It seems that everyone in Mystic Falls conjured up a family reunion on the same day. Alaric was reunited with his almost-brother-in-law Kai Parker, Caroline was reunited with the twins and Bonnie reunited with Enzo.

Kai Parker, probably one of the best villains ‘The Vampire Diaries’ has seen, returned to Mystic Falls without the ability to taste or feel anything due to his purgatory-like state. He is stuck between Hell and Earth but still has the ability to siphon as he did when he walked amongst the living. Unfortunately for Kai, Cade is hunting the escaped prisoner. So Kai seeks refuge from none other than Damon and Alaric. Kai offers to help Damon and Ric kill Cade in exchange for helping him stay on Earth. Damon comes up with another idea. He tells Kai to wake up Elena and in exchange he will help him. He tells Kai that his forgiveness may atone his sins and allow Mr. Parker to rejoin the living. In reality, Damon just wants to use Kai to get Elena back and then kill Kai.

Also on the verge of being killed this episode was Stefan. He was reunited with a very familiar face; Dorian. Turns out Stefan killed his family during his run in Chicago with Niklaus Mikaealson (Klaus) and compelled Dorian to forget about it. Unfortunately for Stefan (and Matt/Caroline who have to clean up his mess), when he became human all those people he compelled began to remember the truth. Dorian in a fit of rage makes Stefan dig his own grave and then proceeds to shoot Stefan in his side.

On the other side of town Bonnie continues to call out to Enzo. She was then interrupted by a suspicious phone call from Damon. He called asking her if there is a way to bring someone back from hell and she figures out that he is with Kai. She then takes matters into her own hands and decides to pay a visit to Cade in hopes of saving Enzo. Bonnie’s psychic abilities are now in full force. So much so that Cade can sense it and wants to teach her how to use them. He tells her to channel her rage and anger as it is what fuels her power. Bonnie is able to find Enzo and he isn’t in hell. He is actually inside a private dimension created by Bonnie in order to protect him from Cade. Enzo is hiding out so that Cade can’t claim his soul. Cade then uses his powers on Bonnie to try and figure out where Enzo is hiding and subsequently learns that Kai is now back on Earth.

Kai is slowly beginning to die again. He starts bleeding from his nose and coughing up blood. Damon and Kai are able to figure out that killing and eating evil people is enough to sustain Kai for now.

Out in the woods Stefan was also on the verge of death. Cade pays him a visit and tells him to let go, offering to give Caroline a mortal life without Stefan. Stefan, like anyone else, doesn’t want to die and lives to see another day. He then hands over files linking him to hundreds of murders, to Dorian. Allowing him to choose his fate. Stefan then tells Caroline he may leave Mystic Falls…. Alone. Could this be the end for Steroline?

Bonnie reaches out to Enzo one more time and is finally reunited with him.

Across town, Caroline is reunited with the twins and learns that they are losing control of their powers. One accidently harms Caroline and the other almost sets her on fire for hurting mommy. Yikes! Is this because of Selene or is it something else entirely?

The twins’ uncle Kai used his own powers to siphon energy from Damon. He claimed that the he needed his energy to resurrect Elena. Instead, after catching on to Damon’s true motives, he used that energy to make him and Elena invisible and/or disappear.

Next Week:

Stefan has to kill Cade but at what cost? Will there be consequences for others, like Elena?

Kai hurts Caroline in the armory

Damon’s suffering begins

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Joining the land of the living this week was Stefan Salvatore. Unfortunately being mortal comes with a ton of grief/pain and flashes of all the horrible things Stefan did when he was doing Cade’s bidding. Stefan’s escapades in the last couple of months got him in trouble with the law and now because he is human he can’t compel himself out of the situation he is in. Therefore, he is arrested but not for long thanks to his fiancée (?) Caroline. As they exit the jail Stefan and Caroline overhear a little girl reporting her missing mother. The woman was the real estate agent that Stefan attempted to kill. Luckily for the little girl her mother survived by escaping into the woods. Stefan and Caroline find her but not before the woman stabs Stefan, fearing for her life once again.

