The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 5, Episode 11 - 500 Years of Solitude - full transcript

Stefan: Previously
on "the vampire diaries"...

A vampire killed my parents.
Maybe that was you.

That was all me.

I'm bad, elena.

I am bad for you,

And I'm choosing
to let you go.

You think I'm gonna
judge you after I find out

That you've been
tortured for 5 years?

Stop defending me!

Tyler: Do you know
the reason we're together?

Because klaus granted
us permission to be together.



I can't live like that.

You take one more step,
we are done!

Katherine, voice-over:
I'm dying of old age.

Good-bye.

You're katherine pierce.
Suck it up.

I may have an idea
that will keep you
alive longer.

Nadia, voice-over:
We have the ability
to keep living

Inside someone else's
body.

Nadia on phone:
Katherine?

Katherine?

Unh!

Daah! Ohh!

[heart monitor
flatlining]

Clear!



Give me
200 joules.

Charged.

Clear!

[speaking bulgarian]

Aah!

[baby crying]

Nadia: It doesn't
make sense.

I was just speaking
with her.

She sounded fine.

Doctors think it was
a, um, heart attack.

Trust me. Katherine pierce
is not going to die

From a heart attack.

Clear!

[beeping]

We both know my mother.

She will fight this.

She's dying.

Every single organ
in her body
is failing.

Vampire blood
can't save her.

I compelled
the doctors to let
me take her home

So she's
more comfortable,

But she's dying.

They don't think
she'll survive

The rest of the day.

[siren]

[clock ticking]

[sighs]

[music playing]

What the hell?

Ok. Time to wake up,
sleepyhead.

No! I'm not leaving
this bed.

Which is why we
brought breakfast to you.

What's all this?

This is your
breakup breakfast!

My what?

Jeremy: Damon dumped elena.

Why?

I have no idea.

Who spends two years
pining after a girl

To dump her?

I can hear you, dumbass.

Bonnie: So that's it?
You're just giving up?

Caroline: As she should!

I mean, he did say--
and I quote--

"I am a bad person.
I am bad for you,

And I am choosing
to let you go."

You memorized
my breakup?

Of course I did.

Drink this.

So you sure it was
just a fight?

[cell phone ringing]

I just have to
face reality.

If damon makes up
his mind about
something,

It's done.

[cell phone vibrating]

It's stefan.

Tell him I don't
feel like talking.

She doesn't feel
like talking.

She doesn't feel
like talking.

Well, she's gonna want
to talk about this.

Rule number one,
think of the worst thing

Katherine pierce has
ever done to you.

Rule number two,
toast to the glory

Of her impending death.

Rule number 3,
if you come across something

That's worse--
which you will--

Repeat rules one and two.

She pretended to be
buried in a tomb

For 145 years while
I waited for her lying ass.

[music playing]

Wait. Does that beat
pretending to be elena

And kissing me
on the front porch
of your old house?

I don't think so.

I don't think so
either. Damn.

Quarterback, go.

Uh...

Think on that.
Little gilbert.

She fed to my silas,
and I died.

Doozy.

Then she made me
crash my car
into a pole

And left me
for dead again.

Double doozy. Drink.

My sister's dead
because of her.

Yes, she is because
I wouldn't have

Even been in town
to turn vicki

Into a murderous vampire
if I wasn't trying

To get katherine out
of a tomb she wasn't in.

Group shot.

Elena: Seriously?

Elena, we were
just, uh--

I know what
you're doing.

You're cut off.

[sighs]

If anyone is drinking
to katherine's last days,

It's gonna be me.

She impersonated me
repeatedly...

Made aunt jenna stab
herself in the stomach

And cut off
uncle john's fingers.

He might have
deserved that.

Bonnie: My grams died
trying to close a tomb
she wasn't in.

Tyler's werewolf curse got
triggered because of her.

Klaus followed her
to mystic falls,

And because of that,
we lost jenna.

And alaric.

We're gonna need
more booze.

She tried to kill me
at least twice.

She did kill me,

Although I'm weirdly
better off.

Katherine: They're
talking about me,
aren't they?

They're reminiscing.

It's fine.

I'm sure I deserve

Everything that
they're saying.

