"Previously on "the vampire diaries"..." "Stefan:" "For over a century, I have lived in secret," "Until now." "I know the risk," "But I have to know her." "What are you?" "I'm a vampire." "That noise." "What noise?" "Yaah!" "Tyler!" "What the hell?" "[gasps]" "Caroline!" "I can give caroline some blood." "No." "No way." "It's just enough to make her heal." "Do it." "So the black sheep returns." "Tyler." "Who's the guy with caroline?" "It's the mayor's younger brother, mason lockwood." "Damon, I care about you." "I do, but I love stefan." "Elena, what's going on here?" "No, damon!" "Damon" "No, no, no, no." "[gasps]" "Why do I look like katherine?" "You are not katherine." "You are the opposite of everything that she was." "Elena, what are you doing here?" "My name is katherine." "I was hoping you could" "Give the salvatore brothers a message for me." ""game on."" "What" "[gasps]" "Excuse me." "Where is everyone?" "It's the middle of the night, hon." "It is?" "Mm-hmm." "Oh." "Uh, well, have you seen my mom?" "She left after dinner with your boyfriend," "And then your friend elena stopped by." "She did?" "Yeah." "She did." "But she said her name was katherine." "Could I just get something to eat?" "Breakfast comes around 7:00." "But I'm hungry." "You should go back to sleep." "What is that smell?" "Back to bed." "[heart monitor beeping]" "What are you doing in here?" "I don't know." "You need to go back to bed." "[gags] [coughs]" "Ugh. [gasps]" "[music playing]" "I mean, katherine looked just like you." "It was freakish." "She is my ancestor." "Hey, I moved the student booth into the cafeteria." "Your vampire ancestor," "And she didn't just resemble you" "Like a family member would." "She was you." "I don't--I don't know." "I can't explain it." "Ok?" "It's creepy." "It's all I got." "Well, how do you know she's not still out there pretending to be you?" "I don't, but I could sit here" "And be tortured by the not knowing," "Or I could get these prizes to the ringtoss." "Well, have you talked to damon" "Since he killed jeremy or--or tried to kill jeremy?" "No, bonnie, I haven't," "And I won't, and I don't wanna talk about damon" "Or anything else that's vampire-related, ok?" "Copy that." "I'm human," "And I have to do human stuff." "Otherwise, I'm gonna go crazy." "Ok." "I'm sorry." "Now focus." "We have to make caroline proud," "Or she will kill us." "I don't know how she does this all the time." "Well, because she's not human, obviously." "Obviously." "It's, uh--it's the same as the bracelet elena gave you." "So it protects me from compulsion." "Vervain is toxic to vampires." "You mean like poison?" "Yeah." "It's very poisonous." "It'll keep 'em out of your head." "I mean, why vervain?" "I don't know." "Certain natural herbs" "And roots and other elements" "Are just harmful to vampires." "Like a stake to the heart?" "Right, but it has to be wood." "You're pretty confident in yourself," "Telling me all the different ways I could kill you." "Jeremy, if I thought you wanted to kill me," "We'd be having a much different conversation, ok." "Yeah." "Damon is the one that deserves it." "I want you to forget about damon, all right?" "He's a hundred times stronger than you," "And right now, he's not stable." "Gotta try to move forward." "I was killed by a vampire and brought back by a magic ring." "How do you move forward from there?" "Right." "Well, today we have a nice little distraction" "Courtesy of slave driver elena." "Hello, elena." "Hey." "Um, do you" "Yeah, yeah, I set up the goldfish toss, all 300 goldfish." "It's gonna be epic." "He's gonna be all right." "He's just been though a little bit of an ordeal." "I was just hoping that this carnival" "Would reel him back into the land" "Of high school teenager." "Oh, is that what we're doing here?" "Yes." "We all are." "We're gonna be boring high school students" "Who live in a world where the "v" word is not uttered." "Got it." "And then later you're gonna take me" "To