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NARRATOR:
<i>Previously on</i> The Vampire Diaries:

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I know what you're going through.
Go to art school.

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Find the life you want. Don't look back.

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ENZO:
Meet the real Sarah Salvatore.

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Stefan set me up to die,
which resulted in days of torture.

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I started plotting my revenge.
I'm going to make her do things...

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...she had never dreamed of doing
until she begs me to make her a vampire.

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DAMON:
Liz and I are pretty close.

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FORBES:
I need you to promise me something.

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When I'm gone, Caroline is gonna need you
to help her move on with her life.

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- Promise me that you will do that, Stefan.
STEFAN: Promise.

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Hey, Tony, I'm headed home.

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Could you do me a favor
and check up on the Lockwood place?

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Carol called, again.
Another five-martini stalker sighting.

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Oh, and some teenagers
are planning a bonfire off Route 13.

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No one's called to complain yet,
but they will. See you.

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[PHONE RINGING]

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Forbes.

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I'll be right there.

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[SIRENS WAILING]

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Hey, what happened?

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Accident up at Wickery Bridge.
Driver lost control, careened off.

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- Any other casualties?
- Two.

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- Survivors?
- One. We found her, unconscious.

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She must have crawled out of the car
and passed out.

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Elena Gilbert.

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Where's her brother?
Who were the casualties?

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Miranda and Grayson. Her parents.

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<i>Principal Weber...</i>

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...I know that graduation
isn't for a few months...

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...but Jeremy just got accepted
into this great art school.

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Jeremy Gilbert? I don't think so.

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Not with his academic record.

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- What's wrong?
- You have a few hours?

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All right, let's start with drug use
in his freshman year.

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- You mean the year that his parents died?
- Okay.

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So, what's the excuse for the next
three years of woeful attendance?

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Extracurricular activities,
health and fitness, that sort of thing.

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- I mean, you see how scrawny he used to be?
- No.

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But I do recall the four months
where he faked his death.

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Funny thing, he actually didn't fake it.

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We went to this island
off the coast of Canada...

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...in search of this cure
for vampirism, and...

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- Damon.
- Is this some sort of joke to you?

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No. Look, Jeremy has had a rough time here.
I know, but that's part of the reason...

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- ...why we want him to go.
- Yeah.

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Well, I'm sorry, but I
can't let that happen.

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- So can we try this my way now?
- We already compelled him into art school.

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Sorry that I wanted my brother
to actually get a degree.

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He will. He just won't earn it. Okay.

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Uh, ahem.

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This small-town atmosphere doesn't nurture
a creative spirit like Jeremy Gilbert.

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And it's of your opinion that it's high time
for him to get the hell out of Mystic Falls.

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To Matt's phone, which is more important
than my last day in town.

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- I'm here. Where's Tyler?
- He broke up with his girlfriend.

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He gets a free pass.
Look, I wanna take this shot...

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...before Alaric changes his mind.

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This place is closed for another hour.
I'm making an exception.

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Cheers.

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- Cheers.
- To you, brother.

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I swear, Jeremy, if I get a call
from the drunk tank in Santa Fe...

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You're gonna make your girlfriend
give me an STD test again?

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That cleared up, right?

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[CELL PHONE RINGING]

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Why is Enzo alive
and why is he calling you?

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Nothing you need to worry about.

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Hey. It's Jeremy's going-away party.

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- Whatever you want, it can wait.
ENZO: <i>Actually, it can't.</i>

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Don't worry,
I'm not sending you back to Duke.

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- I brought Duke to you.
- What the hell does that...?

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I take it from your abrupt pause that you
either had a small stroke or Sarah walked in.

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<i>Good news either way.
Make her feel welcome.</i>

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Oh, and, uh, don't go blabbing details
of our little arrangement around the party.

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<i>Your tongue functions
much better inside your mouth.</i>

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- Matt.
- Hey. What are you doing here?

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I got a call from the
manager of this place.

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He needed someone to take pictures,
and he said you mentioned me.

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I mean, normally the pictures I take
are a little darker...

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- ...but normally I don't get paid, so thanks.
- You're welcome.

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- You wanna show me around?
- Yeah, yeah.

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- O h!
- Look who graduated.

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- He was okay with it?
- Sure. I mean...

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...practically flunking,
missed a hundred days of school...

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...and you can barely spell "cat,"
but he was fine with you graduating early.

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We helped the process along.

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Mm-hm.

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I'm gonna get a drink.

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[SIGHS]

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- Is she okay?
- She will be.

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We all will. Somehow we'll all find a way
to move on without you, Jeremy.

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Oh, hey, just did.

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Oh, look under the cap...

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...I jacked a little going-away present
from Ric's girlfriend's stash.

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Put it away, you idiot.

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Tell your sister, I'll kill you. Again.

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CAROLINE: If you really think about it,
Jeremy leaving is for the best.

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I'm sure everything around him
reminds him of Bonnie.

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Elena's always wanted to protect him
from vampire drama.

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Granted, he is going to art school,
where the percentage rate...

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...for a well-paying job is one of the
lowest, but I really am happy for him.

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Do you think you packed enough?

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The whole point of this is for my mom
to live out the rest of her time here...

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...in a relaxed and peaceful environment
surrounded by the things she loves.

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Like photo albums and board games.

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<i>"The Anthology of Shakespeare</i>
Volumes 1 through 12"?

