Ordinary People dives in to origins, those of werewolves, vampires, and hybrids. Elena, Alaric, and Damon find ancient drawings in the tomb that give them quite a bit of insight. There are still so many questions left unanswered though. They find out that the symbols represent the originals: Klaus, Elijah, Rebecca, and one previously unknown original, Michael, the vampire turned vampire hunter and father of the other originals. They know Michael is the key in all this and now he has been awakened. They need to know more though and Elena believes Rebecca is the key.

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It’s the first day of senior year. Elena, Matt, Caroline, and Bonnie can’t help but think how much their lives have changed in the past year. Matt’s sister was alive, not a ghost trying to get him to meddle with supernatural elements to bring her back from the dead. Bonnie didn’t know she was a witch and didn’t have a back-from-the-dead boyfriend who was seeing his ghost ex-girlfriends. Caroline wasn’t a blood-thirsty vampire with a vampire-werewolf hybrid boyfriend; the first successful hybrid that is now having master dependency issues with Klaus. It was exactly a year ago that Elena met Stefan and changed her life forever. Now she is foolishly trying to get stronger and learn self-defense against a vampire who she still loves, but nearly killed her.

This week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries was full of plenty excitement, coming from so many directions. It seems once one disaster is averted there is another one around the corner; a standard of some of the show’s best episodes.

Stefan’s evil-streak was even more short-lived than expected. I figured there was still a part of the moralistic, brooding Stefan there. He still kills at command and does whatever Klaus asks of him. He continues to push Damon and Elena away at all costs, even if he has to act cold and dismissive towards those he loves the most. Still, he no longer appears to have any joy in the bloodshed. Stefan doesn’t take pride in his gory work that he did just an episode ago. Klaus quickly calls him on this, “So broody. Your self-loathing is suffocating”. Klaus is clearly losing his patience with Stefan, well aware that the good guy is seeping through the surface. There’s no fun in that for Klaus, he gets more joy from corruption. Besides, Stefan isn’t quite his ideal travel companion.

The Sun Also Rises brings us back to the sacrifice showdown. Jenna has been forced to drink vampire blood and might very well be dead now. It’s clear what Klaus’ plan is. Jenna is punishment for Damon’s meddling with his plans. She is meant to be the replacement vampire since Caroline was set free. Jules has taken Tyler’s place, which is no surprise since she’s the only other werewolf in town. Elena is moments away from her death, but even worse is the though of letting others die because of her. Even if she does rise again, it might very well be as a vampire. Her friends are hard at work trying to find a way around this, but even they have their limits considering everything they are up against.

All season has been building up Klaus coming after Elena to sacrifice her and end the curse of the sun and the moon. The Last Day brings us to the full moon where the sacrifice will be complete. Klaus has Katherine who escaped from him centuries ago, her doppelganger, Elena, and a vampire and werewolf to sacrifice along with her. Elena goes willingly, but her friends and family are still put at risk, some even kidnapped in the process.

After another one of The Vampire Diaries all too long hiatus’ the show has returned. I was a little let down that once again the writers had built up this great momentum only for the show to disappear. There was so much exciting and compelling material going on. Luckily, Know Thy Enemy got right back in to the action. As a common theme with Vampire Diaries, in this episode deceptions run wild. Aside from the Elena-Stefan-Damon team, just about every single person was deceiving the other in one way or another, resulting in plenty of surprises along the way.