The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 6, Episode 2 - Yellow Ledbetter - full transcript

Previously on
"The Vampire Diaries"...

The other side is collapsing,
and everyone in it is going away.

We need to start
the spell again.

We can't. That was our one shot.

But Damon's on the other side.

The spell the travelers
cast across Mystic Falls

- eliminates spirit magic.
- Aah!

Vampires can't get
into Mystic Falls?

They can lurk
around the borders.

Luke Parker has been
feeding Elena

some concoction that allows
her to hallucinate Damon.



The herbs,
they make me so thirsty.

Aah!

Please help me.

Stefan
didn't say good-bye.

Damon and Bonnie died,
and he just left.

I need you to tell me
that you're gonna find Damon

and bring him back
because I don't think

I can live forever without him.

I can't I gave up.
I moved on.

I want you to take away Damon.

I want you to compel me to forget
that I ever loved him.

Do you think it will hurt?

I don't know.

Huh.



That got awkward fast. Ahem.

What happened?
Where is everybody?

Where you going?
Hey.

Well, I feel a fang,
so I'm still a vampire.

Either I'm a dead vampire,
or Mystic Falls

is no longer magic-free.

Look.

I definitely blew that up
about an hour ago.

Why don't we see any people?

If we're still
on the other side,

we should at least be
able to see the living.

Where the hell are we?

And I don't mean geographically.

I have no idea.

Jer, come on.
We're gonna be...

Matt! Sorry. I... I needed
a place to crash.

Jer said it was cool.

- This isn't Jer's house.
- Well, it's not yours either.

Look. It's no big deal.
I can just take off.

Yeah. Why don't you do that?

Why would you bring her here?

You shouldn't be anywhere
near her, dumbass,

not after what
happened yesterday.

Caroline compelled
her to forget Elena attacked her.

- It's not a big deal.
- Not a big deal?

Right. I forgot. You don't
care about anything.

- Hey.
- Hey!

Uh, what are you doing?

I mean, I thought
it'd be nice to...

Completely overstay my welcome.

I'm sorry.
I thought, uh...

Never mind what I thought.

No. I just wasn't
really expecting you

to still be here, so...

Right. So why should
you expect somebody

you spent the night with to make
assumptions about breakfast?

- I'm gonna go.
- No, no, no, Ivy...

Stefan, I get it.

I am super into you, you're...
Intermittently into me.

Breakfast bad.

- Don't worry about it.
- Ivy.

Look. Why don't we
have dinner tonight,

although...

I should probably
do the cooking.

It's been 4 months.

It's time for me to let go.

You gonna erase Bonnie
from your head, too.

Missing Bonnie
makes me sad, Jer.

Missing Damon makes
me dangerous.

Alaric will compel
away any memories

and then make me forget
that I had him do it.

I need you to keep
the truth from me, too.

- Tyler and Stefan are on board.
- What about Caroline?

Somehow, I doubt she'll
take much convincing.

You said that Stefan
was looking for a way

- to bring Bonnie and Damon back.
- I thought he was.

I've been feeding
him leads for months.

He let me believe
he was following them.

Well, I've been a little
focused on magic bubble duty,

and as you can see by
the lack of magic in Mystic Falls,

it's a spectacular
fail of a mission,

and now you're telling me
that this whole time

no one has been doing
anything to help

Bonnie and Damon?

I wouldn't exactly say no one.

Come on.
Just a little hint.

I don't know anything.

Oh, you witches are all
so monstrously secretive.

Lucky for me, I'm quite gifted
at unraveling the truth.

Ok. There's a coven in Oregon,
they found away to communicate

with their ancestors
on the other side

before it went away.

Maybe they know what
happened to your friends.

They call themselves
the Gemini coven.

They're small and weird,
and they don't like outsiders.

See? You did know something.

I just wanted you
to work for it.

Ahem.

Heh heh.
Well, well, well.

Now there's a blast
from the past.

Hello, gorgeous.

Talk me through it again.

I raided the psychology department's
research library.

In a nutshell, we'll be
using a combination

of hypnotherapy and memory
reprocessing techniques.