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All the books that she's
never gotten around to reading.

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[CELL PHONE RINGING]

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Oh, hey, uh,
do you mind just getting that?

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Oh.

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- Get...? Um...
- Yeah. Um, okay.

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Um...

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- Sorry.
- Yeah, it's okay.

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Got it. Um...

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Why is my mom calling you?

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Are you going behind my back
for information?

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Well, hello, Stefan.
What a lovely voice you have.

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Why are you calling him?

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You snuck out of the house
without so much as a hello.

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I may be a retired sheriff,
but I'm still a mother. What are you up to?

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CAROLINE:
If I told you, it would ruin the surprise.

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Master bedroom.

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At least tell me if Stefan is there
voluntarily or against his will.

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Neither. He's here because
you asked him to look after me.

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- Sweetheart, that's not true.
- I heard you talking to him in the hospital.

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You asked him to look after me
and make me smile...

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<i>...and help me move on with my life
after you're gone.</i>

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I'm sure that's not
the only reason he's there.

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Mom, look, it's okay.

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Needed an extra set of hands anyway. I will
call you in three hours with all the details.

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Until then, no cheating. I love you.

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[SIGHS]

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Not to be blunt...

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...but I think dying
gets you a ticket out of work.

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- Heh.
- Just saying.

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How are you feeling?

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Like I'm not gonna leave this job
with unfinished business.

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I have all these open cases.

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Well, let me see if I can help you close
a couple of them.

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Aw. Yeah.

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This one was me.

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Me.

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Also me.

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Ooh. This one was Stefan's.

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Oh, wait. No, me.

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Yeah. I always had a sneaking suspicion.

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What about this one?

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Elena's parents. I didn't know
there was an open investigation.

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At the time, I was taking care
of Elena and Jeremy...

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...and I didn't wanna drag them
through more heartache.

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And then when I was finally ready
to reopen the wound, Elena had moved on...

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...and you and I had become friends,
and I worried that...

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What? That I was involved?

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Liz, no.

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No, I promise you.

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[SIGHS]

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Miranda left me this message
two hours before they got in that car.

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Two hours before they drove off that road
for no reason.

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RECORDING:
<i>Liz, it's Miranda Gilbert.</i>

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<i>I have something urgent to talk to you about.
Please, call me back as soon as you can.</i>

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Well, I'll be damned.

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Looks like you've got a good old-fashioned
sheriffy whodunit on your hands.

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ELENA:
You know I'm a vampire, right?

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A big sister with nearly perfect senses...

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...who can sneak up on you
without making a sound.

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Really sucks for you.

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- Give it.
- Damon gave it to me.

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Technically,
it's from Ric's girlfriend's stash.

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Damon's an idiot and Alaric conveniently
disappeared, so I can only yell at you.

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Yeah, Ric left. He was worried
someone might recognize him...

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...when he's supposed to be dead.

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Right. That hadn't occurred to me.

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[ELENA CHUCKLES]

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- Our lives are so weird.
- That's the understatement of the century.

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- Give me your lighter.
- Really?

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Yes. I just decided that me
smoking a joint with my little brother...

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...might be the most normal thing
that we've done together in years.

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Look what I found in the...

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You know, if you're gonna go for a spin,
I suggest you, uh, get your helmet.

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Heh. This is the bike
that I learned to ride on.

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I just didn't know my mom kept it.

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It used to have training wheels with lights
that would flash every time you pedaled.

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One day, my mom took them off
and said it was time to be a big girl.

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You can imagine the princess-sized tantrum
that followed.

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Well, they had lights. I don't blame you.

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Yeah.

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So, what's with all this?

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Well, the box was loose
so I figured I would fix it.

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You know that you don't have
to do all this, right?

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Actually, you could have had some serious
problems. Exposed wires, electrical fires.

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No, I mean being here with me. Heh.

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- If you have someplace else you'd rather be...
- I don't.

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[FORBES SIGHS]

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You know, this would be
a lot more fun if I had...

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Top right-hand drawer.

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Well, look at that.

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This is why you are a terrible sheriff.

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No, I'm a terrible sheriff...

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...because one of my best friends
is the perp in half my open cases.

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- Not till I finish this.
- Suit yourself.

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Can I ask you something?

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About that night?

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You saw Elena,
and Stefan pulled her out of the car.

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Yeah, Stefan, always a one-upper.

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So you both just happened to be in town
the night her parents died.

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Why?

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Well, believe it or not, Liz,
I once had a mommy too.

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She died around that day. And the years
when my emotions were "on"...

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...I would stop by
and lay flowers at her grave.

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You never talk about her.

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Not much to say. She died.

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Old-timey disease.

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Consumption.

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Why do I feel like
you're leaving something out?

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Tell you what, why don't we use
your investigative instincts to solve this?

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Come here, check this out.

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All right, so why were the Gilberts
taking Wickery Bridge...

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...when Old Miller Road
was clearly 10 minutes faster...

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...and why are there
no skid marks at the scene...

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...and why was the trunk full of luggage
as if they were going out of town?

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Something did happen that night.

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- Let me have your car.
- No way in hell.

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Come on, I'm moving to a new town,
starting a new life. I need a car.

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And it has to be mine?

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Just compel yourself a new one.

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Heh. How many cars do you think
we've destroyed?

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Like, more than the average family, right?

