1 00:00:01,274 --> 00:00:02,830 Previously on "The Vampire Diaries"... 2 00:00:02,831 --> 00:00:05,233 The only thing stronger than your craving for blood 3 00:00:05,234 --> 00:00:06,768 is your love for this one girl. 4 00:00:06,769 --> 00:00:09,187 How long has it been since you had a drop of human blood? 5 00:00:09,188 --> 00:00:10,305 Since the night I threatened 6 00:00:10,306 --> 00:00:11,773 to drive Elena off the wickery bridge. 7 00:00:11,774 --> 00:00:14,493 Look at the images on the wall behind Elena. 8 00:00:14,494 --> 00:00:15,610 A white oak tree 9 00:00:15,611 --> 00:00:18,413 300 years after we fled back to the old world. 10 00:00:18,414 --> 00:00:19,581 That tree could kill us. 11 00:00:19,582 --> 00:00:21,633 Brian Walters, the medical examiner. 12 00:00:21,634 --> 00:00:23,251 - He's not a vampire. - This was a murder. 13 00:00:23,252 --> 00:00:24,419 Why don't you just ask Rick 14 00:00:24,420 --> 00:00:27,622 if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons? 15 00:00:27,623 --> 00:00:29,524 You think I killed my ex-boyfriend? 16 00:00:29,525 --> 00:00:31,305 Dad. 17 00:00:34,514 --> 00:00:36,982 You weren't supposed to see that. 18 00:00:49,896 --> 00:00:53,115 Will you get home all right, Mr. Salvatore? 19 00:00:53,116 --> 00:00:55,200 I could send for one of the police vehicles. 20 00:00:55,201 --> 00:00:57,969 A little winter chill never hurt anyone, sheriff Forbes. 21 00:00:57,970 --> 00:01:00,188 I'm less concerned about the cold front, 22 00:01:00,189 --> 00:01:01,490 more for your safety. 23 00:01:01,491 --> 00:01:02,708 One councilman's murder 24 00:01:02,709 --> 00:01:05,711 doesn't make an epidemic, Gerald. 25 00:01:05,712 --> 00:01:06,828 Good night. 26 00:01:06,829 --> 00:01:08,246 Night. 27 00:01:45,785 --> 00:01:47,502 The mystery's not gonna get solved 28 00:01:47,503 --> 00:01:50,005 any faster with you yelling at me, Carol. 29 00:01:50,006 --> 00:01:51,506 We have 2 council murders 30 00:01:51,507 --> 00:01:53,575 and an attempted murder on our hands. 31 00:01:53,576 --> 00:01:54,876 If you have a suspect, 32 00:01:54,877 --> 00:01:56,845 it is your duty to keep me in the loop. 33 00:01:56,846 --> 00:01:58,263 No, it's my duty to make sure 34 00:01:58,264 --> 00:02:00,465 I don't accuse an innocent person of being a serial killer. 35 00:02:00,466 --> 00:02:02,968 Just tell me who it is, Liz. 36 00:02:23,731 --> 00:02:27,849 Sync & corrections by Rafael UPD www.addic7ed.com/ 37 00:02:27,850 --> 00:02:29,494 I didn't do it. 38 00:02:29,495 --> 00:02:30,512 You're arresting him? 39 00:02:30,513 --> 00:02:32,414 For what this nutjob Dr. Fell says? 40 00:02:32,415 --> 00:02:34,049 No, I'm detaining him. 41 00:02:34,050 --> 00:02:36,284 The cell is for his own good. You were shot. 42 00:02:39,788 --> 00:02:41,006 Because you came at her with a knife. 43 00:02:41,007 --> 00:02:43,225 Yeah, with a knife I had found hidden in her things. 44 00:02:43,226 --> 00:02:45,727 Are we gonna ignore the part where he's one of the killer's victims? 45 00:02:45,728 --> 00:02:47,646 I mean, the guy was practically stabbed to death. 46 00:02:47,647 --> 00:02:49,681 Well, Dr. Fell suggested his wounds 47 00:02:49,682 --> 00:02:50,849 could have been self-inflicted. 48 00:02:50,850 --> 00:02:52,267 My God, you think I stabbed myself? 49 00:02:52,268 --> 00:02:54,519 Look, I think I don't know what to think. 50 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:56,021 I've got nothing 51 00:02:56,022 --> 00:02:57,606 except murder weapons from your stash 52 00:02:57,607 --> 00:03:00,492 and a respected member of a founding family pointing a very long finger. 53 00:03:00,493 --> 00:03:02,027 She is setting me up. 54 00:03:02,028 --> 00:03:03,829 - I'm being framed here. - Well, that may be so, 55 00:03:03,830 --> 00:03:05,480 but I don't have any proof of that. 56 00:03:05,481 --> 00:03:06,498 Well, then we'll find some. 57 00:03:06,499 --> 00:03:07,999 No, just stay out of this, Damon. 58 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,418 You getting involved is only gonna make matters worse. 59 00:03:10,419 --> 00:03:11,753 - Listen, Liz... - Don't make me 60 00:03:11,754 --> 00:03:13,839 put you in that cell with him. 61 00:03:17,593 --> 00:03:20,262 What are we running, a marathon? 62 00:03:20,263 --> 00:03:21,880 If you can't keep up... 63 00:03:21,881 --> 00:03:23,882 Elena, you can't outrun your problems. 64 00:03:23,883 --> 00:03:26,268 Although it looks like you're gonna try. 65 00:03:26,269 --> 00:03:27,719 I talked to Bonnie! 66 00:03:29,472 --> 00:03:31,306 What did she say? 67 00:03:31,307 --> 00:03:33,675 They're at her mom's house. 68 00:03:33,676 --> 00:03:37,011 Abby's gonna complete the transition. 69 00:03:37,846 --> 00:03:39,847 She decided to become a vampire? 70 00:03:39,848 --> 00:03:40,848 Yeah. 71 00:03:40,849 --> 00:03:42,850 Caroline's gonna help her through it, 72 00:03:42,851 --> 00:03:45,687 teach her control and stuff. 73 00:03:46,989 --> 00:03:49,124 Did Bonnie say... 74 00:03:50,910 --> 00:03:53,345 Is there anything I can do? 75 00:03:53,346 --> 00:03:55,380 She knows it's not your fault, Elena. 76 00:03:55,381 --> 00:03:56,548 She's just... 77 00:03:56,549 --> 00:03:57,865 Upset. 78 00:03:57,866 --> 00:03:59,718 Damon turned her mom into a vampire 79 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:01,303 to save my life. 80 00:04:01,304 --> 00:04:04,372 It's absolutely my fault. 81 00:04:05,341 --> 00:04:07,726 You're gonna make me run more, aren't you? 82 00:04:09,595 --> 00:04:11,263 Who is it? 83 00:04:11,264 --> 00:04:13,815 Sheriff Forbes. Everything ok? 84 00:04:15,651 --> 00:04:17,769 He what? 85 00:04:29,865 --> 00:04:31,833 Were you just with... 86 00:04:31,834 --> 00:04:32,784 Ric's fine. 87 00:04:32,785 --> 00:04:34,536 Sheriff wants me to stay out of it. 88 00:04:35,338 --> 00:04:37,706 But you're not going to, 89 00:04:37,707 --> 00:04:38,673 are you? 90 00:04:38,674 --> 00:04:40,542 Seems just as good a plan as any. 91 00:04:40,543 --> 00:04:42,544 Your friend's in jail for murder. 92 00:04:42,545 --> 00:04:43,578 You have to do something. 93 00:04:43,579 --> 00:04:45,413 Well, I guess I could rip out 94 00:04:45,414 --> 00:04:47,849 Dr. False Accusation's throat or maybe her tongue. 95 00:04:47,850 --> 00:04:50,018 You know, I could chew it up in little, tiny pieces 96 00:04:50,019 --> 00:04:51,686 and feed it to the squirrels. 