The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 3, Episode 19 - Heart of Darkness - full transcript

Previously
on "The Vampire Diaries"...

Katherine: Does
Elena enjoy having

both of you worship
at her altar?

I love you. Now look me
in the eye and tell me

that you don't feel
something for him.

I would know if I
were killing people!

You wear a ring that lets
you cheat death, Ric.

How many times can you die
before it changes you?

You have a weapon
that can kill Klaus?

Nope. We all have a weapon.

Let's go kill some originals.



When an original dies,

every vampire turned
from their bloodline

dies along with them.

Bring us the stakes...

or I'll wage a war
against everyone you love.

Where the hell is it?
I put it right here!

A stake doesn't just
vanish into thin air!

Are you telling me that your
vampire-hating alter ego has a stake

that can kill an entire line
of vampires, possibly mine?

That's exactly
what I'm telling you.

Alaric?
Yeah?

Still me.

You know
you shouldn't be in here.

Defeats the point of the whole
being locked in a cellar thing.



Well, you still
need the basics.

Toothbrush, clothes, some
boring books to help you sleep.

"Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"?
What?

No, I got--

Damon. Thinks
he's hilarious.

At least one of us
still has a sense of humor.

Are you sure that you--
I mean, you don't have

to be kept in here.

Oh, no, this is...

Ah, this is the right place
for me to be.

At least until you guys can convince
my highly uncooperative alter ego

to 'fess up to where I--

or...he hid
the white oak stake.

We looked everywhere.

You...The other you
hid it well.

What's Klaus going to do
if you can't find it?

It's the only thing that
will kill him, so...

Wage war. Murder people.

You know, Klaus stuff.

So, look...

Stefan is going to watch
over you for a little while.

Now that Klaus knows
where Jeremy is,

it's not safe. So...

Damon and I are going to go

to Denver to pick him up.

Why do you say that like you're
waiting for me to disapprove?

I don't know.

Me and Damon,

traveling across the country.

Well, I guess I'm more curious to
hear what Stefan has to say about it.

Actually, it was his idea.

He thinks that I have some
unresolved feelings for Damon.

Do you?

I guess that's why
I'm going on this trip.

So I can figure it out.

Did you hear from Klaus?

Not yet.
I'm sure I will soon, though.

He's expecting me
to deliver two stakes.

I only have one.

Well, that's going to be
disappointing for him.

I'll get it out of Alaric.
I just need some time.

I like that confidence, Stefan.

I don't share it,
but I like it.

You don't think
I can do what it takes?

Well, you're good Stefan again.
You're in control.

Sorry, you might get the
girl but you lose the edge.

Speaking of...

Have you ever flown
first class?

Who did you have
to compel for that?

[Scoffs] Please.
I used miles.

[Exhales]

Stefan...

Be safe.

[Music playing]

[Indistinct chatter]

What is this?
It's the decade dance.

Remember, you made us
sign up to help. No.

This! The twenties.

We're doing the seventies.

Rebekah:
It's too flashy, people.

It's supposed to be a speakeasy,
not the world's fair.

Oh, good, you're here.
We need help setting up the tables,

so get to it.

What do you think you're doing?

Somebody has to be in charge.

Yeah, me. I'm the chair
of the dance committee.

The theme of the decade
dance is the 1970s.

So you'd rather dress
in tacky colors with bad hair

than be a classic flapper
from the jazz age.

Honestly, I don't know
what my brother sees in you.

Well, maybe he sees
a challenge.

See, unlike some other people,

I don't sleep with everyone
I make eye contact with.

Maybe we can do both decades.

No.
Go on, Matt,

don't be a coward.

You know you loved
my twenties idea

when I presented it
to the group.

Traitor!

Bell bottoms and disco?

I don't know, this
just seemed cooler.

See, it's just cooler.

Whatever. Have fun
at your stupid dance.

[Music playing]

Caroline!

Wait!

Impressive.

You sold it.

And you bought yourself a day.

Thank you. Just...
keep her occupied.

Be careful.

You, too.

And, uh...

Tell him I said hi, ok?

Do you know how hard
it is to fall asleep

when that's what
you're supposed to do?

