The Vampire Diaries Wiki
Register
The Vampire Diaries Wiki
No edit summary
Tag: sourceedit
m (→‎See also: Correcting Link(s))
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{episode
+
{{Episode
 
| season = 6
 
| season = 6
 
| number = 16
 
| number = 16
 
| episode number = 127
 
| image = 6x162.jpg
 
| image = 6x162.jpg
| episode number = 16
 
 
| airdate = March 12, 2015
 
| airdate = March 12, 2015
  +
| viewers = 1.30 million
| writer = [[Brian Young]] & <br> [[Caroline Dries]]
+
| writer = [[Brian Young]] & [[Caroline Dries]]
 
| director = [[Ian Somerhalder]]
 
| director = [[Ian Somerhalder]]
 
| previous = [[Let Her Go]]
 
| previous = [[Let Her Go]]
| next = [[A Bird in a Gilded Cage]]
+
| next = [[A Bird in a Gilded Cage]]}}
 
{{Character Quote|'''[[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]]''': Anyway, in return for my good behavior, I want a year while I don't have to feel pain, or grief, or remorse. You're not gonna lock me in a cell and dry me out, and you're ''definitely'' not gonna try to trigger some lightened emotion, hoping to snap my humanity back on. [...] And granted, if anyone tries anything to flip my switch back on, and I mean.. ''anything'', I'll become your worst nightmare.|'''[[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]]'''}}
}}
 
 
'''The Downward Spiral''' is the sixteenth episode of the [[Season Six|sixth season]] of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' and the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of the series overall.
{{Character Quote|<small>{{Caroline}}: Anyway, in return of my good behavior, I want a year while I don't have to feel pain or grief or remorse. You're not gonna lock me in a cell and dry me out, and you're definitely not gonna try to trigger some lightened emotion hoping to snap my humanity back on.<br>{{Elena}}: So, all you want is for us to leave you alone, and then you promise not to kill anyone?<br>{{Caroline}}: That's all. And granted, if anyone tries anything to flip my switch back on, and I mean.. anything, I'll become your worst nightmare.</small>|<small>'''Caroline''' to [[Elena and Bonnie]] after having turned her humanity off</small>}}
 
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is the sixteenth episode of the [[Season Six|sixth season]] of [[The Vampire Diaries (TV series)|The Vampire Diaries]] and the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of the series.
 
   
 
==Summary==
 
==Summary==
 
'''IAN SOMERHALDER MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.''' — After shutting off her humanity following the death of her mother, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] gives her friends an unexpected ultimatum. Not knowing how to handle the new Caroline, [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]'s attempt to intervene sets off a dangerous chain of events, leaving him and [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] in a race against the clock. Meanwhile, after seeking answers from [[Malachai Parker|Kai]] about the [[Prison Worlds|prison world]], [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]'s world is turned upside when he learns some devastating news about his mother [[Lillian Salvatore|Lily]]. Elsewhere, [[Lorenzo St. John|Enzo]] finds himself becoming increasingly intrigued by [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]], and [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] begins to struggle with the effects of being back in the real world.
[[File:The Vampire Diaries 6x16 Extended Promo - The Downward Spiral HD|thumb|right|250px]]
 
'''IAN SOMERHALDER MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT.''' — After shutting off her humanity following the death of her mother, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] gives her friends an unexpected ultimatum. Not knowing how to handle the new Caroline, [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]'s attempt to intervene sets off a dangerous chain of events, leaving him and [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] in a race against the clock. Meanwhile, after seeking answers from [[Malachai Parker|Kai]] about the prison world, [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]]'s world is turned upside when he learns some devastating news about his mother [[Lillian Salvatore|Lily]]. Elsewhere, [[Lorenzo|Enzo]] finds himself becoming increasingly intrigued by [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]], and [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] begins to struggle with the effects of being back in the real world.
 
