The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 2, Episode 17 - Know Thy Enemy - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on The Vampire Diaries:

Vampires and werewolves used to roam
freely until a shaman put a curse on them.

Werewolves can turn on a full moon
and vampires are weakened by the sun.

The werewolf part
is sealed with a moonstone.

- You must be Elena.
- How do we look alike?

You're a doppelganger.
The key to breaking the curse.

You know my daughter Elena.

- Getting easy being you.
- I don't want you here.

We all want the same thing:
Klaus dead.

The oldest vampire in the history of time
is coming after me?

Elijah had no weapon to kill Klaus.



He believed if a witch could channel
enough power, it wouldn't need one.

Like the power you get
from 100 dead witches.

I'm a vampire.
I can't let you leave, not like this.

- You...
- What did you do to my sister?

Jenna keeps asking about Isobel.
Isobel is dead.

ISOBEL:
Hi, you must be Jenna.

- I'm Elena's mother.
- Isobel.

Hello, Elena.

It's nice to see you again.

Again?

So you're the woman
who's dating my husband.

I need to speak to Elena.
May I come in?

No, no. Don't. Don't invite her in.

- I need to talk to you, Elena.
- No.



You knew she was still alive?

And Ric? John? Did they know?

- I can explain everything, Jenna.
- No.

No. Jenna, please.

Jenna, please.

Wait. Jenna.

Jenna, please wait.

Jenna, you have to talk to me.

I need to explain what's going on.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

Jenna, please, I...

Isobel just showed up
at the front doorstep.

- What's she doing here?
- That's what I'm gonna go find out.

I don't think you should tell her
I'm here.

What? Why?

It's better if she and John not know
I stayed in town after I got out.

You're the one in cahoots with them.
You made a deal with John.

I did what I had to do
to get out of the tomb.

Now I'm reconsidering my alliance.

What do you know?

I know that I want Klaus dead,
which puts me squarely on Team You.

Besides, if you two ever need me
to swap places with Elena again...

...the less people know
that I'm here, the better.

Think about it, Stefan.
Come on. Be smart.

Tell you what,
why don't you call Alaric...

...and let him know that his wife just
showed up on his girlfriend's doorstep?

Hey, is she up yet?

She won't come out of her room.

- What did you tell her?
- Nothing. She won't talk to me.

- We're gonna have to fix this, Elena.
- Yeah.

- Hey.
- Jenna.

I don't want you here, Ric.
You need to go.

Listen, I can't begin to imagine
what you must be feeling right now.

Rage and betrayal would cover it.

Where are you going?

I'm going to stay on campus.

I have a thesis to write
and I don't wanna be in this house.

Jenna, please, just stop. Let us explain
to you exactly what is going on.

I need you to go
to the Lockwood's today.

Accept the Historical Society's check
for your mom's foundation.

Okay, but... Jenna, please just...

I don't have it in me
to hear any more lies from you.

- Jenna, just...
JOHN: Let her go.

It's better that she's not here
with everything that's going on.

Maybe had you been a little more honest
with her from the beginning, this...

[GRUNTS]

Sorry, Elena.

You know this is your fault, right?

Right.

I can't find him anywhere. He's not at home,
he's not answering his phone.

STEFAN: How could you let him go?
- My mom walked in, he just took off.

[OVER PHONE]
I didn't know what to do.

- Did your mom hear anything?
- No, she just thinks we're fighting.

But he knows about me
and he was freaking out about Vicki.

STEFAN:
All right, listen. You have to find him.

Calm him down.
Compel him, if you have to.

- Is he still on vervain?
- I slip it into his soda.

I didn't get to last night,
it's out of his system.

[OVER PHONE] He has a catering shift
at the Lockwood's today.

I'm gonna try there.

- Call Matt.
CAR: Calling Matt.

MATT [ON MACHINE]:
You've reached Matt. Leave a message.

This is bad. Between Isobel and Jenna
and now Matt...

...this is "disaster" bad.
- Yeah.

Elena, can you come downstairs, please?
I need to talk to you.

I've nothing to say to you.

Please. It's important.
You too, Stefan.

I asked John for a do-over.

You invited her in?

She has information about Klaus.

