The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ 1912~

There were a ton of flashbacks in this episode… we saw some real background to Stefan and Damon’s relationship and what keeps them apart.

The serial killer.

In 1912 is seems Mystic Falls had the same problem as current day Mystic Falls. A serial killer was killing founding family members. Sheriff Forbes and Zacharias Salvatore are out late and Zacharias gets murdered.

In Present day Mystic Falls Alaric wakes up in jail… apparently they think he’s the serial killer. Damon jumps to his defense and says that it’s ridiculous.

Matt and Elena are out running and he tells her that Abby has chosen to become a vampire and that Bonnie and Caroline are helping her through it. Matt assures Elena that it’s not her fault and she tells him that it’s absolutely her fault. She gets a phone call from Sheriff Forbes and she goes to see her.

Elena shows up at the jail and runs into Damon. He tells her Sheriff Forbes told him to stay out of it. Elena seems shocked that he’s staying out of it… she tells him that his friend is in jail. Damon said that with his track record him staying out of it is a good idea. Then he tells her that he’s mean and she hates him—now the world is back on its axis.

Stefan is writing in his diary and Damon comes in and makes fun of him. He starts looking through Stefan’s old diaries for 1912. A flashback shows Stefan and Damon returning home to attend Zacharias’s funeral. Damon asks Stefan if he’s been eating the relatives again. Damon tells him that he wants to live out his existence as far from Stefan as possible. Stefan gets Damon to agree to have a drink with him. Back in reality Damon gets Stefan to help him solve a murder.

At the grille Rebekah is meeting with Mayor Lockwood and is asking about the oldest trees in town. Carol tells her that the Salvatore’s owned all the logging mills and kept their records.

Damon and Stefan arrive at the grille and catches Rebekah’s attention. The guys are discussing the murders and Rebekah wants to know if they caught the killer. They reveal that the town wrote it off as vampire killings. Damon tells Stefan that stabbings weren’t his style.

Alaric and the Sheriff are discussing the night he was shot. The Sheriff tells him that he spoke with Meredith for over an hour but he doesn’t remember it.

Back at the grill Stefan asks Damon if he remembers Sage. A flashback to 1912 shows Sage an attractive woman boxer who caught Damon’s attention. Present day Stefan tells Damon that the town wouldn’t have suspected a woman.

Elena confronts Meredith and tells her that Alaric couldn’t have killed anyone. Meredith tells Elena that she doesn’t know Alaric and she didn’t look any deeper. Then she hits home with telling Elena that she dates vampires… it shouldn’t come as a shock.

Rebekah is still trying to get information out of the guys. She wants to know about their ancestors. Stefan tells her that she just doesn’t give up. She tells him that he was much more fun in the 20’s.

Matt and Elena break and enter into Meredith’s place looking for clues. Elena tells him that there are skeletons in the closet just like the rest of the founders. They find a box with a Gilbert diary in it. Meredith comes home early and Elena shoves Matt into the closet and they have a short tender moment when she presses her fingers to Matt’s lips. They think Meredith is gone and they open the door to find Meredith staring them down.

Damon flashes back to his interaction with Sage. She asks him “What is being a vampire if nothing but relishing in the pleasure of it?” She tells him that humans crave seduction—he has to make them beg for it—and if they don’t—he’s a vampire—he takes it. Sage encourages him to drink from humans but take pleasure in it too. Present day Rebekah makes a snarky comment about Sage and Damon is surprised that Rebekah knows her. She tells him that Sage was obsessed with her brother Finn.

Sheriff Forbes is pissed! She asks Matt and Elena if they know how much she is already protecting them. Then she tells them that Alaric will be released as soon as the medical examiner’s letter is authenticated about the time of death.

Damon and Rebekah join forces and make Stefan feed froma stranger. Damon tells him that his problem is that he doesn’t know how to stop. He can feed, but not kill. He needs to have moderation. Damon tells Rebekah to get lost. Damon is talking Stefan through feeding he makes Stefan stop before he takes too much and Damon feeds the girl his blood. Matt and Elena stumble upon the scene with Damon helping the girl and Stefan with his mouth bloody. Damon tells her not to overreact. Stefan takes off.

