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The only thing stronger than your craving
for blood is your love for this girl.
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How long since you had human blood?
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Since the night I threatened
to drive Elena off the bridge.
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Look at the images
on the wall behind Elena.
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The white oak tree, 300 years after
we fled back to the old world.
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- That tree could kill us.
- Brian Walters, the medical examiner.
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- Not a vampire.
- This was murder.
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Why don't you just ask Ric...
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if his dirty little doctor
had access to the weapons?
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You think I killed my ex-boyfriend?
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Dad?
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You weren't supposed to see that.
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Will you get home all right?
I can send for a police vehicle.
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A little winter chill never hurt anyone,
Sheriff Forbes.
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I am less concerned
about the cold, more for your safety.
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One councilman's murder
doesn't make an epidemic, Gerald.
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- Good night.
- Good night.
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The mystery
is not gonna get solved any faster...
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with you yelling at me, Carol.
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We have two council murders
and an attempted murder on our hands.
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If you have a suspect,
it is your duty to keep me in the loop.
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It's my duty to make sure I don't accuse
an innocent person of being a killer.
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Just tell me who it is, Liz.
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I didn't do it.
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You're arresting him for
what this nutjob Dr. Fell says?
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No, I'm detaining him.
The cell is for his own good.
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You were shot.
Dr. Fell used vampire blood to heal you.
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- Dr. Fell shot me.
- Because you came at her with a knife.
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With a knife I had found
hidden in her things.
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We gonna ignore
that he's one of the victims?
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He was practically stabbed to death.
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Dr. Fell suggested his wounds
could have been self-inflicted.
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- God, you think I stabbed myself?
- Look, I think I don't know what to think.
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I've got nothing except murder weapons
from your stash...
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and a member of a founding family
pointing a long finger.
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- She is setting me up. I'm being framed.
- That may be so.
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- But I don't have any proof.
- We'll find some.
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No, just stay out of this, Damon.
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You getting involved
will make matters worse.
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- Listen...
- Don't make me...
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put you in that cell with him.
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I talked to Bonnie.
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- What did she say?
- They're at her mom's house.
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Abby's gonna complete the transition.
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- She decided to become a vampire?
- Yeah.
48
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Caroline's gonna help her through it,
teach her control and stuff.
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Did Bonnie say...?
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Is there anything I can do?
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She knows it's not your fault, Elena.
She's just upset.
52
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Damon turned her mom into a vampire
to save my life.
53
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It's absolutely my fault.
54
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You're gonna make me run more,
aren't you?
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- Who is it?
- Sheriff Forbes, is everything okay?
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He what?
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- Were you just with...?
- Ric's fine.
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Sheriff wants me to stay out of it.
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But you're not going to, are you?
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Seems just as good a plan as any.
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Your friend's in jail for murder.
Do something.
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Well, I guess I could rip out
Dr. False Accusation's throat...
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or maybe her tongue.
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I could chew it up in little tiny pieces
and feed it to the squirrels.
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Stop it, Damon.
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Guess me staying out of it suddenly
sounds like a good idea, doesn't it?
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I saved your life last night.
You're welcome.
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You know, you could show
a little compassion about Bonnie.
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Ah, I know. You're right.
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Her and her mom
must be really hurting right now.
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Should I send lasagna?
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- Okay, now you're just being mean.
- I'm mean, you hate me.
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The Earth is back on its axis.
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You know, if you keep pushing
people away, you're gonna end up alone.
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Dear diary...
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a chipmunk asked me
my name today.
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I told him it was Joe.
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- That lie will haunt me forever.
- What do you want?
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I was hoping we could hang.
A little brother-bonding.
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I mean,
I know we don't actually "hang out."
81
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We team up, we join forces,
activate our Wonder Twin powers...
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- What are you doing?
- Digging up clues.
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Most of the Originals are gone,
but now we have a whodunit in town.
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Remember when we came back...
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- ...for Zachariah's funeral?
- Vaguely.
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If memory serves, he wasn't the first
Founder's Council member...
