The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 3, Episode 9 - Homecoming - full transcript

Previously on
"The Vampire Diaries..."

The only thing stronger
than your craving for blood

is your love for this one girl.

Your humanity is killing you!

Turn it off!

What did you do?

I fixed him.

Fight for it.
Feel something, anything, Stefan.

'Cause if you don't, you're
going to lose me forever.

Klaus killed your mother.

He has a hold on you,
on me, on everyone.



He has for 1,000 years.
We have to make it stop!

They're looking for Mikael...

The vampire who hunts vampires.

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

I thought you might
know how to kill Klaus.

I can kill Klaus.
And I will.

As long as Klaus is alive,
I do what he says.

Mikael, get Klaus
back to Mystic Falls.

And I will gladly drive
a stake through his heart.

Fail... I'll drive it
through yours.

Portland is fantastic once you can
get over all the whiney music

and healthy-looking people.

It's literally a breeding
ground for werewolves.

Your father's dead.



What did you say to me?

Oh, my mistake.
Not your actual father,

and not dead. Mikael.

Daggered.

What do you want me
to do with the body?

Well, first, I want you
to explain to me

exactly what happened.

All right, we'll say that
Mikael followed Elena in here.

He tried to grab her
so he could use her as bait.

And you, what,
vervained him?

No, we vervained him.
The guy's an Original. Make it realistic.

Ok. Fine.
We vervained him.

And in the process discovered
that he had a dagger.

Which he planned to use on
Rebekah. But instead...

We drove it through his heart.

And what happens when he
asks to see Mikael's body?

Good point.
You, my brother,

have been compelled
to do what Klaus says.

So if the idea is to lure
him back here and kill him,

the last thing we need is you
getting tripped up and tongue tied.

Well don't look at me.
I'm just in charge of getting him back here.

Klaus is smart.

If we tell him that Mikael's
dead, he'll want proof.

Then I shall be dead.

What if he wants
to see in person?

Well, it means our plan
is working.

Klaus will absolutely
want to see my body.

You lure him here,
and I will kill him.

With what? Those daggers
won't work on him.

Well, I'm in possession
of a stake

fashioned from the wood of
the ancient white oak tree.

The one that left these
ashes when it burned.

Where is it?

Not here.

Knowing its location
is my insurance policy.

Against what?

You leaving this
in my heart.

You see, a vampire can't dagger
an Original without dying.

So...
it falls to you.

You want me
to actually dagger you?

Klaus will leave nothing
to chance.

Especially when it comes
to trust.

I want to see him.

I want to see
his rotting body for myself.

Well, he's here.

Come by whenever.

If you're lying to me,
Stefan,

your compulsion
will expose you.

So answer with your life.

Is what you're saying
the truth?

It's true. I saw it
with my own eyes.

I want to talk to Rebekah.

That's not a problem.
She's right here.

Hello, Nik.

Rebekah, love.
What's this I hear

about Mikael's tragic
run-in with a dagger?

It's true.

He's finally out
of our lives for good.

I miss you.
I'm miserable here.

I'll be home soon.

Good.

I'll see you then,
brother.

He bought it.
He's coming home.

Now was that easy or what?

Let's just get this
over with.

Unh!

Finally.

Took you long enough.

Rebekah...

Whatever fatherly rubbish
you're thinking, save it.

Nothing you say
matters to me.

I see.

Where's my dagger?

Elena has it.

So you can forget your plans
to use it on me.

You were never the one
I was after.

Nik was my family.

If you were after him,
you were after me.

He blinded you, Rebekah.
He killed your mother.

I know what he did.
And he'll pay for it with his life.

But Nik was not born a killer.
None of us were.

You did this to us when you
turned us into vampires.

You destroyed our family.

Not him.

Rebekah...

I hate everything
in my closet.

I have nothing
to wear to homecoming.

So don't go.
Let's stay home,

order take-out
and over-analyze

ancient hieroglyphic
thingies with Alaric.

We have to go.
Caroline will kill us.

Oh, Caroline
actually has a date.

You know that you can talk
to me about Jeremy, right?

I don't need
to talk about it.

He fell in love with his ghost
girlfriend and lied about it.

What's done is done.

You have to talk about it.
He hurt you, Bonnie.

I'm mad at him too.

You're mad
at your little brother.

You'll yell at him a little,
teach him a life lesson.

You can't really
be mad like I'm mad.

Bonnie...

And you shouldn't have
to be. He's your brother.

So no, I can't really talk
to you about it.