Please, just listen to her, okay?

All right.

What do you know?

Since I was last here, I've been doing
everything possible to find Klaus.

We knew our best chance was
to find him before he could find you.

Best chance at what?

Keeping Elena alive.

You don't get to talk, okay?
Not after everything you've done.

Were you able to find Klaus?

No. Nobody knows where he is.

But there are these rumors
that are flying around...

...that a doppelganger exists.

Any vampire that wants
to get in favor with Klaus...

...will be lining up to capture you.

I'm not buying any of this.

The last time that you were here,
you didn't give a damn about me.

Now I'm supposed to believe
you wanna help?

Isobel's been helping all along.

Klaus has been obsessed
with finding Katherine for centuries.

All it would take was one tomb vampire
to spread the word around...

...that Katherine was alive...

...and it would bring him here
to Mystic Falls...

...where you were bound
to be discovered. So we killed them.

- And almost killed Stefan and Damon.
- Yeah.

I have a safe house that I can take you to.
The deed is in your name.

No vampires can get in
without your permission.

Not even me.

Let me help you.

You wanna help?

Then get the hell out of my house.

Yep, everybody's dead.

We should pack up the Grimoires.
I spent years collecting them.

I wanna make sure they're safe.

We could just get another match
and cremate him.

Don't be disrespectful.

- Not to him.
- Fine. I'll bury him.

JEREMY: What are we looking for?
BONNIE: According to Luka's dad...

...one of these contains a spell that will
harness the energy left when a witch dies.

I didn't know you and father witch
were close.

We weren't.

But when he gave me my powers back,
he gave me a message.

If I can find the spot in town where
the old Salem witches were burned...

...I can harness their energy
to use when I need it.

DAMON:
We'll put that on our list of things to do:

Harness ancient dead-witch power.

You know where
the witches were burned?

Did I forget to mention that?

Are we gonna have to read every one
of these till we find the spell?

Not exactly.

[CHANTING INDISTINCTLY]

BONNIE: It's this one.
- Great. Grab the rest. Let's go.

ISOBEL:
Hmm.

Mercie, mon cherie.

Nice house.

Nicest foreclosure in town.

Come here.

It's good to see you, Katherine.

I hear you've been busy.

Yes, I have.

I have been busy making a deal with Klaus
to save your life.

Here.

- A vintner I knew in Avignon.
- Hmm.

Mm, he's tasty.

So, what was with the surprise visit
to the Gilbert house, hmm?

John told me Ric was dating Auntie Vanilla.
I got jealous.

You've obviously got John
wrapped around your finger...

...if he invited you in the house.

He thinks
I'm helping him protect Elena...

...so he's been very useful
in keeping me informed...

...on everything that's been going on.

So tell me what you know.

You were right.
I couldn't get anywhere near Klaus.

But I found my way to someone
in his trusted circle.

One of his witches.

Ugh. Klaus and his witches.

He said that Klaus is willing
to grant you your freedom...

...if we deliver the moonstone
and the doppelganger.

I can get the moonstone.

You know, Katherine, you'll be betraying
your Salvatore boys again.

I was more than willing
to play it their way if I had to...

...but they're floundering.

Their witch has lost her powers, they've
used their only weapon to kill Elijah.

If I stick with them, I'm dead.

You showing up changes everything.

Think Isobel was telling the truth?
Word's out about the doppelganger?

STEFAN:
I don't trust a word she says...

...but I think we'd be stupid
to ignore the warning.

You should just stay here.
It's better for us to keep an eye on you.

What, in the house
that any vampire can enter?

- No, her house is safer.
- Well, then we'll stay there.

Is that the plan, neither of you
let me out of your sight?

Let me know when you come up
with a better one.

Then one of you is gonna have
to come with me...

...to the Lockwood luncheon.
- That'd be me.

Not me. I've witch stuff to attend to
with Bonnie.

Does that mean
that you're taking her to the...?

Don't get quiet on my account.

If you have a plan to combat
the impending vampire doom...

...please do tell.

Seriously.

What is the plan
to get us out of this mess, hmm?

I delivered you a moonstone...

...a werewolf,
and a dagger to lure and kill Klaus.

