The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 8, Episode 10 - Nostalgia's a Bitch - full transcript

Sybill puts Damon in a catatonic state for revenge. Caroline and Bonnie enter Damon's mind and realize Stefan is the key to his fate. Sybill competes with her sister for control of the bell.

Previously on The Vampire Diaries...

I wrote you a letter.

I'm not okay with never
seeing you ever again.

- Don't walk away from your family.
- You know what?

Growing up, out of all my
friends, I was the only one

whose family didn't have
a legacy in Mystic Falls.

That could've changed everything for me.

The Maxwell heirloom and
the tuning fork, those things

fit together to make the hammer
that swings inside a bell.

When properly assembled, this
bell becomes, like, a mystical

- super-bell.
- You let them go.



You knew all along I'd have
to kill people for Cade.

Evil people and murderers.
These girls are innocent.

Exactly.

No!

One day,
you're going to realize

that you don't even
remember what happiness is.

Until then, just stay away from me.

Your humanity is gonna flood back.

You'll be consumed with
guilt for kidnapping

Ric and Caroline's children,

for selling your brother's soul to Cade,

for killing Tyler Lockwood.

I'm not the
thing inside your head

you have to fear, Damon. You are.



♪ ♪

♪ All the pretty girls like Samuel... ♪

Good morning.

That was thoroughly unconvincing.

What are you up to?

Oh, you know,

just... motivating.

Translation:

you are still in bed,
moping about Stefan.

Guilty as charged.

Why are you breathing so heavy?

I'm jogging.

I needed to get out, clear my head.

What's on your mind?

Enzo.

I need your advice.

You want to grab breakfast?

I'm the last person you should be asking

for relationship advice.

My fiancé turned Miss
Mystic Falls into a vampire

just to spite me.

So, no, I am not going anywhere.

Fine.

Breakfast in bed it is.

How do you like your eggs?

Are you really here right now?

Damon?

Wait, Damon's here, too?

Get down here, Caroline.

Now.

*THE VAMPIRE DIARIES*
Season 08 Episode 10
"Nostalgia's a Bitch"
Precisely Synchronized by srjanapala

Hey, mister, I'm sorry.

Please, just wake up.

Aren't you a little
young to be drinking?

You.

You did this to me, and
now you're making jokes?

It's Violet, right? Just relax.

Everything's gonna be okay.

That's what Caroline said. But look.

You're angry. I get it.

You feel like I forced you into this.

Believe me, I can relate.

My brother forced me into making a deal

with the devil, so that I would
turn innocent girls like you

into monsters so they'd do...

terrible things like this.

This...

this isn't fair.

But life isn't fair, Violet.

See, I gave you a choice.

You didn't have to kill
these people, but you did.

You chose to feed.

And that makes you the
perfect offering for Cade.

What does that mean?

It's a little hard to explain.

Probably easier if I just show you.

What do you think happened to him?

I'm guessing Sybil happened.

But the real question is:

what did she do to his brain this time?

Only one way to find out.

Can you jump us both

in there?

Will you let me go back to
bed if I tell you I can't?

Not a chance.

- What was that?
- I don't know.

I... It was just fire and pain.

Then that's what Damon's feeling.

Look.

He's suffering.

Wait, do you hear that?

Well, looks like we
have a rat in the cellar.

Are you annoyed?

I always thought that was
just your resting face.

Let me guess.

Damon's not feeling well.

What did you do to him?

I gave him what he wanted.

I flipped his little
humanity switch back on.

Then why is he a zombie?

Well, I guess his mind couldn't
handle all those memories

and feelings rushing in all at once.

But don't worry, I can fix him,
as long as I get what I want.

You're crazy if you think we're
letting you out of this cell.

You'll mess with our heads, too.

That's the beauty of it...

You don't have a choice.

Pay the price or prepare to have

a catatonic best man at your wedding.

If you're still getting
married, that is.

I know it's looking a little bleak.

What do you want?

Hey, Sheriff.

Knock it off. I'm a civilian now.

I hope civilian life treats you better

than that girl in the alley.

- Who is she?
- Violet Fell.

She was a contestant in the Miss
Mystic Falls Pageant yesterday.

Where's the actual sheriff?

Halfway to Duluth.

Jenkins turned in his
badge this morning.

Didn't think a small town like this

came with so many homicides.

One second.

This isn't a good time.

Well, this phone call's not
gonna make it any better.

I need the bell.

I just had my dad take it
out of town to hide it. Why?

