- Elena meets Stefan at the high school and he tells that he is watching her following Klaus's order. Rebekah, who is staying at the Salvatore's house, is in the same class as Elena. Elena plots with Alaric and Damon to lock Stefan in the dungeon of the Salvatore house. Tyler is fascinated and reveling in his sire bond to Klaus. Vicki convinces Matt to bring her back from the dead. Anna tells to Jeremy that darkness is surrounding Vicki, and that she has made a pact with the Original Witch. Vicki hits Matt on the head and seeks out Elena as part of her agreement with the witch. Meanwhile, Damon stays with Rebekah while Elena and Alaric abduct Stefan. Katherine awakens Mikael who confesses that he does not drink human blood, he instead feeds on vampires.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- On the first day of their senior year, Elena, Caroline, Bonnie and Matt are still reeling from recent events, while Tyler seems to be enjoying everything a little too much. Damon is annoyed by a new houseguest, and everyone is surprised by the arrival of a new student in Alaric's history class. Matt asks Bonnie for help when he realizes he made a serious mistake. Meanwhile, Stefan continues to carry out his latest assignment from Klaus.—CW Publicity
- Elena's alarm goes off at 5:15 a.m. She covers up the bite marks on her neck with make-up.
Alaric (Nina Dobrev) takes her out into the woods for training on using vampire weapons. She's having a hard time admitting she might have to use them on Stefan (Paul Wesley) since Klaus made him flip the switch on his humanity. She's not strong enough.
At school, it's the start of senior year. Elena realizes it's her one year anniversary with Stefan. She's resolved to put it behind her.
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) comes downstairs and has to step over women on the stairs. He finds Stefan playing drinking Twister, where he takes a bite for each square the women spin to. Rebecca (Claire Holt) barges in. Klaus left her there. She announces she'll be staying with them.
Bonnie (Kat Graham) sees Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen). She is irked he's been seeing his ex-girlfriends' ghosts.
Matt (Zach Roerig) drives up to school. Suddenly, Vicki (Kayla Ewell) appears in the truck with him. He's glad to be able to talk to her about life stuff. She tells him there's a way he can help her "come back." They're interrupted by Tyler (Michael Trevino).
Katherine (Nina Dobrev) tries to wake up Michael (Gary Muller), but he won't eat. She answers Damon's call. "Try harder. We need him to kill Klaus so I can de rip-ify Stefan before he destroys my house," Damon tells her. Katherine sees a mourner in the graveyard and gets an idea.
Damon calls Elena to warn them about their new housemate "Barbie Klaus." He won't tell her what Stefan is up to.
Caroline (Candice King) puts up posters for the bonfire spirit event.
Tyler kisses her. She and Elena drag him into the bathroom when they see blood on his shirt. He says it was from a blood bag Rebecca gave him. Klaus told her to protect his new "asset." Tyler is excited to be Klaus' first successful hybrid.
Elena leaves the bathroom and runs into Stefan. He says he's going back to school. Klaus told him to. Alaric interrupts. Stefan pushes him against a locker and warns him not to get in his way.
Before class, Elena tells Ric they need to get rid of Stefan. He comes to class and takes a seat next to Elena. Rebecca joins them.
Matt finds Vicki again. She says she has help from "the Other side." Jeremy walks out and sees Matt, but ignores Vicki.
Inside, Jeremy tells Anna's ghost what he saw.
Vicki's witch could do her spell from the other side. She won't need Matt to be thinking of her to appear. She says in a town of werewolves, vampires and witches she'll fit right in. Matt is unnerved.
Anna (Melise) again tells Jeremy that Vicki is bad news. She says Vicki must have agreed to pay a price to use the witch's magic.
Vicki makes a tearful plea to Matt, saying he won't have to be alone anymore. He asks what he has to do.
At football practice, Rebecca joins the cheerleaders. She's interested in Caroline, maybe Tyler. Tyler gets tired of running wind sprints. He compels his coach to dismiss them early. Caroline busts him for being obvious about it. He stays cocky, saying Klaus has given him a gift.
Rebecca gets everyone's attention with gymnastics. Tyler is impressed.
Stefan joins Elena on the track. He says he's the guy "assigned to protect the human blood bag."
Katherine holds a dead man over Michael in his coffin and lets his blood drip into Michael's mouth. He wakes up enough to tell her to get the blood away. He's wrapped in tons of metal chains. Katherine remembers him from Chicago in the 1920s.
Damon finds Elena pumping iron. She wants to lock Stefan up. Damon says Stefan is high on human blood, even without the compulsion. She asks for his help.
