enemy, Stefan suddenly finds himself in a perilous situation. Damon and Elena try to convince Alaric to work with them to help Stefan. Matt is hopeful that his mom, Kelly, may be back to stay. After her car breaks down in a storm, Caroline makes a horrific discovery that shocks everyone in town.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (credit only)
Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett (credit only)
Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Recurring Cast

Co-Starring

Uncredited

Molly O'Neill as Mystic Grill Hostess

Trivia

Antagonists: Tomb Vampires.
This episode marks the first time that Stefan drinks Elena's blood, and the first time the audience sees him "falling off the wagon" and succumbing to his human blood addiction after decades of living solely on animal blood.
Vicki Donovan's body is found in the woods by Caroline in this episode.
This episode features the first team-up between Damon Salvatore and Alaric Saltzman. After this episode, the two begin to actually develop a friendship despite their history.
This is the episode which inspired the continuous Twitter petition for Damon and Elena to kiss in the rain, which was finally seen in Do You Remember the First Time?.
- According to Nina Dobrev, she got sick because of the rain scene in this episode.
Reality Check: When Caroline is talking to Matt on the phone during the big storm, she mentions Route 5. The actual Virginia Route 5 is not near where Mystic Falls is purported to be.

Locations

Mystic Falls, Virginia

Body Count

Billy - Staked; killed by Alaric Saltzman.
Samantha Gibbons - Broken neck; killed by Damon Salvatore.
Jacob - Staked; killed by Damon Salvatore.
Frederick - Staked; killed by Stefan Salvatore.
At least 11 tomb vampires - killed by Damon Salvatore and Alaric Saltzman.

Continuity

Tyler was last seen in Fool Me Once.
Alaric was last seen in A Few Good Men.
This episode was the first demonstration of many that what happens when Stefan becomes out of control while drinking human blood.
- This will become an on-and-off issue for several more seasons until he finally begins to control his cravings by exclusively feeding on bagged blood in Season Four.

Cultural References

Let the Right One In (titled Let Me In in the United States) is a Swedish romantic horror novel, published in 2004 and written by John Ajvide Lindqvist about a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and an age-old vampire child named Eli. A Swedish film adaptation of the novel was produced and released in 2008. An American remake of the film titled Let Me In, directed by Matt Reeves, was released in October 2010.
Netflix.
The Lone Ranger, a character from a radio and TV show of the same name, is a heroic masked cowboy.
"Up Where We Belong", a 1982 song originally performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes on the soundtrack to An Officer and a Gentleman.
Two of the tomb vampires are named Billy and Jacob, which have the same names as father and son Quileutes in Twilight.

Behind the Scenes

This episode had about 3.48 million viewers in the USA, which was 0.68 million more than the previous episode.

Quotes

Anna: "The first rule about vampires: don't believe anything you read."

Elena: "I can't believe you made a deal with her."

Damon: "No, it was more like a helpful exchange of information. It's not like I had a choice. She's scary. Besides, she's gonna help me get Katherine back."

Elena: "Of course. (She laughs sarcastically) Damon gets what he wants as usual, no matter who he hurts in the process."

Damon: "Hunting party?"

Stefan: "That guy did a number on me last night when he stabbed me. I've got to get my strength back up."

Damon: "I have two liters of soccer mom in the fridge... No?"

Stefan: "We'll talk when I get back."

Damon: "Alright, give my regards to the squirrels."

Anna: "Do you even know why we turn other people? It's not to give someone a one-way ticket out of loner-hood, okay? Once, we need someone to do our dirty work; two, revenge; three, boredom... but, you know, that never turns out well. And then, you know, there's the obvious one-- you love someone so much that you would do anything to spend all eternity with them."

Elena: "Damon, now's not the time to be the Lone Ranger."

Damon: "Fine, Elena, you can drive the get-away car. You're not going in the house."

Elena: "You can't stop me. It's Stefan we're talking about here. You don't understand."

Damon: "Oh, I understand, I understand. He's the reason you live, his love lifts you up where you belong. I get it."

Elena: "Can you just not joke around for two seconds?"

Damon: "I can't protect you Elena. I don't know how many vampires there are in there. (He snaps his fingers) That's how long it takes you to get your head ripped off. I have to be able to get in and get out. I can't be distracted with your safety. Or this will end up a bloodbath that none of us walk away from, including Stefan."

Stefan: "Please run."

Elena: "Stefan... my wrist... Here, take my wrist. You need more blood."

Stefan: "Don't, Elena run... run."

Elena: "No. I trust you."

Mayor Lockwood: "They found Vicki Donovan."

Tyler: "Are you serious? Where was she?"

Mayor Lockwood: "A storm unearthed the grave off County Road. They just brought her body down to the morgue."

Jeremy: "Wait... she's dead?"

