The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 3, Episode 5 - The Reckoning - full transcript

Despite all that has happened, Caroline is determined to see that Elena, Bonnie, Matt and Tyler all enjoy a traditional Senior Prank Night before the school year begins at Mystic Falls High...

Matt: Previously
on "The Vampire Diaries"...

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

Klaus: I killed the doppelganger.
I broke the curse.

So what am I doing wrong?

You'd have to contact the
witch who created it.

That would be
the Original witch.

The necklace is a talisman
from the Original witch herself.

- Hi Katherine.
- Feel like hitting the road?

Why not?

Rebekah. Time to wake
up, little sister.

When I met you two, there
was a man looking for you.



- You both seemed afraid.
- Who was that man?

- What's wrong?
- He was asking about Michael.

He's not with us, Nik,
I can sense it.

You're holding on
to something.

I thought
I would see for myself

what it is
you've been hiding.

Welcome back
to Mystic Falls, Stefan.

[Rattling]

[Rattling continues]

[Matt breathing heavily]

[Doors open]

[Clattering]

[Mouse traps snapping]

Caroline: Ohh!
Oh, come on! Seriously?!



Do you know how long it took
for us to set all this up?!

Forgot about senior
prank night, huh?

- Clearly.
- How could you forget?

We've only been waiting for
this since like freshman year.

Yeah, Matt. If I'm doing
this, you're doing this.

I'm kind of surprised
any of you are doing this.

- Caroline's making us.
- We're about to be seniors.

These are the memories that stay
with us forever, and if we don't...

And if we don't create these memories
now, then what's the point of it all?

Go ahead and make fun,
I don't care.

You're all lame.
And I've got ten more classrooms to prank.

Hey! Where are you going?

To superglue
Alaric's desk shut.

I'm making memories.

I love you!

Get the faculty
toilet seats,

Mmm.

[Gasps]

- There's my girl.
- Klaus!

You're supposed to be dead.

What are we going
to do about that?

[Music playing]

♪ The Vampire Diaries: "The Reckoning" ♪
Season 3 Episode 5

Katherine: Are you hungry?
Let's stop for a bite.

A truck stop. Or a trucker.

- Oh, stop being cute.
- It's not possible.

We've been driving around
aimlessly for hours.

Where are we going?

Far enough away so that you
can't go running back.

Not to worry. Mystic Falls and
I are on a bit of a break.

You and Mystic Falls,
or you and Elena?

Let's just say Elena and I are having
a bit of difference of opinion

on how I should behave.

Ooh. Let me guess... Elena
wants you to be the hero,

and you don't like
playing pretend.

Something like that.

Her loss.

[Music playing]

[Groans]

[Sighs] What are you doing?

I thought
I'd give it a shot.

Truth is, you just don't
do it for me anymore.

[Stefan groaning]

Oh, he lives.

- What happened?
- You took a beating.

My brother's been breaking
your neck all afternoon.

Quite the temper.

Why did he bring us
back to Mystic Falls?

You can stop
playing dumb now.

It didn't take him long to figure
out what you'd been hiding.

I'm not hiding anything.

I've done everything
Klaus has asked me to.

No, you just failed to mention that
the doppelganger's still alive.

Where is Klaus now?

With any luck, ripping that
cow's bloody head off.

Where is she?

You really do love her,
don't you?

Consider me jealous.

[Groaning]

You put a rather large
kink in my plans, sweetheart.

The whole point of breaking
the curse and becoming a hybrid

was to make more hybrids.

I haven't been able
to do that. Now my bet is,

it has something to do with the
fact that you're still breathing.

If you're going to
kill me, just do it!

Not until I know I'm right.
But I do have ways of making you suffer.

[Elena groans]

[Music playing,
indistinct chatter]

[American accent]
Attention, seniors.

You have officially been
busted. Prank night is over.

[All groaning]
Head on home.

[Normal voice]
You two. I remember you.

I'm sorry.
Who are you?

Oh, don't worry, I wasn't in my
right head last time we met.

Lift your foot up,
please, Dana.

If she drops her foot, Chad, I
want you to beat her to death.

Understood?

Don't, Klaus.
You don't have to hurt anybody.

Oh, come on, love.
Of course I do.

[Music playing]

Why are we stopping?

I thought we might want
to stretch our legs.

Take a break
from the sexual tension.

I'm tired of driving.

- It's your turn.
- Fine.

Hey! I...

We're not going anywhere
until you spill your guts.

[Scoffs]

Fine.

Do you recognize this, hmm?

