The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 5, Episode 4 - For Whom the Bell Tolls - full transcript

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

Love brought me
to Mystic Falls,

I love you, Damon.

Love drove me away.

Silas.

Hello,
my shadow self.

Stefan: And just when we
thought we were safe...

[Speaks Czech]

Our enemies took
everything from us.

I'm not ready to be
dead yet, Jeremy.

I can tell everybody
that you're with family.



I might not be able to touch you,
but I'm here for you.

Stefan: Our lives...

What are you doing
to my brother?

Frying Silas' brain.

Elena: Stefan,
we missed you.

I have no idea
who you people are.

Stefan, voice-over:
And even our memories.

[Music playing]

"March 12, 1922.
I blacked out for days.

"I wake up
in a stranger's blood

"in places
I don't recognize

with women I don't
remember."

"I feel alive
again."

All right. I think
I've read enough.



Nada?

I know "nada"
means nothing.

I know what day it is,
I know what year it is,

I know this car has
a V-8 engine,

and yet I am
two journals deep,

and I have absolutely
no memory

of who the hell I am.

Well...

And is this supposed
to fill me up?

Well, yes, and no.

Technically yes
because you're a vampire.

Weird.

Realistically no because you're,
you know, you.

Ahh, yes.
The insatiable

and blood-lusting vampire
ripper of Monterrey.

And we're only
in the 1920s, baby.

Well, sorry, but this
is a lot to process.

You're a vampire,
not a cave man.

So let me
get this straight.

I helped you steal
this car,

I found out I was a vampire
who killed his own father,

and yet I don't litter?

You're a man
of principle, Stefan,

who had his memories erased by
a 2,000-year-old witch.

Yeah. Well, I bet
that 2,000-year-old witch

probably drives
a little faster than you.

Wait. Let me guess.
Fun brother,

safe brother.

Heh heh.

What are you doing?

Do you trust me?

Do I really have
a choice?

Nope.

[Tires squealing]

♪The Vampire Diaries 5x04 ♪
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Original Air Date on October 24, 2013

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@elder_man

Oh. Oh, ho. Ohh.

I got it.
You're the fun brother.

Whew.

Please tell me
I wasn't out of my mind

leaving Damon in charge
of Vampire Amnesia 101.

What did he say
exactly?

One text--
"so far, so good,"

which in Damon speak...

Means that they
probably devoured

a troop of
Girl Scouts by now.

Caroline.

I'm kidding...
Kind of.

Although it's not
uncommon

for patients
with retrograde amnesia

or other traumatic
brain injuries to turn volatile.

Ok, Dr. Forbes.

Since when do you know
so much about amnesia?

It's possible I studied up on
my chem, biochem, applied microbio,

molecular bio,
and "Grey's Anatomy,"

the real one
and the television show.

You did all of that
for Stefan?

Of course I did.

I'm also trying to
impress Dr. Maxfield.

I figured if I could
get closer to him,

i.e. into his
biology class,

maybe I could figure out
why he covered up

our roommate's
murder by vampire,

and it's also possible
that I have

a study buddy.

Hi, Dr. Maxfield.

Are you ready to go
study, Jesse?

Jesse? Dr. Maxfield's
incredibly hot, funny,

and miraculously
single lab assistant?

I'm dragging him
to our hometown

graveyard
bell-ringing ceremony.

As in creepy first date?

As in a study date.

While I'm there,
I might as well ring a bell

for Tyler and me
considering our relationship is

on its death bed.

See you Monday, Doc.

Stay out of trouble.

Will I see you
there?

You could bring
Stefan.

I mean, it is ironically called
Remembrance Day.

I hope so,
I really do.

It just depends
on how Stefan's handling

the whole download
of his dark and stormy past.

All right. Well, I'll
talk to you later.

To Uncle Steve!

All: Uncle Steve!

Yeah!
Wow!

[Music playing]

Ahh. This town always so upbeat
about dead people?

Well, in the theme
of morbid town tradition,

you go back to the 1820s
when everyone was so paranoid

about the cholera thing
that they would

occasionally bury a body
a wee bit before its time.

So we have a holiday
dedicated to burying people alive?

Well, they were so paranoid that they
would actually request

to be buried with a string
attached to a bell above ground,

and then the whole family
would hang around the grave

for 24 hours in hopes
of hearing the bell

and that their loved one
would come back,

but now it's just really--
it's a really kick-ass excuse

to get hammered.

Hello.

Hey.

Uh, hey, darling.
We'd love another round, please.

You got it.

What the hell
was that?

That, my brother,

was you jonesing
for something

a little stronger
than a blood bag.