Well, look,
I know it's not easy,

so...Damon suggested
I bring something to--

[taps bottle]
Help speed up the process.

[Sighs] What the hell.
[Grunts]

You know, I'll feel
decidedly less pathetic

if I don't drink alone.

Oh, I'm, uh,
one step ahead of you.

[Exhales]

So...ahem.

Road trip, huh?

Mmm.

Yeah, yeah, I needed
to stay here.

Why?

I mean, why you?

You know, it doesn't
take much to baby-sit me

while I sit here waiting
for a psychotic break.

Well, unfortunately,
we only have

a limited amount of time.
Before what?

Before we have to resort
to other methods.

So you're worried you're going
to have to torture it out of me.

And you don't think Damon
could have done that?

Look, Elena needed to go
on that road trip with Damon.

No matter what I go through...

To get her back--

fighting my blood lust,

trying to gain control
of my life again...

None of that matters if she has
feelings for somebody else.

[Music playing]

Elena: There he is.

Next time we compel him, remind me
to make him better at baseball.

Hey, Jer.

Elena?

What's wrong?

Katherine sired us,
Rose sired Katherine,

all we need to do is
find out who sired Rose.

So you traveled
across the country

to get me to talk
to a dead vampire?

Dead vampire's
redundant, but yes.

Well, I can't.

I can talk to Anna and
Vickie because I knew them.

I've never even met Rose.

What good is you dying
and coming back to life

if you can't talk to a
ghost when I need you to?

Rose spent a long time
running from Klaus as well.

She and Damon were close,

so maybe we can use
you as a connection.

Fine, fine.
Can we do this later?

My friend just got here.
And yes, Damon, I actually have some.

I'll call you when I'm done.

Jer...

Hey, man.

Damon, it's Kol!

What the hell are you doing?!

Jeremy, get back, he's an original!
What?!

No hard feelings, mate,
but we're not buds.

You know, I'll never
get used to aluminum.

But, hey, at least
it won't break.

[Grunting]

Did you kill him?

No, but it'll give us
a head start. Come on.

Come on.

For the record,
she's the one who wanted

to stop in a motel, not me.

So where are we?

Corner of somewhere and nowhere
where Kol can't find us.

I can't believe Kol
was a vampire.

Well, didn't you find it weird
that you made a friend so fast?

Have you met you?

Not helping.

This should work.
Right, Jer?

Yeah. It doesn't really matter.

All right, Whoopi.

What do you need, candles,
incense, pottery wheel?

That's not how it works.

I know, I know.
They push from the other side

and you pull from this one.

All right, you, uh, you
got a picture of her?

Picture? From what,
our trip to Disneyland?

Come on, Rose, you're not going to
actually make us wait, are you?

I know you're obsessed with me.

[Elena groans]

All right, uh,

tell me something about her.

Um, well,

she did this little thing
with her tongue.

Something that matters, Damon.

She spent her last day
in paradise.

Soaking in the sun and reminiscing
about what it means to be human.

And when death came,

she didn't fear it.

I was with her on her last day,

and she definitely
wasn't in paradise.

It was in the dream he gave her.

She's here.

[Music playing]

[Rustling]

Hi.

You have no idea

how much I've missed you.

Here we are.
Home sweet home.

Ok, spill.
Why are you being nice to me?

I drove you home.
You don't have a car.

Not just that. I mean...
helping me with the dance

and standing up to Caroline.

I don't buy it.
Buy what?

The whole gentlemanly thing.

After everything
my family's done to you.

What are you up to?

It's sad that you can't just
get a ride home from school

without thinking there's
some ulterior motive.

[Chuckles]

You're right.

But I'm probably going to
organize the whole dance

and then have
to compel myself a date.

[Chuckles] Let's not get crazy.

Good-bye, Rebekah.

Good-bye, Matt.

Thanks for the ride home.

[Music playing]

Mother...

Give me one good reason

why I shouldn't
kill you right now.

Because I'm dying.

Is she lonely
on the other side?

No. I enjoy it.

I was running so much
when I was alive.

Now I have the freedom
to do whatever I want.

She says not to
worry, she's happy.

Is she still hot?

Tell him he's still
dripping with sex, too.

Fine. Tell him
I miss him.

