The Vampire Diaries Season 2, Ep. 02 “Brave New World”

Caroline, a newly-turned vampire, awakens in the hospital craving blood and she quickly begins to realize what she is. Mason quizzes Tyler about his bursts of anger. Elena and Stefan try to lead normal lives, unaware of Caroline's transformation. Jeremy confronts Damon about attempting to kill him the night before. Tyler catches Mason searching for a family heirloom, a moonstone, which Mason claims he wants for sentimental value. At the carnival, Damon compels a boy named Carter into picking a fight with Tyler to provoke Tyler's bursts of anger. Mason intervenes and breaks up the fight using his abilities, proving that he is indeed a werewolf. Caroline arrives from the hospital to confront Damon for his abusive treatment of her and she forcibly lifts and throws him to the floor. After this he realizes that she has been turned into one of of the undead. He alerts Elena and Stefan as a ravenous Caroline attacks and drains Carter. Damon wants to kill Caroline, but Elena and Stefan refuse to let him. Stefan promises Caroline he will guide her through the vampiric journey. The vampire-hating Bonnie is horrified to learn what has become of Caroline, and what she did to Carter. This causes Bonnie to lash out at Damon, blaming him for all the misery that has occurred in Mystic Falls. She also almost kills him but is stopped by Elena. Tyler confronts Mason back at home, but Mason denies anything happened. This leads Tyler to take matters into his own hands; he retrieves the moonstone which Mason has been seeking. Matt notices Caroline's erratic behavior, but admits that he loves her.

The Vampire Diaries Season 2, Ep. 01 “The Return”

Picking up where the first season left off, Elena arrives home to discover Uncle John's and Jeremy's fates. At the hospital, Sheriff Forbes waits to hear if Caroline will survive the car accident. Damon, Bonnie, and Elena agree that Caroline needs some of Damon's blood in her system to make sure she pulls through. Stefan is the first to realize that Katherine has returned and is now impersonating Elena. At the Lockwood house, Bonnie meets Katherine and a short fight ensues; Stefan breaks it up. Both Stefan and Damon try to find out what Katherine wants, why she's back, and how much of a threat she is to the people they love. Tyler is surprised when his uncle, Mason Lockwood, arrives in town to console him. Katherine and Damon nearly sleep together, but Katherine tells Damon that she never loved him and that she had always loved Stefan. Distraught, Damon goes to see Elena, who resists his attempt to kiss her. Angry that Elena also loves Stefan, Damon snaps Jeremy's neck to get back at her. Jeremy survives because he is wearing John's ring, which protects him from death from supernatural forces. Katherine later goes to the hospital to see Caroline, who mistakes her for Elena, and uses a pillow to smother Caroline. Before Caroline dies, Katherine introduces herself and tells Caroline to deliver a message to the Salvatore brothers - "Game on".

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 22 “Founders day”

It's Founder's Day, and everyone is preparing for floats and fireworks. Jeremy, still alienated from Elena for lying to him about everything, seeks Anna's company; Anna gives him a vial of her blood and offers him the choice of becoming a vampire. Though Damon and Alaric team up to try to stop John Gilbert from utilizing the mysterious device to kill vampires, John sets his plan in motion, leading to a chaotic, destructive, and deadly end to the Founder's Day celebration. Caroline is severely injured in a car accident involving Tyler when he loses control of the car he, Caroline and Matt are in when Tyler suddenly sucumbs to the device being activated which generates a high-piched hertz signal, while his father Mayor Lockwood, also falls to the device signal. John kills Anna and burns many of the tomb vampires alive in the basement of an old building. Tyler's father dies along with them. Stefan realizes that, despite everything Damon has done, he does love his brother. Elena confronts John with the knowledge that he is her father, Stefan having informed her so. Bonnie saves Stefan and Damon from John's rampage for Elena's sake but tells Stefan that if Damon kills another innocent person, she will not hesitate to take him or Stefan down. Damon finally realizes that there is some good in him, and that he may actually want to become a better person. Jeremy learns of Anna's death; he drinks Anna's blood and overdoses on pain pills, hoping that his emotional pain will ease if he becomes a vampire. Damon kisses a person whom he believes to be Elena, who is then invited into Elena's house by Jenna and stabs John Gilbert, who recognizes her as Katherine, pretending to be Elena. The season ends with the real Elena entering the house and going toward the kitchen, where Katherine is...