the ferris wheel, we're gonna ride to the very top." "Then you're gonna kiss me, and my heart will flutter" "Like a normal high school girl." "Do you see a running theme here?" "Yeah." "No, I'm seeing it, I'm--I'm liking it," "But I have a quick question." "Um, what do we do about damon?" "Uh, no "d" word, ok?" "That has been deleted from the list of topics that we can discuss." "Unfortunately, katherine showing up" "Has him in a little bit of an odd place," "Little off-kilter, kind of dangerous." "Who knows what he's up to?" "So I understand john gilbert has left town." "Have they found the vampire that attacked him?" "Well, the sheriff has asked me to take the lead on that," "And I promise you I will get to the bottom of it." "Which brings me to my next subject." "With richard gone," "I'll be acting as interim mayor until the elections," "And I'm going to need someone to spearhead the council." "Oh." "I'd like that person to be you." "Whatever you need, carol." "I--as a founding family member," "It's something that's very close to me," "So I would be honored to help" "Keep this town safe from vampires." "[men laughing]" "Hoo, boy." "Oh, jeez." "Is it safe to talk?" "It's my brother-in-law mason." "He's still visiting." "I just don't want him to hear us." "He didn't want any part of the council when he lived here," "And I see no reason to bring him into it now." "[vampire hearing] whew." "What was that, like 7?" "[normal] 6." "I don't count the last one." "You crawled it." "What?" "Think grandma lockwood actually passed you" "Heh heh-- in her walker." "Yeah." "Ok." "Shoes off." "Mud, my mom..." "Cool." "Yeah, yeah." "So all this anger and aggression you're talkin' about," "Do you notice a difference when you exercise?" "[scoffs] dude, I play 3 varsity sports." "I work out 4 times a week and run 3." "I'm gonna say no." "Do you have episodes?" "I mean, what happens, exactly?" "Starts out normal." "You get angry, typically over nothing." "I'm an angry guy." "You know, it just amplifies, and then I go off." "You black out?" "Yeah." "It's like I go blind with rage." "Is there a pattern?" "Like once a month?" "Only at night?" "All I know is I lose myself." "You know?" "For that time... [vampire hearing] I become something else." "I hate it." "Carol:" "More tea?" "Damon?" "Oh." "Yes, please." "Thank you, carol." "[sizzles] [sighs]" "[sizzles] [winces] uhh!" "Your mom said you're not eating." "That's gross." "It's hospital food." "It's supposed to be gross." "[coughs]" "She also said you're getting released tomorrow morning." "Morning?" "Uh, I need to get out tonight." "No." "The carnival's gonna happen without you, caroline." "I--I know it's hard for your neurotic, control-freak personality to process," "But bonnie and elena have it." "I'm not neurotic." "Yeah, you are, but it's cute, so..." "Look, it's not about the carnival." "Ok?" "It's just that this place is just really depressing." "That's 'cause you're sitting in the dark." "No, don't!" "What the hell?" "Just close it, please." "What's wrong with you?" "Close it." "Ok." "I'll just come back later, ok?" "[sighs] [gasping]" "[footsteps]" "Would you care for one?" "No." "Thank you." "I'm not hungry." "Just ate." "Aren't you worried that one day," "All the forest animals" "Are gonna band together and fight back?" "I mean, surely they talk." "I'm just happy that's a, uh" "A blood bag and not a sorority girl supplying your dinner." "I like this," "You walking on eggshells around me" "Because you think I'm gonna explode." "It's very suspenseful." "Is elena worried, too?" "I bet I'm your every conversation." "Have you heard from katherine?" "I think the lockwoods have a family secret," "Because the gilbert device affected them." "Vervain didn't, so they're not vampires." "They're something else." "Is this your new obsession?" "Oh, you'd rather some unknown supernatural element" "Running rampant in our town, fine." "I'll drop it." "We haven't seen the last of