The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 4, Episode 17 - Because the Night - full transcript

Previously
on "The Vampire Diaries"...

He's dead. No, no!
I can't, I can't!

Turn it off.

Her humanity, Damon.
That was all she had left.

Humanity means nothing when you don't
have anyone to care about, Stefan.

I know how to bring Jeremy back.

It's called an expression triangle.

I need to complete it for Silas.

The nutty professor's
got her totally brainwashed.

- You had 36 people killed?
- No. I had 24 people killed...

12 humans at the Young farm,
12 hybrids.



You and I are gonna
complete the triangle.

I was looking for answers,

and all I found was
your Professor Shane dead.

I think Silas followed us
back from that island.

You and I, we are the beginning.

The cure. I know someone has it.

- Katherine.
- The doppelganger?

Where are you right now?

In the boonies looking
for a dead vampire

that might lead to
Katherine and the cure.

- Damon?
- Will?

Hey, buddy.

Everyone needs to
just stop telling me

that I need to feel.



Be honest.
You like me better like this.

So where are we going?

A place every newbie vampire

should go at least
once in their life.

New York.

- You were right.
- Told you.

- That was really good.
- Yeah?

- Glad you liked it.
- Yeah. Thanks for inviting me.

- Do it again next weekend?
- If you're lucky.

Oh, God. Is he...
do you think he's dead?

I don't know.

Stay there.

Aah!

Oh, my God!

You're that
serial killer, aren't you?

The son of Sam.

Son of Giuseppe,
but close enough.

No!

You dragged me
all the way to New York

- because you were feeling nostalgic?
- No. I dragged you to New York

because in a matter of 3 days

you managed to piss off
everyone in Mystic Falls.

A little more difficult to
do in a city of millions.

- I was hungry.
- You were reckless.

Emotionless.
There's a difference.

Look. All that matters
is that when I lived here

I fed like crazy and had a blast

and went undetected for years.

So we're just here to have fun?

- What's the catch?
- There's no catch.

Look. You wanted out.
I got you out.

You wanted to feed,
I brought you to a city-sized

all-you-can-eat buffet.

That's the beauty of New York.
There's so much life

that a little death goes unnoticed.

Come on. Let's go get some lunch.

Wait. What do you mean
you took her to New York?

And that tone is the reason
I didn't pick up the phone

the first 20 times you called.

Where is she now?

Out exploring.
Maybe she's eating a hot dog...

Vendor.

So I take it your search
for Katherine is off.

Relax, man.
This little joy ride

is actually a cure hunt.

That vampire that Katherine sent
after Hayley is a friend of mine.

He lived in the city.

Will gets vampires fake identities,

and I'm sure that Katherine's
one of his clients.

And Elena's ok with
this little field trip?

Just yesterday, she was
living the vampire high life.

She doesn't want the cure.

That's why I didn't tell her.

Damon, if she finds out
you're still looking for it,

she'll bolt.

I'm aware of that, Stefan.

What I'm hoping is
she's gonna be so wasted

on booze and blood
that she won't even think about it.

Don't underestimate her.

If I can handle you when
you flip your switch,

I can handle her.
Trust me.

Listen to me. She's ruthless
without her humanity.

The cure's the fastest
way to get it back.

Just be a good brother
and keep Mystic Falls afloat for me

and let me do my thing.

You've got an immortal named
Silas to deal with, remember?

Desperate times I take it.

- What are you doing here?
- Not judging you for starters,

although if you are
determined to get drunk,

then perhaps I might recommend
something a little more sanitary.

Well, then.
You showed me.

Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler
to the ends of the earth,

or are there some hopes and dreams
you want to crush around here?

Depends. Do you happen to know
where the young Brutus is?

I know where he's not... with me.

He gave Matt the deed
to the house,

so he's gone for good.

Tyler made it his life's
mission to kill me.

You can't hate me
for driving him away.

No. I can, and I do.

Now if you don't mind,
I'd like to get back to spiraling,

so go away.

