The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 4, Episode 14 - Down the Rabbit Hole - full transcript

My name is Elena Gilbert.

I'm a new vampire and there
have been complications...

I know that I'm sired
to you, Damon.

You know what would
make me happy?

That what you actually
felt for me was real.

But there's hope now.
There's a cure.

And we're
as close to finding it

as we've ever been.

Here we go.

We've
traveled far from home,

where the cure is buried
with an ancient evil.



What do you know
about Silas?

He's the world's
first immortal being,

and I want to free him.

If Silas rises,
he'll unleash hell on earth.

The search
has been dangerous.

Loyalties have been tested.

I don't care about some
lame-ass cure for vampires.

How can you say that
right now?

Because I don't want
you to be cured.

I can keep expression
from consuming you.

Downside is, you turned her into
a bomb that only you can dismantle.

Now Bonnie has
to keep me alive.

What the hell's
going on?

The gang's
all here. Silas awaits.



The cure is within our reach,

but we're not the only ones
looking for it.

You're one of the 5.

Aah!

Something bothering you?

Would you believe me
if I said mosquitoes?

Oh, aye, I would.
How does it feel when

a relentless eating machine is
draining the blood from your veins?

Itchy.

Your friends from Mystic Falls
think you're funny, Damon?

You obviously know who
I am and where I'm from.

- Have you been spying on me?
- Aye.

I have.

You and Stefan,

Elena,

your witch, Bonnie.

Do you need her to cast
the spell written

on your pal Jeremy's
Hunter's Mark...

A tattoo that looks
exactly like this?

You want to know
something, just ask.

I've been killing
vampires my entire life.

Still, this thing refused
to reveal itself to me.

That was, until 3 days ago,
and it just magically

completed for
no apparent reason.

Come on, man. Do I look like
I know anything about tattoos?

Look at my skin.
It's flawless.

Ah, you're not
taking me seriously.

I don't blame you.

You don't know me.

So let me
introduce myself.

My name is
Galen Vaughn,

and you'd better
start talking.

♪ The Vampire Diaries 4x14 ♪
Down the Rabbit Hole
Original Air Date on February 14, 2013

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- Tell me you're not serious.
- I wish I weren't.

When we got back
from looking for Jeremy,

Shane and Bonnie were
both gone, too.

Shane needs Bonnie to cast
a spell on Jeremy's tattoo

in order to find the cure,

and he managed to sneak them
both out from under our noses.

- Well, where's Damon in all this?
- We had an argument.

I thought he was just
taking a walk, but then

when we went to the beach,
we saw signs of a struggle.

Meaning what?

Meaning somebody probably
jumped him and then grabbed him.

Do you think
Shane took him?

No, I mean, he's not strong
enough to take Damon on,

even with the element
of surprise.

He must have someone

or at least a few
someones helping him.

I am so sorry.
I wish I was there to help.

Well, maybe there's
something you can do from home.

Anything. Tell me.

So Shane's looking for the cure.
We think we can find him.

We have pictures
of Jeremy's tattoo,

but we just can't
translate the map.

Unless you get
the Hunter's sword from Klaus.

Exactly.

He'll never
give up the sword.

Yeah, but if anyone's
gonna get him

to give it up,
it's Caroline.

He will never
give up the sword,

not even for Caroline.

He's terrified we'll use
the cure against him

to make him mortal, and even if he
wasn't, he wouldn't want any of us

to derive a moment's worth
of happiness from being human.

Well, maybe he doesn't
have to give it up.

Klaus is stuck in Elena's
house by Bonnie's spell.

He can't go anywhere.

There's only so many places you
can hide a 3-foot piece of metal.

I'll find it. Don't worry.

Just email me photos
of Jeremy's tattoo.

I'll find the sword
and I'll call you back.

Thank you, Caroline.

Bye.

- Need my help with anything, love?
- Nope.

This is as far
as I go.

We're on the brink of a monumental
event in human history.

We're gonna raise the most powerful
immortal creature that ever was.

Come on, our work's
not done yet.

Mine is. You said get
the kid and the witch.

I did. I want
to get paid now.

I'll say a prayer
for your souls.

That's what
the tombstone was for?

To pay off a mercenary?

The core of
that tombstone is made up

of Qetsiyah's
calcified blood.

