Red Door

The Originals
Season 2, Episode 5 (27)
Air date	November 3, 2014
Viewers	1.09 million
Written by	Declan de Barra & Diane Ademu-John
Directed by	Michael Robison
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“	All women envied her. All men wanted her. But, she only had eyes for one.	”
	— Esther to Elijah about Tatia

Red Door is the fifth episode of the second season of The Originals and the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary

'THE VAMPIRE DIARIES' NINA DOBREV APPEARS IN FLASHBACKS AS TATIA, THE ORIGINAL DOPPELGÄNGER — In order to show Elijah that her plan is what's best for him, Esther forces him to relive a time long ago when he loved a young woman named Tatia. With the help of Marcel, Hayley is determined to find Elijah, who has gone missing, but is torn when she discovers that Klaus is also in trouble. Elsewhere, Cami finds herself in a dangerous situation when Mikael takes her hostage as a way to lure Klaus to him, and Davina makes an upsetting discovery about Kaleb's true identity. Lastly, a violent confrontation ensues when Klaus comes face-to-face with Mikael.

Plot

Cast

Starring Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard Leah Pipes as Camille O'Connell Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire Special Guest Star Nina Dobrev as Tatia (flashback)

Guest Starring Sebastian Roché as Mikael Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent Griffith/Finn Mikaelson Sonja Sohn as Lenore/Esther Mikaelson Daniel Sharman as Kaleb Westphall/Kol Mikaelson Alice Evans as Esther Mikaelson (flashback)

Trivia

• Antagonists: Elijah Mikaelson (flashback), Mikael, Esther Mikaelson, Finn Mikaelson, and Kol Mikaelson

Body Count

• Tatia (flashback) - Drained of blood; killed by Elijah Mikaelson

Locations

• New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Garden District
    • Lafayette Cemetery
  • Algiers
    • Marcel's Loft
• Davina's Family Cabin
• Abandoned Building
• Mystic Falls (flashback)

Behind the Scenes

• This episode had 1.09 million viewers in USA, 0.22 million less than the previous episode.
• This episode marks Nina Dobrev's first and only appearance on The Originals. She is billed as Special Guest Star.

Cultural References

• Samhain - one of the origins of modern day Halloween. It's a pagan festival that involved animal sacrifice to appease the gods. It's still practiced today by modern witches and others.

Quotes

• Promo
• Webclip 1
• Webclip 2
• Inside Clip

Tatia to Elijah: "I choose you."

Elijah to Esther: "Get out of my head."

Hayley: "Something has happened to Elijah."

Esther to Elijah: "It is time for you to remember it all."

Cami: "We should get her to a hospital."

Kol: "Oh, hello darling. Back to huff and puff and blow the house down?"

Klaus: "You know it's funny how often a person's sharp tongue can end up cutting their own throat."

Cami: "Klaus, he's just a kid, give him a break."

Kol: "Yeah, she's right. You know you might want to try a bit of lavender under your pillow. Does wonders for stock up pillocks with anger management issues."

Cami: "Hey, shut it!"

Klaus: "I promised not to kill Davina, I said nothing of this insolent sod."

Cami: "Klaus, come on. A minute ago you had the opportunity to kill your father with this thing and you didn't. You're not going to kill this kid with it either."

Klaus: "Fine."

Cami: "Thank you."

Klaus: "Go get the car. Let's take her to a hospital."

Hayley: "So those werewolf kids you helped get out the Quarter made it to the safe house up north."

Marcel: "Great, my good deed for the decade." (He offers Hayley a glass of whiskey)

Hayley: "No thanks, I'm good. Maybe the vampires and us free wolves can work together after all."

Marcel: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

Hayley: "Anyway thanks, for helping."

Marcel: "Hmm, don't thank me, thank Elijah."

Hayley: "I would have, but I can't get a hold of him. I went to the compound thinking he would be there."

Marcel: "Really? I thought you always had tabs on him?"

Hayley: "I mean we haven't really been on the best terms lately. He wouldn't just disappear though."

Marcel: "The last I knew he was going to keep the wolves distracted. Your boy Oliver was going to help him."

Hayley: "I couldn't track down Oliver either."

Cami: "This is crazy. The two of you going round and round trying to kill each other, your obsessing over the death of someone who's fatal flaw is that he was fathered by another guy!"

Mikael: "Hush!"

Elijah: "You will not break me."

Lenore as Esther: "I am here to fix you!"

Elijah to Esther: "Get out of my head."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

"Black Iron Lung" – The Gods Of Macho
"Arsonist's Lullabye" – Hozier

Pictures

• Promotional
• Screencaps
• Behind the Scenes