In the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries Damon went from death to limbo (purgatory) back to Mystic Falls then back to death and then arrived in Hell but somehow managed to find his way back to Mystic Falls. It really was one hell of a ride for the elder Salvatore this week.

Damon’s mystical journey began when Kai killed him and took Elena (who is still in a casket) from him. Kai tried to make a deal with The Devil and made sure he had a contingency plan if all didn’t go well. He tried to trade Elena for his freedom but Cade wasn’t biting. Therefore, he offered up (most likely unwillingly as Cade is psychic) the fact that Damon was in possession of the dagger and ash that could kill Cade. This sent Cade down to purgatory to inform Damon of his findings and strike a deal: the dagger and ash in exchange for Elena.

Damon then enlisted the help of his brother Stefan who was just about to leave Mystic Falls for good. Stefan and Damon find Kai singing Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door at a karaoke bar. Thanks yelp! There Kai learns that Stefan is human and attempts to kill him. Before he does he offers up some interesting information. Turns out when you kill Cade (The Devil) Hell also disappears.

The two brothers gather Kai and the dagger and bring him back to the armory to hold him. This turns out to be a big mistake. Kai was able to siphon magic from within the armory’s walls and use that to break free.

Meanwhile, Stefan enlisted Ric to ring the bell and hurt Cade in order to have a shot at killing him. This is of course after he vervained Damon in order to kill Cade himself. Unfortunately Ric had to stop ringing the bell when he got a call from his daughters. Kai broke free and was looking for them in order to finally kill them. Thankfully Ric was able to trick Kai and fight him in order to protect his children. Caroline finished the job by snapping Kai’s neck.

Once again Kai managed to screw up the Salvatore brother’s plans. Cade was able to regain composure and decided to set Elena’s coffin on fire. He then attempted to force Damon to choose between his brother and the love of his life. Damon selflessly offered up himself and stabbed himself in the heart after Cade promised to leave Elena alone forever.

Bonnie arrived during the commotion after sensing Elena was in danger (they are still psychically connected). She discovered that Damon sacrificed himself and took it upon herself to get into a jedi-mind fight with Cade in order to protect Damon’s soul from being claimed by Cade. Cade proceeded to tell Bonnie that if she doesn’t let Damon go she will die because she isn’t strong enough to hide both Enzo and Damon from him. Damon begged Bonnie to let him go but she wasn’t having it. Luckily for both of them Stefan killed Cade and watched him go up in ashes, saving both Bonnie and his brother.

Damon then gave his brother some advice. He told Stefan that he is worth it and worthy of love no matter what he has done. That if even he can come close to redemption after everything he has done in his 150 years as a vampire then Stefan can too. Another beautiful Salvatore brother segment.

Alaric also shared some good news with Caroline. He decided to open up a school for Josie and Lizzie (the twins) and kids like them where they can learn and be in a loving and nurturing environment. He then went on to ask if Caroline would collaborate with him on the project. Now for those that don’t know this Alaric and the girls are heading to New Orleans and joining the cast of The Originals (The Vampire Diaries spinoff). Does this mean Caroline is headed to NOLA as well? Does this mean we will see Klaroline (Klaus + Caroline) come to fruition?!?!?!?!?!

Stefan interrupted her answer/thinking about Alaric’s offer by offering up one of his own. He asked Caroline to marry him once again and she obviously said yes.

Apparently we weren’t finished with Kai in this episode. Bonnie exacted her revenge on the evil siphon by trapping him in his worst fear; a prison world where he is completely by himself and Two Princes by The Spin Doctors plays on loop. Trying to buy his way out of the situation he is in, he informs Bonnie that they now have a bigger problem on their hands. Hell didn’t actually disappear like Kai said. It is still very intact and being run by none other than the Queen B herself KATHERINE! Boy oh boy are they in for some major trouble in the final two episodes of the series.

NEXT WEEK:

A wedding for Caroline and Stefan is thrown in hopes of getting Katherine to emerge.