A little birdy told me that Klaus
wants to get his hands on it.

Why would Klaus want
Elena's necklace?

Does it matter?
He wants it, and I have it.

It's leverage, Damon.

Always stay one step
ahead of your enemy.

- I'll keep that in mind.
- But more importantly,

when I stole the
necklace from Bonnie,

I found out something else...
Something better.

Oh, yeah? What's that?

Are you willing to do whatever
it takes to stop Klaus?

- No turning back?
- I'm not turning back.

Good. 'Cause this isn't going
to win you any points at home.

[Sighs]

Jeremy? Really?

Do you think Matt's
going to be ok?

I'm kissing you and you're
wondering about your ex-boyfriend?

I'm asking you
if you think our friend,

who we both love, is ok.

I think he probably doesn't have a
lot of people to talk to anymore.

I think he's struggling
more than he lets on.

I think that I love
how big your heart is.

I just want this school
year to be great, you know?

I just want everyone
to be happy.

Even in the midst of all
the crazy unhappy bits.

I'm happy.

Rebekah:
You two are adorable.

[Chuckles] Uh,
do we know you?

You're Caroline, Elena's
friend, which makes you Tyler.

The werewolf.

And who are you?

I'm the new girl.

Caroline!
[Screams]

[Laughs]
This is fun, right?

You sound like Caroline.

Come on, I am embracing
her philosophy.

You should be more
into this.

I know. Where's Jeremy tonight?

I haven't talked
to him all day.

We're having, um...

He, uh, he told me
about seeing Vicki.

Ohh. Good, I'm glad
that you know.

I'm sorry. Is it weird talking
about your sister like this?

No, I... I just kind of want
to see her myself, you know?

I mean, I never got
to say good-bye to her.

[Exhales]

Do you realize
that just last summer,

you and I were lifeguards
at the pool?

And the only two problems
I had in my life

were that Elena was breaking up
with me and I sucked at CPR.

Everything was so
different then.

Yeah. Now Elena's dating
a vampire, you're a witch,

my sister's a ghost, and...

I'm... I'm just a guy
who's wondering

how life got so screwed up.

It's crazy, Matt. I...

I can't imagine what it
must be like for you.

It just, uh,

kind of explains why I'm not
that into senior prank night.

I'll go grab
a couple more rolls.

Then we hit the gym.

I'm here, Matt.

I can help you.

[Groaning]
Keep it up.

Where's Stefan?
What did you do to him?

Stefan's on a time out.
[Door opens]

Bonnie, get out of here!

Ah, I was wondering
when you'd show up.

Now we can get started.

Ah, Dana,
why don't you relax?

You and Chad sit tight.

I assume you're the reason Elena's
still walking around alive?

That's right. If you want
to blame someone, blame me.

Oh, there's no need
for blame, love.

Just your witchy
interference

seems to have caused some
undesirable side effects.

And since you caused the problem,
I'm going to have you find the fix.

- Get off of me!
- Hush now.

I'd like you all to
meet my sister Rebekah.

Word of warning...
She can be quite mean.

- Don't be an ass.
- Leave him alone!

I'm going to make
this very simple...

Every time I attempt to turn a
werewolf into a vampire hybrid,

they die during
the transition.

It's quite horrible,
actually.

[Groaning]

I need you to find a way to
save my hybrids, Bonnie.

And for Tyler's sake...

You better hurry.

[Gasps]

[Crickets chirping]

[Groaning]

[Groaning and grunting]

He killed him.

He's not dead. Klaus's blood
will turn him into a vampire.

And if Bonnie's successful,

he'll live through
his transition.

Go on, then.
Go and fetch your grimoires

and enchantments and what-not.
I'll hold on to Elena...

For safe-keeping.

So this is the
latest doppelganger.

The Original one
was much prettier.

Enough, Rebekah.

Take the wolf boy
elsewhere, would you?

Just ignore her.

Petty little thing.

Matt: What are you
going to do?

I have no idea.
The curse he's talking about

is a thousand years old.
My grimoires don't go back that far.

Can you ask those dead witches
that helped you before?

I don't have contact
with them anymore...

They cut me off when
I brought Jeremy back to life.

That's it!

I can't contact the dead.

Jeremy can.

I'm listening.

What if I told you there
was a way to kill Klaus?

And not Dagger dead.
Dead dead.

I'd say you were
desperate and lying.

Or drunk.

Or desperate,
lying and drunk.

- Do you remember my friend Pearl?
- Vividly.