Does my hand look
wrinkled to you?

It looks fine.

If I start to sag
anywhere,

You take a knife
and you jam it

Into my carotid artery
immediately, ok?

Ok.

What?

You know, even
on your death bed,

You're vain.

Hey. If a girl's
got to go,

It may as well be
glamorous, right?

That's definitely
an age spot.

This is not
an age spot, katherine.

Heh.

You're being
too nice to me.

Why?

You're dying.

I think I can muster
up a little bit
of compassion.

Nadia.

Shh.

Rumor has it she
burnt down the entire
city of atlanta once.

That might win.

Stefan: All right.
Knock it off

Or take it
somewhere else.

You guys are being
insensitive.

Come on, stefan.

Don't let the sight
of a frail, human,
elena look-alike

Cloud your memories
of the manipulative
psycho that she is.

In 1864, katherine
moved into my home,

She compelled me
to love her,

Seduced my brother,
fed us full
of vampire blood,

And then started a war
with the town that
got us killed.

Exactly. Bottoms up.

But centuries before that,
she was just an innocent girl

Who was shunned
by her family,

So for 500 years,
she lied and manipulated

And did whatever she
had to do survive,
and she did.

She's a survivor, right?

So that's the girl
that I will drink
to today. Cheers.

Please. One night
of hot sex with her,

And you're
brainwashed?

What?!

What?!

Oh, my--I forgot
to tell you.

You were kidnapped
and hostaged and--

Bottle's empty actually.

That's why you never
send a busboy

To do a man's job.

Nadia, the devil's spawn.

Hey, caroline.
Did you remember

To tell elena that?

I think my mind
just exploded.

Ok. Katherine's upstairs.

Nadia: Actually, I'm here
to see all of you.

I found a way
to save my mother,

And I need some help.

Uh-uh. No way.

Even my biased brother
knows I will kick his ass

From here to kentucky if
he helps katherine pierce

Live one more day
on this earth.

No volunteers.

I figured as much,

Which is why I found
that old safe

Your brother spent
his summer drowning in

And buried it
on this property

With your friend matt
inside of it.

Oh. Without this.

What?!

I figured you two
would be my volunteers.

Congratulations
on your intuition.

We're here.
We volunteered.

Now tell us
where matt is.

Matt will be freed once
you help me get what I need.

Which is what exactly?

I need a traveler.

Katherine was born
into a traveler
bloodline.

She can make herself
be a passenger

In someone else's
body if a traveler

Teaches her
how to do it.

Like your boyfriend gregor
hopped a ride in matt's body

Until katherine killed
him of course.

Your mother killed
your boyfriend.

Why are we saving
her again?

Gregor was gonna kill her,
and she was protecting herself.

Oh, please don't
defend her,

Especially now
that you've--

Now that I've
slept with her.

I'm sure you have plenty
to say about that.

We're here.

So we're just supposed
to help you

Let katherine take over
someone's life?

Not just
anyone's life.

Mine.

I'm going to make
her a passenger
in my body.

Jeremy: I don't see any
freshly dug ground.

Bonnie: This property
it massive.

Hello! Is no one
gonna comment
on the fact

That stefan slept
with katherine?

I mean, that's
kind of a big deal.

Does it matter?
We've all slept

With our fair share
of bad choices.

No offense taken.

No. Obviously
not you.

Bonnie bennett!

Wait. Did you two?

And you didn't tell me?

I didn't think
I was obligated.

Of course you were
obligated.

You're my best friend.

Oh, my god! Does elena know
that her little brother--

Both: No!

Aw! Scandalous sex!
Even better!

God, how am I
the only person

On the planet who's not
having scandalous sex?

Why don't we split
up and think
about that?

Good idea. We'll cover
more ground that way.

[wheezing]

Aah!

No, no! No, mama. No!

What a mess.

Damon?

Ok. I'll say it.
I miss klaus.

I mean, the way
this guy used to
torture you.

Sword in the daddy.
Nice touch.

Get out of my head.

Remind me how
this slaughter
went down again.

Oh, right. Klaus
was gonna kill you
in a blood sacrifice,

And you, being you,
ran for the hills,

Only to come back
and find your
entire family

Had been massacred.