{{clear}}
 
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
  +
At the bar, Caroline bumps into [[Liam Davis|Liam]]. They talk about her [[Elizabeth Forbes' Funeral|mother's funeral]] and since she had turned her humanity off she makes out with him and bites him.
{{Hide/Show|
 
  +
|content=
 
  +
Elena visits her dorm and discovers that Caroline took her clothes. Bonnie arrives and they hug. She reveals to Elena that she hasn't called [[Jeremy Gilbert|Jeremy]] yet because she wants to give him a chance of having a normal life for a while. Caroline arrives and asks the two to give her a year with her emotions turned off, without the grief and in return she won't kill anyone, to which they reluctantly agree.
{{Coming Soon}}
 
  +
}}
 
  +
Meanwhile, Damon dug out his [[Lillian Salvatore|mother's]] coffin from the family crypt and discovers that it's empty. Kai tells him that he can help him get to the 1903 prison world, but he will only help him if he helps him apologize to Bonnie.
  +
  +
Sarah is at the bar taking photos of Enzo. He notices the sound of the camera and confronts her. She asks him about him saving Matt with his blood and he reveals to her that he's a vampire. Caroline invites him and Liam to a [[Warehouse Party|party]]. Bonnie, Elena and Stefan also go to keep an eye on Caroline.
  +
  +
Over the phone, Damon asks Bonnie to talk with Kai, which she refuses. Kai reveals bits of information about Damon's mother to tease him so they both later go to the party to talk with her in person. During his apology, she remembers the things he'd done to her in the prison world and gets mad at Damon for forcing her to talk to him. To prove a point, by using magic she inflicts all the wounds she had endured in prison world on Damon. Bonnie calls Jeremy and tells him that she will need a little time to work some things out. Later, Kai finally reveals that Damon's mother is a vampire and a [[ripper]] locked in a prison world by the Gemini Coven in 1903.
  +
  +
Meanwhile, at the party, Stefan interrogates Liam and concludes that Caroline has been compelling him. He goes to her and admits his feelings for her hoping that it will make her turn her emotions on, but with no luck. To retaliate she kidnaps Sarah and compels Liam to perform a surgery on her by removing her organs. Stefan and Elena go to Caroline attempting to reason with her. Caroline asks Stefan to turn his humanity off and she's spare Sarah. Liam tells them over the phone that they're at [[Whitmore Hospital]] so Elena runs off to stop the surgery. She manages to find them and stops Liam, but Stefan decides to give in to Caroline's demands. before turning off his emotions, he asks Elena to help him bring himself back later.
   
 
==Cast==
 
==Cast==
Line 35: Line 40:
 
*[[Zach Roerig]] as [[Matt Donovan]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
*[[Zach Roerig]] as [[Matt Donovan]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
*[[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
*[[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]] <small>(credit only)</small>
*[[Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]] <small>(credit only)</small>
+
*[[Matthew Davis|Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]] <small>(credit only)</small>
*[[Michael Malarkey]] as [[Lorenzo|Enzo]]
+
*[[Michael Malarkey]] as [[Lorenzo St. John|Enzo]]
{{Col-2}}
 
   
 
{{Col-2}}
 
===Recurring Cast===
 
===Recurring Cast===
 
*[[Tristin Mays]] as [[Sarah Nelson]]
 
*[[Tristin Mays]] as [[Sarah Nelson]]
Line 45: Line 50:
   
 
===Co-Starring===
 
===Co-Starring===
*[[imdb:nm5384990|Lane Miller]] as Bartender
+
*[[Season Six Co-Stars#The Downward Spiral|Lane Miller]] as [[Season Six Minor Characters#The Downward Spiral|Bartender]]
*[[imdb:nm6025373|Jeremy C. Turner]] as Seth
+
*[[Season Six Co-Stars#The Downward Spiral|Jeremy C. Turner]] as [[Season Six Minor Characters#The Downward Spiral|Seth]]
*Steven A.D. Taylor as Raver
 
 
===Uncredited===
 
*Chace Beck as Dancing Patron
 
*Laidee P. Jas as Raving Party Kid
 
 
 
{{Col-end}}
 
{{Col-end}}
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* Antagonist: [[Caroline Forbes]].
+
*Antagonist: [[Caroline Forbes]].
 
