Miss Mystic Falls
Miss Mystic Falls is the nineteenth episode of the first season.
Written by: Bryan Oh & Caroline Dries
Directed by: Marcos Siega
Original Air Date: 04/22/10
Stefan arrives at school in his classic car, which surprises Elena. As she heads inside, Stefan hangs back for a minute and opens the trunk to get his bag, revealing a bunch of empty blood bags. Liz tells Damon that the hospital was broken into and blood was stolen. John offers to work with Damon to find the culprit.
Bonnie is back in town but doesn't seem thrilled to see Stefan. Damon accuses Anna of stealing the blood bags, but she tells them she hasn't gotten any for a while and that only she, Pearl, and Harper are now staying at the farm house. While Elena is trying to talk to Bonnie, Caroline mentions the Founder's Court and Miss Mystic Falls, which is somewhat like a pageant. Elena would drop out except she signed up for it for her mother back when she was alive.
Damon questions Stefan's behavior and believes he's drinking human blood, but Stefan won't fess up. Elena calls Stefan and invites him to be her date. Damon catches Stefan down in the basement getting more blood and calls him on it. Stefan claims to have it under control, though Damon doesn't buy it. John goes to see Damon and asks for a device that Jonathan Gilbert invented and that Pearl now has. John threatens him and Damon threatens him right back. The candidates for Miss Mystic Falls and their dates have to a class to rehearse for a particular dance during the occasion, and Elena notices that Stefan is in a much better mood than usual. Elena manages to get Bonnie to talk to her and Bonnie tells her that she blames Damon and Stefan for what happened to Grams. Outside, Stefan is on edge and accidentally chokes Alaric Saltzman briefly. He goes over to Elena's to drive her and Jenna to the celebration and asks how Stefan's doing. Elena says he's coping.
Anna is at the Founder's Court and Damon tells her about what John wants. Elena talks to Jenna a bit about missing her mom. Caroline, meanwhile, is almost certain Elena is going to win and is jealous. Damon talks to Elena and tells her about what's going on with Stefan. That's when Stefan shows up and is upset, adamant that he's fine. He goes to the bathroom and breaks the mirror, his face changing--and another candidate, Amber, sees it. Jeremy tells Anna that he knows everything because he read Elena's diary. Stefan takes Amber out to the parking lot so that they're alone and he compels her to be compliant.
Elena is introduced and is supposed to be escorted by Stefan, but Damon takes his place, including for the dance. Stefan feeds on Amber as the festivities are taking place. Much to her surprise, Caroline is crowned Miss Mystic Falls. John and Liz find the broken mirror, which also has blood on it. Stefan compels Amber to be afraid of him and to run. Liz relays the information to Damon and he and Elena go to try to find Stefan. Stefan catches up to Amber and bites her again, but then Damon, Elena, and Bonnie find him. Bonnie uses a spell on Stefan--the same one Grams used on Damon--to get him under control, and he takes off. This makes Bonnie even more hesitant to be around vampires. John notices Jeremy talking to Anna and asks Jenna about her. Jenna mentions that Anna's mom's name is Pearl, who John knows about. Pearl goes to Damon and gives him the Gilbert device, though she doesn't know what it does.
Elena goes to talk to Stefan and he tries to scare her off, but it doesn't work. He slams her against a wall and then calms down a bit. She hugs him, and then injects him with vervain. She and Damon lock him up in the cell in the basement.
Soundtrack:
Faber Drive - Never Coming down
Johan Strauss Jr. - On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Vitamin String Quartet - Yellow (Tribute to Coldplay)
Vitamin String Quartet - Clocks (Tribute to Coldplay)
Luigi Boccherini - Menuet Celebre
Within Temptation - All I Need