So if I'm adding
this up right,

Your family's
entire death was
all your fault.

No! No! No! No!

Put the pillow
down, damon.

Liz.

If you kill her,
it's murder.

I mean, I'd have
to bring you in,
lock you up.

There's all that
paperwork.

Every awful thing
I've ever done is
linked to her.

She taught me how to kill,

How to enjoy it.

She ruined me,

And I can't take any
of that back.

Look at how much
control she still
has over you.

Prove her wrong.

Matt!

Matt, we're coming
for you!

Hello, caroline.

Klaus.

Not exactly the ritz.

Travelers don't have much.

They're always
on the move,

But on the plus side,
sometimes their services
can be bought.

I found one who named
the right price.

You brought them.

Yes, mia.

Are you ready to make
the deal?

What's going on?

I have the feeling
the right price
for the deal was us.

Nadia: I'm sorry,
but they asked
for doppelgangers.

No idea why.

Aah!

Our rings. They're
messing with them.

We can't go outside.

[travelers chanting]

Sorry. Matt's
buried alive.
No time to chat.

You're not even
the least bit curious
as to why I'm here?

I literally just
whooshed at the sight
of your face, so no.

Damon informed me
that katerina petrova

Has taken a tragic turn.

So you're here to gloat
over her corpse to be,

To delight in the closure
of 500 years of revenge!

Great! Now I'm even
less interested.

[whoosh]

Well, then perhaps
you'd be more interested

In talking about tyler.

Is he--did you--

No. I sent him off
with little more
than a bruised ego.

He really does hate me,
poor lad.

Revenge, it eats at him.

I hear you two broke up.

Because I made him choose--

Me or his stupid
revenge fantasy,

And he chose wrong.

I suggest that you learn
from his mistakes

And let katherine die
in peace.

Dying sucks enough
as it is.

No need to rub
anyone's nose in it.

Ok. Here's the sedatives
from the hospital.

Should help
with the pain.

I don't want them.

They make me weak,

And when I'm weak,
he can get in my head.

Ok. Suit yourself.

They're right here
if you want them.

Still looking
for matt?

Any word from elena?

We're not
on a speaking basis.

Didn't you hear, sheriff?

He was so afraid
to dirty her...

White dove feathers
that he let

Her little wings
fly free,

And it was all
my fault.

Oops.

That'll shut her up
for a while.

[hoofbeats]

How much further
until we reach this
lockwood plantation?

Won't be long now.

We've just entered
the town of mystic falls.

Good.

What is it now?

Looks like a gentleman's
having some problems
with his carriage.

At this rate,
we won't arrive
until sundown.

What does it
matter if--

Thanks for your help.
I should be all right.

Who is that?
He's so handsome.

What do you say,
emily?

Think that
gentleman's family

Would take in
a poor orphan girl
from atlanta?

Ha ha ha!

What the hell
was that?

You never heard
the real story

Of how I came to meet
your brother?

I want to think that
this prophecy

Of the universe bringing
the doppelgangers together

Is absurd,

But the moment that
I saw stefan--

I can't describe it--

The out-of-the-way road,
the downed tree,

The broken-down carriage,

It just--it sounds
like fate to me.

[travelers chanting]

This isn't awkward.

Guess we probably picked
the wrong day to be
in a fight, huh?

I'm sorry, ok?

It's not my place
to judge,

Especially after
everything that
you've been through.

You don't happen
to speak czech,
do you?

No.

Ok. Stefan?

It's ok.

I guess he wants
doppelganger blood.

Unh!

Should we knock
his head off?

Depends. If I kill him,
do the rest of these boards

Fall down?

Right. Blood it is.

Yeah.

Why aren't we
healing?

Matt!

Matt!

Klaus: Would you give
me the same choice?

What?

Were I to abandon
my revenge

Against katerina,
would you offer me

The same choice
as tyler?

I don't know
what you mean.

Yes, you do.

You--you can't
do this to me.

You can't just show up
and distract me

While my friend
is in danger.

You know, while you've
been vamping off in all
the wrong directions,

I heard matt's distant
and desperate screams.

Where?

Don't worry, luv.
I've got it covered.