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- Mom and Dad's station wagon. That's one.
- The SUV I got for my birthday.

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Katherine wrapped my car
around a light post. That's three.

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They really didn't give us many fries,
did they?

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Yeah, they did. You just ate them all.

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[CELL PHONE RINGING]

232
00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,490
Oh, my God. We're so busted.

233
00:14:25,657 --> 00:14:26,992
Dude, just click ignore.

234
00:14:27,158 --> 00:14:28,618
Dude, I am.

235
00:14:28,785 --> 00:14:32,289
[ELENA LAUGHS, THEN GROANS]

236
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:34,332
It's official.

237
00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:36,835
I am the world's worst sister.

238
00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:39,588
- Don't be stupid.
- I am.

239
00:14:40,463 --> 00:14:42,883
Mom and Dad died and what did I do?

240
00:14:43,717 --> 00:14:47,137
I let you be Jenna's problem
because I couldn't deal.

241
00:14:48,555 --> 00:14:49,681
I shut you out.

242
00:14:51,391 --> 00:14:53,476
I shut everybody out.

243
00:14:55,478 --> 00:14:57,772
Well, I never thought
that made you a bad sister.

244
00:14:57,939 --> 00:15:01,192
If anything, it was nice to have someone
to go through it with.

245
00:15:01,943 --> 00:15:05,864
When you got better,
that's when I felt the most alone.

246
00:15:06,031 --> 00:15:08,366
That wasn't your fault. You were healing.

247
00:15:08,533 --> 00:15:09,784
I wasn't.

248
00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,122
[CELL PHONE RINGS]

249
00:15:14,956 --> 00:15:19,461
- What, Damon? I'm bonding with my brother.
DAMON: <i>I wanted to run something by you.</i>

250
00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:22,756
Is there any chance
you can get to the sheriff's office?

251
00:15:22,923 --> 00:15:24,132
Um...

252
00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:27,344
Not so sure it's a good idea
to be around the sheriff right now.

253
00:15:27,510 --> 00:15:28,637
[CHUCKLES]

254
00:15:28,803 --> 00:15:32,182
Jeremy and I smoked
your going-away present.

255
00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:36,811
- Are you stoned?
- No. I'm lightly buzzed.

256
00:15:37,896 --> 00:15:42,400
Ah. Okay, well, you need some eyedrops,
a squirt of perfume and half a pizza.

257
00:15:42,567 --> 00:15:43,735
This is important.

258
00:15:44,194 --> 00:15:46,655
Okay, I'll walk over now.

259
00:15:48,406 --> 00:15:51,409
Whew. Hide the evidence.
See you at home.

260
00:15:51,952 --> 00:15:53,703
[ELENA GRUNTS]

261
00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:58,917
What is that strange smell?

262
00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:01,878
So I hear you're leaving town.

263
00:16:02,045 --> 00:16:07,926
Probably smart considering you tried
to kill me and, surprise, I'm still here.

264
00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:12,973
So we can go moodier
with the lighting if you want...

265
00:16:13,139 --> 00:16:15,141
...or feature more patrons or menu items.

266
00:16:15,308 --> 00:16:18,687
No, these are great. I'll send these
over to my manager. Whoa.

267
00:16:18,853 --> 00:16:21,356
- Too far.
- Oh, my God. Heh.

268
00:16:22,023 --> 00:16:23,692
Totally forgot that was on there.

269
00:16:24,317 --> 00:16:26,569
Anyone ever tell you
you're a really good photographer?

270
00:16:26,736 --> 00:16:30,156
- Yeah, but obviously I didn't take that one.
- Who did?

271
00:16:30,949 --> 00:16:34,452
Uh, whoa. Never mind.
That's none of my business. Uh...

272
00:16:34,619 --> 00:16:36,913
[CELL PHONE RINGING]

273
00:16:40,875 --> 00:16:43,628
This is gonna come as a shock to you,
but this is not a good time.

274
00:16:43,795 --> 00:16:46,256
This will come as a shock to you,
but I don't care.

275
00:16:46,423 --> 00:16:48,967
There's a tunnel along the river,
off Route 13.

276
00:16:49,134 --> 00:16:52,303
Dark, private. I want you to bring
our photographer friend there.

277
00:16:54,180 --> 00:16:56,599
- What are you gonna do to her?
- Shake her hand...

278
00:16:56,766 --> 00:16:59,811
...exchange pleasantries,
standard introductory behavior.

279
00:16:59,978 --> 00:17:01,312
If you wanna meet her, come here.

280
00:17:01,604 --> 00:17:03,940
See, that sounded
like you telling me what to do.

281
00:17:04,107 --> 00:17:07,318
Is this the part where you threaten
my mom again? Because that's brave.

282
00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:09,988
Yeah, you're right. That was uncalled for.

283
00:17:10,155 --> 00:17:12,365
After all, what has your mom
ever done to me?

284
00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:13,950
Well, besides that one night.

285
00:17:14,117 --> 00:17:16,619
- I'm hanging up now.
- So I went with something local.

286
00:17:16,786 --> 00:17:18,997
That's more noble. Right, Jeremy?

287
00:17:19,164 --> 00:17:21,082
[MUFFLED CRY]

288
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:26,337
He's trying to say something.
It's a bit garbled with all the blood.

289
00:17:26,504 --> 00:17:28,965
Oh, there, he said: ungh.