Caroline feeds the real estate agent her blood in order to save her but when she tries to do the same for Stefan his body rejects it; a side effect of the cure. Vampire blood can no longer heal him. Stefan tells Caroline to let him die. Obviously she isn’t going to and tells him that he needs to redeem himself and fix all the mistakes he has made. After he is all stitched up, Stefan tells Caroline he is unsure about their future. He can’t see himself marrying Caroline because their lives will be different. It isn’t what he wanted. It is what he expected. As usual, Caroline is willing to stay by his side. Will these two work it out or will Steroline be done for good?

Speaking of couples that are over for good (R.I.P. Benzo), Bonnie is grieving the loss of her beloved Enzo and ignoring all her friend’s calls. However, she is reunited with her mother Abby (Persia White) after Caroline gave her a call to tell her what happened. The two begin to lay Enzo to rest but Bonnie stops when she hears Enzo calling out to her. She tells Abby she wants to save Enzo and possibly resurrect him (remember the other side is gone and neither one of them have their witch powers).

Abby hears him calling out as well and the two call upon Enzo to give them a sign. He does. Turns out Bonnie opened a door to where Enzo is. He is suffering and in pain. Abby tells Bonnie they need to bury him to close the door and that it is not Enzo but a darkness reaching out to Bonnie. Bonnie only wants to rescue Enzo and doesn’t care if she gets hurt in the process. She is taken by the darkness which unfortunately forces Abby to set Enzo’s body on fire in order to close the door and save her daughter. She tells Bonnie to say goodbye and let Enzo go for good.

Back in Mystic Falls Cade pays Damon another visit. He wants Ethan’s journal in exchange to allow Stefan to live out his human life before he reclaims his soul. If not Stefan dies at midnight. Damon accepts the deal and heads to the armory to collect the journal. For once Damon was upfront about his motives and deal with Cade. Unfortunately Alaric won’t hand it over and kills Damon (again) in order to stop him.

Alaric, Matt and Dorian lock Damon in a chamber and trigger Matt’s memories to find out what is inside the journal by using hypnosis. We step back in time once again. Turns out the Maxwell’s were working with the Bennett witches and the bell is infused with Bennett witch magic. We also see some of Ethan’s code. He sends a message to Beatrice Bennett that says: “Dear Bea, your courage will save us all” (major foreshadowing!)

Moments later Sybil introduces herself to Ethan and takes him to a room in the armory full of the sirens treasures; the same room where Dorian and Matt found the journal. Selene then arrives and they force Ethan to add the tuning fork to the bell. Sybil also shows Ethan a weapon that can potentially kill Cade. Unfortunately he is sirened to not speak a word about the bell or the weapon that can kill the devil.

Ethan may not be able to say what the siren sisters have told him but can write it. He encodes a message for Beatrice and gives it to her. He begins ringing the bell just as Matt did. Beatrice calls upon the towns’ people for help. The towns’ people sacrifice themselves to keep the hell fire from spreading. Due to the trauma Matt begins to have a heart attack. Damon gives Matt his blood in order to save him.

All the towns’ people die and the bell remains; the blood of 100 souls is on Ethan’s hands. Beatrice then locks the sirens in the cave on the armory. They force Ethan to kill Beatrice if she won’t set them free thus forcing her to lock Ethan in the room in order to save herself. Ethan tells Beatrice that he knows how to kill the devil but he cannot say. Once again he codes it in his journal. Unfortunately Damon steals the journal before Alaric and tow can find out how to do it for themselves.

Damon hands Cade the journal but not before asking if anyone has ever earned their way out. Cade burns the journal and tells Damon he doesn’t want to give him false hope. So that’s a no.

Bonnie finally returns to Mystic Falls and Matt is waiting on her door step. He shares his condolences and Bonnie tells Matt that she doesn’t want to carry on without Enzo. She doesn’t think she can do it. Matt tells her to try and find comfort in the fact that Enzo loved her and will always be with her. He also lets her know that their families are tied together.