Actually,
I asked him to be here.

We need his help.
I think Silas is in Mystic Falls.

Ok. Come on.
Take a deep breath.

And 5, 4...

I can't do this.

Bonnie, relax, ok?
Trust me.

How can I trust you if you
won't show me your real face?

Don't you think
it's a little creepy

that you're appearing
as my dead professor?

I told you that I'm Silas,

I told you Shane
died on the island.

I'm trying to earn your trust.

All right. Look.

You invited me into your home,
right?

Why?

Why'd you lie to your friends
and tell them everything was fine?

Why did you convince
your dad that you needed

Professor Shane's help
to control your magic?

- What am I doing here?
- You're in my head.

You're making me
see things and do things.

Hey. Now. See?
Look. I'm strong,

but you're a witch,

and I can't force
you to do anything

that you don't already want to do.

You care about Jeremy, right?

I do.

Yeah. You were with him,

and you promised to protect him,

but you failed,

and now in order
to bring him back...

I need to get rid
of the other side.

You are descended from Qetsiyah,

one of the most
powerful witches of all time.

Only you can complete the triangle

and cast the spell.

Completing the triangle
means killing 12 people.

12 people you can bring back.

Bonnie, you can do
this for Jeremy.

So some blood went missing
from a few hospitals.

What about Elena?

Don't vampires
with their humanity off

tend to overindulge in human blood,

- or were you the exception?
- It's not Elena.

Well, let's say for
a moment that it was Silas.

I'm struggling to see
how this affects me.

Look. Silas wants to die
and be reunited

with his one true love,
but he's supernatural,

so if he takes the cure and dies,

he gets stuck on the other side.

How Shakespearian.

But if he destroys
the other side altogether,

he can take the cure,
die, and pass on,

but in destroying it,

every dead supernatural being

will return to our side.

That means every werewolf,
every witch,

every vampire.

I wonder how many of those
you personally killed.

Care yet?

My interest is piqued.

How do we stop him?

Bonnie said Silas needs to complete
3 massacres to do this spell.

Before Professor Shane died,
he convinced the pastor

to blow up the council.

Next, he had you kill your hybrids,

and now he only needs
one more massacre,

so if he's here,
that's what he's doing.

We need to find him.

Looks about right.

I was promised hedonism.

Well, it's early.

Hedonism isn't a big fan
of the sunlight.

Or soap.

Easy, Judgy.

Not everybody got
a hot new haircut today.

Give it a couple of hours.

This place will be crawling
with more punked-out nihilists

than you can eat
in a decade, trust me.

How do you know?

Because I spent most
of the seventies here.

The factory was too clean,

CBGB's was too high-profile,

but Billy's...
Billy's was

the underground of the underground.

1, 2, 3, 4!

There you go.

Two for one.
Rock 'n' roll.

That's the third 5'7" brunette
I've gotten from you, Billy boy.

Is that the same client?

She's a runner.

Some vampires need more
identities than others.

Hey! Watch what you're doing!

What the hell?

Hey. Be discrete.

I kill people
and give you their I.D.S,

you let me feed in your club.

Discretion was never
part of the deal.

Damon.

- Lexi?
- You're gonna feed on him right here?

You're getting sloppy, Damon.

You got lexied?

Following a lead without me?

Poor form, Damon.

I have to say I'm
a little hurt, Damon.

I thought we made a good team.

Not without its fireworks,

but what classic pairing isn't?

Wait. What the hell
are you talking about?

Damon's following
a lead to the cure.

I'm following him.

Notice your name never came up.

You're doing what?

How does it feel
to be wrong all the time?

I brought Elena here to feed.

I mean, Mystic Falls isn't exactly

vamp Xanadu right now.

Right. So you drove
7 hours to New York City?

Yes, and as I was
explaining to Elena

before we were
so rudely interrupted,

that my history in this city has

a particular resonance
to her current situation.

When I had my humanity off.

That explains it.

- Your switch is flipped.
- Ugh. Would you mind?