Matt takes Elena home and she tells him that she knows it doesn’t make sense that she felt safe with Stefan. Matt tells her that Stefan is a vampire—he’d live forever and not leave her… like her parents did. She admits that Damon snuck up on her and he gets under her skin and that she can’t shake him. Matt tells her that he doesn’t think she’ll ever shake them. Elena asks if him if her talking about Damon and Stefan is weird for him. He tells her no and he brings out the Gilbert diary he took from Meredith’s. He tells her that sometimes it’s nice to be the human in a town full of vampires because t makes you invisible.

Damon comes home and tells Stefan that the let Alaric go and the Sheriff is out of suspects. He tells Stefan that he did really well tonight and that the Elena thing will fix itself. Stefan tells her that he doesn’t care what Elena thinks. Damon tells him that he’s not tolerating the “no more humanity” Stefan anymore, that they’re on the road to recovery.

Stefan tells him that they don’t have to do the whole brotherly bonding thing. Damon reminds him the last time he fed from someone he turned into the Ripper of Monterey.

A flashback shows Damon telling Stefan that Sage reminded him that it’s all worth it. Stefan insists that he doesn’t use human blood anymore but Damon tells him that he can use moderation. Stefan actually kills the girl he’s drinking from and leaves Damon to clean it up.

Damon tells Stefan that moderation is the key and that he watched him go over the edge and he didn’t stop him. He tells Stefan that every time he goes over the edge he’ll be there to pull him back. Stefan wants to know why he cares. Damon tells him that he’s all he’s got.

Alaric comes home and Elena hugs him and assures him that she doesn’t think he killed anyone. He tells Elena that the Sheriff told him what she did today and that he was supposed to take of her. She tells him they are going to take care of each other. She takes the diary up to her room and reads.

Damon plays piano and Stefan tells him that he was reading the family archives from the early 1900’s. Stefan didn’t find anything from 1912 but they got a confession 10 years later. Jonathan Gilbert’s granddaughter confessed. Damon tells Stefan that he was pretty sure that he had already killed her. What did you find—nothing from 1912—but they did get a confession 10 years later—Jonathan Gilbert’s granddaughter—she went crazy—I’m pretty sure I’d already killed her—

Meredith comes to see Alaric and tells him that she forged the change in time of death so the police won’t look at Alaric again. She tells him that she thinks he’s sick and he doesn’t remember what’s happening.

Damon and Stefan theorize that Samantha Gilbert is still alive and a vampire, but they would know. Damon says that she must have had a ring like Alaric’s. The look they give each other says that they’ve put it together that the ring is making Alaric go crazy.

Meredith tells Alaric that she thinks he’s sick and that the same thing happened over a hundred years ago. Alaric seems to not believe it, but Elena comes downstairs and overhears the conversation.. she tells Alaric that she thinks Meredith is right.

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I have to say that I was really surprised about Damon and Stefan's relationship. I always saw Damon as the bad guy... the one who killed without regret. In fact if was Stefan who was out of control and couldn't stop from killing humans. Damon was actually practicing moderation.

I'm so excited to see a new turn in Alaric's storyline. I really want to see the 'killer' Alaric which we got a preview of in the teaser for next week's episode.

It also seems that Matt and Elena are getting closer... do you think she'll choose the human over Damon or Stefan? She admitted she loved both Damon and Stefan... I'm not so sure Matt can compete with these two....?

What's your ideas on the episode?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Dangerous Liaisons~

Matt and Elena visit Alaric in the hospital and they chat while he walks her out to her car, but someone is watching them. Elena backs her car out and it looks like she runs over something. When will Matt ever learn to never leave her alone? Elena is always into something!

She gets out and Rebekah slams her against car. She tells Elena that stabbing her in the back hurt and she starts to bite Elena. Elijah shows up and saves Elena and tells Rebekah to leave. She tells him he’s pathetic—that they’re both pathetic and leaves. Elijah looks at Elena and tells her that they have some catching up to do.

Damon and Stefan are at Elena’s and realize that the original mother was in the coffin. Elena tells them that Elijah promised that the original family wouldn’t hurt any of them. Elena tells them that she believe him. It seems that Elena has a connection to Elijah. There is a knock on the door and there’s an invitation to a ball. It seems the original family is having a house warming party. Elena says she’s going and Damon tells her that she’s not. He takes the invitation and tells her that she’s not going. Seriously, after two seasons you think the brothers would learn that Elena is going to do EXACTLY what Elena wants to do.

