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Written Update & Video Vampire Diaries Season2ep15

The Dinner Party

Elena reads from the John Gilbert journals... They sit around in ye olde times at a dinner party. They thought they'd killed the vampires in the church fire. Thomas goes outside to investigate. John follows. John takes out a compass to prove there are no vampires. At first it's still, then it spins like crazy. Thomas disappears. Then he drops from above, dead. A woman follows and is soon feasted upon by a vampire whose face we don't yet see. John Gilbert narrates. He saw the vampire who killed him: Stefan Salvatore. Reading at the lake house, Elena looks at Stefan in a new light. Damon calls Stefan to report that Tyler Lockwood ran away last night. Andi Starr the reporter gets dressed at Damon's. Damon assures Stefan he's going to research and plan before going after the originals. Stefan watches Elena reading the journals and is very worried. Jenna meets with Elijah, telling her that people were in Mystic Falls about two centuries before the founding fathers even came to town. Alaric walks up to join them. He and Elijah size each other up. Elijah wants to learn about the freed slave property owners. Jenna goes to get the list. Elijah recognizes Alaric's name from Elena's list of people to protect. Jeremy meets Bonnie at the Grill. She's thinking about last night: her spell, not their kiss. Luka comes in angry. He remembers playing pool, then he woke up in a bathroom stall. Bonnie assures him everything was normal and Jeremy runs him off. Stefan comes inside, still angry that Elena agreed to sacrifice herself. She turns over the journal, saying that it has stuff he's never told her. He says they were angry at the founding families for what they did to Katherine. "He described you as a monster," she says. "I was," he says. He wants her to know the truth. He tells that in the first few weeks after he was turned he loved it. Flash back to Stefan dining on sexy young ladies, covered in blood. Damon stops him, saying he's going to get them killed and they have to be more careful. Stefan felt guilty over what he did to his dad and brother. "It sounds like you were Damon," Elena says. "I was worse," he says. At the Grill, Ric tells Damon about meeting Elijah. Jenna and Elijah come in. Andi suggests Damon host a dinner party tonight. They're in. Damon visits Katherine, who is weak and shriveled. He brings her blood and mentions that John Gilbert is back in town. Katherine isn't about to confirm if Damon's on the right track on how to kill an original, because Elijah is the one who compelled her to stay put. When Damon mentions the dagger and a white ash she begs him to release her first or she'll be stuck for eternity when Elijah dies. Damon's not inclined to help her. Stefan tells Elena about preying on soldiers in wartime and no one noticing. Then one night he saw a woman leaning over a sick soldier and followed her. It was Alexia Branson, his best friend Lexi. He brought her home and she saw all the corpses. She called him a "ripper," a bad kind of vampire. Talking about her reminds Stefan about Damon killing her. Setting up for the dinner party, Andi asks Jenna about things with Ric. She mentions John telling her things. Elsewhere, Ric worries Damon's party is a bad idea. "There's no such thing as a bad idea, just poorly executed awesome ones," Damon defends. Damon says it's just a fact finding mission. Ric seeks assurances that there are no sneak attacks planned. When Ric leaves the room, Damon preps for his sneak attack, dipping the dagger in ash. He tells Andi to get the women in the kitchen after dinner. The doorbell rings. John arrives, uninvited. Bonnie comes over to Jeremy's and is surprised to see candles everywhere. She tells him she has to check with Elena before things between them go further. Elijah arrives and tells Damon if he tries anything he'll kill everyone in the house. At dinner, Elijah says there used to be witch hunts in Mystic Falls, including witch massacres. Elena puts away John Gilbert's diary, announcing that he got crazier and crazier. Then he finds his research on the originals. She finds a drawing of a dagger and notes that says that a dagger dipped in white ash will kill an original. Elena wonders if it's true and Stefan 'fesses up that he knows it is and that John gave it to Damon. She keeps reading and it says a human has to wield it or it will kill any demon who does. John's trying to get Damon killed. Stefan calls Damon. Dinner is over and he's suggesting drinks and coffee. Damon's phone is off. Stefan tells Elena about Damon's plan. John sees Jenna blow Ric off and after she leaves, he says he suggested to her that Ric hasn't been honest about his "dead" wife. John reiterates that he wants his ring. Stefan calls Ric. Damon is alone with Elijah in the other room, pouring drinks. Elijah admits he needs to find the witch burial