Stefan also comes home, only to change, and then plans to head over to Bonnie’s house but he isn’t sure what to say. He asks Damon for advice. Damon says she is a much better person than Stefan and him. She will eventually forgive him but it will take time. Stefan then thanks Damon for saving his life and allowing him to undo the damage he has done. Before he goes he asks Damon if there is a chance for redemption. Damon lies to his younger brother and says absolutely.

Stefan arrives at Bonnie’s house but is tased by someone before he can ring the doorbell.

Damon returns to the armory and says he isn’t apologizing for saving his brother. Turns out the reason Damon gave the journal to Cade was because he already knows how to kill him. He just needed confirmation that the information he had was viable. Damon shows Alaric the relic that has the means to kill Cade. Thanks Sybil! The two celebrate/begin to plan Cade’s murder when they are interrupted by none other than:

KAI PARKER!!!!!!!!!!

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Next Week:

We find out who took Stefan.

Kai offers to help kill Cade, also says hello to Elena and offers to bring her back (right before Alaric attempts to kill him)

If he’s back does that mean he came through the same portal as Cade? Who else came through if that is the case?

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Bonnie and the rest of Mystic Falls met Cade on this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries. Cade started off in the local coffee shop and began unleashing secrets from Mystic Falls resident’s using his psychic abilities. As we learn later on in the episode the workers weren’t the only patrons who were mind-jujued.

Back at the Salvatore mansion Damon whipped up Stefan some pancakes with a side of shade and a sprinkle of sass. Unfortunately before he could deliver breakfast Stefan was released from his prison chamber by the devil himself (Cade). Cade gave Stefan and task and sent him on his way. He then gave Damon a task; kill 100 evil strangers or kill the love of Stefan’s life, Caroline by sundown.

Damon raced to the town center to tell Caroline what happened. Caroline and Matt along with some town’s people are opening a time capsule they found from 1790. Damon lets them know that Cade is now on Earth and that Stefan has escaped. Together Matt and Caroline escort the residents of Mystic Falls to the Mystic Grill in order to protect them.

Damon attempted to plan to murder Cade but turns out he can’t be killed by setting him ablaze or ripping out his heart. He proved that by doing said things to himself in front of Damon. Can the devil be killed?

While this is going on Bonnie decided to go on an adventure with Enzo. Benzo (Bonnie & Enzo) went drag racing and sky diving all before they arrived at their final destination; a bed and breakfast in upstate New York. Turns out Bonnie bought the place with money her father left her and that is where she moved Elena after Damon and Enzo went missing. The cure that Enzo planned on taking is in Elena’s blood.

Damon called Bonnie and informed her of the situation at hand. They must use the cure on Cade to make him mortal and then kill him. Once again Bonnie and Damon must sacrifice their happiness in order to save everyone else. This is when we finally learn what Stefan’s task was. Stefan chose to kill Elena and made his way to Bonnie’s upstate home in order to do so.

Cade mind-jujued Bonnie and figured out Elena’s new location. He then sent Stefan to find a realtor and have her sign the deed to the home in order to invite Stefan inside, thus allowing him to get to Elena. Damon learned of his plan and raced to reach Elena and Bonnie but didn’t make it in time. Stefan arrived at the home and murdered Enzo who no longer was able to get inside (can he come back from this?). He then entered the home and attempted to kill Bonnie who injected him with the cure. Bonnie then rushed to Enzo’s side and screamed in agony. She then regained her magic powers.

Other things you may have missed in this episode:

• Matt discovers a coding grill with a Maxwell crest on it
• Dorian attempts to decode one of the Maxwell’s journals — what secrets does it hide?
• Matt receives another family heirloom from the armory; a necklace

Next Week:

Stefan is back to himself now that he is mortal and makes a plan with Damon to kill Cade

Bonnie has a funeral or resurrection for Enzo

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