Original Air Date: 04/29/2010
Director: Liz Friedlander
Writers: Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec

While Stefan struggles to come to terms with his past, both he and Damon reveal parts of their history to Elena, until she finally learns the truth about how they became vampires. Pearl has an ugly confrontation with Johnathan Gilbert. Damon and Alaric try to find a mysterious invention before Johnathan does. The friendship and flirtation between Jeremy and Anna continues to grow

Featured Music

One Republic – “Marchin On”
Little Boots – “Click”
Robert Skoro – “In Line”
Jamie McDonald – “I’ll Be Thinking Of You”
Aron Wright – “Song For The Waiting”
We The Kings – “We’ll Be A Dream”

Quotes

Alaric: You always have to be invited in?
Damon: By the owner or person of entitlement. Short-term rentals and hotels are a bit of a gray area. You kinda gotta play it by ear.

Stefan: Thank you.
Damon: No, Stefan, thank you. You’re back on Bambi blood, and I’m the big bad-ass brother again. All is right in the world.

John: What do you think your mother would say if she knew you were dating a vampire?
Elena: Which mother?

Damon: You brood too much… My actions, they belong to me. I own them.

Stefan: If I just give myself over to the blood, I can make that pain stop. Every day, I fight that.

Damon: It is a whole new world.
Stefan: We can explore it together.

Elena: You’re not exactly innocent. You’ve made it your life mission to make him miserable.

Damon: What did you think you were gonna find? Isobel with a cigar and slippers?

Damon: Let’s not kill anyone tonight. Your words. Just pointing that out.

Stefan: You’re taking a stupid risk. I could hurt you.
Elena: Then I’m stupid.

Alaric: Can we not kill anyone tonight, please?
Damon: You just brought me along for my company.

Stefan: I don’t want to survive… after what I’ve done, I just want it to be over.

Damon: Stefan likes puppy blood… little Golden Retriever blood with floppy ears. That’s his favorite.

Damon: How’d you get this number?
Alaric: It’s on the street.

Damon: I couldn’t have him running around chewing on people with the town running around looking for vampires, could I?

Jeremy: Why would you wanna go to high school? It blows.
Anna: Do I really need to answer that?

Damon: From the moment Stefan had his first taste of human blood, he was a different person.