The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 8, Episode 12 - What Are You? - full transcript

In order to save Stefan's soul, Damon makes a deal with Cade to retrieve the Maxwell journal. Alaric and Matt refuse to hand the journal over as it may contain the key to destroy Cade. Caroline is trying desperately to connect with Stefan before Cade goes through with his plan

Previously on The Vampire Diaries...

Seems our dead guy Harvey was
friends with the sirens back in 1790.

Turns out, he was related to
a family from Mystic Falls.

MATT: I got a question for you.

I need you to tell me what this is.

It's a cipher device
used for code-breaking.

When the door between
this world and Cade's

gets cracked open,

it wipes out everything.

SELINE: All you got to do is make sure

that bell rings 12 times.



CADE: The task I gave both
of you was kill 100 people

or kill your brother's girl.

Stefan chose option "B."

Elena's in upstate New York.

That's where Bonnie hid her.

Leave Elena out of this.

Enzo?

[grunts]

[Bonnie screams]

Why do you care what happens to Elena?

You're gonna be dead anyway.

You're gonna be human.

[grunts]

Enzo!



[screaming, sobbing]

[screams]

[bell tolling]

[voices shouting, screaming]

[gasps]

[groans]

[alarm wailing]

Geez!

Matt?

How'd you get in here?

Are you okay?

No.

Something's wrong with me.

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[cell phone ringing]

[phone beeps]

DAMON: Bonnie, hey.

Bonnie!

[crying]

Bonnie, hey, what's wrong?

Is she still alive?

Bonnie, talk to me.

She's okay.

Elena's okay.

Well, those aren't tears of joy, Bon.

What is wrong?

He's gone.

Enzo's gone.

What?

He's dead.

Your brother killed him.

Listen to me, Bonnie.

I am on my way, okay?

No!

Stay away!

Stay away from me.

Not until I know you're safe.

I'll deal with Stefan.

I already did.

What do you mean?

I gave him the cure.

He's human now.

[panting]

No!

[phone ringing]

I'm here.

Stefan, thank God.

I talked to Damon, and I
know what happened to Enzo.

Bonnie... she must be...

I don't even know what to say.

I don't know how I can...

Every time I close my eyes,

I see it play out over
and over again in my head.

And every time I open them, I
see Enzo's blood on my hands.

Just please come home.

I can't do that.

Well, I'm not letting you run.

Okay? So just tell me where you are.

I'm coming to get you.

No.

I can't face you, and
I can't face Bonnie.

[siren wailing]

Damn it.

I'm being pulled over.

Stefan...

[siren stops]

Hands where I can see 'em!

Step out of the car, now!

[handcuffs clicking]

CAROLINE: Stefan?

Stefan!

Stefan?

I didn't even know you were in town.

Yeah, well, Dorian needed
my help with something.

Looks like he wasn't the only one.

So what the hell happened?

I don't know, but I'm telling you,

I could feel the heat from the flames...

hear the screams of all
those people burning.

Are you sure it wasn't just a nightmare?

You know, your mind
trying to work out that

you almost rang the bell
and burned down Mystic Falls?

No, Ric, this was different.

It was like I was actually there.

DORIAN: Maybe you were.

And I don't think this
is just colonial bling.

Based on the time period
and the local coven activity,

I think this could be a witch talisman

that's somehow tied to
the Maxwell bloodline.

Maybe those weren't nightmares.

Maybe they were memories.

How is that even possible?

ALARIC: Well, I've heard of

Latvian witches using
something like that

to contact the dead.

You know, a way to create a psychic link

between the living and their ancestors.

Yeah, and that might
explain how you slept-walked

your way into those tunnels.

Okay, then who am I linked to?

[cell phone rings]

- If I had to guess...
- Hey.

...I'd say the skeleton we
found in the artifact room.

Some of the things you saw, he saw, too.

He wrote about them in his journal.

There are references to working
with a coven of Bennett witches.

- Bennett?
- Yeah.

I wonder if Bonnie would
know something about this.

[phone beeps]

Everything okay?

No.

No, it's...

it's bad.

[cell phone ringing]

[phone beeps]

He hasn't come back.

That's because he's on his way

to Rockland County Police Department.

He's been arrested.

Okay. That's good.

In what world is that good?

One where Stefan's human.

His emotions are back.

The memories of every drop
of blood he's ever spilled

are gonna be doing a
square dance in his head.

It's best he's not alone
with all this right now.

I'll meet you there.

You talk to Bonnie?

I've left so many messages.

She just won't answer her
phone... I don't get it.

Sure you do.

Think about it.

Can you blame her?

I'll call you when I'm close.

