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Previously on "The
Vampire Diaries"
He's dead.
No, no! I can't, I can't!
I can help you.
Turn it off.
We're gonna lose her, Damon.
She's ruthless
without her humanity.
The cure's the fastest
way to get it back.
Katherine has the cure.
She's gonna want to
cram it down your throat.
The last thing that you want
is for that cure to be used on you,
so you bring it to me.
You don't scare me, Silas.
Just a little something
to remember me by.
It's all of Katherine's
former addresses,
including a couple from
the last two months.
You want the cure off the table.
I want to take it.
We can work together.
Why are we stopping?
We've searched 3 cities
in the last 24 hours.
I'm sick of top 40 radio,
and I smell like leather.
And that's my fault?
You are the one who stole the list
of Katherine's possible whereabouts.
Did you ever think that
Damon had bad information?
Have I mentioned I can't
stand the sound of your voice?
Too bad.
We're not done.
Get in.
Next town.
In a minute.
I'm hungry.
We're not here for
a pub crawl, Elena.
I want the cure.
Katherine has it.
We don't stop until we find her.
I said, in a minute.
Oh, my god.
You startled me.
Did I?
Katherine, what are you doing?
You know me?
Of course.
Um, I know most people around here
prefer you to feed from the neck,
but I asked you to drink
from my wrist.
Remember?
Conniving little ***
compelled the whole town.
I think we just found Katherine.
What's my full name?
Katherine Pierce.
I love the new 'do, by the way.
So how do you know Katherine?
How do I know who?
Me.
How do you know me?
Small town.
Everybody
knows everybody.
So everyone here knows Katherine.
I'm sorry.
I don't know
who you're talking about.
She compelled people
to forget all about her
unless she was talking
to them herself.
Clever girl.
How long have we known each other?
Uh, it's been a while.
I can't remember.
Where do I live? Where do I work?
I don't know.
Who do I spend time with?
Do I have any friends?
Well, you said we could
all be friends with you
as long as we kept your secret.
What secret?
I
I don't know.
If they so much as even
scratch the paint on my car.
Why don't you just be
grateful sheriff Forbes
was able to track down the
car after you let them, uh
You know, steal it from you.
Remind me to send
her some mini-muffins.
Do we really need 10 gallons of gas
or are you making me just
lug this around as punishment?
Well, they ditched your car
after it ran out of fuel.
We got to fill it up.
We got a hundred miles
before we get to Willoughby.
Yeah, well, I don't
remember that name
from the list of places
that I got in New York.
Oh, the list.
You mean the list they stole
from right under your nose
after you let your guard down?
They'll be there.
Sheriff Forbes tracked down
the car they stole after yours.
Screw the muffins.
I'll get her champagne
if Elena is wherever it may be.
Willoughby.
They'll be there.
Let's just hope we get to them
before they get to the cure.
Ooh, silver lining.
If Rebekah takes the
cure, then she's mortal.
And then we can just kill
her right then and there.
Ooh, dark cloud.
Elena stays a vampire forever.
Look, why don't you just table
the revenge fantasies for now
and just keep your
eye on the prize?
Find Katherine, get
the cure, get out
before you get your
neck snapped again.
Believe me, I learned my lesson.
Elena without humanity
is a stone cold ***.
And I won't trust her until
we get the old Elena back.
Look at that.
We're finally on
the same page about something.
Look at that.
Klaus? We need to talk.
What happened to you?
Silas.
He attacked me.
He stabbed me with
the white oak stake.
A piece of it is still inside me.
My God, Klaus, that could kill you.
I certainly feel like I'm dying.
And as much as I would
love to watch you die,
you still haven't
found me that cure.
Silas!
That's right.
Last night I looked like Shane.
Today I look like Caroline.
And tomorrow, who knows?
Show me your real face.
Now, why would I do that
when I can look like
whomever I want you to see.
Resist me all you want, Klaus,
but until you bring me the cure,
I will bring you
nothing but misery.