I can't even hear my prey
over your constant babbling.

You're not even
covering your tracks.

We heard about you back
in Mystic Falls.

So Stefan sent you.

Hmm. I thought we
were on the off part

of our endless on-again, off-again,

eternity-of-misery cycle.

Lucky for you he cared
just enough to send me.

So why'd you flip it?

What traumatic event was too much

for Damon Salvatore to handle?

"Leave it to beaver."
The fifties bored me.

Well, it's the seventies now,

and keeping it off is gonna
get you caught and killed.

And I'll chance it.

I won't.
I promised Stefan...

Look,
you and Stefan have a thing.

He falls off the wagon,
you pick him up.

He's redeemed, you get your

Florence nightingale jollies, ok?

But that's not me.
I'm not him.

I don't want or need you.

Too bad because you got me.

Wow.
She sounds dreadful.

She had a mother Teresa complex.

So let me guess.

After many dark nights with Lexi,

she convinced you to turn
your emotions back on,

and that's exactly what you
plan to do with me. Hmm.

You read the last page
of a book first, too?

I'm gonna get a drink, many drinks.

So you really buy all this?

Not one bit.

I know he's after the cure.

I'm not stupid.

Well, let's not say
things we don't mean.

Damon is like a dog with a bone.

Stefan, too.

They won't give up
until they find the cure

and then make me take it.

So I guess I'm gonna
have to find it first.

You're playing him.

No. He's playing me.

I'm just returning the favor.

What are we even looking for?

Well, if Shane really
was working with Silas,

chances are he was helping
him plan his next move.

Where, on his evil
villain to-do list...

steal blood,
perform 3 massacres,

- pick up dry cleaning?
- Actually not to nit-pick,

but we evil villains
usually use minions

to pick up our dry cleaning,
that sort of thing.

Why is he necessary again?

Well, we don't know
what Silas can do,

so if we do have to
go head to head with him,

an original hybrid who can't die

might come in handy.

Besides,
Stefan and I work well together,

or at least we did in the twenties.

Well, granted my emotions were off.

And that's why you were more fun

just as Damon is probably relishing

in Elena's emotionless
company in New York.

My brother knows what he's doing.

Does he?

Don't underestimate
the allure of darkness, Stefan.

Even the purest hearts
are drawn to it.

Still, I'm sure
it will all be fine.

I think I found something.

"Symbolic figures
in the dark arts."

Didn't Bonnie talk
about expression triangles?

Here.

"In some schools of magic
such as expression,

"human sacrifice can be
used as a focus for power.

"It's rumored that the addition
of two supernatural sacrifices

"compounds the mystical energy,

creating an expression triangle."

Humans... that was
the council fire.

Demons... Klaus' hybrid failure.

Well, I wouldn't exactly
call it a failure.

What's the third?

Oh, no.

You want me to kill witches?

We've been over this.

It's temporary.
They'll come back.

- What if I'm not strong enough?
- You are strong enough.

Look. It won't be easy.

Once they realize
how strong you are,

they'll channel each other
one by one using spirit magic

till they can strip
you of expression.

You have to endure them
until all 12 are linked as one.

Listen. Your dad's here.

We have to convince him.

Hey. How was the session?

To be honest,
not that great.

The meditation
isn't really working.

Here magic's too strong.

You told me you could help her.

Dad, it's...
it's not his fault.

Not his fault? He's the one
who taught you this magic,

and now he can't control it.

Listen. We have an idea.

I'm done listening to your ideas.

- I want you to get out of my house.
- Dad!

We just call on the spirits.

- I want you out of my house!
- Wait!

What the hell is happening to her?

This happened to my wife.

Expression consumed her.

She had no control.

I need you to call mom.

We need witches,
a lot of them.

Is this allowed?

What would Lexi say?

Lexi thought the only way I would

turn my emotions back
on was if I started

enjoying my life again.

Do not tell me she took you
to Bon Jovi concerts, too.