97 00:04:51,687 --> 00:04:52,637 Stop it, Damon. 98 00:04:52,638 --> 00:04:54,723 Guess me staying out of it 99 00:04:54,724 --> 00:04:57,309 suddenly sounds like a good idea, doesn't it? 100 00:04:57,310 --> 00:04:59,277 I saved your life last night. 101 00:04:59,278 --> 00:05:00,362 You're welcome. 102 00:05:00,363 --> 00:05:01,446 You know, you could show 103 00:05:01,447 --> 00:05:02,864 a little compassion about Bonnie. 104 00:05:02,865 --> 00:05:05,200 I know. You're right. 105 00:05:05,201 --> 00:05:08,570 Her and her mom must be really hurting right now. 106 00:05:08,571 --> 00:05:10,905 Should I send lasagna? 107 00:05:10,906 --> 00:05:12,774 Ok, now you're just being mean. 108 00:05:12,775 --> 00:05:14,075 I'm mean. You hate me. 109 00:05:14,076 --> 00:05:15,877 The earth is back on its axis. 110 00:05:15,878 --> 00:05:18,446 You know what? If you keep pushing people away, 111 00:05:18,447 --> 00:05:20,081 you're gonna end up alone. 112 00:05:43,723 --> 00:05:45,056 "Dear diary, 113 00:05:45,057 --> 00:05:48,827 "the chipmunk asked me my name today. 114 00:05:48,828 --> 00:05:50,528 "I told him it was Joe. 115 00:05:50,529 --> 00:05:52,280 That lie will haunt me forever." 116 00:05:52,281 --> 00:05:53,415 What do you want? 117 00:05:53,416 --> 00:05:55,149 I was hoping we could hang. 118 00:05:55,150 --> 00:05:56,701 You know, ttle brother bonding. 119 00:05:56,702 --> 00:05:58,586 I mean, I know we don't actually 120 00:05:58,587 --> 00:05:59,954 "hang out." 121 00:05:59,955 --> 00:06:01,589 We team up. 122 00:06:01,590 --> 00:06:03,208 We join forces, 123 00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:05,827 activate our wonder twin powers. 124 00:06:06,962 --> 00:06:08,263 What are you doing? 125 00:06:08,264 --> 00:06:10,465 Digging up clues. 126 00:06:10,466 --> 00:06:12,050 Most of the originals are gone, 127 00:06:12,051 --> 00:06:13,935 but we have a whodunit going on. 128 00:06:13,936 --> 00:06:16,337 Hey, do you remember when we came back for Zachariah's funeral? 129 00:06:16,338 --> 00:06:17,338 Vaguely. Why? 130 00:06:17,339 --> 00:06:18,773 'Cause if memory serves, 131 00:06:18,774 --> 00:06:22,510 he wasn't the first founders council member killed that year 132 00:06:22,511 --> 00:06:23,828 or even that month. 133 00:06:23,829 --> 00:06:25,146 Your point being? 134 00:06:25,147 --> 00:06:26,648 I'm trying to remember what year it was. 135 00:06:26,649 --> 00:06:27,699 1912. 136 00:06:27,700 --> 00:06:29,401 So much for vaguely. 137 00:06:31,454 --> 00:06:32,987 1912. 138 00:06:32,988 --> 00:06:35,240 Or as I like to call it, 139 00:06:35,241 --> 00:06:39,294 last time Mystic Falls had a serial killer on its hands. 140 00:06:46,919 --> 00:06:48,553 It feels so strange 141 00:06:48,554 --> 00:06:51,423 to be home again after so long away. 142 00:06:56,378 --> 00:06:59,431 I thought I would never return, 143 00:06:59,432 --> 00:07:01,266 certainly not for a funeral. 144 00:07:02,985 --> 00:07:05,186 I'm sorry for your loss, Mr. Salvatore. 145 00:07:05,187 --> 00:07:07,722 I'm told you're a distant cousin of Zachariah. 146 00:07:07,723 --> 00:07:09,908 His nephew, actually. 147 00:07:09,909 --> 00:07:11,659 - Miss... - Lockwood. 148 00:07:11,660 --> 00:07:12,777 Mariana Lockwood. 149 00:07:12,778 --> 00:07:15,163 And this is my friend Samantha Gilbert. 150 00:07:15,164 --> 00:07:16,898 As in Jonathan Gilbert. 151 00:07:16,899 --> 00:07:18,917 My late grandfather. 152 00:07:18,918 --> 00:07:20,335 Did you know him? 153 00:07:20,336 --> 00:07:21,636 Crossed paths. 154 00:07:23,005 --> 00:07:25,340 I'm sorry. I don't mean to be... 155 00:07:25,341 --> 00:07:27,542 Inappropriate. 156 00:07:27,543 --> 00:07:29,828 But no one seems to be willing 157 00:07:29,829 --> 00:07:32,397 to discuss the details of Zachariah's death. 158 00:07:33,716 --> 00:07:34,799 He was murdered, 159 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:36,134 and he wasn't the first. 160 00:07:36,135 --> 00:07:37,402 Samantha, don't be a gossip. 161 00:07:37,403 --> 00:07:38,903 Why not? He should know. 162 00:07:38,904 --> 00:07:40,922 He's a founding family like us. 163 00:07:41,740 --> 00:07:43,057 Be careful, Mr. Salvatore. 164 00:07:43,058 --> 00:07:46,528 It's not a good time to be a founder in this town. 165 00:07:57,706 --> 00:08:01,376 Have you been eating the relatives again? 166 00:08:03,045 --> 00:08:05,446 Damon. 167 00:08:05,447 --> 00:08:07,515 It's been a long time, brother. 168 00:08:07,516 --> 00:08:10,218 It's been almost 50 years. 169 00:08:10,219 --> 00:08:12,420 Surprised you came. 170 00:08:12,421 --> 00:08:14,556 And miss the funeral of... 171 00:08:14,557 --> 00:08:16,207 What do you call him? 172 00:08:16,208 --> 00:08:17,709 Uncle Zachariah? 173 00:08:20,496 --> 00:08:21,896 I see you're still mad at me. 174 00:08:21,897 --> 00:08:24,349 Why would I be mad at you, Stefan? 175 00:08:24,350 --> 00:08:26,184 You made me become a vampire, 176 00:08:26,185 --> 00:08:28,937 and now I walk the world alone drinking other people's blood. 177 00:08:28,938 --> 00:08:31,689 Any chance you took it all out on our nephew Zachariah? 178 00:08:31,690 --> 00:08:32,774 If I'm not mistaken, 179 00:08:32,775 --> 00:08:35,076 you were the one who killed our family members. 180 00:08:35,077 --> 00:08:36,661 May our father rest in peace. 181 00:08:36,662 --> 00:08:38,696 I'm not like that anymore, Damon. 182 00:08:38,697 --> 00:08:40,999 Well, congratulations, Stefan. 183 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:43,952 If you'll excuse me, I'd like to live out my eternal existence 184 00:08:43,953 --> 00:08:45,954 as far away from you as possible. 185 00:08:48,591 --> 00:08:49,824 Damon, wait. 186 00:08:52,595 --> 00:08:54,829 Let's grab a drink, 187 00:08:54,830 --> 00:08:55,997 catch up. 188 00:09:01,403 --> 00:09:03,170 I've missed you, brother. 189 00:09:08,561 --> 00:09:10,728 Sure. 190 00:09:10,729 --> 00:09:12,096 Why not? 191 00:09:15,985 --> 00:09:17,402 What do you say, brother? 192 00:09:17,403 --> 00:09:18,620 You wanna go get drunk? 193 00:09:18,621 --> 00:09:21,990 Ah. I get it. 194 00:09:21,991 --> 00:09:23,291 I get it. 195 00:09:23,292 --> 00:09:24,243 You're bored. 196 00:09:24,244 --> 00:09:25,910 Your best friend's in jail, 197 00:09:25,911 --> 00:09:27,829 and you don't have anything better 198 00:09:27,830 --> 00:09:29,497 - to do with yourself. - Well, there's that. 199 00:09:29,498 --> 00:09:30,915 And... 200 00:09:30,916 --> 00:09:34,035 I was hoping you could help me solve a murder. 