Homecoming

It was a lovely night in Mystic Falls. There was just (for once) a normal high school dance. Some flirting and dancing and just an all around good time. That lasted for all of about ...wait just kidding. It NEVER happened. Anyway, Stefan gives Klaus a buzz a says that Michael is dead (more than you know being a vampire dead). He, Damon, Elena, Michael, and even Rebekah concoct a plan to trick Klaus into coming back to Mystic Falls and then stabbing him with the stake made from the ancient white oak tree. It all goes off without a hitch and all is well..................if you believed me, well shame on you.

What is lucky for them, is that Klaus buys their lie, or so they think. He tells Rebekah he will be home soon, but of course he has to see Michael's body for himself. Not only is there that drama, but it's also the night of the school homecoming dance. Shocking, I think not. Rebekah is excited to go and just when her and Elena share a touching moment in which Elena gives her back her mother's necklace, Elena stabs her in the back "killing" her. For the time being at least. They can't risk people backing out of or ruining the plan. Including Stefan. Just keep that in mind.

Damon has a plan of course, but "when it all goes down, I don't want you anywhere near it," he tells Elena. Caroline is worried about Tyler and his issue with siring, but what else is new? But when the school gets flooded, they need a back up location for the dance. Where? The Lockwood Mansion. But, it's not a party, Tyler tells Stefan, but a wake. Out pops Klaus onto the stage. He promises Stefan his freedom when Michael is dead and the weapon is destroyed.

Plan is still on track at this point, at least until Klaus has a conversation with Elena (cough) and then Tyler in which he tells him he has hybrids surrounding the party and if anything tries anything, the hybrids will be forced to retaliate. Oh, no! Damon planned for it (of course, he's brilliant). Michael confronts Klaus and threatens to kill Elena (who he has with him, meaning no more hybrids) unless he steps out of the mansion and faces Michael. Klaus calls him on his bluff...at least until he stabs Elena in the back!!!!!! Sike, it was only Katherine (although Michael didn't know that...jerk), providing the needed distraction so Damon could stab Klaus in the back. Yay! Again, sike, Stefan comes charging in and knocks Damon off Klaus and Klaus in turn stabs and kills Michael. Kat disappears and Stefan gets his freedom.

Just worth mentioning: Afterwards, Elena and Damon share a very intimate moment in which he is violent about the plan failing and she grabs his face and tells him they'll get through it and you can see the anger flow out of him. Kiss, kiss! No, of course not. And before you get too mad at Stefan, we find him driving away with Katherine at the end of the episode having a heart to heart. Katherine was hoping Stefan would challenge Damon because Katherine knew if Klaus died, the hybrids would kill Damon. She was counting on his humanity to ruin the plan to save both his and Damon's life. "Care, Stefan." But now that that's said and done, Kat has another plan for him, one that she needs him to get mad for ...Ring, ring. "Stefan, you miss me already?" Wouldn't get to cocky Klaus, especially since Stefan now has all the caskets containing your family members. "You know what doesn't get old," says Stefan, "revenge."

That's it until 2012, but don't worry I'll still post every week with extra information and stories. I hate the annual hiatus...just saying.