* The title refers to [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] dealing with her mother's death with her humanity switch'' off''.
 
 
*[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] digs up [[Lillian Salvatore|his mother]]'s coffin to prove that she is dead but he finds it empty.
 
*[[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] digs up [[Lillian Salvatore|his mother]]'s coffin to prove that she is dead but he finds it empty.
 
*Elena arrives just in time to Whitmore Medical Center in order to save Sarah's life before Liam (compelled by Caroline) could cut out her heart. She heals Sarah with her blood and is forced to break Liam's hands to keep him from trying to complete Caroline's orders.
**Like his girlfriend Elena, he learns his mother isn't dead but a vampire as well.
 
 
*[[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] turns off his humanity after Caroline threatens to kill [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]], his great grand-niece, if he doesn't do so. Her reasoning for forcing him to turn off her humanity is because she knows Stefan is her emotional trigger and doesn't want him to be used to turn her humanity back on.
*Elena is the fourth character to learn the secret of [[Sarah Nelson]] (Salvatore) from Stefan after Enzo, Matt and Caroline.
 
 
*[[Lillian Salvatore]] is discovered to not only be "alive," but that she is both a [[vampire]] and a [[ripper]], which is why she was trapped in a [[Prison Worlds|Prison World]] in 1903. According to [[Malachai Parker|Kai]], she slaughtered and killed over 3,000 people after she was turned. The [[Gemini Coven]] found her and trapped her in the [[Prison Worlds|Prison World]] as a punishment for her crimes.
*Bonnie learns the following:
 
  +
*[[Lorenzo St. John|Enzo]], thanks to Caroline's help, realizes that Sarah has been compelled by Stefan to not be at all impressed or intrigued by the existence of vampires, as he hoped it meant that she would never be drawn to them or want to become one herself.
**Caroline has turned off her humanity because her mother Liz died.
 
 
*Kai confirms that there are only two prison worlds created by the [[Gemini Coven]]: his own in 1994 and Lily's in 1903.
**That Jeremy moved to Santa Fe for art school.
 
  +
**Elena dated a premed student named Liam and then compelled any memory that they even dated..
 
  +
==[[Season Six Body Count|Body Count]]==
**That Elena compelled away her memories of loving Damon.
 
*It's revealed that rave parties aren't the type of parties Elena likes to attend.
 
*Caroline gave her ultimatum in this episode, as long as the others do not push her to turn on her humanity for a year, she will not do any terrible things.
 
* Liam has been compelled at least three times in this episode:
 
** Twice by Caroline to forget her feeding on him and later to kill [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]] by surgery.
 
** Once by Stefan to see if he remembers Caroline feeding on him.
 
*Elena arrives in time at the Medical Center to save Sarah's life, before Liam can cut out her heart as ordered to do so by Caroline. She heals Sarah with her blood and is forced to break Liam's hands to keep him from trying to still remove Sarah's heart.
 
* [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] turns off his humanity after Caroline blackmails him that she would kill [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]], his great niece. She does this because Stefan is her emotional trigger.
 
** This marks the first time in the series to have two vampires with their humanities turned off in one episode.
 
* [[Lillian Salvatore]], Stefan and Damon's mother, is discovered to be a [[Vampire|vampire]] and a [[Ripper|ripper]], hence why she is trapped in a [[Prison Worlds|Prison World]]. According to [[Malachai Parker|Kai]], she slaughtered and killed over 3,000 people after she was turned. The [[Gemini Coven]] found her and trapped her in the [[Prison Worlds|Prison World]] as a punishment for her crimes.
 
**This makes her the fifth parent and the fourth mother of another character turned into a vampire before their children were turned after Katherine, Pearl (Anna may have been turned at the same time) and Isobel.
 
