Children of the Damned
Children of the Damned is the thirteenth episode of the first season.
Written by: Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec
Directed by: Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: 02/04/10
In 1864, Katherine attacks a couple of people in front of Damon, who wants to be turned into a vampire. Katherine makes him kiss her while there's still blood on her lips.
Waking up in the present, Stefan and Elena lie in bed together when Damon comes in and starts talking about preparations for releasing Katherine. In another flashback, Katherine and Damon are in bed together. Katherine then goes to talk to Pearl, another vampire in Mystic Falls and Katherine's best friend and Anna's mother. She runs an apothecary and was brought in some vervain from a founder who asked for it to be sold at a cheap price. This tips them off that the town is aware of vampires being there.
Anna calls Jeremy and tells him where she'll be later, hoping he'll come by. Ben wonders if she's starting to actually like Jeremy. Elena expresses a bit of concern to Stefan about them tricking Damon. They're looking for Jonathan Gilbert's journal and Jeremy tells them that Alaric has it. In another flashback, Damon and Stefan's father, Giuseppe Salvatore, discusses the vampire problem with two others.
Alaric makes a copy of the journal and then Anna shows up looking to take the journal itself. While reading it at his desk at school, he sees a figure in the hall and goes to look for whomever it is. When he gets back to his classroom, he finds Stefan, and attempts to stake him via a weapon that shoots stakes. Stefan gets Alaric to tell him what he's really doing there. Stefan asks where the journal is and Alaric says it's on his desk--except it's not anymore. Anna has it and is now reading it. Back in 1864, Pearl expresses the need to leave Mystic Falls immediately. Katherine agrees to but only after she's done with something. Jonathan Gilbert himself has an attraction to Pearl.
Giuseppe discusses with his two sons the need to be on the town's side on the vampire issue. He has no doubt Stefan will do as told but doesn't have faith in Damon. In the present, Damon talks a bit about his father issues with Jenna while she admits to having bad taste in men, then Elena shows up, surprised that Damon is there. Alaric tells Stefan that Damon's the one who killed his wife. He saw Damon feeding on her and then Damon took off and took her body along with him. Stefan tells Alaric to stay away from Damon for his own safety.
Damon asks Elena if he can trust Stefan and she says yes, but he's still skeptical, so she tries to say it a bit more convincingly. In 1864, Damon makes Stefan promise not to tell their father about Katherine. In the present, Damon plays a videogame with Jeremy and Jeremy mentions Anna, then Stefan shows up. Damon, Elena, and Stefan question Jeremy about the Gilbert journal and he says that Anna was interested in seeing it. Damon takes him to the Grill, where Anna said she would be. After Damon leaves with Jeremy, Stefan reveals to Elena that he has a copy of the journal.
When Damon sees Anna at the Grill, he remembers her from 1864. In that year, Stefan goes to Giuseppe and expresses the opinion that there could be good vampires out there, but he wholly disagrees. Reading the journal, Stefan realizes where the Emily's grimoire is. When Anna gets back to her motel room, she finds Damon waiting there. Stefan and Elena go to his father's grave to dig it up and get the grimoire from it.
In 1864, Stefan notices the necklace Emily gave her around Katherine's neck. Katherine bites him, but collapses because there's vervain in his blood, which was unknowingly given to him by Giuseppe. His father orders him to go get the sheriff, and Stefan obeys. In the present, Damon realizes Anna is the one who turned Logan. She shows him what the journal says and he figures out the same thing that Stefan did. While on a date with Ben, Bonnie takes the initiative and kisses him, but she sees something that freaks her out. She goes to the bathroom but Ben suddenly grabs her.
As soon as Stefan and Elena have the grimoire, Damon shows up, having never actually trusted Stefan. However, he does show obvious hurt at the fact that Elena lied to him. Damon feeds her his blood, threatening to turn her into a vampire if Stefan doesn't give him a grimoire. Stefan gives it up and Damon lets Elena go. In 1864, the town is rounding up vampires, including Katherine. Damon places blame on Stefan. Back in the present, Stefan goes to get aspirin for Elena due to a headache and finds out that Anna is in the house. Stefan suddenly remembers watching Pearl get taken in 1864 and Emily preventing Anna from being taken as well. He rushes upstairs to Elena's room to find her missing.
Damon: "If I see something I haven't seen before, I'll throw a dollar at it."
Soundtrack:
Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes
Elefant - Goodbye
Experimental Aircraft - Stellar
Kate Earl - When You're Ready