Rebekah and Kol banter back and forth and Klaus tells him to go back to staring in the mirror. Kol seems to be the annoying little brother that you want to lock in the closet. No wonder Klaus daggered him. Ester and Klaus have a chat about peace and acceptance and Klaus really can’t believe that she’s forgiven him. She tells him that he has to give his family time… they’re pissed off because he put daggers in their hearts. She assures him that it’s going to be a magical evening.

Tyler leaves a voicemail for Caroline and he tells her that he’s fixing himself and he’s sorry about her dad. That’s totally supportive… leaving her a voicemail about her dad dying? Really classy there. She hangs up and notices the box on her bed that holds a very beautiful dress and a note from Klaus telling her to save him a dance. Score one for Team Klaus.

Elena and Caroline are talking about the ball and Caroline says it’s just some weird Cinderella fetish. Elena confides in Caroline that she is going to the ball even though she told Damon she wouldn’t. Rebekah shows up at the grille and invites Matt to the ball to the annoyance of Caroline and Elena

Damon talks to Carol at the ball and she assures him when the oldest deadliest vampires move you’re your town an offer peace, you welcome them with a smile. Kol introduces himself to the mayor and Damon wants to know if they’ve met. Kol tells him that he’s met a lot of people and he doesn’t particularly stand out. Yep Kol’s a dick.

Elena shows up at the ball (of course) and immediately catches the attention of Damon with how elegant and pretty she looks. Stefan gets to her first and wants to know what she’s doing. Damon is furious she’s even there. She takes both of their arms and they escort her into the ball.

Caroline is at home pawing through her closet but she decides to wear the dress that Klaus sent. She arrives at the ball and he is immediately struck by her beauty. She walks past him saying I need a drink.

Elena meets Finn and he tells her that she will have to be alone to meet his mother. Esther appears on the stairs and welcomes them all to the party. Elijah invites them to dance in the ballroom as is customary. Damon catches Elena before she heads up the stairs and tells her it will be rude to not dance.

As Damon and Elena dance he tells her that she looks stunning.

Klaus and Caroline are dancing and he tells her that he heard about her father and he’s sorry. She cuts him off telling him don’t. He tells her that she looks beautiful. She tells him that she didn’t have time to shop. He asks her what her excuse for wearing the bracelet is. She ignores the comment. He tells her that she’s a good dancer and she says that she’s had training. “I happen to be Ms. Mystic Falls.” He smiles slowly and says “I know.” I LOVE these two together. They suit each other so well.

Elena is swapped off to dance with Stefan and he tells her that she can look out for herself. She says she needs to talk to him.

Caroline wants to know what Matt is doing at the ball with “that she-devil” and he asks her what she’s doing with Klaus. She tells him not to get her started.

Elena tells Stefan that she needs to get in the room alone with Ester and he has to help her. She can do this. He agrees.

Rebekah and Kol discuss Matt and she tells him that she’s planned to kill Matt since he’s close to Elena. He says that he’s in. Yep Kol’s still a dick.

Elena lures Damon into an empty room and Stefan snaps Damon’s neck. He tells her tat Damon won’t be down for long and she needs to go.

Elijah talks to Elena on the way to see his mother and he wants her to tell him what Ester says. Elijah doesn’t trust her. Elena tells him that she will tell him. She is oh so wrong for lying to him.

Esther welcomes Elena and apologizes for trying to have her killed. She tells Elena of her plan to bind all of her children together and then kill them. She goes on and on about how she upset nature and they are abominations. I wonder how long before it comes out that it was Esther all along that wanted to kill their children and Mikael was just doing what his wife would have wanted.

Caroline is outside getting some air when Klaus finds her. She’s looking at one of the horses and she tells him that she likes them. Klaus opens up to her and tells her about Mikael severing the head of his favorite horse. She tells him that she’s spoken for by Tyler and he said that he thought they broke up. She gets angry and says “yeah because of you and our freaky sire bond.” He smirks and says “so you’re NOT spoken for.” She sort of smiles back but tells him that yes she likes horses, but she also likes people and they like her, so she’s going back inside.

