The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 5, Episode 7 - Death and the Maiden - full transcript

The power of doppelgangers.... While Elena and Damon try to explain Amara's situation to Stefan, Dr. Wes Maxfield gives Katherine some deeply disturbing news. Nadia shows up at Caroline's ...

Previously
on "The Vampire Diaries"...

What was the deal
with you and Stefan?

I was the first love
of Stefan's life.

Stefan, meet Julian.

Does Stefan Salvatore know
that you are

pregnant
with his child?

-What?
-I wanted to tell you in person,

but Julian made sure
there was nothing to tell.

Julian makes me better.

He made her
vindictive and cruel.

Lily gave kai the idea
to put Elena



in that
sleeping beauty coma.

I could have
been a father.

I want him dead,
Damon.

I'm in.

You're asking me
to choose

between you
and Julian.

He's the love
of my life.

Please understand.

Julian is looking for Oscar's car.

I intend to
find it first.

She was supposed
to be Ric's wife,

who died with two kids
inside of her

on their wedding day.

- What is that?
- It's my wedding video.



I recognize
this chant.

They were trying to save
the next generation

of gemini twins.

I think Alaric's babies
are still alive.

They're inside of you.

23 minutes.

Just enough time
for me to get in,

take out little
miss stabby-pants,

and grab Caroline.

That's it?
That's your plan,

just take her out?

It's simple,
it's classic. Come on.

Yeah. Listen. I saw
the "x" carved

in Stefan's chest.

Pretty sure she's not
playing tic-tac-toe.

-Look. This is a trap.
-Oh, I know it's a trap,

and I'm gonna spring it
so Stefan can't.

Yeah. Well, look.
I didn't get a babysitter

on 30 seconds' notice
just to sit in the car.

You're not gonna
just sit in the car!

Turn, turn, turn, turn.

There's no way Stefan didn't
see Caroline's broadcast.

He'll be here in a minute.
When he gets here,

pump him full of vervain so
he can't hero his way in there.

If Caroline's in danger,
I'm coming with you.

She doesn't want Caroline.
She wants him!

If he goes in there,
he's dead.

Stefan?
Stefan, please.

Guess you're gonna have to
settle for the other one, blondie.

Stefan, I--

we apologize
for the interruption

to your
current program.

My name is Caroline.

Well, that's not good.

Please listen
carefully.

I have
an urgent message

for Stefan Salvatore.

Well, simple enough.

Two lines you're pregnant,
one line you're not.

And how many lines if you've
been mystically knocked up

by a coven
of dead witches?

Guess we'll find out
in 3 minutes.

This is crazy.

I mean, you're
an occult studies Professor.

Have you ever come
across anything

about a pregnant vampire?

No, but until
a few weeks ago,

I'd never heard
of a stone that was full

of tormented
vampire souls either.

But how would it
even be possible?

I'm technically dead.

Well, your body basically
functions normally.

Your heart beats,
you breathe.

I mean, is it that far outside
the realm of possibility

that your body could
support a baby or two?

Why would the coven
want me to?

I don't think
they had a choice.

The gemini were
all dying.

They couldn't let the
future of their coven

perish along with them,
so they had to put

the babies
someplace safe,

inside a body that--

that wouldn't die.

Is that cornbread
I smell?

We're hosting
Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving's tomorrow.

Well, pre-Thanksgiving.
Whatever.

Whatever happened to
taking out Julian?

Remember him? Killed what
would have been your firstborn?

You know, I cleared out
my entire schedule

so we could make
that guy count worms--

unless you're
too busy baking.

Julian knows that
I want him dead,

so our next move
needs to be smart.

We're probably only gonna
have one more shot at this.

Not quite following the whole Martha
Stewart strategy, to be honest.

I am planning
on recruiting an ally.

I brought Cranberries.

¶ My blood ¶

¶ gets heavy when you're here ¶

negative.

I don't understand.

I mean, Valerie was
so certain.

Well, I guess
she was wrong

or playing some
twisted game.

Either way, I trust that
a lot more

than I trust her.

¶ Everything gone ¶

and I'm really sorry.

I know how much
you wanted this.