Hey, excuse me.
Um
Did I get any mail today?
What happened to your hair?
I cut it.
In the last two minutes.
I was here two minutes ago?
Are you feeling ok, Ms.
Pierce?
Yeah.
I'm--I'm
fine.
Um, thanks.
She was here two minutes ago.
That means that she
can't be that far.
How about you check inside?
I'll look in the parking lot.
Ok.
I'm impressed.
I never thought you
would find me here.
Oh, well.
It's a
beautiful place to die.
I couldn't agree more.
You've chosen a
beautiful place to die.
Where's the cure?
What, no "I'm here to avenge my
annoying little brother" speech?
People die.
We move on.
After turning off
our humanity switch.
So sad for the boys, though.
Their special snowflake
of human frailty
Gone.
Well, if we're gonna be a while,
I'm gonna go grab some menus.
You're not going anywhere.
I forgot how charming you were.
I'm surprised you
remember me at all,
seeing as though you were so busy
wedging yourself
between my brothers.
Oh, my god.
What happened?
I'm fine, Jolene.
You
didn't see anything.
Every minute you two
waste with your yapping
is another minute we give
Stefan and Damon to find us.
Where's the cure?
I'm sorry.
I'm on vervain.
Oh, I get to torture
it out of you.
Fun.
Why do you two want it anyway?
The question is,
why do you want it?
Let me guess.
To kill Niklaus.
I've spent the last 500 years
running from your big brother.
I have no intention of being
within sniffing distance of him.
But since it can
be used against him,
I'm sure he's just itching
to get his hands on it.
I give him the cure,
he gives me my freedom.
Ohh, you poor victim.
Where's the part of your plan
where you screw us
over and somebody dies?
I have no reason to screw you over.
I know you don't believe
me, but it is the truth.
People change.
I'm not
the girl you think I am.
I don't have it on me.
I didn't think you did,
but I'm sure there's something
in that that can help us find it.
Who's Em?
A friend.
It says here you're
meeting at 2:00.
I guess I'll just
have to meet Em myself.
I got your 50 bajillion messages.
This better be life and death.
Go away.
Klaus? Where are you?
What happened to you?
I need more time.
Stop hounding me!
I'm hounding you?
I am supposed to be running 3
different prom committees right now
and you keep phone stalking me.
Caroline.
Is it really you?
Prove it to me.
Ok.
I don't know if this
is some new way of flirting,
but it sucks.
And I have more
important things to do.
Wait, please.
Silas.
He stabbed me
with white oak stake.
There's a little piece
of it stuck inside me.
Why would Silas attack you?
Well, I was in no
position to ask questions.
Suffice it to say, I'm hurt.
So you can understand
why I called you.
You ran Tyler out of town,
you killed his mother,
and you think I'm the
person to call for help?
If I die,
you, Tyler,
all of your friends die with me.
What do you want me to do?
Well, it's quite simple, really.
I need you to cut
the stake out of me.
Something's not right.
Katherine Pierce does not
hole up in hickstown, p-a.
Well, this is definitely
the car they stole.
We're in the right place.
Points to them for
their choice of vehicles.
So let me ask you something.
What happens when we find Elena?
How do we get her
back to Mystic Falls?
I mean, she's not
exactly gonna go quietly.
And she has an original
vampire as her bodyguard.
We do whatever we have to do.
I don't care if we have to
throw Rebekah under a school bus
and wrap Elena in a burlap sack.
We do whatever we have to do.
I'm serious.
I am, too.
I don't care
what Elena wants right now.
She's this close to going
off the rails for good.
And that ain't happening.
She's a pain enough as it is.
So what happened to
the guy who thought
Elena should embrace
being a vampire,
let the chips fall where they may.
That guy got his neck
snapped in New York.
and this guy is royally pissed off.
What do you think? Hmm
It's close.
Not
quite slutty enough.
I think you need more eyeliner.
I'm gonna need your clothes.
Yeah.
That's gonna happen.
