- While Nadia remembers her centuries-long search for her mother, Stefan, Caroline and Matt come up with a desperate new plan to save Elena's life. For the second time, Bonnie and Jeremy must turn to Liv for help. Damon baits Tyler into a nasty confrontation, then takes off to seek revenge on Dr. Wes. Caroline and Tyler come to a new understanding. Finally, Bonnie learns of a terrifying secret that will threaten the lives of all her friends.—Hamza
- Stefan having guessed that dying Katherine possessed Elena's body, his gang tries to trap her into attending an "early birthday party" for Bonnie, who must watch how only Jeremy's charms convince flirtatious aspiring witch Liv to help with a location spell. Katherine soon works out that she has been caught out, but is desperate to cure Nadia from Tyler's hybrid bite, yet refuses to turn to Klaus for Original blood and instead turns to Wes, who promises an antidote. Damon overpowers "jailer" Tyler and deals gruesomely with Wes before attending the traveler knife-execution of Katherine, who decides against fleeing while Nadia dies.—KGF Vissers
- Northern Europe, 1520
Nadia knocks on someone's door, looking for Katrina Petrova, he rmother.
Back in Mystic Falls, Nadia is feverish from her hybrid bite from Tyler. Her sore is festering. Katherine is sitting at her side and heard her talking about being abandoned.
Nadia knows her mother wouldn't risk calling Klaus for his blood -- the only cure for werewolf bite -- because she wouldn't want to risk being outed for traveling in Elena's body. So instead she called Dr. Wes Maxfield, who's excited to study werewolf blood. He assures Nadia he can create an antidote.
"If I'd known I just had to die to drag your attention, I would have tried it a long time ago," Nadia tells her mother. Katherine promises to be a better mother, starting right now. "I'm going to save your life," she says.
Stefan fills Damon in on Katherine in Elena. "She's brilliant," is all he has to say.
Caroline updates Matt and Tyler, and Bonnie and Jeremy via speakerphone.
They take turns feeling burned by Katherine: Stefan for being lured to a hotel for a make-out session and Tyler for learning about Caroline with Klaus. They know the Traveler knife will kick her out of Elena, but think she'll see it coming. Tyler mentions he thinks he bit Nadia, so Katherine's probably at her side. So instead, they have to invite her to something that Elena can't say no to.
They plan a surprise party for Bonnie's birthday next week. Caroline calls her, but Katherine says she has to make arrangements for Aaron Whitmore's funeral.
Bonnie calls, wanting moral support for a rough day. Katherine tells her she's at the spa buying Bonnie a gift certificate for her birthday and can't come.
Down in the cellar, Stefan feeds Damon 4 ounces of his blood, figuring that some every few hours will stave off his hunger.
Katherine calls Damon, wanting to talk. He invites her by the house.
When she hangs up, Katherine assesses. She knows Damon would never put Elena in harms way again after nearly killing her. So he must know.
Stefan and Damon come to the same conclusion: she knows.
Nadia remembers tracking her mother's trail to France.
She wakes up in a church, where Katherine has moved her until Wes comes up with a cure.
At the Salvatore's, Caroline and Stefan try to figure what to do next. Damon suggests a locator spell.
Bonnie and Jeremy track down the young witch Liv who helped them track down Jeremy. She's willing to help, but has eyes on Jeremy.
Tyler sits guard outside Damon's cellar. Damon asks him what he's still doing in Mystic Fall with his whole family dead. He thinks Tyler is convinced there's still a chance with Caroline.
Damon taunts him about Caroline until Tyler comes close enough to bite. Then Damon breaks free and runs.
Caroline and Stefan show up. Tyler thinks Damon's after Wes.
In Elena's dorm room, Bonnie watches as Liv takes Jeremy's hand to help him find Elena, while also hitting on him. "Does your sister spend a lot of time in church?" Liv asks.
In the church, Katherine gets impatient and goes to find Wes.
In his makeshift lab, Wes finishes up with the werewolf antidote. He hears a noise and soon Damon is yanking the cell phone out of his hand. As Damon threatens him, Wes reaches for a syringe. But soon, Damon gets impatient and jams his hand into Wes's chest. Damon throws him on a table and goes at his eye with a scalpel.
Nadia remembers being in bed with Matt after meeting him while he was with Rebekah in Europe. She tells him about wanting to find Katherine.