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Misery sure does love company and this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries was no exception. An eternity of misery was what Damon promised Stefan in the pilot episode of the series. Over the seasons Damon turned over a new leaf but it seems he has finally succumb to his dark nature this season.

Continuing to do Sybil’s bidding, Damon heads to Texas for Sybil’s next victim. He douses a mechanic at a garage named Lou in gasoline and makes him conduct electricity and set himself on fire after he does not disclose Peter Maxwell’s (Damon’s true target) location. Turns out Damon is looking for a Maxwell family heirloom. Peter returns after his co-worker has charred and Damon demands Peter turn over the heirloom. He tries to compel him but much to his surprise good ‘ole Pete has been unknowingly vervained via a watch given to him by his son.

More surprises unravel for Damon as he learns Matt is Peter’s son. That’s why Pete looked so familiar. Anyway, angered by Peter’s inability to find the heirloom Damon stabs him. Luckily Matt comes to his father’s rescue and knocks Damon out. He then tells Dear Old Dad to drink Damon’s blood in order to heal his wound. Matt then ties up Damon and tortures him to get him to talk. We then learn Damon only injured Tyler and hasn’t killed him yet. He is bleeding in a park and go off of I-20. Matt leaves Damon behind goes off to save Tyler with his father.

Matt tells his father the truth about everything, supernatural creatures and all, on their ride to find Tyler. Unfortunately they are too late; Matt discovers a dead Tyler. He breaks down and his father consoles him.

Back at the garage, Damon forces a tool rack on himself in order to break free of his restraints. He finds the heirloom he was looking for and heads back to Sybil who has been keeping Alaric and Stefan busy all episode.

In this episode we learn the misery Sybil suffered at the hands of her family, both chosen and blood. Sybil tells Alaric and Stefan the story of Arcadius (Cade), the first psychic. He was stoned and burned at the stake because of the fear of other villagers. Cade got his final revenge on the villagers in death. He created hell with a psychic blast so powerful that it created its own world. Sybil then dives into her back story. She was exiled from her Mediterranean village because of her psychic abilities. A girl from the island becomes her sister as they both share the same psychic abilities. The two would lure sailors to their death and take their food and other previsions as they would wash up on shore. Sybil later learned that there were no previsions just sailors.

Turns out Sybil’s sister is still living and is very, very close by. She has been for a while now. Unfortunately before Stefan or Alaric can get an answer they are attacked by Georgie. Georgie vervains Stefan and traps Alaric in the tunnel system. Ric has to make himself blind and stabs his ear drums to make himself deaf in order to escape the tunnels. He ultimately escapes and comes out in the town square.

The same place where Georgie meets her end at the hands of Sybil’s sister aka Seline!!!!!!! Georgie was forced to attack both Stefan and Ric because Seline wanted her to rescue Sybil. Unfortunately Sybil wants nothing to do with her sister. Seline disappointed in Georgie’s persuasion skills as well as her sister, kills Georgie for failing at her mission. Moments later Georgie wakes up in hell and watches as Seline devours her body. She is then whisked away in the same fashion as Katherine was.

In his vervained state, Stefan is given even more insight as to who Sybil is and why she became who she became. She enters his mind with her memories. We learn Seline forced this life on her just as Stefan forced Damon into the vampire lifestyle.

She then goes on to show Stefan how she tried to kill herself but Arcadius came to her rescue. Seline made a deal with Cade; immortality, beauty and youth in exchange for serving their new master. Sybil tells Stefan there is no escape. The stain of his sins will always remain on his soul no matter how much he atones. This is why Damon chose to serve Cade for all eternity rather than suffer. Sybil tells Stefan he will too. That Cade is the answer to his problems. If he wants to help Damon all he has to do is kill the devil aka Cade. Is Cade the true “big bad” of this season? What misery awaits our heroes? Why does Sybil want Cade dead? Does that action set her free?

Just in case you missed it:

Even though we didn’t see it, Bonnie is vervaining and draining Enzo; the first step toward making him turn his switch back on.

Next Week:

Stefan decides he has to put Damon down even if that means losing him forever.

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