[phone beeps]

Forgive me.

I let myself in.

I came to offer my condolences.

I'm sorry for your loss.

I doubt that,

seeing you're the reason Enzo's dead.

I was referring to your brother.

Our deal was for two

immortal souls.

Your friends found a loophole
when they made Stefan human,

rendering our agreement null and void.

You and your brother are now free.

Well, if you're making house calls,

I'm guessing it's not that easy.

While you remain immortal,

Stefan does not.

Which means I'm free to end his life

and recall his soul to
the fiery pits of my world

whenever I choose.

I'm thinking he should die at midnight.

And the fact that
you're waiting tells me

you want something more than Stefan.

In fact, there is.

I've taken an interest

in local history.

There's an 18th-century journal
written by Ethan Maxwell.

I believe your friend, the
occult studies professor,

has come into possession of it.

That what you want? Hmm?

A dusty old book?

It's a small price to
pay for allowing Stefan

to live out the remainder
of his human life,

before he returns to me.

Do we have a deal?

[door buzzes]

So who's Olivia Hayden?

Waitress,

working her way through college.

Till you nearly decapitated her.

How about Javier Ruiz?

Pharmacist. Wife. Kid on the way.

Kelly Parks.

Robert Lansu.

Tanya Handelman.

Jeffrey Li.

The system connected your fingerprints

to 32 murders in the last two months.

You sure you don't have
anything to say about that?

[tea kettle whistling]

ENZO [whispering]: Bonnie.

Bonnie Bennett.

Help me.

Bonnie.

Enzo?

[knock on door]

[whistling stops]

Mom?

[whispers]: Bonnie.

Caroline called me.

She told me what happened.

I'm sorry.

She said you didn't want to talk to her,

and... she's hoping

maybe you'll... talk to me?

[sniffles]

[exhales]

[door buzzes]

My apologies, Mr. Salvatore.

You're free to go.

Thank you. Please notify all
the other agents and officers

this was all a terrible mix-up.

What is all this?

This is me.

No. This is Cade.

He made you do all this.

And he's gonna expect me to continue.

I made a deal.

The deal's off.

What do you mean?

You're human, and
you're of no use to him.

He's giving you until midnight,
and then he wants you dead.

But don't worry.

Damon's on it.

Bonnie's not picking up.

I've tried her five times.

What are you doing here?

I need to borrow a book,
the Maxwell family tell-all.

I'm guessing it's been
out of print for a while.

You mean this?

Convenient.

And yes.

Why are you so interested in
my family tree all of a sudden?

Haven't been able to sleep lately,

and I thought that would do the trick.

What's it to you?

Well, Matt here has been getting visions

because of that journal; and
you show up looking for it.

Coincidence?

I think not.

So why don't you tell us
the real reason you want it.

All right.

I got about six hours and change
until Cade takes Stefan's life,

unless I give him that book.

What's he want with it?

I don't know.

But if it saves my
brother's life, I don't care.

Sorry.

You don't give the devil what he wants

if you don't know why he wants it.

I'm sorry, too, old buddy.

But Stefan's in this mess because of me.

So you're gonna have to kill me, again,

if you want to stop me.

Hmm.

Okay.

Fine. Have it your way.

Mm-hmm.

♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ Put your hands into the fire ♪

♪ Explain, explain ♪

♪ As I turn, I meet the power ♪

♪ This time, this time ♪

♪ Turning white and senses dying ♪

♪ Pull up, pull up... ♪

It's time.

We have to return Enzo to the earth.

We have to say good-bye.

I don't think he wants me to.

I still feel him.

Like he's calling out to me.

Or I'm losing my mind.

Oh.

No, honey. You're grieving.

Ugh, this isn't grief.

I know grief.

This is different.

If he's trying to reach out to me,

there has to be a way to reach him.

The Other Side is gone.

And neither of us
have our magic anymore.

It's best not to mess with such things.

There must be a way.

You came back here for a reason.

Let this be it.

♪ Turning white and senses dying ♪

♪ Pull up, pull up ♪

♪ From one extreme to another... ♪

CAROLINE: Thank you.

And you're going to erase every mention

of Stefan Salvatore's
name from your system.

♪ From the mountain to the air... ♪

OFFICER: And when did
you last see your mom?

GIRL: Yesterday.

After school, she called and
said she was running late.

She was showing somebody a house.

This is her.

[screaming]

♪ From the mountain ♪

♪ To the air... ♪

What is it?

I forced that girl's mother

to change the deed to Bonnie's house.

But I left her for dead
in the trunk of a car.

They won't find that body for weeks.

Is there someone we can
call? A family member?

No. It's just me and my mom.