Because I'm gonna give it to Sybil.

What?

That's crazy, Care.

I know. But Sybil basically
fried Damon's brain,

and now she's the only
one who can fix him.

We have to give her what she wants.

What she wants

is the only weapon that can kill her.

I mean, if we give it to her,
how are we gonna stop her?

I have no idea.

All I know is that Damon
is trapped in his own mind,

and his mind is a volcano
of pain and suffering.

Yeah, well, maybe
that's what he deserves.

You don't mean that.

Yeah, actually I do, Care.

I'm standing at a crime scene right now

where a bunch of people are dead.

And one of them is Violet Fell.

What?

Oh, my God.

Matt, I'm so sorry.

Are you?

'Cause no matter how
many innocent people die,

all anyone's ever concerned
about is Stefan and Damon.

You're right.

I'm worried, okay?

I know how messed up
everything is right now.

And if you won't do it for them, please,

do it for me.

You weren't kidding. It's all
fire and brimstone in here.

This is gonna be a lot more
complicated than I thought.

Okay, here's the deal.

Consciously, Damon
believes that he is in hell.

- What?
- For some reason,

Damon thinks that's where

he belongs.

Well, how do we change his mind?

Well, that's a question
only Damon can answer.

So I suggest you go in
there and ask him yourself.

Once you figure out
what's holding him back,

I should be able to repair the damage.

We already tried going
into his head, remember?

Didn't go well.

Yeah, that's 'cause you went

through the front door.

But lucky for you, I can
get you in through the back.

Into his subconscious.

All right, ladies, grab on.

Guess the inside of Damon's head

looks a whole lot like the outside.

Okay, come on. Shouldn't take long.

Good morning.

Welcome to the Salvatore Boarding House.

Do you have a reservation, ladies?

Um, I'm not sure.

Do we need one?

I'm afraid so.

The house is at maximum occupancy.

We're looking for Damon Salvatore.

Well, that's easy.

He's right behind you.

I take it back.

This might take a minute.

Mr. Salvatore was a bit
of a hero during the war.

Yeah. We know all that.

Um, but where is he... right now?

You do understand I meant the Civil War.

Hold on a sec. You're Henry.

Damon told me he saved
your life during the war.

So where is he?

I'm going to have to
ask you both to leave.

Now!

Damn it.

- What was that about?
- How are we supposed

- to know?
- Well, what did Damon say?

He didn't say anything,

- because he wasn't there.
- That's impossible.

- It's his mind.
- You're the one

who did this to him.

So un-impossible it.

- Fast.
- Believe me,

I'm trying. But if you
guys can't find Damon,

then there is nothing I can do.

Maybe I can help.

Sorry, I was eavesdropping.

Stefan.

Hello, Caroline.

I told you to stay away from
me. What are you doing here?

I made a mistake.

I'm here to convince you to marry me.

Nah. Honestly,

I'm just here because, when
you killed me last night,

Cade and I had a little
chat, and it turns out

hell needs more souls
than I've been providing.

And it's time for Damon to do his part.

Just wake Damon up so he can
earn his keep, and we're good.

We are trying.

More like failing.

You do know what he's doing, right?

Damon's humanity

is on, which means that he's all emo

and afraid of owning up to
what he did when it was off.

When we were kids,

he used to hide out every
time we did something wrong,

until I'd find him and tell him
everything was gonna be okay.

So, all you need to do is
find out where he's hiding

in there,

and do the exact same thing.

By the way,

why are you helping them?

I need the Maxwell bell before
my sister uses it against me.

So I'm willing to play ball
with whoever can deliver it.

Well, I'll see what I can do.

In the meantime, fix this.

All right, you heard the man.

Well, he's not at his favorite bar stool

drinking imaginary bourbon

to wash his guilt away, so now what?

Damon's in here, all right.

If this is his subconscious,
that means he's responsible

for everything that
happens, including...

this animal attack.

All we have to do is follow the clues,

- and they should lead us right to him.
- At which point we do what?

Just blindly forgive him
for all of the hideous things

he's done to us over the years?

I forgave him before.

I could do it again.

Say that once more, with feeling.

Hey, guys.

Vicki Donovan?

Yeah,

Caroline Forbes.

Last time I checked, that's my name.

Are you guys here for lunch? Follow me.

That's... creepy.

But on the bright side,

Damon bit Vicki in that
exact spot, you remember?

Uh-huh.

Follow the clues.

Matt. Hey, what's going on?

I thought you wanted me to
take the bell out of town.