He takes her and presses her hand to his chest, identifying his sternum. He gently touches her side and shows her a space in the rib cage he says is the better way to a vampire's heart. He whispers in her ear he'll help her. No one, especially not Stefan, will hurt her.
Before the bonfire, Damon, Ric and Elena get a game plan. She'll lure Stefan away. Ric will shoot him. Caroline will prep the old Forbes' jail cell. Damon's job is to keep Rebecca away, using his wiles.
Tyler joins them. They want him to raid his mom's vervane supply. He says he can't. It's not in Klaus' best interest. He says again Klaus made him who he is.
Damon nonchalantly strolls over and picks up a weapon. Tyler turns to leave. Damon rushes him and stakes him in the neck. He explains Tyler has been "sired" and will seek Klaus' approval because his blood made him. It's rare, but it happens.
Stefan finds Rebecca at the bonfire. Elena grabs a beer from the keg, calls Stefan a "blood addict" and walks away.
Alone at his house, with Vicki over his shoulder, Matt cuts his hand and drips blood on a photo of Vicki. Candles are lit all around. He says he accepts her. The candles flare and the picture smokes. Matt hugs Vicki -- he can feel her.
Jeremy tries to tell Bonnie what Matt is up to. She can't hear past her jealousy over Anna.
Vicki puts her hand over flame. She can feel it. She says it works into her deal to restore the balance. Klaus' hybrids can't survive. She says Elena is the key. Matt realizes what she's talking about. She knocks him out. "I'm sorry, Matty, but I want to stay," she says.
At the raging bonfire, kids do keg stands. Elena acts like she's having a good time. Stefan watches her. She drinks up.
Rebecca sits by herself next to a fire. Damon joins her and flirts to keep her distracted. Elena watches Damon. Stefan catches her staring at him. Stefan accuses her of being jealous. She walks off in a faux huff.
Matt calls Bonnie, saying he messed up.
Damon feeds Rebecca s'mores. She asks why he's trying to distract her and shoves her marshmallow roasting stick through his gut.
Tyler wakes up on his couch. Caroline says she brought him home because he was being a d-bag. She tells him he was sired. She says he's been acting like the old him. He apologizes and says he doesn't want to be like that. He promises to try to control it. He kisses her.
Stefan finds Elena drunk on the bleachers. He says he's going to drive her home. She climbs over the side of the bleachers and pretends to fall, then actually does. He races around and catches her. They have a brief moment. Alaric shoots him with vervane darts. The plan worked.
Ric and Elena load him into a car. Vicki watches, smoking a cigarette. Ric notices an empty gas can by the car. Vicki tosses her butt into the trail of gas, leading to the car.
It's quickly engulfed in flames. Elena tries to get out of the passenger side, but she's stuck. Vicki gets in the car with her and keeps her in. Ric goes for something to break the window with. It won't break.
At the school, Bonnie finds a spell to block whatever magic is helping Vicki. She performs it with Matt.
Elena wakes Stefan up in the back of the car. They're both starting to choke on smoke. He wakes up and kicks the back door open. Vicki drags Elena back in.
Bonnie keeps chanting and yanks Vicki into the room with them. Vicki pleads for another chance. Matt says he can't let her hurt anyone. Matt says good-bye. Bonnie finishes the spell. Vicki is gone.
Ric and Elena drag Stefan out of the car right before it explodes.
At Damon's house, he patches her up. Elena tells him he played his part of the plan well. He says she did too. "I was faking most of it," she says. "So was I," he says meaningfully. Ric interrupts.
At Tyler's house, he and Caroline put their clothes back on. She says good bye.
Rebecca appears, bringing him a compelled bleeding woman. Tyler tells her to leave. Rebecca chomps down. Tyler can't resist anymore. He bites into her neck.
Back in the tomb with Michael, he explains he's been denying himself human blood for as long as he can remember. He asks Katherine to let him out of his chains and says he knows how to kill Klaus. He will.
She frees him. She suggests he needs to feed. He doesn't feed on living things. She's about to ask what he does feed on when he bites into her neck.
Back at the boys' house, Elena tells Ric it's OK if he wants to be friends with Damon again.
Stefan tells Elena and Ric they're better off with him around for protection. Elena tells him she's not giving up on him. "Do you have any idea how pathetic that makes you?" he asks.
She jabs the darts she was wearing into his gut, saying it makes her strong.
Jeremy leaves Bonnie another message. Anna appears. She asks him why he's thinking about her when he calls Bonnie. He can't stop thinking about her. She puts her hand up. He brushes her fingers. They can feel each other. She doesn't know how.
Damon picks up after Stefan's mess in his house as someone runs around. He thinks it's Stefan. Then he's knocked across the room. Mason (Taylor Kinney) is back. Then he says "This is gonna be fun."
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