TEXT: [PREVIOUSLY_ON] I'm Elena. I'm Stefan. Stefan voice-over: Love brought me to Mystic Falls. Elena voice-over: Love drove me away. Elena voice-over: I am not sorry that I am in love with you, Damon. We've all made sacrifices. Phasmatos, raverus un animun. [Gasp] Bonnie voice-over: I did a spell that brought you back. You can see ghosts. We can talk. Jeremy voice-over: No, you can't be dead. Uhh! Elena voice-over: Have a nice human life, Katherine. But our greatest threat is still out there. Silas. Hello, my shadow self. Man: Ooh! Uhh! Silas voice-over: And he looks just... Like... Me. Elena, voice-over: Hey, Bonnie. How is the summer almost over, and yet I feel like I got nothing done? [Music playing] [Laughter] Elena, voice-over: Sounds like you're having fun traveling with your mom. I still don't know how I'm supposed to do this whole college thing without you. [Laughs] Elena, voice-over: And Caroline agrees. She spent the summer designing the color palette for her dorm room while Tyler's been away helping some wolf pack in Tennessee. Caroline, on phone: Don't worry. I already sent them your application, Tyler. All you have to do is register for classes and show up. [Tape ripping] Elena, voice-over: Matt and Rebekah have been sending postcards. I think that they're in Amsterdam now, or was it Prague? I can't keep track. And honestly, I'm not sure I really want to. Chci te misto. Elena, voice-over: Anyway, I can't wait to see you. When do you get back? Love, Elena. Jeremy: Dear Elena. Bonnie: Wait. Don't start with "dear." Jeremy: It's bad enough you're dead. Now you're a control freak? Bonnie: I'm just saying. People don't say "dear" anymore. Jeremy
SUMMARY:
With her relationship with Damon still intact, Elena begins her freshman year of college with Caroline at Whitmore College, excited about the chance to have a normal human experience, but their good time ends badly when their roommate is brutally murdered by what seems to be another vampire. Damon is left to take care of Jeremy, who has trouble adjusting back into school after telling everyone he faked his own death. After an altercation at school, he is expelled. Bonnie, still dead doesn't want anyone to know that she is dead and has Jeremy masquerade as her. Katherine has trouble adjusting to being human again and needs Damon's help after Silas comes after her and also her other enemies who are after her as she is vulnerable. Matt says goodbye to Rebekah after their summer traveling together and runs into an old friend named Nadia. Stefan is still in the locker underwater and is hallucinating while fighting the urge to turn off his humanity.