This Year Will Be Different

Legacies
Season 2, Episode 2 (18)
Air date	October 17, 2019
Written by	Thomas Brandon
Directed by	Jeffrey Hunt
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This Year Will Be Different is the second episode of the second season of Template:Legacies and the eighteenth episode of the series overall.

Summary

ALEXIS DENISOF GUEST STARS AS THE NEW HEADMASTER — Determined to move forward with her new life alone, Hope's latest hunt leads her on a collision course with the past she's been desperately trying to leave behind. Meanwhile, on their first day back in school, Landon's newfound status as the popular guy leads to tensions with Josie. Elsewhere, as MG contemplates telling Lizzie how he feels about her, the arrival of a mysterious vampire puts a wrench into his plan. Finally, as Alaric gets settled into his new role at Mystic Falls High School, the students of the Salvatore School meet their new headmaster, Professor Vardemus.

Plot

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Cast

Main Cast Danielle Rose Russell as Hope Mikaelson Aria Shahghasemi as Landon Kirby Kaylee Bryant as Josie Saltzman Jenny Boyd as Lizzie Saltzman Quincy Fouse as MG Peyton Alex Smith as Rafael Waithe (credit only) Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Recurring Cast Chris Lee as Kaleb Demetrius Bridges as Dorian Williams Ben Levin as Jed Guest Cast Leo Howard as Ethan Alexis Denisof as Professor Vardemus Bianca Santos as Maya Thomas Doherty as Sebastian Co-Starring Jace Harrison as Fanboy Vampire Hannah Bliss Carlton as Flirty Witch Douglas Tait as Cyclops

Trivia

• Hope uses the alias "Hope Marshall" when speaking with Alaric.  Though at the end of the epside Hope tells Alaric the truth about herself.
• Professor Vardemus is the new Headmaster of the Salvatore School. 
• Hope believes she's trying to stop a troll but it's revealed after she burns the hair on it's head the creature is shown to be a Cyclops.

• Landon and Hope see each other for the first time after the events of There's Always a Loophole

Body Count

• Cyclopes  -  shot in the eye with an arrow; killed by Hope

• Unknown Jogger - stabbed in the chest; killed by the mysterious hooded figure

Continuity

• Jed was last seen in There's Always a Loophole.
• Malivore was mentioned. He was last seen in full appearance in I'll Tell You a Story in a flashback.
• Hayley was mentioned. She was last seen in Bring It On on Template:The Vampire Diaries and When The Saints Go Marching In on Template:The Originals.
• Klaus was mentioned. He was last seen in Moonlight on the Bayou on The Vampire Diaries and When The Saints Go Marching In on The Originals.
• Stefan was mentioned. He was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries and A Streetcar Named Desire on The Originals.
• Damon was mentioned. He was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries.
• Caroline was mentioned. She was last seen in I Was Feeling Epic on The Vampire Diaries and When The Saints Go Marching In on The Originals.
• Triad was mentioned. They were last seen in There's Always a Loophole.

Locations

• Mystic Falls, Virginia
  • Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted
  • Mystic Falls High School

Behind the Scenes

• The title is similar to the eighth season's second episode Template:The Vampire Diaries, titled Today Will Be Different.

Quotes

• Promo
• Scene
• Sneak Peak #2

Hope: "My name is Hope Mikaelson. The entire world has forgotten that I exist and the boy that I love has moved on and I have absolutely no idea what to do next."

Alaric: "I'm Principal Saltzman, who are you?"

Josie: "What are you doing?"

Lizzie: "Warrior two."

Josie: "I thought you said yoga was karate for lazy people?"

Lizzie: "I did. But spending the summer with mom opened my eye to all kinds of new experiences. Plus, using that ascendant thingy is of the table, we agreed we'd stop worrying over all that future merge crap, right?"

Josie: "Right."

Lizzie: "So I'm all about the present. I've have decided to be permanently open to any opportunity that comes my way. This is my semester of yes and I am available for literally anything."

Lizzie: "This is so lame universe. I can't believe I've been stood up by Milton Greasley. This is what I get for assuming you'd send something ama--zing. Hello, you must be new?"

Sebastian: "What is this place?"

Lizzie: "It's the Old Mill. I mean it's the only mill but we also call it the Old Mill for some reason. I hope you're not here to chill. I mean I don't care either way. What's your name? I thought I knew all of the incoming students."

Sebastian: "Ah, this is a school of some kind?"

Lizzie: "The Salvatore School, named after Damon and Stefan Salvatore, I guess, but that was like a long time ago — or whatever."

Sebastian: "I see."

Lizzie: "So you're not a student?"

Sebastian: "No."

Lizzie: "Okay, then who are you? Are you okay, do you wanna sit down?"

Sebastian: "No, No I'm fine. You should keep your distance."

Lizzie: "I'm not gonna hurt you."

Sebastian: "That's not what I'm afraid of. I'm sorry, I should go."

Lizzie: "Uh, wait, what's your name?"

Sebastian: "Sebastian."

Multimedia

Videos

Legacies 2x02 Promo "This Year Will Be Different" (HD) The Originals spinoff

Legacies Season 2 Episode 2 This Year Will Be Different Scene The CW

Legacies 2x02 Sneak Peak — Lizzie Meets Sebastian (Thomas Doherty)

Pictures

• Promotional
• Screencaps
• Behind the Scenes