Fine.
Your bracelet,
watch, earrings.
Hand them over.
And your other bracelet.
That's my daylight bracelet.
It's daytime outside.
I'm gonna need it.
Besides, it's not
gonna work on you.
Fine.
I really am gonna
need that jacket, though.
All right.
Fine, fine, fine.
This will never work, you know?
The bad haircut.
The doe eyes.
You'll
never pass for me.
You'll never pass for me.
Throatier and more mannish.
You'll never pass for me.
You two are pathetic.
You two are pathetic.
Oh, perfect.
Just the
right level of contempt
and hidden insecurity.
Almost there.
Something's missing.
Your shoes.
I want your shoes.
Come on, Em.
Mm.
You know, it's funny.
I've always been a little envious
of the legend that
is Katherine Pierce,
the way you could wrap a man
around your little finger,
the way Elijah
betrayed Klaus for you,
the way the Salvatore brothers
stumbled head over heels for you.
And yet here we are
all these years later
in a town that you've had
to compel into liking you.
I'm sorry.
I shouldn't laugh.
It's really more sad than funny.
You know you can't split
the cure with Elena, right?
She doesn't want to.
Oh, no? But you do.
You want to take it.
Are you really that dumb
or just naturally blonde?
I want a normal life again.
You mean you want a do-over.
Well, guess what.
You can't have it.
The cure will only take
away your immortality.
Everything else you
hate about yourself,
you'll still wake up
with that in the morning.
And you won't even be able
to compel yourself a friend.
Ladies, playing nice?
There goes the neighborhood.
I see you got Katherine already.
You're losing your touch, evil one.
Where's Elena?
Katerina.
Elijah.
You're a little late, aren't you?
You colored your hair.
I like it.
Thank you.
I was
actually gonna--
I missed you.
And I've missed you.
This is an interesting little town
you've chosen to settle down in.
So do you have it with you?
Do I have what?
The cure.
It's in a safe place.
Why don't I go and get it
And then I'll bring it back?
Where's Katherine, Elena?
So let me get this straight,
I tell you where Elena is,
you shove the cure down her throat,
and then I end up in a box, right?
I don't think so.
What about you over there, smiley?
Do you know where she is?
I can give you a hint.
Start by looking
at the town morgue.
She's probably dead.
She went to meet up
with a friend of mine.
You may
know him--
An original brother.
Impeccable taste.
Elijah?
Elijah's here?
Well, you sort of have to question
Elijah's impeccable taste
if he's friends with you.
Oh, when I say friend,
I mean "Friend.
"
It probably took him about 10
seconds to realize that she wasn't me,
at which point he probably yanked
her heart right out of her chest.
All right.
Where are they?
Rebekah,
you do realize if something
should happen to Elena,
you have no chance of
finding the cure, right?
Fine.
They were supposed to
meet at the gazebo by the park.
I'll go talk to Elijah.
You deal with Elijah.
Katherine will take us to the cure.
No, she won't.
The cure's my one chance to
win my freedom back from Klaus.
You're gonna broker
a deal with Klaus?
No.
She's gonna get Elijah
to broker a deal for her.
That's why you need your
little friend, isn't it?
Some things never
change, Katherine.
Nope.
Fine.
Move.
You have to follow me.
Oh, my god.
You do have a heart.
Oh, my bad.
It's just a bloody rib.
Well, I'm glad you're
finding my misery so amusing.
I swear there's nothing in here.
And if you think I'm
having fun, you're insane.
You killed 12 witches
for your friend Bonnie.
You can't even get your
hands a little dirty for me.
Here I thought we
were becoming friends.
Well, you thought wrong.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
You know what?
I'm not sorry.
You deserve to suffer for
everything that you've done.
So today, we're gonna
do things my way.
You want my help? You let
Tyler come back to town,
and give me your word
that you will not hurt him.
Katerina?
Hello.
Elijah?
Where is Katherine?
- Where's Elena?
- Safe.