The more we talk,
the more you'll relax

and open your mind to me.

We're gonna be searching
through memories

that are deeply embedded,

and each significant memory
that we hit

which is connected to Damon
I will help you modify,

and this should
eventually lead us

to the signature memory,
which once erased

will create a positive
domino effect

through all your other memories.

Can't you just compel me to
forget everything at once,

and we can go get a beer?

I'm supernaturally rewiring
3 years of your memories.

If it were that easy,
I wouldn't be so terrified.

I have some questions.
Answer them honestly.

I will answer
everything honestly.

Do you have doubts about this?

Yes, but I know
I have to do this.

- Are you afraid?
- More sad than afraid.

Why sad?

Because I don't want to
stop loving him.

Do you trust me
to be digging around

in your mind?

I trust you completely.

Ok. Well, then let's...

Let's get started.

Who was Damon Salvatore?

He was my boyfriend.

I loved him, and he died.

And when did you first meet him?

- I was in High School.
- Katherine.

- No. I'm Elena.
- I'm Damon.

And what was he like?

There was something
different about him,

dangerous but not
in a way that scared me.

He was exciting.

- I don't know what I want.
- That's not true.

- You want what everybody wants.
- What?

And how did he make you feel?

Like anything was possible.

You had a nice moment
on the road with a stranger,

but that's all he was,
a stranger.

A stranger.

Two people passing in the night.

Are you ok?

Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Let's just...
Let's just keep going.

Ugh.

How many more streets
are we gonna wander?

How many times are you
gonna ask me questions

I don't have
the answers to? Hmm?

There's something weird
about these cars.

Yeah, they're almost
all 20 years old or more,

and yet they look brand-new.

Hmm.

And that is Elena's
not-so-burnt-to-a-crisp house.

Look.

"Rare solar eclipse
expected to be seen

across 12 states."

The date.

May 10... 1994.

Is that... are we...
That's impossible.

I don't think we should be
asking where we are.

I think we should
be asking when we are.

Tell me about this moment.

No. You know what?

If I'm gonna feel
guilty about something,

I'm gonna feel guilty
about this.

He kissed me.

I mean, I shouldn't
have let him.

I knew that he was
in love with me,

and even thought Stefan
and I were on the outs,

I shouldn't have let him.

He kissed you. You thought
it was inappropriate.

- You told him so.
- I told him it was wrong.

- Who's Damon Salvatore?
- He was my boyfriend.

I loved him, and...

He...

He died.

Why don't we, uh...
Why don't we take

a little break, ok?

To be honest,
I could use a drink.

Wonder if there's any booze
in this empty retroville.

Feels so weird to be back here.

Practically grew up
on this porch.

All right.
Talk me through it.

Before the other side collapsed,

my grams said that she
made a sacrifice

so I could find peace.

The part where you
actually have a theory.

Well, this clearly isn't peace.

Otherwise, I wouldn't
be stuck here with you.

Rude.

She must have... I don't know...

Sent me somewhere,
and when I held your hand,

took you with me.

Well, did she happen
to whisper a safe word

in her last breaths,
a clue maybe,

witchy path out of here?

No, but if we got here by magic,

magic should be able
to get us out.

And that frown that's
not upside down

is telling me what?

Phesmatos, incendia.

Still can't do magic.

Perfect.

You're the last person
I think would object

to me erasing positive memories
of Damon from my head.

Yeah, but we we are
literally chasing a lead.

What if we find something out?

What if Damon returns home

and everything returns
back to normal

and then you're just
sitting there

all confused and weird?

Then Alaric will bring
back my memories.

- But...
- But what?

Go ahead, Caroline.
Say what you need to say.

I don't want to pressure
you into agreeing.

I don't know what to say.

I was actually just
trying to think

of what Bonnie would say.

And?

And she'd say that you should
do what's best for you.

Look. I think it's great

that you still have
hope, I really do,

but for my own survival,
I need to let him go.

Well, then go on with your
"what would Bonnie Bennett do?" plan.

I'll make bumper stickers.

- I love you.
- I love you, too.