Esther is explaining to Elena that she changed her children into vampires to protect them, but they ravaged the town with no remorse. Elena asks her if she knows how to kill Klaus. She tells Elena of the spell to bind her children with the toast tonight. She needs Elena’s blood—just a drop—to bind them together. If one of her children dies… they all die. Esther tells her that she made abominations and it was her duty to kill them. Elena agrees to give Esther a drop of her blood. Esther also notes that Elijah is the most suspicious and that Elena will have to try hard to convince him.

Kol and Rebekah agree to meet outside so he can kill Matt. …Yep Kol’s still a dick.

Damon wakes up from having his neck broken and he’s furious. Stefan tells him that his emotions are getting in the middle of everything and ruining their plan. Stefan tells him to stop being such a controlling dick. You can ALMOST see the old Damon flare up in his eyes… but alas not yet. We’re still stuck with caring Damon.

Matt and Rebekah are walking outside and they stop at his truck and he tells her that he can’t just compel himself a Maserati. He gets his coat from the truck and drapes it over her shoulders. She starts to tell him she’s a vampire doesn’t get cold, but she stops and just enjoys the moment with him. She looks around and hurries him back inside before Kol hurts him.

Elijah asks Elena how was his mother and she tells him that she’s intense and she only wanted to apologize for trying to have me killed. Esther appears on the stairs and she completes the champagne toast.

Elijah Drinks

Klaus Drinks

Rebekah Drinks

Kol Drinks

Finn Drinks

All of the original children are closer to being linked.

Klaus shows Caroline some of his art collection and she asks him are the guards at the Louver. He says that’s their fault. He says that art is one of his passions. She notices that he draws and she —Klaus—one of my passions—that’ realizes that there’s more to Klaus that just wanting to kill people. She just hit on the truth that his father didn’t love him so he is creating hybrids. He tells her it’s time for her to go. She leaves. I wonder if anyone has ever spoken to Klaus that way and lived before Caroline.

Rebekah tells Kol to leave Matt alone. By the look on his face you know he’s not going to. I really don’t like this bratty kid.

Damon confronts Elena and tells her that she should be here and she says she doesn’t like going behind his back. He says he’s sorry for trying to keep you alive. He says he’s mad at her because he loves her.” She looks at him and says “Maybe that’s the problem. In his eyes you immediately see the switch that is flipped between nice Damon and bad boy Damon. Elena knows it too. She tries to say that she didn’t mean it, but he stops her and says she’s right, that he cares too much, he’s a liability and how ironic is that. Caroline interrupts because they can’t find Matt.

Kol catches Matt attention out on the balcony and he introduces himself and shakes Matt’s hand. Kol crushes Matt’s hand. Damon interrupts them and shoves Kol off the balcony and jumps down and starts to break his neck. Stefan stops him and asks him if he’s crazy. Damon smirks and looks at Elena and says “Maybe a little—far be it for me to cause a problem.” He walks away from the party leaving a stunned Elena and Stefan to look on. Damon with a backbone is back!!!

Caroline leaves a message for Tyler that she misses him and she wishes he were there. She notices another jewelry box on her bed. She rolls her eyes and says “seriously just give up already.”

She opens the box and finds a rolled up drawing of her and the horse from tonight. At the bottom it says “Thank you for your honesty” The look on her face tells it all… She likes him.

Esther tells Finn that Kol and Rebekah disgraced the family tonight. She does feel bad about Elijah because he’s so morale. Finn assures her she’s doing the right thing. She reminds him the spell that she’s doing will bind them together and he will die too. He tells her that he will be ready to die when the time comes.

She cuts his hand and his blood falls onto a piece of parchment that has the children’s names on it. The blood covers each name and forms a creepy family tree.

Elena tells Stefan that she just signed everyone’s death sentence. He tells her that as long as Klaus dies that everyone else is collateral damage. He asks where Damon is and she tells him that she’ll call him. Stefan doesn’t understand the fight between him and Kol and Elena tells him it was just Damon being self-destructive. That she said something she didn’t mean. He scoffs and said ‘So did I’ and starts to leave. Elena runs after him and she wants to know how he pretends like he doesn’t feel anything. He says that he refuses to feel anything because if he does feel, then all he feels is pain. He says that he hurt her and he bit her. If he lets himself feel then all his feels in pain and he’s not going to do that. I hate that she chases after Stefan all the time… it’s getting annoying and weak.

Rebekah tracks Matt down at the grille and apologizes to him. He tells her that he went to a dance and got his hand crushed and doesn’t have health insurance. That she’s pretty and fun but he really needs her to leave him alone.