She misses you.

And tell him that I'm
rooting for him and Elena.

She, uh, she misses
both of you.

Unfortunately I don't have
any news on the siring front.

Klaus didn't sire me.
No original did.

It was Mary Porter.
She was sired

by someone named Mary Porter.

Ahh, scary Mary.

Well, where is she, Rose?
I didn't keep track of her

when I was alive,
much less now.

Tell them
to sit tight. Relax.

I'll see what I can find out.

You think they got
Jeremy by now?

They should.

I haven't heard from them.

Elena's worried about him.

Now that she can't count
on his ring anymore.

Who knows.
Maybe his alter ego's a pot-smoking,

hippie pacifist.

Yeah, maybe.

[Exhales] I can't say

I thought mine would be
so hostile and militant.

Actually,
it makes perfect sense.

Your wife left you
to become a vampire

and your girlfriend
was killed by one.

He must really hate me.

Here I am,

the failed hunter-slash-
drinking buddy

of vampires.

Ah. He's too judgmental.

The thing is...

he's me.

I'm not compelled,
I'm not possessed.

There's no humanity switch.

What drives him...

is me.

No.

No, he's not you.

He's the darkest parts of you.

Parts we all have.

Well, this is
depressing, isn't it?

Oh, and I found this upstairs.

Now by my count,
there should be one more.

Yeah, well, it's going to
take a little more time.

Why, because we're waiting
for that one to pass out?

No, thanks. I think
I'll just kill him.

Well, then you won't know the
location of the other stake.

I can live with that.
Well, I can't.

When we staked Finn,

we discovered that killing
an original vampire

killed its entire bloodline.

Now, I don't know
which one of you

I'm descended from,

but I'd really rather
not find out by dying,

so why don't we just find
the stake, destroy it

so we can all be safe?

So the fate of the
entire vampire race

depends on you
finding the stake.

And to get it,
we need you to pass out.

Which means that I feel
totally justified doing this.

There.

Sleeping like a baby.

[Cell phone rings]

There you are.

Any sign of Evilaric?

Nope. Only dead Alaric.

What? Don't worry, he
was wearing his ring.

Klaus was here.
Let's just say he's not very patient.

Kol must have told him
we were in Denver.

How long has Ric been out?

A few hours. I'm hoping
when he wakes up,

it won't be him.
It'll be the other him.

And if not?
Yeah, I know.

Whatever it takes.

So were you able
to contact Rose?

Yeah. No answers yet.

So we're just
stuck in this motel

until she gets back to us.

Motel?

Yeah, we had
to get away from Kol.

I'll call you when I know more.

[Line disconnects]

So what's up
with you and Damon?

What do you mean?
Nothing's up.

You sure about that?

'Cause even Rose
said something.

What--what did she say?

[Door opens]

[Door closes]

Everything ok in here?

Yeah. It's fine.
Ok. Well,

I'm going to freshen up.

You might want to get
some rest. I'm sure Rose

will make herself known
when she gets back.

How are you dying?

I thought Ayana had preserved
your body with a spell.

She did.
I'm drawing my power

from the Bennett witch line.

When Abby died, the
connection was severed.

So my body is weakened.

Well, if you've come
to spend your last moments

with your loving daughter,
prepare to be disappointed.

You should have spent
last time plotting my death.

Is that what you think I've
been doing on the other side?

I've been looking over
you for a thousand years

of joy and heartbreak.

Your fights with Klaus.

The nights you cried yourself
to sleep calling out my name.

Not a day has gone by

that I wasn't
right there with you.

And yet you still
tried to kill me.

Because it shouldn't have been
a thousand years, Rebekah.

No one should live that long.

But I haven't lived at all.

Sorry, Rebekah.

So, so sorry.

[Gasps]

What's going on?

She's dead.

[Exhales]

Did I mention I miss you?

Bad.

[Chuckles]

Mmm, at some point,
we are going to do this

on an actual bed, right?

[Chuckles] Yes.
I promise.

Once I figure out
how to deal with Klaus.

Tell him to suck it.

Broke his sire bond.

And you won't have to
deal with him anymore.

It's easier said than done.

Besides, I won't know if it's
broken for sure until I test it.