Girl bonding.
Very sweet.

I heard you dropped
out of school.

And I heard that
you were a lurker

who was spying on my life.

When do we exit?

Soon. You should reconsider.

Looks can only get
a girl so far these days.

Heh. Yeah, well, I'm
not taking feminist tips

from the guy who just
used his tongue

to get secrets out
of a coat check girl.

Garment attendant.

You just made that up.

So did you also make up
the Gemini coven lead, too?

Because I've never
heard of them.

Who are they?

No idea. That's not
where we're headed.

What?!
Wait. Where are we going?

You'll see.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Perfect timing.
I was just...

I ran into some of your friends.

- What? Where?
- Here.

Stefan! You are
a hard man to track down.

I wasn't sure if your new friend

would invite us in,
but she said this was your place,

which means open invitation
for all your mates, right?

Got any bourbon?

Good stuff, mate.

So how do you guys
know Stefan?

He and I went
to High School together.

He used to date my best friend.

Not that he's not
allowed to date.

I mean, they broke up.

I just didn't realize
that he had met someone.

So how did you meet exactly?

Uh, Ivy's car was in the shop
where I work.

You work in an auto repair shop?

It's relaxing.

Why? What did you used to do?

Oh, man of all seasons,
Jack of all trades.

Oh, you have a lovely clavicle.

Oh! Thank you.
I think.

Forgive me. I always
notice a woman's neck.

I'm a neck person!

So's Stefan.
Right, Stefan?

Not anymore.

Well, that's silly.

You can't just stop
being a neck person.

Is Enzo your boyfriend?

Oh! Oh, God know.

Would you date that?

Uh, hello.
I'm right here.

I have supersensitive hearing,
practically supernatural.

Do you believe in
the supernatural, Ivy?

Uh, never really
thought about it.

Myself, I'm a believer.

Had to get a witch
to do a locator spell

to find my buddy here.

Ahem.

I didn't know you cooked.

I don't.
How'd you sleep?

Me... not good.
My 1994 mattress was very lumpy.

What you go there?

Oh. Miss Cuddles.

I lost her when I was 9,
but I went into my house

last night, and there she was.

I also found this
at my grams' house,

- her old grimoire.
- Yeah? Well, I found this.

Drank it last year
when Ric died.

So we're in this
snapshot of another time

or something.

Everything that existed in 1994

still exists.

For better or for worse.

Listen. There was a time when I
couldn't practice magic.

This grimoire taught me a lot.

Maybe I can reteach myself.

If you're still a witch,

which with our luck
and your skill

probably ain't the case.

Would a little support kill you?

I am acutely aware that we are

in some otherworldly
time dimension.

However, did you ever
think for one second

that maybe it's you
being negative

reacting to my natural
self negatively, hmm?

- You're ridiculous.
- Nope. I'm consistent.

Eat your pancakes.

Oh, and...

- You can do a crossword puzzle.
- Oh, gee, thanks.

Breakfast with my
least favorite person

and a crossword puzzle
from 1994.

All right.

What's a 7-letter word for...

You've got to be kidding me.

Bonnie, look at the date
on that paper.

It says may 10, 1994.

It's the same day as yesterday.

We're living the same day
all over again.

Well, that proves it.

We're in hell,

my own personal,
custom-built hell,

and you're in it with me.

Bottoms up.

A little early
for that, don't you think?

It's dark out.

I meant in life.

Where's Sarah?

Don't know.
Not her keeper.

I'm going for a jog.

You guys don't like each
other very much, do you?

He's trying to give me purpose.

Why didn't you tell him
I'm still here?

Didn't feel like it.

Hey!

5 miles with the group
this morning

wasn't enough for you?

Tripp, hey.

I was just blowing off
some steam. What's up?

That girl from yesterday,
the one with the animal bite.

- Do you know where she ended up?
- Yeah, my house.

- I'm not sure how that happened.
- She there now?

No. She split. Why?

I have some deputy buddies
over at the station.

One of them said
that the sheriff ran her plates

and the car came up stolen.

- You're kidding.
- No.