Centuries ago, she told me about a
vampire who knew how to kill Klaus.

Then she wouldn't
tell me any more.

- Well, why not?
- Because it was her leverage.

She knew it was
valuable information,

and wouldn't share it with me.

Well, this is all great...

But she's dead.

Which is why I never
brought it up.

Because she only ever told
one other person.

- Who?
- Her daughter.

- Anna.
- Also dead.

Which brings us
right back around to...

Jeremy: To me.

[Jeremy groaning]

Back around to me.

[Door opens]

Stefan...

Klaus.

Come to save
your damsel, mate?

I came to ask
for your forgiveness.

And pledge my loyalty.

Well, you broke that pledge
once already.

Elena means nothing
to me anymore.

And whatever
you ask of me...

I will do.

Fair enough.

Let's drink on it.

Kill them.

What are you waiting
for? Kill them.

No! Stefan, don't.

He's not going to hurt me.
He already said... ahh!

She means nothing to you?

Your lies just keep
piling up.

Let her go! I'll do whatever
you want, you have my word!

Your word doesn't mean much.

I lived by your word
all summer,

during which time
I never had to resort to this...

Stop fighting.

Don't do this,
don't do this.

I didn't want to.
All I wanted was your allegiance.

Now I'm going to have
to take it.

Don't... Don't...

You will do
exactly as I say

when I say it.

You will not run,
you will not hide,

you will simply just obey.

No!

Stefan!

Now kill them. Ripper.

[Groaning[

[gasping]

This isn't going to work.

[Cell phone vibrates]
[Scoffs]

I think that your witchy
girlfriend's worried

that you've run away
with your ghostly lover.

Stop with
the teeny bopper drama.

Focus.

[Exhales]

I'm not helping them.

No, it's ok to help.

They're looking for
a way to stop Klaus.

I don't care. Katherine
is not a friend to you.

- Neither of them are.
- What's she saying?

Well, she doesn't
want to help you.

[Clears throat]

- My advice?
- Hmm?

If you want to make an omelet,
you have to break a few eggs.

Jeremy, I just want you to
know, it's nothing personal.

- Ow! What the hell?!
- Jeremy!

Anna, I know you can hear
me. Tell us what you know.

The sooner, the better
for your little boyfriend here.

- They're looking for Mikael.
- Mikael!

Mikael.
Is that his name?

Who's Mikael?

The vampire
who hunts vampires.

You don't want to wake him.
He will kill all of you.

- What's she saying?
- Hello!

He's a vampire
and a Hunter,

and you guys would be
idiots to wake him.

What do you mean, wake him?

It's time to go find the keys.

Mm-hmm.

[Groaning]

We didn't have mobile
telephones in my day.

Would have made life a whole
lot easier, I suppose.

[Click]

[Chuckles]

Where's Tyler?

He's dead.

Ish.

[Gasping]

What did you do to him?

Think of it as
he's having a nap.

When he wakes up,
he'll be a hybrid.

Ugh. Vomit.

Is that my neck...

Why is that doppelganger
bitch wearing my necklace?!

It's always nice to see a
vampire in his true element.

The species has become
such a broody lot.

No. You did this to him.

I invited him
to the party, love.

He's the one dancing
on the table.

[Door opens]
Rebekah: Where is it?!

Where's my necklace?

- What are you talking about?
- She has my necklace.

Look.

Well, well.
More lies.

Where... Is it?

- I don't have it anymore.
- You're lying!

[Shrieking]

Knock it off!

Make her tell me
where it is, Nik!

[Groaning]

Where's the necklace,
sweetheart? Be honest.

I'm telling the truth.

Katherine stole it.

Katerina.

Of course.

Well, that's unfortunate.

If we had the necklace
it would make things

a whole lot easier
for your witch,

but since we're doing
this the hard way,

let's put a clock
on it, shall we?

[Buzzer sounds]
20 minutes.

If Bonnie hasn't found
a solution by then,

I want you to feed
again. Only this time,

I want you
to feed on Elena.

You know you want to.

No, Klaus! Don't do
this to him!

No one leaves.
If she tries to run, fracture her spine.

Did you find Jeremy?

No! I called him
like 20 times.

All right, I'll grab my keys,
we'll head to his house.

Ok. I'll meet you
by your truck.

What the hell?

Oh, you've got
to be kidding me!

Matt!

I can help you, Mattie, but
I need you to hear me.

Whoa!

Vicki?

[Cell phone rings]

What is taking so long?

This is going
to sound crazy,

but I think Vicki's
trying to reach out to me.