We can't trust Rebekah
not to turn on us.

Oh, really?

Because those
Original vampires

are usually so reliable.

Bonnie was right.

Rebekah may
be mad at Klaus now,

but he is her brother.

Her lying, mama-killing,
dagger-happy brother.

The wolfsbane's ready.

There are too many things that
can go wrong with this plan.

Too many people who can
make it go wrong.

Well, I am formulating
a secret contingency plan.

Really? What is it?

Well, if I told you,
then it won't be a secret.

I need to borrow a tie.

You have your own ties.

I'm 162 years old and I'm
going to a homecoming dance.

I need better ties.

You could not go.

I'm compelled
to protect you.

And if I look at your track
record at high school dances,

it's pretty tragic.

My luck you'll go ahead
and get yourself murdered

by the homecoming queen.

Ahh!

I know how to do it.
Alaric taught me.

Elena, if this thing
blows up in our face

just remember only
one of us heals quickly.

Ugh, please tell me
that you have a better plan

than wolfsbane grenades.

Never you mind, brother.

The less you know,
the better.

My freedom from Klaus rests
entirely upon you two

executing your plan perfectly.

So, excuse me
if I'm a bit cynical.

You're the one that
we should be worried about.

If Klaus asks you one wrong
question, whole thing falls apart.

You do have reason to worry.

But if I look back at our
history of epic plan failures,

it's usually because one of us
let our humanity get in the way.

So if I'm taking odds
on how this thing goes down,

it's certainly not gonna be me
who screws it up.

I'll see you at homecoming.
I can't wait.

Hey, can you hand
me the glitter gun?

Thanks.

Hey, can't we ditch the
decorating and go grab a bite?

Oh, I have a thermos
in my bag.

I mean a real bite.

Rebekah knows some people
who like to be fed on.

They're into it.
We don't even have to compel them.

Ok, first of all,

I finally almost just got your
mother to stop hating me.

So I probably don't want
to get caught

in some weird vampire
threesome with her son.

And secondly, quit hanging out
with Rebekah, the evil blood slut.

Just keep the claws in tonight
at the dance, ok? For me?

So who has the misfortune of
being compelled to be her date?

Matt said he'd take her.

Wait, you set her up
with Matt?

She wants to go
to the dance,

and he didn't have
anyone to go with.

He drinks vervain, she can't feed on him.
What's the big deal?

The big deal, Tyler,

is that Matt is
an innocent, good person

who should not be going to
dances with evil blood sluts.

Matt's a guy, Caroline.

And Rebekah's hot.
Don't overthink this.

This is a sire thing,
isn't it?

Ohh...

Please tell me this is some
weird family extension

of your sire bond to Klaus.

I'm here hanging streamers

and have glitter
all over my hands.

If I'm sired to anybody,
it's you.

Getting a head start, huh?

Embarrassing truth.

This is my first
high school dance.

Ever?

I never really had time
for high school before.

Nik and I were always
moving around.

Running.

Anyway, I didn't want
to leave anything to chance.

Have you heard
any more from him?

No.

But I'm sure that
when he does return,

he'll do it with flair.

And Damon and my father
are all set with their plan?

Yes.

Don't tell me.
I don't want to know.

I just want to go to the dance
and leave the rest to Mikael.

I know it's really hard.

So thank you for helping us
get Klaus back into town.

Just be careful.

I've been running for
1,000 years for a reason.

Mikael is not a good person.

And he definitely
can't be trusted.

No one in my family can.

Are you ok?

I've spent my whole life

loving and hating my brother
with equal measure.

I never thought
that I would be the one

to help drive a stake
through his heart.

No tears. I...

I don't want
to ruin my makeup.

How do I look?

You look amazing.

But you're missing
one thing.

My mother's necklace.

You should wear it
tonight.

May I?

Thank you.

I'm so sorry.

I can't leave anything
to chance either.

In the back. Harsh.

It had to be done.

Rebekah was never going to be
completely on our side.

Hey, I'm not judging you.

It's very Katherine of you.

Not the way to make me feel
better about myself, Damon.

It was a compliment...
Sort of.

Stefan is right.

Someone's going to let their
humanity get in the way

and screw this whole thing up.

And it's probably going
to be me.

Elena, you just
daggered somebody.

- You're going to be fine. Yeah.
- But I feel bad about it.

I care too much.
That's the problem, Damon.

I'm the weak link.

If it makes you feel any
better, she's not really dead.

Do you trust him?
Mikael?

Nope.

What about Stefan?