Damon who is there drinking mocks her saying she was rejected by the captain of the football team. He tells her that she needs someone more durable anyway. She asks him if he has anyone in mind. After a long look between them… the burst into Damon’s room ripping each other’s clothes off and kissing and grabbing. The hottest scene in the whole season!

Wow.

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My thoughts on this episode...

I'm really tired of Elena chasing after Stefan. He bit her and terrorized her. I'm really wish she'd open her eyes and look at Damon and realize he loves her.

I am loving the Caroline Klaus story line. I think it would be SUCH a deep story line if the writers would just leave Klaus alive long enough.

I also think Elijah has feelings for Elena and I think that a story line like that would be so easy to evolve and keep us on the edge of our seats.

What do you guys think? What do you think with happen with Esther's plan to kill her children? What is Elena going to say when she finds out Damon slept with Rebekah.

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Bringing out the Dead~

Elijah tells Klaus they have a lot to discuss. They fight and Klaus pulls a dagger out of Kol to stab Elijah. Elijah warns him that he’ll have to deal with Kol instead. Klaus wants Elijah to help him destroy Stefan.

Alaric is hung over again. He whiskey dialed Meredith at 2 am. Elena tells him not to feel guilty about moving on.

Sheriff Forbes shows up with the stake that was used to kill the medical examiner and it has Elena’s prints on it. Alaric confirms it’s from the lake house and one of theirs.

Elena calls Damon (who happens to be walking around in a field) and tells him about the Sheriff’s visit. He says that it must be Alaric’s psycho girlfriend. Alaric says “you’re on speakerphone Dick.” Damon tells them he has to go that he’s having tea with an old friend. Damon greets Elijah as his favorite original. He wants to know if Elijah has any idea what “Klaus killing weapon” is in that coffin.

Stefan bullies Bonnie and her mom into hurrying up with the coffin. Stefan can’t go into the cave where they are working on the coffin because if he goes in, vampires can’t get out. (remember this part—it’s important later)

Elena confronts Stefan about the medical examiner’s death. He wants to know if she had asked Damon about who’s he has killed recently.

Meredith asks Caroline if she can get her dad to calm down because he’s pissed she used vampire blood to save him. Caroline realizes that her dad has left the hospital so she calls him. She hears his cell phone ringing and she and Elena goes to find him. They find him stabbed and dead—with vampire blood in his system. He wakes up and he tells Caroline that he isn’t going to feed. He’s willing to die.

Bonnie and her mom realize that it takes two to open the coffin. So they repeat the spell.

Damon tells Stefan that he and Elijah have scheduled an old fashioned sit down between him and Klaus. Stefan says he’s not going and Damon mans up and tells him to get over it… he kissed Elena and if it weren’t for Klaus turning him into a huge dick, that kiss wouldn’t have happened. So get dressed and get happy

Alaric takes inventory of everything and has to admit that Meredith had a chance to take the things used to kill the founding family members. Elena tells Alaric to be careful.

Elijah and Klaus meet with Damon and Stefan. A stressful dinner ensues with snarky comments and snarky looks being passed between the four men. Klaus finds it amusing that the triangle between the Salvatore brothers and Elena mimics the triangle between not only Katherine—Klaus—and Elijah but also an earlier triangle between Klaus—Elijah—and the original doppelganger Tatia. Klaus tells them it was Tatia’s blood that was in the wine that made them vampires. Klaus tells Damon and Stefan that the best thing for Elena is for her to marry a human and lead a long healthy life. To have kids and grow old with someone safe. She is in too much danger with the Salvatore brothers because of their feud

Elena sits with Caroline while they wait on her dad to die a natural death. They discuss everything from Tyler possibly killing the founding family members, to Meredith. Elena shares her hopes that Alaric has a normal girlfriend and not a murderer. Caroline decides she’ll force her dad to feed so that he can live. Elena tells her that this is last choice and he should be able to make it. Caroline cries and Elena comforts her. Matt shows up and helps.

Bonnie gets angry with her mom and tells her that she’s not trying. She says that the witches are mad at her. Bonnie counters that with the fact that she isn’t open to it. She needs help. They try the spell again and it sounds like it unlocks. Bonnie says they’re close and runs out to text Damon. Left alone with the coffin Bonnie’s mom gets a scare when something thumps inside coffin and tries to open the lid.