I told the Fells I'd help pick
out a plot for their daughter.

I've done it before, so...

VICTORIA DONOVAN

Is this really why you brought me back?

Huh? To kick my teeth in
for something I can't change?

No, it isn't,

but, while you're here,

Dad, do you even remember Vicki?

Honestly, I try not to remember.

I blame myself for what happened to her.

You're not the only one responsible.

What if I told you

the person that killed Vicki
was suffering right now?

And that that bell

could either save him,

or make sure that he
keeps being punished?

I say let him suffer.

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♪ Unsealed on a porch... ♪

I mean, it's weird, right?

If I built a world in my own mind,

I would make it a happy place,

unicorns required.

But Damon killed Vicki,

so why would he want her hanging around?

She's leaving. Come on.

Let's follow her.

I don't think we're the
only ones working this case.

I forgot how pretty she was.

I'll tell you what.

I'll talk to Vicki,
you talk to your mom.

Oh, no. She's not real, Bon.

I know.

But if I were you, I'd still
have some things to say.

Hey, Vicki.

- Wait up.
- What's going on, Bennett?

You need more ketchup?
I'm off the clock.

You haven't seen Damon Salvatore

- by any chance?
- No. Got to go.

Are you sure? Maybe he had something

to do with that bandage on your neck?

Okay, now you're officially
pissing me off, so why don't you

just come out and say what
you really want to say?

I thought that he'd maybe...

There. You happy?

Is that what I think it is?

A hickey?

Yeah. So slut-shame me all you want,

but this didn't come
from Damon Salvatore.

I've never even heard
that name in my life.

Hi, Mom.

Hey, sweetie. Something wrong?

Oh.

I'll take that as a yes.

My finely-honed detective
skills tell me this is

probably about a boy.

Uh, you're right.

Uh, Damon Salvatore.

Which one is he?

I know. It's all a little confusing.

Damon was, um...

is in the Founder's Council,

and he's sort of your best friend.

Or he became your best friend.

Honey, I'm sorry, but I have no
idea what you're talking about,

or who Damon Salvatore is.

Um...

Damon is a vampire.

The one behind your
so-called "animal attack."

How do you know about that?

Mom, really, it's fine, okay?

I need to find Damon
just as bad as you do,

so I was thinking maybe we could

team up.

What do you say?

I'd say the vampire

I've been looking for
is my own daughter.

Caroline?

Bonnie, find Damon.

I'm warning you,
Bonnie. Stay out of this.

Thanks for the call, Matt.

I've been waiting a
long time for this day.

- I'm not doing this for you.
- Whatever.

All I care about is that you're
willing to destroy my sister.

But you get brownie
points for letting me know

that she's currently
unable to defend herself.

- Just tell me how this works.
- It's easy.

Once your dad finishes
welding the bell back together,

you or he rings it 12 times.

There's got to be more to it than that.

What are you not telling me?

- Why do we have to ring it?
- I know.

It's a silly rule, but
your bloodline forged it,

so your bloodline has to do the honors.

I mean, at least, if
you want to kill a siren

or keep Damon trapped in
that mental hell of his.

I can't let you do that, Matt.

Oh, and Ripper tip: if you're
plotting to murder someone,

you should probably
keep a lower profile.

Since when do you care
about people dying?

Since about an hour ago when
I decided I needed that bell.

Wait. Why do you want the bell?

Long story short...
Cade needs more souls,

and your sister's better at
making deals than you are.

I doubt that.

I bet I could offer you
something better than Sybil.

Do tell.

That's not good.

Mom, why are you doing this to me?

Because you're a vampire, Caroline.

I'm ashamed to know I raised the monster

that's killing the people
I'm supposed to protect.

No! I told you, Damon is the
one who's doing it, not me!

Stop saying that name.

Mom, please! No, you know it!

Just stop hurting me
for one second and think.

Damon... Salvatore.

Stefan's brother.

Stefan Salvatore doesn't have a brother.

I checked the town records.
Damon died a long time ago.

So please just

accept the truth, and
this will all be over.

I'm telling you the truth.

And I'm not leaving
here until I find Damon.

Damon is dead!

No!

No!

You are!

What?

You got sick and you died, Mom.

And you want to know who was
there for you the whole time?

It was Damon.

Stop it, Caroline!

- Stop making excuses.
- Believe me,

I never thought I would see the day.

Damon was a monster, and he did

terrible things to me and my friends,

and I used to hate him for that.

So why are you enduring all this pain

and all this suffering for him?