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- ...killed that year, or even that month.
- Your point being?
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- I'm trying to remember what year it was.
- 1912.
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So much for "vaguely."
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1912. Or as I like to call it...
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the last time Mystic Falls
had a serial killer on its hands.
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It feels strange to
be home again after so long away.
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I thought I would never return.
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Certainly not for a funeral.
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I'm sorry for your loss, Mr. Salvatore.
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I'm told you're a distant cousin
of Zachariah?
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- His nephew, actually, Miss...?
- Lockwood.
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Marianna Lockwood.
99
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And this is my friend,
Samantha Gilbert.
100
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- As in Johnathan Gilbert?
- My late grandfather.
101
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- Did you know him?
- Crossed paths.
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I'm sorry, I don't mean to be,
ahem, inappropriate...
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but no one seems to be willing to
discuss the details of Zachariah's death.
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He was murdered.
And he wasn't the first.
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- Samantha, don't be a gossip.
- Why not? He should know.
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He's a founding family like us.
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Be careful, Mr. Salvatore.
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It's not a good time to be a Founder
in this town.
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Have you been eating
the relatives again?
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Damon.
111
00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:08,129
It's been a long time, brother.
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It's been almost 50 years.
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I'm surprised you came.
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And miss the funeral of...?
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What do you call him,
Uncle Zachariah?
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- I see you're still mad at me.
- Why would I be mad at you, Stefan?
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You made me a vampire.
118
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Now I walk the world alone
drinking other people's blood.
119
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Any chance you took it all out
on our nephew Zachariah?
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If I'm not mistaken, you're the one
who killed our family members.
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- May our father rest in peace.
- I'm not like that anymore.
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Congratulations, Stefan.
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If you'll excuse me...
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I'd like to live out my eternal existence
as far away from you as possible.
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Damon, wait.
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Let's grab a drink. Catch up.
127
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I've missed you, brother.
128
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Sure. Why not?
129
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What do you say, brother?
You wanna go get drunk?
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Ah.
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I get it, I get it.
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You're bored.
Your best friend's in jail.
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And you don't have anything better
to do with yourself.
134
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Well, there is that. And I was hoping
you could help me solve a murder.
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Thank you for meeting with me, mayor.
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I figured as head of
the Preservation Society...
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you'd be a good person
to ask about the oldest trees.
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Lockwood women
used to keep those records.
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Back before any of them
had actual jobs.
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I've been to the Founders' archive.
141
00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:03,283
But I can't seem to find any record
of the tree I'm looking for.
142
00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:05,164
It probably got cut down.
143
00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,364
Big old trees built half this town
in the 1900s.
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00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:12,007
Ooh, she-devil, 9:00.
145
00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,485
Do you know who kept
the milling ledgers during that period?
146
00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:26,929
Back then, all the logging mills
were owned by the Salvatores.
147
00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,047
So, what does a medical examiner,
Bill Forbes...
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00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,607
and Alaric Saltzman
have in common?
149
00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,249
Come on, knock it off.
150
00:10:41,160 --> 00:10:42,207
Hmm.
151
00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,370
You know, quitting blood cold-turkey
after a ripper binge...
152
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probably not the best approach.
153
00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,090
Every time you play that game,
you leave a trail of bodies.
154
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So I'm thinking now is a good time
to pay our old friend moderation a visit.
155
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They were all
on the Founder's Council, Damon.
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- That's what they have in common.
- But why them, huh?
157
00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:04,050
Brian Walters and Alaric
weren't from founding families.
158
00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:08,245
I mean, hey, if you gotta slaughter
council members, go A-list.
159
00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,727
At least in 1912,
they killed a Salvatore.
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00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,287
Which Salvatore would that be?
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00:11:15,920 --> 00:11:18,730
You'll have to agree, sheriff,
there's no motive here.
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00:11:18,920 --> 00:11:21,890
Look, both the medical examiner
and my ex-husband...
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00:11:22,080 --> 00:11:25,402
got into altercations with Meredith Fell
before their deaths.