What?

I think she can
help us save Tyler.

No, Jeremy can
help us save Tyler.

We can't find Jeremy.
We need to try something else.

I have an idea but I'm
going to need your help.

- Meet me at the pool.
- I don't understand.

Jeremy can see ghosts because you
brought him back from the dead.

I need you to do that for me.

What?! No, Matt, that's crazy!

This is going to work, trust me.

No, Matt, I can't do that
kind of magic anymore.

You don't need magic,
Bonnie.

You just have to be better
than I was at CPR.

Don't fall asleep, Jer.
You might have a concussion.

Thanks for the concern, Dick.

Oh, stop pouting.
He took one for the team.

Everyone back home will thank
you once Klaus is dead.

Where's my phone?

Do you need to check in
with Elena?

Make sure it's ok you
pummeled her little baby bro?

You know you have it.

What can I say?
I needed you present here and now.

Katherine, phone, now.

[Sighs]

Bonnie's been texting me.

What is it?

- It's Klaus.
- No turning back, Damon.

- Shut up, Katherine.
- Hey, look at the big picture.

The best shot at taking out
Klaus is by finding Mikael.

Stay with her so Anna can
guide you. I'm going back.

You're going to get
yourself killed.

The Damon I remember wouldn't
have been that stupid.

I wouldn't have
done it for you.

[Grunting]

Matt, please!
I can't do this.

There's nothing else
I can do!

Vicki: Matt. Matt.

Vicki?

Matt.

Please!

I can see you.

I need you to listen to me very carefully.
I don't have much time.

Why, what's happening?
Where are we?

It doesn't matter.
I need you to give Bonnie a message.

[Gasping]

It's ok.
You're ok.

Caroline's dad!

Stefan, he was able
to resist compulsion.

I don't know how, but he did it.
Maybe it's possible.

Yeah, yeah.
Maybe it's just mind control, right?

Maybe it just takes some focus,
a couple decades of training.

- No big deal.
- Stefan, you can control this.

When that buzzer goes off,

just... just
drink from me.

You don't get it.
I can't stop, Elena!

I'm a ripper!
A ripper doesn't stop!

I listen to the words
that come out of your mouth,

and all I hear
is the sound of your heart

pumping blood
through your body.

And when that clock
ticks down...

I'm going to have
to feed on you.

And you want to know
what's worse?

I'm not going
to be able to stop.

I don't believe that.
You can fight it.

You just have
to want it bad enough.

- Why, because I love you?
- Yeah!

That's right, Stefan.
Because you love me.

You'll fight because after
everything that we've been through,

you owe me that!

You know what, you're right.

You're right.
I owe you everything.

Because through all of this,
you are the one thing

that has kept me
from giving up;

From turning it all off.

But I can't help
what I am, Elena.

The more blood that I get,
the more I want,

and if I get so much
as near yours...

You are dead.

[Gasping and coughing]

Hey! Shhh.

[Gasping]

Where am I?
What happened?

- Tyler.
- Don't be shy about it.

What's going on?

Klaus is turning you
into a vampire.

A hybrid.

You're in transition.

Don't leave out
the hard part, sweets.

You'll only survive if
your witch is successful.

If not...

You're pretty much dead.

You're going to be ok.

Ok? It's going to be ok.

I wonder how she's doing.

Tick tock goes
the gym clock.

As soon as you're
feeling better,

I'm going to kill you.

It worked. I saw
her, I saw Vicki.

You did?

- She said she had a message for you.
- For me?

From the witch that put the
hybrid curse on Klaus.

She said that Elena shouldn't
have survived Klaus' ritual.

The hybrids can't transition
because Elena's still alive.

- Tyler...
- He's going to die, isn't he?

I wouldn't be
too sure about that.

Given the choice,
doppelganger or a hybrid,

I go hybrid every time.

Elena, you're going
to have run.

But Klaus said
that if I run...

I know what he said, but if
you stay, it won't matter.

Elena, please,
please, please.

There's no other way.

There is another way, Stefan.
It's for you to fight.

[Buzzer sounds]

Stefan...
I love you.

Fight, Stefan.
Don't give up.

I can't hold it.

Aaah!

Elena, run! Go!

We've got to stop
meeting like this.

[Groaning]

Now this is fascinating.
I've never seen this before.

The only thing stronger
than your craving for blood

is your love
for this one girl.

Why don't you turn it off?

- No!
- Come on.

Your humanity
is killing you.

All the guilt
must be exhausting.

- Turn it off.
- No!

