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"The Sun Also Rises"
Staring where the last episode finished, Matt and Caroline are seen in the cellar while Tyler - in wolf form - attacks them. Matt panicks and shoots Tyler. Meanwhile, Greta feeds Jenna her blood, thus transforming her into a vampire. It is revealed that Elijah is seeking revenge on Klaus for killing all of his family and having their bodies buried at sea. Stefan recieves a call from Damon revealing that Klaus plans to use Jenna as the vampire sacriface; Stefan however wants to offer himself as the sacriface in the place of Jenna. Meanwhile, Klaus has began the ritual and has already killed Jules. Stefan arrives just in time, however Klaus does not accept his offer and kills Jenna. Back at the boarding house Jeremy, John, Bonnie, Damon, and Alaric find a spell that is capable to bring somebody back to life after they have died, by connecting the life of the parent and the child. John has Bonnie complete the spell on him, thus connecting him and Elena together. Back at the ritual grounds Stefan watches in horror as Elena is killed. Back at the boarding house, Bonnie leaves with Damon and Elijah, she casts a spell on the house trapping the humans inside unwilling to let more people get hurt. With the doppelganger dead, Klaus has completed the ritual and begins to transform. However, unaware to him Bonnie arrives and torture him. With Klaus almost dead, Elijah steps in, HE grabs his brothers heart and is prepared to kill him when Klaus unexceptedly says he 'didn't bury the bodies at sea and if you kill me you will never find them'. He promises to take Elijah to them, and gives him his word. Elijah rethinks the situation, but Stefan and Bonnie urge him to not trust Klaus. However, out of nobility he leaves with Klaus. Damon takes Elena's body to the boarding house and waits for her to come back, praying that she won't come back as a vampire, as he doesn't want her to hate him forever. back in the basement Jeremy reads the whole spell and relizes that once the child is revives the parent will die. He asks John if he read the whole passage and he replies yes. John give Jeremy a letter and his ring to give to Elena. While Damon, Jeremy,and Alaric watch as Elena comes back to life, John silently walks away. Elena comes back to live and John looks at her one more time and falls to the ground. At the funeral Damon reveals to Stefan his werewolf bite and asks him to do Elena a favour and not tell her. Stefan promises to find a cure, but Damon doesn't believe there is a cure and walks away.
"The Last Day"
Damon is willing to take extreme measures to prevent Klaus from harming Elena. His actions pit Damon and Stefan against one another, and the tension that started brewing between the two over their differing opinions of how to protest Elena turns into a full-scale conflict. Tyler receives a concerning phone call and returns to Mystic Falls. With the full moon marking the arrival of the sacrifice ritual, Stefan and Elena spend a romantic day together, worried that it might be their last.
"Klaus"
After Elena removes the dagger, Elijah wakes and must immediately leave the house as he has not been invited in. Elena asks him to trust her and gives him the dagger to prove she's being honest. In a flashback to 1492 England, Katherine meets Elijah and Klaus for the first time. Stefan and Damon argue over Elena's disappearance and whether or not they should go after her and Elijah. Elena tells Elijah everything that has happened since his death. In return, Elijah tells Elena about Klaus. Elijah and Klaus were raised as brothers, but Klaus was in fact the result of their mother being unfaithful with another man, who was from a werewolf bloodline. Elijah's father hunted down the man and had him and his family killed, beginning the schism between werewolves and vampires. Klaus is a vampire/werewolf hybrid and can only be killed by a witch. The sun and the moon curse was a fake created by Elijah and Klaus -- the real curse is that Klaus' werewolf side had been forced into dormancy by witches. He wants to bring it to the surface and eventually create his own race. Jenna finally finds out about the vampires from Stefan and Klaus/Alaric. Elsewhere, Katherine is being held captive by Klaus. Damon finds her and gives her a vial of vervain to protect her from further compulsion. At the end of the episode, Maddox (Klaus' servant) and Greta (Luka's sister) perform a ritual: releasing Klaus' spirit from Alaric's body, and putting it back into his own.
"The Last Dance"
The high school gets ready for a 1960s-themed dance and beings receiving alarming messages from Klaus via an unusual source. Bonnie tries to convince Jeremy that she has enough strength to help Elena, but Jeremy, concerned, goes to Stefan for advice. Caroline convinces talks Matt to take her to the dance. Damon and Alaric attend the dance as chaperons, expecting Klaus to show up, but Klaus is playing a complicated game that keeps them guessing. Eventually, Damon comes up with a new plan that surprises and upsets everyone.
"Know Thy Enemy"
Elena and Alaric become angry with John when Isobel's unexpected arrival devastates Jenna. Bonnie works with Jeremy and Damon in order to find the spell they will need to gather the power of her ancestors. Caroline is heartbroken and doesn't know what to do about Matt. Stefan and Damon realize that they have a new secret weapon.
