Titled: “The Lies will Catch Up to You”
“The Lies Will Catch Up to You”: This week’s title takes us back to season 1, episode 5, and, more specifically, to a Damon quote. After Stefan locked his older brother up in the Salvatore basement for being a threat to exposing what they were, Damon told his brother: “You won. You got the bad guy. Now nothing can come between you and Elena. Except the truth. The lies will catch up to you, Stefan, as long as you keep lying to yourself about what you are.”
And that brings us to tonight’s episode, which was quite literally about all of Stefan’s lies catching up to him. See, when Stefan became human, his compulsion wore off, meaning every single person he ever compelled has now been flooded with memories. In other words, Stefan has a lot of explaining to do. Or rather, Caroline does.
When Matt tells her that the police station is being flooded with people reporting old crimes involving Stefan, she heads down there to re-compel everyone to forget the “intense guy” with “weird hair.” As for Stefan, you’ll remember that last week ended with him being kidnapped, and we quickly learn why. Remember when Dorian mentioned that his father and sister died in a house fire? Well, that’s actually what Stefan compelled him to believe. In reality, Dorian’s family lived in Knoxville, and, as any die-hard fan can guess, that means Dorian’s family members were victims of Stefan’s during his time with Klaus (specifically, during the season 3 premiere).
And now, Dorian has kidnapped Stefan and is forcing him to dig his own grave. This kid’s out for revenge.
Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, Kai has returned! As he explains his reappearance to Ric and Damon, we get a flashback to the moment Matt rang the Maxwell bell for the eleventh time. It was then that a very hot — literally — Kai found himself in the Mystic Grill. Suddenly, he was alive. Or at least almostalive. When Kai couldn’t taste or feel anything, he realized his predicament. As he tells Ric and Damon back in present day, he’s not so much a ghost as he is a psychic imprint with one foot on earth and another in hell. At this point, he can still do magic, but only when he siphons himself, and so he needs to find a way to stay in the land of the living. And if Damon will help him, he offers to bring back Elena.
Damon immediately thinks to call Bonnie. If she’s found a way to bring Enzo back from hell, maybe she can help with Kai. Only, Bonnie still hasn’t found Enzo. And it also only takes her about 30 seconds to realize Kai’s back. (I’m kind of loving that this season is bringing back Bonnie being psychic, which started in the pilot.) With that, she heads straight to Cade for answers…..
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