No. Wrong decade.

Lexi was not allowed
to feed with Stefan.

I didn't have that problem,

and neither do you.

Hey!

I'm hungry.

Pick.

Don't scream.

Your turn.

Ugh. Packrat.

Thanks, will.

Is it just you?

This place wasn't easy to find.

Figured you wouldn't
want to draw attention.

It will work.

I'm Aja.

You friends with my mom?

I was.

After she became a vampire,

we didn't have
a whole lot in common.

So she's not coming.

This is witch business.

Look. I know you're scared,

but I've dealt
with expression before.

I know the hold it can have on you.

It's not that.

I'm just...
I'm strong.

You won't be able to do this alone.

Oh, honey, who said
anything about being alone?

There's almost nothing
as strong as a full coven,

so I brought 11
of my closest friends.

Won't be fun,

but we're gonna cleanse you.

You ready?

Let's do this.

Leave.

Looks like Damon gave us the slip.

Good. Hopefully he'll find
whatever he's looking for,

and then I can take it.

And what if you can't?

I mean, he is stronger than you.

You know, I could help you.

You want the cure off the table,

I want to take it.

We could work together.

Work together?
Don't you hate me?

I hated the moral,
self-righteous version of you,

but this one's not so bad.

Maybe it's your new haircut.

Do you remember what
it's like to be human...

weak, fragile?

Why would you want
to go back to that?

Because someday,
I want a family' of my own.

And that's exactly why
I don't want your help.

The best part of having no emotions

is that I can think rationally.

I'll do whatever it takes
to get this done.

You're the opposite, a pile
of neuroses and insecurities,

hopes and dreams.

You're basically
one big emotional variable

that I just don't really need.

You just made me
miss the old Elena.

There's been two massacres.

Pastor Young's farm is here,

and the old Lockwood cellar,

where you spitefully slaughtered
12 of your own hybrids,

is here.

According to the book,

the expression triangle
is equilateral,

putting it here.

Somebody's been skipping
their geometry classes.

There are actually two places

where the third massacre could be.

Well, you didn't let me finish.

Hey. What's going on?
Did you find Bonnie?

No, but I talked to her dad.

I think I found Silas.

Call out to the sprits, Bonnie.

Let them in.

Phesmatos tribum... aah!

I can't.
It's hurting.

It hurts! Ohh!

It's because you've
rejected the spirits.

The expression's consumed you.

Phesmatos tribum nas ex viras...

I changed my mind.

Purgal animum sous...

I don't want to do this anymore!

- Obscarus!
- Let me go!

She's fighting.
I need help.

Link with me.

Lend me your power.

Phesmatos repallus tantian...

Maltuscanum anium par vas.

We need more strength!

Phesmatos repallus tantian

maltuscanum anium par vas.

So Silas is appearing
as Professor Shane.

Wouldn't be my first choice.

Well, it would be if you
needed to brainwash Bonnie

into committing a massacre.

You need me to come home?

No we got it.

How's the cure search going?

Well...
Not great.

I mean, it's no massacre
in the making,

but Rebekah trailed us here.

Then in addition to my buddy
being a brilliant identity thief,

he's also a hoarder.

What are you trying to find?

Will had a repeat customer,
5'7" brunette.

Said she was a runner.

Katherine.

Turns out I was helping
her run from me.

Ironic.

Problem is I'm pretty sure

that his filing system
goes by birthdate,

but I can't for the life
of me remember Katherine's.

June 5, 1473.

And that, brother, is why
you are the better boyfriend.

Well, will you look at that?

It's all her former addresses,

including a couple
from the last two months.

I mean, they're mostly P.O. boxes,

but, hey, it narrows the search.

Well, you're welcome.

So you headed back now?

No. Tomorrow morning.

Got to keep up the ruse

for the terrible twosome outside,

pretend like I'm
having a good time.

And you're not?

I'll tell you tomorrow.

Sorry. I needed some quiet.

Couldn't hear Stefan
over the runaways 2.0.