♪ Come on, come on ♪

♪ Put your hands into the fire... ♪

I know.

Let's go find her.

♪ Come on. ♪

[groaning softly]

[heart monitor beeping steadily]

Yeah, the clock is
ticking on Stefan's life,

but by all means, let's
give Donovan a physical.

Well, if we can figure out
why the journal's so important

to Cade, maybe we can
figure out how to stop him.

After that, it's all yours.

Oh, yeah?

How's your little science
experiment gonna do that, huh?

We're gonna trigger Matt's visions

by inducing a hypnotic state.

If we're lucky, the
answer's in his head.

That'd be a first.

The sedative should be
kicking in. How you feeling?

Like I'm on the back half of a 12-pack.

ALARIC: That's good.

I want you to focus on the metronome.

[metronome ticking]

And listen to the sound of my voice.

I want you to close your eyes

and relax.

Now I'm gonna lead you down

a long path.

This may take a while.

[metronome continues ticking]

Or we'll just dive right in.

ALARIC: Okay, Matt,
picture yourself there.

Now tell me what you're seeing.

[bell tolls]

The bell.

Maxwell's journal.

It's the old house where
the witches were burned.

But it's not old, it
looks like it's brand-new.

[bell tolls]

Mr. Maxwell, you are a true artist.

You are too kind, Ms. Bennett.

[bell tolls]

My skills pale in
comparison to the magic

your coven infused in its metal.

Hmm. My mother was glad

to receive your letter

announcing the bell's completion.

But not as glad as I was

to decipher the information

you had so cleverly hidden within.

"Your courage will save us all."

And soon we will be rid of
the vile, inhuman creatures

stalking our woods.

Have there been more attacks?

Just last night.

That makes nine of our community

that's been slaughtered by these
nameless, faceless monsters.

By this time tomorrow,
the ringing of your bell

will drive those depraved
beasts from our lands.

[siren singing in distance]

[Sybil humming]

Forgive my intrusion.

But I'm in need of a metalsmith,

and from what I've
been told, Mr. Maxwell,

you are the finest in Virginia.

It's Sybil. She's here.

She wants Ethan to come with her.

He can't resist her.

Does any of this look familiar?

Don't know. Maybe.

It'll be dark soon.

Damon's gonna come
through, okay? He will.

Yeah? And then what?

You can compel away all the evidence

of what I've done.

Doesn't change the fact that I did it.

I can't just forget about
that and go cake-tasting.

Is that what you think of me?

[chuckles]

That all I care about is our wedding?

Look, I don't know what to think.

I don't know how to
deal with what I want

or what I thought I was gonna have.

I don't know what to do.

There.

She survived.

There's still a chance.

But for how much longer?

Let's go.

[heart monitor beeping steadily]

MATT: We're in the caves.

There's a door.

It's the room where
you found the journal.

It's full of the sirens' treasures.

There's tools and weapons.

What is this?

And what is it made from?

Death.

From when the ash and burn
of Cade was forged into glass

by the fire of hell's creation.

Surely you've heard of
the legend of Arcadius.

No.

You know him by another name: the devil.

MATT: Seline's there, too.

She has the tuning fork.

They're forcing Ethan
to add it to the bell.

When my master, Cade,

learned of your bell's ability
to drive us from your lands,

he devised an altogether
different purpose for it.

What will it do?

The twelfth ring will unleash hellfire,

incinerating your entire village.

You will not breathe a word of it.

Come on!

Cut to the chase!

Where's the smoking
gun in this story, huh?

Why is the journal so important?

Hey, listen, he can't control
what he's seeing, Damon. Relax.

[heart monitor beeping steadily]

Enzo, we call on you.

One who loves you is
reaching out to you.

If you are among us,
please give us a sign.

Enzo, if you are there,

we are here to listen.

[screaming]

[screams]

What are you doing?

Oh, you were right.

This is not grief.

This is something different.

I saw the moment of Enzo's death.

I felt his pain.

I don't know how that's
possible without magic.

You must have opened a door.

To where?

To wherever Enzo is.

Somewhere dark.

Filled with suffering and emptiness.

You mean hell?

I don't know, but we
need to close that door.

We need to bury him.

If Enzo's in there and we
bury him, he'll be trapped.

There must be a way to free him.

No.

Whatever darkness you reached into

is reaching back for you.

ENZO: Bonnie.

I'm not gonna leave you in there.

I'll find a way.

[ears ringing]

Bonnie!

Karen?

Hey, you're gonna be okay.

[gasps] Oh, God, no!

No, no, no, no. No, no.
It's okay. I'm here to help.