¶ Ohh, ohh ¶

¶ Everything's gone ¶

hey, Matt. Now's not
really a good time.

Bonnie and I found
two dozen people compelled

to hang out
at the high school last night.

I've been trying to call her,
but she won't pick up.

I'm starting to get
a little worried.

I think she's
with enzo.

What?

Well, now I'm
a lot worried.

What the hell is she
doing with him?

I don't know. Were you
able to clear them out?

We had to tranquilize them
just to get them out of there,

but they were all
back this morning

like they never left.

Why would someone
compel people to gather

at the high school
in an abandoned town?

Matt?

Matt?

Hey, care. How fast
can you get to the grill?

I invited you over here

because we can't
keep doing this.

I mean, I--I want us
all to start over.

Well, uh, if the pilgrims
and Indians could do it,

I'm sure there's hope
for us.

We call them
native Americans now,

but we didn't bring you
here to correct

your outdated
racial slurs,

did we, Stefan?

I want to
convince you

of all the reasons
that you need to help us

get rid of Julian.

I'm sorry. Is this
some kind of setup?

Just hear me out
for a second.

1863...

I got Valerie
pregnant.

She kept it a secret
from me, from you,

from everyone,
and Julian found out

about it somehow, and
he felt threatened by it.

He beat her until the
baby was no longer alive.

Her child,
your grandchild,

was murdered
by Julian.

She swore me
to secrecy,

but the truth is
too important.

You need to know what kind of man he is.

What I think Stefan's
trying to say is

you have really
crappy taste.

My son, Valerie
lied to me

for over a century
about you.

Then she tried to kill a member
of my family in cold blood

and tried to incinerate
the love of my life.

Do yourself a favor.

Don't lose any more
sleep over the words

that come out
of that poor girl's mouth.

Wow. I guess the joke's
on me then, right?

I mean, I was the
idiot who believed her.

I did, too,
about many things,

but I will not make
that same mistake again.

Here's to moving on
then, right?

To moving on.

Ugh!

Concentrated
vervain.

Wow.

I ever mention
I like your style?

I had a feeling we were gonna
have to do this the hard way.

Best...
Thanksgiving...Ever.

Why would
a centuries-old vampire

with a bunch
of witch groupies

be so desperate to find
anything collecting dust

in the midlothian county
impound?

Seems a little
beneath him.

Well, if Julian wants
it, then so do I.

We talking
about Oscar's car

or lily?

You're not doing this
to stop a psychopath.

You just want the girl.

Congratulations.

You've just unlocked
every man's

true motivation in life.

Let me give you
some advice.

Stop treating lily like
some prize to be won.

Spoken like somebody's
who's never been fought over.

It's not the turn-on
you think it is.

Try flowers, a quiet dinner, listening.

Heh heh.

Found it.

I'm assuming Julian

doesn't want it
for its bluebook value.

Charming.

I'll wager this is what
Julian's looking for.

Wonder what makes it
so special.

I think I've seen
that before

when I was doing research
on the stone.

Let me see what
I can dig up.

No. I don't need
research to tell me

which one's
the pointy end.

What do we need to know?

If he wants to kill
someone with it

or he's worried
about being killed by it.

Well, there's one way
to find out--

ram it through his
chest, see what happens.

I know what's not
gonna happen.

Lily falling hopelessly
in love with the person

who murdered
her sweetheart.

Not if I make it look
like self-defense.

Good idea.
Go pick a fight

with an extremely powerful,
unhinged ancient vampire.

Should work out great.

Is that a hint
of concern for me

I detect in your voice?

Now that I think
about it,

go ahead
and kill each other.

Win-win for me.

What are you doing?

Julian's practically
brainwashed you

like giuseppe did
way back when?

What does gius-- giuseppe
have to do with this?

Well, you didn't think
dad was a monster at first,

but somewhere
along the way,

this little warning light
started blinking

"psycho! Psycho!"

You just need that little
light to blink again.

What are you
talking about?

It's a pattern,
lily.

You can't see it
with Julian

just like you couldn't
see it with giuseppe.

Hey. Do you remember that
fun-filled Thanksgiving we had

back in 1851?

-1851.
-Hmm.

Jog my memory, brother.