Let me guess.
He's worried.

Jealous mainly.
He's having acid flashbacks

of me and Lexi in
the seventies in New York.

I'll tell you about it
over a drink. Come on.

Lexi stuck with me for months,

partying with me,
showing me a good time,

but late every night,
she'd torture me

in the worst way possible.

Tell me about her.

No.

What did she look like,

what did she sound like?

Tell me everything
you remember about her.

Every night.

And that's my cue.

You have a nice fight.

Try not to break anything.

Mmm.

Every night.

Every night, we get wasted,

and the second I bottom out,

you have to bring up Katherine.

Because you loved her,

and love is the most
powerful emotion.

If I can just get you to remember
how you felt about her...

I don't want to remember.

I mean, why do you care so much?

Do you remember how we first met?

It was 1864.

Stefan had just killed you father,

made you turn into a vampire,

and he was killing his
way through Mystic Falls.

You hated him.

Rightfully so,

but before you left,
you asked me to help him

because no matter what happened,

he was still your brother,

and you cared about him.

Now you need help,
and he cares about you.

We both do.

Let me help you.

Tell me about Katherine.

Talking about Katherine's
not gonna help me.

Why not?

Because she's not
the person I care about.

It flipped.

The switch.
Why didn't you tell me?

Because I barely felt it at first,

but every night,
it's gotten stronger.

It worked.

You worked.

You and Lexi?

Here on the bar?

On the bar, on the stage,
on the roof.

It was a very long night.

Yeeh.

Where you going?

To the roof.

I want to hear the rest
of the story.

Ok.

Excuse you.

I just want to see where we are.

You know, when we split up,

you did have the option
of going with Stefan.

Yeah? And leave Bonnie's
life your hands?

Fat chance.

Do you even know how to read a map?

Yes, and do you know who taught me?

My friend Magellan.

Wow! You had a friend.

Was he drawn to your darkness, too?

Actually, I was referring to
Damon and Elena when I said that,

but clearly it struck
a chord with you.

It's because it's not true!

There is no allure to darkness.

Really? So you've
never felt the attraction

that comes when someone who's
capable of doing terrible things

for some reason
cares only about you?

I did once when I thought
he was worth it,

but it turns out some
people can't be fixed.

People who do terrible things

are just terrible people.

We're here,

although judging
by the lack of witches,

here is not the correct location.

Yield to the spirits, Bonnie!

- Aah!
- You can't fight us!

Stop it. It's not what you think.

This is no place for a vampire.

She's working for Silas.

Silas?

He brainwashed her to kill you.

Wait. What are you doing?

If Silas has her, she's lost.

We can't save her.

I have the power of 12 witches.

You don't stand a chance!

They're linked.
Bonnie's gonna kill them.

Not if the witches kill her first.

Ugh!

Klaus, we need to save her.

How? The only way
to stop the witches

is to kill them,
and then Silas gets what he wants.

Spirits, take her soul.

Free her from darkness.

- Aah!
- No!

Bonnie.

Bonnie!

The triangle is complete.

It's beautiful up here.

I could do this, you know?

The Lexi method.

Hang with you, party with you.

It wouldn't be the worst way
to turn my emotions back on.

I thought you hated emotions.

I do. Maybe I'm just
looking for an excuse to...

Spend more time with you.

I've never done it
on a rooftop before.

You're not missing much.

You don't have to take
the high road, Damon.

I'm not sired to you anymore.

I want this.
You want this.

What?

Looking for that?

You really think
that was gonna work,

the sex, the temptation, the booze?

What, are you kidding me?

I invented that trick.

Good luck!

Spent all night reinforcing it.

It was tough.

Had to be really quiet
not to wake you up.

What is this?

- Payment.
- For what?

Oh, for the last
6 months of my life,

for the nagging

for the self-righteous platitudes.

I'm paying you back
for 6 months of you.

Your humanity isn't back on, is it?

Never was.

So this was all just...
a joke!

It was a big, fat lie.