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00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,444
She said you were a witness
to her fight with Brian Walters.
165
00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:30,642
So are you saying
I was defending her honor?
166
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- I barely knew her.
- She said she also told you...
167
00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:36,410
Bill threatened to report her
for giving him vampire blood.
168
00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,968
- No, she didn't.
- A 2 a.m. call on the night he was killed?
169
00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,164
I pulled your records.
You spoke with her for over an hour.
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00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:49,891
Okay, I, uh...
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00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:56,484
Yes, I... I remember calling her, but I...
172
00:11:56,960 --> 00:12:01,090
I was drinking
and I don't remember the conversation.
173
00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:04,606
Do you have an alibi for the night
Walters was killed?
174
00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,327
I was there the night of the bridge
fundraiser until midnight. You saw me.
175
00:12:08,520 --> 00:12:11,205
Time of death was between
1 and 3 a.m.
176
00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,050
Well, then, uh...
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I must have been home, sleeping,
I'm sure of it.
178
00:12:18,880 --> 00:12:19,927
I'm sure of it.
179
00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,329
So, Zachariah Salvatore
was your nephew?
180
00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,161
Our father knocked up one of the maids
during the Civil War. She had a son.
181
00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:32,170
But as far as everyone else knew,
Stefan and I were dead.
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00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:34,044
The family name had to go somewhere.
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00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,005
And, uh, your family owned
the logging mills back then?
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00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,850
You're full of a lot of questions.
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00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:41,964
Just researching the town history.
I grew up here, after all.
186
00:12:42,160 --> 00:12:45,846
You know, you don't have to disguise
your true motives, bonny Beks.
187
00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:49,203
If you want more sex, just ask for it.
188
00:12:49,400 --> 00:12:51,528
- Not enough liquor in the world.
- Oh, come on.
189
00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,087
It was too good
for you to be this hostile.
190
00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:58,961
You'll have to excuse my little brother.
191
00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:01,128
He's jonesing for some O-positive.
192
00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:06,087
- I'm not jonesing.
- So did they ever catch the killer?
193
00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:09,411
No. Wrote it all off on the vampires.
194
00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:12,361
- Maybe it was a vampire.
- Yeah.
195
00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:16,207
Yeah, maybe it was a vampire, Damon.
196
00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,762
Don't think for a second
you didn't cross my mind too, brother.
197
00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,611
But these murders weren't your style,
were they?
198
00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,683
Plus there were no other vampires
circulating then.
199
00:13:26,880 --> 00:13:29,247
Well, there was one other vampire.
200
00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:32,370
Remember Sage?
201
00:13:32,560 --> 00:13:34,767
Oh, right.
202
00:13:36,080 --> 00:13:37,764
Sage.
203
00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,600
Speaking of great sex, whew...
204
00:13:42,520 --> 00:13:44,887
- Maybe you've had enough.
- Ladies, gentlemen.
205
00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:46,127
Hit a man when he's down.
206
00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:47,890
Sell your horse, come one and all...
207
00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:49,127
Ah.
208
00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:52,210
To see the San Francisco
World's Fair middleweight champ...
209
00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:55,851
Gentlemen, for an evening...
210
00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,445
Who's next?
211
00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,531
One hundred dollars to any man
who can beat me.
212
00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,085
I can teach you to survive
without human blood, you know.
213
00:14:25,280 --> 00:14:28,124
You do not get to lecture me
on how to live my life.
214
00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,367
Not anymore.
215
00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,124
- What's your name?
- Not interested.
216
00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:46,120
Well, Mr. Not-Interested,
you seem to me like a gambling man.
217
00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:48,169
Afraid you have me all wrong.
218
00:14:55,360 --> 00:14:56,885
Well, that's too bad.
219
00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:04,443
I knew a Sage once.
Trashy little thing.
220
00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,484
You think it was Sage
killing all those Founders back then?
221
00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:10,081
Town questioned every grown man
in Mystic Falls.
222
00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,721
It probably never occurred to them
that a woman could have done it.