Stefan: "Elena."

Elena: "Yeah?"

Stefan: "What you did today... coming to help me? You could have been killed."

Elena: "I know."

Stefan: "And what I did, I'm sorry that... I'm sorry that you had to see it."

Elena: "I've just never... You were like this other person."

Damon: (To Alaric) "That was fun. Hey, don't look at me like that. I know you hate me. Guess what, everyone hates me. But you can't deny we were badass. (Alaric punches him and walks away, and Damon looks up at the shocked bartender) Happens."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

"Let Me Take You Out" – Class Actress
"I Was Wrong" – The Morning Benders
"Resignation Studies" – The Silent League
"Young Men Dead" – The Black Angels
"Boy" – Lights On

"Young Lovers (Sam Sparrow Mix)" – Love Grenades
"East" – Systems Officer
"Conscience Killer" – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"All You Wanted" – Sounds Under Radio

Pictures

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Elena in the woods.
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Elena and Damon in the rain.
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Frederick being choked by Stefan.
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Elena helping Stefan.
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+{{Character Quote|Pearl! Open this door or I swear to God I will bust through and rip your head off.|'''[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]'''}}
-'''Let the Right One In''' is the seventeenth episode of the [[Season One|first season]] of [[The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)|''The Vampire Diaries'']] and the seventeenth episode of the series.
+'''Let The Right One In''' is the seventeenth episode of the [[Season One|first season]] of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' and the seventeenth episode of the series overall.
 ==Summary==
+'''STEFAN, DAMON, ALARIC AND ELENA AGAINST TOMB VAMPIRES''' - When [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] and [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] make a dangerous new enemy, Stefan suddenly finds himself in a perilous situation. Damon and [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] try to convince [[Alaric Saltzman|Alaric]] to work with them to help Stefan. [[Matt Donovan|Matt]] is hopeful that his mom, [[Kelly Donovan|Kelly]], may be back to stay. After her car breaks down in a storm, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] makes a horrific discovery that shocks everyone in town.
-'''STEFAN, DAMON, ALARIC AND ELENA AGAINST TOMB VAMPIRES''' - When {{Stefan}} and {{Damon}} make a dangerous new enemy, Stefan suddenly finds himself in a perilous situation. Damon and {{Elena}} try to convince {{Alaric}} to work with them to help Stefan. {{Matt}} is hopeful that his mom, [[Kelly Donovan|Kelly]], may be back to stay. After her car breaks down in a storm, {{Caroline}} makes a horrific discovery that shocks everyone in town.
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 Anna is still at Jeremy's room where Jeremy tries to convince her to turn him but she does not agree with it. Elena knocks the door to ask Jeremy's help on checking all the windows due to the storm and Anna disappears before she opens the door.
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 * [[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]]
 * [[Matthew Davis|Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]]
 {{Col-2}}
 ===Recurring Cast===
-* [[Marguerite MacIntyre]] as [[Elizabeth Forbes]]
+* [[Malese Jow]] as [[Annabelle|Anna]]
-* [[Malese Jow]] as [[Annabelle]]
 * [[Kelly Hu]] as [[Pearl]]
 * [[Sterling Sulieman]] as [[Harper]]
+* [[Marguerite MacIntyre]] as [[Elizabeth Forbes|Liz Forbes]]
 * [[Stephen Martines]] as [[Frederick]]
 * [[Melinda Clarke]] as [[Kelly Donovan]]
 ===Co-Starring===
-* [[Robert Pralgo|Rob Pralgo]] as [[Richard Lockwood]]
+* [[Rob Pralgo]] as [[Richard Lockwood]]
 * [[Tiffany Morgan]] as [[Samantha Gibbons]]
-* [[Brian Ames]] as [[Billy]]
+* [[Season One Co-Stars#Let The Right One In|Brian Ames]] as [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One In|Billy]]
-* [[Molly O'Neill]] as [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One In|Mystic Grill Hostess]]
+* [[Season One Co-Stars#Let The Right One In|Anna Marie Harrison]] as [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One In|Hostess]]
+=== Uncredited===
+* [[Season One Co-Stars#Let The Right One In|Molly O'Neill]] as [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One In|Mystic Grill Hostess]]
 {{Col-end}}
 ==Trivia==
-* Antagonist: [[Vampire's Tomb|Tomb Vampires]].
+* Antagonists: [[Vampire's Tomb|Tomb Vampires]].
 * This episode marks the first time that [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] drinks Elena's [[blood]], and the first time the audience sees him "falling off the wagon" and succumbing to his human blood addiction after decades of living solely on animal blood.
 * [[Vicki Donovan]]'s body is found in the woods by [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] in this episode.
