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'''The Reckoning''' is the fifth episode of the [[Season 3|third season]] of {{The Vampire Diaries}} and the forty-ninth episode of the series overall.
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'''The Reckoning''' is the fifth episode of the [[Season three|third season]] of {{The Vampire Diaries}} and the forty-ninth episode of the series overall.
   
 
==Summary==
  
==Summary==
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'''A SENIOR PRANK NIGHT TO DIE FOR''' — Despite all that has happened, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] is determined to see that [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]], [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]], [[Matt Donovan|Matt]] and [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] all enjoy the traditional [[Senior Prank Night]] before the school year begins at [[Mystic Falls High School]]. However, when uninvited guests show up, it doesn’t take long for the evening to take a deadly turn. [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] convinces [[Jeremy Gilbert|Jeremy]] that he can use his [[Medium|new connection]] to [[The Other Side|the other side]] to help find a way to defeat [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]. Finally, [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] deepens his hold on [[Stefan]] and uses him for an increasingly violent and dangerous purpose.
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'''A SENIOR PRANK NIGHT TO DIE FOR''' — Despite all that has happened, [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] is determined to see that [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]], [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]], [[Matt Donovan|Matt]] and [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] all enjoy the traditional [[Senior Prank Night]] before the school year begins at [[Mystic Falls High School]]. However, when uninvited guests show up, it doesn’t take long for the evening to take a deadly turn. [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] convinces [[Jeremy Gilbert|Jeremy]] that he can use his [[Medium|new connection]] to [[The Other Side|the other side]] to help find a way to defeat [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]]. Finally, [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] deepens his hold on [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]] and uses him for an increasingly violent and dangerous purpose.
   
 
==Plot==
  
==Plot==
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* [[Candice Accola]] as [[Caroline Forbes]]
  
* [[Candice Accola]] as [[Caroline Forbes]]
 
* [[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]]
  
* [[Michael Trevino]] as [[Tyler Lockwood]]
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* [[Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]] <small>(credit only)</small>
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* [[Matthew Davis|Matt Davis]] as [[Alaric Saltzman]] <small>(credit only)</small>
 
* [[Joseph Morgan]] as [[Niklaus Mikaelson]]
  
* [[Joseph Morgan]] as [[Niklaus Mikaelson]]
   
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Antagonist: [[Niklaus Mikaelson]] and [[Rebekah Mikaelson]].
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*Antagonists: [[Niklaus Mikaelson]] and [[Rebekah Mikaelson]].
 
*Although he has been part of the main cast from the very beginning of the show, this is the first episode ever in which [[Zach Roerig]] does a [[Previously on The Vampire Diaries|Previously On-voiceover]].
  
*Although he has been part of the main cast from the very beginning of the show, this is the first episode ever in which [[Zach Roerig]] does a [[Previously on The Vampire Diaries|Previously On-voiceover]].
 
*This is the first time [[Katerina Petrova|Katherine]] and [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] [[Damon and Katherine|kiss]] in [[Season Three]], and the fourth time in the series to date.
  
*This is the first time [[Katerina Petrova|Katherine]] and [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] [[Damon and Katherine|kiss]] in [[Season Three]], and the fourth time in the series to date.
 
*[[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] becomes a [[hybrid]] and the first successfully-transitioned hybrid sired by Klaus.
  
*[[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]] becomes a [[hybrid]] and the first successfully-transitioned hybrid sired by Klaus.
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*Tyler will be the last werewolf seen in the series until ''[[The Rager]].''
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*Tyler will be the last werewolf seen in the series until ''[[The Rager]]''.
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*We learn that [[Klaus ]]<nowiki/>needs [[Elena| Elena's]] [[doppelgänger]] [[blood]] in order to continue to successfully turn more werewolves into [[hybrids]] successfully. [[Damon]] scares off Klaus before he can take Elena by threatening him with the fact that he knows about Mikael and where he's been entombed.
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*We learn that [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] needs [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]]'s [[doppelgänger]] [[blood]] in order to continue to successfully turn more werewolves into [[hybrid]]s successfully. [[Damon Salvatore|Damon]] scares off Klaus before he can take Elena by threatening him with the fact that he knows about Mikael and where he's been entombed.
 
*Klaus and [[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] meet [[Matt Donovan|Matt]], [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]], [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] and [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] in this episode.
  
*Klaus and [[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] meet [[Matt Donovan|Matt]], [[Tyler Lockwood|Tyler]], [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] and [[Caroline Forbes|Caroline]] in this episode.
 