290
00:17:29,132 --> 00:17:30,341
What the hell did you do?

291
00:17:31,551 --> 00:17:33,344
Nothing too serious. Yet.

292
00:17:33,511 --> 00:17:35,847
So care to reconsider my request?

293
00:17:49,194 --> 00:17:52,697
Hey, so, uh, you brought
an entire crate of these.

294
00:17:52,864 --> 00:17:54,616
Any idea where I should store them?

295
00:17:54,783 --> 00:17:57,118
There's, uh, a cellar under the stairs.

296
00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,708
You okay?

297
00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:07,879
You realize whichever book my mom reaches
for could be the last thing she reads?

298
00:18:08,963 --> 00:18:11,800
<i>Jane Eyre</i> is 600 pages.

299
00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:13,426
What if she doesn't finish?

300
00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:16,930
What if she gets halfway through
and then realizes that she hates it?

301
00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:20,767
What if she wastes her final
precious moments on a terrible book?

302
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:24,479
I don't wanna be held responsible
for ruining her last literary experience.

303
00:18:24,646 --> 00:18:27,148
- Caroline.
- Yeah?

304
00:18:27,690 --> 00:18:29,567
Let me deal with the books.

305
00:18:29,734 --> 00:18:31,361
No. No, I should do it.

306
00:18:31,528 --> 00:18:34,072
I have probably read
every single one of these.

307
00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:37,408
I'm happy to take the responsibility.

308
00:18:38,868 --> 00:18:40,286
[SIGHS]

309
00:18:43,206 --> 00:18:45,250
I'm opening this.

310
00:18:46,084 --> 00:18:48,211
- I thought that was for your mom.
- Oh, it was.

311
00:18:56,553 --> 00:18:59,097
Honestly, I don't remember
why we took that route home.

312
00:18:59,264 --> 00:19:01,683
And I had no idea
that there was luggage in the trunk.

313
00:19:01,850 --> 00:19:03,560
What about the lack of skid marks?

314
00:19:03,726 --> 00:19:05,562
Any reason your dad would just drive off...

315
00:19:05,728 --> 00:19:08,231
...like he was trying to avoid something
without braking?

316
00:19:08,398 --> 00:19:10,608
I was texting with Bonnie
when it happened.

317
00:19:11,025 --> 00:19:13,361
Embarrassing, I know.

318
00:19:13,528 --> 00:19:16,364
- What about the voice-mail?
- I wasn't home that night.

319
00:19:18,533 --> 00:19:21,452
You really think that there's something up
with my parents' crash?

320
00:19:21,953 --> 00:19:23,371
I don't know.

321
00:19:23,538 --> 00:19:26,624
But given the way this town works,
I wouldn't be surprised.

322
00:19:27,208 --> 00:19:28,418
[ELENA SIGHS]

323
00:19:28,585 --> 00:19:31,379
I'm so sorry, Elena. I know
I should have brought this up sooner...

324
00:19:31,546 --> 00:19:34,799
...but in those first few weeks
after your parents died, I...

325
00:19:34,966 --> 00:19:38,219
No. You took care of Jeremy and I.
I remember.

326
00:19:39,304 --> 00:19:41,890
Poor Jenna was trying and failing.

327
00:19:42,056 --> 00:19:43,308
[ELENA CHUCKLES]

328
00:19:43,474 --> 00:19:47,395
But you let us stay at your place,
you took us to school...

329
00:19:47,562 --> 00:19:48,897
- ...made us dinner.
- Wait.

330
00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:51,649
You cook?

331
00:19:52,650 --> 00:19:54,110
She really tried.

332
00:19:54,277 --> 00:19:56,571
[BOTH LAUGH]

333
00:20:00,575 --> 00:20:02,327
I'll see if Jeremy knows anything.

334
00:20:03,328 --> 00:20:05,455
- Thanks.
- Yeah.

335
00:20:07,081 --> 00:20:08,666
[ELENA SIGHS]

336
00:20:20,386 --> 00:20:22,347
Hey.

337
00:20:23,139 --> 00:20:24,224
You okay?

338
00:20:24,390 --> 00:20:26,351
Yup. Yup. I'm good.

339
00:20:26,517 --> 00:20:28,519
- Yeah?
- I'm fine.

340
00:20:28,686 --> 00:20:30,355
Okay.

341
00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:34,859
Sure, I'll follow a guy I barely know
into a shady tunnel.

342
00:20:35,026 --> 00:20:37,737
Hey, would you rather take more pictures
of potato skins?

343
00:20:37,904 --> 00:20:41,449
- I thought you were into dark subject matter.
- Graffiti.

344
00:20:41,616 --> 00:20:43,117
How provocative.

345
00:20:43,284 --> 00:20:47,080
This is Mystic Falls.
This is about as dark as it gets.

346
00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:48,873
[SARAH CHUCKLES]

347
00:20:57,382 --> 00:21:01,302
About those photos,
my roommate took them for her art final.

348
00:21:03,471 --> 00:21:06,349
I don't have a boyfriend,
if that's what you were wondering.

349
00:21:07,225 --> 00:21:09,227
[CELL PHONE RINGING]

350
00:21:13,398 --> 00:21:17,235
- All right, we're here. Where the hell are
you? ENZO: <i>I'm here. Can you not see me?</i>

351
00:21:17,402 --> 00:21:19,028
No. I can't.