No.

Not as long as he's
under Klaus's control.

Then we need a better plan.

I know what to do.

You're just not
going to like it.

Why not?

Because when this
all goes down,

I don't want you having
any part of it.

What does that mean?

Do you trust me?

Yes.

Then you have
nothing to worry about.

What happened?

The gym's flooded.

The dance is canceled.

Excuse me?

Well, what are we
supposed to do now?!

So does that mean
I don't have go?

You wish. No, Tyler's moving
the party to his house.

Kegs and beer pong
for homecoming?

That's... different.

Just say you're still coming.

I'll see you there.

Elena.

Matt, hey.

Hey.

Um, slight problem
with your homecoming date.

What happened?

How would you feel about
a back-up date?

How did he plan a better
party than me so fast?

Is that a band outside?

Who are all these people?

This is weird.
Where is Tyler?

Hey, Stefan. What's up?

Hey, Tyler. Nice party
you got going on here.

Thanks, but I'm not
the one throwing it.

I'm just doing
what Klaus wants.

What do you mean?

It's not a party, man.
It's a wake.

Good evening everyone!

I want to thank you all for being
here with me to celebrate.

It's been a long time coming.

So much for homecoming.

This is weird.

Us being here together.

There's Caroline.
She doesn't know anything.

Act normal.

Hey, Klaus is here.

What?

Yeah, apparently our sired
hybrid friend Tyler

thought it'd be ok to let
his "master" throw a party.

Well, I expected
more surprise.

I've learned not to be surprised
by anything Klaus does.

I'm going to go find Bonnie.

What's going on?

And what are you two
doing here together?

I thought you were supposed
to be with Rebekah.

Plans changed.
I need a drink.

Quite the homecoming.

I've been planning my father's
funeral for 1,000 years.

Granted, in no version of it were
any of these people invited.

But you get the idea.

So now what?
You just stop running?

Now I reunite my family.

Your family. You mean, the people
you cart around in caskets?

None of that
matters anymore.

Mikael's gone.
Bygones will be bygones.

- Really great party.
- I like the band.

Seems the homecoming queen

still walks
among the living,

which leaves me to believe Rebekah
isn't here. Where is she?

I have no idea.
I thought she was coming with Matt.

Oh, be honest now, Stefan.

Where's my sister?

I said I have no idea.

Now, would you like me
to take you to your father?

Well, it wouldn't be a party without
the guest of honor, would it?

Bring him to me.

All right.

Perhaps there's something
in it for me?

My freedom
from your compulsion.

Oh, you want your freedom?

Well, once he's dead

and his weapon destroyed,

you'll have your freedom.

It'll be my pleasure
to give it back to you.

Did my daughter
go to the dance?

Yep. You missed the photo op.

Did you get the stake?

I did.

I'm not going take
your word for it.

No offense
to your honor and all.

None taken.

Fancy. May I?

It's the only weapon on this
Earth that can kill an Original.

So I think I'll hold on
to it. No offense.

I'd offer you a drink,

but Katherine tells me you're more
of a vampire on the rocks kinda guy.

Well, technically,
you could still offer.

Why feed on vampires?

Don't tell me it's
for the smooth aftertaste.

I had a hand
in creating vampires.

But the blood lust
was never my intention.

Over the centuries, I learned
to feed from the predator,

not the innocent.

Change in plans.

Klaus is back.
He's at the Lockwoods.

And he wants your body
delivered to his doorstep.

I'm afraid he's in for
a colossal disappointment.

Well, he's certainly
not going to come here.

I hope your plan
didn't depend on that.

Didn't depend on that.

But you do have a plan.
Right?

Oh, yeah.
We got a plan, right?

It just doesn't
involve you.

Couldn't just break his neck?

It certainly occurred
to me.

My mom would seriously freak

if she saw
all these people here.

Your mother
won't be a problem.

I compelled her to go to church
and pray for your friends.

What are you talking about?

I want you to look around.

There's Bonnie.

There's Elena and Matt.

There's your pretty little
girlfriend Caroline.

Their big dance
was wrecked tonight

and who came through
with a party?

You did. What a pal.

But who are all
these other people here?

I have no idea.

I've never seen half
these people in my life.

Well, that's because I invited
a few dozen friends of my own.

That's my friend Mindy.

I picked her up along
the way in Kansas.

Did you know that there's an
entire bloodline of werewolves

in the heartland?

There's Tony,
from North Dakota,

and let's not forget
the Seattle contingent.

Hold on. Are those people
all hybrids?

