A woman is fighting against a man on the ring. And Damon? But no one seems to be willing to discuss the details of Zachariah's death
Samantha Gilbert: He was murdered, and he wasn't the first
Mariana Lockwood: Samantha, don't be a gossip
Samantha Gilbert: Why not? Come on, Stefan. Damon: 1912, Stefan, the last time I convinced you to drink human blood
Mystic Falls, 1912
(Damon and Stefan are under the tent, in front of the ring. Damon: He's on a master cleanse, trying to be a better man and all
Rebekah: Yeah, you were a lot more fun in the twenties
Damon: You'll rile him up. Go back to hating me. He's about to talk but Elena puts her finger on his lips to make him stop. I'm just here to help you learn how to fight it
Rebekah: This is rubbish
(She's about to bite the girl but Stefan stops her and looks at the girl's neck, bleeding. Jeremy has one of 'em, and the other is...
Damon: Alaric's
[Gilbert's House]
(Alaric is looking at Brian Walter's file)
Meredith: Like the sheriff said, the victims were killed with your weapons
(We see a flashback from when the body was discovered and when Caroline discovered her father and then when Liz showed him and Elena the murder weapon)
Alaric: Yeah, but I was attacked
Meredith: With your own knife, a wound that could have been self-inflicted
Alaric: It's impossible. Let the past be the past. Liz: A letter from the county coroner's office correcting the error in the time of death of Brian Walters. Liz: I can't ask those questions, Matt, because of the very fact that you broke into her home to find it. Matt: No. Matt: She knows it's not your fault, Elena. Matt: Yeah. Meredith and Alaric look at her)
Alaric: Elena
Elena: Ric, I think she's right
(She has Samantha Gilbert's journal in her hand)
Mystic Falls, 1912
(Zachariah Salvatore is walking alone. Rebekah catches the woman)
Damon: Sorry, brother. Remember Sage? Sage. She had a son. She pushes the closes and sees a trap door on the wall)
Elena: Skeleton in the closet... Just like a true founder
(She opens it and finds a box in it. She's for pleasure
Damon: I do not need a woman for pleasure. Stefan is drinking from the woman. Stefan: Jonathan Gilbert's granddaughter Samantha. Stefan: Town questioned every grown man in Mystic Falls. That's a good girl
(Elena and Matt pass by. That's what they have in common
Damon: But why them, huh? They look into it. Upset
Elena: Damon turned her mom into a vampire to save my life. Who?
Plan: A: 1912; Q: In what year was Zachariah Salvatore murdered? A: a council member; Q: What was Zachariah Salvatore? A: jail; Q: Where was Alaric put after he came at Meredith with a knife? A: Sheriff; Q: Who puts Alaric in jail? A: Mystic Falls; Q: Where were the murders that reminded Damon of the past? A: Damon; Q: Who tells Stefan that he already killed Samantha Gilbert? A: flashbacks to 1912; Q: When did Stefan and Damon attend Zachariah's funeral? A: flashbacks; Q: What is the term for the time period in which the events of the present day are compared to the events of 1912? A: Stefan; Q: Who did Damon convince to drink human blood? A: the White Oak tree; Q: What does Rebekah search for in town? A: the Salvatores; Q: Who does Rebekah need to find the White Oak tree? A: a beautiful vampire; Q: What is Sage? A: Sage; Q: Who is Cassidy Freeman? A: Elena questions Meredith; Q: Who reveals she knows more about Alaric's past than Elena? A: Matt; Q: Who gives Elena the Gilbert journal? A: Meredith's apartment; Q: Where did Elena and Matt find a secret box of files on the Council members? A: a woman; Q: What does Sage show Damon is not only a prey, but also a pleasure? A: the original Jonathan Gilbert's granddaughter; Q: Who did Matt and Elena find a Gilbert journal that belonged to? A: his urges; Q: What does Damon want to learn to fight? A: death; Q: What does the coroner's office send an error about time of? A: a Ripper; Q: What does Stefan turn into after drinking human blood? A: present time; Q: When does Damon pledge to help Stefan? A: Samantha Gilbert; Q: Who confessed to the murders in 1922? A: the Gilbert ring; Q: What did Meredith say Alaric was responsible for the murders? Summary: In 1912, Zachariah Salvatore, a council member is murdered in the same way they have been in present day. Flash forward, Alaric has been put into jail by the Sheriff after Meredith said he came at her with a knife and she had to shoot him. The present-day murders in Mystic Falls remind Damon of a similar crime spree a century earlier. In flashbacks to 1912, Stefan and Damon attend Zachariah's funeral and learn he was not the first council member murdered. Rebekah searches for the White Oak tree in town and she needs the Salvatores to find it. Damon recalls a beautiful vampire, named Sage ( Cassidy Freeman ). Elena questions Meredith, who reveals she knows more about Alaric's past than Elena does. Elena and Matt break into Meredith's apartment and find a secret box of files on the Council members. Sage shows Damon a whole new way to exist: a woman is not only a prey, but also a pleasure. Matt and Elena find a Gilbert journal that belonged to the original Jonathan Gilbert's granddaughter, but Meredith came home before they could search more and she catches them. Rebekah and Damon follow Stefan as Damon feeds on a girl, trying to force him into feeding on a woman in order to learn how to fight his urges. Elena and Matt find Stefan feeding on the woman but Matt pulls her away. Elena and Matt go back to her house, where Matt gives her back the Gilbert journal. Alaric is released from jail after the coroner's office sends an error about time of death. In 1912, Damon convinces Stefan to drink human blood, but Stefan kills the woman and turns into a Ripper. In present time, Damon pledges to help Stefan in a way he did not in the past. Stefan reveals Samantha Gilbert confessed to the murders in 1922, but Damon says he already had killed her. Meredith comes to explain herself to Alaric, saying that it was him that committed the murders all because of the Gilbert ring.