Was that the year
that father took me

out to the farm and made
me behead my pet Turkey?

Yeah. That would
be the year.

Ooh. That was
a doozy.

If I could take
just a moment

to say how thankful I am
to the good lord

for giving me
a beautiful wife,

two fine boys,

a table filled
with fine food,

and a stomach big enough
to fit it all in.

Ha ha ha!

Son, eat your
dinner, please.

I cannot.

What's the matter,
sweetheart?

It was not
an invitation, Damon.

Eat.

Why is he
not eating?

Because this is sami.

That animal was put on
this earth to be sustenance,

not your friend.

Now you will clean
your plate,

or you will spend
the night in the root cellar,

wishing you had.

Mother...

Please do not make me
eat her.

You heard your
father, Damon.

Rest in peace, sami.

I kept you from wasting
a perfectly good meal.

I still don't see what
any of this has to do

with my current
relationship.

Of course you don't
see it, lily.

That's the whole
point!

You're too blind
to see it.

You're drawn to men
who manipulate you

into seeing
what they want,

men who abuse you.

Oh, I'm sorry.

The vervain ropes searing
into my flesh

are distracting me
from concentrating

on your lecture
about tolerating abuse.

This is pointless,
pointless with pumpkin pie,

but pointless.

No. We are here to
open up her eyes.

You're gonna
sit here,

and you're gonna listen
to every single word I say,

and by the end
of the day,

you're gonna help us
kill your boyfriend.

I found more
at the courthouse

and another dozen
at the supermarket.

What's with all
the ivs?

Saline to keep
them hydrated,

which you'd only
need if you were

gonna keep them here
for a while.

They're using them
as human blood banks.

I guess we know what the heretics
are having for Thanksgiving dinner.

Problem is I can't
find a single bite mark

on any of them, which
is somehow creepier.

They're not being
fed on.

They're being fed.

I found these
in the trashcan.

This is salmon,
steak.

Iron-rich foods
probably to boost

their red blood cell
count.

It's like someone's fattening
the cattle for the slaughter.

Whoa, care. Hey.

Um...

Are you ok?

Yeah, I'm fine.

No. You're not fine.
You just puked.

I...

I think I had
an expired blood bag

last night
or something.

You know, and then
the talk of the food

and the iron and the
slaughtered cattle--

so you're a vampire
with food poisoning?

Yes, Matt,

I am a vampire
with food poisoning,

standing in a room of
much bigger problems,

so stop looking at me
like you've never seen

a vampire
vomit before

and start thinking of a way
to break their compulsion.

Short of turning them
into vampires,

I can't think of a way
to break their compulsion.

Well, maybe we don't
have to break it.

Maybe someone can
siphon it away.

Ah, the barkeep.

Did you forget
your tip jar, huh?

You know who I am.

Oh. Yes.

The steerage waif
lily took pity upon.

She told me all
about you.

That's funny.
She hardly mentioned you.

So what brings
you here?

I left something behind that
means a great deal to me.

My guitar.

Haven't seen one
lying around.

Perhaps lily threw it out
with the rest of the rubbish.

Yeah, I doubt that.

She loves it
when I play for her.

-Oh.
-Sometimes begs me to.

There is no point
trying to deny her.

I hope you're not
suggesting anything untoward.

Oh, and if I were?

Well, we'd have to
settle it like gentlemen.

But...

I assured lily
that there would be

no more bloodshed
in the house.

Did you make any
promises about outside?

Hmm.

You want me to siphon
the compulsion

out of all these people?

Do you have any idea
how long that will take?

Uh, probably
the amount of time

that it will take
to siphon one person

times the amount of people in this room.

I am all for scuttling
Julian's plans,

but siphoning these people
won't make a difference.

He'll just replace them.

You'd be trading
one life for another.

Speaking of, I can't
imagine this is

the safest town for
someone with your status

to be roaming
around in.

What's that
supposed to mean?

Nothing.

I wouldn't call
a pregnant vampire nothing.

-What?
-I am not pregnant.

I am not pregnant!

Ok. Valerie over here
convinced poor Alaric

that the gemini coven dumped
his twin babies into my--

you know what?

Never mind because
it's not true.

It is not true.