**Mikael doesn't count as he was made into a vampire around the same time as his children.
 
* [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] is having difficulty re-adapting to the world, jumping at the sound of a champagne cork pop and using her magic to burn a man who tried to make out with her at the rave party. When Damon brings Kai to her so that he can apologize, she leaves in anger and later punishes Damon by inflicting the wounds she had suffered at Kai's hands in the prison world.
 
*Enzo thanks to Caroline realizes that Sarah has been compelled by Stefan to have no reaction when she learns about vampires.
 
* Kai confirms that there are only two prison worlds created by the [[Gemini Coven]]: his own in 1994 and Lily's in 1903.
 
* Elena mentions Jolene (not by name though), the waitress she killed when she had her humanity turned off.
 
   
 
==Continuity==
 
==Continuity==
  +
*[[Lorenzo St. John|Enzo]] and [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]] were last seen in ''[[Stay]]''.
* Continues the trend of not featuring [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] in the 16th episode of each season so far.
 
 
*[[Liam Davis|Liam]] was last seen in ''[[Fade Into You]]''.
** However, in ''[[Bring It On]]'', Tyler did not appear but his voice was heard by a voice mail.
 
* [[Lorenzo|Enzo]] & [[Sarah Nelson|Sarah]] were last seen in [[Stay|''Stay'']].
+
*Jolene is indirectly mentioned. She was last seen in ''[[American Gothic]]''.
  +
* [[Liam Davis|Liam]] was last seen in [[Fade Into You|''Fade Into You'']].
 
  +
==Locations==
* This episode marks the first time in the series that Stefan willingly turns off his humanity.
 
  +
*McKinley, Virginia
**It's also the second time in the series that Stefan has done so, the first was in [[Season 3]]'s [[The Reckoning|''The Reckoning'']] by [[Klaus]] compelling him to do so.
 
  +
**[[Whitmore College]]
  +
***[[Elena, Caroline and Bonnie's Dorm Room|Elena and Caroline's Dorm Room]]
  +
***[[Whitmore College#Inner Locations|Scull Bar]]
  +
***Coffee house
  +
**[[Whitmore Hospital]]
  +
**[[Warehouses#Whitmore Warehouse|Warehouse]]
  +
*[[Mystic Falls|Mystic Falls, Virginia]]
  +
**[[Forbes House]]
  +
**[[Mystic Falls Cemetery]]
  +
**[[Salvatore Boarding House]]
   
 
==Behind the Scenes==
 
==Behind the Scenes==
  +
*This episode had about 1.30 million viewers in the USA.
*This episode marks [[Ian Somerhalder]]'s directorial debut in ''[[The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)|The Vampire Diaries]]''.
+
*This episode marks [[Ian Somerhalder]]'s directorial debut in ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''.
 
**He is the second cast member to direct an episode of TVD, the first being [[Paul Wesley]] in [[Season Five]]'s ''[[Resident Evil]] ''and [[Season Six]]'s ''[[Woke Up With a Monster]].''
 
**He is the second cast member to direct an episode of TVD, the first being [[Paul Wesley]] in [[Season Five]]'s ''[[Resident Evil]] ''and [[Season Six]]'s ''[[Woke Up With a Monster]].''
**According to Ericka Winchester a PA on the series this episode with Ian directing started filming January 22, 2015.
+
**According to Ericka Winchester, a PA on the series, this episode started filming January 22, 2015.
* There is a 3 weeks hiatus between this episode and the previous episode, [[Let Her Go|''Let Her Go'']].
+
*There is a three week hiatus between this episode and the previous episode, ''[[Let Her Go]]''.
*Caroline's hairstyle was inspired by Britney Spears ("Slave For You").<ref>https://twitter.com/CandiceAccola/status/576179351596593152</ref>
+
*Caroline's hairstyle was inspired by Britney Spears in her "Slave For You" music video.<ref>https://twitter.com/CandiceAccola/status/576179351596593152</ref>
  +
*Hashtag during the airing is [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DirectorSomerhalder #DirectorSomerhalder]
   