Because he was the only person

who truly understood how
much it hurt to lose you.

And as strange as it sounds,

that made me forgive
him for everything else.

Good-bye, Caroline.

Mom, wait.

Mom! Mom!

Mom!

Mom!

I was almost really worried
about you for a second.

And then I got over it.

- What just happened?
- Well, Stefan was right.

Forgiveness is the
key to reaching Damon,

but just not yours.

I hope your friend has better luck.

Hey, sweetie.

I didn't know if you would be here.

Wow. You even... you even
got the sweater right.

You okay, child?

Look like you've seen a ghost.

I need your help, Grams.

This should help quiet your mind.

Now what's all the fuss about?

My friend's in trouble.

I need you to do a locator spell.

Magic, huh?

You know what I say...
Always comes with a price.

Now, who exactly are you looking for?

Damon Salvatore.

Name doesn't ring a bell.

- Is he related to Stefan?
- They're brothers.

Oh, then forget about it.

I do not get involved
in vampire business.

And I suggest the same for you.

It's way too late for that.

Pretty much all of my
friends are vampires now.

I'm even in love with one.

Bonnie Bennett, are
you trying to kill me?

I've never been this happy, Grams.

I'm so close to the
life I've always wanted.

Please help me find Damon,
so I can get back to it.

Now, that's cheating.

You know your happiness
means everything to me.

But rules are rules.
I'm gonna need something

that belongs to Damon if
you want me to find him.

He wrote me

a letter once... he was
trying to apologize to me.

It must be around here somewhere.

Have you gone soft, child?
This is my house.

And it's Damon's head.

That means if you're willing to help...

Deep down, Damon wants me to find him.

But if he ever wants me
to know what this says,

he's gonna have to
read it to me himself.

Come on. Concentrate with me.

Matt.

What's going on?

We were just outside talking
about how Stefan needs

to send more souls to Cade,

so I offered him a couple thousand.

By tonight.

And then I said that
sounds too good to be true,

and Seline said, "Follow me."

And now you're all caught up.

You want those souls?

All you got to do is
make sure that bell rings.

12 times, to be exact.

That wasn't part of the deal.

Oh.

Did I forget to mention the fine print?

Well, you all know

that the bell is capable
of destroying a siren.

What you don't know is that

it does it with hellfire.

The world Cade created is
really a massive psychic imprint

of the moment of his death.

He was burned at the stake.

Which means his domain is
pretty much a ball of fire.

And the tuning fork
disrupts that energy.

And when it gets amplified
by the striker and bell,

it rips a hole open, straight to Cade.

Sounds dangerous.

I like it.

You have no idea. You see, when the door

between this world and
Cade's gets cracked open,

the hellfire it unleashes

doesn't just wipe out any siren

in its proximity,

it wipes out everything, for miles.

In this case...

All of us and Mystic Falls.

I plan on being long
gone before that happens.

So...

what do you say, Stefan?

Would this entire miserable town

be enough souls for
you to betray my sister?

Would you stop that? It's annoying.

Not to mention it shows

a complete lack of confidence in Bonnie.

I have 100% confidence in Bonnie.

I'm not sure the feeling is mutual.

I shouldn't be telling you this,

'cause I snatched it
out of her head, but...

Who am I kidding?

It'll wound you deeply, so it'll be fun.

If Bonnie was really your bestie,

don't you think she would have told you

that she's planning
to give Enzo the cure?

She wants to give the cure to Enzo?

She asked for my advice.

We just... got a little distracted.

Always the case when it comes to
the things she wants, isn't it?

Are those her feelings or yours?

Does it matter if you had to ask?

You shouldn't be here, Bonnie.

Damon, is that you?

Please leave.

Or I'll make you.

Why, that siren is evil to the core.

You're not destroying our town.

Aren't I?

Because it's caused
me nothing but trouble,

and the emotional hold
it has over Damon is

worse than a Hallmark card.

You're forgetting one small detail.

You need a Maxwell to ring that bell,

and I'm not touching it.

Hmm. Oh, yes, you are, Matt.

And when you do cause the deaths
of all those innocent people,

I get to mark your
do-gooder soul for Cade.

It's a win-win.

Stay away from him.

I'm sorry. Who are you again?

If you compel me, you're
making the choice for me,

and all that blood will
be on your hands, not mine.

So how badly do you
want me to go to hell?

Pretty badly.

So here's the deal.

The choice is yours, Matt,

but you have to follow your heart.

What's that supposed to mean?