Best part of it is,
you believed it.

You thought I was a like Stefan,

a wounded little bird that you
could nurse back to health,

but he's a victim.

I choose to be this way.

Aah!

Enjoy the day.

I hear it's gonna be a scorcher.

So you pretended
to have feelings for her

just to get her off your back?

I was willing to do
whatever it took.

Sound familiar?

Aw. I hurt your feelings.

Not my feelings.
I'm looking out for you

because one day,
you will flip that switch back on,

and all the bad stuff that you did

is gonna come rushing back,

and it is going to suck.

So you're saying
that you felt bad for Lexi?

She became a walking,
talking reminder

of all the awful things I'd done.

I managed to avoid her for decades,

and then she just shows
up in Mystic Falls

to wish my baby bro Happy Birthday,

and boom...
rush of memories, rush of guilt.

So you kill her?

Out of sight, out of mind.

Every day that you're like this

is the day that you
might do the one thing

that you can't take back.

Here's what I don't get.

You spent 6 months trying to
get her to fall in love with you

just so that you could hurt her.

You were spiteful,
malicious, borderline evil,

and you say that you had
your emotions turned off,

but those all sound
like emotions to me.

Maybe they were.
Maybe hatred was

the first one I got back.

All the more reason to cure you.

That way,
we get the normal Elena back

without all the ugly
stages in between.

I'm not taking the cure, Damon.

Yes, you are,
even if I have to break your neck

or tie you up in chains
until we find it.

What was that you said about
handling things yourself?

Hey.

How you feeling?

What are you doing here?
How'd I get here?

What do you mean?
I... I brought you home.

- The witches almost killed you.
- What witches?

You don't remember?

Whatever the witches did must
have messed with your memory.

How did I get off the island?

Wait. Bonnie...

What's the last thing
you can remember?

I guess I remember
being in that cave,

and Jeremy was trying to pry
the cure out of Silas' hands.

Please tell me he got it.

We didn't get it, did we?

Bonnie, there's something you
need to know about Jeremy.

There. 12 graves for 12 witches.

Like it never happened.

Only it did happen,

and now Silas has
everything he needs

to open the gates to hell on earth.

You were just gonna let Bonnie die.

I know arithmetic
isn't your strong point,

but one is still less than 12.

Yeah, but that one
is my best friend.

You tell yourself
whatever you need to

so you can sleep at night.

I just killed 12 people.

Hey. Hey.

You look like you're
in need of comfort.

Why don't you find someone less
terrible you can relate to?

Thank you.

Of the 3 massacres,
this is the one I was dreading.

Silas I presume.

- Morning, Damon.
- Where are you?

The better question would
be where are we going?

Sorry, Damon.
I think I broke your radio.

You're in my car?!

Heh. We weren't gonna take the bus.

I wish this could have
gone differently.

I really do,
but we'll give Katherine your best.

Damon, what did you do?

Let's just say it involves
a 5'7" brunette

and her blond accomplice.

Please don't tell me this is
going where I think it is.

Wrong fantasy, brother,

unless you're into
betrayal and snapped necks.

The lead I had on
Katherine Elena stole.

If you're searching for the words
to tell me how badly I screwed up,

save your breath.

I didn't stop the massacre.

Guess Silas has
everything he needs.

Everything but the cure.

I'm sorry, mate.

Don't have it.

But you know who does,

and the last thing that you want

is for that cure to be used on you,
so you bring it to me,

and it won't be.

You get to live.

Heh. Yeah. With all of
my dead supernatural enemies

from the other side.

You know, you don't
scare me, Silas,

or, Shane, or, whoever you are.

I think I know what does.

Hmm?

Now where did you get that?

Well, let's just say
your sister's mind

is a little easier
to read than yours.

So...

Care to reconsider my offer?

Guhh!
Aah!

I missed by an inch,
but don't worry.

I'm not trying to kill you,
not just yet.

Aah!

Just a little something
to remember me by.

I'll be in touch.