Wait, I thought that's why
you were coming back.

Because you said
you felt different.

I do feel different.

I feel freer.

Way more myself.

All I know is, I just turned
about a hundred times

in the Appalachian Mountains.

If I can get through that,
I can get through anything.

Good.

Because Klaus might not
be our only problem.

Why?

What else I miss?

Matt killed an original.

And then, every vampire

that original had ever turned

mysteriously died.

Right now Damon is
desperate to figure out

which original created
our vampire blood line.

And...if he finds out
it wasn't Klaus,

they're all going to kill him.

But Klaus turned me.

So if he dies...I die.

I know that.

They know that.

Difference is...

Damon doesn't care.

[Exhales]

You never told me about that.

What you did for Rose.

It wasn't about you.

Why you don't let people
see the good in you?

Because when people see good,

they expect good.

And I don't want to have to live
up to anyone's expectations.

[Exhales]

[Music playing]

[Door opens]

Don't.

Why not, Elena?

[Elena moaning]

Jeremy: Elena?

Oh, my God. Jeremy.

Hi.

Rose found Mary.
She lives in Kansas.

Ok, then.

Let's go.

[Sighs]

[Groaning]

[Gasping] Ah.

Welcome back.

What happened?

Did I, uh...
No.

No, you pretty much, uh,

laid there dead
for half the night.

But on the, uh,
on the plus side...

I did almost finish
reading "Moby Dick".

This is stupid.

Evil me, or whatever
you want to call him,

he's not going
to make an appearance.

Why would he?

I mean, the best
hiding place is the one

where you can't find
the person who hid it.

I know.

So how do you want to do this?

I don't want to do any of this.

Well, that makes two of us.

But I don't think we have
much choice in the matter.

Wait a minute, what are you doing?
You need that ring.

No, what I need is hope
that my alter ego

doesn't have a death wish.

So I'm taking bets

that my dark side has a
sense of self-preservation.

So let's see if he defends
himself against death.

[Scoffs] Look, Alaric,
I'm not going to kill you, ok?

If we have any chance
at this, Stefan,

you're going to have to try.

Jeremy:
This is the address.

Damon: Looks about right.

Wait here.

Why? So you guys can
make out some more?

Don't be a dick.
Listen to your sister.

[Scoffs]

Thank you.

Come on.

Whoa.

Like "Vampire Hoarders".

Who is this Mary person?

Scary Mary.
Really old,

super creepy.

And how do you know her?

You know.

Of course.

What? I said creepy,
not ugly.

[Bang]

[Gasps]

Mary...

Quite contrary.

[Grunting]

You're not putting
enough into this.

Any more into it, I'm going
to break your spine.

[Grunting and groaning]

Well, don't back down now.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
I can't. The blood.

Oh, come on, you're past that.

No, I'm not.
Then use it.

Give into it.

Try to kill me,
Stefan, come on.

Not like this, Alaric. Yes!

Like this.

You're going to have
to want to kill me

for me to believe
that you will.

I go this far, I may
not be able to stop.

You want the answers
from my darkest side,

you're going to have
to tap into yours.

So don't back down.

Don't fight it.
Just do it.

Do it!

[Groaning]

[Grunting and groaning]

[Laughing]

You're so weak.

Look at you.

One of nature's most
hideous creatures,

and you can't even
get that right.

You...

Me.

Shame about Mary.
She used to be a blast.

I don't quite know
what happened.

I fear all the time she spent with
my family might have ruined her.

She was a bit
of an original groupie.

And were you her favorite?

You mean, did I turn her.

I think I did.

But, no, wait.
Maybe it was Rebekah.

But there was also
a Klaus period.

And let's not forget
the Elijah affair.

I spoke to my brother.
I know you're trying

to find out who
you descended from.

Now you never will.

So...

Where did we leave off?

[Grunting]

Elena, get out of here!

According to my brother,
you're off-limits.

Just don't test me.

Don't touch her.

Oh, dear.

I've hit the nerve.

Relax, darling.

I just want us to be even.

You snapped my neck,
you killed my brother,

and then you humiliated me.

There.

Now we're even.

Where's the stake?

You're worse than I ever was.

Spineless. Pathetic.