How long she remains
so depends upon you.
Well, I guess the same
goes for Katherine.
Katherine can take care of
herself against the two of you.
Oh.
You mean the three of us.
'cause little sister decided to join
team good guys for the time being.
Put her on the phone.
Oh, she's not here right now.
I left her with
Damon and Katherine.
Tell me where they are.
Relax.
No one's gonna get hurt
as long as Katherine
hands over the cure.
Do you understand
how much my sister
despises Katherine?
I assure you, Rebekah will end her
the moment she ceases to be of use.
Well, just tell me where you are,
and we can talk this through.
You listen to me very
carefully, Stefan.
If anything whatsoever
happens to Katherine,
I will descend upon Elena.
You're both idiots.
Excuse me.
Ugh.
What happened to you, Elijah?
I mean, I thought you were
supposed to be a man of honor.
And yet you've been hooking up
with Katherine this entire time?
Well, I suppose this man of honor
always shared a
connection with Katherine.
She contacted me
when she learned about the cure.
We thought we could be of
mutual use to one another.
"Of mutual use"?
Please.
You fell for her trap
just like every other
one of those idiots.
You underestimate me, Elena.
I know who she is.
I know what she's done.
And you think she's changed?
She's playing you.
She
lied to you, Elijah.
She didn't lie to me
about your transformation.
You're not just a
vampire, though, are you?
There's something else.
Youyou're not yourself.
You've abandoned
your emotions.
Why?
My brother's dead.
Your girlfriend killed him.
You didn't know?
Of course you didn't.
She lied.
I hate to say I told you so, but
Duh!
No sudden moves.
No tricks either.
No katherine-ing.
A quilt and a fish aquarium.
Who the hell are you?
A very old lady
with dreadful taste.
It's gone.
The cure, it was in the
safe, but it's not there.
Not falling for it.
Where is it, Katherine?
I swear it was in the safe.
What, just like Elijah's
really your boyfriend
And this is really your life?
And for all we know, this
isn't even your house.
It doesn't look like
the katherine I know.
Maybe you don't know
Katherine at all.
Did it every occur to you
that you have no
idea who I really am?
Did it every occur to you
that you're not that deep?
This whole small-town girl
thing, we know it's an act.
Where is the cure?
Whoa, whoa.
Hang on.
We need her alive.
The cure's not here.
You check upstairs.
I'll check down.
I got this.
So if I was a paranoid,
distrustful sociopath,
where would I keep my
most prized possession?
This should be fun.
Because I'd want it to
be close, but not on me.
Accessible but not obvious.
I'd want to keep it safe,
but not so safe that it'd be
too difficult to grab and run.
Well, that is a fancy
little treasure chest
In a tank with no fish.
I think I'm gonna
have to check that out.
Vervain water.
Looks like we have a winner.
Give it to me or you're dead.
You're gonna kill me anyway.
So what's more
important to you, huh?
Killing me or getting the cure?
Look, Rebekah
Don't even think about it.
Let's just talk about this,
like the two rational
vampires that we are.
- Rebekah?
- Oh, give it a rest.
Me taking this cure
is the best thing
that'll ever happen to you.
Don't do anything stupid.
Admit it.
You don't
want human Elena
running back to Stefan
whilst you're left
out in the cold again.
Go on, Damon.
Tell me why you want
Elena to have the cure.
That's what I thought.
No!
I can feel the splinters
moving towards my heart.
Help me!
Your word first.
And what makes you think I
won't simply break my word?
You want to be friends?
Friendship--stage
one.
Show me that I can trust you.
I saved your life
twice.
Because you put it in danger
twice.
Why can't you just do
something decent for once?
Because Tyler Lockwood
tried to kill me.
We've all tried to kill you.
And you've tried
to kill most of us.
How do you think that you deserve
my friendship when you've
done nothing to earn it?
I will not have my
hand forced by you
or anyone else!
What is wrong with you?