Stefan tells Klaus to get his coffin back that he and the originals would leave Mystic Falls and never return. Klaus says that he won’t leave Elena behind and that the worst thing for Elena Gilbert is the two of them. Damon gets up and says he needs some air. Klaus offers Stefan a woman to drink from.

Matt walks Elena home and tells her that their town is just messed up and none of them should have to live that way. The lights won’t turn on in Elena’s house and she sees bloody foot prints and hand prints all over the place. She finds Alaric stabbed in the hallway. He tells her he doesn’t know who stabbed him and that she has to kill him since she’s supernatural—the doppelganger—and he’ll come back.

Stefan accuses Klaus of trying to drive a wedge between him and Damon. Klaus tells him he’s doing a good job of that on his own. Stefan tells him to make an counter offer to his and Klaus tells him that he offers Elena’s future happiness. “She needs to be rid of the lot of you and maybe marry that nice football player.” Stefan looks like he’s going to agree and shakes Klaus’s hand, but then tells him no deal. Klaus breaks his arm and holds Stefan’s hand in the fire.

Damon tries to stop him but Elijah keeps him pinned to the wall. He instructs Damon to go get the coffin and he’ll let Stefan live. He also tells Elijah to go with him. Stefan tells Klaus to just kill him and Klaus wants to know where the fight has gone… where was the ripper?

Caroline spends some time with her dad and begs him to not leave her. In a touching moment he tells her that this is what it means to be human. He dies.

Elijah turns back up in the door way and asks Klaus where are your manners—you forgot to offer dessert. He flips the cloth off a silver tray and there are three daggers on it. Klaus looks frightened. It seems Elijah and Damon pulled the daggers out of Kol, Fin, and Rebekah. All four siblings are un-daggered and PISSED. Elijah tells Damon and Stefan to leave… this is family business. Fin stabs Klaus through the hand and Kol takes a shot. He turns to run and Rebekah stabs him in the stomach tell him “This is for our mother.” He screams that he can’t be killed. Elijah agrees, but they are leaving him alone. Rebekah vows to kill that doppelganger wench and he’ll be alone… “forever and always.”

Elena and Matt are still sitting with Alaric and she tells him that she can’t lose any more family. She cries in his arms. Alaric wakes up and he doesn’t know who killed him.

Damon and Stefan take a walk through the woods and Stefan tells Damon that taking the dagger out of Elijah was a good idea. Stefan admits that he loves Elena. Damon says he does too.

Damon and Stefan go to the cave where Bonnie and Abby were. They find them passed out. Stefan says whatever was in that coffin is gone.

As the Original siblings are preparing to leave Klaus alone and without a blood source for more hybrids, the door opens and in walks their mother. The children are shocked.

She walks up to Klaus and asks him if he knows why she’s there. He says you’re here to kill me. She tells him that he’s her son and that she forgives him. She then turns to the rest and say I want all of us to be a family again.

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Homecoming~

Damon Elena and Stefan and Rebekah and Mikael have planned to lure Klaus back to Mystic Falls.

Stefan tells Klaus that they have killed Mikael. He should come see for himself. He doesn’t believe him until Rebekah tells him that they have staked Mikael.

Rebekah tells Mikael that he destroyed their family and that she wants nothing to do with him.

Bonnie tells Elena that she doesn’t want to go to homecoming. That she can’t be as mad at Jeremy as she is because she’s his sister. That makes her think about Rebekah and Klaus and their connection.

Damon and Elena are preparing weapons to fight Klaus and he tells her that he has a backup plan but he’s not telling. Stefan interrupts and says he needs a tie and that with Elena’s luck with dances she’ll be killed by the homecoming queen.

Caroline tells Tyler to stop hanging out Rebekah the blood slut and he tells her that he set her up with Matt. She tells him that if it’s some sired Klaus thing she is going to be pissed. He says if he’s sired to anyone—it’s her.

Rebekah and Elena have a heartfelt conversation about her first high school dance and her feelings about her brother. Elena gives her the necklace back that belonged to her mother. Rebekah tells her that Mikael can’t be trusted. Elena says that she knows and then stabs Rebekah.

It seems the gym has flooded. Of course Tyler tells Caroline not to worry they’ll move it to his house.