In some witch circles,
that stone's more

valuable than
the Hope diamond.

So...

So who wants
to go down first?

Well, if it isn't
little orphan Lockwood.

Come to show how laughably
impotent you are against me?

I'm just trying to help
my friends find the cure.

Found this
in your attic.

And you think
finding the sword

brings you closer
to the cure?

You tell me.

I was playing around
with the handle

on the ride over...

And I found this.

And what do you
think this is?

It's called a cryptex.

I've seen
"The Da Vinci Code."

You turn the different sides
to the different symbols

to get the translation
on the other side.

And, with the magic
of the Internet,

Elena sent over these.

So now all we have
to do is cryptex away.

If you happened to want to help,
we wouldn't stop you.

Right. Well, might I suggest
using the magic of the Internet

to purchase
an Aramaic-to-English dictionary

from your nearest
retailer?

- What's Aramaic?
- It's a dead language.

It hasn't been used since,
like, biblical times.

Qetsiyah's native
tongue, I'm guessing.

You know, even if you had
the best dictionary in the world,

it could take days
to translate...

perhaps weeks.

"In bas so-teen-too
ara-ma-eet."

What does that mean?

"If only you spoke
Aramaic."

And, once again,

everyone's life is in
danger looking for this cure

because poor Elena can't
deal with being a vampire.

No, everyone's here
because they want to be.

Not just for you,
but for themselves, too.

Stefan, why didn't you tell me that
you wanted the cure for yourself?

I mean, why wouldn't
I want to take it?

I've seen every side
of vampirism there is.

The power...
the misery, the guilt.

In the long run, even
the good parts kind of suck, too.

Yeah, I mean, I know why you
would want to take it, but...

All I'm saying is...
Why didn't you tell me?

'Cause it had nothing
to do with you.

I mean, you know how much
I wanted a human life with you,

being human myself,

being normal...

that's something I've wanted
since long before I met you.

Well, I'm glad
you told me now.

Yeah, what's a deeply buried personal
secret between friends, right?

Between friends?
I like that.

Mind telling me
where we're going?

At the wishing well lies
an entrance to a crypt.

In the crypt lies Silas.

And with Silas lies
the cure,

which will allow me
to kill Silas,

bring the mission of
the brotherhood of the 5 to an end.

You're my leverage, Damon;
I use you to get

your witch friend to open
the passage to Silas' crypt for me.

Wait a minute. You're using
me to get to Bonnie Bennett?

Whoa, brother. Heh!

You picked
the wrong vampire.

I guess we'll see
about that.

Here's the deal,
Shrek.

My witch friend will open
the passage for you.

No leverage necessary.

We don't care
about Silas.

All we want is the cure,
so you cut us in

on your share, we'll
get out of your hair.

You really don't
understand, do you?

Ok, this is it.

We've translated all
the symbols on the tattoo.

"Passage inside... requires
a young senator

and a pretty flower."

Ok, none of this
makes sense.

No,
I don't understand,

so why don't you
explain it?

Silas is immortal.

I have to cram the cure down
his throat in order to kill him.

Yeah, what does it have to
do with me and my friends?

"Requires a powerful witch
and a hunter in full bloom."

What are you doing?

I don't need to
tell you my reasons.

Caroline.

Bring my sword
over here.

I need to use
the cure against Silas.

Your friends, they can't
exactly have it, now, can they?

So you use it on Silas, and we'll
use it for whoever wants to use it.

"Silas rests
on the far side,

the means of his
destruction at hand."

Turn the cryptex
to the right.

Stop.

The top of the hilt

reveals a key
to a nautical map.

Turn it to the left.

Now turn
the other piece.

Wait. There's
something else.

You don't want
to share it with us?

Even if I wanted to,
I couldn't.

And why can't you
share it?

So it is written.

What does it mean?

Klaus,
what does it mean?

There is only
one dose.

- You ok?
- Yeah, I just slipped.

Oh.

Oh!

Ah-ah-ah-ah.

It's ok.

Thanks.

Hey, guys,
I'm coming down.

Hey, Bon.

What do you think's
gonna happen

once you cast
a spell on my tattoo

and there's nothing in
between Shane and Silas?

- Do you trust me?
- Yeah, of course.

Then trust me when I promise
I won't let Shane raise Silas.

Just don't do
anything stupid.