352
00:21:19,195 --> 00:21:22,407
<i>Take a few steps to your left. Here I am.</i>

353
00:21:26,494 --> 00:21:27,912
Matt!

354
00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:30,832
[COUGHING]

355
00:21:39,424 --> 00:21:42,051
They're running a little late.
Apparently my mom chose today...

356
00:21:42,218 --> 00:21:44,595
...to tackle an entire career
worth of cold cases.

357
00:21:44,762 --> 00:21:46,014
STEFAN:
Hm.

358
00:21:46,431 --> 00:21:49,434
Well, they're gonna have a lot
of catching up to do.

359
00:21:52,603 --> 00:21:54,522
So, uh...

360
00:21:55,023 --> 00:21:57,859
...I realized that it doesn't matter.

361
00:21:58,401 --> 00:21:59,902
What doesn't matter?

362
00:22:00,737 --> 00:22:05,700
It doesn't matter what book your mom reads
in her final precious moments.

363
00:22:06,284 --> 00:22:10,121
It doesn't matter if it's
good or if it's terrible.

364
00:22:10,288 --> 00:22:15,251
It doesn't matter because life
isn't about your final moments.

365
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:18,129
It's about the moments that led up to them.

366
00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:25,470
I know.

367
00:22:25,636 --> 00:22:28,222
I just wanted it to be perfect, you know?

368
00:22:28,389 --> 00:22:29,807
- I just wanted...
- Control?

369
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,897
Hey, look, if anyone can control death...

370
00:22:38,441 --> 00:22:40,068
...it's you.

371
00:22:46,574 --> 00:22:48,659
I know that she asked you to look after me.

372
00:22:49,911 --> 00:22:52,413
- Caroline, that's not...
- And I'm okay with it.

373
00:22:52,580 --> 00:22:56,000
Really, I'm glad, actually...

374
00:22:56,501 --> 00:23:00,505
...because I don't know if I would be able
to get through this on my own.

375
00:23:02,507 --> 00:23:06,177
I'm not here because your mom
asked me to look after you.

376
00:23:07,970 --> 00:23:12,475
- Well, then why are you here?
- Well, because you're my friend.

377
00:23:14,185 --> 00:23:16,813
Because I know what it feels like
to lose a mother.

378
00:23:19,357 --> 00:23:24,862
And because when you told me
you hated me...

379
00:23:25,321 --> 00:23:29,325
...that was pretty much the worst thing
I had heard in a long time.

380
00:23:33,371 --> 00:23:36,707
I think we both know
I never really hated you.

381
00:24:29,260 --> 00:24:32,054
One of us should probably say something.

382
00:24:33,097 --> 00:24:34,765
Go for it.

383
00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:37,351
Not that.

384
00:24:43,858 --> 00:24:44,942
I called 911.

385
00:24:45,109 --> 00:24:46,777
You need to get out of here.

386
00:24:46,944 --> 00:24:50,072
What kind of person just barrels
into someone and then drives off?

387
00:24:50,239 --> 00:24:52,742
ENZO:
Are you okay? What happened?

388
00:24:52,909 --> 00:24:55,036
Do you need help?
I was walking and I heard you two.

389
00:24:55,203 --> 00:24:58,456
We're waiting for the ambulance,
but he seems bad, like really bad.

390
00:24:58,623 --> 00:24:59,957
His breathing. His...

391
00:25:00,124 --> 00:25:02,460
- I think he punctured a lung.
- Fix it.

392
00:25:02,627 --> 00:25:05,546
- Are you like an EMT or something?
- Not exactly, sweetheart.

393
00:25:05,713 --> 00:25:09,300
- Oh, my God. We have to do something.
- Look, I can help, but... What's your name?

394
00:25:09,467 --> 00:25:11,636
- Sarah.
- Sarah. I need you to remain calm.

395
00:25:11,802 --> 00:25:14,972
What you're about to see
is something you've never seen before.

396
00:25:15,139 --> 00:25:18,601
- Just promise me you'll remain calm.
- I promise, just help him. Please.

397
00:25:21,604 --> 00:25:23,147
Oh, my God.

398
00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:25,816
Staying calm, love?

399
00:25:29,278 --> 00:25:31,405
[COUGHING]

400
00:25:31,572 --> 00:25:33,157
How did you just...?

401
00:25:35,368 --> 00:25:36,994
Did you ju...?

402
00:25:44,877 --> 00:25:45,962
There you are.

403
00:25:46,504 --> 00:25:50,091
- Oh, my God, what happened?
- Enzo's a dick, is what happened.

404
00:25:50,258 --> 00:25:53,928
Are you kidding me? Sit down.
I'm gonna kick his ass.

405
00:25:54,095 --> 00:25:58,641
I don't need my big sister beating up
bullies, thanks. What'd the sheriff want?

406
00:26:00,685 --> 00:26:03,563
She wanted to talk about the night
that Mom and Dad died.

407
00:26:04,855 --> 00:26:07,400
She thinks something else happened.

408
00:26:07,567 --> 00:26:09,652
Like maybe it wasn't an accident.

409
00:26:10,403 --> 00:26:11,529
Then what was it?

410
00:26:11,696 --> 00:26:15,575
A vampire attack? A werewolf on the road?
What else could we possibly go through?