**Rebekah meets [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]].
  
**Rebekah meets [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]].
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==Body Count==
  
==Body Count==
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* [[Dana]] - drained of blood, killed by [[Stefan]]
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* [[Dana]] - drained of blood, killed by [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]]
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* [[Chad]] - drained of blood, killed by [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]].
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* [[Season Three Minor Characters#The Reckoning|Chad]] - drained of blood, killed by [[Stefan Salvatore|Stefan]].
 
* [[Tyler Lockwood]] - broken neck, killed by [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] (awakened in transition to be a [[hybrid]]).
  
* [[Tyler Lockwood]] - broken neck, killed by [[Niklaus Mikaelson|Klaus]] (awakened in transition to be a [[hybrid]]).
   
 
==Continuity==
  
==Continuity==
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*[[Matt Donovan|Matt]] returns in this episode. He was last seen in ''[[The Hybrid]].''
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*[[Matt Donovan|Matt]] returns in this episode. He was last seen in ''[[The Hybrid]]''.
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*[[Mystic Falls High School]] was last seen in [[Season 2|Season Two]]'s ''[[The Last Dance]].''
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*[[Mystic Falls High School]] was last seen in [[Season Two]]'s ''[[The Last Dance]]''.
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*This is Klaus' first visit to Mystic Falls High School. In ''The Last Dance,'' he was in Alaric's body.
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*This is Klaus' first visit to Mystic Falls High School. In ''The Last Dance'', he was in Alaric's body.
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*Dana was last seen in Season Two's ''[[The Descent]]'' and ''The Last Dance.''
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*Dana was last seen in Season Two's ''[[The Descent]]'' and ''The Last Dance''.
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*[[Vicki Donovan|Vicki]] was last seen in ''The Hybrid.''
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*[[Vicki Donovan|Vicki]] was last seen in ''The Hybrid''.
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*Klaus mentions his unsuccessful sacrifice ritual to [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]], which happened in ''[[The Sun Also Rises]].'' And in ''The Hybrid,'' his plan to make hybrids went horribly wrong.
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*Klaus mentions his unsuccessful sacrifice ritual to [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]], which happened in ''[[The Sun Also Rises]].'' And in ''The Hybrid'', his plan to make hybrids went horribly wrong.
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*When Matt refers to the spirits of the one hundred witches whom Bonnie was [[channeling]], she mentions her part in bringing Jeremy back to life, which happened in ''[[As I Lay Dying]].''
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*When Matt refers to the spirits of the one hundred witches whom Bonnie was [[channeling]], she mentions her part in bringing Jeremy back to life, which happened in ''[[As I Lay Dying]]''.
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*[[Pearl]] was mentioned by Katherine. She was killed by [[John Gilbert]] in [[Season 1|Season One]]'s ''[[Blood Brothers]].''
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*[[Pearl]] was mentioned by Katherine. She was killed by [[John Gilbert]] in [[Season One]]'s ''[[Blood Brothers]]''.
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*Damon mentions [[Anna]]'s death (staked by John), which happened in ''[[Founder's Day]].''
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*Damon mentions [[Annabelle|Anna]]'s death (staked by John), which happened in ''[[Founder's Day]]''.
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*Klaus meets [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] and [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] for the third time in this episode. He previously met them in [[Season Two]]'s ''The Last Dance'' (in Alaric's body) and ''The Sun Also Rises.''
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*Klaus meets [[Elena Gilbert|Elena]] and [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]] for the third time in this episode. He previously met them in [[Season Two]]'s ''The Last Dance'' (in Alaric's body) and ''The Sun Also Rises''.
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*This is the third episode to have Jeremy and Katherine interacting. The previous two episodes were ''[[Masquerade]]'' and ''[[The Sacrifice]].''
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*This is the third episode to have Jeremy and Katherine interacting. The previous two episodes were ''[[Masquerade]]'' and ''[[The Sacrifice]]''.
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*Mikael was last seen in ''[[The End of The Affair]].''
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*Mikael was last seen in ''[[The End of The Affair]]''.
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*Katherine (as Elena) stole [[Esther's Talisman|Elena's necklace]] from [[Bonnie]], which happened in ''[[Disturbing Behavior]].''
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*Katherine (as Elena) stole [[Esther's Talisman|Elena's necklace]] from [[Bonnie Bennett|Bonnie]], which happened in ''[[Disturbing Behavior]]''.
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*[[Rebekah]] mentions the [[Tatia|Original Petrova]] to Elena.
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*[[Rebekah Mikaelson|Rebekah]] mentions the [[Tatia|Original Petrova]] to Elena.
 