katherine." "You do know that, right?" "We have no idea what she's up to." "[scoffs] sure, we do." "She came back to profess her undying, eternal love for you," "So I'm gonna let you deal with her, 'cause I have more important things to do," "Like explode." "Cheers." "[sizzles]" "Unh." "Gah!" "That's pretty." "Yeah." "My friend gave it to me." "[grunting]" "Aah!" "[muffled sobs]" "What's wrong?" "You can't tell anyone." "You can't tell anyone." "I can't tell anyone." "You'll do what I say?" "I'll do what you say." "Good." "Because I'm starving." "Guh!" "[music playing]" "The ringtoss is out of bart and homer dolls and team jacob ts." "Ok, I can grab some from the science club." "Also, we lost a speaker in the karaoke booth." "Hey, it's all good, elena." "Take a beat." "Look around." "This is a huge success." "You mean, I can do more than just wreak vampire havoc?" "Eak" "Go figure." "[both laugh]" "Hey." "Uh, carter, right?" "You're with the carnival." "That'd be me." "Ok." "Great." "Wow." "What you need, beautiful?" "Um, what do you know about karaoke speakers?" "Heh." "Why don't you show me the problem." "Yeah, bonnie." "Show him the problem." "Ok." "Come on." "Come on?" "Heh heh heh." "What are you doing?" "Huh?" "Nothin'." "Just killin' time." "Waitin' for you." "You lookin' for something?" "Yeah, actually." "You know where I can find any family artifact stuff?" "The heirlooms?" "You blow through your trust fund already?" "I did that when I was 22." "Nah." "I'm just lookin' for this old piece of my mom's." "My dad gave it to her when they got married." "Has sentimental value." "Probably passed down to your dad." "Should still be in the house here somewhere." "What's it look like?" "It's a moonstone." "It's about the size of a hockey puck," "Old, ugly, minimal monetary value." "Hey, man." "Whatever." "Um, ask my mom, I guess." "Yeah, cool." "I'll do that." "You ready?" "Yeah." "Jeremy." "So good to see you alive." "Aren't you a little old for a high school carnival?" "About 150 years too old." "Oh, you're pretty funny cracking jokes when I could" "I don't know-- blow the whole lid off this thing" "By telling someone what you really are." "So please tell me that that is not a threat." "Maybe it is." "Oh." "[gagging]" "This is what we're not gonna do." "We're not gonna walk around like we're invincible" "When it's this easy for me to end you." "[coughs]" "If you wanna tell people what I really am," "Go ahead and try." "I will shove this ring so far up your ass," "You'll really have something to choke on." "The doctor said I'm good as new." "He signed me out, and he said I didn't have to wait till morning," "So call me when you get this." "It's dark, thank god." "Um...[winces]" "I am so sorry about that." "Ok, now, what's the story?" "My husband likes to get kinky." "Yes." "Good." "Ok." "So..." "I'm gonna take off." "I'm the committee chair for the carnival," "And I'm worried it's a complete disaster." "I mean, god bless elena," "But she does not understand the word "fabulous."" "Once again," "I am so sorry about that," "And if you could just forget that I bit you," "That would be great, because I'm going to." "Forget what?" "Heh." "I don't know how that works," "But it's brilliant." "[ding] [cheering] come on!" "Wow." "You're lurking." "Observing." "More like obsessing." "He's got strength." "He's a triple-letter varsity athlete." "Of course he has strength." "You're reaching." "I bet I can take you." "Enter the uncle." "Bring it on, surfer boy." "This is ridiculous." "[bell rings] [cheering, music playing]" "Is that it?" "All right, he's the champ." "Who wants to go next?" "Uh, stefan wants a go." "Thanks." "Yeah, sure." "I'll, uh-- I'll give it a shot." "Go, stef." "[claps]" "Get him, stef." "My brother over there thinks I can beat you." "Heh." "Your brother's wrong." "[bell rings] [cheering]" "Oh!" "You didn't put in any effort at all." "Yeah, actually, I did." "Come with me." "[bell rings] [laughs]" "Is he" "No, no, no." "It