If your expression
gets out of hand,

Shane is the only one that could
help you keep it in control.

Don't worry about me.
I'm fine.

But if Shane tries to lift a finger on
his hand to hurt either one of us...

I'll kill him myself.

- Hello?
- Hey, it's Caroline.

We have the translation
of the tattoo.

We're emailing you
pictures of the map

and instructions
right now.

Got it. Thanks.

Actually, it was me.

Nik, you helped?

You sound so surprised,
little sister.

Shouldn't I be? I mean, you
don't want me to be human.

You don't want any of us to be human.
Why would you help us find the cure?

Maybe I finally realized the longer
I stand in the way of what you want,

the longer you'll
continue to hate me.

Perhaps I want my sister
to finally know happiness.

Fool me once, shame on you;
Fool me a hundred times...

No more fooling.
No more games.

I hope you get to live,

and die, as you wish.

So do I.

There is one more
thing, Rebekah.

There is only
one dose of the cure.

You need to find it
first and take it.

It's the only way you'll...

Nik. Nik!

You touch me again...

And you'll what?
Threaten me?

Sorry if you're upset
about the cure, Damon,

but we've got road
to cover.

I don't care about
the cure.

In fact, I don't know why anyone
wouldn't want to be a vampire.

You know what?
If I wasn't a vampire,

then I wouldn't be able
to do 9 of the things

I'm gonna do to you
when I'm free.

- Make that 10.
- Right.

All right,
I admit, ok?

My friends want
the cure,

and I want them
to have it,

and I get very upset when
I can't provide for my loved ones.

But tell me something,
Vaughn, if all you're

worried about is Bonnie
the teenage witch,

then why'd you save Jeremy
and Elena yesterday?

- How did I do that?
- Big guy.

White paint
all over him.

Stuck a hatchet
in his spine.

I don't remember doing
such a thing.

We're on
a remote island.

There's you, me,
and a bunch of unpleasant locals.

You expect me to believe
that someone else

took out that monster
truck of a human being

that went after
Jeremy and Elena?

I'm telling you,
it wasn't me.

Was that you?

No. You?

No.

I reckon there really is
someone else on this island.

It's just amazing,
isn't it?

Once we raise Silas,
all of our sacrifices

will have been worthwhile;
We'll all have what we want.

Or he'll kill us all.

Listen, you're gonna
see I'm right.

Just so you don't get
any ideas, remember,

anything happens to me, something
a lot worse will happen to you.

All right. Where's this stupid
magic passage she needs to open?

Just look for anything
that looks out of place,

all right? Anything not
occurring in nature,

like a drawing
or an inscription or...

Geometrically
perfect circle.

This is it.

This is the spot.

What did Caroline say?

I don't know.
We lost the signal.

Come on. This way.

We need to
get down and across.

Advantage,
vampires:

All we have
to do is jump.

Wait, wait. Um...

Maybe you should
leave the map behind.

In case you fall,
you don't want

anything to happen
to the phone.

Are we doing this
again?

I thought
we were a team.

Guys, we don't have
time for this.

Elena, you go first.

We'll be right
behind you.

There's something you
should know about the cure.

Now you're doing it.
Just breathe,

all right? Focus on
what you can do.

Don't be afraid
of what you can't.

You can do this.

Remember, just like
you taught me.

You're in control.

That's it.
It's just like drawing breath.

Now just pull
the power into you.

Looks like your witch
is casting her spell.

So you're sure that Klaus
is telling the truth,

that there is only
one dose of the cure?

Well, I guess that's what happens when
you're dumb enough to hold out hope.

There's still hope
for one of us,

but even if I felt
pity for you,

if I wanted to ease your pain so I gave
you the cure to take for yourself,

you'd give it to Elena,
wouldn't you?

That's what I thought.

Well, I'm sorry that it couldn't
work out the way we all wanted it to.

Bonnie!

Bonnie!

I'm fine.

Here. Heh!

Look.

It worked.

You did it.

We did it.

Hey, guys, c...

I need a hand.
My leg's broken.

Best to stay
off it, then.

Bonnie.

Wait, wait. Don't...

Come on. Bonnie!

Help me! Come on!
Please!

Help me!

Well, here we are.

Looks like someone
beat us to the punch.

That's a shame, Damon.

I have no use
for you anymore.

Hate to kill ya.