 * This episode features the first team-up between [[Damon Salvatore]] and [[Alaric Saltzman]]. After this episode, the two begin to actually develop a friendship despite their history.
-* This is the episode which inspired the continuous Twitter petition for Damon and Elena's to kiss in the rain, which was finally seen in [[Do You Remember the First Time?|''Do You Remember the First Time?'']]
+* This is the episode which inspired the continuous Twitter petition for Damon and Elena to kiss in the rain, which was finally seen in ''[[Do You Remember the First Time?]]''.
 **According to Nina Dobrev, she got sick because of the rain scene in this episode.
 * '''Reality Check''': When Caroline is talking to Matt on the phone during the big storm, she mentions Route 5. The actual Virginia Route 5 is not near where Mystic Falls is purported to be.
-==Body Count==
+==Locations==
+*[[Mystic Falls|Mystic Falls, Virginia]]
-* [[Billy]] - staked, killed by [[Alaric Saltzman]].
+**[[Gilbert House]]
-* [[Samantha Gibbons]] - broken neck, killed by [[Damon Salvatore]].
+**[[Woods]]
-* [[Jacob]] - staked, killed by [[Damon Salvatore]].
+***[[Miss Gibbons' House]]
-* [[Frederick]] - staked, killed by [[Stefan Salvatore]].
+**[[Salvatore Boarding House]]
+**[[Mystic Grill]]
+**[[Mystic Falls High School]]
+**[[Donovan House]]
+==[[Season One Body Count|Body Count]]==
+* [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One In|Billy]] - Staked; killed by [[Alaric Saltzman]].
+* [[Samantha Gibbons]] - Broken neck; killed by [[Damon Salvatore]].
+* [[Season One Minor Characters#Let The Right One in|Jacob]] - Staked; killed by [[Damon Salvatore]].
+* [[Frederick]] - Staked; killed by [[Stefan Salvatore]].
 * At least 11 tomb vampires - killed by [[Damon Salvatore]] and [[Alaric Saltzman]].
 ==Continuity==
-* [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] was last seen in ''[[Fool Me Once]].''
+* [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] was last seen in ''[[Fool Me Once]]''.
-* [[Alaric Saltzman|Alaric]] was last seen in ''[[A Few Good Men]].''
+* [[Alaric Saltzman|Alaric]] was last seen in ''[[A Few Good Men]]''.
 * This episode was the first demonstration of many that what happens when Stefan becomes out of control while drinking human blood.
-** This will become an on-and-off issue for several more seasons until he finally begins to control his cravings by exclusively feeding on bagged blood in [[Season 4]].
+** This will become an on-and-off issue for several more seasons until he finally begins to control his cravings by exclusively feeding on bagged blood in [[Season Four]].
 ==Cultural References==
-*''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In Let the Right One In]'' (titled ''Let Me In'' in the United States) is a Swedish romantic horror novel, published in 2004 and written by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist John Ajvide Lindqvist] about a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and an age-old vampire child named Eli. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film) Swedish film adaptation] of the novel was produced and released in 2008. An American remake of the film titled ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Me_In_(film) Let Me In]'', directed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Reeves Matt Reeves], was released in October  2010.
+*''{{w|Let the Right One In}}'' (titled ''Let Me In'' in the United States) is a Swedish romantic horror novel, published in 2004 and written by {{w|John Ajvide Lindqvist}} about a 12-year-old boy, Oskar, and an age-old vampire child named Eli. A {{w|Let the_Right One In (film)|Swedish film adaptation}} of the novel was produced and released in 2008. An American remake of the film titled ''{{w|Let Me In (film)|Let Me In}}'', directed by {{w|Matt Reeves}}, was released in October  2010.
+*{{w|Netflix}}.
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix Netflix].
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Ranger The Lone Ranger], a character from a radio and TV show of the same name, is a heroic masked cowboy.
+*{{w|The Lone Ranger}}, a character from a radio and TV show of the same name, is a heroic masked cowboy.
-*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Where_We_Belong "Up Where We Belong,"] a 1982 song originally performed by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Cocker Joe Cocker] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Warnes Jennifer Warnes] on the soundtrack to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Officer_and_a_Gentleman An Officer and a Gentleman]''.
+*"{{w|Up Where We Belong}}", a 1982 song originally performed by {{w|Joe Cocker}} and {{w|Jennifer Warnes}} on the soundtrack to ''{{w|An Officer and a Gentleman}}''.
-*Two of the tomb vampires are named Billy and Jacob, which have the same names as father and son Quileutes in ''Twilight''.
+*Two of the tomb vampires are named Billy and Jacob, which have the same names as father and son Quileutes in ''{{w|The Twilight Saga (film series)|Twilight}}''.
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 [[fr:Episode 1x17 : L'alliance temporaire]]
 [[Category:Vampire Diaries Episode Guide]]
-[[Category:Season 1]]
+[[Category:The Vampire Diaries Season One]]