TEXT: [Mystic Falls High School] (All the students are gathered in the gym, holding candles. Liz is paying tribute to Carol) Sheriff Forbes: Carol Lockwood always said that togetherness, in times of tragedy, leads to healing. That one community is stronger than a thousand of its members. But how does a community stay strong after losing its leader? And Carol was so much more than just a mayor. She was... An open-minded friend... And a concerned mother, taken from us too soon by a terrible accident (Tyler gets up) Tyler: Screw this (He leaves. Elena and Bonnie look at Caroline) Sheriff Forbes: Please join me in observing a minute of silence in her memory (Elena turns her head and sees Rebekah. She's surprised and when she looks again, she's gone) Bonnie: Are you okay? Elena: I'll be right back (She leaves) Sheriff Forbes: Thank you very much. In the wake of this tragedy, the town has selected an interim mayor. Many of you already know him. Please welcome Mr. Rudy Hopkins (The students applaud and Rudy Hopkins rejoins Liz) Rudy: Thank you, sheriff. Carol Lockwood put this town first, and that's why I'm here to talk to you guys. You folks... (Elena is alone in the hallway. She hears a noise and hears someone crying. She follows it and finds April at her locker) Elena: April? What's wrong? April: Nothing. I'm fine Elena: But you're crying April: It's just the whole mayor thing. You know, it's bringing up stuff with my dad. And I know you're a vampire Elena: Wait. What? (Rebekah arrives from behind and breaks her neck) April: Was that necessary? Rebekah: No, but it was fun (Caroline is outside on the phone with Stefan. He's at the Mystic Grill, drinking) Caroline: Hey, you just missed the mandatory all-school assembly Stefan: Well, that's because I'm at a mandatory all-alone drinking party Caroline: Seriously? You decided to go on a ripper bender now? Stefan: My brother slept with Elena. Kind of puts a
SUMMARY:
Following Carol's death, Bonnie's father steps in as the new mayor and shows concern about Bonnie. Meanwhile, Rebekah and April work together to get Elena to speak to Rebekah, trapping Elena in the library. Stefan is called to rescue Elena, and he calls Caroline for back up. Both are tricked and locked into the library with Elena, although Rebekah allows April to leave. Meanwhile Matt and Damon continue training Jeremy to expand the hunters mark. Klaus gets impatient and Damon shoots him several times for killing Carol. Regardless, Klaus offers to provide vampires for Jeremy to kill starting with a pizza delivery woman; who attacks them, forcing Jeremy to kill her. Bonnie talks to Shane, who gives her an amulet made from human bone. Kol soon shows up and abducts Shane, taking him to the school's library. Rebekah talks to them about the cure and, more personally, to Elena about her break up with Stefan and her feelings for Damon, in an effort to torment Stefan. Tyler gets a call from Rebekah to rescue his friends. Kol brings in Shane and torture him about the location of the cure, who tells him and Rebekah about Silas, and how he intends to release him, and how Silas will resurrect those who died on his behalf. Rebekah refuses to listen and Kol attempts to drown Shane, then impales him, but Bonnie manages to put a protection spell on Shane. April suffers from the spell due to a link between her and Shane. Tyler arrives and Rebekah orders him to turn. As Tyler begins to transform, he tells his friends to run for it. As they do, Stefan finds an unconscious April with Bonnie and manages to revive her, telling Bonnie to get her out. Rebekah walks up to Elena and Stefan and offers to erase Stefan's memories of Elena, but when he accepts, Rebekah goes back on her word; saying that Stefan's pain is her own revenge. At the end of the episode, April talks to the sheriff and the mayor, revealing that she knows about the supernatural and everyone's lies. Damon and Elena talk on the phone and Elena says that sire bond or not, she loves him. Damon being happy tells Elena to come to him. Rebekah comes to Stefan after he calls her and admits that she still wants the cure so she can use it on Klaus, they agree to work together. Klaus calls Jeremy, Matt, and Damon to a bar, full of people transforming into vampires.