Well, they also love
a good party.

And they, like you,
are sired by me.

They wish to serve
their master.

So if anyone should so much
as make a move against me,

they may feel
obligated to retaliate.

Feel free to warn
your friends.

What are you up to with Klaus?

Nothing.

He's on to you, Caroline.

Whatever you all think
you're about to pull off,

he's 2 steps ahead of you.

Ok, I don't know what
you're talking about.

You're lying to me.

Heh, you know,
actually, I'm not.

I don't know anything.
And even if I did,

I wouldn't tell you about,

because you're sired
to team Klaus now.

And you can't be trusted.

So can we please just
go back to the party?

Where's your date?

Getting me a drink.

Well...

Seems I have you to thank
for Mikael's demise.

He came at me.
I didn't have a choice.

Still I'm impressed.

It's not easy for a human
to dagger an Original.

It wasn't the first time.

Right. Elijah.

You seem nervous.

I'm not nervous.
I just don't like you.

Right. Straight to the
point then, shall I, love?

People have been after
me for 1,000 years.

And I am always
one step ahead.

So whatever it is you're
thinking of trying,

go for it,
give it your best shot.

You won't succeed.

Invite-only, vampire.

Here's my rsvp.

Hybrid.

What did you do to her?

It's just vervain.
She'll be fine.

But I need you to get her out
of here as fast as possible.

What's going on?

Something's going down
against Klaus,

and this house is full
of hybrids like me

that can't let
anything happen to him.

What do you mean, "can't"?

I can't explain it.

I can't fight against it.

I just know that I
need to protect him

no matter who gets in my way.

By attacking Caroline?

I'm protecting her, Matt!

This is the only way
to keep her safe.

Please. Just get her
out of here safely.

Get everyone out.

As the host, you should know

those hybrids don't make
the best first impression.

Whatever move you're making, Klaus
is going to be ready for you.

He'll kill anyone at
this party if he has to.

Tell someone who cares.

Ugh! What the hell
is wrong with you?

You're not supposed
to witchy migraine me.

You weren't supposed
to kill Tyler.

He tried to bite me.

What is that?

Nothing.

Oh my God.
Is that the...

Why do you have it?

Because I'm the only one who
could get inside the house.

You have a visitor.

Well, tell my visitor I'm on
the brink of victory here.

He said his name
is Mikael.

Then we mustn't keep him
waiting.

Move everyone out back.

I'm going to have a little
chat with my dad.

Tony, you know what to do.

Hello, Niklaus.

Hello, Mikael.
Won't you come in?

Oh, that's right.
I forgot. You can't.

Or you can come outside
if you want.

Or I can watch my hybrids
tear you limb from limb.

They can't kill me.

True, but it'll make
a hell of a party game.

All I have to do is rub
these 2 fingers together,

and they'll pounce.

The big bad wolf.

You haven't changed.

Still hiding behind
your playthings like a coward.

You only forget.

They may be sired by you,

but they're still
part vampire.

And they can be
compelled by me.

Come out and face me,
Niklaus,

or she dies.

Go ahead. Kill her.

No, Klaus. He'll do it.

If she dies,

this lot will be the last
of your abominations.

I don't need them.

I just need
to be rid of you.

To what end, Niklaus?

So you can live forever
with no one at your side?

Nobody cares
about you anymore, boy!

Who do you have
other than those

whose loyalty you've forced?

No one.

No one.

I'm calling your bluff,
father.

Kill her.

Come outside and face me,
you little coward.

And I won't have to.

My whole life you've
underestimated me.

If you kill her,
you lose your leverage.

So go ahead. Go on.
Kill her.

Come on, old man.
Kill her.

Kill her!

Your impulse, Niklaus.

It has and will forever be

the one thing that keeps you
from truly being great.

Katherine...

Kaboom.

What are you doing?!

What the hell did you do?

He's earned his freedom.

Thank you, my friend.

You no longer have to do
as I say.

You're free.

Are you ok?

What do you think?

I'm sorry I stabbed you.

It was the only thing I could
think of to get you out of there.

"Oh, hey, Caroline,

"I'm worried about what
might happen this evening.

So maybe you should just go home and
watch 'Dancing with the stars?'"

If you knew all your friends
were going to get together

and try to take down Klaus,

would you have left?

No.

So there you go. I saved you
from your own stubbornness.

This isn't funny, Tyler!

How am I supposed
to be with you

when you're sired to him?

I need you to understand,
Caroline.

Understand what?