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 21 “Isobel”

Isobel returns to town and surprises Alaric with her new cynical and cruel attitude and her demand that he arrange for her to meet Elena; despite her seeming indifference toward him, it appears that she still loves him and that she is not truly happy with her life as a vampire. When Elena and Isobel finally meet, Isobel refuses to answer most of Elena's questions, but states that she is also looking for the mysterious invention that John Gilbert has been seeking. Upon learning that Damon has the device, Isobel orders Elena to obtain the device from Damon and threatens to kill everyone Elena knows if she refuses. It soon becomes apparent that both Isobel and John are working for Katherine. Isobel attempts to intimidate Damon into giving her the device and offers to reveal Katherine's whereabouts in return, but he makes it clear that he will not tolerate her threatening him or the people he cares about, and that he no longer wants anything to do with Katherine. Isobel later kidnaps Jeremy in order to force Elena's hand, and Elena implores Damon to give her the device, which he does. Bonnie offers to remove the spell from the device, which can supposedly kill vampires; it is later revealed that Bonnie only pretended to deactivate the device, due to her vendetta against all vampires.

Elena gives the device to Isobel, who reveals that she knew Damon would surrender the device to Elena because he's in love with her. It is revealed that John is Elena's biological father, and that he and Isobel had dated in high school. John plans to use the device to kill all the vampires in Mystic Falls, including Stefan and Damon. Before leaving town, Isobel, who appears to care for Elena after all, expresses her fear that the Salvatore brothers may eventually turn Elena into a vampire - a life that she doesn't want for Elena - and that getting rid of them is the best thing she and John could do for their daughter. Anna appears and tells Jeremy that her mother was killed, and that she knows she should not be there, but she has nowhere else to go. Jeremy hugs her and attempts to comfort her.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 20 “Blood Brothers”

‘Blood Brothers’ revealed so much about the relationship the Salvatore brothers share with each other. The complexity which this episode has added to Vampire Diaries makes other shows look like child’s play … and this is exactly why I like the show so much!
As Stefan is getting over his blood thirst locked up in the basement, he drifts into past memories… of the events that lead to their transition in the first place. We find out that the brothers are discovered and shot as they try to help Katherine escape the vampire hunt. They both again regain consciousness under Emily’s care who later tells them that the two of them are transitioning as they both have Katherine’s blood in their system.
We find out that Damon willingly drinks Katherine’s blood while Stefan was forced to. Now all they have to do is feed on some human blood to complete their transition. But neither of them really wants that life now that Katherine is dead (or so they think.) So Stefan goes to meet his father and say goodbye. And here’s the biggest shocker of the episode: Stefan finds out that it was their father who had shot them and in fact he looks ashamed to see Stefan alive again! He tries to attack Stefan again while the latter resorts to self-defense. Without realizing his strength, Stefan throws his father against a wall and he ends up landing on a stake and starts to bleed. As soon as Stefan smells the blood he is overcome by an uncontrollable urge to feed and he ends up feeding on his father!!
Back at Emily’s house, Damon still doesn’t want o go on living without Katherine. Stefan feeling alive and powerful brings back a human girl and bites into her neck. Now its Damon’s turn to experience the urge to feed and eventually he also turns! This back story tells us so much about the love-hate relationship that the brothers share.
Stefan’s beef is more of a self-loathing one than about what Damon did to him although I’m sure he resents the fact that Katherine ‘chose’ to turn Damon while he was just a by product. He also feels responsible for all of Damon’s killings over the years and of course his own father’s death which I guess is the biggest blow to his will. While Damon plainly has a reason to hold a grudge against Stefan – Stefan turned him completely, against his will.
Back in the present day Mystic falls Stefan ends up spilling his guts to Elena. Stefan is consumed by self-hatred and decides to put an end to his own life. He walks out under sunlight without his ring… Elena soon finds him and convinces him not to go through with his plan. There were several conversations that I really liked at this point… They were very insightful! Damon later tells Stefan: “You brood too much… My actions, they belong to me. I own them.” I love the depth that such dialogues add to characters!
What’s even more interesting with the development of this new dimension is that Damon is somehow becoming more and more human while Stefan is taking over the beast role. I wonder if this new information about Stefan will end up changing things with him and Elena. I suppose no one missed the scene in which Damon casually sits on the couch and puts Elena’s feet on his lap…
Things changed drastically in other storylines as well. I guess Anna’s not going to take very well to losing her mother all over again. We find out that John is in control of the vampires that escaped from the tomb. He also ends up staking Pearl who later dies in Harper’s arms. John subsequently escapes and places a call to the Sheriff saying he has some useful information about the vampires in Mystic Falls. And here’s another shocker: Isobel is back in town!

