Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 554 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Be Still And Know I Am...
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 20 | Aired on 2012.04.26
MFHS. Elena frantically packs up Alaric's stuff. She doesn't want some janitor coming across all this evidence that he was a vampire slayer. Stefan tries to calm her down, but Elena is at the end of her rope. She and Jeremy again have no one to take care of them and they've lost yet another friend. Stefan leads Elena into the empty gym. He reminds her it was there that Klaus compelled him to turn off his feelings. After he bit Elena he never again wanted to feel anything. Someone kept telling him it was okay to feel, no matter how much it hurt, that good or bad -- it is our emotions that make us human and that we should never lose hope. Echoing Stefan's earlier words to her, Elena says, "Who gave you that horrible advice?" Stefan smiles. "Some girl I used to date." Their sad laughs are mooted by tears. Elena cries that she doesn't have anyone, anymore. Stefan: "You have me." Yeah, 'til you start ripping people up and putting them back together, Stefan. I'm sorry. This is a beautiful scene. I'm just a little emotional right now. Anyhow, they hug, because it's that kind of night.
Crypt, Exterior. Mere exits the crypt and tells Damon she's administered a sedative to Ric. Damon is holding the new and improved Indestructo-Son of White Oak stake. He mentions that he offered to snap Ric's neck and put him out of his misery, but Ric wasn't up for it. Mere's all, this surprises you? Damon says Ric is so used to it, he thought he might prefer that to dragging it out. Then he says something about controversial choices, but I can't even. At any rate, the whole point of this scene is for Mere to convince Damon to go sit with Alaric as he dies. She does.
Inside the crypt, Damon slides down the wall and sits on the floor next to Ric. Ric cracks, "Is this the part where you give me a dream -- rainbows and rolling green hills?" Damon smirks despite himself. "I was drunk when I told you that." Ric: "Yeah and I told you I'd use it against you, damn you." Damon opens his bourbon bottle then looks at Ric. "Sorry I killed you. Twice." Alaric laughs. "So I have to actually die to get a real apology." Damon holds out the bourbon and tells Alaric to drink. Great and now a single, manly tear rolls down Ric's cheek as he says, "Actually, I've been thinking about cutting back." Damon laughs then takes a swig. "Yeah, this stuff'll kill you." Ric takes the bottle and looks at it for a moment, before he finally drinks. We cut to...