The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017): Season 8, Episode 16 - I Was Feeling Epic - full transcript

With the fate of Mystic Falls at stake, Stefan and Damon must fight their greatest enemy for one last battle.

Previously on The Vampire Diaries...

When that bell rings 12 times,

the hell fire it wipes out
everything from miles.

In this case?

All of us in Mystic Falls.

I now pronounce you husband and wife.

You may kiss the bride, little brother.

We're ok. Whatever you guys
doing, keep doing it.

I think they?re siphoning directly from you.

But I don?t have any magic.

Of course you do, luv.



If Cade's not running hell,

who is?

The one who wants revenge

for what we did to her.

Katherine.

See, if Katherine is back,

that means hell still exist.

We need to figure out a way
to destroy dimension itself.

Destroying hell destroys her.

She's gonna burn down Mystic Falls.

With hell fire.

Even if Katherine rings the bell,

she can't create hell fire.

Only someone from the Maxwell
bloodline can do that.



Dad's not gonna do it
and neither am I.

Oh, then it's a good thing you
weren't an only child.

Except Vicki's dead.

She was. Until my son opened
up a portal to hell.

Bonnie...

What happened?

The magic was too much for her.

Here.

Bonnie?

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

- Oh, my God.
- No. Don't do this.

Bonnie.

Come on, Bonnie.

Bonnie?

Elena.

Elena! Hi!

Hi!

I never thought I'd see you again.

No.

No, wait.

This isn't how it's supposed to be.

No. You can't die.

Not yet.

You have to live and, and
grow old and have children,

- and grandchildren.
- I'm okay.

I can be with Enzo now.

- No, this is wrong.
- Elena.

I'm ready.

Well, I'm not.

Enzo.

Sorry, luv, but it's not your time.

Hey.

I saw her.

I saw Elena.

Sorry. Can't let you do that.

I'm sorry. But there's nothing
you can do to stop me.

Where is she?

She went splat.

You threw her out the window?

You are aware that she's already dead.

Damon!

Don't "Damon" me.

In fact, don't say anything at all.

Katherine Pierce just declared war,

and I need a clear head.

Was that really necessary?

Vicki.

You're a dick.

You can't stop me. This
is my ticket out of hell,

and I'm taking it.

Katherine is gonna save...

Damon!

Relax. Just testing a theory.

Wait for it...

Yep, she's deader than a doornail.

And I'll just keep coming
back, again and again.

You need to convince her
to stop ringing this bell.

You understand me?

Fate of Mystic Falls lies with you

- and your family, so get on it.
- And where are you going?

Anticipating your failure,
so it's kind of dumb

to stick around.

I have things to do.

I can't believe you're here.

I can't do the emotional reunion, Matt.

I love you, and I'm sorry,

but Katherine told me to ring this bell

every five minutes until
Mystic Falls burns.

You should save yourself,
that's what I'm doing.

Vick, this is our home.

This is your home.

This town means nothing to me.

You're gonna believe Katherine Pierce?

She's a liar!

I can't go back there.

You don't know what it's like.

At least this way,

when I die, I'll just be dead. Gone.

And I'm okay with that.

There has to be something.

The only chance we've got
is if Donovan can somehow

convince his train wreck of
a sister hell ain't so bad.

There he is. Matt!

Yeah, it's Sheriff Donovan.

Activate the evacuation protocol.

Gas leak.

Yeah, again.

There's got to be
something we're missing.

Nope. Katherine won.

She played the long game
and finally beat us.

What?

Earlier, Bonnie's heart stopped.

She said she saw Elena.

Damon?

Elena.

What's going on?

Is Bonnie...

Bonnie's okay.

You're both okay.

I'm awake?

You're awake.

No.

No, no, no, no.

Rude.

You got to be kidding me.

Katherine.

Hello, brothers.

Am I drinking alone?

Where's Elena?

Dead.

A spiritual coma, if
we're getting technical.

Her physical body. Where is it?

That's for me to know, and
for you to dot, dot, dot.