So what's the problem?
You spent the whole day

trying to convince me
I was a vampire.

I'm convinced.
Let me act like one.

Well, unfortunately,
Stefan, there are

two types of vampires
in the world, ok?

There are those that
can handle moderation,

and then there's you.

Well, I'm no shrink.

Right?
Right.

But maybe killing
our father

and turning
into a vampire

and all the trauma
associated with that

is what made me become a vampire
who feeds on people

and then rips
their heads off,

but now that I don't have all
those memories

and all that guilt, maybe
the ripper thing won't be such a problem.

Let's not
try it out, ok?

[Bell rings]

Elena: And here I thought
catching up

on nearly two centuries
would be a drag.

Remind me of your
name again.

Elena.

Elena. Right.

You haven't told
him about me?

200 years is
a long time.

[Bell ringing]

Right. Well...

[Music playing]

Don't stop
on my account.

Sorry. I, uh...

I just went for a run.
What are you doing here?

It's not like there's Netflix
where I am.

You working out
is my main source of entertainment.

I was just working off
the extra adrenaline.

And every girl on the other side
thanks you for it.

So is this our new thing,

you make dead jokes
while I avoid all of our friends

on your behalf?

There's nothing I can
do to get Stefan's

memory back, Jeremy.

But they don't
know that

because they
don't know you're dead.

They're waiting
for you to help them

because that's
what you do.

You help.

What happened to you
being there for me

in my decisions?

I want to, Bon,

but not like this.

[Vibrating]

Hey.

Matt: Hey, Jer.

You got a sec?

Um, I'm kind of
freaking out here.

Yeah. Yeah.
What's going on?

So I woke up last
night covered in mud

with this.

Ok. Weird.

Yeah, I know.

I have no idea
where it came from.

I blacked out,

and I'm pretty sure
that it's not the first time.

How many times have you died
wearing the Gilbert ring?

No. I don't think it's the Gilbert ring
that's messing with me.

No. Like, it's got to
have something to do

with why Silas couldn't
mind control me.

He saw something
or someone

or whatever that Czech freak
put in my head,

but I think
it's still there.

What's with the camera?

I set them up
all over the house

to help me figure out
how I'm losing time.

Have you talked
to Bonnie?

I think that she's the only person
that might know what's going on here.

Yeah, yeah. She's in D.C.
with her mom or something.

So she can't pick up?

I sent her, like,
300 e-mails this summer,

and she writes
back twice.

Did I do something
to piss her off?

I don't know.
She hasn't mentioned anything.

Jer, look. I need you to help me get
in contact with her, ok?

I haven't slept, ok?

I'm scared
I'm going crazy here.

I need her help.

I got to go.

What? Where?

So Mr. so far,
so good,

Mr. I can handle
my brother,

Mr. I know
what I'm doing.

Hey. I never said
I know what I'm doing.

Hmm.

Who are you calling?

Bonnie.

A witch did this
to him.

I'm on top of it, sister.

I've called her
about 10 times.

She hasn't called
me back.

Look. I say
until she does,

let's just let Stefan
be Stefan,

fun, carefree,
drunk Stefan

without 100 years
of vampire guilt on his shoulders.

That guilt came
from a blood addiction

that might still be
hard-wired in his brain.

You take one
philosophy class,

now you're the queen
of nature versus nurture?

Hey. Where'd he go?

You don't see that cute,
little waitress anywhere, do you?

[Bells ringing]

Don't scream.

Don't move.

I don't want
to hurt you.

You seem
really nice.

It's not like
I want to rip your head off,

but I keep being
told that if I have one taste

I won't be able
to stop...

And although
the thought of killing you

scares the hell
out of me,

This feeling of hunger that
I have inside of me

is just so much
more powerful.

Today, I'm
the safe brother.

[Bell ringing]

What kind of name
is Honoria Fell?

Shh. You're kind of
the one that killed her.

Oh.

Damon: Hindsight
being 20/20,

way too much temptation
at the bar,

so if this ripper gene
is biological,

then we need to minimize
human contact

until we get your brain
all witchy-wooed back to normal,

so here it is.

So this is
the family crypt, huh?

Anybody here
I didn't kill?

Well, we've covered
our father, who art in hell.

Uncle Zach, my bad.

On the bright side,
our mother died of consumption.

Oh, good.

Ooh!

I got to go see
a man about a witch.

Party on without me.

Brother...

For you--

and this is for you.

Well, I, uh, I certainly hope

your family history
was happier than mine.

Well, let's see.

In the last 3 years,
I lost

my adoptive parents,
my birth parents,

my aunt,
our guardian Alaric,

and my brother
Jeremy died,

although he
came back to life,

so there's that.

