(He pushes her against a tree)
Klaus/Silas: Then again... (They enter. And Klaus... And bored. And the next time I come looking for you, I expect you to be waiting
(She leaves with him)
[The Woods]
(Matt is lying on the ground)
Elena: Oh, come on. And you... Beg her to help us out of the kindness of her own heart? Bonnie: I know you took it from the island. But I'd love to see you try
(She leaves)
(Katherine is in the library with Damon)
Katherine: All that pain and torture of her took quite a thirst
Damon: It couldn't have anything to do with the fact that Elena called you out on your recent boy trouble, could it? Caroline: Mom, just stay there
Bonnie: Caroline, that is not your mother
Caroline: What's going on? Come to New Orleans. Elena burns and screams. Elena tried to kill me. Elena. I almost killed him. I almost... and then Bonnie and Caroline. I will drop the veil. Imagine trying to come back from a spiral like that
(Rebekah and Matt enter)
Matt: Elena's gone? It all comes down to her... Katherine. Katherine: Sorry. Katherine? Now, get me Bonnie, or I'm going to kill someone. Rebekah: Of course I can. See, the way I figure it is, if I can make you nostalgic, then you're already halfway to getting your humanity back
Elena: It's not gonna work, Damon
Damon: Well, there are other ways to provoke an emotional response
[Salvatore's House]
Stefan: You still have her locked in the safe? She created the spell that made Silas truly immortal, invulnerable to any weapon. Silas is psychic. Silas wants me to harness its power to drop the veil between our side and the other side. So let me give you some advice. So she'll be back to her dull, sympathetic self in no time. Tell her I'm looking for her. This will work
(She takes a syringe and injects her blood in her mother's chest)
Caroline: Mom? We invite her into our house to come torture Elena. Who knows? You just need to bring me the tombstone
Katherine: It's a hunk of rock.
Plan: A: Damon; Q: Who snaps Matt's neck in front of Elena? A: a brutal new approach; Q: How do Damon and Stefan try to provoke Elena into turning her humanity back on? A: Elena; Q: Who decides to kill Katherine? A: Caroline; Q: Who is frustrated when her attempt to intervene backfires and Elena attempts to kill her? A: the Salvatore brothers' bluff; Q: What does Elena figure out a way to call? A: the Salvatore brothers; Q: Who uses Matt to switch on Elena's humanity? A: real fear; Q: What does Katherine create for Elena? A: her hand; Q: What did Katherine use to grab Elena's heart? A: the door; Q: What did Katherine leave unlocked so Elena could escape? A: her life choices; Q: What does Matt give Rebekah advice on? A: a confusing and dangerous encounter; Q: What does Caroline have with Klaus? A: Bonnie; Q: Who does Silas want to help him open the veil to purgatory? A: Caroline's mother; Q: Who does Silas injure to take Caroline's place? A: her blood; Q: What does Caroline inject into her mother to bring her back to life? A: the island; Q: Where did Katherine take the tombstone that Silas needs to open the veil between our world and purgatory? A: the deal; Q: What does Katherine accept when Bonnie offers her Silas's immortality and invulnerability? A: the ring; Q: What is Matt wearing that protects him from being killed by supernatural beings? Summary: Damon and Stefan try a brutal new approach to provoke Elena into turning her humanity back on, and Caroline is frustrated when her attempt to intervene backfires and Elena attempts to kill her. When Elena figures out a way to call the Salvatore brothers' bluff, they call on Katherine to create real fear. Katherine has a go, pushing her hand into Elena and grabbing her heart. Then she deliberately leaves the door unlocked so that Elena can escape. Matt gives Rebekah some unsolicited advice on her life choices, and she tries to help him in return. Caroline has a confusing and dangerous encounter with Klaus, who turns out to be Silas looking for Bonnie. Silas is persistent, and mortally injures Caroline's mother to take her place. Bonnie reaffirms her promise to help Silas open the veil to purgatory, and Caroline has to inject some of her blood into her mother to bring her back to life. Katherine is suspicious when Bonnie makes her the offer of Silas's immortality and invulnerability in exchange for the tombstone that Katherine took from the island, which Bonnie needs to lift the veil between our world and purgatory. Katherine appears to accept the deal. Meanwhile, the Salvatore brothers use Matt to switch on Elena's humanity, with Damon snapping Matt's neck in front of Elena. He is, of course, wearing the ring that protects him from being killed by supernatural beings, and recovers in the presence of Rebekah. Elena decides that she is going to kill Katherine.