TEXT: [Salvatore's cellar.] DAMON: Where is my ring? STEFAN: Won't be needing it anymore. DAMON: How long have I been here? STEFAN: Three days. DAMON: What are you doing? STEFAN: During the dark ages when a vampire's actions threatened to expose or bring harm upon the entire race, they would face judgment. They sought to reeducate them rather than to punish them. DAMON: You know what will happen if i don't... Feed on blood. STEFAN: You'll grow weaker and weaker. Eventually you won't be able to move or speak. In a week your skin will desiccate, and you'll mummify. A living corpse. Unable to hurt anyone. Ever. DAMON: So what, you're just going to leave me in the basement, forever? STEFAN: I've injected you with enough vervain to keep you weak. Once your circulation stops, I'll move you to the family crypt, and then in 50 years, we can reevaluate. DAMON: I'm stronger than you think. STEFAN: You always have been. But you're not stronger than the vervain. And we both know it. I'm sorry. Didn't have to be this way. [Elena's house.] Elena is waking up and going to the bathroom. She meets Vicki. VICKI: I--i'm sorry, i'm almost done. ELENA: It's--it's ok. Take your time. VICKI: I think you might be in trouble. JEREMY: What did you do? VICKI: Oh, she saw me. JEREMY: I'm a drug-using delinquent. A girl in bed doesn't really rank. ELENA: Jenna! Are you aware of what's going on upstairs? JENNA: Uh-huh. ELENA: And you have no objection? JENNA: He could be craftier about it, at least make an effort to
SUMMARY:
While Damon grows weaker from being locked up in the Salvatore basement, Jeremy's and Vicki's relationship grows stronger. At the school organized car wash, Bonnie discovers more about her powers and decides to face with them. Meanwhile, Logan's charm leads to having dinner in the Gilberts' house to charm Jenna, which leads to his stealing the pocket watch. Elena finds out from a stranger that Stefan eerily resembles somebody named Stefan Salvatore he knew in 1953. This leads to Elena questioning who Stefan really is. Elsewhere, Damon uses his connection with Caroline to free himself, kill Zach, and later feeds on Vicki.