It means that if you don't
want to ring that bell,

you have to forgive Damon
for killing your sister.

And if you can't,

then you have to ring that bell 12 times

by the top of the hour.

No excuses.

See you, Matt.

I told you to go!

You can't make me leave.

Damon led me to this
crypt because he wanted me

to find a way to save him.

You can't save him, Bonnie.

Damon killed me... that
makes me the only one

that can ever forgive him for that.

Damon's done a lot of things, Tyler.

Things he's gonna have to spend
the rest of his life atoning for.

And I know that's scary,
but I believe he can do it.

He just has to believe he can.

Damon Salvatore is
dead, and if you ask me,

good riddance.

I'm sorry, Tyler.

That's not how this place works.

And I just figured out how it does.

Hey, you okay?

You need to get Stefan back here.

Why?

Because in Damon's mind,

he lived and died as a human being.

He never became a vampire.

That's the only way he can imagine

keeping the people that he loves safe.

So what?

So our forgiveness isn't what matters.

Damon needs to talk to Stefan.

Just so we're clear,

you calling me isn't why I'm here.

I'm on a tight schedule,

so please, no talking.

Any luck with that bell?

Work in progress.

Any luck with my brother?

Work in progress.

- This is some kind of trick.
- Don't worry.

All you're gonna find
in there is the truth.

Seriously, Damon?

Graveyard?

Could your subconscious
be any more generic?

That was a joke.

Look, I just wanted to drop
in to let you know we're cool.

Whatever you think you did to me,

whatever's holding you back,

it's fine.

Why don't you just get your ass out here

and go back to work.

Hello, brother.

Sweet gargoyle, bro.

You know, you probably
shouldn't be wandering

around here all alone.

There's a killer vampire
on the loose in my head.

Why don't we just cut to the chase, huh?

I'm here to forgive you, Damon.

You must not have gotten the memo.

You see, Bonnie helped
me work through my issues.

And you have the reason
for your visit backwards.

Okay, then.

Enlighten me.

You're not here to forgive me, Stefan.

You're here so I can forgive you.

Can't you just... look, I don't know,

can't you find a way to forgive Damon?

Not in the next ten minutes.

Probably not ever.

Look, I just...

I need you to get out of here.

Go to the cops and save as
many people as you can, okay?

There's no reason that
both of us have to die.

Me running is the whole reason
we're in this mess, Matt.

Here's the difference, Dad.

I want you to abandon me this time.

'Cause when I ring that bell,

all hell's gonna break loose, literally.

Leaving you and your sister
was the biggest mistake

of my life, and I'll be
damned if I do it again.

No, Dad, you'll be damned if you don't.

Maybe! Maybe, but if you
want to ring that bell, Matt,

you're gonna have to go through me.

Don't you get it, Dad?

I will go through you.

I'm compelled. I'm ringing that bell!

Unless you kill me.

What?

What? No.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

You have to kill me.

No matter what you do, I'll keep coming.

I'll probably kill you in the process.

Please, Dad.

I'll die a hero.

My life will mean something.

I'm not laying a hand on you, son.

You've been a crap father
my whole life. Why stop now?

You're kidding me, right?

Think of all the ways that

you have ruined my life
for the last century...

Including the fact that I'm
working for Cade right now

because of you... And
you seriously believe

that you're the one who
should be forgiving me?

You're right.

I'm a monster.

But like I said...

I forgive you.

I have nothing to apologize for.

Then why are you here, Stefan?

Huh?

Why are you always there

to straighten me out
when I go off the rails?

Come on, man, you're not here for Cade.

You're here because you blame yourself

for turning me in the first place.

Apparently, I still do, too.

At least until today.

I officially forgive you.

Shut up!

I forgive you, Stefan.

Why aren't you healing?

Remember that vampire
I was warning you about

running around in my head?

Well, it's not me.

It's you.

It's always been you, Stefan.

So, for the last time,

I forgive you for making me what I am.

I absolve you of all
the death and destruction

I've caused as a result.

And you want to know why?

Because you're my brother.

And I love you.

And there's nothing you could do

to ever change that.

We'll see about that.

You want to forgive me
for something bad, Damon?

Well, how about this?

I'm about to burn Mystic
Falls to the ground.

What the hell are you talking about?

Hell is what I'm talking about.

So before that

beautiful brass bell rings,

forgive me, Damon... I dare you.

And while you're at it,
forgive me for coming here

and trying to save you.

