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Right now, I feel like Elijah in the final moments of that episode: looking at what is very obviously a tragedy but unsure of how to feel about it. He’s unsure because he doesn’t have his memories, and I’m unsure because of the shock factor. Full transparency, I was made aware of this spoiler back when executive producer Jeffrey Lieber accidentally tweeted it months ago. And yet, watching Hayley die wasn’t any easier because of it. And for those of you who genuinely didn’t know this was happening, ARE YOU OKAY??

I want to dedicate much of this recap to that death and to the character of Hayley, so let me quickly sum up the only real thing you need to know from New Orleans: Vincent and Freya disagree about whether to tell Declan the truth about the supernatural world, and just as Vincent is about to tell him, we learn that Declan is none other than Cami’s cousin. How that will come into play is yet to be seen, but I’m willing to bet it will. Okay, enough with New Orleans, let’s get to the search to find Hayley.

Roman and Hope are the first to find Hayley, mostly because Roman’s mom Greta is the one who kidnapped her. Speaking of Greta, she’s paying her daughter Antoinette a visit in order to convince Elijah that Antoinette’s brother has gotten involved with Hope and therefore needs protecting from Klaus’ wrath. So yeah, it’s all one big manipulation, but it works: Elijah agrees to return to New Orleans to stop Klaus from killing Roman.

Meanwhile, Klaus hits the road with Caroline when he finds out that Hope ran away from school. And yes, she’s with a boy. (So maybe Greta’s manipulation isn’t a TOTAL lie.)

And this is where I want to talk about all of the amazing Klaroline stuff this episode delivers before we get to the Hayley of it all. First up: The coffee stop. After they’ve been on the road for a bit — and while they wait for Caroline’s tracking class to locate Hope — they grab some caffeine and Caroline tries to get Klaus to think about what he’s going to say to Hope when he sees her. But Klaus is too caught up in how awful parenting has been as of late, what with the constant worry, the unimaginable pain. As Caroline tells him, “Congratulations, you just became a father.”….

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