Seriously, never do that again, wardrobe department.
Youre better than that.
They drove it through his heart.
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Mikael jumped in at this point and said hed play dead, because Klaus would need proof.
Klaus ultimately asked to speak to Rebekah, and she confirmed Mikaels run-in with a dagger as well.
She told Klaus she was miserable and wanted to see him.
He told her hed be home soon.
Elena removed the stake from Mikael, and it took him awhile to come to.
Shes such a bad girl!
This was not a happy reunion.
Rebekah accused Mikael of wanting to use the dagger on her.
Mikael said he was never after her; he was only after Klaus.
Klaus had killed her mother and blinded her to it.
It was time to pick out homecoming outfits.
Hell always be in Elenas life, so she has to forgive him.
Bonnie can hold a grudge.
Elena was next seen helping Damon prep wolfsbane grenades.
Im so glad he was doing that in his bathroom.
I love that set.
Bad Stefan has better fashion sense than Nice Stefan.
He also has thicker eyebrows, right?
(Shouldnt he, like Damon, have been worried about her trying to load a grenade then?)
There was no cut to commercial.
(What exactly was the homecoming dance theme going to be?)
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So Tyler asked Caroline if they could take a snack break.
), and that he had to quit hanging out with Rebekah (the evil blood slut).
Thats a good idea, Tyler.
We know Katherine always found Matt yummy; so would Rebekah.
Alas, it wasnt meant to be.
How great was that scene between Elena and Rebekah?
She wanted to leave the dirty work to Damon and Mikael and focus on the dance.
I got chills when Elena put it on her and Rebekahs eyes continued to well up.
Thank you, Rebekah said, looking at herself in the mirror.
Elena stabbed her in the back with the dagger.
Im so sorry, Elena told Rebekah as she collapsed.
I cant leave anything to chance either.
Well, except for Mikael.
Hey, Im not judging you, Damon said.
Its very Katherine of you.
That didnt make her feel better.
It was a compliment.
Sort of, he assured her.
If they didnt trust Mikael or compelled Stefan, they needed a better plan.
Look how far weve come: Damon is the most trustworthy man in her life!
But in hindsight, she really was Damons best option.
(Maybe Caroline did that on senior prank night, too?)
Cut to Caroline freaking out because Tyler had planned a better party than her.
In her defense, Klaus probably compelled My Morning Jacket to play Mikaels wake.
Katherine finally got some alone time with Matt!
Im oddly happy for her.
Because the homecoming queen was still alive, Klaus knew Rebekah must not be at the party.
He asked Stefan where she was.
Stefan said he would, if it meant getting his freedom back.
They couldnt trust Stefan either, so he had to be benched.
Elena, even with her doubts, seems too strong now to show that much vulnerability to Klaus.
With Stefan away from the party, Klaus had time to catch up with Tyler.
I appreciate that Klaus addressed the fact that weve never met half the people there.
There was Mindy from Kansas, Tony from North Dakota, and the contingent from Seattle.
Like Tyler, they were loyal to Klaus.
Klaus told Tyler to feel free to warn his friends.
Tyler confronted Caroline, who honestly didnt know anything about the plan to take Klaus out.
I was ready to turn on him and forget how good he looks in a chenille blanket.
He asked Matt to take Caroline home.
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Damon finally showed up at the party and was told it was invite only, vampire.
Heres my RSVP, hybrid he said, ripping out the guys heart.
I do enjoy it when he does that, Im not gonna lie.
Damon ran into Tyler, presumably on Damons way back from washing that hybrid bouncers blood off his hands.
He had his hands around Tylers neck, and Tyler tried to bite him (again).
Damon was about to stake him when Bonnie arrived to give them each a witchy migraine.
Why did Damon have it?
Because he had an invitation into the house Mikael didnt.
Klaus told her to take the hybrids out back Tony knew what to do.
He met Mikael at the front door.
Mikael couldnt come in, so Klaus was safe as long as he didnt go out.
They couldnt kill Mikael, but they could do damage while Klaus escaped.
Mindy brought Mikael Elena.
This was one of Joseph Morgans best scenes to date.
He stabbed Elena, and she dropped.
Mikael laughed as Damon sped in behind Klaus and staked him.
But Klaus turned as Damon struck, so Damon missed his heart.
Mikael hadnt known it was Katherine with him.
Katherine threw the wolfsbane grenades on them andba boom!Bad special effects.
Its a shame that a show that does fast-vamp fight scenes so well cant make these grenades look realistic.
Not that Ive seen what an exploding liquid-based grenade looks like.
I suppose it would be hard to do liquid and flames at the same time.
Klaus grabbed the stake and lunged across the threshold and put it in Mikaels chest.
The stake went up in flames and engulfed Mikaels body.
What the hell did you do?
Hes earned his freedom, Klaus said, as the music swelled.
Thank you, my friend, Klaus told a teary-eyed Stefan.
You no longer have to do as I say.
Stefan looked down at Damon, but his brother was already gone.
Itd been the only thing he could think to do to get her out of there, he said.
Not, Oh, hey, Caroline.
So he had to stop her beforeshemade a move.
Hes willing to be sired to Klaus if it means hes no longer controlled by the full moon.
Weve seen him go through that pain.
Caroline was right to walk away.
She cant live with herself if she does that.
Tossing something into the fire beats murdering an innocent woman on the road.
Well, maybe they didnt.
But back to Damon and Elena.
Part of me wanted them to kiss, but it was totally the wrong time.
If they wait, it will mean more.
He told her she had to know they were never getting Stefan back now.
Then well let him go, she said, still holding him.
Well have to let him go.
Damons phone rang, and it was Katherine.
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They had been on the same side.
Something told me Stefan would be in the car with Katherine.
We flashed back to her waking him up on the floor.
My question: Where was Elena then?
That doesnt seem smart.
Hed told her that his hybrids had orders to kill Damon if he died.
So I guess the werewolf-side hybrid loyalty doesnt end when the sire dies, unlike the vampire-side compulsion?
The beauty of making up your own mythology is putting in those caveats when you need them.
Katherine had told Stefan she was going through with Damons plan either way.
Maybe he just trusted himself more to play his role successfully than he did Damon.
But Katherine told Stefan she switched targets because she wanted to save Damonandhim.She liked the old Stefan better.
Even she sometimes lets it.
He doesnt know how hed live with himself after all hes done at Klaus side.
Klaus left Rebekah, still staked and in the Salvatore basement, a message asking where she was.
With daddy dead, it was time for a family reunion.
Stefan called him then.
You almost felt bad for Klaus.
He was so happy.
We know he has a soft spot for Stefan.
I think he was actually hoping that Stefan was missing him.
Instead, Stefan had phoned to thank him for his freedom.
The only problem, he said, was that it came at too high a price.
Klaus had taken everything from Stefan.
Klaus encouraged him to let bygones be bygones, but it was too late.
Klaus opened up the door to his roving coffin carrier and his siblings were gone.
You do that, and you will never see your family again, Stefan said.
Klaus hung up on him.
Well take that as a no.
Does she merely want to distract Klaus so she can put some miles between her and him?
Is she afraid hell have better luck tracking her if he raises his family?
Other questions to ponder: How do you feel about Tyler and Carolines split?
Are you ready to see more Jeremy?
(Did he maybe road trip to Charlotte to revive Katherine in the tomb or did Damon do that?
Which Original do you want unstaked first: Elijah or Rebekah?
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