 
==Cultural References==
 
==Cultural References==
* "The Downward Spiral" is a song by {{w|Nine Inch Nails}} released March 8, 1994, on their album of the {{w|The Downward Spiral|same name}}.
+
*"The Downward Spiral" is a song by {{w|Nine Inch Nails}}, released March 8, 1994 on their album of the {{w|The Downward Spiral|same name}}.
* This term describes a depressive state where the person experiencing the downward spiral is getting more and more depressed, perhaps due to causes unknown. It is called a downward spiral because there is no way to stop it, it's just going to get worse and worse... until the person crashes.
+
**This term describes a depressive state where the person experiencing the downward spiral is getting more and more depressed, perhaps due to causes unknown. It is called a downward spiral because there is no way to stop it, it's just going to get worse and worse... until the person crashes and hits rock bottom.
  +
*Enzo mentions {{w|Anne Rice}} (who wrote ''{{w|The Vampire Chronicles}}''), Bram Stoker's ''{{w|Dracula}}'' and the ''{{w|Twilight (novel series)|Twilight saga}}''.
  +
 
==Quotes==
 
==Quotes==
 
'''Extended Promo'''
 
'''Extended Promo'''
 
 
:[[Stefan Salvatore|'''Stefan''']] (to '''[[Elena Gilbert|Elena]]'''): ''"Caroline is going to snap."''
 
:[[Stefan Salvatore|'''Stefan''']] (to '''[[Elena Gilbert|Elena]]'''): ''"Caroline is going to snap."''
:[[Elena Gilbert|'''Elena''']] (to [[Stefan|'''Stefan''']]): "''She's not actually hurting anyone. No students are missing."''
+
:[[Elena Gilbert|'''Elena''']]: (to [[Stefan Salvatore|'''Stefan''']]) "''She's not actually hurting anyone. No students are missing."''
  +
:[[Damon Salvatore|'''Damon''']]: (to [[Bonnie Bennett|'''Bonnie''']]) "''Uh oh. Caroline fly off the rails? If so, I called it."''
 
:[[Damon Salvatore|'''Damon''']] (to [[Bonnie Bennett|'''Bonnie''']]): "''Uh oh. Caroline fly off the rails? If so, I called it."''
+
:[[Elena Gilbert|'''Elena''']]: (to [[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']]) "''What did you do to [[Liam Davis|Liam]]?"''
 
:[[Elena|'''Elena''']] (to [[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']]): "''What did you do to [[Liam Davis|Liam]]?"''
 
 
:[[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']]: "''I ate him." ''
 
:[[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']]: "''I ate him." ''
 
:[[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']]: (to [[Elena Gilbert|'''Elena''']]) "''I flipped my humanity switch, Elena."''
 
:[[Caroline Forbes|'''Caroline''']] (to [[Elena|'''Elena''']]): "''I flipped my humanity switch, Elena."''
 
 
:[[Bonnie Bennett|'''Bonnie''']]: "''It's weird. It's like she's Caroline, but not." ''
 
:[[Bonnie Bennett|'''Bonnie''']]: "''It's weird. It's like she's Caroline, but not." ''
:
 
   
 
==Multimedia==
 
==Multimedia==
 
 
===[[Season Six Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]===
 
===[[Season Six Soundtrack|Soundtrack]]===
 
{{Last.fm soundtrack
 
{{Last.fm soundtrack
Line 159: Line 149:
   
 
===Videos===
 
===Videos===
  +
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="200">
 
<gallery>
 
 
The Vampire Diaries 6x16 Extended Promo - The Downward Spiral HD
 
The Vampire Diaries 6x16 Extended Promo - The Downward Spiral HD
 
The Vampire Diaries - Rehash The Downward Spiral
 
The Vampire Diaries - Rehash The Downward Spiral
Line 168: Line 157:
 