223
00:15:22,200 --> 00:15:23,326
I'm due in surgery.
224
00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,530
Whatever case you're gonna make
against Alaric, make it quick.
225
00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:28,529
I don't have to. He didn't do anything.
226
00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:31,405
How do you know?
You live with him, he takes care of you.
227
00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,409
But do you really know
anything about him?
228
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,241
- Heh, I know enough.
- Let me tell you what I know.
229
00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:40,523
He was arrested for fighting four times
before the age of 21.
230
00:15:40,720 --> 00:15:43,166
When he was at Duke,
his future wife Isobel...
231
00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:46,250
filed a restraining order
against him twice.
232
00:15:46,840 --> 00:15:50,003
Although then she married him,
so I guess that says more about her.
233
00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:52,931
- Okay, you're making all of this up.
- Am I?
234
00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,167
How would you know?
235
00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:57,045
You took pity on a borderline-alcoholic
vampire hunter...
236
00:15:57,240 --> 00:15:59,607
and you never even thought
to look any deeper.
237
00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,727
How could you do this to him?
238
00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,446
He didn't kill anyone and you know it.
239
00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,686
You date vampires, Elena.
240
00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:14,090
It shouldn't come as a shock to learn
that your guardian is a murderer.
241
00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:27,489
So, uh, tell me more
about your old relatives.
242
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,331
I heard they tore down
half the woods to build this town.
243
00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:32,648
Easy there, lushy-pants.
244
00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,726
It's been a hoot and a half, but
it's boys' night and you weren't invited.
245
00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,087
Wow, nice job.
246
00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,124
I'll add breaking and entering
to the list of life favors you owe me.
247
00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,080
I don't know how much longer
she's gonna be in surgery...
248
00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:54,368
so let's see what we can find.
249
00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,962
Don't you think the police already
combed through this place?
250
00:16:58,200 --> 00:17:00,202
- She handed over everything she had.
- Yeah.
251
00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,449
I'm looking for the evidence
that she didn't hand over.
252
00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,041
You're sure it's her
we should be investigating?
253
00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,881
I know him, Matt. He's innocent.
254
00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,686
And I know that Meredith is a Fell.
255
00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,527
A founding family, which means...
256
00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,927
Skeletons in the closet.
Just like a true Founder.
257
00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:58,362
"Brian Walters, Bill Forbes."
258
00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:04,770
"Alaric Saltzman."
259
00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:09,087
So let's just say Sage
was killing everyone in 1912.
260
00:18:09,280 --> 00:18:10,884
Who the hell is doing it now?
261
00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,883
It's not that psycho, Dr. Fell.
She's a woman.
262
00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:17,765
There's no way she could stab
three grown men.
263
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:22,602
That's a bit sexist.
A woman could easily kill a man.
264
00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:27,567
- With the right motivation.
- You just, uh, don't give up, do you?
265
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,604
Why are you so grumpy?
- He's on a master cleanse.
266
00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:32,484
Trying to be a better man and all.
267
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,288
You know, you were a lot more fun
in the '20s.
268
00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,802
Don't rile him up. He's testy
when he's being self-righteous.
269
00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,764
I'm not being self-righteous, Damon.
270
00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:44,645
I'm not interested in slaughtering
innocent human beings.
271
00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:47,969
Oh, okay. Fair enough.
272
00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:49,924
My mistake.
273
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,367
You used to be self-righteous.
274
00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,201
“Dear diary, Damon has lost his way.
275
00:18:57,440 --> 00:19:02,401
Though I have pulled my own life
together, he continues to waste his."
276
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,682
Ouch.
277
00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:09,689
"His bitterness consumes him.
He is nothing but blackness and bile."
278
00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,884
- Ooh, judgey.
- Oh, this is fun.
279
00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:16,050
If I'm being honest,
you didn't seem like much fun either.
280
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,164
I wasn't. The woman I was in love with
was stuck in a tomb...
281
00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:21,761
and she wasn't getting out
for a hundred years.