Katherine shows up at Wes's lab and finds him dead. Her phone rings, it's Stefan calling from Nadia's phone. Stefan won't entertain her attempts to pretend she's Elena. He offers her one last chance to say good-bye to Nadia.
Matt brings Nadia a pillow to make her more comfortable. Nadia thinks he's Gregor. "I'm sorry I betrayed you, I did it for my mother, I did everything for her. Forgive me?" she asks.
Matt goes along with it. "Yes, I forgive you," he says.
Everyone else arrives. Nadia asks Bonnie what will happen when she dies. Bonnie promises she won't feel any pain.
Suddenly Katherine walks in the front door and walks straight toward Nadia. "I'm here to see my daughter," she says.
Katherine takes Nadia's hand and kneels at her side. Katherine admits Klaus's blood would have saved her if she'd asked, but she would have outed herself. And now it's too late.
Nadia starts hallucinating again. "My mother's name is Katherine. She's a liar, and a murderer. She manipulates and betrays, she'll do anything to survive," she says.
"This is not what your life should have been, searching for a mother who ended up being me," Katherine says.
Katherine offers to show her what her life should have been. She shows Nadia a scene of her as a young girl and Katherine tucking her in at night. "Your mother loves you," Katherine says as Nadia dies in front of her.
Bonnie sees her spirit on the other side of the room and takes her hand. Katherine covers up her daughter and then turns to face Stefan, Matt, Bonnie, Jeremy, Tyler and Caroline. "So, this is it?" she says.
Damon arrives, there's no way she'd miss it. She waits to see who has the knife. Tyler? Because she gave him the werewolf curse and gave him an identity and made him matter. Or Caroline? Who she "made better by making a vampire." Or Matt? When she's the one girl who appreciates him. Or Jeremy? It was nice to have a brother for a second there, when he wasn't being so damn annoying.
She turns to face Damon. He points out he's already done this, and said all he needs to say. She, naturally, has something to say. She apologizes for turning him. "I'm sorry that you didn't get to die as a forgotten nobody on a bloody battlefield, that your father didn't get to live another day to be disgraced by you. Damon, I'm sorry that I gave your life passion, purpose, drive, desire. I'm sorry that you are who you are, because I'm the one who taught you how to love," she says.
"I'll see you in hell, Katherine," Damon says.
Finally, Katherine turns to Stefan. She admits she always wondered what it'd be like to be loved by him. "You've got to admit, for a moment, your feelings were real. Stefan, I love you and I've always loved you," she says.
Katherine kisses him. And he stabs her. "I guess this is how our love story ends," she says, and crumples to the floor.
She slumps against he couch, next to Nadia's desiccated body, her eyes flashing briefly black.
Later, Matt sits next to Nadia's dead body. Stefan suggested burying her in the woods, but Matt thinks she deserves better. He picks up her body and carries her out.
Stefan and Damon sit next to Elena, waiting for her to wake up. Stefan asks Damon's plan. He's going to tell Elena everything he did and let the chips fall where they may -- he's determined not to be another Katherine and spend his whole life running.
Outside, Caroline admits to Tyler that she feels a little bad that Katherine is dead. He throws it back in her face, saying it's because she sees the good in everyone. It's another Klaus dig. She points out that his bite just killed Nadia and no one is batting an eye. She points out she has the same urges as him and it's hard for her to be good. She tells him she's tired of feeling guilty, and it's time for him to get over it.
In the church, Bonnie lights a candle for her dad. Katherine's ghost laughs at her. She's there to cross over, but Katherine is bitter. She's tired of Elena always getting what she wants. Wes never had any intention of helping her.
Flash to Katherine finding Wes dead. She plays his recorded notes, using Nadia's blood to boost the ripper virus with werewolf virus. She tells Bonnie that she wasn't about to just go easy.
Flash to Katherine injecting herself with Wes's virus. She left Elena with a parting gift.
Elena, back to her old self, wakes up with Damon and Stefan watching over her. There's another syringe in her pocket.
In the church, Katherine pronounces herself ready to go and touches Bonnie. Nothing happens. She tries again. Nothing happens.
Katherine gets angry, asking why she can't pass through. Bonnie explains she doesn't control it. Katherine asks who it's up to as Katherine is blown backward off her feet and dragged by an unseen force, out of the church, screaming.
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