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 19 “Miss Mystic Falls”

This episode titled ‘Miss Mystic Falls’ may have started out slow but it soon geared up to its usual pace and style. In fact, I thought this week’s episode was exceptional in how it portrayed Stefan’s addiction and struggle. I must say Paul Wesley slipped into the scary vampire character flawlessly! It was rather interesting to watch the Salvatore brothers playing reverse roles in this one… with Stefan being the fun-loving scary vamp and Damon being the responsible one!

So Elena confronts Stefan who tries his best to convince Elena that he’s fine but in vain. He leaves the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant in a huff and on the way convinces Amber to go with him. Now this is one of the things I like most about Vampire Diaries. Unlike other TV shows that just don’t let their hero character go too far in the wrong, Vampire Diaries boldly crosses that line! Stefan takes Amber with him into the woods and bites her!

So let’s recap. Earlier on in the show Uncle John tells Damon what he’s really after – an invention that the actual John Gilbert had created. He goes on to ask Damon if he knows a vampire named Pearl who might know a thing or two about the invention’s whereabouts. But just as soon as Uncle John asks about Pearl, Damon gets a clue that he’s full of crap. So Damon tells him just that and says if John really knew Katherine then he would’ve known that Pearl was her best friend. So Damon throw John out and even threatens to kill every member of the founder’s family if he told anyone about his identity.
And this week, Pearl approaches Damon trying to make peace and remain in Mystic Falls. As a peace offering she gives Damon one of John Gilbert’s inventions! She says she stole it a while ago thinking it was the vampire finder he had invented, but it wasn’t. So, do you think this is the same invention that Uncle John was after? I’m pretty sure it is…
In the main storyline, it turns out that Stefan has more of a drinking problem than he let on last week. Damon finds out that Stefan was the one responsible for the blood banks running dry and also that he has been lying to Elena about his problem. Damon tries to help his brother by keeping this to himself but ends up spilling the beans to Elena when it all gets too much for him to handle.
When Elena and Damon realize Amber has gone missing they go looking for her and fins Stefan feeding on her in the woods. They try to scare him off but to no avail… as viewers wonder if Stefan will actually kill Amber, in comes Bonnie with a new haircut and a whole new attitude. It’s good to have Bonnie back on the show… I actually started missing the witch’s storyline. So Bonnie uses her powers to finally drive Stefan away.
Elena then follows Stefan home and tries to tell him she can help him in vain. She then has no choice but to trick Stefan and inject him with a vervain filled dart. Damon then carries him down to the basement where they lock him in and hope this would help him get off human blood.
In other storylines, Anna and Jeremy get closer as Jeremy tells her he knows the secrets of Mystic Falls. And Anna admits that she has feelings for Jeremy. Anna also tells Damon later on that all the vampires (except Harper) from the tomb were kicked out of their house… well, I sure hope they come back at some later point in the show. It’ll be quite lame if the past week’s villains were so easily written off.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 18“Under Control”

As Stefan struggles to maintain control of his new circumstances, Elena and Jeremy's uncle, John Gilbert, unexpectedly shows up in Mystic Falls. Stefan exhibits some unusual behavior at the Founder's Day event, and things turn ugly when Damon tries to find out why John Gilbert has returned. Meanwhile, Matt and Tyler find themselves in conflict after an incident at the party when Matt sees his mother making out with Tyler, which leads to a brutal fistfight between Matt and Tyler in front of the assembled guests. Afterward, Tyler's father angrily hits Tyler for letting him lose his temper, and Matt orders Kelly to move out. Elsewhere, Elena is unable to comfort Jeremy without revealing her knowledge of vampires which causes him to take action when he decides to sneak a look at her diary.