Tell me where the stake
is before I kill you.

[Chuckles]

You know,
you're all going to burn.

Ashes to dust.

[Grunting]

Where's the stake?!

I'm going to kill you in 3...

2...1.

It's in the cave.

Where no vampire can get it.

[Coughing]

That wasn't too hard, was it?

Are you ok?

Ah. Yeah.

[Groaning]

[Bones crack] That's better.

Ohh.

[Inhales sharply]

Are you ok?
You're bleeding.

Yeah. I'll be fine.

What are you doing?

What do you mean?

Well, going on this trip
and kissing me...

What the hell is this?

Stefan thinks that I
have feelings for you.

Oh.

Do you?

I don't--I don't--
I don't know.

Hmm.

I guess you thought this little trip could
help you figure that out, didn't you?

No. Or maybe you're
hoping I'll screw it up

so I can just make the
decision for you, am I wrong?

Damon...
Am I wrong?

It's what you do, Damon!

You sabotage
things. You--

I mean, think about it.

Every time that there's
a bump in the road,

you lash out.

But what if I didn't?

What if there was no bump?

I'm sorry, Elena.

But this time I'm not going
to make it so easy for you.

This time you'll have
to figure it out for yourself.

[Alaric groaning]

It's a little gratuitous,

don't you think, Stefan?
I would have been more gentle.

Rebekah: I'm going to
take him to the caves.

You're going to go inside
and fetch me the stake.

And if you think you can
hide, you're wrong.

And then there was one.

I know about your brother's
little mission to Denver.

He failed.

Not that that's news anymore.

So what are you going
to do now, Klaus?

Are you going to kill me?

I haven't actually decided yet.

Oh, sure you have.

See, you've had every chance

and every excuse imaginable to
do it, but yet you haven't.

Which means you don't want to.

You know something,
you're right.

See, I'm still waiting for
my old friend to come back.

By the looks of it,
he's just beneath the surface.

Waiting to come out and play.

[Chuckles]

Right, ripper?

I've been fighting
that part of myself.

Thinking that if I repress
it, it would go away.

But it won't.

And now that I've accepted it,

it can't control me.

And neither can you.

So...

unless you're going
to stake me...

why don't you get the
hell out of my house.

[Rain tapping windows]

Are we there yet?

Don't tell them I'm here.

[Sighs] They had a fight.

I know you want to stop it.

Protect her from it.

But you're young.
You don't see what I see.

It's not just that she
makes him a better person.

She does, but...
he changes her, too.

[Music playing]

Damon challenges her.

Surprises her.

He makes her question her life.

Beliefs.

Stefan is different.

His love is pure.

And he'll always
be good for her.

Damon is either
the best thing for her,

or the worst.

[Music playing]

My mom said you can stay
as long as you want.

Did she say
we could share the bed?

No. She said you can
sleep on the couch.

Hmm.
At least until we figure out

what Damon and Stefan
find out about Klaus.

And if Klaus didn't
create their line?

And they try to kill him?

Tyler...
I just got you back.

I'm not losing you again.

Klaus drew this for you?

Huh?

That's...pretty creepy.

[Chuckles] Yeah.

Klaus is pretty creepy.

Even when he's trying
to be charming.

Charming?

Does Klaus have a thing
for you or something?

No! As far as I'm concerned,

he isn't capable
of real feelings.

I'm serious.

What the hell happened
while I was gone?

Tyler. Nothing.

Ok, nothing happened.

Then why'd you keep this?

I don't know.

I think I'm going to find some
place else to spend the night.

Tyler...

Tyler!

[Sighs]

Go get it.

You know I can't get in.

[Exhales]

Why would I give you

the one thing that requires
everyone to keep me alive?

Are we bargaining now?

Fine.

What's your offer?

There's only
one stake out there.

Which means only one
original has to die.

Help me.

And I'll make sure
it's not you.

Tenuous, but points for effort.

You see, I don't want
one original to die.

I want them all to die.
How the hell did you do that?

It was easy to fool Niklaus,

but I thought you, of all
people, would understand.

After all, my son did use
your body at one point.

You're not Rebekah.

No.

My name is Esther.

And we have a great
deal in common.