I hope you enjoyed the little show

I put on for you.

It's been a hoot watching
you take on the devil.

Especially considering

I've had him wrapped around my finger

since the minute I stepped into hell.

Why did you think he wanted you?

Because I wanted you.

Duh.

Damn it, Katherine.

Where is she?

It really is the perfect revenge.

At 10:00 p.m., Mystic Falls will burn,

precious Elena will burn

and I'm guessing one
of you two Salvatores

are going down with her.

Should I place my bets now?

Well, that shut her up.

We're running out of time.
We have to find Elena.

Let's go.

Where's my granddaughter? Where's Tiki?

- Dad!
- Matt! I heard the bell.

And then when they said
we had to evacuate...

I need you to get in a van

so they can transport you to Grove Hill.

Wait, but if you're not the
one ringing the bell, then...

then what's the problem?

It's Vicki, Dad.

What?

She's not in the house.

Damon's checking the
grounds and the cemetery.

Have you tried the high school?

That's my next stop.

Okay, I'll meet you there.

Okay. Bonnie's in the car with the girls.

I grabbed the baby books.

Do we need anything else?

Everything else is replaceable. Let's go.

Listen, I need you to go ahead.

I'm gonna stay here and help Stefan.

Help Stefan do what?

Katherine has taken Elena's body,

so I'm going to help them find it.

No. No, Caroline.

You know Damon won't leave
this town without her.

Well, that is not your problem.

It's Elena, Ric, and they need me.

- Your girls need you.
- They have you.

Okay? Just...

Come on. Get them to the
Armory, I'll meet you there.

- I promise.
- No.

I don't need to remind you what
it's like to lose your mother.

Don't make me have to
tell those girls you died

because you put somebody
else before them.

You won't have to.

I'll get out of here safely.

I promise.

Come on, let's get you out of here.

Come on.

No.

No, no, no.

Damn it.

This way, folks, keep it moving!

Come on!

The boiler room? There is
a horror movie reference

in there somewhere, but it escapes me.

I'm fine, but she's trapped.

We're running out of time.

You have to get Katherine
to break the spell.

I'm all over it.

Need something?

You're like a bad penny.

Funny thing about that bone dagger,

it sends me to hell, but
it can't keep me there.

I'm sorry.

Oh, and if you want to know
how to get Elena free, you can't.

Kai Parker was kind enough
to set that trap for me,

and, if I'm not mistaken,

he's forever indisposed.

After 153 odd years,

this banter that we have is just old.

So, why don't we just skip to the part

where you tell me what you
want and we'll negotiate.

I have everything I want,
Damon, or I'm about to.

Once that last bell rings,

this stupid town will go up in flames

and everybody will go poof.

Well, they'll...

burn alive first,

but then their ashes will go poof.

You know, petty doesn't look good
on a woman your age, Katherine.

Oh, I'm not being petty. I'm gloating.

No, you're jealous of Elena.

Because you know that Stefan and I both

would choose her over you every time.

And she would choose Stefan.

What makes you so sure of that?

Because I would.

Any woman would.

Stefan is the better man.

Kai spelled her in. She can't get out.

We're too far away.

Can't get back in time to help.

What are we supposed to do?

I can't leave Elena here.

It's not just Elena.

What do you mean?

You know Damon won't leave
her here to die alone.

You need to head out now, Caroline.

Take the tunnels.

It'll be faster for you.

I can't believe this is happening.

I need to talk to Damon.

Do you think you'll convince him?

No.

But I have to try.

I made a promise to Ric...

that I wouldn't risk the girls
growing up without a mother.

So I can help you

- with Damon, but I can't...
- No.

I can do it alone.

You get to safety.

Family first.

We're family now. Okay?

You and me and the girls. It's just...
please, please,

don't make me leave you. Please.

If I want to convince Damon
I have to move fast,

and I can't do that unless
I know you're safe.

No.

He's my brother.

Family first.

I love you so much.

I love you, too.

All right, girls, why don't you
go change your dresses, okay?