Aired on : April 15, 2010
Written by :Barbie Kligman & Andrew Chambliss
Directed by: David Von Ancken

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 15“A Few Good Men”

Harper, the vampire who escaped from the tomb, kills a man in the woods and steals his clothes. Matt and Caroline are surprised by the sudden reappearance of Matt’s drifter mother Kelly. Stefan and Elena are worried about Damon’s new attitude. Meanwhile, Damon is asked by Sheriff Forbes to take part in a fund-raising bachelor auction and asks the Sheriff for information on Alaric. Alaric discovers that his wife Isobel was Elena's biological mother, and was turned into a vampire by Damon at her own request. He confronts Damon, and the confrontation ends when Damon stabs Alaric to death with a stake. However, Alaric comes back to life, saved by a mysterious ring that Isobel gave him. Elena is determined to find out everything she can about her birth mother, but encounters warnings -- possibly from Isobel herself -- to stay away. At the end of the episode, it is revealed that Harper will be staying with Anna and Pearl.

Aired on : March 25, 2010
Written by : Brian Young
Directed by : Joshua Butler

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 14 “Fool Me Once”

Elena wakes to find that she and Bonnie have been kidnapped by Anna and Ben. Stefan has been trying to find her and asks Damon for help, but he refuses. With help from Grams, Stefan eventually saves Elena and Bonnie. Stefan later ends up killing Ben for not obeying his order to leave town. Meanwhile, Jeremy asks Anna to a party in the woods, unaware that she has her own reasons for wanting to meet him there. With the help of Bonnie and Grams, the tomb is opened and Damon realizes that Katherine is not inside. Anna enters the tomb to find her mother Pearl and helps her escape by having her feed on Elena's blood. Stefan warns Damon that the seal of the tomb has only been temporarily broken, and Elena helps them both escape in order to not be sealed in forever. Out of the tomb, Elena sees how upset Damon is and comforts him. Damon afterward confronts Anna and Pearl, and learns that a smitten church guard had let Katherine go, and she was never inside the tomb. Anna admits to having seen Katherine in Chicago in 1983, but she was indifferent regarding Damon. At home, Bonnie checks on Grams, but finds that she has died from the strain back at the tomb. The episode ends with one of the vampires escaping from the tomb.

Aired on :February 11, 2010
Written by : Brett Conrad
Directed by : Marcos Siega

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 13“Children of the Damned”

The episode begins with Katherine and Damon in 1864. Katherine stops a carriage and attacks and feeds on the people in it. Katherine and Damon kiss. The scene fades to Damon interrupting Elena and Stefan in bed. Damon reminds them he can be trusted and then leaves. The scene fades to Damon and Katherine in 1864. In flashbacks, Stefan and Damon recall the long-ago actions taken by townspeople, including their father, Giuseppe Salvatore, leading to the devastating events that caused the rift in their relationship. In the present, Bonnie’s date with Ben takes a frightening turn when she discovers Ben is a vampire and she is kidnapped. Elena helps Stefan as he and Damon race to find the missing journal that belonged to Elena’s ancestor. Stefan learns the reason behind Alaric’s interest in both the journal and the town’s history and that the way into the tomb is in the Grimoire. Although Anna steals the journal before Stefan could take it from Alaric, Stefan got a photocopy of the journal that Alaric had made. Stefan and Elena go to Giuseppe Salvatore's grave to find Emily's spell book. Jeremy's friend Anna is revealed to be the daughter of Pearl, one of the vampires trapped in the tomb beneath the ruins of old Fell's Church. Damon takes the journal from her and goes to his father's grave. Damon finds Elena and Stefan there after they dig the Grimoire up from his father's grave. Damon takes the book. Stefan brings Elena home and goes down stairs to get her some aspirin. He then learns that Jeremy has Anna over. Stefan recognizes the name and he runs upstairs to find Elena gone.

Aired on : February 4, 2010
Written by : Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 12“Unpleasantville”

As Stefan and Damon try to figure out the identity of the new vampire in town, Stefan gives Elena more vervain-filled jewelry to protect her family and friends. Strapped for money, Matt takes a job as a busboy at the Mystic Grill, where former high school football-star Ben works as a bartender. Ben comes to Bonnie’s aid when he notices Damon is bothering her. Damon and Stefan accompany Elena to a school dance with a 1950's theme, where Alaric introduces himself to Damon. The vampire that has been stalking Elena is killed by Stefan and Damon. Before dying, he reveals that the way to get into the tomb lies in the Gilbert journal. While Jenna and Alaric are walking home from the party, Alaric tells Jenna that his wife was named Isobel, the same name as Elena's birth mother. Meanwhile, Anna keeps on trying to get close to Jeremy, because she wants to get her hands on his ancestor's journal. At the end, it is revealed that both Anna and Ben are vampires and appear to be romantically involved with each other.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 11“Bloodlines”

