I'm writing this during the episode this week so ... here goes. What a jam-packed first chunk of the episode. Elena is getting her girl power on by enlisting the help of a temporary missing in action character, a Mr. Alaric Saltzman. It also happens to be the first day of school, senior year for our heroines. Coincidentally, it is the one year anniversary of when Stefan and Elena first met. Too bad he has no emotion. Stefan is having frequent girl visitors for his bloody consumption and Tyler is a little too excited about being a brand new hybrid. Jeremy and Bonnie are on the outs for Jeremy seeing Anna again. Matt is also developing a little supernatural ability of his own. Tyler leaves blood on his shirt from breakfast, courtesy of Rebecca. When Elena leaves the bathroom after helping Caroline, she walks into Stefan; the exact same way it happened one year ago. After a stand off with Alaric, he says, "See you both in history."
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Stefan isn't the only student infiltrating the school. Rebecca decides to join Mystic Falls High. Matt and Jeremy are unknowingly taking part in a supernatural warfare. Anna is warning Jeremy about Vicki and Vicki convinces Matt to help with a ritual (from the original witch) to allow her to travel freely in between the worlds. In other news, Rebecca joins the cheering squad with the disapproving glances of Caroline and the drooling gaze of Tyler Lockwood. Stefan also shoves a guy down for gently bumping into a Elena. "I'm protecting the human blood bag," he states. Back at the boardinghouse, Elena continues to train with weights to build strength. Damon walks in a she tells him of her plan to lock up Stefan. He grabs her and in a sexy moment, places her hand on his sternum and then places his hand on her rib cage and tells her that the ways to get at a vampire's heart. "No one's going to hurt you Elena, especially not my brother." (Squeal).
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Once again it is the night of the annual school bonfire. Damon, Alaric, Elena, and Caroline concoct a plan to put Stefan down. Tyler walks in after they summon him and does everything in his power to defend Klaus and to stop the plan. "Oh no," says Damon. He stabs him in the back and explains, "He's been sired." In other words, he's Klaus' puppy dog, literally. Bonnie continues to seethe over that fact that Jeremy is still contacting Anna. "Matt's trying to resurrect his dead sister. I think I'll go and deal with that." Too late. Matt successfully performs a ceremony and Vicki returns to the world of the living. The witch, she tells Matt, gave her an ultimatum. The only way she can stay in the living world is for the cause of the hybrid curse to be destroyed. Aka, Elena has to die. "I'm sorry Mattie, but I want to stay."
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Stefan stalkishly watches Elena at the bonfire. Elena purposely gets herself drunk to make him follow her to protect her for Klaus. Damon attempts to swoon Rebecca as a distraction and ends up with a stick in the gut. Stefan finds Elena wobbling on the bleachers where she climbs over the edge and "falls." Obviously, Stefan saves her. "I knew you'd catch me." For just a second it seems we got the old Stefan back. Maybe the compulsion wasn't permanent? I guess we'll never know because Alaric appears and hits him with vervain darts. Tyler also apologizes to Caroline for acting like the "old" him.
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After putting Elena in the car, Ric trips over a gasoline can and Vicki drops a cigarette, engulfing the car in flames. Vicki traps her and she struggles to make Stefan wake up. "Elena," he breathes. He groggily opens his eyes and kicks open the door, fainting back into unconsciousness. Bonnie and Matt are reversing the spell and Matt is forced to say goodbye to Vicki ... again. Alaric and Elena rescue Stefan (yeah that's what i said) from the car just in time to see it explode.
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At the Salvatore boardinghouse, Damon affectionately applies liquid band-aid (at least that's what it looked like) and she leaves when Alaric gives him a sour look. Tyler and Caroline, cough, rendezvous and she leaves. Being sexy in a blanket, Tyler turns around to see Rebecca who brought him a present... a girl and he indulges. And where has Katherine been this whole time you ask??? Waking up Michael. But he's been denying himself human blood for centuries, so what does he drink? Vampire ... specifically Katherine. Later, Stefan calls Elena, "pathetic" for believing in him. "No, Stefan," she says, "it makes me strong." She stabs him with two stakes. As Damon cleans up the mess Stefan left, someone "flashes" around the house. And OMG MASON IS BACK!
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