Season 1 Episode 17

The episode starts with thunder and darkness everywhere. It’s Elena's house. She’s being awakened by her bedroom window popping open. She gets up and closes it.

Anna is still with Jeremy. He wants to know more about vampires. She isn’t telling him because there is no need for him to know, because he isn’t going to be a vampire. She doesn’t want to turn him. She wants to know why he wants to be a vampire so much. He’s about to answer when Elena comes into the room. Anna disappears. Elena asks Jeremy to help her close the windows because a storm is coming.

Then there is the vampire house. Frederick is sharpening a wooden stake. He tells Pearl that the blood reserves are getting low. He wants to go hunting to get some reserves. She isn’t allowing him to leave the house after the events at the Salvatore house the night before. She tries to explain to them that their not there for revenge, but instead to get their land back. They don’t have to kill any of the council members, as Frederick thinks. They just have to have patience.

Stefan and Damon tell Elena about last night’s events. Elena is very angry about Damon’s deal with Pearl. She is angry about the thought that Damon will get what he wants (again) no matter how many people will get hurt. In sarcastic voice she tells Damon, that she isn’t mad at him because he turned her mother and that she has accepted that he is a self serving psychopath (ouch! :D). Damon walks away. Stefan promises that he and Damon will deal with the escaped vampires. Elena doesn’t want to at sit home and do nothing, but Stefan says that it’s the only way to keep her safe. Elena is worried about Stefan’s safety.

Jeremy and Anna are at the Mystic Grill. Anna notices Jeremy’s bracelet, which Elena gave to him. She understands that it is filled with vervain. She wants to keep her and Jeremy’s relationship a secret. Jeremy wants Anna to keep his bracelet because she likes it and he likes her (that was so sweet! It melted my heart... J). But she wants Jeremy to keep it (probably, to protect him from herself and other vampires).

Matt tells Caroline that he jelled at his mom last night. He’s afraid that if he comes on too strong she will take off again, like Vicki. Caroline thinks that she should get back home. Matt tells her to drive careful and slowly. She promises to call him when she gets home.

Damon is fixing a clock when Stefan is goes out to hunt. At the woods he meets the bad vampires. Frederick sticks him with a wooden stake.

Damon calls Elena. She doesn’t answer. Then he goes to her house. He’s looking for Stefan. Of course, he’s not there. Damon suspects he may know where to find him.

Damon goes to the vampire house. He asks for Pearl to come out. The door is opened by Frederick. Pearl isn’t at home. Damon demands to know where Stefan is. Damon tries to get to him, but he’s not invited in. Frederick promises to revenge Stefan and Damon for all those years he spent at the tomb starving. Then one of the vampires sticks another stake into Stefan. Frederick uses compulsion on the human owner of the house to never let Damon in.

Elena waits for Damon at the car. She sees him running to her and steps outside with umbrella. Damon tells her that he can’t get in. She wants to go in there but Damon isn’t allowing that. He promises to get Stefan out himself, but he doesn’t know how.

Then there’s a horrible scene of Stefan’s torturing at the basement. The vampires have tied him up. They are pulling his arms and legs. Then Frederick drops some vervain in his eyes. Then Harbour asks him to stop. He says that it isn’t right, but Frederick thinks that they are there exactly for revenge and cuts Stefan’s thorax. Harbour tries to stop him. Frederick says that Pearl is no longer in charge and commands others to tie Harbour up and take him down.

Alaric is going to his class when he meets Damon and Elena. Elena asks him to help. She explains him all the situation. She would go in there by herself, but she’s mortal. Damon isn’t invited in. And Stefan told her about Alaric’s ring. He says that it isn’t his problem and he won’t help. Damon tells him that Pearl might know where Isobel is, and goes away. Then Alaric agrees to help them.

Jeremy still wants Anna to turn him. He feels like he doesn’t fit in this world. Anna tells him about the 3 classic categories, when vampires are turning humans into one of them. Jeremy still isn’t at any of them. Then Pearl comes in. Anna quickly goes away from Jeremy. She and Pearl are about to leave when Mayor Lockwood stops to warn them about them about bad weather. When she hears that he’s a Lockwood, she decides to stay in Grill for a moment.

Damon, Alaric and Elena are discussing the plan. Elena still wants to go in to save Stefan. Damon thinks that Alaric should go in just to invite Damon in, Elena disagrees. Then Damon gets realistic. He tells Elena, that he can’t look after her. He can’t be distracted. He doesn’t know how many vampires are in that house and they can rip her head off in less than second. If he would have to look after her, they all would die, Including Stefan. Elena now finally understands it. And Damon understands how hard it’s going to be for her. Alaric thinks that they should get going.

Caroline calls Matt. The main road was washed up so she’s taking an alternative route. Her cell phone is out of range. Matt suggests they go back. She tries to and her car’s tires get stuck in the mud. She can’t get anywhere and she still can’t get her signal.