Damon's arrival causes the mysterious stranger to flee, and Damon frees Elena from her overturned car. Damon brings Elena with him to Georgia to see Bree, a witch and an old flame of Damon's, hoping she can help open the tomb to free Katherine. Bree calls Lee, Lexi's boyfriend (as Lexi was her friend), who wants revenge on Damon for killing Lexi. Elena saves Damon, and he kills Bree after she tells him to find Emily's spellbook. Back in Mystic Falls, Stefan opens up to Bonnie's grandmother in an attempt to help Bonnie come to terms with her new powers. Meanwhile, Jeremy meets Anna, a young woman who knows the true past of Mystic Falls. When Elena and Damon return, Stefan reveals that he saved Elena from the crash that killed her parents. Stefan also tells Elena that her parents adopted her, but knows nothing more about her parentage. He claims his love to Elena and she forgives him. Also, Alaric sits at the Mystic Grill bar and recognizes Damon as the vampire who killed his wife.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 10 “Turning Point”

Jeremy decides to return to his hobby of sketching fantasy creatures that he had stopped upon the death of his parents. Meanwhile, the vampire Logan attacks and kills several people throughout the town. Matt and Caroline continue to hang out together. He tells Tyler that he likes hanging out with Caroline. Sheriff Forbes tells Damon of a new recent attack, and he discovers Logan doesn't know who turned him. Alaric helps with a small dispute among Jeremy, Tyler and Mayor Lockwood. Logan kidnaps Caroline after a dispute with the sheriff, but Stefan and Damon save her. Logan tells Damon he knows of another way to resurrect Katherine. Elsewhere, Elena tells Stefan that she loves him and he decides to stay in Mystic Falls. Stefan and Elena then sleep together. But when Stefan goes to get a drink for Elena, she discovers the photo of Katherine and leaves his house abruptly, leaving her vervain necklace behind with the photo. Alaric confronts Logan and tells him to leave Jenna alone. Logan tries to attack him, but gets staked and dies. Elena is involved in a car crash while trying to avoid a man in the middle of the road, but realizes that the man is more than human. The last shot is of the stranger approaching the car and Elena screaming.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 09 “History Repeating”

A new history teacher arrives, named Alaric Saltzman, to replace Mr. Tanner. Jeremy notices his ring, which resembles one worn by vampires. Jeremy introduces his new teacher to Jenna, who then becomes infatuated with Alaric. Alaric asks Jenna to invite him into her home, but she refuses after realizing Jeremy is there. When Bonnie is having dreams about her wiccan ancestor Emily, the girls decide to hold a séance, enabling Emily to possess Bonnie. Meanwhile, Damon reveals the reason he really came back to Mystic Falls: to resurrect Katherine with the help of the crystal that Katherine gave to Emily on her last day when she was alive. Stefan tries to stop Damon, knowing that it'll cause a disaster in Mystic Falls due to the fact that all the vampires held in old Fell's Church were burned to death by the townspeople, and that they would take their revenge on an innocent generation of townspeople. On her way to the ruins of old Fell's Church, Damon greets Emily and reminds her about the deal they made a century and a half ago. Damon will protect Emily's line and Emily will protect Katherine. Damon goes for the crystal, and Emily uses her power to throw him up to the branch of a tree. Then Emily performs the ritual to destroy the crystal and thwarts Damon's plan. Emily releases Bonnie from possession. Furious, Damon attacks Bonnie, but Stefan saves her by making her drink his blood. Bonnie is frightened of Stefan until Elena reveals everything to her. Matt continues to be there for Caroline when she needs it. Logan returns into the picture as a vampire instead of a corpse at Elena's house, and he tries to get Jenna to invite him in.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 08 “162 Candles”

An old vampire friend of Stefan's arrives in Mystic Falls, the 350-year-old Lexi (Guest star Arielle Kebbel). She makes Elena realize the value of love, and helps her to take the first step towards renewing a relationship with Stefan. Meanwhile, Jeremy stops doing drugs and putting off homework after Damon alters his memory of Vicki's death. Elena asks Damon if there is anything else that he did to her brother but all Damon says is that he "removed the suffering". Damon gives a box of vervain to Sheriff Forbes and she reveals to him all of the vampire hunters in town... unaware about his true nature. Damon frames Lexi for the death of a local boy by altering his girlfriend's memory and changing her testimony. The police apprehend Lexi. Outside the bar, Damon stakes Lexi and kills her before she can attack the sheriff or reveal his secret. Stefan is furious about what has been done to Lexi and tells Elena that she was right by ending things with him, then he takes off and attacks Damon, but stops short of killing him. He spares Damon's life to repay Damon for saving