411
00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,452
Mom had called her a couple of hours
before the crash.

412
00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:21,038
She left an urgent message
asking her to call back.

413
00:26:21,414 --> 00:26:25,543
Think. Do you remember anything
out of the ordinary about that night?

414
00:26:32,216 --> 00:26:33,676
What?

415
00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:37,722
I, uh, used to smoke pot in my room.

416
00:26:37,888 --> 00:26:39,181
Mom caught me that night.

417
00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:41,809
She said she was gonna have me arrested.

418
00:26:43,352 --> 00:26:45,688
So she called the sheriff.

419
00:26:45,855 --> 00:26:50,818
She was pretending to be all business,
but I could hear Jenna giggling outside.

420
00:26:52,445 --> 00:26:55,072
That was the last time we spoke...

421
00:26:56,866 --> 00:26:59,327
...fighting through a door.

422
00:27:01,329 --> 00:27:03,914
That makes sense.

423
00:27:04,081 --> 00:27:05,499
Yeah.

424
00:27:06,167 --> 00:27:07,918
I'll let her know.

425
00:27:13,090 --> 00:27:15,551
So the message was a joke.

426
00:27:17,345 --> 00:27:20,056
Miranda wanted you to bust Jeremy
for smoking pot.

427
00:27:22,516 --> 00:27:24,727
Well, what about everything else?

428
00:27:24,894 --> 00:27:28,731
I mean, the route, the skid marks.
What about the luggage?

429
00:27:29,190 --> 00:27:32,068
There was a storm the day before.

430
00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:35,237
Jeremy's dad was planning a secret trip
to their lake house...

431
00:27:35,404 --> 00:27:36,724
...and the storm rained them out.

432
00:27:36,947 --> 00:27:40,409
- The storm.
- Yeah.

433
00:27:40,618 --> 00:27:44,830
The storm that dropped a power line
across Old Miller Road...

434
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:47,750
...explaining why they took
Wickery Bridge...

435
00:27:48,501 --> 00:27:51,837
...which had a drainage issue
before its renovation.

436
00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:54,924
Meaning the road was probably still slick.

437
00:27:55,091 --> 00:27:58,010
Slick roads, no skid marks.

438
00:27:58,177 --> 00:27:59,887
The storm.

439
00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,139
That was the reason.

440
00:28:04,308 --> 00:28:06,185
Mystery solved.

441
00:28:06,936 --> 00:28:08,354
[FORBES SIGHS]

442
00:28:10,481 --> 00:28:14,110
Would you mind calling Caroline and
telling her she can surprise me tomorrow?

443
00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:17,154
I'm not really feeling up to it tonight.

444
00:28:17,321 --> 00:28:18,989
Absolutely.

445
00:28:19,532 --> 00:28:20,616
I'll go get the car.

446
00:28:38,759 --> 00:28:40,344
[SIGHS]

447
00:29:19,300 --> 00:29:20,885
Yeah, thanks for letting me know.

448
00:29:21,051 --> 00:29:24,388
Just call me if there's
any other updates, okay? Bye.

449
00:29:25,681 --> 00:29:27,391
What happened? Sheriff okay?

450
00:29:29,894 --> 00:29:32,229
You weren't supposed to hear that.

451
00:29:32,980 --> 00:29:34,774
Damon said that she's getting worse.

452
00:29:35,608 --> 00:29:37,193
I can't leave now. No way.

453
00:29:37,359 --> 00:29:40,321
Not with the sheriff sick
and Enzo on a rampage.

454
00:29:40,488 --> 00:29:42,281
It's not the right time.

455
00:29:42,448 --> 00:29:44,909
No kidding. The right time
was a couple of years ago.

456
00:29:45,075 --> 00:29:46,395
Enzo could have killed you today.

457
00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,871
The other day,
Liv threw you across the room.

458
00:29:49,038 --> 00:29:51,248
Let's not forget the time
that you actually died.

459
00:29:51,415 --> 00:29:52,958
DAMON:
She's right.

460
00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:56,337
- Time to get the hell out of here.
- You deserve a normal life, Jer.

461
00:29:56,754 --> 00:30:01,884
You deserve the life of a kid whose only
baggage is that he lost his parents.

462
00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:07,264
Come on. Let's get you to the airport.

463
00:30:07,431 --> 00:30:11,268
Actually, why don't you let me take him?
You should go be with Liz.

464
00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:15,689
I'll call you when I get to the airport
and when I land.

465
00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:23,823
And in a couple days,
expect an SUV-sized package from me.

466
00:30:24,198 --> 00:30:27,159
- Hang on. You're giving me your car?
- Just don't crash it, okay?

467
00:30:36,669 --> 00:30:37,920
[SIGHS]

468
00:30:38,087 --> 00:30:39,255
DAMON:
Okay.

469
00:30:39,421 --> 00:30:40,589
Get in there.

470
00:30:41,674 --> 00:30:43,217
[FORBES SIGHS]

471
00:30:44,468 --> 00:30:48,055
Nice p.j. situation. You look hot.

472
00:30:48,222 --> 00:30:52,852
Ugh. I do not have the energy to tell you
how deeply that disturbs me.

473
00:30:57,565 --> 00:30:59,358
You wanted more today, didn't you?

474
00:31:00,359 --> 00:31:01,485
About the accident.

475
00:31:03,904 --> 00:31:08,951
If there had been a supernatural reason
they died, it would have been easier.