Wait. Jeremy that
lives in our house?

Yeah. After I had
a breakdown

and burned my house
to the ground.

Hmm.

What?

How do I not
remember you?

I mean, you're smart,
you're pretty, you're funny.

Obviously, you're
the strongest woman in the world

if you managed to figure out a way
to get through all that.

I surround myself with amazing people
who help me through it.

Like you.

You're one
of those people

so bonded by death?

Please don't tell me
that we met in a cemetery.

Really? We met
in a cemetery?

Well, no officially,
we met somewhere else first,

but, um, you
want to see?

Yeah, sure.

Jeremy: Hello?

Jeremy Gilbert picks up.

Wow. It's
a remembrance day miracle.

Now tell me
you found Bonnie

because I have
a hungry vampire

who forgot that he's
the hero of the story.

I need you
to come meet me,

and I need you to
come alone.

And I need you to be
less vague and less weird.

I know
where Bonnie is.

Get over here,
and I'll explain.

Anything?

No. Sorry.

Actually, I think you were
coming from that direction

because I remember
looking that way,

so maybe
if we switch.

Sure.

Ahem.

Right.

This is where
we collided.

Let's try again,
shall we?

Hey, Elena.
As frustrating as it is

for me not to have
any memories,

I really don't think
that re-creating the time we met

is magically gonna
bring it all back.

Yeah, I know.

Right. I'm sorry.
I...

It's just that seeing you like
this is so...

Strange.

I'm strange?

You were the one
coming out of the men's bathroom.

Do I even want
to know why?

Let's just say
that I was having

a pretty horrible
first day.

[Indistinct chatter]

I want to show you something.
Come on.

Yeah, sure.

Come on!

Close your eyes.

You close your eyes.

Come on, Stefan.
Trust me.

All right.

[Music playing]

All right.
You can open them.

The view's great!
Come on up.

How the hell do I
get up there?

Jump. Just push off
with every ounce of strength

that you have.

Ok.

All right.

Well, I have to admit
that was, uh--

that was actually
pretty amazing.

You're the one who
whooshed me up

to the top
of a ferris wheel once

before I was a vampire.

Right. You mean,
when we dated.

I thought Damon hadn't
gotten to that part.

I may have amnesia,
but I'm not an idiot.

I'm 164-year-old vampire
who went back to high school,

so I'm guessing that
had something to do with you.

Uh, yeah.

And obviously we're
not together anymore,

so I have a feeling
me ripping people's heads off

might have been
a little bit of a turn-off.

Actually, no.

You were the most
compassionate person I'd ever met.

You hated the idea
of hurting anyone.

The guilt would
overwhelm you.

You were always
in control.

So I bored you
to death?

No. Stefan,
it wasn't you.

It was me.

Becoming a vampire
changed me.

How'd you become
a vampire?

Why don't I show you?

Meet me down there?

Ok.

[Music playing]

Jesse: Togavirus. Go.

Togavirus causes congenital rubella,
whatever that is.

Ok, hot shot.

Red Queen theory.

A theory often used
to explain

the contradictory
relationship

between predator and prey.

And why does
the supposedly weaker species

always stay
one step ahead?

Fear of extinction.

The rabbit is faster
than the fox

because the fox is
chasing its dinner.

The rabbit's running
for its life.

Damn. If Maxfield
doesn't let you in,

you can have my spot.

How did you learn
all that so quickly?

Well, whenever anyone
tells me I can't do something,

I prove them wrong.

Is that why you
invited me here,

to prove to your boyfriend
you don't need him?

I don't know
where my boyfriend is.

That would require
communication

and mutual interest
and respect,

and I invited you here because
you're smart and you're nice

and, I don't know, I just kind
of wanted to hang out with you.

[Bell rings]

I think that guy is doing a keg stand
on his granddad's grave.

What?

Uh, sorry. I've just kind of
wanted to do that.

Since move-in day.

Aplastic anemia. Go.

Aplastic anemia.

Ok.

Where is she?
Call her. Get her here.

That's the problem.

I can't actually
call her.

No one can.

Please don't do
this, Jeremy.

I've been lying
to everyone for months,

and I can't keep lying knowing
that everyone's waiting for her

to swoop in
and save the day.

I don't speak
crazy person, jer.

You're gonna have
to translate that for me.

Think about it, Damon.

I was dead.

I wasn't supposed
to come back.

Yes, exactly.
The beauty of Bonnie magic,

which is what
we need right now.

You're not hearing me.

Magic finds a balance.

I'm not supposed
to be here.