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 07 “ Haunted”

Stefan tries to help new vampire Vicki deal with her urge to feed, but is unable to control her. While giving Bonnie her witch costume at school, Caroline also gives Bonnie the amber crystal which Damon took from the Founder's Party. At a Halloween party at the school, Vicki attacks both Jeremy and Elena, and Stefan is forced to stake her through the heart, killing her. Stefan swears Elena to secrecy so she won't tell Matt and Jeremy what really happened to Vicki. Elena is unable to console the grieving Jeremy and asks Stefan to use his powers to make sure her brother does not remember what happened. When Stefan tells her he is unsure of it working effectively, Damon volunteers to "take away his suffering".

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 6 “Lost Girls”

Stefan explains his and Damon's past with Katherine to Elena. In 1864, they both loved a woman named Katherine Pierce, who then turned both of them into vampires. Meanwhile, Damon spends the day trapped inside the Salvatore Boarding House with Vicki. They feed off of each other and he changes her into a vampire. Stefan discovers this and attempts to persuade her to die instead of completing the transformation into a vampire by feeding on human blood. Logan uses the pocket watch that tracks down vampires and finds Stefan and Vicki in the woods. Logan shoots Stefan with a wooden bullet, thinking Stefan was attacking Vicki. Damon saves Stefan by attacking Logan. Vicki is overcome by the hunger and feeds on Logan, killing him and completing her transformation. Stefan tells Elena that Vicki has become a vampire, and Elena decides to keep this a secret, but not without ending their relationship.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 5 “You're Undead to Me”

While Damon grows weaker from being locked up in the Salvatore basement, Jeremy's and Vicki's relationship grows stronger. At the school organized car wash, Bonnie discovers more about her powers and decides to face with them. Meanwhile, Logan's charm leads to having dinner in the Gilberts' house to charm Jenna, which leads to his stealing the pocket watch. Elena finds out from a stranger that Stefan eerily resembles somebody named Stefan Salvatore he knew in 1953. This leads to Elena questioning who Stefan really is. Elsewhere, Damon uses his connection with Caroline to free himself, kill Zach, and later feeds on Vicki.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 4 “The Family Ties”

Elena and Stefan go to the town's annual Founders' Party, hosted by Tyler's parents. Vicki gets Tyler to ask her when she refuses to associate herself with Jeremy. Damon tells Elena about the history of the Salvatores after Stefan tries to cut Damon out of his life. Damon also retrieves an amber crystal from one of the historical artifacts in the Lockwood Estate. Meanwhile, Stefan uses Caroline as a vessel to poison Damon. When Damon sucks Caroline's blood, he falls ill. Once Caroline wakes up, she sees the amber crystal and puts it in her purse unaware of its power. Stefan locks up a weakened Damon at the Salvatore property with their descendent Zach to stand guard. The Founders Council, including Mayor Lockwood (Tyler's father), Carol Lockwood (Tyler's mother), Sheriff Forbes (Caroline's mother), and reporter Logan Fell, have come to the conclusion that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls due to the drained bodies, and they must retrieve a pocket watch that belongs to the Gilbert family. In the end, Vicki goes to Jeremy and they go to the bedroom.

The Vampire Diaries Season 1, Ep. 3 “”Friday Night Bites“”

The semi-psychic Bonnie tells Elena that she has a bad feeling about Stefan, so Elena decides to invite Stefan and Bonnie to dinner at her house so that they can get to know each other better. At school, Tyler attempts to humiliate Stefan by throwing a football at him, but it backfires as Stefan uses his vampire speed to effortlessly catch the ball and passes it back. Stefan ends up joining the football team. During dinner, Damon and Caroline unexpectedly show up, and Elena "invites" him into her house. Stefan gives Elena a necklace filled with vervain to protect her from Damon. When Stefan attempts to convince Damon that he still has some humanity left in him, Damon attacks and kills Mr. Tanner as a rebuttal.