You okay?

It's not that I don't care, you know.

I care about Elena.

It's okay, Ric. I understand.

And I care about Damon.

He knows you do.

I don't want to fail them,

but I can't fail my daughters.

And they need their mother.

Ric, if there was something
we could do we would do it.

What is this?

That is Project Hail-Mary.

Dorian and I were trying to find
a way to destroy Cade's hell.

We figured we needed

a few million volts of mystical energy,

just give or take.

It kind of took the
wind out of our sails.

Like the kind of energy
contained in hellfire?

Bonnie, is everything okay?

Listen, Stefan, I know
I've been hard on you.

But I also know that you
and I are equally willing

to do anything we can to fix this.

Absolutely.

Why? Do you have something?

I think I do,

but the only way it gets
rid of Katherine Pierce

is if she's in hell when I destroy it.

That's where it gets tricky.

Tell me what I need to do.

All right, guys, keep it moving.

Everybody out.

I need to thank you for what you
did earlier tonight in the fire.

- We saved you.
- Yeah.

You did.

And not just that,

you made me realize that
I had all the magic

I ever needed right inside me.

Now give me a little luck.

Right here.

I made it, as promised.

Any word from Stefan?

Listen, we have to leave quickly.

I'll explain everything
to you in the car, okay?

Come on, girls, let's go.

Run to the car. Run to the car.

I'm gonna save the world.

And you need to get in
that car and drive away.

But I don't... Bonnie...

Caroline. I'm so sorry,

but we really have to go.

Ric will fill you in.

I love you.

Just don't do anything
stupid, Bonnie Bennett.

I'll be fine.

Promise.

Taking a trip down memory lane?

Oh, I've missed this place...

said no one ever.

I figured you'd keep
showing up to annoy me.

You're nothing if not
utterly predictable.

And miss a minute of the
Elena Gilbert show?

Speaking of which, shouldn't
you be by her side?

Well, I figure now that
you're practically the devil,

you'd be in the know.

I just hung up with Bonnie Bennett,

and she figured out a
way to save the day.

Bonnie isn't strong
enough to save a kitten.

She's done it once or twice,
and my money's on her.

We're talking about hellfire.

So intense, it could obliterate

anything within miles.

What the hell is Bonnie gonna do?

She's 30 minutes away.

If you take the highway
around the mountain,

sure.

But as the crow flies,

it's only seven miles...

...which is the beauty of these tunnels.

Did you know that they go

from the Armory straight into the heart

of downtown Mystic Falls?

Man, I bet you didn't know that, did you?

You think Bonnie Bennett can
magically draw hellfire

through the tunnels away from the town?

Even better.

I think she can send it
straight back to hell,

where you and I will be
waiting patiently for it.

I got to say,

I look forward to dying by your side, KP.

You're bluffing.

No, he's not... and neither am I.

I got this handled, bro.

You need to get out of these tunnels.

I'm not the one who's gonna
get out of here, Damon.

You are.

Bad time to be a martyr, Stefan.

Said the martyr.

I'm gonna let you two figure
this out amongst yourselves.

Fine. Then we'll both go.

Somebody needs to stay here to make sure

she's actually in hell
when it's destroyed.

I'm aware, Stefan.

Tell Elena that I did this for her,

to pay for my past mistakes.

You can tell her yourself.

I need to do this, Damon.

I owe it to Bonnie and Enzo.

I owe it to a lot of people.

I'm not gonna leave you
to die here, Stefan.

Yes, you are.

Are you seriously gonna sit
here and argue with me

about who needs this redemption more?!

You're not responsible for Enzo, Stefan!

You keep saying that, but you're wrong.

We're all responsible
for our own actions.

Every drop of blood that I've
spilled, I am accountable for.

Then I'm accountable, too,
and I've spilled even more.

Damon, I'm human.

In 60 years, I'm gonna be
old, I'm gonna be dead.

You have quite literally an eternity

with Elena ahead of you.

Which means a lot less without you.

Do you think I want this?

I just got married.