Matt shows up to get Rebekah and Elena goes with him instead since she stabbed his date

Stefan tells Tyler that it’s a great party and he tells Stefan that it’s not a party—it’s a wake

Klaus tells Stefan that he can stop running and reunite his family. He wants Stefan to bring Mikael to him.

Damon and Mikael are chatting and Damon wants to know why he only feeds on vampires. Mikael tell him humans are innocent and shouldn’t suffer because he is what he is. Stefan walks into the room and Mikael feeds on Stefan.

Klaus tells Tyler that he invited a few dozen of his friends and tells Tyler he can run and tell his friends.

Tyler confronts Caroline and wants to know what’s going on. She tells him that he’s sired to Klaus and he can’t be trusted. Tyler tells her she has to leave because Klaus knows what’s going on. Tyler injects Caroline with vervain and tells Matt to make sure she gets out of the house.

Klaus sees Elena and he tells her that he’s one step ahead and to give it her best shot, she won’t succeed.

Tyler tries to stop Damon and he tells him that Klaus is going to kill everyone. There are a bunch of hybrids at the party. Damon and Tyler fight and Bonnie stops them using her powers.

Klaus is a little surprised when Mikael shows up at the party—alive. Klaus has told his hybrids to attack Mikael. But there’s a problem. Hybrids are still part vampire and can be compelled. Mikael has one of the hybrids to bring him Elena. Klaus calls his bluff and tells him to kill her. Mikael tells Klaus that his impulses will keep him from ever being great and he stabs Elena in the back, much to Klaus’s shock.

Damon stabs Klaus and he starts to die, but Stefan tackles him and stops him. While they are distracted Katherine stands up and throws wolfs bane grenades at the hybrids. Mikael is also shocked that he actually didn’t kill Elena, but it was Katherine. Klaus gets loose and drives the stake into Mikael. Mikael catches on fire and he dies.

Damon is screaming at Stefan asking him what did he do? Klaus says that he earned his freedom. Klaus lifts the compulsion on Stefan and Damon takes off.

Caroline wakes up and is pissed at Tyler. She says that while he is “Team Klaus” she can’t be with him because he can’t be trusted.

Damon is furious. He’s telling Elena what happened and Elena tells him to calm down. Damon says he doesn’t know what changed, that Stefan wanted Klaus dead as much as they did. Elena grabs his face and tells him that they will survive this and that they will be okay. Damon says they aren’t getting Stefan back. Elena tells him that they will just have to let him go. (This turned into a charged moment between Elena and Damon.) Katherine calls Damon and tells him it was a good plan. He tells her to stay safe.

Katherine and Stefan are in the car together and she tells him that Damon doesn’t understand what happened. He tells her that Damon doesn’t need to know. Apparently Klaus had a contingency plan that said that if he died, his hybrids would kill Damon. Stefan really does care and couldn’t let that happen. Katherine tells Stefan that he has to let his humanity back in. He has to care. Stefan says he doesn’t want to because of the things he’s done. He wants to know why she wanted to save Damon so badly. She says that she didn’t just want to save Damon, she wanted to save Stefan’s humanity. She says that even she lets in her humanity every once in a while. She loved him. She also loved Damon. She tells him that he needs to care because she need him to get mad.

Klaus is calling Rebekah and she doesn’t answer. She happens to be “dead” in the cellar.

Stefan calls Klaus and tells him that his freedom came at too high of a price. Klaus is headed to reunite his family and he opens the storage container and realizes the coffins are gone. He wants to know what Stefan is doing. He says that Klaus took too much from him and that revenge never gets old. Klaus threatens to kill everyone he’s ever met. Stefan just brushes it off and tells Klaus that he will never find his family if he does that. Stefan asks him how it feels for someone who has been one step ahead for a thousand years.

I have to say there was a LOT going on in the mid-season finale. Was it hard to keep up? I think the amount of double crossing in the episode out-did the rest.

The fact that both Katherine and Stefan wanted to save Damon broke my heart. I was so happy she admitted she really had loved Damon too.

I'm not sure I liked it that Caroline dumped Tyler because of Klaus. I think she should have stuck it out.

Matt breaks my heart... he's so lonely... he needs a girlfriend asap.

Oh Stefan.... what are you up to now... and will it actually work without someone dying?

I don't think I can wait until Jan 5, 2012 when the show returns.

What did guys think? What's your predictions for next year?