wasn't that kind of strength," "But it was more than human, if that makes any sense." "What is up with that family?" "If they're not vampires, then what the hell are they?" "Ooh." "Uh, maybe they're, uh, ninja turtles." "You're not funny." "Or, no, zombies." "Werewolves." "No comedic timing at all." "What?" "What are you up to?" "Since this is reality and there's no such thing as werewolves" "Or combat turtles." "I said, "ninja turtle."" "Hey, you." "[scoffs] I have a name." "Yeah, I don't care." "What" "I need you to pick a fight with someone," "Kid named tyler lockwood." "Damon, don't do this." "No, no." "It's just an experiment." "Get him mad." "Don't back down, no matter what he does, ok?" "I won't back down." "I know you won't." "You do realize somebody's gonna get hurt, right?" "No, someone's gonna get mad," "As in rage." "And what's that gonna accomplish?" "That tyler kid from a fight.Walkiny" "Let's see who intervenes." "Maybe it's the ambiguously" "Supernatural mystery uncle." "[scoffs]" "Oh, hey, blondie." "They let you out." "I remember." "What do you remember?" "I remember how you manipulated me..." "You pushed me around, abused me," "Erased my memories." "Fed on me." "You're crazy." "Well, the memories have been coming back" "In pieces." "You can't remember." "It's impossible." "I mean, unless you were becoming a..." "I have a message from katherine." "She said, "game on."" "Wait" "You suck." "Elena." "What do you want, damon?" "I know I'm the last person you wanna see right now," "But I need you to come with me." "Whatever it is, I'm not interested." "Yeah, I need you to come with me right now, elena." "Watch where you're goin'." "You got a problem?" "Yeah." "You walked right into me." "What are you gonna do about it?" "You're kidding, right?" "Better back off." "You hit me again, I swear to god." "Hey!" "Tyler!" "Hey." "Tyler!" "Hey!" "Let go!" "Get back." "What the hell, man?" "[car alarm blaring]" "Your eyes." "Unh!" "Ahh!" "Come on." "Let's go." "[groans]" "You all right, man?" "Why did I just do that?" "You were just in the wrong place at the wrong time." "Yeah?" "What do you think?" "What are you doin' here?" "They discharged me." "All better." "Uh, how do you feel?" "Are..." "Heh." "You know, I feel pretty good." "Yeah?" "'cause earlier, you were a little" "I'm all better." "All better." "Heh heh." "Ok." "Um..." "Wanna give it a shot?" "Yeah." "Heh." "Whoa." "Uh, hey, nice shot, killer." "Uh, they must have already been broken." "[heart beating]" "Oh, no." "What's wrong?" "Uh..." "I gotta go." "No, care, wait." "Come here." "Are you ok?" "I mean, do you need to go back to the" "Just leave me alone." "How did this happen?" "Hmm?" "Well, I fed her blood," "And katherine obviously killed her," "And "a" plus "b" equals..." "But why?" "Because katherine is a manipulative, nasty little slut." "And she said, "game on"?" "I mean, what does that even mean?" "It means she's playing dirty." "She wants us to know." "But why caroline?" "Ah, I don't know." "Caroline must be completely out of her mind." "She has no idea what's happening to her." "Oh, I think she does." "All of my compulsion from the past" "Started wearing off the minute she was in transition." "We have to find her." "Yep, and kill her." "You're not gonna kill caroline." "She knows who we are." "She's officially a liability." "We gotta get rid of her." "Damon, absolutely not." "Need I remind you" "Of a tragic little story" "Of a girl named vicki donovan?" "Yeah." "Caroline, of all people," "Will not make it as a vampire." "Her mother's a vampire hunter." "Guys, come on." "We all know how this story ends," "So let's just flip to the last chapter and" "It's not an option, damon." "No?" "Your silence is deafening, stefan." "Wait." "Wasn't there a school carnival" "The night you staked vicki?" "Huh." "Talk about a town where history repeats itself." "You know I'm right." "We're not gonna kill her." "It's the only way." "[gasping]" "No." "Hey, is