282
00:19:22,200 --> 00:19:24,726
I wasn't having any fun at all.
283
00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:30,565
How sad.
284
00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,364
You're doing it all wrong.
285
00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,731
Bad vampire.
286
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:39,770
I was hungry. Now I am not hungry.
287
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,043
My quality of form
is purely subjective.
288
00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,523
A woman isn't just for food.
She's for pleasure.
289
00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:49,769
I do not need a woman for pleasure.
I am spoken for.
290
00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,210
We are all spoken for in some way.
291
00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:58,401
But what is being a vampire
if not relishing in the pleasure of it?
292
00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:05,808
Come along. Let me show you.
293
00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:11,763
Hit him! Hit him!
294
00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,371
Look at the women.
They're beautiful, aren't they?
295
00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:30,531
Not them.
They're too hungry for attention.
296
00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:34,725
You want the ones who button
themselves up. Watch them.
297
00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:37,088
They can't tear their eyes away.
298
00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,648
Those are the women
who secretly crave seduction.
299
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,763
They'll put up a good fight,
but the game is in winning them over.
300
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,123
- Making them beg for it.
- What if they don't?
301
00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:51,802
You're a vampire. You take it.
302
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:00,485
Her.
303
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,449
That sounds like Sage, all right.
304
00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:21,971
How did you know her?
305
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:25,369
She was obsessed with my brother Finn
over 900 years ago.
306
00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,484
What? Creepy suicidal guy?
307
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,246
- You're doing it again.
- All right, ahem.
308
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,647
You know what? I need to, uh...
309
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,366
- I gotta get out of here.
- Sure.
310
00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:38,523
First, admit you're jonesing.
311
00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:40,882
- Damon, I'm not...
- Admit it.
312
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,129
Fine, I'm freaking out.
I'm ready to eat the entire wait staff.
313
00:21:44,360 --> 00:21:47,569
- Why do you need to hear me say it?
- Because I'm feeling self-righteous too.
314
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,608
She's got everything on him.
Medical records, old court documents.
315
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,370
What's this?
316
00:22:04,360 --> 00:22:06,249
It's an old Gilbert journal.
317
00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,049
Why is one of your old family journals
in her closet?
318
00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:14,686
Didn't you say the medical examiner's
time of death...
319
00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:17,008
- ...was between 1 and 3 a.m.?
- Yeah, why?
320
00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,727
Because the county coroner's office
says that's wrong.
321
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:25,846
Oh, my God.
322
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:46,446
I think...
323
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,401
What were you thinking?
- I know we had no right.
324
00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,523
No right? You broke the law.
325
00:23:18,720 --> 00:23:20,848
But we found something
that clears Alaric.
326
00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,287
It gives him an alibi
in Brian Walters' murder.
327
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,528
- You mean this?
- What is that?
328
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,530
A letter from the coroner's office
correcting the error...
329
00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:32,287
in the time of death of Brian Walters.
Meredith Fell received it today.
330
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,451
She brought it to me hours ago, full of
apologies for accusing an innocent man.
331
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,241
- Why'd she hide a copy in her closet?
- I can't ask those questions, Matt...
332
00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:42,642
because you broke into her home
to find it.
333
00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,083
Do you know how much
I'm already protecting both of you?
334
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:48,887
- I'm sorry.
- Just...
335
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:52,644
get out of my office and go home,
please.
336
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:57,843
Alaric will be released
as soon as the letter is authenticated.
337
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,161
Go.
338
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,168
So he doesn't want to drink
human blood?
339
00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:10,442
Ah, he has an eternally
guilty conscience.
340
00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,281
Funny, when I knew him in the
'20s, he didn't have any conscience at all.
341
00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:16,847
It's one of the things
I liked most about him.
342
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:19,086
He can't possibly think...
343
00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,760
- ...he can survive without feeding.
- On the contrary.
344
00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:24,725
He's determined to live
pursuing one extreme or the other.
345
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:26,888
He's a stubborn one, my brother.
346
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:31,485
Ah, I think I'm gonna need some help
with this one.