And right now,
all you have is a moonstone.

- Or so you tell me.
- No, we have it.

- Where is it?
- It's in a very safe place.

I've been honest with you.
Time to return the favor.

DAMON:
Let me be honest with you.

Don't mistake the fact that we haven't
set you on fire in your sleep for trust.

Fine.

Be that way.

The marshal hasn't been able
to figure out what caused the fire...

...but he did find blood.

No body, just blood.

- You think vampires were involved?
- I assume the answer to that is always yes.

- Hey.
- Mrs. Lockwood, have you seen Matt?

I thought he was working
at today's luncheon.

No, I haven't, honey, sorry.

But if you see him, could you ask
if he's heard from Tyler?

Yeah, of course.

Still no word from him?

No. The note he left said he needed time
to figure some things out.

But I wish I knew where he was.

Uh, excuse me.

- Hey. Any luck finding Matt?
- None.

What if he tells somebody?
What if he tells everybody?

We just gotta find him
and make sure that doesn't happen.

Do you have any idea
where he would be?

I wish I did,
but he wasn't really one to run.

You know, this wasn't
how it was supposed to happen.

I was supposed to tell him
at the right moment, in the right way.

He was supposed to be okay
because he loves me.

We'll help you find him. I just have
to accept this thing for Jenna.

All right, well, call me when you're done
and I'll be out looking for him.

Maybe he'll come around.

You did.

JEREMY: Is this the spot Emily Bennett
was killed too?

Founders thought it was poetic,
burning her where the witches burned.

How do you know
where they were burned?

Because I tried to save her.

Emily was my key to getting Katherine...

...before I knew what a nasty
little bitch Katherine was.

[JEREMY LAUGHS]

Hmm.

You sure it's the right place?

[BOARD CREEKS THEN JEREMY GASPS]

Oh, come on.

[GRUNTS]

[CHUCKLES]

Whatever prank you're playing, don't.
It's not funny.

- I'm not doing anything.
- I can't move.

[DAMON SIZZLING]

[DAMON GRUNTS]

Oh, my ring's not working.

Do something.

[DAMON COUGHS]

[YELLS]

I don't think the witches
like you being here.

I guess this is the right place.

I think I'll wait outside.

Hi, Ric.

Isobel.

- What do you want?
- Just cleaning up some loose ends.

- Yeah, we don't have any loose ends.
- You may not, I do.

- I need to apologize to you.
- It's a little late for that.

No, not for what I've done in the past.
We're beyond that.

I am sorry for outing you to your girlfriend.
That was petty of me.

Look, whatever jacked up
vampire amends...

...that you're trying to make,
I'm not interested.

Of course not
because I compelled you to let me go.

I realized that I don't wanna do
what I have to do...

...without you knowing
how much I loved you.

And I did.

I loved you so much.

He's all yours.

[GROANING]

Wanna hurry it up in there?

Screw you too, Emily.

You know,
you're on your own in there.

Can you hand me the Grimoire?

Are you sure about this?

- Are you worried about me?
- Yeah, of course I am.

I'm sure.

[JEREMY SIGHS]

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING NEARBY]

What is that?

The spirits of the witches
who died here.

I can feel them.

All right. What are they saying?

I can't... I can't tell.

All right. Great.

Where are you going?

Here.

This is it.

Help me set the candles.

[WHISPERS GROW LOUDER]

What the hell are they saying?

What is it?

Nothing.

They're ready.

To accept the donation to the Miranda
Sommers Gilbert scholarship fund...

...is Elena Gilbert.

- What are you doing here?
- I'm creating a distraction.

The historical society
was my mom's baby.

She considered all of you family...

...and would be honored
and touched by this gift.

[THUMPING NEARBY]

[MURMURING]

Nice dress.

Mind if I borrow it?

MAN:
What's going on? Are you all right?

Please, let the sheriff do her job.

- He's, uh, bleeding. Is he okay?
- Yeah, I got it. I got it.

STEFAN: Yeah?
MAN: Are you all right?

Let's all back off, all right?
He needs some air. Everything's fine.

Elena?

Elena?

- Are you okay?
- I'm calling Damon.

