Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 106 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT The Human Diary
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.05.2013
Katherine and Stefan pull apart before Caroline gets an eyeful. She says it was so quiet she got worried. I guess her vampiric hearing is on the fritz today, because she was standing right over the safe. Hell, I've seen these people stand outside and run motors to distract from vamp audio when the vampire was down in the Salvatore dungeon. This is ridiculous. Once they're out of the safe, Caroline gives Stefan a big hug. Over her shoulder, Stefan can't take his eyes off Katherine. We cut to...
Whitmore Dungeon. Aaron arrives on the scene. Damon is less thrilled than Elena is to see, "Mini-Wes." Aaron says he has no idea what Wes was doing down there, but when Elena asks for his help, Aaron says he needs to know the truth. "When you met me at Megan's memorial, you asked me a bunch of questions."
As he's talking, Aaron struggles to load the gun. When he drops some ammo, Damon can't resist. "Slick hands, cowboy." Aaron says, "Yeah, well I've never used a gun before and I've never killed anyone either." Aaron assumes Elena is the vampire who killed Megan. Elena tries to explain that Megan died in Whitmore House, into which Elena hadn't yet been invited.
Aaron doesn't want to listen. Gun finally loaded, he points it at Elena. "Wes also said that a vampire killed my parents." Elena tells him that's impossible, but Aaron wonders, "Why else would you be so interested in me?" Damon tells him to calm down. Aaron's not wearing his thinking cap, because he turns to Damon, who is in the cell next to Elena and says, "She's a vampire." Who do you think you're telling, baby?
Damon's voice is loud and clear. "Not the one who killed your parents. That was all me." Aaron lowers his gun. "What did you just say?" He walks from Elena's cell to Damon's, then again aims his weapon. "Start talking." Elena hisses at Damon. "What are you doing?" Keeping his eyes on Aaron, who has heard none of this backstory, Damon says, "In 1958, after the fire, Enzo was dead, so I had to take on my revenge plan, solo." We flash back to...
1953. Damon finishes carving his initial and the year into the rock wall of his cell. Slumping to the floor, he tells Enzo, "I can see it. After I've finished taking out the entire Augustine society, I'll kill every member of the Whitmore family." Enzo says, "Boo! I said use your imagination."
Damon voice is dreamlike. "Except one person. I'll let that person grow up and start a family and then I'll start killing Whitmores again." Enzo smiles, but doesn't interrupt. Damon says, "Then I'll take out the generation after that, leaving only one person to carry on the name. And then I'll take out the generation after that. And so on. And so on. And so on." Enzo smiles first, but Damon's not far behind. We flash forward to the...