I'm reaching out to
you despite everything
that you have done,
and you still can't
get out of your own way.
God! I feel sorry for you.
Don't turn your back on me!
I should have turned
my back on you ages ago!
It's gone.
What?
The pain.
The pain is gone.
Oh, see, it was never there.
He got in my head.
Silas
got inside my head.
You took my mind off it.
You brought me back, Caroline.
If Silas can make
you, of all people,
believe that you're dying
What can he do to the rest of us?
Did you even try to stop her?
You forgot the part where
I was bobbing for boxes
in vervain water.
All you had to do
was stall her, Damon.
Sorry.
It's Rebekah.
I didn't have a pony
to distract her, Stefan.
You let her take it, didn't you?
You were never on my side.
Now Elena will be a vampire
for the rest of her life
just like you wanted.
I know what it feels
like to lose a brother.
I'm sorry for your pain.
I
I only hope that you
can find your way back
to yourself someday.
Just like you hope Katherine
will find her way back?
You still think that innocent girl
you saved from Klaus ages
ago is in there somewhere.
I'd like to think so, yes.
She's not.
She's a
monster now, Elijah.
The sweet peasant girl
you fell in love with
way back when is dead.
And she's not coming back.
I'm not a fool, Elena.
Of course this has occurred to me,
but what kind of man would I be
if I didn't try to find my Katerina
beneath this Katherine facade?
You boys are all the same.
Damon and Stefan still think
that the girl they love is
still in here somewhere, too.
You can't blame them
for having hope, Elena.
It'd be a shame if the world lost
a soul as compassionate as yours.
"Your compassion is a gift, Elena.
"
"Carry it with you
always and forever.
"
I remember reading
that in a letter once.
Well, the writer sounds
positively gifted.
I'm sure he meant what he wrote.
I'm sure he did.
And it felt good to
watch that letter burn
along with my old life
and along with Jeremy's body.
Sorry.
I got held up.
How do you feel?
I--I feel
good.
I
I feel great.
I feel alive.
Slight problem
with being alive--
I can kill you now.
I'm still a vampire.
The cure didn't work.
It worked just like
she wanted it to.
The cure was a fake.
It must have been
a concentrated shot
of vervain or something.
Katherine.
Oh, come on.
She could use a nap.
It must be exhausting
trying to be me.
You killed Jeremy Gilbert.
Yes, Elijah.
I killed Jeremy Gilbert.
A bombshell, I'm sure.
She just couldn't
wait to drop on you.
Ironic, since she supposedly
doesn't care about anything.
I care.
Do you honestly feel
nothing for this girl,
a girl fated to live
the same life that you've endured?
And now you've just taken
away the last of her family,
just as yours was
taken away from you.
Uh, why are you looking
at me like I enjoyed it?
Jeremy was collateral damage.
I was doing what I
needed to do to survive.
Is that what I am, too?
A means of survival.
Don't let sweet little
Elena get to you.
She hates me.
She wants
you to turn against me
and convince you that
I can't be trusted.
I asked you a question.
No.
Of course you're not
a means of survival.
You looked out for
me when I had no one.
You're giving me
a second chance now
when no one else will.
I love you.
Elijah.
You don't believe me.
I want to.
It's my disease.
I just keep wanting to believe you,
but how can I when at every turn,
you give me reason to doubt you?
I don't know you.
I don't know that I ever will.
Wait.
You gave me your word that
you would talk to Klaus.
I--I can't make a
deal without you.
Good-bye, Katherine.
Katherine, hey.
What brings you by at this hour?
I came to retrieve my package.
Oh.
Of course.
Like I said,
your secret would be safe here.
Hey, um all the secrecy.
Can I ask, what is it?
It's my freedom.
Wait.
What do you want?
To tell you that you're right.
I've spent so much time running
and lying just to survive
that I
don't--
I'm starting to
believe my own lies.
I don't even remember who I was
when we first met.
And I want to find out.
- You have the cure.
- Yeah.