everything ok?" "[groans]" "I'm so sorry." "What?" "Aah!" "Uhh." "She's obviously pissed at me for something," "But for what, no clue." "What happened?" "She freaked out," "And she's been like that all day," "Cool one minute and crazy and neurotic the next." "She almost died." "It's bound to mess with her head." "Plus, she's caroline." "Yeah." "I'm used to the insecurities and all that." "That's who she is, love it or hate it." "But this seemed-- I don't know" "Different," "More." "I--I can't explain it." "You agree with damon, don't you?" "Stefan." "Stefan." "Hey." "Damon's right, not about what we should do," "But about what's gonna happen." "Katherine all but signed caroline's death sentence." "We can't let it end that way." "She's doing this to me, isn't she?" "Actually, she's doin' it to me." "[sighs]" "All right, we're home." "Safe territory." "Enough with the silence." "Told you to leave it alone." "What was that move you pulled?" "Brazilian martial arts." "I took some classes a while back." "Don't lie to me." "I'm not lyin'." "I saw something!" "You didn't see anything." "I saw your eyes." "They glowed." "Reflection of a car headlight, maybe." "That's all." "Reflection of a car headlight." "Yes." "You really expect me to believe that?" "Tyler!" "Hey, you wanna know what you saw?" "You saw me get pissed off" "That I had to pull your delinquent ass out of a fight." "Where could she be?" "What is it?" "Do you hear her?" "What's going on, stefan?" "What is it?" "It's blood." "I can smell blood." "[sobs]" "He's dead." "I killed him." "What's wrong with me?" "Hey." "Hey, it's ok." "I can help you." "You can?" "Yeah." "I have to." "What are you going to do?" "The only thing I can do." "I'm gonna kill you." "...." "Please don't." "I don't want to die." "Yeah, but you're already dead." "No, I'm not." "Don't say that." "Ok?" "Just help me." "Ok, just-- ok." "Help me, please." "Ok, ok, ok." "Please." "Please." "Ok." "It's gonna be ok." "Shh." "It's ok." "It's the only way." "Get away from me!" "You killed me." "No, no, no, no, caroline." "That wasn't me." "You know that." "That was katherine." "No!" "Then why does she look like you?" "Why--why did she do this to me?" "Stefan, we gotta get her inside." "It's all right, caroline." "Come with me." "She will die." "It's only a matter of time." "Yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight." "Oh, yeah, it is." "Damon, she's my friend." "Whatever happens, it's on you." "We've gotta get her cleaned up." "Caroline?" "Oh." "You're not." "You can" "You can't be." "Bonnie." "I--I" "Oh, god." "Bonnie." "Just... [sobbing]" "Come here." "She hates me." "Bonnie hates me." "No, no, no." "She's just in shock." "We all are, ok?" "And what about matt?" "What--what am I gonna do about ma" "Shh." "One thing at a time." "Let's just get this blood cleaned off." "Come on." "Come on." "I'm a murderer." "I'm a monster." "Listen to me." "Your emotions are heightened right now." "It's part of the transformation." "It's completely normal," "I promise you." "All right?" "Ahh!" "Why does this keep happening to my face?" "I'm--they're hideous." "Caroline, look at me." "Look at me." "Look at me." "Caroline." "Caroline!" "Look at me!" "Look at me!" "Look at me." "Look at my face." "Look at my face." "Shh!" "Shh!" "Look." "Look, look, look." "See it?" "You see that?" "Yeah?" "When you feel the blood rush in, you tell yourself" "That you're gonna get through it, that you're strong enough." "Yes." "Yes." "No matter how good it feels" "To give yourself over to it," "You fight it off." "You bury it." "Watch me." "Watch me." "That's the only way you're gonna survive this thing." "Try it." "Shh." "Try it." "[deep breath]" "There you go." "That's good." "Why did katherine do this to me?" "I don't know." "I wish I did." "Hey." "Hey." "I promise you" "I will not let anything happen to you." "Come here." "Come here." "I can't believe this is happening." "Come on." "Don't pout about