Get away from me! It's
okay, I'm here to help you.

Caroline, she's here!

[grunts]

Stefan?

STEFAN: No, no, no, no. Save her.

Save her.

Now.

[grunts]

Come on, you have to drink.

Drink!

[sucking]

There we go. Good.

[groans]

You're gonna be fine.

Just stay here.

[flesh rips]

[gags, coughs]

Oh, God.

The cure is in you.

[coughs]

My blood won't work. I can't save you.

- [Stefan gagging]
- I can't save you.

The witches are gathering
for the ringing of the bell.

Ethan can't warn Bea,
because he's been sirened

not to tell her.

What did that woman want?

I cannot say.

But we tell each other everything.

I know. But I cannot say.

I see.

I cannot say.

MATT: He's encoded a message for her.

He can't stop himself.

He's been sirened to ring the
bell and destroy the town.

"The bell has been corrupted."

"The twelfth ring will bring hellfire."

No!

- [bell tolls]
- MATT: One.

Oh! [groaning]

- [bell tolls]
- MATT: Two.

- [bell tolls]
- Three.

The bell has been corrupted!

It will destroy us all!

[groans]

[bell tolls]

We must stop it!

Stand as one!

Chant with me!

Phesmotos, motus, incendarios.

Phesmotos, motus, incendarios.

[gasps]

They're trying to stop it.

Twelve!

[Matt groaning]

We got to bring him out!
He can't take much more.

Matt? Matt!

- [groaning]
- Matt!

Matt, come on. Matt!

Matt! Matt!

MATT: The witches are trying
to hold back the flames

and save the town.

[people yelling]

They're dying.

Sacrificing themselves

to stop the fire.

[yelling continues]

No!

I think he's having a heart attack.

Come on, Matt.

DAMON: Hey!

Give him my blood.

[monitor flatlines]

Do it!

[door beeps]

Will that work?

If it repairs the heart in time.

[sucking]

[heart monitor beeping steadily]

[people screaming]

[bell clanging]

MATT: Bea... Bea.

[heart monitor beeping steadily]

[whispers]: Beatrice.

Beatrice, she has a
plan to stop the sirens.

Averte oculos

tuos a quo exitus.

Hunc exitus ab auribos.

You did it. They're trapped.

As are you, Mr. Maxwell.

You made the bell.

And the witches cursed it, so
the blood of a hundred souls

are on your hands.

You and Beatrice are doomed to hell.

There is one way you can
escape the eternal fire.

Release our master Cade from hell

and allow him to walk the Earth.

Then kill him.

No.

We cannot allow the
devil to walk the Earth.

SELINE: Ethan,

if your friend will not free
us, then you must kill her.

No.

[singing siren song]

[siren song continues]

Motus!

She's trapped him in the room
where you found his bones.

Bea!

Bea, open the door!

[knocking] No, Bea!

Don't leave me! Bea!

I know their secret, Bea! It's in here!

I know how to kill the devil.

They will not allow me

to tell you what I've discovered!

I cannot say!

Bea!

I know how we can kill the devil.

But I cannot say.

Do you understand?!

MATT: He's trying to tell
her the only way he can.

It's in the journal.

Where is it?

Where's Damon?

Bonnie, stay with me.
Please, Bonnie. No!

[whispers]: Bonnie.

No! Enzo!

No! Enzo! Bonnie!

[Bonnie yelling]

Bonnie!

I had to!

I had to, baby.

I had to destroy every part of him.

It was the only way to
break the connection...

He was trying to reach me!

No, Bonnie.

He didn't open that door, you did.

I have failed you in so
many ways as a mother.

But I will not

let you destroy yourself.

He's alone in darkness.

And he wouldn't want
to drag you in with him.

You know that.

He loved you.

He wouldn't want you to suffer.

You got to let him go.

Okay, baby? You got to let him go.

You got to say good-bye.

[crying]

[Stefan gasps]

Where's Karen?

- Where is she?
- She's okay.

I compelled her to wait by
the road for the ambulance.

They're on their way. Just hang with me.

[groaning]: Caroline, it doesn't matter.

Today, tomorrow... I know where
I'm going and I deserve it.

- No, you don't, okay?
- Yes, I do.

You saved that woman's life.

Doesn't matter. It's just one person.

You are not going to give up.

You are going to keep
fighting. You are going to live.

You are going to stay alive

so you can make all of this right.

- [gasps]
- Stefan.

[siren approaching]

Stefan.

God.

Cutting it pretty close.

Story of my life.

How do I know you're
gonna keep up your end?

You don't.

[sighs]

Thank you.

Your brother's free to live out the term

of his human life.