Ditto. You know,
that pesky hunter's curse and all.

All right.

How do you want
to do this?

I'll make it quick
and painless.

Wish I could make
the same promise.

Ow!

I'm gonna kill you.

And then I'm gonna get
to that damn cure,

and I'm gonna give it
to the girl that I love.

Your attachment to your friends
will be the end of you.

You don't know
my friends...

Or my enemies.

There's only one cure?

I can't take it.
I mean,

not above everyone else who
deserves it just as much as I do.

It's over.

I'm sorry.

Don't be.
Maybe it's a blessing in disguise.

How so?

Things changed the minute that
I went off that bridge, Stefan.

Even if I could be
human again,

I wouldn't be the person
that I was.

So it's about time that I accept
the person that I am now

and figure out a way... to start
living the rest of my life.

The rest of your life...

Sired to Damon.

I guess we'll have to deal
with that when I get home.

Oh, my God...

Home. Klaus.

Bonnie's spell isn't
gonna hold him.

And after what we did to Kol,
if we don't ram

that cure down his throat,
he'll kill us all.

Pity party over.
We have to go.

Every time I think
I have him,

that son of a bitch
gets the upper hand.

We won't let him
hurt you.

Stefan and Elena will
bring back the cure.

If they get to it first.

And if they don't,
Klaus kills me.

I need to get out of town to figure
out how I'm gonna stay alive...

Wait, hang on, ok?
Gosh!

Before you get
all doomsday, just...

at least let me try
and talk to him.

He's got nothing
to lose, Care.

His brother's dead,
his hybrids are gone.

All he wants right now is blood,
starting with mine.

I'm not gonna say good-bye to
you again, do you understand me?

Let me fix this.

Are we gonna dance
or are we gonna play?

You know he can't hurt me, Damon,
unless he's got the white oak stake.

Oh, he doesn't,
but he's got other toys.

Damon!

You're wasting time.
Just get the cure. Go.

We're not gonna leave you.

No, we aren't.

You need to go ahead.
We'll be right behind you.

Go.

Look at us.

A newbie hunter and a witch
who needs adult supervision.

How are we the ones
that made it this far?

I'm glad we're here
together.

Me, too.

Where is "here,"
exactly?

This way.

How do you know?

I just know.

Hello, Bonnie.

Hi, grams.

What are you doing
here, grams?

This place allows
the living to talk to the dead.

Bonnie,
what's going on?

I am so sorry

about what happened.

It's ok.
You're here now.

And you are this close to
bringing me back to life for good.

How?

Silas can do it.

All you have to do is
reach him and feed him,

and everything will go back
to the way it was.

Bonnie, stop!

Hey, you're not seeing
your grams.

If she were here, I'd be
able to see her, and I can't.

It's not her ghost.
It's a hallucination.

What you're seeing,
it isn't real.

It's me. Your grams
isn't here.

I'm here. I'm real, ok?

Jer...

What happened?

Silas.

He was in your head.

He was trying
to control you.

And Shane.

Illusions of his wife.

That's how Silas
controls him.

You need to block him
out of your mind.

Close your eyes.

Listen to my voice
and only my voice.

I'm gonna get us
there.

You can't kill Tyler.

Not only can I,
I have to.

I have a reputation
to uphold.

Moreover, I want to.

I'm not asking you
to forgive him.

All I'm asking is that
you let him live,

somewhere far from here.

So he gets to live
a happy life

after he turned all
my hybrids against me,

after he tried
to kill me,

after he made it
his life's mission

to find the cure
so he could use it against me...

- We all want the cure.
- Do we?

Do you?

It doesn't matter.
There's only one,

so it's not like I'm
gonna get it anyway.

But if you could...

You wouldn't,
would you?

You prefer
who you are now

to the girl
you once were.

You like being
strong,

ageless,

fearless.

We're the same,
Caroline.

Then show me.

You know how much
I love Tyler.

You can see how scared
I am to lose him.

If you and I are so similar,
then show me your compassion.

Show him the mercy
that I would show you.

Mercy...

For Tyler?

Very well.

Tell him to leave town immediately.

And tell him
to run and hide

in a place I will
never find him.

Of course.

Tell him that this
is the mercy

I extend
for your sake...

That I will give him
a head start

before I kill him.

All right, come on.
We have to catch up.