No.

You can't just bring somebody
back from the dead.

There was always
a price to pay for it.

Don't say it, Jeremy.
Don't you dare.

She didn't show up
to her dad's funeral, Damon.

Nobody has spoken
to her all summer.

Please, Jeremy.

You say it, and everything
in Elena's life

goes to crap, do
you understand me?

Everything changes.

Do not say it, Jeremy.

Don't.

Bonnie's dead.

Damn it, Jeremy!

You realize
what you just did?

Why would you
say that?

I'm sorry.

People need to know.

[Exhales]

How is it
cosmically possible

to get into to accidents
on the same bridge?

I don't know.
Maybe it was fate

drawing me back,

saying that I cheated
death the first time.

But if I was there
both times,

then why didn't I
save you both times?

Because the second time
you saved my best friend Matt

because I asked you to.

Ah. Got it.
So I'm an idiot.

No. You were
the perfect boyfriend.

You valued what I wanted
even if it wasn't what you agreed with.

Well, it's gonna take me a minute
to wrap my head around that.

Fair enough.

It's working,
you know?

You're remembering?

No. I mean, this,
whatever we're doing,

the distracting,
the sublimating,

whatever you want
to call it.

The urge to feed
has settled.

I'm not, uh, hungry
anymore.

Good.

Whatever monster I was
capable of being

I could see why
I was different around you.

You were never
a monster.

Elena, I saw my reflection
in the mirror today.

I was scared of me.

Well, you never
scared me.

The first time I saw you
for what you were,

I touched your face
like this,

and I told you
not to hide.

[Music playing]

Don't.

I'm with Damon.

You're with my brother.

And neither of you
thought that was something

that I should know?

We weren't hiding
it from you.

It's not that--

I'm sorry.
I just...

And just like that,
the hunger returns.

I'm sorry, Stefan.

[Cell phone ringing]

Hello?

Dekuji, kristof.

What the hell?

Cestování bezpecné.

Hello...

Matt Donovan.

I'm the passenger
inside you.

I know you have
many questions,

but all you need to know

is that one day

my friends will come
looking for this blade.

Protect it
at all costs...

or this will be
your throat.

[Ringing]

Elena: Hey!

Where are you?
I've been calling.

I'm at home.

Look. I really need
to talk to you about something.

Damon, Stefan's gone.

What? What happened?

I told him
about you and me,

and he just--
he stormed off

and said that
he was hungry.

Damon, there's
an entire graveyard

full of people
here tonight.

Ok. I'm on my way.

[Indistinct chatter]

Stefan?

Caroline Forbes,

my best friend.

What, you
recognize me?

Well, I've studied
pictures.

You are much hotter
in person.

Sorry. I'm--
I'm a little drunk.

Yeah. Yeah.
I can see that.

Are you ok?

Well if by ok,
you mean heavily spiraling

into ripper
oblivion,

then yes, I'm dandy.

Jesse: Keg stand guy
passed out,

so I stole these.

Hey. Do you mind
just giving us a couple minutes?

Yeah. It's probably
a good idea

because I can sense from here
that you have a paper cut

on the palm
of your left hand,

and I want to rip
your entire arm off.

Stefan!

Go away, hide.
I'll find you.

Look. I know that
you're hungry,

but you don't
do people, ok?

It just--it
doesn't end well.

What about
blood bags?

Do you have
any blood bags?

Yes. In the car.
Come with me.

Hey, Caroline.
It's Jesse.

I don't know what's going on,
but for some reason,

I'm in a crypt
in the cemetery,

and I have no idea why.

[Hisses]

Ohh!

There.

That wasn't
so bad, was it?

I did it. I stopped.

I don't know
what you are, man, but--

Oh, I'm a ripper.

You know
what that means?

That means
I literally can't stop feeding

until I rip
someone's head off,

but look at us.

We're working
it out.

Let me out
of here, please.

I know I should
let you out.

I'm good, right?
I'm compassionate.

I live with this
burning hunger inside of me

that allows me
to stay in control,

but what do I have
to show for it, huh?

I don't know you, man.

I have no memories
because my brain was fried.

My brother, who's
been my brother

for 160-some-odd
years,

stole my girlfriend,

and my girlfriend
let him,

so you tell me
what's the point of being good?

I've been knocking.

Yeah, I noticed.

You're not gonna
believe this, but--

Matt, wait.

There's something
I need to tell you.

It's about Bonnie.

What? Is she back?

What, Jer?

Hey! Stefan, stop!

This isn't you, ok?

You might not remember,
but I do.

You are better than this.

You are not
this person.

I have to go.

What?