**Her name would remain unknown until ''[[Bringing Out The Dead]]'', in which it was revealed to be Tatia.
  
**Her name would remain unknown until ''[[Bringing Out The Dead]]'', in which it was revealed to be Tatia.
   
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*[http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/one-horse+town One Pony Town] is an expression meaning very small and boring place.
  
*[http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/one-horse+town One Pony Town] is an expression meaning very small and boring place.
 
*The Reckoning is also the title of episode 10 of the second season of the TV Series ''Medium''.
  
*The Reckoning is also the title of episode 10 of the second season of the TV Series ''Medium''.
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==Behind the Scenes==
  
==Behind the Scenes==
 
*This episode had about 2.89 million viewers in the USA.
  
*This episode had about 2.89 million viewers in the USA.
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==Referencess==
 
{{Reflist}}
  
{{Reflist}}
   

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The Reckoning is the fifth episode of the third season of Template:The Vampire Diaries and the forty-ninth episode of the series overall.

Summary

A SENIOR PRANK NIGHT TO DIE FOR — Despite all that has happened, Caroline is determined to see that Elena, Bonnie, Matt and Tyler all enjoy the traditional Senior Prank Night before the school year begins at Mystic Falls High School. However, when uninvited guests show up, it doesn’t take long for the evening to take a deadly turn. Damon convinces Jeremy that he can use his new connection to the other side to help find a way to defeat Klaus. Finally, Klaus deepens his hold on Stefan and uses him for an increasingly violent and dangerous purpose.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast

Recurring Cast

Co-Starring

Trivia

  • Antagonists: Niklaus Mikaelson and Rebekah Mikaelson.
  • Although he has been part of the main cast from the very beginning of the show, this is the first episode ever in which Zach Roerig does a Previously On-voiceover.
  • This is the first time Katherine and Damon kiss in Season Three, and the fourth time in the series to date.
  • Tyler becomes a hybrid and the first successfully-transitioned hybrid sired by Klaus.
  • Tyler will be the last werewolf seen in the series until The Rager.
  • We learn that Klaus needs Elena's doppelgänger blood in order to continue to successfully turn more werewolves into hybrids successfully. Damon scares off Klaus before he can take Elena by threatening him with the fact that he knows about Mikael and where he's been entombed.
  • Klaus and Rebekah meet Matt, Tyler, Bonnie and Caroline in this episode.
  • Matt becomes a medium in this episode, just like Jeremy became in As I Lay Dying.
    • However, in the next episode, it is suggested that his medium abilities are limited to just Vicki's spirit.
  • This is the first episode this season in which Jeremy has the least amount of screen time.
  • Although Sebastian Roché was credited at the beginning of the episode, his character (Mikael) only appeared at the end of the episode.
  • This episode marks the last of the main characters (Matt) dying and being returned to life shortly afterward.
  • This episode was meant to be the last appearance of Rebekah in the series. However, the popularity of her character contributed to her being upgraded as a major recurring character.

Body Count

Continuity

Cultural References

  • Senior Prank: The idea is to do something memorable, that future generations of students will talk about.
  • When Katherine suggests to Damon that they could stop at a Truck stop for a "bite" it could be a reference to From Dusk till Dawn, a Quentin Tarantino movie from 1996. At a truck stop by the Mexican Border, the employees of the bar are all vampires and drink from the patrons before dawn.
  • Wolf Boy is a reference to boys that are raised by wolves, like Mowgli, from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
  • Sexual Tension: when two individuals interact, there is sexual desire from one or the two, but sexual act is never consummated.
  • Teenybopper: Teenage girls who wear everything that everybody is wearing, listen to the music that everybody is listening, giggle, gossip and are very superficial.
  • Petty Little Thing is the name of a song by Fink.
  • "Tick Tock Goes the Clock" is the name of an episode of Doctor Who.
  • One Pony Town is an expression meaning very small and boring place.
  • The Reckoning is also the title of episode 10 of the second season of the TV Series Medium.

Behind the Scenes

  • This episode had about 2.89 million viewers in the USA.
  • This is Kat Graham's favorite episode.[1]