Alaric pretends to be a guy whose car has broken down. The vampire’s house was the first one he saw. He asks to use their phone. Frederick invites him in. The house is full of vampires. He goes to kitchen, where the phone is. He stakes the vampire who led him into kitchen. He turns the blender on so the others can’t hear him. Alaric asked Ms Gibbons to invite Damon in. She couldn’t do it because she was under compulsion so Damon asked Alaric to get her out. Damon then asked Ms Gibbons, if she had any children, husband or relatives, but she said no, so he killed her in order to gain entry into the house. Damon asked Alaric to get rid of the body and walked into the house.

Elena is waiting at the car. She looks really nervous and wants to help Damon and Alaric. Then she takes vervain out of her handbag. Something then falls on her car and smashes the windshield, but it’s just a tree.

Pearl is talking to Mayor Lockwood about his properties in town. She also talks about the past.

Anna is playing darts. Jeremy is getting up to go to her when she sends him a text to keep his distance because they’re a secret. He replies her that he’s bored. She asks him to suck it up, and he says that he will ...if she turns him.

Pearl asks Mayor Lockwood, who’s that boy (Jeremy). He tells her the truth and she’s truly shocked.

Frederick sends a vampire to check if Billy is ok. As soon as he’s in kitchen Damon kills him.

Alaric runs to the car, but it’s empty. Elena has left it. He takes her handbag and goes leaves.

Elena tries to get closer to the house. She hears some voices from the basement. She goes down there. She breaks the glass of basement door to get inside. She’s lucky that the guard vampire was listening to music and didn’t hear her. The vampire noticed her and was getting closer to her. She is getting her vervain ready, but Damon stakes the vampire before she does. Damon is angry that she’s there.

It’s already dark outside, Caroline is still in her car. She can’t get a signal. The rain has stopped and she gets out of the car to walk around and search for signal. Then she slips and almost falls into a river. She grabs something to pull herself up, and realizes that she have grabbed dead body’s arm.

Anna meets Pearl in the ladies room. She wants Anna to stop seeing Jeremy, because his family is the reason that she had to stay in tomb for over a century. Anna tells Pearl that Jeremy already knows who she is and he is ok with it. Pearl hits Anna.

Jeremy sees Anna and her mother leaving the Grill. She sends him a text that says she will turn him.

Elena and Damon get to Stefan. Elena has to lead him out of the basement while Damon distracts the other vampires. Elena also helps Harbour.

Frederick notices that it was too quiet at the house and asks everyone to search for something.

Elena and Stefan go through the woods. They fall down and Elena cuts her hand. They get up and continue going.

Damon attacks Frederick and they are fighting. The other vampires come to help Frederick, but Alaric comes in right on time and saves Damon. He runs for Frederick.

Elena gets Stefan to the car. She’s about to drive away when Frederick pulls Stefan out of the car. He starts beating him. He stick woods stake in Stefan and is about to kill him when Elena sticks vervain in Fredericks back. Stefan is going unconscious.

Alaric is still at the house and one of the vampires bites him. He and Damon are about to leave when the whole house is surrounded by vampires and Alaric has only one dose vervain left.

Kelly made dinner for Matt. Then Carolina and Sheriff Forbes came to his house and asked for Kelly.

Mayor Lockwood tells Tyler that they have found Vicky's body… Jeremy heard that too.

Frederick is waking up. Stefan is still too weak to move. Elena gives him her blood, he asks her to run, but she trusts him and lets him feed.

Pearl comes home and orders the vampires to calm down. She sees the dead bodies, and Damon explains to her about what Frederick has done.

Stefan is strong now and kills Frederick. Elena goes closer to him and he snarled at her… Stefan realized what had he done.

They both are at Stefan’s room. She realizes that she could have been killed. Stefan is thankful for saving his life. Elena was shocked about Stefan in woods – he was like other person. Then Jeremy calls her to tell about Vicki.

Everyone’s at Matt’s home. Caroline gives coffee to everyone. Everyone is shocked… Caroline wants to talk but Matt says he needs to be alone, But when Elena comes, they’re giving each other “I’m so sorry” hugs… That hurts Caroline.

Damon and Alaric meet at the Grill. Damon threw out another joke (like usually). Then Alaric gets up, punches Damon in face and walks away.

Elena and Jeremy come home. Jeremy just walked up to get some sleep (yeah, right…). He throws out all the articles he found about Vicki. Anna sees that and understands that Jeremy wanted her to turn him just to be with her, with Vicki. All Jeremy can say, is “I’m sorry” but it’s too late, Anna disappears.

Damon walks in on Stefan. He finds empty blood bags and Stefan with human blood on his mouth…

Such an intriguing end! Let’s wait the next episode together!

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Article Written By: Signe Leimonte @Signe1995