347
00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:32,847
What can I do?
348
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,928
- Hello.
- Hi.
349
00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:49,044
This may seem very forward
but you're just so pretty.
350
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,527
- Thank you.
- And please don't scream.
351
00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:53,842
You're about to have a very,
very bad night.
352
00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:04,122
- Stop! Stop.
- Unh.
353
00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,970
Sorry, brother.
354
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,089
It's dinnertime. Have a bite.
355
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,322
- What are you doing?
- Tough love, Stefan.
356
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:16,841
You're not gonna survive
this cold-turkey thing.
357
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,361
It's time to get that monkey
off your back.
358
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:22,524
- No.
- Feed.
359
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:27,208
Or I'll let Rebekah have her way with her.
You know she'll kill her.
360
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,643
- Oh, I will.
- Then her blood will be on your hands.
361
00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:35,010
Or you can just have a little drink
and save her life. Come on, Stefan.
362
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,204
You were the one who said you didn't
want more innocent lives slaughtered.
363
00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:43,284
Save her. Go on, have a bite.
I snatched, you eat, I'll erase.
364
00:25:43,520 --> 00:25:45,329
Hell, I'll even heal her for you
when it's over.
365
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,006
Ugh! Why do this?
You know what blood does to me.
366
00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,771
Because you let it control you.
You always have.
367
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,167
I'm just here to help you
learn to fight it.
368
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:54,970
This is rubbish.
369
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:13,130
That's it, Stefan.
370
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,042
I got it from here. Go ahead.
371
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:28,562
- The night's just getting started.
- Scram. No one likes a lurker.
372
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,650
- You're a real ass, you know?
- So I'm told.
373
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,644
All right, that's enough.
Come on, you're gonna bleed her dry.
374
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,330
You're gonna drain her down.
Come on.
375
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,241
I said that's enough.
376
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,922
Hey, you wanna fight hunger
or you wanna fight me?
377
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,048
L 90! you.
378
00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:53,924
That's a good girl.
379
00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:56,043
What are you doing?
380
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:02,448
Stefan?
381
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:10,888
Elena.
382
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,527
- What are you two doing?
- Relax, Elena.
383
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:16,650
Just a little experiment.
384
00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,605
No need to make this
more dramatic than it needs to be.
385
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,087
Elena, let's just go.
386
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:27,490
Elena.
387
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,328
$0...
388
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,091
That's gonna take a little time.
389
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,560
Stefan, wait. Hey, Stefan, wait.
390
00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,450
Just say it.
391
00:28:11,120 --> 00:28:13,441
I just don't get it,
your thing with them.
392
00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:15,165
I know it doesn't make sense.
393
00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:19,648
But at the beginning...
394
00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,962
after my parents died...
395
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:28,884
there was something about being
with Stefan that just felt safe.
396
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,402
Safe? Elena, he's a vampire.
397
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:37,806
I know, believe me. Just saying it
out loud, it sounds crazy, but...
398
00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:43,084
it's like I knew
that he would never stop loving me.
399
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:45,165
Like he would never...
400
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,810
What?
401
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,409
Die.
402
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,484
Like he would never die.
403
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,847
Like your parents did.
404
00:29:06,320 --> 00:29:08,209
And Damon?
405
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,329
Damon just sort of snuck up on me.
406
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:21,650
He got under my skin,
and no matter what I do, I just...
407
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,042
I can't shake him.
408
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:30,646
Once you fall in love with someone,
I don't know if...
409
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:33,764
I don't know if
you can ever shake them.
410
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:49,525
I'm sorry, is...? Is this weird?
411
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,805
Talking about them with you?
412
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:55,725
No.
413
00:29:56,760 --> 00:29:58,285
Not really.
414
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,610
I got you something.
415
00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,882
- The journal?
- It's your family's. You should have it.
416
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,084
Meredith and that idiot deputy
were too busy questioning you...
417
00:30:12,280 --> 00:30:13,725
to give a damn about me.