Now I can be paranoid,
but there's

a bad element
coming through town,

I want to keep tabs on it.

Yeah.

So let me know if she shows
up back up at your place.

Yeah, I will.

It was
the miss Mystic Falls pageant.

Stefan was supposed
to be my escort,

but he bailed on me.

Damon stepped in.

He saved me from being embarrassed
in front of everyone.

He took my arm and led me out

with the rest of the girls
and all their dates,

and we danced.

I remember that was
the first time

that I felt it.

- Felt what?
- How sexy he was.

I'd never...

Let myself notice until then.

I mean, obviously,
I knew that he was attractive,

but I didn't want to
see him that way.

You went down the stairs,
and no one was there.

I was embarrassed,
but I got over it.

Who is Damon Salvatore?

He was my boyfriend.
I loved him,

and he died.

Ric, I hate this.

I mean, how much longer
is it gonna take?

Until we find that
signature moment,

the moment you knew
you loved him.

Well, that's easy.

It was after I found out
about the sire bond.

Everyone kept telling me
that my feelings weren't real,

but I knew that they were.

Ok. Your feelings were
because of the sire bond.

Who is Damon Salvatore?

He was my boyfriend.

That's not it.
You got to dig deeper, earlier.

I-I don't know, ok? I...

Maybe it was when
we spent the night

at the motel together.

I wasn't back together
with Stefan yet,

and I remember when I was
laying in bed with him

all I could think about
was kissing him.

I wanted to kiss him so badly.

No one kissed anyone.
Who's Damon Salvatore?

He was my boyfriend.

- That's not it. Next.
- I don't know, Ric!

Well, think about, Elena.

Think about that moment
when you knew

this person was somebody
that you had feelings for,

that you loved,
and that you could see

those feelings going on forever.

Trust me. You never forget it.

Maybe we should just forget
about this entire thing.

It was a stupid idea, ok?

I can't do this anymore,
all right?

I'm done. I'm sorry.

What's a 7-letter word
for "kill me now"?

- That joke got old 6 weeks ago.
- So did this crossword puzzle.

Every day for two months,
I've done this stupid thing,

and I still can't
figure out 27 across.

"An old tongue twister
Eddie turned top 40"?

And I hate pancakes!

Whoa. Don't take it
out on the pancakes.

Those pancakes, like myself,

are waiting for you to be witchy
to get us the hell out of here.

You know I've been trying.

And failing.

Further evidence we're in hell.

Not only am I stuck with you,

I'm stuck with
the useless version of you.

Did you hear that?

What would I have heard, Bonnie?

We're the only two people here.

We were the only two
people here two months ago,

and we're the only
two people here now!

Well, I swear I heard something.

Maybe it's the sound
of existential despair.

I hear that's what hell
sounds like.

You know what?
You think we're trapped in your hell?

I have to spend
every day on repeat

with the person I like
least on this earth.

Maybe we're trapped in mine.

So, Stefan, tell us.

This house, very charming.

When'd you get it?

About a month or so ago.

No. More than that, remember?

We met two months ago,
and you already had it.

You've lived here for
more than two months?

Yeah. Yeah.
I guess I have.

Well, I guess that's just weird

because everyone thought you
were living somewhere else,

and your job was supposed
to be investigative work,

not auto repair.

Right. Well, I've
moved on from that job.

Well, you can't move on
from investigative work

until you've solved the
investigation, Stefan.

How about we just drop it?

I'm happy doing
what I'm doing now,

and that's all that
should really matter, right?

There, darling, no need
to make a scene.

Really it's all probably just some
big misunderstanding.

Perhaps this
will clear it all up.

- Aah! Oh, my God!
- Enzo!

What the hell is wrong with you?

So many secrets.
What are you running from, Stefan?

Oh. I-I don't.

Calm down, come with me.
Let's go upstairs.

No need to make a scene?

What kind of coward gives up
on his own brother?

You don't know
what you're talking about.

Why don't you enlighten me?

Hey. This is really
not a good time.

I'm sorry. I've just
hit a wall with Elena.

I just need some insight.