Let's get out of here. Come on.

It's Isobel, Damon. It's gotta be.

Tell him he needs to deal
with John's body.

You got some serious explaining
to do to the council...

...about John being not-so-dead.

Where the hell is she, huh?

[GROANS]

I'm sorry, Stef,
but I can't have you following me.

[WHISPERS CHANTING]

- Oh, God.
- Bonnie? Bonnie?

You're scaring me here.

[SCREAMING]

Bonnie!

Are you okay?

I did it.

It's okay.

I'm sorry for the scare,
it was just a bad fall.

The paramedics are on their way.

Hey.

- How is he?
- He's dead.

He'll be fine.

What are you talking about?
Damon, he's dead.

Well...

...here's the thing.

John's ring?

It's an old Gilbert family heirloom
that protects its owner from death...

...by a supernatural entity.

- But he's not breathing. He has no pulse.
- He will be. Trust me.

We're gonna need a cover story.

Epileptic fit, alcohol binge, banana peel.
Whatever works.

Right now,
I just have to get him out of here.

Yeah, it's a false alarm
at the Lockwoods.

Okay, good. Thanks.

- Hey.
- Sheriff Forbes.

- Matt, what's wrong?
- I wanna see Vicki's file.

- What?
- My sister. I want to see her file.

I wanna see how you covered up
that she was killed by a vampire.

Matt, you need to calm down.
You're upset.

- You don't know what...
- Don't lie.

You need to calm down now.

[SIGHS]

[PHONE RINGS]

Stefan? How did I beat you
and Elena home?

What?

Oh, no, no.

[PHONE RINGS]

ISOBEL:
Are we good to go?

I'm at your house. But we have to hurry.
Damon knows your lodging tricks.

It will take them 20 minutes
to find out where you're staying.

We'll be long gone before that.

Good. How far are you?

I'm sorry, Katherine...

...but I had to do what I was told.

He wanted the moonstone
and he wanted you.

KATHERINE [OVER PHONE]:
He? He who?

[SCREAMS]

Hey, Matt, if you're listening to this,
it means you've listened...

...to the last 25 messages I've left you
which all say the same thing.

So call me.

You're here.

- Your mom brought me here.
- My mom?

I accused her of covering up Vicki's death
and she threatened to arrest me.

Did you tell her anything else?

Nothing about you.

I got the feeling she wasn't gonna
believe anything I said, so I shut up.

She brought me here to cool down,
and then she got called away.

Matt.

Why did you stick around
if you're still scared of me?

Because I need to know more.

About Vicki.

About you.

I'll tell you anything you wanna know.

JEREMY: There has to be something in the
Grimoire to help us translate that chant.

BONNIE:
It was just a warning.

JEREMY:
Ha, ha. What kind of warning?

- It's not important.
- Look, it is important to me, okay?

It's a lot of power to have access to.

They were just telling me
to be careful with it.

Well, exactly how much power can you
draw from a hundred dead witches?

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

Bonnie.

The answer to your question is: A lot.

Think this is the house?

It better be. It's the nicest foreclosure.

- I swear to God, if she's not here...
- Don't be such a pessimist.

I got upstairs.

This is Isobel's stuff.
It's definitely the right place.

- Where are they?
- I don't know, Stefan.

Just because
you can't be compelled...

...doesn't mean I can't force you
to come with me.

Is that what happened?
You were compelled to betray Katherine?

If I was, I couldn't tell you.

So you lied.

You did find Klaus, didn't you?

He knows where I am now.

Are you taking me to him?

What is this?

My parents...

...your grandparents.

They put it here
when it became clear...

...that the police
weren't gonna find my body.

They visit every week
and they bring flowers...

...even though there's no one
buried here.

The Isobel they knew is dead.

So maybe there's a part of me
that's buried here. The human part.

The part that I abandoned when l...

When I chose to become a vampire.

The part that used to dream...

...about the day
that she'd know her daughter.

What?

Instead,
you got to meet the other part.

The part that would betray
her own flesh and blood.

[PHONE RINGS]

I have Katherine and the moonstone.

- [OVER PHONE] Is the doppelganger safe?
- Yes.

- Then let her go.
- Let her go?