No, it's ok.
I just need a minute.

I'm only gonna
slow you down. Go.

She only needs
one of us.

And what? You don't care
to be that one anymore?

You finally decided it was
easier to just walk away?

There's only one dose
of the cure, Stefan.

If she wants to take it,
you want her to.

I don't.

Just do what makes her
happy, Stefan.

Things have changed.
It's not that easy anymore.

It is right now.

Get your ass down
the well.

Help Elena get
the damn thing.

Come on.

Stefan?

Hello?

Elena.

No.

How many times are
we gonna have to say good-bye?

At least this time we have
a minute to do it the right way.

There isn't a right way.

This isn't good-bye.

This is...
until we find a way.

We're immortal,
remember?

We will find a way.

What if we don't?

Tell me that you'll
never think of me again.

Tell me that you'll forget about
me, tell me that you are gonna go on

and live a full and
happy life without me.

I will live a happy
life without you.

I will forget
all about you.

And I will never,

ever... think
about you again.

Until we find a way.

Hey, I don't suppose you'd want to
share a little of that vampire blood.

Where are Jeremy
and Bonnie?

I have no idea.

Stop lying!

I'm not lying...

But if you help me, I will take
you the rest of the way, I promise.

Did you know this whole time
that there was only one cure?

What? No.

How could I?
I've never seen it.

Look, everything I ever said and did was
just to bring back my family, I swear.

Well, then you know what
it's like to have hope,

and now you know what it
feels like to lose it.

Come on. Come on!

Caitlin.

I'm sorry, Caitlin.

- I failed you.
- No.

You didn't.

I'm sorry.

- I tried.
- Shh.

You did everything
I asked you to.

Everything is going
to be just fine.

Is this it?

This is the cure?

How is that supposed to cure
every vampire in the world?

I don't think
it is, Jer.

It's stuck.
Help me move it.

It's, like,
fossilized in place.

Oh.

It's like trying
to bend stone.

Oh, my God.

What?

What, Bonnie?

He's been frozen like
a vampire statue for 2,000 years.

There's only one way we're gonna
get this statue to unfreeze.

How's that?

We have to feed him
our blood.

If we want to get the cure
out of his hands, we...

We have to wake him up.

Oh.

You're alive.

- Yeah.
- Why didn't you go with them?

Needed a siesta.

- You gave up, didn't you?
- I didn't give up.

I just realized...

You can't control
everything...

No matter
how hard you try.

Let's just say I made
peace with that fact.

Peace?

You love Elena.

You always will.

If she becomes human, she may
not feel the same way about you.

You'll never know peace.

Life sucks.

Get a helmet.

You did something
selfless, Damon.

If I didn't know
better, I'd say

you were becoming
a halfway decent person.

Ah, come on!

There's got to be a way to
do this without raising him.

We'll find a way...

Don't listen
to the witch, boy.

We have to raise
Silas,

and we have
to do it now.

Bonnie!

What are you doing?

What you should have
done already.

I'm gonna raise Silas...

Then I'm gonna kill him.

You're a bit confused,
Mr. Gilbert.

We're on
the same team here.

Aah!

You stabbed my friend!

I don't mess around
with witches.

You can't use
the cure on Silas.

It's what it's
meant for!

What else
would you use it for?

Your friends...

Your sister...

Sorry, lad.

It wasn't meant for that.

Nothing personal.

Don't!
The Hunter's curse!

You ok?

How did you get out?

I fear something awful has
befallen your friend Bonnie.

Don't worry, love.
You know I'd never hurt you.

You've done enough.

I've done more
than enough.

I've shown kindness,

forgiveness,

pity...

Because of you,
Caroline.

It was all for you.

Elena.

What happened?
She's here!

Who?

Elena's here now, ok?
Everything's gonna be all right.

We did it.

Come on. We got
to get you up.

You have to help Bonnie. The hunter
stabbed her. You have to feed her.

Ok. I just need to make
sure that you're ok first.

I'm fine.
What are you doing?

The cure.

Jeremy, after everything
we've been through,

it's right there.

It'll be there
after we help Bonnie.

God, I forgot what
a brat you were.

What?

I'm done playing nice.

Ah!

Katherine.

It's been too long,
little Gilbert.

Sorry. Family reunion is
gonna have to be cut short.

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