Trust me. He'll be quite
happy with his rescuer.

[coughs]

I'm gone not 3 months,

And look at the trouble
you're in.

Just go away.

Don't you think that
you've made your point?

What point?

Like this one?

Jenna?

Remember when you
compelled me
to stab myself?

No, no. No, no, no! Unh!

Poor aunt jenna.

I had to compel her
to think that she

Walked
into that knife.

She was so confused.

No. No. No more drugs!

Hello, fingers.

Good-bye, fingers.

Aah!

Elijah: Enough!

Elijah.

Katerina.

You're here.

I'm so sorry.
Did you think that
that was real?

Nope. No one's
coming to say
good-bye, katherine,

Because no one
cares.

I do.

Come on.

Let's get on
with this.

[chanting]

Guess it's a good thing
I'm not claustrophobic anymore.

That's what katherine
helped you with--

Silas aftermath.

She did.

Can I just
hate her anyway?

You can.

Thank you.

But I don't.

I know I should,
but for some reason,

I keep rooting for her
to find peace.

Katherine's not
the only one, you know?

Damon keeps pushing
you away

Because he hates himself,

Who he is, what he's done.

Just remember that
you never gave up on me,

So don't give up
on him.

Don't let him give up
on you either, ok?

[chanting stops]

So that's it?
All you needed
from us was

A bucket of blood?

Let's get out
of here.

Nadia: Repeat the spell
so I know you understand

How the passenger works.

I can't.

Just say it.

Jaryakat a zem.
Daryeet acza.

Say it, and it's done.

Your spirit goes
inside my body,

Mia will activate you
by calling you forth,

And you get to live.

Can I have a moment
with my daughter, please?

I know what you're
going to say--

We don't have
time for this.

Nadia...

Letting my father rip
you out of my arms,

It was the biggest
regret of my life.

I should have fought
harder to keep you,

But I didn't.

So I spent
the next 500 years

Making sure that I never
made that mistake again.

I fought for everything,

And in the process,

I had a long, full life,

And I got to know
my beautiful daughter.

And you spent the last
centuries

Searching for me.

Don't waste another
minute on me.

It's your turn
to live.

I can't do this.

Let me.

I've made selfish
decisions all my life.

Let me do the right thing
for once.

Fine. Then go.
Leave me.

Drift off
into oblivion,

But I will not sit
by your side

And watch you die.

So the quarterback
has been saved.

What now?

Don't you have
a dying girl
to go punish

For all of her sins?

I do, but I won't
for you.

So you came all the way
to mystic falls

Just to back off
when I ask you to?

No. I came all the way
to mystic falls to gloat

Over a corpse to be,
as you so poetically
put it,

But I will leave
minus the gloating

In return for one
small thing.

And what is that?

I want your confession.

My confession?

I didn't do anything.

Confession about what?

Me.

As soon as we're
done here,

I'm gonna walk away,

And I'm never
coming back.

You'll never again have
to look me in the eye

And cover our connection
with hostility

And revulsion.

You'll never have to
loathe the darkest
parts of yourself

That care for me
in spite of all
I've done.

I will be gone,

And you will be free.

I just...

Want you to be
honest with me.

I'm in college.

I'm building a life
for myself.

I have plans
and a future

And things that I want,

And none of those things
involve you, ok,

None of them.
I see.

No, you don't because,

Yes, I cover
our connection

With hostility because,
yes, I hate myself

For the truth,
so if you promise

To walk away like you said
and never come back,

Then, yes, I will be
honest with you.

I will be honest with you
about what I want.

I will walk away,

And I'll never
come back, I promise.

Ow!

What the hell
happened to you?

[groaning]

In a shocking twist,

Katherine's daughter's
a psychopath. Whew.

She's all yours.

I've had fun messing
with her mind all day.

Damon.

I know, stefan, I know.

It's been
a rough couple days.

I needed an outlet, ok?

Hi.

Hmm.

These drugs are...
Hardcore.

Close your eyes.

I came to say bye.

I want to see you.

You will.

[music playing]

[sobbing]

Stefan: So this is
the memory you
came back to?

A little dark, no?

Katherine: Damon already
had his fun with this one.