418
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,129
Sometimes it pays to be the only
normal one in a town of vampires.
419
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,289
You're practically invisible.
420
00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:37,604
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah, I'm all right.
421
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:14,169
They let Ric go.
422
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:19,289
Sheriff Forbes said she's out of suspects
again, but Ric is in the clear.
423
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,487
I know it may not seem like it,
but you did really well tonight.
424
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,488
I mean, before you know it,
you're gonna be the king of moderation.
425
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:41,971
- Elena will understand.
- Doesn't really matter what Elena thinks.
426
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,766
Uh-uh. None of that.
427
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,048
No more No-Humanity Stefan.
428
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:51,087
There's a road called Recovery,
and we are on it.
429
00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,121
Why do you even care, huh?
430
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,881
The whole brother-bonding thing,
getting Elena to hate you.
431
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:01,321
Feel guilty because you kissed her?
Is that it?
432
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:04,848
Because you can stop. Go back
to hating me. It was a lot easier.
433
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:08,362
Can you for one minute actually believe
that I'm trying to help you?
434
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,369
I don't need your help.
435
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,369
You don't need my...?
436
00:32:13,320 --> 00:32:17,006
Are you kidding me? Do you remember
what happened last time you said that?
437
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,801
- What are you talking about?
- 1912, Stefan.
438
00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:23,566
The last time I convinced you
to drink human blood.
439
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,327
Go ahead, Stefan. Pick one.
440
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,491
- They're people, Damon.
- Yes, they are people, Stefan.
441
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,001
People with blood
pumping through their veins...
442
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,682
waiting to be opened up
and sucked dry.
443
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,087
You've just forgotten
how good it feels.
444
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:45,969
So had I, but Sage, she reminded me.
445
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:50,727
It's worth it. It's all worth it.
446
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:58,488
Not him, Stefan. Not him.
447
00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,161
Her. She's the one.
448
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:11,370
- I don't do that anymore.
- But you can, Stefan. We can.
449
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,162
Let the past be the past.
450
00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:18,922
Have a drink with me, brother.
451
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,480
I knew you still had it in you.
452
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:42,447
Don't be greedy.
453
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:48,603
Stefan. Stefan!
454
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,129
Oh, my God.
455
00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,449
Oh, my God.
456
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,483
I'm sorry.
457
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,523
Stefan, stop. Stefan, stop.
458
00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:13,848
- I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.
- Stefan, stop.
459
00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:15,804
- What did you do to me?
- Shh!
460
00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,368
- Stefan...
- What did you do to me?
461
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:26,767
You just need to learn when to stop.
462
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,321
- I can help you.
- I don't need your help.
463
00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,810
The Founder's Council killer
had nothing on you.
464
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:39,482
By decade's end, they were calling you
the Ripper of Monterey.
465
00:34:40,200 --> 00:34:42,248
I let you walk away.
466
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:50,005
I watched you go over the edge
and I didn't do anything to stop you.
467
00:34:54,720 --> 00:34:56,529
You couldn't have.
468
00:34:57,840 --> 00:34:59,365
Sure, I could.
469
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,207
But I just didn't want to.
470
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,203
But I want to now.
471
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:15,290
Whenever you go too far,
I will be there to pull you back.
472
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:16,891
Every second.
473
00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,890
Every day until you don't need me.
474
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:23,204
Why?
475
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,566
Because right now...
476
00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:33,882
you're all I've got.
477
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:50,601
Hey, I was gonna make some coffee.
478
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,009
I'm good. Gonna head to bed in a few.
479
00:35:57,240 --> 00:36:00,722
Hey, listen, Elena, the, uh...
480
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,482
The sheriff told me about
everything you did today...
481
00:36:05,720 --> 00:36:08,291
and while I appreciate it...
482
00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:11,848
I don't want you getting in trouble
because of me, okay?
483
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,483
If not for you, for who?
484
00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:19,321
Well, still, I'm the one
who's supposed to look after you...
485
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,126
even if I suck at it.
486
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:28,085
Okay, well, how about we just agree
to take care of each other, then?