A test confirmed it.

Yeah, and thanks to you,
Alaric is probably

still at home waiting for that
second blue line to show up,

so you know what?

Maybe now would be
an appropriate time

to call him and explain
how you could get

something so important
so incredibly wrong.

Do I need to remind you that
you summoned me here for my help?

If you don't think
my talents are up to snuff,

then I will gladly find other
things to do with my time.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Maybe it was just
a momentary lapse

of...Magical juju.

Look. Can you just
please help us

and take away these
people's compulsion?

Do you know
what true bravery is?

Most people don't.

It isn't going
against incredible odds

and thinking
you're going to win.

No. That's
merely confidence.

Bravery is knowing
you're going to lose

but doing it anyway.

That's your strategy--

bore me into submission?

Ha ha ha!

Well, if you won't let me
give you an honorable way out,

I--I have no choice but
give you an honorable death.

Well, let's get on
with it.

Choose your weapon.

Ha ha ha!

Hyah!

Are these
entirely necessary?

They're quite painful.

Huh. Does that burn?

You know it does.

Let me see if I can
fix that.

-Unh!
-Nope. Guess not.

That's enough,
Damon.

What? She thinks this
is painful?

Try being 12 and helpless.

I have finished.

May I be excused?

In a moment.

Lily, a bourbon, please.

I took this out
for a special occasion today,

but in the process,
I discovered quite a bit

of money missing
from my bureau.

You would not know
anything about that?

No.

Stefan, have you been rummaging
around your father's bureau?

Well, it did not just grow
legs and walk off now, did it?

Which one of you did it?

Confess here and now
like a man.

Who took the money?

It was not us.

To think of all the work
your mother

has put into grooming you to
be proper young men of society.

Do you really want to put
her through the heartache

of thinking she is
a complete and utter failure?

No.

Then what would a man do?

He would tell
the truth.

And the truth is?

I took it.

I didn't raise you
to be a thief,

but I also didn't raise you
to be a liar,

and you have told
the truth here today.

Have you learned
your lesson?

This is to make certain
you remember it.

Aah!

I didn't take
giuseppe's money.

I only confessed
because I was afraid

of what he'd do
to Stefan?

It's your pattern,
lily.

Julian's a monster,

giuseppe was a monster.

You don't think
I knew that?

I was married to the man
for 20 years.

What kind of a fool
do you take me for?

Do you think I believed you
when I caught you digging

for ice in the icebox
and you told me

you scratched
your arm playing?

I'm not blind, Damon.

I knew exactly what he
did to you that night.

I had gone to fetch
his bourbon like he asked.

I was on the stairs
when I heard your scream.

You ran by me
clutching your arm,

and you didn't see me
through your tears.

And you did nothing?

You did nothing?!

That is not true!

Everything that I did--

lily!

Someone--someone's
trying to kill Julian.

What are you
talking about?

To protect him from you,

we--we did a spell.

We bound Julian's life

to mine.

We're linked.

If he dies,

so do I.

I see you two
have met before.

Where did you
get that?

You took a wrong turn and
ended up in Mystic Falls.

Leave and forget everything
that you saw here.

What?

You sure you don't
want to talk

about this whole
Valerie baby-spell thing?

There is nothing
to talk about.

Care, I've never seen
you puke before.

That is because I am
polite, not pregnant.

I can't have Alaric's
babies inside of me.

Not only is it
impossible,

but it literally defies
the physics of the universe.

Beau.

I don't know what atrocities
Julian has planned,

but you're better
than this.

I know you.
I'm your friend.

Julian is evil. He doesn't
care about the family.

He only cares
about himself.

Unh.

Unh! Ugh.

Invisique.

Unh!

-Here.
-Thank you.

I was the one
who took the money.

On Thanksgiving.
It was me.

I don't understand.

Your father never let
me have anything.

I lived under
his complete control.

I--I had no means
of my own,

no access to funds.

You stood
in the next room

as your son was
being tortured,

you didn't confess,
and then you stayed

with the man
for another 5 years?

I was trying
to save us.

We were gonna run away.

I was gonna protect
you boys.

We were--we were
never gonna see him again,

but your father,
even drunk and miserable,

he was always
one step ahead.