Quotes

Bonnie: "Listen to me, I know you wanna help and I know you miss your sister, but what you did was reckless and stupid."
Matt: "I know, Bonnie. I know. But it worked. It was worth it."
Bonnie: "You don’t want to be part of all this, Matt. You’re the only one of us who actually gets to live their life like a normal person, no matter how lost you feel. Don’t forget that."
Elena: "Where were you, Damon?"
Damon: "I shouldn't have left. I promise you, I will never leave you again."
Rebekah: (to Stefan) "You took a beating. My brother's been breaking your neck all afternoon. Quite the temper."
Klaus: "Attention, seniors! You have officially been busted. Prank night is over. Head on home."
Klaus: "Fascinating, I've never seen this before. The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl... Why don't you turn it off?"
Damon: (to Katherine after making out with her) "Thought I’d give it a shot. Truth is, you just don’t do it for me anymore."
Caroline: "Do you think Matt's gonna be okay?"
Tyler: "I’m kissing you and you’re wondering about your ex-boyfriend."
Matt: "Do you realize that just last summer, you and I were lifeguards at the pool?"
Bonnie: "Hmm."
Matt: "And the only two problems I had in my life were that Elena was breaking up with me and I sucked at CPR."
Bonnie: "Everything was so different then."
Matt: "Yeah, I know. Elena's dating a vampire, you’re a witch, my sister’s a ghost, and I’m just a guy who’s wondering how life got so screwed up."
Klaus: "I assume you're the reason Elena's still walking around alive."
Bonnie: "That's right. If you wanna blame someone, blame me."
Klaus: "Oh, there's no need for blame, love. Just your witchy interference seems to have caused some undesirable side effects. And, since you caused the problem, I'm gonna have you find the fix."
Klaus: "Every time I attempt to turn a werewolf into a vampire hybrid, they die during the transition. It's quite horrible, actually."
(Klaus feeds Tyler his blood)
Klaus: "I need you to find a way to save my hybrids, Bonnie. And for Tyler's sake, you' better hurry."
(Klaus snaps Tyler's neck)
Matt: (about Tyler) "He killed him."
Elena: "He's not dead. Klaus' blood will turn him into a vampire."
Klaus: "And if Bonnie's successful, he'll live through his transition. (to Bonnie) Go on, then. Go and fetch your grimoires and enchantments and whatnot. I'll hold on to Elena for safekeeping."
Rebekah: "So this is the latest doppelgänger? The original one was much prettier."
Bonnie: "I can’t contact the dead, but Jeremy can."
Katherine: "What if I told you there was a way to kill Klaus? And not dagger dead. Dead-dead."
Damon: "I’d say you were desperate and lying. Or drunk. Or a desperate, lying drunk."
Klaus: (to Stefan) "Let’s drink on it. Kill them."
Klaus: (to Stefan) "All I wanted was your allegiance. Now I’ll have to take it."
Katherine: (to Damon) "My advice: If you want to make an omelet you have to break a few legs."
Rebekah: "Why is that doppelgänger bitch wearing my necklace?"
Matt: "You don’t need magic, Bonnie. You just have to be better than I was at CPR."
Stefan: (to Elena) "The more blood I get, the more I want. And if I get so much as near yours, you are dead."
Klaus: (to Stefan) "Come on. Your humanity is killing you!"
Klaus: "You know how much the Original witch hated me. Do you honestly think I would do anything other than the opposite of what she says?"
Rebekah: "One thousand years in the grave, and she’s still screwing with you."
Elena: "Don't, Klaus. You don't have to hurt anybody."
Klaus: "Oh, come on, love. Of course I do."
Stefan: "I've done everything Klaus has asked me to."
Rebekah: "No, you just failed to mention that the doppelgänger's still alive."
Stefan: "Where is Klaus now?"
Rebekah: "With any luck, ripping that cow's bloody head off."
(Stefan leaps at Rebekah)
Stefan: "Where is she!?"
Rebekah: "You really do love her, don't you?"
(Rebekah hits Stefan with a crowbar)
Rebekah: "Consider me jealous."
(Rebekah stabs him through the chest with the crowbar)
Stefan: (to Elena) "I owe you everything. Because through all of this, you are the one thing that kept me from giving up, from turning it all off."
Rebekah: (to Caroline) "Tick-tock goes the gym clock."
Tyler: "This is going to be an amazing year."
Klaus: "There's my girl."
Elena: "Klaus."
Klaus: "You are supposed to be dead. What are we gonna do about that?"
Caroline: "Uh, do we know you?"
Rebekah: "You're Caroline, Elena's friend, which makes you Tyler, the werewolf."
Caroline: "And who are you?"
Rebekah: "I'm the new girl."
Klaus: "I'd like you all to meet my sister, Rebekah. A word of warning, she can be quite mean."
Rebekah: "Don't be an ass."

Multimedia

Soundtrack

Last.fm_play.png "Will Do" – TV on the Radio
Last.fm_play.png "Please Ask For Help" – Telekinesis

Last.fm_play.png "10,000 Lovers" – Ida Maria
Last.fm_play.png "Torch Song" – Shady Bard

Pictures

Referencess

  1. ↑ See this video at around 4:30 mark

See also

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