it." "We got a body to bury." "Thought you were callin' the shots." "Hm s e b." "Uhh!" "Aah!" "[groaning]" "I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt." "I didn't do this!" "Bonnie, it wasn't his fault." "Everything that happens is his fault, elena." "Bonnie, what are you doing?" "Bonnie, stop it." "Bonnie, bonnie, stop it." "[gasping]" "Bonnie, stop it!" "You're gonna kill him!" "Bonnie!" "Hey!" "What" "Why--why did you stop me?" "[groans]" "Because this isn't us." "Bonnie, this can't be us." "Hey." "Ok." "Caroline is ok for now." "I'm gonna check in on her later." "But what about the guy that she... [sighs] it's taken care of." "Damon's right." "Isn't he?" "It won't end well for her." "No, I'm gonna make sure that he's wrong." "I just--I can't believe what this day has turned into." "[sighs] not your normal day, huh?" "Umph." "I was stupid to think that it could be." "I mean, nothing about my life is normal." "My best friend is a witch," "My boyfriend's a vampire," "And I have a doppelganger" "Who's hellbent on destroying all of us." "I'm sorry." "No, it's not your fault, stefan." "It's no one's fault." "You know, it is what it is." "Hey." "I'm fine." "I'm fine." "It's just..." "You know what?" "I'm fine." "I'm--I'm ok." "I'm gonna call you tomorrow, ok?" "Good night, stefan." "Good night." "I think it's good for tyler to have you in the house." "I appreciate that, carol." "Oh, and I can see if I can dig up that stone you're looking for." "It's bound to be tucked away" "In one of richard's nooks and crannies." "Hey, man." "You headin' up?" "In a minute." "Night, mom." "Night, tyler." "I'm sorry about earlier." "We all good?" "Yeah, we're good." "All right." "What the hell are you doin' here?" "You don't lock your front door." "Yeah." "I wouldn't." "I..." "I laced it with vervain." "Now, why would you do that?" "So I could stake you with this." "You came here to kill me?" "It's only fair." "You killed me first." "What made you wisen up?" "My father hated vampires." "My uncle, too." "They were absolute." "They knew exactly what they stood for." "I figure maybe I should, too." "I mean stand for something." "But killing you," "What's that gonna do?" "Look, I don't do the big-brother thing very well." "Sorry I don't have any milk and cookies to offer you." "Prick." "Wait." "My father hated vampires, too." "He did?" "Same reason your dad did." "Only, it was 1864." "People knew how to whittle." "Did you do this?" "Yeah, I tried." "It's" "It's a little harder than it looks." "Huh." "What are you doing here?" "Uh, I came to see if today's basket-case period had expired." "Maybe you should just go, 'cause my mom's gonna be home soon." "No." "Y-you been dodging' me all day." "I mean, I'm more insecure than you are now." "What do you mean?" "It means that you almost died," "And it really freaked me out." "And I-it got me thinking," "You know, 'cause I'm just" "I'm not in a position where I can lose someone else right now." "I realized that even though today I wanted to throttle you," "I'm pretty sure that I'm in love with you," "And now it seems like you don't feel the same way." "[breathing heavily]" "[music playing]" "Mmm." "Hi." "What time is it?" "It's almost dawn." "Come with me." "Stefan, what are we doing here?" "We're gonna get caught." "Well, I compelled the guard to go on break" "So I could kiss my girlfriend at the top of the ferris wheel." "[flicks switches]" "Heh." "Stefan..." "We have to take these moments, elena." "All right?" "What katherine did to caroline could just be the beginning," "And--and then there's things with tyler's family" "That we don't even understand yet." "Then there's always the "d" word." "But I came back to this town" "To start a life with you." "We can't forget to live it." "Listen, how are we gonna get to the top?" "I guess you'll just have to hold on tight." "[laughs]" "What?" "It's just so nice to see you laugh." "It's not gonna get any easier, is it?" "No." "It's not."