Forgive me for having
the tiniest shred of guilt

about leaving you to
die with everyone else,

for not seeing that the
only way to get rid of you

is to let you go up in flames
with the rest of the damn town.

Come on, Dad! Do something!

Bonnie? Bonnie!

Seline has the bell.

You lied to me.

Yeah, sorry. That was my bad.

Oh, come on. Don't look at me

like that, Caroline.

This is what you wanted, right?

Till death do us part.

You're right, little brother.

I can't forgive you for
destroying our hometown.

'Cause I ain't gonna let it happen.

Come on, Dad, do something, please.

Dad, get up!

Nine!

This thing is heating up!

Ten!

You're gonna have to kill me.

Dad, come on!

Eleven!

I'm so sorry, Matt.

I forgive you.

Let's hope that one doesn't count.

How are you feeling, sport?

Like I just had my head rammed
into a giant metal object.

Hashtag you're welcome.

Your dad was looking pretty rough, too.

I put the hell bell in
the back of his truck

and sent him on his way.

You're not gonna do anything stupid

like chase after him, are you?

Well, since Stefan compelled
me to ring the bell by 9:00,

I'd say we're in the clear.

For the record, it's hard to thank you

for something that's
pretty much your fault.

Hey. Matt.

I'm sorry about Vicki.

I know you'll never

forgive me for what I did, but...

I should have told you
this a long time ago.

Let me guess, your
emotions are back on, huh?

Yep.

It's gonna be a bumpy ride.

Well, you did just save my father

and pretty much the entire town, so...

that counts for something in my book.

Does that mean we're good?

Not by a long shot.

But you keep earning it
the way you did tonight,

I'm not ruling anything out.

Fair enough.

Need a lift?

Nah. Got to stop by
the police department.

I hear Mystic Falls needs a sheriff.

Always did like the
sheriffs in this town.

Wow. You really
can't take a hint.

Actually, I can.

So before you try tearing me down again,

I am fully aware

that Damon means more to you than I do.

Then why are you here?

Because I love you,

Stefan.

The other you.

The good you.

But this quarter of a man
I'm staring at isn't you.

Not even remotely.

So if Damon is the answer to
getting your humanity back,

and not me, fine.

I will do whatever it takes.

And we will love each
other forever or we won't.

And we'll make our relationship work...

or we won't.

But either way,

I'm getting you back.

♪ And everything has grown ♪

♪ Skyline changes... ♪

Hey.

Hey, stranger.

Looks like I'm interrupting
a reflective moment.

It's fine.

I'm reflecting on the good things...

For a change.

I wish I could say the same thing.

What you did

while you were under Sybil's control

wasn't your fault, Damon.

You didn't have a choice.

♪ But how we try... ♪

Dear Bonnie...

♪ And I hope you're better off... ♪

I am a coward.

I should be saying this to your face,

not writing this letter, but...

I know if I do,

you'll talk me out of running
away from all my problems.

You're gonna make me face
a future without Elena.

Then you're gonna help make me

the best man that I can possibly be.

The same way she did.

And I'm absolutely terrified
of failing you both.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪

So I'm leaving.

Because I'd rather let you down once

than let you down for
the rest of your life.

♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪

And I hope it's the happiest life.

Because you, Bonnie Bennett,

are an amazing woman...

a mediocre crossword puzzle player...

and my best friend.

♪ And I hope you're better off... ♪

With great love and respect...

♪ And you're hardly never soft... ♪

Damon.

♪ Every sky's done healing... ♪

Got to admit, it's a hell of a letter.

I'm so sorry I left.

♪ And you found your rhythm... ♪

It won't happen again.

♪ ♪

Why am I here exactly?

You are aware that I
just tried killing you.

Can we stop, please?

With the snarkiness and the attitude

and the petty revenge schemes.

- It's exhausting.
- I don't know.

Can we?

Well, if Damon and Stefan
Salvatore can make amends,

then anything's possible.

Okay.

I'll give it a shot.

If you apologize for
screwing me over with Cade.

Me apologize to you?

You're the one that
turned me into cannibal,

and sold my soul into servitude,

and then abandoned
me for over a century.

You're right.

And I'd do it all again.

Because you've always been the weak one.

Fine.

Screw forgiveness.

My beautiful children.

Still broken after all these years.

Cade.

In the flesh.

How are you here?

The bell rang 11 times.

One shy of visiting
hell upon this Earth,

but enough for me to pay a visit.

We can do better.

We'll work together.

That won't be necessary.

I'll handle it from here.

What are you doing to us?!