201 00:09:45,024 --> 00:09:47,591 Thank you for meeting with me, mayor. 202 00:09:47,592 --> 00:09:49,593 I figured as head of the preservation society, 203 00:09:49,594 --> 00:09:51,295 you'd be a good person to ask 204 00:09:51,296 --> 00:09:52,846 about the oldest trees in this community. 205 00:09:52,847 --> 00:09:55,266 A long line of Lockwood women used to keep those records 206 00:09:55,267 --> 00:09:58,468 back before any of them had actual jobs. 207 00:09:58,469 --> 00:10:00,437 I've been to the founders archive, 208 00:10:00,438 --> 00:10:04,191 but I can't seem to find any record of the tree I'm looking for. 209 00:10:04,192 --> 00:10:05,859 It probably got cut down. 210 00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:09,246 Big old trees built half this town in the 1900s. 211 00:10:09,247 --> 00:10:12,082 - Ho. She-devil, 9 o'clock. 212 00:10:20,842 --> 00:10:22,376 Do you happen to know who kept 213 00:10:22,377 --> 00:10:24,044 the milling ledgers during that period? 214 00:10:24,045 --> 00:10:26,130 Back then, all the logging mills 215 00:10:26,131 --> 00:10:28,048 were owned by the Salvatores. 216 00:10:32,503 --> 00:10:34,438 So what does the Cal examiner, 217 00:10:34,439 --> 00:10:37,057 bill Forbes, and Alaric Saltzman have in common? 218 00:10:38,226 --> 00:10:40,477 Come on. Knock it off. 219 00:10:41,980 --> 00:10:42,947 Ahem. 220 00:10:42,948 --> 00:10:45,182 You know, quitting blood cold Turkey 221 00:10:45,183 --> 00:10:48,185 after a ripper binge, probably not the best approach. 222 00:10:48,186 --> 00:10:50,237 Every time you play that all-or-nothing game, 223 00:10:50,238 --> 00:10:52,289 you eventually leave a trail of bodies, 224 00:10:52,290 --> 00:10:54,024 so I'm thinking now's a good time 225 00:10:54,025 --> 00:10:56,076 to pay our old friend moderation a visit. 226 00:10:56,077 --> 00:10:58,278 They were all on the founders council, Damon. 227 00:10:58,279 --> 00:10:59,913 That's what they have in common. 228 00:10:59,914 --> 00:11:00,964 But why them, huh? 229 00:11:00,965 --> 00:11:03,384 Brian Walters and Alaric 230 00:11:03,385 --> 00:11:04,752 weren't from founding families. 231 00:11:04,753 --> 00:11:06,303 I mean, hey, 232 00:11:06,304 --> 00:11:08,972 if you gotta slaughter council members, go a-list. 233 00:11:08,973 --> 00:11:11,642 At least in 1912, they killed a Salvatore. 234 00:11:11,643 --> 00:11:13,844 Which Salvatore would that be? 235 00:11:16,648 --> 00:11:18,349 You'll have to agree, sheriff, 236 00:11:18,350 --> 00:11:19,633 there's no motive here. 237 00:11:19,634 --> 00:11:21,618 Look, both the medical examiner 238 00:11:21,619 --> 00:11:24,688 and my ex-husband got into altercations with Meredith Fell 239 00:11:24,689 --> 00:11:25,657 before their deaths. 240 00:11:25,658 --> 00:11:27,441 Now, she said you were a witness 241 00:11:27,442 --> 00:11:29,326 to her fight with Brian Walters. 242 00:11:29,327 --> 00:11:31,895 So what are you saying, that I was defending hehono 243 00:11:31,896 --> 00:11:32,996 I barely knew her then. 244 00:11:32,997 --> 00:11:34,431 She said she also told you bill threatened 245 00:11:34,432 --> 00:11:35,666 to report her to the medical board 246 00:11:35,667 --> 00:11:37,368 for giving him vampire blood. 247 00:11:37,369 --> 00:11:38,619 No, she didn't. 248 00:11:38,620 --> 00:11:40,871 A 2 a.M. Call on the night he was killed? 249 00:11:40,872 --> 00:11:43,173 I pulled your records. 250 00:11:43,174 --> 00:11:45,626 You spoke with her for over an hour. 251 00:11:49,464 --> 00:11:50,798 Ok. I, uh... 252 00:11:52,550 --> 00:11:54,635 Yes, I... 253 00:11:54,636 --> 00:11:57,354 I remember calling her, but I... 254 00:11:57,355 --> 00:11:59,940 I was drinking, and I... 255 00:11:59,941 --> 00:12:01,975 I don't remember the conversation. 256 00:12:01,976 --> 00:12:05,095 Well, do you have an alibi for the night Brian Walters was killed? 257 00:12:05,096 --> 00:12:07,698 I was there the night of the bridge fundraiser, ok, 258 00:12:07,699 --> 00:12:09,216 until midnight. You saw me there. 259 00:12:09,217 --> 00:12:12,269 Time of death was between 1:00 and 3 a.M. 260 00:12:13,121 --> 00:12:15,072 Well, then, I... 261 00:12:15,073 --> 00:12:19,376 I must have been home sleeping, I'm sure. 262 00:12:19,377 --> 00:12:20,994 I'm sure of it. 263 00:12:22,547 --> 00:12:25,632 So Zachariah Salvatore was your nephew? 264 00:12:25,633 --> 00:12:29,086 Well, our father knocked up one of the maids during the civil war. 265 00:12:29,087 --> 00:12:30,120 She had a son. 266 00:12:30,121 --> 00:12:31,889 But as far as everyone else knew, 267 00:12:31,890 --> 00:12:33,223 Stefan and I were dead. 268 00:12:33,224 --> 00:12:34,842 Family name had to go somewhere. 269 00:12:34,843 --> 00:12:37,428 And, uh, your family owned the logging mills back then. 270 00:12:37,429 --> 00:12:39,897 You're full of a lot of questions. 271 00:12:39,898 --> 00:12:41,965 I'm just researching the town history. 272 00:12:41,966 --> 00:12:43,150 I grew up here, after all. 273 00:12:43,151 --> 00:12:44,568 You know, you don't have to disguise 274 00:12:44,569 --> 00:12:46,320 your true motives. Blondie bex. 275 00:12:46,321 --> 00:12:49,156 If you want more sex, just ask for it. 276 00:12:50,142 --> 00:12:51,942 Not enough liquor in the world. 277 00:12:51,943 --> 00:12:54,995 On, come on. It was too good for you to be this hostile. 278 00:12:57,432 --> 00:12:59,816 You'll have to excuse my little brother. 279 00:12:59,817 --> 00:13:02,085 He's jonesing for some o-positive. 280 00:13:02,086 --> 00:13:04,338 I'm not jonesing. 281 00:13:04,339 --> 00:13:07,040 So they ever catch the killer? 282 00:13:07,041 --> 00:13:08,375 Nope. 283 00:13:08,376 --> 00:13:10,310 Wrote it all off on vampires. 284 00:13:10,311 --> 00:13:12,012 Maybe it was a vampire. 285 00:13:12,013 --> 00:13:13,330 Yeah. 286 00:13:13,331 --> 00:13:17,100 Yeah, maybe it was a vampire, Damon. 287 00:13:17,101 --> 00:13:20,487 Don't think for a second you didn't cross my mind, too, brother. 288 00:13:20,488 --> 00:13:22,890 But these murders weren't your style, were they? 289 00:13:24,008 --> 00:13:27,361 Plus there were no other vampires circulating then. 290 00:13:27,362 --> 00:13:30,314 Well, there was one other vampire. 