TEXT: [Salvatore's House] (Elena enters Alaric's cell with a bag) Elena: Alaric? Alaric: Yeah? Still me. You know you shouldn't be in here. Defeats the point of the whole being locked in a cellar thing Elena: Well, you still need the basics. Toothbrush, clothes, some boring books to help you sleep (He takes a book from the bag) Alaric: "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"? (She takes the book from his hands) Elena: What? No, I got... Damon. Thinks he's hilarious Alaric: At least one of us still has a sense of humor Elena: Are you sure that you... I mean, you don't have to be kept in here Alaric: Oh, no, this is... Ah, this is the right place for me to be. At least until you guys can convince my highly uncooperative alter ego to confess where I... or...he hid the white oak stake Elena: We looked everywhere. You...The other you hid it well Alaric: What's Klaus going to do if you can't find it? Elena: It's the only thing that will kill him, so... Wage war. Murder people. You know, Klaus stuff. Listen... (She takes a chair and sits down in front of him) Elena: Stefan is going to watch over you for a little while. Now that Klaus knows where Jeremy is, it's not safe. So... Damon and I are going to go to Denver to pick him up Alaric: Why do you say that like you're waiting for me to disapprove? Elena: I don't know. Me and Damon, traveling across the country Alaric: Well, I guess I'm more curious to hear what Stefan has to say about it Elena: Actually, it was his idea. He thinks that I have some unresolved feelings for Damon Alaric: Do you? Elena: I guess that's why I'm going on this trip. So I can figure it out (Stefan is in front of the fireplace. Damon enters and puts his bag with the others) Damon:
SUMMARY:
Stefan tells Elena he believes she has feelings for Damon. He sends them on a trip together: first, to make sure Jeremy is safe in Denver and to see if his special abilities can reveal from which Original they are descended and second, to find out if Elena has feelings for Damon. While they are gone, Stefan will try to get the location of the final white oak stake out of Alaric's alter-ego. Damon and Elena find Jeremy and ask him to talk to Rose on the other side, but they are interrupted by Kol, whom Damon neutralizes with a stake. Damon and Elena take Jeremy to a motel where he speaks to Rose who sired Katharine who in turn sired the Salvatore brothers. She tells them she was sired by Mary Porter and that she'll find out where Mary is. Meanwhile, Stefan fails at trying to get the location of the stake out of Alaric until Klaus comes by and snaps Alaric's neck. Back in the motel, Damon and Elena give in to their passion and kiss. Meanwhile, Stefan is forced to beat up Alaric to trigger his evil alter-ego, who, after some persuasion, tells Stefan that the last white oak stake is in the cave, where no vampire can get it. Meanwhile, Damon, Elena and Jeremy go to the house where Mary lives. Damon and Elena go inside and find Mary staked on the wall. Kol has murdered Mary before Damon and Elena talk to her. Kol then beats Damon up with a metal baseball bat to get even with him. Damon later asks Elena about the kiss, and she admits that Stefan thinks she loves him and was testing her feelings. Damon becomes upset and tells her he is not going to make this decision easy for her, that she must decide completely on her own. Caroline is thrilled when Tyler returns to town, but Tyler soon suspects that something has been going on between Caroline and Klaus, when he finds the picture Klaus drew for Caroline. Elsewhere, Matt has his hands full trying to keep Rebekah busy organizing the school's upcoming 1920s Decade Dance so Caroline can spend some romantic time with Tyler. Esther shows up at Klaus' house where she confronts Rebekah and dies after undergoing a strange fit. At the end of the episode it is revealed that Esther tricked Rebekah into giving her body to her and she wants alter-ego Alaric to work with her.