ground. As Elijah's back in turned, Damon picks up his dagger. But Ric and Andi bust in. Andi takes Elijah away and Ric writes a note to Damon: "The dagger will kill you if you use it." The guests gather at the table for dessert. Andi wants to ask Elijah about his research. She sends Ric for her notebook then follows when he can't find it. Jenna works on dessert in the kitchen. Damon sits down and glares at John, knowing that John set him up. He mentions to Elijah that Elena hates John and so there's no need to put him on the list. With only John, Andi, Damon and Elijah at the table Elijah explains that he can take Elena away at any moment and -- all of a sudden he gasps for breath and a knife comes out his chest. Alaric has just stabbed him with the dagger through the back of the chair. Elijah gasps, turn grey and dies. It is awesome. Andi looks on, horrified. John is surprised. Damon is impressed. "Now get rid of him, before Jenna comes back with dessert," Rick says calmly to Damon. At the house on the woods, Elena and Stefan fight over him keeping things from her. He says back then he had given up hope, like she is now. Flash back to Lexi teaching him how to be a better vampire, including allowing himself to feel pain and love. Ric and Damon take Elijah's body down to the basement. Ric tells Damon he shouldn't have lied about his plans. Stefan gets the call and reports to Elena that Elijah is dead. Elena goes back to the Gilbert journal. Then she reads that as long as the dagger stays in place, the original stays dead. Stefan runs to his phone. Cut to Damon opening the cellar door. Elijah is gone. Elijah appears on Jonah's doorstep. He wants to find Elena, now. Bonnie practices her magic, channeling power from candles to light flame. Jeremy suggests she channel from him. Suddenly, Jonah busts in. He throws Jeremy against the wall and grabs Bonnie around the throat, demanding to know what Luka told her. Then he recites a spell, saying it's for her own good. He says if any harm comes to Luka, she'll answer for it. He leaves and Jeremy runs to her, asking what Jonah did. He took her powers. Elijah walks up outside the lake house. Stefan can sense he's there. He busts down the door, but can't come in. Elena goes to talk to him, saying inside the house. She wants to renegotiate. He thinks she has nothing to bargain with. She says she'll kill herself, Stefan will feed her his blood, she'll kill herself again and turn, just like Katherine did. Then she's no use to him. She wants him to promise not to harm anyone she loves, even if they harm him. Elijah thinks about it, then says he's going to call her bluff. And so Elena stabs herself in the gut. Elijah runs to her, telling her she can have her deal and to let him heal her. Stefan patiently waits inside. Elena stumbles out the doorway and into Elijah's arms, and then SHE stabs Elijah through the heart. Elijah dies again. And when Damon appears in the doorway, we know she had the real knife. And Elijah really is dead. Stefan races to Elena and feeds her his blood to heal her. Back home, Ric checks in on Jenna. She asks him what happened to Isabelle. She says she's trying to trust him but doesn't think he's being honest. She asks if he's being honest. He says nothing. "Well, that was an answer," she says, and leaves in tears. John steps out of the shadows and says he can tell Jenna about Isabelle tomorrow. Ric gives the ring to John, saying that after what he pulled with Damon, he'll need it. Elena and the boys put Elijah in the cellar, making sure to keep the dagger in him. Elena agrees to fight, but announces they're doing things her way from now on. They agree. Damon asks Stefan how he changed her mind. Stefan says he told her about Lexi and asks pointedly if Damon remembers her. Flash back to Damon with a packed bag, leaving the house. Lexi tells him he might think he has his hate under control, but he doesn't. He says he and Stefan are at "irreparable odds" and asks her to help Stefan. He leaves. Damon comes into his bedroom to hear his shower running. He assumes it's Andi. It's not. Katherine is free. She tells him she knew if she begged him not to kill Elijah, he would. Apparently, she knew when an original dies, their compulsions die with them. She's out. But she promises to stay and help them.
P recaps.....The House Guest
The Salvatore Brothers and Elena realize that their only option is to take advantage of Katherine's knowledge of Mystic Falls, despite her continuous mind games, as it is key to helping them stay alive. Caroline discovers a new way to get Matt's attention. Alaric confesses to Jenna, whilst Katherine herself has her own confession to make. Stefan and Bonnie try to pursuade Jonas and his son to work together with them, however Jonas has a different idea. His lack of coorperation turns the discussion into a violent and fiery confrontation, despite thier want for peace.
Video of Episode 15 The Dinner Party