291 00:13:31,232 --> 00:13:33,317 Remember sage? 292 00:13:33,318 --> 00:13:36,236 Oh, right. 293 00:13:36,237 --> 00:13:38,489 Sage. 294 00:13:39,874 --> 00:13:41,291 Speaking of great sex. 295 00:13:41,292 --> 00:13:43,026 Oof. 296 00:13:43,027 --> 00:13:45,212 - Maybe you've had enough. - Ladies and gentlemen... 297 00:13:45,213 --> 00:13:46,880 Hit a man when he's down. 298 00:13:46,881 --> 00:13:48,916 Sell your horse. Come one and all 299 00:13:48,917 --> 00:13:50,634 to see the San Francisco world fair 300 00:13:50,635 --> 00:13:52,002 middleweight champion... 301 00:13:52,003 --> 00:13:54,137 ... greatest foe down. 302 00:13:54,138 --> 00:13:55,839 Get ready, ladies and gentlemen, 303 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:56,840 for an evening... 304 00:14:07,652 --> 00:14:08,852 Whoo! 305 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:10,737 Who's next? 306 00:14:10,738 --> 00:14:15,659 $100 to any man who can beat me. 307 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:24,535 I can teach you how to survive 308 00:14:24,536 --> 00:14:25,953 without human blood, you know. 309 00:14:25,954 --> 00:14:29,072 You do not get to lecture me on how to live my life, 310 00:14:29,073 --> 00:14:30,507 not anymore. 311 00:14:41,219 --> 00:14:42,769 What's your name? 312 00:14:42,770 --> 00:14:43,754 Not interested. 313 00:14:43,755 --> 00:14:45,055 Well, Mr. not interested, 314 00:14:45,056 --> 00:14:47,090 you seem to me like a gambling man. 315 00:14:47,091 --> 00:14:49,226 I'm afraid you have me all wrong. 316 00:14:53,281 --> 00:14:55,032 Humph. 317 00:14:55,033 --> 00:14:57,951 Well, that's too bad. 318 00:15:01,939 --> 00:15:04,041 I knew a sage once. 319 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:05,042 Trashy little thing. 320 00:15:05,043 --> 00:15:06,543 You really think it was sage 321 00:15:06,544 --> 00:15:08,412 who was killing all those founders back then? 322 00:15:08,413 --> 00:15:11,048 Town questioned every grown man in Mystic Falls. 323 00:15:11,049 --> 00:15:12,683 Probably never occurred to them 324 00:15:12,684 --> 00:15:15,218 that a woman could have done it. 325 00:15:22,460 --> 00:15:23,727 I'm due in surgery. 326 00:15:23,728 --> 00:15:26,129 Whatever case you're gonna make against Alaric, 327 00:15:26,130 --> 00:15:27,098 make it quick. 328 00:15:27,099 --> 00:15:28,798 I don't have to make a case. 329 00:15:28,799 --> 00:15:29,799 He didn't do anything. 330 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:30,901 How do you know? 331 00:15:30,902 --> 00:15:32,969 Sure you live with him, he takes care of you, 332 00:15:32,970 --> 00:15:34,638 but do you really know anything about him? 333 00:15:34,639 --> 00:15:35,972 I know enough. 334 00:15:35,973 --> 00:15:38,408 Let me tell you what I know. 335 00:15:38,409 --> 00:15:41,678 He was arrested for fighting 4 times before the age of 21. 336 00:15:41,679 --> 00:15:44,081 When he was at Duke, his future wife Isobel 337 00:15:44,082 --> 00:15:47,150 filed a restraining order against him twice. 338 00:15:47,151 --> 00:15:49,252 Although then she married him, 339 00:15:49,253 --> 00:15:50,921 so I guess that says more about her. 340 00:15:50,922 --> 00:15:52,923 Ok, you're making all of this up. 341 00:15:52,924 --> 00:15:53,924 Am I? 342 00:15:53,925 --> 00:15:55,158 How would you know? 343 00:15:55,159 --> 00:15:57,844 You took pity on a borderline alcoholic vampire hunter, 344 00:15:57,845 --> 00:16:00,480 and you never even thought to look any deeper. 345 00:16:00,481 --> 00:16:03,216 How could you do this to him? 346 00:16:03,217 --> 00:16:06,503 He didn't kill anyone, and you know it. 347 00:16:07,388 --> 00:16:09,773 You date vampires, Elena. 348 00:16:09,774 --> 00:16:11,675 It shouldn't come as a shock 349 00:16:11,676 --> 00:16:14,478 to learn that your guardian is a murderer. 350 00:16:26,411 --> 00:16:29,789 So, uh, tell me more about your old relatives. 351 00:16:29,790 --> 00:16:32,842 I heard they tore down half the woods to make this town. 352 00:16:32,843 --> 00:16:34,594 Easy there, lushy pants. 353 00:16:34,595 --> 00:16:36,012 It's been a hoot and a half, 354 00:16:36,013 --> 00:16:37,013 but it's boys night, 355 00:16:37,014 --> 00:16:39,182 and you weren't invited. 356 00:16:39,183 --> 00:16:40,383 Come on. 357 00:16:45,940 --> 00:16:47,140 Wow. Nice job. 358 00:16:47,141 --> 00:16:49,342 I'll add breaking and entering to the list 359 00:16:49,343 --> 00:16:51,511 of life favors you owe me. 360 00:16:51,512 --> 00:16:54,214 Ok, look, I don't know how much longer she's gonna be in surgery, 361 00:16:54,215 --> 00:16:56,866 so let's see what we can find. 362 00:16:56,867 --> 00:16:59,869 Don't you think the police already combed through this place? 363 00:16:59,870 --> 00:17:01,688 She handed over everything she had. 364 00:17:01,689 --> 00:17:05,158 Yeah, I'm looking for the evidence that she didn't hand over. 365 00:17:05,159 --> 00:17:07,627 And you're sure it's her we should be investigating? 366 00:17:07,628 --> 00:17:10,413 I know him, Matt. 367 00:17:10,414 --> 00:17:12,248 He's innocent. 368 00:17:12,249 --> 00:17:15,001 And I know that Meredith's a Fell, 369 00:17:15,002 --> 00:17:17,220 founding family, 370 00:17:17,221 --> 00:17:18,505 which means... 371 00:17:37,725 --> 00:17:39,159 Skeleton in the closet... 372 00:17:40,161 --> 00:17:41,528 Just like a true founder. 373 00:17:57,978 --> 00:18:00,997 Brian Walters, bill Forbes. 374 00:18:05,603 --> 00:18:07,237 Alaric Saltzman. 375 00:18:07,238 --> 00:18:08,605 So... 376 00:18:08,606 --> 00:18:11,274 Let's just say sage was killing everyone in 1912. 377 00:18:11,275 --> 00:18:13,309 Who the hell is doing it now? 378 00:18:13,310 --> 00:18:15,595 It's not that psycho, Dr. Fell. 379 00:18:15,596 --> 00:18:17,280 She's a woman. 380 00:18:17,281 --> 00:18:19,699 There's no way she could stab 3 grown men. 381 00:18:21,435 --> 00:18:22,435 That's a bit sexist. 382 00:18:22,436 --> 00:18:25,104 A woman could easily kill a man 383 00:18:25,105 --> 00:18:26,606 with the right motivation. 384 00:18:26,607 --> 00:18:30,076 You just, uh, don't give up, do you? 385 00:18:30,077 --> 00:18:31,961 Why are you so grumpy? 386 00:18:31,962 --> 00:18:33,079 He's on a master cleanse, 387 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:34,831 trying to be a better man and all. 388 00:18:34,832 --> 00:18:38,802 Yeah, you were a lot more fun in the twenties. 