Looking for these?

I don't know
what those are.

Train tickets,
3 of them.

Planning a trip,
are we?

Oh, giuseppe, you ruined
all my fun.

I thought it could
be a surprise.

I--I thought you could
take the boys to New York

for a weekend and see
that new steamship

we read about
in the paper.

-Unh!
-Aah!

You took that money,

and I punished Damon for your duplicity,

and you tried to steal
my children from me.

Should you ever
attempt that again,

I will take the boys
far away from here.

You will be alone, and you
will never see them again.

Do you
understand me?

That's why I had to stay.

Giuseppe was a monster.

He wasn't manipulating me,
I wasn't blind to it.

I knew it in my bones.

The only thing I cared
about more than leaving him

was protecting
your brother and you.

Everything...

That I did back then...

I was doing for you.

Unh!

A little tip
from a professional.

Next time you want
to kill

a bazillion-year-old
psycho,

don't pick a sword
from the junior section.

On the contrary,
I reckon that sword

was forged
for that very purpose.

Incoming.

Oh.

You're here.

Yeah, yeah.
I'm here.

And you're drunk.

Is everything ok?

Oh, it's
just peachy.

Ok. I just came to get
a book that I left here.

This one.

Uh, actually, I'm just
gonna do my research here

if that's ok
with you.

My office is
your office.

Great.

Do you want to
talk about it?

-Nope.
-Ok. Didn't think so.

So, uh, enzo found
some sword in Oscar's car

and is under the impression
it will kill Julian.

Found it.

This is it except
it's...

Does that look like
the Phoenix stone to you?

Yeah, yeah, that looks like
the Phoenix stone to me.

Ok.

"The stone gives the sword
its power

"against immortal foes.

Without it, the blade
is merely a blade."

Oh, no.

Nice aim.

Bastard links his
life to my mom's

and then engages
in a duel?

What is this, "Hamlet"
community theater? Heh.

Wait. Back up.

What are you talking about,
linked himself to your mom?

He's using lily
as a human shield.

Guess he'd forgotten
about the part

that half the people
actually left in this town

hate her guts.

Damon, tell me you
did not just kill lily.

Shouldn't you be...
Deader?

Unh! Err!

Are you hurt?

I'm fine.

You're not really the one
that I'm worried about.

Ugh! Isn't it possible
that "kill the psycho"

and "save the babies" just
sound similar in witch Latin,

not to mention that you've
been out of their loop

for, like, 100 years.

1,000 years could pass, I
would never forget that spell.

There's not a day goes by I
don't think about those words.

Why do you know
so much about this?

Like you care.

I mean, it's not like
you believe anything I say.

I'm willing
to believe you.

Ok?

I need you to be 100%
honest with me, please.

How do you know so
much about this spell?

Because I've used it.

I was pregnant
before I turned.

Julian knew that
if lily found out

it would ruin
his plans with her.

She would want to return
to Mystic Falls instead,

so he promptly ended it,

but I did everything in my
power to save the life inside me.

I didn't have an entire
coven to work with.

It was just me.

Hard as a I tried,

I wasn't strong enough.

But why would you
having a baby

make lily want to come
home to Mystic Falls?

Oh.

That's the big secret
that you have with Stefan.

The baby was his?

Our story may have
ended in tragedy,

but you have a chance to see
that your friend Alaric's doesn't.

Valerie, the test
was negative.

Test again.

Don't!

Oh, thank God
you're all right.

You must have been given
such a scare.

Argh!

What's going
on here?

Damon drove a sword
into my chest,

knowing it would be the same
as driving it into yours.

Of course...

He was under the impression
it would kill me.

What is he
talking about?

What difference
does it make?

Didn't work anyway.

Take me home,
please.

What?

Well, look who's finally
calling me back.

Sorry. I got waylaid
at an impound lot with enzo,

which is somehow not even
the worst part of my day.

I needed your help, bon. Instead
you were ditching my calls

to hang out with the guy who
recently kidnapped your roommate.

Uh, we weren't
hanging out.

I was helping him find
some sword to kill Julian.

Where are you?
I'll meet you.

Don't bother. Tyler and
Jeremy actually took my call.