This was the worst day
of my life.

He said it was my fault,

That I deserved
everything bad

That's ever happened
to me.

He's right.

He was right, stefan.

I don't deserve
to be loved.

Open your mind
to me.

Look at your father.

He's gone.

What are you doing?

You deserve
to feel peace.

Mother!

You were
a 17-year-old girl.

Katherine...

None of this
is your fault.

[baby crying]

Good-bye, katherine.

Elena: Is she...

Not yet.

With these drugs,

She won't wake up
again.

[music playing]

Stefan: You know, I was
in a dark place, damon.

And katherine pulled
you out of it.

Irony abounds.

You know, whatever is
going on with you
and elena,

You need to fix it.

She's the best
thing that ever
happened to you.

What, don't you
think I know that?

I can't live
without her...

But when you think
about it,

I'm no better
than katherine.

Elena will be happier
without me.

What, I'm being selfless?

Don't give me
that look.

I'm not giving
you a look.

Katherine fricking pierce
has a selfless moment,

I'm not allowed to?

Fine. Fine.

When I get elena back
and the whole universe
freaks out

Because the fated
doppelgangers
are torn apart,

Just remember you--
you're the one

That pep talked me out
of doing the right thing

For the universe
and all mankind.

I will keep that
in mind.

You do that.

Hey.

Hey. Where have
you been?

In the woods.
I got lost. Heh heh.

So what are we doing?

We are waiting
for katherine to bite it.

So this anchor
thing,

Does it mean that
you'll, like,

Be able to feel
katherine's death
or whatever?

I think so.
I mean, she's human,

But she's also
a doppelganger

And traveler apparently.

So who else do you
see over there?

Anybody I know?

I see lots of people.

My grams,
the other witches.

Vicki.

I just don't talk
about it, you know, just--

Because it's
depressing as hell.

Tell matty I love him.

What's happening?

She's here.

She said she loves you.

Vicki: Tell him that
I watch over him

And no more knocking around
with that blond original chick

Who almost got him killed.

Wait. Wait.
What's happening?
What am I missing?

Tyler: Me.

Tyler?

Rebekah says to
tell you

I'm her parting gift.

Hey, care.

Hi.

We've really gone
through 4 bottles
of bourbon today?

Can someone tell
these idiots to lay
off the booze?

Oh, my god.

Alaric?

Ric's here?

Where the hell
have you been?

I thought you
bailed on us

To go find peace
or something.

Do you honestly think
I'd leave damon in charge

And never look back?

He's talking
about me, isn't he?

He says you're a dick.

Cheers, buddy.

Cheers.

Katherine.

Ding-dong.
Does that mean
the witch is dead?

No.

It's too soon.
I can't!

[gasping]

Wow. You really
don't want to
die, do you?

I swear I just heard
your heart stop.

Where am I?

Still alive...
Sadly.

I thought I was
a goner there
for a second,

But I still have
unfinished business.

So do I.

I had this whole
speech that I was

Preparing to give
your unconscious body.

Let me guess.

Hate, loathe,
screw you,

Die, bitch, et cetera.

Yes.

Plus one
more thing.

I forgive you.

You what?

I forgive you.

You weren't
born evil.

Your life made
you that way.

You lost everyone
that you cared about

Way too young,

And you didn't have
a family that looked
after you.

Sound familiar?

Is this the...

"we're not so different
you and I"

Doppelganger speech?

Because I'd be happy
to skip it.

I'll save it
for the funeral

That we probably
won't have for you.

Perfect.

I just wanted to
get the forgiveness
part out.

It's part of me
that I...

I never want
to lose.

Good for you.

[coughing]

Now maybe you can
help a girl out

And give me
one more syringe,

And if anyone's gonna
plunge a needle in me

One last time,

May as well be you.

Symmetry and all that.

Elena...

Thank you
for your forgiveness.

You're welcome.

Jaryakat a zem.
Daryeet acza.

[cell phone ringing]

Hello.

Vyjít.

Nadia: Hello?
Are you there?

I'm here.

Talk to me.
Did it work?

Of course it worked.

I'm katherine pierce.

I survive.

I'll see you soon.

[sighs]

Hi. I'm elena gilbert.