389 00:18:38,803 --> 00:18:40,220 You'll rile him up. 390 00:18:40,221 --> 00:18:42,288 He's testy when he's being self-righteous. 391 00:18:42,289 --> 00:18:43,840 I'm not being self-righteous, Damon. 392 00:18:43,841 --> 00:18:45,091 I'm just not interested 393 00:18:45,092 --> 00:18:47,610 in slaughtering innocent human beings anymore. 394 00:18:47,611 --> 00:18:50,013 Oh, ok. Fair enough. 395 00:18:50,014 --> 00:18:51,648 My mistake. 396 00:18:53,234 --> 00:18:55,869 You used to be self-righteous. 397 00:18:55,870 --> 00:18:59,105 "Dear diary, Damon has lost his way. 398 00:18:59,106 --> 00:19:02,141 "Though I have pulled my own life together, 399 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:04,811 he continues to waste his." 400 00:19:04,812 --> 00:19:06,496 Ouch. 401 00:19:06,497 --> 00:19:09,249 "His bitterness consumes him. 402 00:19:09,250 --> 00:19:12,252 He is nothing but blackness and bile." Oof. 403 00:19:12,253 --> 00:19:13,253 Judgey. 404 00:19:13,254 --> 00:19:14,254 Oh, this is fun. 405 00:19:14,255 --> 00:19:16,372 You know, if I'm being honest. 406 00:19:16,373 --> 00:19:18,508 You don't seem like much fun either, Damon. 407 00:19:18,509 --> 00:19:21,544 I wasn't. Woman I was in love with was stuck in a tomb. 408 00:19:21,545 --> 00:19:24,180 She wasn't getting out for 100 years. 409 00:19:24,181 --> 00:19:26,549 I wasn't having any fun at all. 410 00:19:31,639 --> 00:19:33,056 How sad. 411 00:19:33,057 --> 00:19:35,007 You're doing it all wrong. 412 00:19:36,861 --> 00:19:38,278 Bad vampire. 413 00:19:38,279 --> 00:19:40,113 I was hungry. 414 00:19:40,114 --> 00:19:42,232 Now I'm not hungry. 415 00:19:42,233 --> 00:19:44,617 My quality of form is... 416 00:19:44,618 --> 00:19:45,569 Purely subjective. 417 00:19:45,570 --> 00:19:47,620 A woman isn't just for food. 418 00:19:47,621 --> 00:19:48,572 She's for pleasure. 419 00:19:48,573 --> 00:19:50,206 I do not need a woman for pleasure. 420 00:19:50,207 --> 00:19:51,958 I am spoken for. 421 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,044 We are all spoken for 422 00:19:55,045 --> 00:19:56,663 in some way. 423 00:19:56,664 --> 00:19:59,048 But what is being a vampire 424 00:19:59,049 --> 00:20:01,084 if not relishing in the pleasure of it? 425 00:20:06,056 --> 00:20:08,341 Come along. Let me show you. 426 00:20:10,511 --> 00:20:12,178 Hit him! 427 00:20:15,816 --> 00:20:18,151 There we go! Hit him again! Again! 428 00:20:25,326 --> 00:20:26,693 Look at the women. 429 00:20:26,694 --> 00:20:28,778 They're beautiful, aren't they? 430 00:20:28,779 --> 00:20:31,698 Not them. They're too hungry for attention. 431 00:20:32,917 --> 00:20:35,535 You want the ones who button themselves up. 432 00:20:35,536 --> 00:20:39,005 Watch them. They can't tear their eyes away. 433 00:20:39,006 --> 00:20:43,126 Those are the women who secretly crave seduction. 434 00:20:43,127 --> 00:20:45,428 They'll put up a good fight, 435 00:20:45,429 --> 00:20:47,263 but the game is in winning them over, 436 00:20:47,264 --> 00:20:49,415 making them beg for it. 437 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:51,217 What if they don't? 438 00:20:51,218 --> 00:20:52,802 You're a vampire. 439 00:20:52,803 --> 00:20:54,470 You take it. 440 00:21:01,061 --> 00:21:02,395 Her. 441 00:21:20,881 --> 00:21:22,966 That sounded like sage, all right. 442 00:21:22,967 --> 00:21:24,500 How did you know her? 443 00:21:24,501 --> 00:21:26,419 She was obsessed with my brother finn 444 00:21:26,420 --> 00:21:27,804 over 900 years ago. 445 00:21:27,805 --> 00:21:29,756 What? Creepy, suicidal guy? 446 00:21:30,725 --> 00:21:32,759 You're doing it again. 447 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:33,760 All right, you know what? 448 00:21:33,761 --> 00:21:35,628 I need to, uh... 449 00:21:35,629 --> 00:21:37,296 I got to get out of here. 450 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:38,431 Sure. 451 00:21:38,432 --> 00:21:41,067 First admit you're jonesing. 452 00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:42,435 Damon, I'm not gonna... 453 00:21:42,436 --> 00:21:43,403 Admit it. 454 00:21:43,404 --> 00:21:44,938 Ok, fine. I'm freaking out. 455 00:21:44,939 --> 00:21:46,639 I'm ready to eat the entire wait staff. 456 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,408 Why do you need to hear me say it? 457 00:21:48,409 --> 00:21:50,193 Because I'm feeling a little self-righteous, too. 458 00:21:52,813 --> 00:21:55,498 She's got everything on him... 459 00:21:55,499 --> 00:21:56,783 Medical records, 460 00:21:56,784 --> 00:21:58,084 old court documents. 461 00:21:58,085 --> 00:21:59,252 What's this? 462 00:22:06,293 --> 00:22:08,111 It's an old Gilbert journal. 463 00:22:08,946 --> 00:22:11,297 Why is one of your old family journals 464 00:22:11,298 --> 00:22:12,682 in her closet? 465 00:22:13,717 --> 00:22:16,052 Didn't you say the medical examiner's 466 00:22:16,053 --> 00:22:18,354 time of death was between 1:00 and 3 a.M.? 467 00:22:18,355 --> 00:22:19,489 Yeah. Why? 468 00:22:19,490 --> 00:22:21,224 Because the county coroner's office 469 00:22:21,225 --> 00:22:22,442 says that's wrong. 470 00:22:46,834 --> 00:22:48,034 I think... 471 00:22:48,035 --> 00:22:50,202 Shh. 472 00:23:18,369 --> 00:23:19,732 What were you thinking? 473 00:23:19,733 --> 00:23:21,168 I know that we had no right. 474 00:23:21,169 --> 00:23:22,702 No right? You broke the law. 475 00:23:22,703 --> 00:23:24,704 But we found something that clears Alaric. 476 00:23:24,705 --> 00:23:27,390 It gives him an alibi in the Brian Walters murder 477 00:23:27,391 --> 00:23:29,926 you mean this? What is that? 478 00:23:29,927 --> 00:23:31,344 A letter from the county coroner's office 479 00:23:31,345 --> 00:23:33,847 correcting the error in the time of death of Brian Walters. 480 00:23:33,848 --> 00:23:36,416 Meredith Fell received it today. 481 00:23:36,417 --> 00:23:38,251 She brought it to me several hours ago, 482 00:23:38,252 --> 00:23:40,537 full of apologies for accusing an innocent man. 483 00:23:40,538 --> 00:23:43,023 Why would she have a copy hidden in her closet? 484 00:23:43,024 --> 00:23:44,441 I can't ask those questions, Matt, 485 00:23:44,442 --> 00:23:47,277 because of the very fact that you broke into her home to find it. 486 00:23:47,278 --> 00:23:50,230 Do you know how much I'm already protecting both of you? 487 00:23:50,231 --> 00:23:51,865 I'm sorry. 