MADDOX:
Klaus has everything he needs for now.

Your part is finished.

[OVER PHONE]
You did what he compelled you to do.

- I'm done?
- You're done.

[SIGHS]

Who was that?

I'm so sorry, Elena.

I was such a disappointment to you.

[SCREAMING]

So after I hurt you in the woods,
I made you forget...

...and I promised myself
I would stay away from you.

But I couldn't...

...because I love you.

I do. I love you, Matt, so much.

And I'm so sorry
about what happened to Vicki.

And I really wish
you'd say something.

I'm all alone.

- No, you're not.
- My mom doesn't care.

My sister's dead
and all of my friends are liars.

- And you're a...
- I'm still me.

I'm still me. It's just...
I'm just a little bit...

Don't, no.

This is too much.
All of this is just too much.

- I don't wanna know this.
- Tell me what I can do.

Tell me what I can do.
I wanna help you.

You can make me forget.

You've done it to me before.

- I don't... I don't think that's...
- Please make me forget, Caroline.

I don't want to look at you
and see what I'm seeing right now.

But maybe after a little while...

Just make me forget, Caroline.

Okay.

Okay, Matt.

That Isobel's?

I never thought I would feel bad
about her being dead, and yet...

She was your mother.

Why did they let me go?

Well, anything that John told Isobel,
we have to assume Klaus knows, right?

He knows that you're not gonna
turn yourself into a vampire.

He knows that you have us
keeping you safe.

He knows I'm not gonna run.

Which is why we need
to take some precautions.

Because we got played. All of us.

- What's this?
- The deed to our house. In Zach's name.

As soon as you sign it,
it will be a new name.

You're giving me your house?

Isobel had the right idea with the
safe house, just stay here till it's over.

That way you can control
who gets invited and who doesn't.

Although I'll be super-pissed
if you lock me out.

I swear, I have no idea
what she was gonna do. I'm sorry.

I'm so, so sorry.

Damon, let him go.

He and I need to talk.

- I told you to not worry about that.
- A warning.

That's all you felt like telling me?
This is some kind of warning, Bonnie.

If you use too much of your powers
at once, it will kill you.

How much would it take
to kill an Original?

- All of it.
- No. I'm not gonna let you do that.

Jeremy, do you think
I was born with these powers...

...so I could float feathers
and blow out candles?

There's a reason I was called
to do this.

No one's called to get themselves killed.
Elena's not gonna let you die for her.

That's why you're not gonna tell her.

Do you even understand
what you're saying now?

It's not just for Elena, Jeremy.

It's for you, it's for everyone.

If I am the only one
who can put an end to this...

...then it will be my decision.

No one else's. Mine.

I did it.

I drank that vervain stuff...

...I went over there
and I got her to tell me everything.

Then I asked her to take it away.

Thank you, Matt.
I know this isn't easy...

...but I'm glad you told me
what happened last night.

I want you to tell me
everything she said.

I feel like she died.

Oh, she did.

I always knew
that she and Katherine were close...

...but I never realized that Isobel and her
were working against me.

Two of the world's most uncaring
and selfish vampires...

...and yet they were genuinely friends.

If that's what you thought of her,
why did you ever put your trust in her?

Because I was there
when she gave birth to you, Elena.

I saw how heartbroken she was
to give you up.

And because she was the first girl
I ever loved.

And when she said
she'd help keep you safe...

...I believed her.

At this point,
I will do whatever you want me to do.

If you feel safer with me not around,
then I'll go.

You screw everything up, John.
Everything you touch falls apart.

But you're the only parent I have left.

So maybe I can learn not to hate you.

Okay.

Hey, Bonnie said the spell worked.
She's locked and loaded.

At least something went right today.

Hmm.

Katherine has no idea
that Bonnie got her powers back.

DAMON:
Mm-mm.

And Isobel had no idea...

...what you and Jeremy
took Bonnie to do today.

Uh-uh.

We're the only ones who know.

That literally makes Bonnie
our secret weapon.

[MADDOX CHANTING IN LATIN]

Alaric?

[IN FOREIGN ACCENT]
Zdravei, Katerina.

- I have missed you.
- Klaus.