476
00:31:09,827 --> 00:31:11,328
It would have been a reason.

477
00:31:11,912 --> 00:31:14,164
As it is, it was just an accident.

478
00:31:16,292 --> 00:31:18,127
- Just a stupid accident.
- No.

479
00:31:19,211 --> 00:31:21,088
You wanted someone to blame.

480
00:31:24,925 --> 00:31:27,678
I did everything right, Damon.

481
00:31:29,305 --> 00:31:31,015
I lived a good life.

482
00:31:31,181 --> 00:31:33,517
I took care of my family.

483
00:31:33,684 --> 00:31:36,228
- I just...
- I know.

484
00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:39,857
Sometimes really terrible things happen
to really amazing people.

485
00:31:46,196 --> 00:31:50,701
I have to admit,
there is a certain amount of peace...

486
00:31:50,868 --> 00:31:56,165
...knowing I'll be one of the only people
in Mystic Falls to die an ordinary death.

487
00:31:56,332 --> 00:31:58,042
[CHUCKLES]

488
00:31:59,710 --> 00:32:01,587
I'm exceptionally ordinary.

489
00:32:03,339 --> 00:32:05,299
I'm okay with that.

490
00:32:05,925 --> 00:32:07,760
Caroline is anything but.

491
00:32:10,512 --> 00:32:13,557
She was meant to be extraordinary...

492
00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:16,143
...and she needs to know
how proud I am of her.

493
00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:17,478
Yeah. She will.

494
00:32:19,855 --> 00:32:21,190
You tell her yourself.

495
00:32:21,565 --> 00:32:23,025
Come on.

496
00:32:23,984 --> 00:32:25,235
Lay down on this bed.

497
00:32:34,912 --> 00:32:36,372
Thank you.

498
00:32:36,789 --> 00:32:38,040
For what?

499
00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:41,377
For today.

500
00:32:42,461 --> 00:32:43,837
For being here.

501
00:32:50,678 --> 00:32:54,348
Yeah, I didn't get a chance to spend
much time with my mom before she died.

502
00:32:57,017 --> 00:33:02,147
I volunteered to write the eulogy
and then when she actually died...

503
00:33:03,399 --> 00:33:05,818
...I didn't even go to the funeral.

504
00:33:09,989 --> 00:33:11,865
You want a second chance?

505
00:33:13,283 --> 00:33:14,535
DAMON:
Hm?

506
00:33:14,702 --> 00:33:15,995
Write mine.

507
00:33:17,997 --> 00:33:19,999
Only do me a favor, nothing dirty.

508
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:21,542
No promises.

509
00:33:27,256 --> 00:33:28,841
[SIGHS]

510
00:33:31,510 --> 00:33:33,137
I'll take that drink now.

511
00:33:34,555 --> 00:33:35,931
Yeah?

512
00:33:37,808 --> 00:33:38,976
I'll be right back.

513
00:33:43,063 --> 00:33:45,357
You want rocks or you want neat?

514
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:52,740
Liz?

515
00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:57,786
Where is she?
Elizabeth Forbes. What room is she in?

516
00:33:57,953 --> 00:33:59,872
- Caroline.
- Damon, what happened?

517
00:34:00,039 --> 00:34:03,584
She fell asleep. I couldn't wake her up.
They said she went into a coma.

518
00:34:08,338 --> 00:34:11,759
- They can make her comfortable.
- She's not comfortable. She's dying.

519
00:34:31,487 --> 00:34:34,114
I didn't get to say goodbye.

520
00:34:36,325 --> 00:34:39,495
I didn't get to say goodbye to my mom.

521
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,468
Tyler, hey, it's Stefan.

522
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:59,056
You might wanna head back to Mystic Falls.
Caroline's mom isn't doing too hot.

523
00:34:59,223 --> 00:35:01,391
I'll call you with updates.

524
00:35:03,852 --> 00:35:05,938
What'd the doctor say?

525
00:35:06,814 --> 00:35:10,067
Well, she's stable, but, you know...

526
00:35:11,193 --> 00:35:13,028
How much longer?

527
00:35:13,779 --> 00:35:17,032
Not long.
The hospital says she has a DNR, so...

528
00:35:20,869 --> 00:35:22,412
I'm gonna get some air.

529
00:35:34,007 --> 00:35:36,385
I should have been with her.

530
00:35:39,221 --> 00:35:40,389
You didn't know.

531
00:35:41,348 --> 00:35:43,809
But I knew she was sick.

532
00:35:44,685 --> 00:35:46,937
And I knew it was bad.

533
00:35:47,104 --> 00:35:49,439
- Caroline...
- I'm her daughter, Stefan.

534
00:35:50,524 --> 00:35:53,610
Okay? I was supposed to give her peace...

535
00:35:53,944 --> 00:35:56,780
...and convince her that I would be okay...

536
00:35:56,947 --> 00:36:02,077
...and thank her for being an amazing mom.

537
00:36:02,870 --> 00:36:07,249
God, I don't even remember the last thing
that I said to her.

538
00:36:08,750 --> 00:36:12,629
I was supposed to be with her
in her final moment.

539
00:36:16,758 --> 00:36:18,719
You still can.

540
00:36:31,231 --> 00:36:32,482
[ALARIC GROANS]

541
00:36:32,649 --> 00:36:34,109
Oh, yeah.