488 00:23:51,866 --> 00:23:54,618 Just get out of my office 489 00:23:54,619 --> 00:23:56,936 and go home, please. 490 00:23:58,189 --> 00:23:59,289 Alaric'll be released 491 00:23:59,290 --> 00:24:02,158 as soon as the letter is authenticated. 492 00:24:03,644 --> 00:24:05,412 Go. 493 00:24:10,067 --> 00:24:12,385 So he doesn't want to drink human blood? 494 00:24:12,386 --> 00:24:14,804 Ah, he has an eternally guilty conscience. 495 00:24:14,805 --> 00:24:16,973 Funny. When I knew him in the twenties, 496 00:24:16,974 --> 00:24:18,391 he didn't have any conscience at all. 497 00:24:18,392 --> 00:24:21,761 It's one of the things I liked most about him. 498 00:24:21,762 --> 00:24:23,847 He can't possibly think he can survive without feeding. 499 00:24:23,848 --> 00:24:25,849 Oh, on the contrary. 500 00:24:25,850 --> 00:24:27,350 He's determined to live his life 501 00:24:27,351 --> 00:24:28,852 pursuing one extreme or the other. 502 00:24:28,853 --> 00:24:31,187 He's a stubborn one, my brother. 503 00:24:32,306 --> 00:24:34,807 Think I'm gonna need some help with this one. 504 00:24:34,808 --> 00:24:37,077 What can I do? 505 00:24:38,613 --> 00:24:40,413 Hmm. 506 00:24:47,755 --> 00:24:48,755 Hello. 507 00:24:48,756 --> 00:24:50,040 Hi. 508 00:24:50,041 --> 00:24:51,625 This may seem very forward, 509 00:24:51,626 --> 00:24:53,176 but you're just so pretty. 510 00:24:53,177 --> 00:24:54,161 Thank you. 511 00:24:54,162 --> 00:24:55,729 And please don't scream. 512 00:24:55,730 --> 00:24:58,098 You're about to have a very, very bad night. 513 00:25:06,023 --> 00:25:08,341 Stop. Stop it. 514 00:25:10,311 --> 00:25:11,611 Sorry, brother. 515 00:25:11,612 --> 00:25:13,313 It's dinnertime. 516 00:25:13,314 --> 00:25:15,282 Have a bite. 517 00:25:16,117 --> 00:25:18,401 What are you doing? Tough love, Stefan. 518 00:25:18,402 --> 00:25:20,987 You're not gonna survive this cold-Turkey thing. You never do. 519 00:25:20,988 --> 00:25:23,623 It's time to get that monkey off your back. 520 00:25:24,792 --> 00:25:25,792 No. 521 00:25:25,793 --> 00:25:27,860 Feed... 522 00:25:27,861 --> 00:25:29,963 Or I'll let rebekah have her way with her. 523 00:25:29,964 --> 00:25:31,665 You know she'll kill her. 524 00:25:31,666 --> 00:25:32,632 Oh, I will. 525 00:25:32,633 --> 00:25:34,301 Then her blood'll be on your hands. 526 00:25:34,302 --> 00:25:36,169 Or you can just have a little drink, 527 00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:38,505 save her life. Come on, Stefan. 528 00:25:38,506 --> 00:25:40,307 You were the one that said you didn't want 529 00:25:40,308 --> 00:25:43,059 any more innocent life slaughtered. 530 00:25:43,060 --> 00:25:44,094 Save her. 531 00:25:44,095 --> 00:25:45,979 Go on. Have a bite. 532 00:25:45,980 --> 00:25:47,397 I snatched. You eat. I erase. 533 00:25:47,398 --> 00:25:49,482 Hell, I'll even heal her for you when it's over. 534 00:25:49,483 --> 00:25:50,650 Why are you doing this? 535 00:25:50,651 --> 00:25:52,352 You know what blood does to me. 536 00:25:52,353 --> 00:25:53,853 'Cause you let it controntyou. 537 00:25:53,854 --> 00:25:55,322 You always have. I'm just here 538 00:25:55,323 --> 00:25:57,324 to help you learn how to fight it. 539 00:25:57,325 --> 00:25:59,225 This is rubbish. 540 00:26:14,742 --> 00:26:17,377 That's it, Stefan. 541 00:26:26,971 --> 00:26:29,189 I got it from here. Go ahead. 542 00:26:29,190 --> 00:26:30,473 Night's just getting started. 543 00:26:30,474 --> 00:26:32,058 Scram. No one likes a lurker. 544 00:26:32,059 --> 00:26:34,310 You're a real ass, you know. 545 00:26:34,311 --> 00:26:35,895 So I'm told. 546 00:26:37,815 --> 00:26:39,866 All right, that's enough. 547 00:26:39,867 --> 00:26:41,368 Come on. You're gonna bleed her dry. 548 00:26:41,369 --> 00:26:42,369 You're gonna drain her. 549 00:26:42,370 --> 00:26:44,371 Come on. 550 00:26:47,441 --> 00:26:48,409 I said that's enough. 551 00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:50,410 Hey, you wanna fight hunger, 552 00:26:50,411 --> 00:26:51,995 or you wanna fight me? 553 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,714 I got you. 554 00:26:56,217 --> 00:26:58,051 That's a good girl. 555 00:26:58,052 --> 00:26:59,919 What are you doing? 556 00:27:04,458 --> 00:27:06,676 Stefan. 557 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,134 Elena. 558 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:17,637 What are you two doing? 559 00:27:17,638 --> 00:27:18,605 Relax, Elena. 560 00:27:18,606 --> 00:27:20,440 Just a little experiment. 561 00:27:20,441 --> 00:27:23,777 There's no need to make this more dramatic than it needs to be. 562 00:27:23,778 --> 00:27:26,362 Elena, let's just go. 563 00:27:28,783 --> 00:27:30,983 Elena! 564 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,547 So... 565 00:27:45,382 --> 00:27:47,600 That's gonna take a little time. 566 00:27:52,690 --> 00:27:54,107 Stefan. Wait. Hey. 567 00:27:54,108 --> 00:27:55,842 Stefan, wait. 568 00:28:13,898 --> 00:28:16,149 Just say it. 569 00:28:16,150 --> 00:28:18,735 I just don't get it, your thing with them. 570 00:28:18,736 --> 00:28:21,487 I know it doesn't make sense. 571 00:28:23,190 --> 00:28:26,376 But at the beginning, 572 00:28:26,377 --> 00:28:28,494 after my parents died, 573 00:28:28,495 --> 00:28:30,863 there was something about being with Stefan 574 00:28:30,864 --> 00:28:31,832 that just... 575 00:28:31,833 --> 00:28:34,617 Felt safe. 576 00:28:34,618 --> 00:28:36,636 Safe? 577 00:28:36,637 --> 00:28:37,971 Elena, he's a vampire. 578 00:28:37,972 --> 00:28:39,205 I know, believe me. 579 00:28:39,206 --> 00:28:42,842 Just saying it out loud sounds crazy, but... 580 00:28:44,311 --> 00:28:48,848 It's like I knew that he would never stop loving me, 581 00:28:48,849 --> 00:28:50,883 like he would never... 582 00:28:50,884 --> 00:28:53,686 What? 583 00:28:56,106 --> 00:28:57,740 Die. 584 00:28:59,226 --> 00:29:01,344 Like he would never die. 585 00:29:06,367 --> 00:29:08,668 Like your parents did. 586 00:29:11,905 --> 00:29:13,673 And Damon? 587 00:29:18,462 --> 00:29:23,182 Damon just sort of snuck up on me. 588 00:29:24,051 --> 00:29:25,285 He got under my skin, 589 00:29:25,286 --> 00:29:27,520 and no matter what I do, I just... 590 00:29:28,389 --> 00:29:29,872 I can't shake him. 591 00:29:31,859 --> 00:29:34,227 Once you fall in love with someone, 592 00:29:34,228 --> 00:29:35,611 I don't know if... 593 00:29:35,612 --> 00:29:38,815 I don't know if you can ever shake 'em. 594 00:29:50,777 --> 00:29:51,777 I'm sorry. 