- Elena's new outlook has everyone concerned. Damon and Rebekah (CLAIRE HOLT) work together, but his unwanted advice catches her off-guard. Klaus tries to use Hayley (PHOEBE TONKIN).
- Elena ruins a school party which ends up moved to the Salvatore house, only wilder. The semi-willing hosting brothers not only fail to convince Elena she must turn her humanity back on, she even gets Damon to doubt himself, and after bumping into his werewolf-bitten friend Will, he decides to take her out of town. Klaus enjoys being seduced by werewolf Hayley, refuses to lift his constant death threat as revenge on Tyler, but identifies her 'birth mark' as a Louisiana wolf pack mark. Caroline's hope to get Tyler back is smashed by his message that he had transferred the deed of his house to Matt, as only his absence can protect her from Klaus.—KGF Vissers
- Humanity-free Elena goes for a late night stroll. She lies down in the middle of a road.
At the Salvatores', Stefan worries about her.
A car rolls to a stop in the road in front of Elena.
Stefan thinks they need to give Elena a reason to turn her humanity back on, a good reason so she's not overwhelmed with grief.
A woman gets out of the car and checks on Elena, who goes full vamp on her and bites down. Damon makes her stop before she goes too far. "I thought this was supposed to be fun," Elena pouts.
Klaus finds Hayley the hybrid at a truck stop, fending off a vampire who comes after her. He knows Katherine is coming for Hayley and he promises to protect her in exchange for information about Katherine.
Stefan plans to take Elena back to school as a distraction while Damon goes after Katherine. Caroline is over at the boys' house because their water filters are the only ones that keep the mayor's vervane-laced water out. Caroline mentions her mom needs help, so Stefan agrees. Caroline gets school duty.
Damon uses his sire bond to urge Elena not to eat anyone at school.
At school, Elena tears down a flyer about a memorial for Jeremy. Elena asks Caroline to get her back on the cheerleading team.
Damon drops by Klaus' to confront him about conspiring with Hayley. Damon suggests his plan to give the cure to Elena helps Klaus because then Katherine can't force feed it to him. Damon wants info to track Katherine. Klaus mentions the vampire he bit last night protecting Hayley. But given that he was bitten by Klaus the hybrid, he probably doesn't have long.
Sheriff Forbes updates Stefan: the hospital's entire blood supply is gone. She thinks the town's at a tipping point. She asks him who would be so careless to steal the whole supply.
At a cheerleading competition, Elena sees a competitor leave to get her make-up bag off the bus. Elena follows her and attacks her on the bus, stealing her hair ribbon in the process.
Caroline figures things out when Elena shows up with the other team's ribbon in her hair and her victim has a scarf around her neck. Caroline tells Stefan the sire bond directions didn't work.
Stefan calls Damon explaining that because the sire bond was tied to her emotional attachment to him, and she has no emotions, the sire bond isn't in effect.
At the truck stop looking for the wounded vampire, Damon runs into Rebekah instead. She's looking for Katherine, too. She brought Klaus' blood to convince the wounded vampire to talk, knowing it's the only thing that'll save him.
Klaus hosts Hayley. She met Katherine in New Orleans when she was looking for her real parents and Katherine offered to help her.
"An orphan? Well that does explain your charming bravado, abandonment issues will do it every time," Klaus says.
Stefan asks Elena if she stole the town's blood. She says she prefers something warmer. He cautions her against falling into the ripper trap.
Caroline tells Elena she can't perform, but Elena ignores her.
The Lady Timberwolves perform and mid-routine, Elena steps away during a lift and lets Caroline fall to the mat.
Later outside, Stefan injects Elena with vervane and knocks her out.
Damon and Rebekah look for their wounded vampire in the local hospital, on the idea that he'd be hiding from the sun. Damon checks the blood supply and finds it's all missing, but he doesn't think their wounded vampire is responsible.
At Klaus' house, Hayley continues to stall on providing information about Katherine to Klaus. She makes a pitch to him to let Tyler go free, but he's not inclined.
Back at the Salvatore's house, Elena changes in front of Stefan. He compares her using sex to Katherine's tactics. She's cold about their past history together. She won't stop texting so he grabs her phone. They head downstairs to find the house full of people from the cheer competition. She was texting to bring the party to her.
Caroline shows up. They can't compel the partiers to leave since the locals are all on vervane from the town water supply. Elena is dancing on a table top, having a blast. Caroline urges Stefan to join in, so he hoists her over his shoulder and takes her to the dance floor.
Damon feeds on a nurse then compels her to walk to her car. He explains to Rebekah that the nurse is bait for the wounded, starving vampire.
Damon finds the vampire. He knows him. His name is Will. Damon rips his heart out quickly, telling Rebekah he was too far gone.
Back at Klaus', Hayley flirts with him. He goes for it.
At the Salvatores', Elena's pouring booze for everyone. She sees Stefan and Caroline dancing and suggests Caroline "take him out for a spin."
Sheriff Forbes shows up and asks what's going on. "Just some underage drinking and drug use," Elena says.
Sheriff Forbes goes to shut the party down and Elena is about to attack her. Caroline swoops in to save her mom. She's furious with Elena, but Elena takes off.
Stefan and Caroline search the woods for Elena. Stefan realizes the party was a distraction for Elena to escape. He tells Caroline to snap Elena's neck if she finds her.
Damon returns to the party in full swing at his house. Rebekah follows him and accuses him of killing Will to prevent her from finding Katherine and taking the cure. He questions what she'd get out of becoming human, equating it with mediocrity. Damon gets a text that Elena is loose.
Caroline calls out to Elena in the woods. Elena jumps her and fights with her. Caroline yells at her to stop, saying she hurt her mom. Elena urges Caroline to try turning her humanity off, saying it might make her quit whining about Tyler leaving her and keep her from feeling guilty about her dirty thoughts about Klaus.
They start fighting again and Elena skewers Caroline with a tree branch. Elena about to stab her again when Damon and Stefan show up and tear Elena off.
Back at the Salvatores', Caroline leaves Tyler another voice mail about her crazy day. She gets a text from Matt to meet at Tyler's.
Stefan tries to console Caroline about Elena. They vow not to give up on her.
Damon keeps Elena on lockdown in his room as he goes through old photos. He finds one of him with Will. Elena assures Damon she feels great without emotions. "Be honest, you like me better like this," she says.
Caroline shows up at Tyler's but can't get in until Matt invites her. He got a package from Tyler including a letter for her. Tyler writes that the only way they can be safe from Klaus is if he never comes home. He gave Matt the deed to the house to protect her. He says he'll always love her and she realizes he's not coming back.
As Hayley gets dressed after rolling around with Klaus, he sees a crescent moon mark on her shoulder. He recognizes it as belonging to a werewolf bloodline that lived in old Louisiana. He assures her he's not toying with her.
Sheriff Forbes calls Stefan, saying they have a bigger problem.
Stefan calls Damon: six other hospitals' blood supply is missing. He thinks Silas followed them home and is hoarding to gorge.
"I'm really not in the mood to Scooby Doo our way through the case of the missing blood supply. So why don't you hold down the fort until I get back and I'll be in touch, brother?" Damon says. He hangs up on Stefan and we see he's driving down the road with Elena.
Damon checks his picture with Will. They're on their way to New York.
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