I hope he makes the most
of his borrowed time.

Just between us bad guys...

has anyone ever...

earned their way out?

Hmm.

I wouldn't want to give you false hope.

- Mom! I'm so glad you're okay.
- Hey, baby.

♪ This house has many rooms ♪

♪ Filled with dust ♪

♪ And pieces of you... ♪

Okay, I got antibiotics,
anti-inflammatory

and pain meds.

I guess you wouldn't know if
you're allergic to anything.

Look, um... I know it
wasn't about the wedding.

I didn't mean that.

I know.

It's just when I think
about what our lives

are supposed to look like now,

I just can't see it.

Ten years from now... 20, 50...

we're gonna be living
entirely different lives,

and we can't just... ignore that.

But... it doesn't
mean we have to just...

throw all this away because it's
not what we wanted or expected.

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh... ♪

I just have no idea
how to make this right.

I don't either.

♪ Ooh, ooh... ♪

But I know where you can start.

♪ Ah, ooh, ah, ooh ♪

♪ What have we become... ♪

How long have you been waiting there?

Not long.

- Liar.
- Seriously.

I've been hypnotized, almost
died of a heart attack,

and lost the only means
of killing the devil,

and then I came here

to tell you how sorry I am about Enzo.

The last part being the most important.

I know sorry doesn't change
anything or bring him back.

Believe me, I know what it's like

to be on the other end of one of these.

There's nothing I can say or do.

I don't think I can do this.

I do.

You're one of the
strongest people I know.

I think I know where you get

some of that strength from.

It's a long story.

I'll tell you when you're up for it.

Turns out, our families go way back.

I never truly appreciated what badasses

you Bennett witches were.

Too bad I don't have my magic anymore.

If I did, none of this
would be happening.

And I could've saved Enzo.

[sighs]

[sniffles]

Try and find comfort in
the fact that Enzo loved you

and he will always be with you.

Call if you need me.

Thanks.

How's it feel to be a mere mortal?

Uh, it... hurts.

Definitely hurts.

I heard they pumped you
full of three pints of blood.

I hope you saved me some.

It's a good thing that wasn't
funny, otherwise I'd be, uh...

[sniffles] ...ripping my stitches.

Well, why don't you take a seat.

I poured you a
painkiller-friendly drink,

and I'll sit with you

and remind you how badly you
always wanted to be human.

I'm gonna have to pass. I...

I just came home to change
before I go to Bonnie's.

I spent the last hour trying to...

figure out what I was gonna say to her.

What'd you come up with?

Nothing.

Mm, nothing to say.

If I can't figure out
a way to forgive myself,

I can't expect her to.

Well, you'd be surprised.

Bonnie's a much better
person than you or me.

I'm not saying it won't take time.

Clock doesn't start ticking
until you say the words.

Well, regardless of how that goes,

I just wanted to say thank you...

for saving my life.

No, that...

that's no big deal.

I do that 'cause it's Tuesday.

Still, it gave me the chance to...

undo all the damage that I've done.

Yeah.

I've got some undoing of my own to do.

Do you think that
there's a chance for us?

For redemption?

Absolutely.

Get to it.

Hey, Dorian.

So, I'm, uh, so sorry

it got crazy around here today.

What was it you needed my help with?

You know what, it can
wait till tomorrow.

Looks like you have
bigger things to deal with.

Do you have any idea what you've done?

Yeah.

I saved my brother, Ric.

No apologies.

He's human,

and if I'm lucky, I have
about 80 something years

to make peace with the fact

that he's gonna die one day.

All I could do was make
sure that day wasn't today.

Why do you only seem to care
about loss when it's your own?

Because... say it with
me, Ric... I'm selfish.

You have absolutely no idea...

how important that journal was.

I'm gonna take a shot and say

that it was an instruction
manual to kill Cade.

Oh, so you knew? And you
gave it to him anyway.

Yup. Because I know how it ends.

Come on.

Grab your blindfold and your headphones.

[exhales]

[Taser crackles, Stefan grunts]

DAMON: Sybil sure loved

to hear herself talk.

But...

in all that blathering,
she did mention that she had

an insurance policy against Cade.

I'm betting this is it.

Oh, yeah? How sure are you?

60/40.

But a relic of Cade's creation,

that is the means to destroy him?

Now, that has a certain poetry to it.

Ah.

Admit it.

I did pretty good.

Now... [sighs] you got to
have a bottle of bourbon

stashed in here somewhere.

I say we grab that,

exchange a few half-assed apologies

for all the crappy things
we've done to each other...

and make a plan to kill the devil.

Yeah, sorry to interrupt.

But what if I told you
I had a better idea?

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