My wife is out there,

waiting for me to come home to her.

But in the nearly two centuries

since I made you become a vampire,

I have fought to turn you into the man

who deserves the happiness
that's out there right now.

No.

Just let me do this for you.

No.

Then let me do this for me.

Please.

I love you, little brother.

I love you, too.

And you're right.

You are human...

...which is why I can do this.

Go.

No, Damon, don't...

You're gonna walk out of these tunnels,

and you are not gonna stop

until my death breaks the compulsion

because I am the big brother.

I'm sorry I wasn't
better at it until now.

I said go. Go!

Vicki?

Daddy.

Hi, honey.

Is this Matt's trump card?

Well, it won't work.

You're about 15 years too
late to be paternal.

I'm not here to talk you out of it.

Oh, well, that's rich.

What, did you come to watch me
blow myself into oblivion?

Vicki, Bonnie has a plan.

I am not gonna stop ringing this bell.

We don't need you to stop.

Well, then what are you doing here?

I just wanted to see my
daughter one last time.

Tell me what's going on.

I don't know what to say, Caroline.

Stefan, he's...

he's made a decision.

Okay, Grams,

if I ever needed you to hear me,

hear me now.

Phesmatos incendia movet,

phesmatos incendia moventur.

Ego ex vos. Vos ex unos.

Phesmatos incendia entrare.

Phesmatos incendia movet...

...phesmatos incendia moventur.

Ego ex vos. Vos ex unos.

Stop the car.

I said stop!

Hey, it's Stefan.

Leave a message.

Stefan, please call me.

Please.

I need you to know that I understand.

I love you.

I will love you... forever.

I understand.

...phesmatos incendia moventur.

Ego ex vos. Vos ex unos.

Phesmatos incendia entrare.

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Phesmatos incendia entrare.

Phesmatos incendia entrare!

No, no... I can do this.

I can do this!

I can beat you.

You can't have me.

It's not my time!

Now you're finally ready to live.

Hi.

Keep fighting, love.

It's too strong.

- I can't do it alone.
- Nonsense.

You are strong enough to do
anything you put your mind to.

And, love...

you're not alone.

Grams.

Phesmatos incendia movet,

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I did it.

Four, five...

...six, seven, eight.

I can't believe it. We
are all here together.

It's our last hurrah before
you guys go off to college.

Before we go off to college.

Pardon me, is this the men's room?

Yes... it's a long story.

Hi.

Hi.

What happened?

Why am I here right now?

I don't know about Bonnie,

but Damon...

Damon wanted

to sacrifice everything

to save you, to save this town.

He was ready.

I'm human now.

He compelled me to leave.

Go.

But he should have known better.

I would never walk again on this earth
as a human without taking vervain.

I don't understand.

Not long now, demon spawn.

I can hear that fire
coming back this way.

You love this, don't you?

You have no idea.

I gave him my blood.

The cure.

You what?

Without the cure, I'd start to age.

I'd be dead soon enough.

So Damon's okay?

He's okay.

But... you, you're...

I did what I had to do.

No! No...

Stefan, please...

Burn in hell.

Good-bye, brother.

No, Stefan.

Tonight I saw a side of Damon
that I hadn't seen in a while.

The older brother I looked up to.

The son who enlisted in the Civil War

to please his father.

The Damon I knew when I was a boy.

I wanted that Damon to live.

And I wanted you to have

an opportunity to get to know him.

He's the better man.

He's the right man.

It's good to see you, Elena.

One last time.

There's something I have to say.

? Some things we don't talk about ?

? Rather... ?

Well,

that was beautiful.

? Just hold a smile ?

I was feeling epic.

? Don't let me go ?

? Don't let ?

? Me go ?

? Don't let me go ?

? Don't let me go ?

Phesmatos incendia...

Dear Diary,

today will be different.

Today I will smile.

It will be genuine.

Because today is the day

that I get to live again.

There she is.

Am I...

I did it.

I broke the spell.

How?

It took some time,

but I think I've finally
figured this witch thing out.