487
00:36:31,720 --> 00:36:33,370
Deal.
488
00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:35,890
What are you reading there?
489
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:37,680
Old family journal.
490
00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,364
- Any juicy family secrets?
- It's hard to tell.
491
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,689
I mean, at first I thought
it was Johnathan Gilbert's journal...
492
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,042
but it ended up
being his granddaughter's...
493
00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:50,687
who apparently
went just as crazy as he did.
494
00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,486
So great genes, huh?
495
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,524
Well, at least you have something
to look forward to.
496
00:36:57,720 --> 00:36:59,961
- Good night, Ric.
- Good night.
497
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:14,050
So I, uh, dug into the old family archives
from the early 1900s.
498
00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:16,208
So now you want to be helpful?
499
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,687
Want me to go back
to being mad at you?
500
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,487
- What did you find?
- Well, nothing from 1912.
501
00:37:27,720 --> 00:37:30,291
They never did arrest anyone
for the Founders' murders.
502
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:34,087
But they did get a confession
10 years later.
503
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:36,602
They did? Who?
504
00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:40,247
Johnathan Gilbert's granddaughter,
Samantha.
505
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,643
They assumed she was crazy,
locked her up in an insane asylum.
506
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:46,127
- Then what?
- Trail ends there.
507
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:50,251
I mean, she was a Founder. You know
how they like to look out for their own.
508
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:55,241
Samantha Gilbert. That is very weird.
509
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:56,646
Why?
510
00:37:56,840 --> 00:37:59,650
Because I'm pretty sure
I had already killed her.
511
00:38:02,240 --> 00:38:05,244
- I know what this looks like.
- Yeah? Well, I sure as hell don't.
512
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:08,410
You shoot me, have me thrown in jail,
and then have me freed?
513
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,400
I did it for you, Ric. I forged
the coroner's note to clear your name.
514
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:15,041
Oh, you know what? People are right.
You are psycho.
515
00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:17,561
You've been cleared.
They'll look somewhere else.
516
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:19,524
They won't look your way again.
517
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:24,366
Please, you have no reason,
but I need you to trust me anyway.
518
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,690
If you let me in, I can explain.
519
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:46,325
I don't feel like myself.
520
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:50,845
I am losing time...
521
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,327
as though I am going mad.
522
00:38:55,480 --> 00:38:58,131
So you think Samantha Gilbert
is still alive...
523
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,290
running around Mystic Falls,
killing Founders?
524
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,206
It's not possible. If she became
a vampire, we'd know about it, right?
525
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,969
Well, then she must have had a ring
that brought her back to life.
526
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:14,127
I mean, she was a Gilbert. Those rings
were passed on through generations.
527
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:17,244
Yeah, but even if she had a ring,
she wouldn't be alive today.
528
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:21,240
- It doesn't protect her from old age.
- Gilbert only made two of those rings.
529
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,523
Jeremy has one of them
and the other is...
530
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:27,966
Alaric's.
531
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:34,043
Like the sheriff said, the victims
were killed with your weapons.
532
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,328
What's with the stake?
He's not a vampire.
533
00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:39,609
I know. This was a murder.
- Oh, my God. Dad!
534
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:41,609
Someone drove this through his heart.
535
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:44,690
- It's one of ours. But I was attacked.
- With your own knife.
536
00:39:44,880 --> 00:39:47,645
- Could have been self-inflicted.
- It's impossible.
537
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:50,446
- I would know if I were killing people.
- Would you?
538
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:53,564
Have you had any blackouts?
Instances of lost time?
539
00:39:56,240 --> 00:39:59,244
- You're insane.
- No, but I think you might be.
540
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,401
You wear a ring
that lets you cheat death, Ric.
541
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,365
How many times can you die
before it changes you?
542
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:16,243
I think you're sick,
and I want to help you.
543
00:40:16,960 --> 00:40:21,409
This has happened before,
almost a hundred years ago.
544
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:25,646
Elena.
545
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,491
Ric, I think she's right.