Posted:
Written Update & Video The Vampire Diaries S3 EP10

The New Deal

We open with Bonnie walking into a dark house and going downstairs. She finds four coffins. Inside one of them is Klaus. When she goes to grab for the bracelet in his hand she wakes up. Elena is paranoid that people are out to get him. She tells Bonnie about being afraid of Klaus. Bonnie mentions her recurring dream and Elena wonders if it's a witch dream. Elena hasn't heard from Stefan. Damon and Alaric go to see Jeremy at his job. He copied a midterm paper straight off the internet and got an F. They are told he was fired last week. Tyler and Jeremy drink beer in the woods while Jeremy shoots targets with Alaric's crossbow. Tyler asks about Alaric. Elena tells Damon she thinks Jeremy is "spiraling." Klaus shows up at the grill with Tony, a hybrid who was following Elena earlier. Klaus wants to know how to find Stefan. He tells Damon that his brother "stole from me." We see what looks like another of Bonnie's casket dreams. She heads downstairs but finds no coffins. She turns around to see . . . Stefan. He says he needs her help. He wants her to help her hide four coffins. She worried about not having enough power. Jeremy tells Elena and Alaric he's been hanging out with Tyler. When they don't want him to leave, he promptly invites Tyler in. Klaus asks Damon if he knows where Stefan might be. Alaric asks Tyler about the difference between being sired and compelled. Tyler says sired is "like faith" and he owes Klaus for releasing him from a curse. He admits that if Klaus asked him to rip out his own heart he'd do it. Klaus talks about Stefan stealing his family members. To show how serious he is about finding Stefan, Klaus makes a call and tells someone to do "the thing" he told him to do. Cut to Tyler saying he has to leave. When Elena and Alaric turn around they find Jeremy is gone. Out front he's standing in the middle of the street. An SUV comes screaming towards him and he doesn't move. At the last minute Alaric shoves him out of the way but is hit himself. Tony was behind the wheel. Tyler goes to meet Klaus and isn't happy when he hears what happened to Alaric. Klaus says the point was to send Elena's family a message, but Tyler didn't want anyone to be killed. Alaric is dead, but he was wearing his ring. Jeremy doesn't have his bracelet. Damon thinks this was Klaus sending a message and says they need to find four originals to get him off their case. Jeremy thinks they should just leave. Elena calls Bonnie to say that Klaus is looking for the same number of coffins she's been seeing in her dreams. She wants Bonnie to help find Stefan. Bonnie tells her she knows where to find him. Elena and Damon go to see Stefan. Because of a spell Damon is unable to go inside. Elena tells Stefan that Klaus will kill Jeremy if he doesn't get what he wants: "That's not my problem," Stefan says. Damon sends Elena home to be with Jeremy and tries to brave the inside of the house, which is blocking his resistance to sunlight. He goes downstairs to see Stefan. They start to fight and it spills outside. Stefan tells Damon he ruined the plan to kills Klaus to save him. Jeremy yells at Tyler for helping set him up. Tyler warns him to go home and get inside. He says Klaus isn't done with him yet. Elena comes home to find Alaric awake. But something is wrong, he starts coughing up blood and the paramedics arrive. Tony arrives and compels the paramedics to leave. He wants Elena to invite him in so he can save Alaric with his blood. Jeremy shoots Tony from behind with a crossbow, then cuts off his head. Stefan tells Damon that Klaus' family is his one weakness. Damon wants in on any plan to kill Klaus. Stefan shows Damon that the coffins are, in fact, there in the house, but are being hidden by the spirits. Alaric is back on his feet and leaves the hospital against medical advice. Klaus drops by to see Elena. She says she has something to show him and takes him to the daggered Rebekah. He agrees to spare Jeremy. She again says she doesn't know where to find Stefan but he doesn't believe her. If he doesn't find the rest of his family he'll kill somebody else in hers. She sys Stefan doesn't care about her anymore. She thinks that Rebekah knows he killed his mother and will want him dead. Jeremy picks up Alaric at the hospital. He can't figure out why his ring didn't work. Damon comes home to find an emotional Elena. He tells her "it's going to be okay." She tells him about the deal with Klaus and Rebekah. He thinks it's a mistake to trust that Klaus won't let Rebekah kill her. Elena doesn't think it's fair her 16-year old brother has to go through all of this. Rebekah starts moving her fingers. Klaus apologizes to her unconscious body and sticks the dagger through her heart. Elena and Alaric have Damon compel Jeremy to leave Mystic Falls for Denver and never come back. Stefan tells Bonnie he is unable to open one of the coffins. They think it's a spell. Bonnie believes whatever is inside will provide them some answers. Damon tells Elena that Jeremy is lucky to have her as a sister. She doesn't know what she'd do without him. He tells her the good reason Stefan had for screwing them over. Damon says he feels guilty for "wanting" her. He starts to leave, then comes back and kisses her.
P recaps...Our Town
Although Caroline is in no mood to celebrate her 18th birthday, Elena , Bonnie and Matt surprise her with a small party in an unusual location. Damon and Stefan disagree on the best way to handle Klaus, and a reckless Stefan decides to test his theory by taking things to dangerous extremes. Bonnie is concerned when Elena tells her about Jeremy's new plans. At a Founder's meeting, Alaric once again runs into Dr. Fell, who is in the middle of an argument with her ex-boyfriend, the medical examiner. Tyler refuses to go along with Klaus' latest demand, and is surprised when Klaus seems to accept his decision.
Video of Episode 10