Ok. What's the wall?

I'm trying to get her
to figure out when she

first fell in love with Damon,

but she can't seem to get there.

Well, yeah, because
she doesn't want to admit

what everyone else
already knows.

She fell in love
with Damon when she was

still with Stefan.

Should probably
get him out of here.

He'll be up soon,
and I really don't feel like

another go-around.

I'm sorry that you heard
what I said.

It's fine, Caroline.

I really don't care.

Why?

Why don't you care?

You were the one
who always cared.

It's what I liked about you.

You know, amidst all the crazy

in our perfectly
messed up lives,

you cared more than anyone,

so how could you just stop?

Because I had to.

I had to move on.

You know, the months
before I moved here,

I was following every lead
that Alaric sent my way.

I spoke to every witch,
every shaman,

every psychic in 20
countries around the globe,

and every lead was a dead end.

But Enzo has another lead.

There's this coven in Oregon...

The Gemini coven. Yeah.

I looked into them,
too, Caroline.

There was nothing there
because there's

nothing we can do.

Damon and Bonnie are dead.

I had to come to terms
with that,

and once I did,
I had to start over.

I couldn't just live my old life
with my old friends.

I couldn't go near
Mystic Falls or Elena...

Or me?

Because I thought we
were closer than that.

I mean, you couldn't hear in all
those messages that I left you,

you couldn't hear that I was
completely falling apart without you?

Because you never
listened to them.

I had to move on.
I didn't have a choice.

I had to erase everything.

Well, let me summarize
them for you.

You're a dick.

And if you want him
out of your house,

you throw him out yourself.

It's not available.
Please, leave a message.

Luke, where are you?

I need more
of that stuff, like, now.

I'm starting to go...

I don't want to
hear it, Ric, ok?

We tried.
It didn't work.

It's over.

It didn't work because
you weren't being honest.

I wasn't...

Are you crazy?

I was being completely honest.

Do you think I want to talk to you
about my romantic life?

You weren't being
honest with yourself.

Look. I want to hear
all the Damon stuff

while you were
still with Stefan.

No. I was completely
faithful to Stefan.

- Of course you were.
- I did everything.

- I know.
- I stuck with him,

even when he lost
his humanity...

- I know you did.
- After he left a trail of bodies

from Florida to Virginia.
I fought for him.

I know you did, Elena.

You don't want to admit it
because you feel like

you're betraying Stefan,
but this won't work until you do.

I loved Stefan the entire time.

I never would have hurt him.

Elena, you have been
lucky enough to love

two people this deeply
in your young life.

There's nothing wrong with that.

It's ok.

It's ok to love them both.

That's what Katherine
used to say.

How sad is it that
my own evil doppelganger

was smarter than me?

It's ok, Elena.
You can tell me.

Tell me the moment
you knew you loved him.

It was my birthday.

Damon and I spent the entire
summer looking for Stefan,

and I was trying to
put on a good face

because Caroline was throwing
this party for me,

but I was so sad.

I was two seconds from deciding
that I wasn't gonna go.

I wasn't gonna leave the room

until Damon walked in

to give me my birthday gift.

It was a necklace that
Stefan had given me.

I'd lost it, and Damon knew

what the necklace meant to me.

My necklace.

What it meant about
my feelings for Stefan.

Even though he loved me,

he gave me the one thing
that represented hope

for me and his brother.

I knew how much it hurt him,
but he did it.

It was...

The most selfless
that he's ever been,

and in that moment,
I loved him.

I didn't want to.

It terrified me, but...

For that moment, I loved him.

Do it.

It's ok. I'm ready.

I need you to be sure.

- Are you sure?
- I'm sure.

Just take it away, please.

Damon never came into the room.

He never gave you the necklace.

The party was miserable,
and you spent

the rest of the night
at the house watching movies

and eating popcorn with Jeremy.

Damon, no!

Jeremy.

Damon...

Killed Jeremy.

He snapped his neck
right in front of me.

Elena...

Who is Damon Salvatore?

He's Stefan's brother.

He was a monster,
and then he died.

- Hey.
- Hey, you.