<tabber>
 
<tabber>
 
|-|Promotional=
 
|-|Promotional=
<gallery>
+
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="200">
 
6x161.jpg
 
6x161.jpg
 
6x162.jpg
 
6x162.jpg
 
6x163.jpg
 
6x163.jpg
 
6x164.jpg
 
6x164.jpg
H047A-312-VAM-110-01.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-02.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-03.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-04.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-05.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-06.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-07.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-08.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-09.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-10.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-11.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-12.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-13.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-14.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-15.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-16.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-17.jpg
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
 
|-|Screencaps=
 
|-|Screencaps=
<gallery>
+
<gallery hideaddbutton="true" widths="200">
 
6X16-1-Caroline.jpg
 
6X16-1-Caroline.jpg
 
6X16-2-Liam.jpg
 
6X16-2-Liam.jpg
Line 285: Line 257:
 
6X16-90-Stefan.jpg
 
6X16-90-Stefan.jpg
 
6X16-91-StefanCaroline.jpg
 
6X16-91-StefanCaroline.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-01.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-02.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-03.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-04.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-05.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-06.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-07.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-08.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-09.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-10.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-11.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-12.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-13.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-14.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-15.jpg
 
H047A-312-VAM-110-16.jpg
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
   
Line 304: Line 292:
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
{{VD Episodes}}
+
{{TVD Episodes}}
{{VD Transcripts}}
+
{{TVD Transcripts}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:616}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:616}}
[[Category:Vampire Diaries Episode Guide]]
+
[[Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide]]
[[Category:Season 6]]
+
[[Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Six]]

Latest revision as of 18:33, 30 September 2023

Caroline: Anyway, in return for my good behavior, I want a year while I don't have to feel pain, or grief, or remorse. You're not gonna lock me in a cell and dry me out, and you're definitely not gonna try to trigger some lightened emotion, hoping to snap my humanity back on. [...] And granted, if anyone tries anything to flip my switch back on, and I mean.. anything, I'll become your worst nightmare.

The Downward Spiral is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and twenty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary

IAN SOMERHALDER MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT. — After shutting off her humanity following the death of her mother, Caroline gives her friends an unexpected ultimatum. Not knowing how to handle the new Caroline, Stefan's attempt to intervene sets off a dangerous chain of events, leaving him and Elena in a race against the clock. Meanwhile, after seeking answers from Kai about the prison world, Damon's world is turned upside when he learns some devastating news about his mother Lily. Elsewhere, Enzo finds himself becoming increasingly intrigued by Sarah, and Bonnie begins to struggle with the effects of being back in the real world.

Plot

At the bar, Caroline bumps into Liam. They talk about her mother's funeral and since she had turned her humanity off she makes out with him and bites him.

Elena visits her dorm and discovers that Caroline took her clothes. Bonnie arrives and they hug. She reveals to Elena that she hasn't called Jeremy yet because she wants to give him a chance of having a normal life for a while. Caroline arrives and asks the two to give her a year with her emotions turned off, without the grief and in return she won't kill anyone, to which they reluctantly agree.

Meanwhile, Damon dug out his mother's coffin from the family crypt and discovers that it's empty. Kai tells him that he can help him get to the 1903 prison world, but he will only help him if he helps him apologize to Bonnie.

Sarah is at the bar taking photos of Enzo. He notices the sound of the camera and confronts her. She asks him about him saving Matt with his blood and he reveals to her that he's a vampire. Caroline invites him and Liam to a party. Bonnie, Elena and Stefan also go to keep an eye on Caroline.

Over the phone, Damon asks Bonnie to talk with Kai, which she refuses. Kai reveals bits of information about Damon's mother to tease him so they both later go to the party to talk with her in person. During his apology, she remembers the things he'd done to her in the prison world and gets mad at Damon for forcing her to talk to him. To prove a point, by using magic she inflicts all the wounds she had endured in prison world on Damon. Bonnie calls Jeremy and tells him that she will need a little time to work some things out. Later, Kai finally reveals that Damon's mother is a vampire and a ripper locked in a prison world by the Gemini Coven in 1903.