595 00:29:51,778 --> 00:29:55,381 Is... is this weird? 596 00:29:55,382 --> 00:29:58,668 Talking about them with you? 597 00:29:59,970 --> 00:30:01,954 No. 598 00:30:01,955 --> 00:30:04,173 Not really. 599 00:30:05,592 --> 00:30:07,460 I got you something. 600 00:30:10,230 --> 00:30:11,848 The journal? 601 00:30:11,849 --> 00:30:14,233 It's your family's. You should have it. 602 00:30:14,234 --> 00:30:15,902 Meredith and that idiot deputy 603 00:30:15,903 --> 00:30:17,136 were too busy questioning you 604 00:30:17,137 --> 00:30:18,804 to give a damn about me. 605 00:30:20,407 --> 00:30:21,640 Sometimes it pays 606 00:30:21,641 --> 00:30:23,359 to be the only normal one 607 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,827 in a town of vampires. 608 00:30:25,846 --> 00:30:27,797 Practically invisible. 609 00:30:39,009 --> 00:30:40,009 Are you ok? 610 00:30:40,010 --> 00:30:41,010 Yeah. Yeah. 611 00:30:41,011 --> 00:30:42,328 I'm all right. 612 00:31:17,614 --> 00:31:19,849 They let Ric go. 613 00:31:19,850 --> 00:31:22,552 Sheriff Forbes said she's out of suspects again, 614 00:31:22,553 --> 00:31:25,121 but Ric is in the clear. 615 00:31:30,544 --> 00:31:33,546 I know it may not seem like it, but... 616 00:31:33,547 --> 00:31:35,965 You did really well tonight. 617 00:31:38,135 --> 00:31:39,652 I mean, before you know it, 618 00:31:39,653 --> 00:31:41,621 you're gonna be the king of moderation. 619 00:31:44,575 --> 00:31:45,708 Elena will understand. 620 00:31:45,709 --> 00:31:47,827 Doesn't really matter what Elena thinks. 621 00:31:47,828 --> 00:31:49,328 Uh-uh. None of that. 622 00:31:50,497 --> 00:31:52,731 No more no humanity Stefan. 623 00:31:52,732 --> 00:31:55,251 There's a road called recovery, 624 00:31:55,252 --> 00:31:56,953 and we are on it. 625 00:31:58,255 --> 00:32:00,590 Why do you even care, huh? 626 00:32:00,591 --> 00:32:02,625 The whole brother-bonding thing, 627 00:32:02,626 --> 00:32:04,594 getting Elena to hate you. 628 00:32:04,595 --> 00:32:07,463 Why, you feel guilty because you kissed her? Is that it, Damon? 629 00:32:07,464 --> 00:32:09,665 Because you can stop. Go back to hating me. 630 00:32:09,666 --> 00:32:11,000 It was a lot easier. 631 00:32:11,001 --> 00:32:12,685 Can you for one minute actually believe 632 00:32:12,686 --> 00:32:14,103 that I'm trying to help you? 633 00:32:14,104 --> 00:32:16,189 I don't need your help. 634 00:32:16,190 --> 00:32:17,607 Don't need my... 635 00:32:18,442 --> 00:32:20,426 Are you kidding me? 636 00:32:20,427 --> 00:32:22,895 Do you remember what happened last time you said that? 637 00:32:22,896 --> 00:32:24,096 What are you talking about? 638 00:32:24,097 --> 00:32:26,532 1912, Stefan, 639 00:32:26,533 --> 00:32:30,236 the last time I convinced you to drink human blood. 640 00:32:30,237 --> 00:32:31,954 Go ahead, Stefan. 641 00:32:31,955 --> 00:32:33,105 Pick one. 642 00:32:33,106 --> 00:32:34,657 They're people, Damon. 643 00:32:34,658 --> 00:32:36,209 Yes, they are people, Stefan, 644 00:32:36,210 --> 00:32:38,628 people with blood pumping through their veins, 645 00:32:38,629 --> 00:32:43,366 waiting to be opened up and sucked dry. 646 00:32:43,367 --> 00:32:45,951 You've just forgotten how good it feels. 647 00:32:46,803 --> 00:32:49,839 So had I, but sage, 648 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:51,724 she reminded me... 649 00:32:51,725 --> 00:32:53,342 It's worth it. 650 00:32:53,343 --> 00:32:54,844 It's all worth it. 651 00:32:59,966 --> 00:33:02,235 Not him, Stefan. 652 00:33:02,236 --> 00:33:04,654 Not him... 653 00:33:06,073 --> 00:33:07,073 Her. 654 00:33:08,325 --> 00:33:10,026 She's the one. 655 00:33:12,145 --> 00:33:13,812 I don't do that anymore. 656 00:33:13,813 --> 00:33:15,114 But you can, Stefan. 657 00:33:15,115 --> 00:33:17,450 We can. 658 00:33:17,451 --> 00:33:20,086 Let the past be the past. 659 00:33:21,255 --> 00:33:24,507 Have a drink with me, brother. 660 00:33:36,486 --> 00:33:39,388 I knew you still had it in you. 661 00:33:46,980 --> 00:33:48,180 Don't be greedy. 662 00:33:52,352 --> 00:33:54,453 Stefan. Stefan. 663 00:34:08,885 --> 00:34:11,203 Oh, my God. 664 00:34:11,204 --> 00:34:12,638 Oh, my God. 665 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:15,224 Help me. 666 00:34:15,225 --> 00:34:16,509 Stefan, stop. 667 00:34:16,510 --> 00:34:17,477 Stefan, stop. 668 00:34:17,478 --> 00:34:18,511 I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. 669 00:34:18,512 --> 00:34:19,645 Stefan, stop. 670 00:34:19,646 --> 00:34:21,647 What did you do to me?! 671 00:34:21,648 --> 00:34:22,682 Stefan. 672 00:34:22,683 --> 00:34:24,767 What did you do to me? 673 00:34:29,690 --> 00:34:32,408 You just need to learn when to stop. 674 00:34:32,409 --> 00:34:33,726 I can help you. 675 00:34:33,727 --> 00:34:35,194 I don't need your help. 676 00:34:37,664 --> 00:34:40,416 The founders council killer had nothing on you. 677 00:34:40,417 --> 00:34:44,203 By decade's end, they were calling you the ripper of monterey. 678 00:34:45,355 --> 00:34:48,124 I let you walk away. 679 00:34:51,478 --> 00:34:53,412 I watched you go over the edge, 680 00:34:53,413 --> 00:34:55,848 and I didn't do anything to stop you. 681 00:35:00,437 --> 00:35:02,138 You couldn't have. 682 00:35:03,023 --> 00:35:05,057 Sure, I could have. 683 00:35:07,394 --> 00:35:09,595 But I just didn't want to. 684 00:35:14,918 --> 00:35:16,769 But I want to now. 685 00:35:17,621 --> 00:35:19,155 Whenever you go too far, 686 00:35:19,156 --> 00:35:21,040 I will be there to pull you back, 687 00:35:21,041 --> 00:35:23,826 every second, every day 688 00:35:23,827 --> 00:35:25,745 till you don't need me. 689 00:35:27,047 --> 00:35:28,497 Why? 690 00:35:32,619 --> 00:35:34,286 'Cause right now... 691 00:35:37,007 --> 00:35:38,924 You're all I got. 692 00:35:55,369 --> 00:35:57,448 Hey, I was gonna make some coffee. 693 00:35:57,449 --> 00:35:59,083 I'm good. 694 00:35:59,084 --> 00:36:01,659 Gonna head to bed in a few. 695 00:36:04,155 --> 00:36:06,374 Hey, listen, Elena. 