Put on some party clothes
and come to Whitmore.

Tyler's coming over,
and we are going out.

- You sound good.
- I am good. I had a good day.

I ditched all my classes
and hung out with Ric.

We, um, we talked about Bonnie.

I had a good cry,
and I don't know.

I really feel like things are
taking a turn for the better.

So get your ass down here,
and let's have some fun.

Well, how about I come and sneak

into the dorms
and spend the night later

for old time's sake?

Sounds perfect.
Love you.

Love you, too.

Well, well.

That was a bit of a bust.

Hey. Hey.

I'll be right back.

Hey. Did your friends leave?

Whoa. What happened?

Oh, you know, my friend,
he's, uh, a bad drunk.

Yipes. Well, at least
your friend Caroline seemed nice.

Yeah.

I'm gonna throw this out.

Let her go.

Ok.

I've got a girl out
there crying over you

because she cares so much,

and I'm here trying
to figure out why

but I can't see what's
worth caring about.

You know, Damon once told
me that he promised you

an eternity of misery,
and I remember thinking,

"well, what could his
brother have ever done

to inspire so much hatred?"

But now I get it.

You're not a brother to him.

Brothers don't give up.

So every time I see
you doing anything

that looks like you've done so,

every time you try
to start over in a life

that's nothing but a lie,

I will make you pay.

I will be the one to bring
you the misery you deserve.

Err!

See? We're still neck people.

It's Bonnie.
Leave me a message.

Hey. It's me.
I paid your cell bill again.

Your mom said I could.
I think she felt

sorry for me or something.

Maybe she just wants to hear
the sound of your voice, too.

What do I know?

I am so pissed at you, Bonnie.

Yeah. Still. You told me you
were gonna die over the phone,

so you kind of deserve me
railing at you on voicemails

that you're never gonna get.

I guess I'll call
and yell at you again tomorrow.

Gah! You scared
the hell out of me.

Shh. We got a little problem.

Sarah's shady. The plates
on her car are stolen.

She's got to go.

What are you... deputy Dewey?
How do you know that?

It doesn't matter
how he knows it.

He's right. I stole it
from my old boss.

He had wandering hands,
so I wandered my hands

to his car keys.

Look, no offense,
but you got to find

- someplace else to say.
- I totally get it.

I appreciate you guys
helping me.

Really, I do.

It's ok. I have
family here sort of.

I mean, I haven't met him,

but my dad,
he supposedly lives here.

It's not like he's gonna let
me sleep on the street, right?

Matt, at least let her stay
till she finds her dad.

Seriously, Jer?

I'm on the community
protection committee,

and she's a car thief.

All right. Fine.
We can go stay

at Stefan and Damon's.
No one's there.

You can't leave.
I told Elena that

I'd watch out for you.

It's not like she can
do anything about it.

So she
says she has family here.

That's probably another lie,

but I'll look into it.

Thanks, Matt.

Look. Jeremy's a good kid.

He's just going
through some stuff.

I know all about him.

I grew up with his dad.

Wait. You're from Mystic Falls?

Born and raised till
my parents split.

I think that's why I'm such
a geek about this town.

My family were such
big supporters,

one of the founding
families actually.

Which family?

The Fells. I'm
Thomas Vincent Fell III,

to be exact.

My dad called me Tripp,
but I was such a clumsy kid

that I took my mom's
maiden name when he bailed.

Can you imagine... Tripp Fell?

So if you're
from a founding family,

that means you know all the stuff
that goes along with it then, right?

Oh. Is there a secret
handshake I never got taught?

Look. Um, I got to go.
I'll see you later

- for training, though, yeah?
- Yeah, sure.

Any final words?

Aah!

I miss them, too,
you know?

Look who got 27 across.

I wish. 27 across is a rock

I am pushing up
an endless mountain.

"An old tongue twister
Eddie turned top 40."

Eddie Vedder,
Pearl Jam.

"Yellow Ledbetter." Good work.

Are you messing with me ?

No. Are you messing with me ?

I didn't finish this.

Well, neither do I.

There's someone else here.