I have to leave.

Stefan.

Oh, my God.

Jesse, Jesse,
drink this.

You'll be ok.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I got you into this,

and I'm sorry I let
you kiss me when I--

I'm just sorry.

Elena:
Stefan, there you are.

We've been looking
everywhere for y--

What you doing
there, brother?

Well, you know,
just tying up a few odds and ends.

You sure you want
to do that?

Well, I know
what I don't want.

I don't want to be the person
in these journals anymore.

I don't want to live
in this house.

I don't want
my brother's advice.

I don't want to hear
how I supported you Elena,

and I definitely do not want
to continue this conversation.

Stefan, wait.

Don't worry. I'm not gonna go
on a ripper binge.

Besides, Caroline said
she'd call me every hour

to make sure I was ok,

and, uh...

I actually do trust her.

But...

I think we just
got dumped.

We need Bonnie.

Why hasn't she
called us back?

It's so unlike her.

He can't stay
like this.

Elena, Bonnie
can't help us.

Did you talk to her?
What did she say?

There's got to be
something that she can do.

I mean, she'll
figure it out.

She always does.

Bonnie's dead, Elena.

What?!

She's dead.

I'm sorry.

Caroline: Hey.

How you feeling?

Hmm.

I'm feeling better,

which in my world
means I haven't

committed a homicide
since I last saw you.

I've been doing a lot
of thinking today,

a lot of wandering
around,

and this seemed like the most
appropriate place to come.

What's wrong?

It's Bonnie.

My friend,
our friend.

She's dead.

Uh...

What--what happened?

Please don't ask
because then I'm going to

have to try to come up
with an answer,

which means I'm gonna
have to actually think about it,

and then I'll
start crying,

and I'm afraid that I might
not ever be able to stop.

Hmm.

I'm sorry. I...

I wish that I could
remember her.

I don't know.

Part of me just wishes that
I could trade places with you

because without
all the memories,

maybe it wouldn't hurt
so damn much.

It's ok.

It's not.

I'm never gonna
see her again,

and I have no idea
where Tyler is,

and I just got so used to
them being there all the time,

and now what?

I'm supposed to just
learn to move on without them.

How do I do that when all
I have is this sadness

and this anger and--

Me. You have me.

Look. You were there
for me last night.

Sounds like you're
always there for me.

So let me be there
for you, ok?

Hey.

I don't have
any clothes.

I have nothing to wear.

I mean, I burned
my house down

with all of my
funeral clothes in it.

I'm supposed to be strong,

I'm supposed to have
learned how to handle this,

but...

I can't.

I can't keep
doing this, Damon.

Stefan's gone,
Bonnie's dead.

She gave up her life so that
I could have my brother back,

and I didn't even
know about it.

I know.

I can't believe
this is happening.

I can't believe
she's gone.

I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

[Music playing]

It's ok.

They need this.

I need this.

We ring this bell
in honor of Bonnie,

in remembrance for her.

I'm not sure
what else to say.

Say that I'm not
going anywhere,

say that even though
they couldn't see me

I've been there
the whole time.

She says that she's
not going anywhere,

that she has been here
all along.

Bonnie has watched you have
the summer of your life.

...the summer
of your life...

And I saw you happy,

and I know you think now
that you can't have a normal life...

Bonnie and Jeremy: That you have to
be here for everyone,

but you don't.

Bonnie: Everyone
will find their way,

so you are gonna
repack your things,

you're gonna go
back to college,

and you're gonna
live it up.

You didn't do
anything wrong, Matt.

You know I would have
sent you 300 e-mails back if I could.

I miss you.

Bonnie and Jeremy:
Caroline...

Bonnie: I watched you
decorate that dorm room

like your life
depended on it.

And I know that college
isn't everything you expected

and that you feel like
something's missing,

but...

Tyler.

That was good.

This is all
I wanted.

I'll be ok.

We'll all be ok.

Your vitals
are normal.

Don't sound
so disappointed.

Tell me
about your night.

Caroline Forbes took me
to a party in Mystic Falls,

and then...

It's kind of
a big blank.

I must have been
really drunk.

What's causing
your memory loss

didn't come
in a red cup.

It appears you have
vampire blood

in your system,
Jesse,

which means you
were either injured

to the point
of needing to be healed,

or someone wants
to turn you into a vampire.

I'm guessing
the former,

and then I'm guessing you
were compelled to forget.

I'm sorry. What?

It's nothing
to worry about.

The good news about having
vampire blood in your system

is that's step one
to creating a new vampire.

This is step two.

[Heart monitor beeping]

[Beeping accelerating]

[Flatline]

== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man