They think they found
a way to help,

and I'm looking
into it.

¶ soft slacks at night ¶

¶ I'm wearing them tight ¶

¶ nobody hurts like I do ¶

guess we could both
use a drink.

¶ We fall the fader
to black... ¶

I heard today
didn't go so well.

With the sword
or with lily?

Because the answer's
the same.

So that's it?
You giving up?

When 9 Russians tell
you you're drunk,

you lie down.

Lily made her
intentions clear.

Good.

¶ I'm not yours,
I'm mine ¶

you're better off
without her.

Come on! You can't honestly
say you're surprised, can you?

You wanted Julian dead,

I wanted to punish mom,

and I had a way to kill
two birds with one stone!

I am never gonna change,

lily is never
gonna change,

and you are never
gonna change!

You're never gonna stop
straining to find

one tiny speck
of redemption in lily,

and she's never gonna
stop disappointing you.

You're wrong! You don't
know the whole story!

I don't want to know
the whole story, Stefan!

I don't want to know
any more excuses or lies

or anything that tells
me anything other

than the way I know
it went down.

Our mother faked her
death, left her sons behind,

started a new family,
and went out of her way

to forget us forever!

That is the only story
that matters, Stefan.

She tossed us aside without any
concern what would happen to us.

As far as I'm concerned,

she deserves
what she gets.

She deserves
what she gets.

I don't know about you,

but I could use
a warm bath.

What were you doing in
the woods with lorenzo?

Well, you know me.

Never one to resist
a sword fight.

Except my life was
bound to yours.

I'm also never one
to lose.

Julian, this-- this
isn't just red wine

spilled
down my shirt.

Darling, you were never
in any danger.

Oh. Funny how choking on your own blood

makes you feel
like it.

We were boys being boys,
fighting for your honor.

If anything, it was silly.

Well, until one of your
rude, misbehaved sons

showed up and tried
to kill us both.

Did you know Valerie was once
pregnant with Stefan's child?

Valerie?
No. I did not.

According to my sons,
you did know,

and when you found out,
you beat her

until she lost
the child.

Lily...

You know me.

You know how deeply
that I care

about the family
that we have built,

and I would do anything
to keep us together.

I would never have done
something so revolting.

Listen to me
rambling on.

You must have been
so upset today,

and here I am acting
like it was nothing.

It would destroy me
if I ever hurt you.

Will you forgive me?

Of course.

I hate to
see you in such pain.

I was drunk
and not myself,

but the thought of
losing you and my sons,

it brought out
a rage in me.

I can't be faulted for trying
to keep my family together.

Will you forgive me?

Of course.

Of course.

Come here.

Look at me.

I love you, darling.

I will never hurt you.

How far along are you?

Uh, I'm not
really sure how to answer that.

Ok. Let's see what
we can see.

And you're certain
you're pregnant?

Why? What's wrong?

Well, I'm not seeing
one baby, let alone two.

And you're
absolutely sure?

Twins would be hard
to miss.

I'm not hearing any heartbeats either.

I'm sorry if you were
informed otherwise.

I'll give you
some time alone.

-I'm so sorry.
-No.

I'm sorry. I...

That I've been
so desperate

to believe this was
actually possible.

I, uh...

I, um--I'm really sorry
that I put you

through all this.

Honestly...

For a second there,
I believed it, too.

I, um, saw
the doctor leave.

She just told us
that you were wrong.

Are you sure
about that?

What are you doing?

Oh, my God.

I'm not sure you're
qualified to use that.

Just let her. You know, it
never made any sense to me.

The spell pointed
directly to you,

but the tests came up
negative,

and then it hit me.

I cloaked you from beau
to protect you.

Alaric's babies are
the future of the coven.

They would have protected
them in any way they could.

Wait, wait.
How is this all possible?

They were cloaked.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Did you come back
to get your dish?

May I come in?

What's going on?

You were right.

Pardon me? I'm sorry.

I didn't--I didn't
quite hear what you said.

You were right
about Julian.

I'm sorry I didn't
see it sooner.

I've traded one
monster for another,

but I am not going to
let him hurt us anymore.

I have a plan,
and this time,

we won't get caught.