Meanwhile, at the party, Stefan interrogates Liam and concludes that Caroline has been compelling him. He goes to her and admits his feelings for her hoping that it will make her turn her emotions on, but with no luck. To retaliate she kidnaps Sarah and compels Liam to perform a surgery on her by removing her organs. Stefan and Elena go to Caroline attempting to reason with her. Caroline asks Stefan to turn his humanity off and she's spare Sarah. Liam tells them over the phone that they're at Whitmore Hospital so Elena runs off to stop the surgery. She manages to find them and stops Liam, but Stefan decides to give in to Caroline's demands. before turning off his emotions, he asks Elena to help him bring himself back later.

Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Co-Starring

Trivia

  • Antagonist: Caroline Forbes.
  • Damon digs up his mother's coffin to prove that she is dead but he finds it empty.
  • Elena arrives just in time to Whitmore Medical Center in order to save Sarah's life before Liam (compelled by Caroline) could cut out her heart. She heals Sarah with her blood and is forced to break Liam's hands to keep him from trying to complete Caroline's orders.
  • Stefan turns off his humanity after Caroline threatens to kill Sarah, his great grand-niece, if he doesn't do so. Her reasoning for forcing him to turn off her humanity is because she knows Stefan is her emotional trigger and doesn't want him to be used to turn her humanity back on.
  • Lillian Salvatore is discovered to not only be "alive," but that she is both a vampire and a ripper, which is why she was trapped in a Prison World in 1903. According to Kai, she slaughtered and killed over 3,000 people after she was turned. The Gemini Coven found her and trapped her in the Prison World as a punishment for her crimes.
  • Enzo, thanks to Caroline's help, realizes that Sarah has been compelled by Stefan to not be at all impressed or intrigued by the existence of vampires, as he hoped it meant that she would never be drawn to them or want to become one herself.
  • Kai confirms that there are only two prison worlds created by the Gemini Coven: his own in 1994 and Lily's in 1903.

Body Count

Continuity

Locations

Behind the Scenes

Cultural References

  • "The Downward Spiral" is a song by Nine Inch Nails, released March 8, 1994 on their album of the same name.
    • This term describes a depressive state where the person experiencing the downward spiral is getting more and more depressed, perhaps due to causes unknown. It is called a downward spiral because there is no way to stop it, it's just going to get worse and worse... until the person crashes and hits rock bottom.
  • Enzo mentions Anne Rice (who wrote The Vampire Chronicles), Bram Stoker's Dracula and the Twilight saga.

Quotes

Extended Promo

Stefan (to Elena): "Caroline is going to snap."
Elena: (to Stefan) "She's not actually hurting anyone. No students are missing."
Damon: (to Bonnie) "Uh oh. Caroline fly off the rails? If so, I called it."
Elena: (to Caroline) "What did you do to Liam?"
Caroline: "I ate him."
Caroline: (to Elena) "I flipped my humanity switch, Elena."
Bonnie: "It's weird. It's like she's Caroline, but not."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Last.fm_play.png "Contagious" – Night Riots
Last.fm_play.png "England Skies" – Shake Shake Go
Last.fm_play.png "Start Again" – Israel Cannan
Last.fm_play.png "Mind Of A Beast" – The Glitch Mob
Last.fm_play.png "Skullclub" – The Glitch Mob
Last.fm_play.png "Wild Child" – Adrian Lux & Marcus Schossow feat JJ
Last.fm_play.png "Our Demons" – The Glitch Mob
Last.fm_play.png "Who Needs Pain" – Unified feat Jan Burton
Last.fm_play.png "No Frontiers" – Unified feat Jan Burton
Last.fm_play.png "Satisfy" – Nero
Last.fm_play.png "Third Day Of A Seven Day Binge" – Marilyn Manson
Last.fm_play.png "Out Of The Black" – Royal Blood

Videos

Pictures

References

See also