That you're
one of the bad guys now?

Understand that this
is who I am.

There's nothing
that I can do about it.

Klaus can't be killed.

I can't be fixed.

Understand
that I'm ok with it.

But how are you ok with it?

Because it's better.

I don't have to turn,
Caroline.

Not unless I want to.

I never have to go through
that pain again.

If being sired to Klaus is the
price that I have to pay,

so be it.

But you don't have any true
control over yourself.

I never did before.

The full moon controlled me.

After everything
that we've been through

you've been there for me
through all of it.

Don't turn your
back on me now.

Tyler...

Right.

I just...

Got it.

How did this happen?

We thought
of everything, Elena!

Klaus having hybrids.
Mikael turning on us.

We brought in Katherine
so you weren't in danger.

Anything that could have gone
wrong, we were prepared.

I don't understand.

Stefan wanted Klaus dead
more than anything.

That's what
we were counting on.

We blew it.

Where's Katherine?

She ran for the hills,
like usual.

The minute things
got bad. Who blames her?

Klaus would have
crushed her.

I had him, Elena.

I had Klaus.

This could've all be over!

Hey...

Damon, hey...

Hey, listen to me
we'll survive this.

We always survive.

Trust me.

We're never getting
Stefan back.

You know that, don't you?

Then we'll let him go. Ok?

We'll have to let him go.

Not interested in
the play by play

of our failure
right now, Katherine.

I'm just calling
to say goodbye.

I don't know
what to tell you.

You had a good plan, Damon.

And that's high praise
coming from me.

It's not very
comforting at the moment.

You going back into hiding?

At least my life's not boring.

Goodbye, Damon.

Take care of yourself,
Katherine.

He doesn't know
where it all wrong.

He doesn't need to know.

Are you good from here?

I need to put about
a million miles

between myself and Klaus
as soon as possible.

Stefan...

Stefan.

Elena.

Not exactly.

Pep up. I only got a minute before they
realize that I'm not at the party.

You seem nervous.

I'm not nervous.
I just don't like you.

People have been after
me for 1,000 years.

And I am always
one step ahead.

So whatever it is you're
thinking of trying,

go for it,
give it your best shot.

You won't succeed.

It won't be
for lack of trying.

Now you'd be smart to tell Damon
to mind his manners tonight.

'Cause if I die,
I've already insured

that he'll die
along with me.

Even in death, my hybrids
have their orders.

So you kill me,
you're killing him too.

How did you know that
I would stop Damon?

I didn't.

I was just hoping that
you would want to.

If Klaus gets killed, he's
taking Damon down with him.

So pull the plug
on the plan.

And face the wrath of Mikael?
We'll all be dead.

Ok, look. I know that you've
turned off your humanity

and that you don't care.
So there's only one solution.

And what's that?

Care, Stefan.

Care enough to save
Damon's life.

Because I'm going back
to that party

and I'm seeing
this plan through.

Klaus will be killed
and we'll have our freedom.

But then Damon will be dead.

Your brother
will be dead, Stefan.

Unless you care enough
to do something about it.

You've wanted Klaus dead
for 500 years.

Why would you risk all that
just to save Damon's life?

I wasn't just trying to
save Damon's life, Stefan.

I was trying
to save yours.

Your humanity.

Let's just say I like
the old you better.

Nah.

Come on, Katherine, you don't
care about anyone but yourself.

You never have.

You and I both know
that that is not true.

I loved you.

I loved Damon too.

Humanity is a vampire's
greatest weakness.

No matter how easy it is
to turn it off,

it keeps trying to fight
its way back in.

Sometimes I let it.

I can't let it all back in.

I don't want to.

Not after everything
I've done.

Of course
you don't want to.

But if you don't
let yourself feel,

you won't be able to do
what I need you to do next.

What's that?

Get mad.

Rebekah, where are you?

Pick up the phone, darling.
Daddy's dead.

It's time
for a family reunion.

Stefan. Miss me already?

I'm just calling to thank
you for my freedom.

I like to believe I'm a man
of my word. More or less.

The thing is, it came
at too high of a price.

You took everything
from me, Klaus.

Let bygones be bygones.
Trust me, resentment gets old.

You know
what never gets old?

Revenge.

No!

What's the matter, Klaus?

Missing something?

What are you doing?

I'm just enjoying
my freedom.

I will kill you and every one
you've ever met.

You do that and you'll never
see your family again.

I wonder, Klaus.

As someone who's been one
step ahead for 1,000 years.

Were you prepared
for this?