696 00:36:06,375 --> 00:36:10,177 The, uh... The sheriff told me 697 00:36:10,178 --> 00:36:12,847 about everything you did today, and... 698 00:36:12,848 --> 00:36:14,632 While I appreciate it, 699 00:36:14,633 --> 00:36:19,136 I don't want you getting in trouble because of me, ok? 700 00:36:19,137 --> 00:36:22,840 If not for you, for who? 701 00:36:22,841 --> 00:36:24,174 Well, still, I... 702 00:36:24,175 --> 00:36:26,610 I'm the one who's supposed to look after you, 703 00:36:26,611 --> 00:36:29,847 even if I suck at it. 704 00:36:29,848 --> 00:36:30,865 Ok, well, 705 00:36:30,866 --> 00:36:32,850 how 'bout we just agree 706 00:36:32,851 --> 00:36:35,569 to take care of each other, then? 707 00:36:37,122 --> 00:36:39,957 Heh. Deal. 708 00:36:41,192 --> 00:36:42,626 What are you reading there? 709 00:36:43,695 --> 00:36:44,995 Old family journal. 710 00:36:44,996 --> 00:36:47,214 Any juicy family secrets? 711 00:36:47,215 --> 00:36:48,699 It's hard to tell. 712 00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:51,752 I mean, at first, I thought it was Jonathan Gilbert's journal, 713 00:36:51,753 --> 00:36:53,971 but it ended up being his granddaughter's, 714 00:36:53,972 --> 00:36:57,508 who apparently went just as crazy as he did, 715 00:36:57,509 --> 00:37:01,479 so great genes, huh? 716 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,882 Well, at least you have something to look forward to. 717 00:37:04,883 --> 00:37:05,983 Good night, Ric. 718 00:37:05,984 --> 00:37:07,935 Night. 719 00:37:16,361 --> 00:37:20,698 So I, uh... I dug into the old family archives from the early 1900s. 720 00:37:20,699 --> 00:37:22,850 So now you want to be helpful. 721 00:37:24,903 --> 00:37:27,371 Want me to go back to being mad at you? 722 00:37:30,625 --> 00:37:31,625 What'd you find? 723 00:37:31,626 --> 00:37:34,244 Well, nothing from 1912. 724 00:37:34,245 --> 00:37:35,930 They never did arrest anyone 725 00:37:35,931 --> 00:37:37,631 for the founders' murders, 726 00:37:37,632 --> 00:37:41,385 but they did get a confession 10 years later. 727 00:37:41,386 --> 00:37:43,971 They did? Who? 728 00:37:43,972 --> 00:37:47,391 Jonathan Gilbert's granddaughter Samantha. 729 00:37:47,392 --> 00:37:48,893 They assumed she was crazy, 730 00:37:48,894 --> 00:37:51,028 locked her up in an insane asylum. 731 00:37:51,029 --> 00:37:52,029 Then what? 732 00:37:52,030 --> 00:37:53,464 Trail ends there. 733 00:37:53,465 --> 00:37:54,982 I mean, she was a founder. 734 00:37:54,983 --> 00:37:57,601 You know they like to look out for their own. 735 00:37:57,602 --> 00:37:59,269 Samantha Gilbert. 736 00:37:59,270 --> 00:38:02,573 That is very weird. 737 00:38:02,574 --> 00:38:03,791 Why? 738 00:38:03,792 --> 00:38:07,110 Because I'm pretty sure I had already killed her. 739 00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:11,215 I know what this looks like. 740 00:38:11,216 --> 00:38:12,533 Yeah? Well, I sure as hell don't. 741 00:38:12,534 --> 00:38:14,284 You shoot me, you have me thrown in jail, 742 00:38:14,285 --> 00:38:15,553 and then you have me freed. 743 00:38:15,554 --> 00:38:16,720 I did it for you, Ric. 744 00:38:16,721 --> 00:38:19,106 I forged the coroner's note to clear your name. 745 00:38:19,107 --> 00:38:20,841 Oh. You know what? People are right. 746 00:38:20,842 --> 00:38:22,343 You are psycho. Yeah... 747 00:38:22,344 --> 00:38:23,894 Now that you've been cleared, 748 00:38:23,895 --> 00:38:24,895 they'll look somewhere else. 749 00:38:24,896 --> 00:38:26,230 They won't look your way again. 750 00:38:27,182 --> 00:38:29,433 Please, you have no reason, 751 00:38:29,434 --> 00:38:31,802 but I need you to trust me anyway. 752 00:38:32,637 --> 00:38:35,189 If you let me in, I can explain. 753 00:38:51,155 --> 00:38:53,791 I don't feel like myself. 754 00:38:56,461 --> 00:38:58,179 I am losing time... 755 00:38:58,180 --> 00:38:59,830 As though I am going mad. 756 00:39:01,666 --> 00:39:03,984 So you think Samantha Gilbert's 757 00:39:03,985 --> 00:39:07,104 still alive, running around Mystic Falls, 758 00:39:07,105 --> 00:39:08,672 killing founders? 759 00:39:08,673 --> 00:39:09,890 It's not possible. 760 00:39:09,891 --> 00:39:12,526 If she became a vampire, we'd know about it, right? 761 00:39:12,527 --> 00:39:15,896 Well, then she must have had a ring that brought her back to life. 762 00:39:15,897 --> 00:39:19,033 I mean, she was a... a Gilbert, right? 763 00:39:19,034 --> 00:39:21,151 Those rings are passed on through generations. 764 00:39:21,152 --> 00:39:23,353 Yeah, but even if she had a ring, 765 00:39:23,354 --> 00:39:24,738 she wouldn't be alive today. 766 00:39:24,739 --> 00:39:26,457 Doesn't protect her from old age. 767 00:39:26,458 --> 00:39:28,959 Jonathan Gilbert only made two of those rings. 768 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,962 Jeremy has one of 'em, and the other is... 769 00:39:33,715 --> 00:39:35,416 Alaric's. 770 00:39:37,385 --> 00:39:39,336 Like the sheriff said, 771 00:39:39,337 --> 00:39:41,305 the victims were killed with your weapons. 772 00:39:41,306 --> 00:39:43,657 - Why the stake? - He's not a vampire. 773 00:39:43,658 --> 00:39:45,826 I know. This was a murder. 774 00:39:45,827 --> 00:39:47,011 Oh, my God. Dad. 775 00:39:47,012 --> 00:39:48,896 Someone drove this stake through his heart. 776 00:39:48,897 --> 00:39:49,881 It's one of ours. 777 00:39:49,882 --> 00:39:50,981 Yeah, but I was attacked. 778 00:39:50,982 --> 00:39:52,049 With your own knife, 779 00:39:52,050 --> 00:39:53,984 a wound that could have been self-inflicted. 780 00:39:53,985 --> 00:39:54,935 It's impossible. 781 00:39:54,936 --> 00:39:57,104 I would know if I were killing people. 782 00:39:57,105 --> 00:39:59,156 Would you? Have you had any blackouts, 783 00:39:59,157 --> 00:40:01,025 instances of lost time? 784 00:40:02,110 --> 00:40:03,777 Y-you're insane. 785 00:40:03,778 --> 00:40:06,730 No, but I think you might be. 786 00:40:08,166 --> 00:40:10,868 You wear a ring that lets you cheat death, Ric. 787 00:40:10,869 --> 00:40:13,837 How many times can you die before it changes you? 788 00:40:20,211 --> 00:40:21,578 I think you're sick, 789 00:40:21,579 --> 00:40:23,580 and I want to help you. 790 00:40:23,581 --> 00:40:26,267 This has happened before 791 00:40:26,268 --> 00:40:27,718 almost 100 years ago. 792 00:40:31,690 --> 00:40:33,090 Elena. 793 00:40:36,978 --> 00:40:38,812 Ric, I think she's right. 794 00:40:55,713 --> 00:41:00,137 Sync & corrections by Rafael UPD www.addic7ed.com/