And I can shove this
down Klaus's throat
and try to kill him,
but even if I manage to do it
I'd lose you.
And I don't want that to happen.
How do I know this
isn't another lie?
Katherine Pierce
deceiving yet another man.
Because I meant what I said
about my feelings for you.
And I'd like to think
that you feel
something for me, too.
I need you to trust me.
I want you to trust me
Just like I'm trusting you.
You don't owe me anything.
I'm gonna let you decide
where we go from here.
You and Katherine?
And I thought you
were the smart brother.
You don't have a smart brother.
It turns out I'm just as
stupid as the rest of you.
Why don't you just give me the cure
so I can judge you
silently elsewhere?
And what could you
possibly want with the cure?
I want to be human again.
How do you know that being human is
the answer you're looking for?
I mean, it's nothing
but a romantic notion.
The grass won't
necessarily be greener,
Rebekah.
You're probably right.
But I don't care.
I want to live a simple
life as a normal person.
And when it ends, it ends.
We've had 20 lifetimes together,
Elijah.
Isn't that enough?
I just don't understand.
I mean, why must you always
consider our family a burden?
Always and forever.
I mean, those words are as important
to me today as they ever were.
You will always be my brother.
And I will never stop loving you.
But now it's time for me to live
and die the way that I choose,
not the way you and Nik want me to.
Please.
Please just give me the cure.
What do you want, Nik?
An update on our search
for the elusive cure.
Let's just say that things
have gotten complicated.
In fact, why don't you speak to
one of those complications? Here.
Complication speaking.
Big brother.
At last you join the fray.
Somebody had to take charge.
And now that I have,
I've got the cure
and I'm bringing it
back to Mystic Falls.
With a long list of
demands, I assume.
Not that long.
Come home, brother.
We'll settle this like family.
I used all your bleach.
Thank you for helping me.
Yeah.
Well, if you need anything else
don't call me.
I have a prom to plan.
Friends then?
Are you gonna let Tyler
come back into town?
You might have noticed
I'm not exactly scouring
the earth for him, am I?
All right.
You're right.
I let Rebekah take the cure.
I thought
for a second--
I mean, literally
just a second--
if Rebekah takes this, then
all my problems go away.
And I couldn't think
of one good reason
to give it to Elena.
And then Rebekah took it.
And I realized how
badly I screwed up.
So what's your point, Damon?
My point is, I'm sorry, ok?
I had a moment of weakness, Stefan.
It's my thing.
It's like you and I
falling for the same girl.
It's our thing.
Was our thing.
Look, we've been making the
same mistakes for 150 years.
We can judge Katherine all we want,
but we keep repeating our
own history just like she is.
Nothing ever changes.
It has to stop, Damon.
What are you talking about?
I'm done.
I can't keep reliving
my life like this.
I owe Elena her shot
at being normal again.
Once we give her the cure,
I'm getting her out of my life
and I'm getting a life of my own.
Okay.
Okay, let's justget the cure
and then we'll talk about
you riding off into the
sunset all by you lonesome.
You still want to get the cure.
Even if that means
you might lose her.
It's a chance I'm
willing to take, Stefan.
Guess all we have to
do is convince her.
Sit anywhere you like.
You all right?
What's up with the
silent treatment.
You are the one that text
us, wanted to meet up.
You know I don't want the cure.
You need to know that I never will
and I'm done talking
about it.
So
Will you accept that?
And let me be who I am or not.
Yeah, no.
Elena, this isn't you.
It is now.
And you two really
need to accept it.
'Cause if you don't,
there will be consequences.
Listen, I was in the exact same
situation that you are in right now.
My emotions were off, I wasn't me.
And you refuse to accept that.
You didn't give up on me.
You didn't stop until
you pull me back.
Let me just top that up for you.
Thanks.
Like I said, consequences.
That's one body you
are responsible for.
If you keep trying to fix me,
there'll be a second,
a twentieth, and a hundred.
It's your choice.
Still want to riding
off into the sunset?