542
00:36:34,276 --> 00:36:35,611
Airport looks packed.

543
00:36:36,069 --> 00:36:38,572
Yeah. Long-ass security line too.

544
00:36:45,495 --> 00:36:47,247
I don't want you to miss your flight.

545
00:36:47,414 --> 00:36:49,416
I know you have orientation tomorrow.

546
00:36:50,626 --> 00:36:54,338
Look, this probably goes without saying,
but you keep this shut...

547
00:36:55,464 --> 00:36:58,258
...till you get off the bus.
Just stuff that above your seat.

548
00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:01,470
This is where you're headed.

549
00:37:01,637 --> 00:37:04,514
The bus will take you to an old town
about 30 miles north of Santa Fe.

550
00:37:04,681 --> 00:37:08,185
Now, I can't confirm if these were
actual animal attacks or something else...

551
00:37:08,352 --> 00:37:10,270
- ...but it's worth looking into.
- I'm on it.

552
00:37:10,437 --> 00:37:14,149
You're probably gonna have to generate
some art to actually sell the story.

553
00:37:14,316 --> 00:37:18,654
If Elena finds out this is a big lie, she's not
gonna just kill you, she's gonna kill me too.

554
00:37:19,112 --> 00:37:20,530
Yeah. Elena will be fine...

555
00:37:20,697 --> 00:37:23,200
- ...as long as she thinks that I'm safe.
- And happy.

556
00:37:26,036 --> 00:37:30,540
You know, a responsible guardian
would try and stop you.

557
00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:32,584
- But?
- Believe it or not...

558
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,336
...you're actually an adult now.

559
00:37:34,503 --> 00:37:39,341
And you found your purpose,
so you might as well pursue it.

560
00:37:40,342 --> 00:37:43,345
Granted, being a vampire hunter
doesn't lend itself to a social life.

561
00:37:43,512 --> 00:37:47,474
Yeah, it turns out a social life
isn't as much fun as kicking vampire ass.

562
00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:49,351
Just don't do anything stupid, okay?

563
00:37:49,935 --> 00:37:52,229
Now, I'll send you leads,
you can follow up on them.

564
00:37:52,396 --> 00:37:55,148
We already went over this.
Nobody needs to worry about me, okay?

565
00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:01,154
It's not like I'm not gonna have e-mail
or anything.

566
00:38:01,321 --> 00:38:02,823
Just shut up. Let me hug you.

567
00:38:08,495 --> 00:38:09,871
I'm proud of you, Jeremy.

568
00:38:12,165 --> 00:38:13,542
Hey, do me a favor.

569
00:38:13,875 --> 00:38:16,920
- If Bonnie ever comes back...
- You'll be the first person I call.

570
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,833
Try to clear your mind.

571
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:56,668
Okay.

572
00:38:58,378 --> 00:39:02,424
Think about your favorite memory
of your mom.

573
00:39:02,591 --> 00:39:04,259
I don't know. There's too many.

574
00:39:04,426 --> 00:39:06,762
It's okay. It's okay.

575
00:39:06,928 --> 00:39:08,555
Just relax.

576
00:39:08,722 --> 00:39:13,060
Close your eyes, open up your mind.

577
00:39:13,518 --> 00:39:16,104
We're gonna live in her memories.

578
00:39:16,646 --> 00:39:18,273
We can do that?

579
00:39:20,901 --> 00:39:22,778
Just take her hand.

580
00:39:44,966 --> 00:39:46,843
YOUNG CAROLINE:
Mom, I want to stop.

581
00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:49,846
FORBES:
<i>If you stop, you'll never learn, sweetie.</i>

582
00:39:50,472 --> 00:39:51,952
YOUNG CAROLINE:
I don't want to learn.

583
00:39:52,099 --> 00:39:53,600
FORBES:
Yes, you do.

584
00:39:53,767 --> 00:39:55,227
YOUNG CAROLINE:
<i>I can't do it.</i>

585
00:39:55,394 --> 00:39:57,646
FORBES:
<i>Just pedal.</i>

586
00:39:59,940 --> 00:40:01,024
I'm gonna fall.

587
00:40:01,191 --> 00:40:03,777
I'm holding you up, sweetheart.
You can't fall.

588
00:40:04,319 --> 00:40:05,654
I'm scared.

589
00:40:05,821 --> 00:40:08,156
I want my other wheels back on.

590
00:40:12,119 --> 00:40:13,787
It's working.

591
00:40:17,416 --> 00:40:19,835
Keep pedaling. You can do it.

592
00:40:20,001 --> 00:40:22,462
- Don't let go, Mommy.
- I won't.

593
00:40:22,629 --> 00:40:23,880
Not till you're ready.

594
00:40:24,047 --> 00:40:26,508
Don't let go. I'm not ready.

595
00:40:36,643 --> 00:40:38,979
Yes, you are.

596
00:41:13,054 --> 00:41:14,806
[MONITOR BEEPING]

597
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,057
[SOFTLY]
Mom.

598
00:41:18,852 --> 00:41:20,645
Mom.

599
00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:30,572
She's gone.

600
00:41:32,199 --> 00:41:34,242
[CAROLINE SOBBING]

601
00:41:48,381 --> 00:41:49,799
[BEEPING STOPS]

602
00:42:20,205 --> 00:42:22,207
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