- Stefan...
- You're strong.

But you're not
that strong.

Turn... it...

Off.

No!

Turn it off!

What did you do?

I fixed him.

But I think a test
is in order, don't you?

Ripper...

Perhaps you'd
like a drink...

[Inhales sharply]

From the doppelganger's neck.

Aaah!

Well, the verdict's in.
The Original witch

says the doppelganger
should be dead.

Does that mean
we can kill her?

No, I'm fairly certain
it means the opposite.

What?!

Call it a hunch...

Elena's blood.
Drink it.

No! No, no, no,
Tyler, don't!

If he doesn't feed,
he'll die anyway, love.

Consider this an experiment.

It's ok.

There we go.

Good boy.

[Grunting]

Tyler? No!

Bloody hell, shut up!

[Groaning]

[Screaming]

Well, that's a good sign.

[Groans]

Where am I?

In the hospital, sweetie.

You suffered through
a terrible ordeal.

I have to get out of here.

Ah. Not an option.
You've lost a lot of blood.

Wait...

You're taking my blood?

Of course. It's very important
for your friend Klaus.

[Gasps]
Ah!

Don't fight it, sweetie.

He told me you need
plenty of rest.

So the doppelganger
isn't the problem.

Her blood is the solution.

Seems so.

How did you know?

Well, you know how much
the Original witch hated me.

Do you honestly think
I would do anything other

than the opposite
of what she says.

A thousand years in the grave and
she's still screwing with you.

Well, it makes sense if you think
about it from her perspective.

It was her failsafe in case I
ever broke the hybrid curse.

The doppelganger had to die

in order for me to become a
hybrid, but if she was dead...

Then you couldn't use her blood
to sire yourself a new species.

Leaving me alone for all time.

Is that what
this is about?

Your obsession
with hybrids.

You just don't want
to be alone?

What I want

is to take my girl,
take my hybrid

the hell out of this
one pony town.

You know,
why don't you, uh,

why don't you get
the truck? I'll get Elena.

Well, look who finally decided
to show up to the party.

- Where is she?
- Elena?

Ah, she's making a donation
to a greater cause.

I'm afraid I can't
let you interfere, mate.

- You'll have to kill me.
- Oh, I would love to kill you,

but I made a pledge
to your brother,

and unlike him,
I keep my word.

Although, you know what,
thinking about it now,

he probably doesn't care
that much anymore.

You don't want to know
about your friend Mikael?

What do you know about Mikael?

Just that he knows
you're here.

You're bluffing.

Katherine and I found him.

Consider it our leverage.

[Groaning]

[Music playing]

Damon...

Hey.

[Music playing]

Are you sure you're ok?

I'm great, Caroline.

I mean, like, phenomenal.

It's a rush. I wish
I could explain it.

Everything's just...

Better.

[Laughs]
Oh!

This is going to be
an amazing year.

[Chuckles]

Hey.

You ready? I could still use
a ride over to Jeremy's.

Yeah, just a second.

Listen to me.

I know you want to help, and
I know you miss your sister.

But what you did was
reckless and stupid.

I know. Bonnie.

I know.

But it worked.
It was worth it.

You don't want to be a
part of all this, Matt.

You are the only
one of us who actually

gets to live your life
like a normal person,

no matter
how lost you feel.

Don't forget that.

I get it, Bonnie.

I'll be out in a minute, ok?

Vicki's here.

Watching me, and I just, uh,

I just need a minute
to say good-bye, ok?

Bon, seriously,

I'm not going to do
anything stupid, I just...

Vickie?

Hi, Mattie.

Damon: Hey,
have some bourbon.

It'll help you forget.

[Sips] Mmm.

Yeah, it's strong.

You know I can help you
forget, too.

At least the memories
you don't want to keep.

No. No compulsion.

I need to remember.

All of it.

I stole it back for you.

He's really gone
this time.

I watched it happen.

After everything that we went
through to get... to help him.

Now he's just...

Gone.

Where were you, Damon?

I shouldn't have left.

I promise you...

I will never leave you again.

Stefan: Well,
isn't this cozy?

What are you doing
here, brother?

Last I checked,

I live here.

Klaus is gone,
but he's asked me

to keep watch on you
until he returns.

From now on,
you're under my protection.

Mmm, by all means.

Carry on.

Katherine: How do you know
that Anna wasn't tricking you?

Jeremy:
This is the place.

It's the oldest wing of the
largest cemetery in Charlotte.

She said that a witch entombed
them here in the nineties.

Look there.

[Grunts]