Where is he?

He's with Caroline.

Saying good-bye.

This life will be good

and beautiful.

But not without heartbreak.

In death comes peace.

But pain is the cost of living.

Like love, it's how we know we're alive.

- ? Loving and fighting ?
- _

? Accusing, uniting ?

? I can't imagine a world... ?

Do you think it exists?

Peace?

I do.

We'll see him again.

You'll see him again.

Me, I'm going the other way.

They'll probably reopen hell for me.

Don't be so sure.

? Come back, I still need you ?

? Let me take your hand ?

? I'll make it right ?

? I'll swear to love you all my life ?

? Hold on ?

? I still need you ?

? They took you away on a table ?

? I pace back and forth ?

? Pull you in to feel your heartbeat ?

? Can you hear me screaming
"Please don't leave me?" ?

? Hold on ?

? I still want you ?

? Come back, I still need you ?

I need you to know.

Stefan said something
to me before we parted.

One day, when you wake up,

tell Caroline

I heard her.

And I will love her forever, too.

He got my message.

? Yeah, I just wanna ?

? Take you home ?

? Hold on, I still want you ?

? Come back ?

? I still need you. ?

And life goes on.

- Mystic Falls honors Matt Donovan.
- Dear Diary...

Thank you.

...we survived that night.

Mystic Falls is safe.

I remained the sheriff.

They even gave me a bench.

Thinking of running for mayor.

And Vicki, well,

I think she found peace.

? I can see... ?

Somehow, it feels like she did.

? See the pain ?

? In your eyes... ?

I'm determined to keep
my promise to Enzo,

I'm gonna live this life to the fullest.

I want to see the world.

Enjoy my life.

Do I have everything?

Passport.

Passport. Nightstand.

? Been through ?

? You should've known ?

? I wish it was me, not you ?

? And just ?

? Say the word ?

? We'll take on the world ?

? And just say you're hurt... ?

And as for my family, Caroline and I

got what Damon decided
was Stefan's last wish.

_

Daddy!

? Nobody knows you ?

? The way that I know you ?

? Look in my eyes ?

? I will never desert you ?

? And just say the word... ?

Opening the school was hard work.

We needed lots of help.

Fortunately, we knew plenty
of people with experience.

Here you go.

? We'll face the worst... ?

Let's go.

? Nobody knows you... ?

- Hey, these are for you.
- Thank you.

Caroline was determined
to make it a success.

She wanted to make her mom proud.

? And just say the word ?

? We'll take on the world ?

? And it's the fight ?

? And the fight of our lives ?

? You and I ?

? We were made to thrive... ?

Plus, soon after the school opened,

she got a most impressive donor.

? And I am your future... ?

But that is the beginning
of another story.

_

_

After med school, I came
home to Mystic Falls.

It felt right.

It's where I wanted to grow old, and...

I did.

And that's my life.

Weird, messy, complicated, sad,

wonderful, amazing and above all, epic.

And I owe it all to Stefan.

When I met him, I had lost my parents

and I was dead inside.

But he brought me back to life.

And I'm going to live it as best I can,

for as long as I can.

? Nobody knows you ?

? The way that I know you ?

? Look in my eyes ?

? I will never desert you ?

? And just say the word ?

? We'll take on the world ?

? We'll take on the ?

? World... ?

? And nobody knows you ?

? The way that I know you... ?

Even after our long and
happy life together,

Damon is worried he'll
never see Stefan again,

that he'll never find peace.

But I know he's wrong.

Because peace exists.

It lives in everything we hold dear.

? Our world, we'll go ?

? With you by my side ?

? The calm, the storm ?

Mom?

? We'll face it all ?

? And just say the word... ?

That is the promise of peace.

That one day, after a long life,

we find each other again.

? And nobody knows you ?

? The way that I know you ?

? Look in my eyes ?

? I will never desert you ?

? And just say the word ?

? Just say the, just say the word ?

? We'll take on the world ?

? We'll take on the world. ?

Damon.

Hello, brother.