"Don’t hide from me."
Damon and Stefan track down the new vampire in town.
Logan plots his revenge against the Council.
Elena discovers the truth about Katherine.
Tropes present in the episode:
- Abnormal Ammo: Logan uses gun with wood bullets against Damon, who does the same thing to him later in the episode.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Elena gives one to Stefan at the end of the episode when he
- Back from the Dead: Logan came back as a vampire after being killed by Damon.
- Blood Lust: Logan gets hit with this right after Jenna rejects him. Some poor woman jogging at night ends up his victim.
- Commonality Connection: Jeremy tries to bond with Tyler over the two of them being into art, but Tyler viciously shoots him down
- Continuity Nod: Logan still has the Wood bullets Sheriff Forbes gave him Lost Girls.
- Foreshadowing: When Jeremy asks Tyler what his problem is the camera lingers on the full moon.
- Hidden Depths: Jeremy is surprised to learn Tyler is a pretty good artist.
- Internal Reveal: Elena finds out Katherine looks just like her, which freaks her out and makes her think she's just Stefan's Doppelgänger Replacement Love Interest.
- Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique: Logan tries torturing Damon to get him to tell him how he's able to be a Daywalking Vampire. Damon does the same thing to him at the end of the episode, where Logan confesses he knows about the Tomb Vampires and the one who turned him wants to free them.
- Jerkass: Mayor Lockwood who tries to get Jeremy and Tyler to beat each other up to "get it out of their systems." When Alaric calls him out on it, he threatens to get him fired.
- Killed Off for Real: Logan is staked through the heart by Alaric.
- Must Be Invited: Logan tries his best to charm Jenna into inviting him to the Gilbert house but fails spectacularly. He also can't even enter ''his own house' since he lives alone.
- Not Me This Time: After hearing about another vampire attack in town, Stefan immediately suspects Damon, but he just answers he would never have been so obvious about it.
- Red Herring: The previous episode had to hints Alaric was a vampire and maybe was the vampire that turned Logan, but it's revealed he's actually a Vampire Hunter.
- Revenge: Logan wants revenge on Sheriff Logan and the rest of the Council for sweeping his death under the rug.
- Revenge by Proxy: Logan tries to get revenge on the Sheriff by going after her daughter, Caroline and turning her into a vampire.
- Sexy Shirt Switch: Elena wears Stefan's shirt after they sleep together when she founds Katherine's picture.
- She's Not My Girlfriend: Matt's reaction when Tyler starts teasing him about hanging out with Caroline.
- Their First Time: Stefan and Elena sleep together for the first time at the end of the episode.
- Vampire Hunter: Alaric it's revealed to be one when he stakes Logan.
- Villain of the Week: Logan serves as this episode's antagonist.
