Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 9 “Katerina”--Original Airdate: November 11, 2010
By OBS staff member Annabell CadizBulgaria, 1490
A woman is giving birth. Another woman is helping her in her delivery. The woman turns out to be Katerina. She asks to hold the child but her father commands the mother to not let her. He takes the new baby girl. Katerina begs for him to let her hold her daughter at least once but her father refuses, saying she has disgraced their family. She starts crying and pleading for her daughter. Katerina’s mother takes her daughter in her arms, attempting to console her and tell Katerina she must let her daughter go.
Back in the present:
Elena goes to Stefan and Damon’s house. Damon opens the door with that mischievous grin of his (I can’t seriously be the ONLY woman would like to kiss him, right?! Darn that beautiful face!). Elena asks if Stefan is home, Stefan had called her and said it was important. Damon moves to the side so she can walk into the house. Elena asks Stefan what’s up. Stefan just turns to the side, revealing Rose, much to Elena’s surprise. They head into the living room. Rose explains that the annoying thing about vampire legends is its hard to tell which are true and which aren’t. But she does know for a fact that Claus is real. Elena wants to know who he is. Damon answers Claus is one of the Originals, a legend. Stefan adds Claus is from the first generation of vampires. Elena asks if he means like Elijah. Rose: “Ugh! No, he’s an Easter bunny compared to Claus. Elijah is a foot soldier. Claus is the real deal.” Stefan explains Claus is known to be oldest.
Elena: “So you’re saying the oldest vampire in the history of time is after me?”
Stefan: “No.”
Rose: “Yes.”
Damon: “What they’re saying is, I mean what she’s saying is true.
Rose injects: “Which it is.”
Damon: “And you’re not just saying this so we won’t kill you.”
Rose: “Which I’m not.”
Damon: “Then we’re looking at a solid maybe.”
(Great odds, huh) Stefan adds she’s fine because Elijah is dead and no one else knows about her. Rose injects saying that they know of. Damon makes a smart comment: “That’s not helping” toward Rose’s direction. Stefan isn’t so sure Claus isn’t some made up bedtime story. He’s never met him and doesn’t know anyone who has. Rose determinedly wants them to understand that Claus is real and when he wants something he gets it. If you’re not afraid of Claus then you’re an idiot. Elena gets up to leave and Stefan asks where she’s going. Elena responds she’s going to school, she’s late. Stefan tells her to hold on, he’ll grab his stuff and go with her, but Elena just tells him she knows where the school and walks out. Damon makes the comment Elena is denial to Rose. Stefan tells him to shut up.
Bonnie is walking to class and drops her books. Jeremy comes running up behind her, laughing at her. He helps her pick up her books. Bonnie asks him where Elena is. Jeremy said Elena told him she’d be running a little late. Jeremy asks Bonnie what she’s doing later, they can head to the Grill and play pool. Bonnie asks him why, he’s never asked her to hang out before, why now. Jeremy says he just thought it would be fun but never mind. Bonnie says no, she’ll go. Jeremy laughs. Bonnie explains she’s just really bad at pool. Jeremy laughs again. A dude walks over to them asking where the front office is. Jeremy explains where to find the front office and asks the guy if he’s new at the school. The new dude says yes and tells him his name is Luca. Jeremy introduces himself and Bonnie. Bonnie doesn’t say a word, she just stares at Luca all dreamily (No offense to this Luca kid but how could you POSSIBLY take your eyes off of Jeremy’s beautiful face! If Bonnie doesn’t want him I’ll have him!) Jeremy tells Luca he’ll help him find the front office since it can be pretty crazy navigating around the school.
Elena is walking through the woods with a leather brown suitcase with Caroline at her side. She’s instructing Caroline to tell anyone who asks about her that she left school early and went home because she wasn’t feeling well. Caroline can’t believe she agreed to help her, she admits she’s a terrible lair. Elena tells her to just keep Stefan busy then he can’t know what she’s up to. Caroline doesn’t think it will work, she knows Stefan is going to see right through her. Elena asks as her friend does she promise to keep her secret. Caroline agrees. She asks why doesn’t Elena want Stefan to know. Elena knows Stefan would never be okay with what she’s about to do. Elena walks down into the tomb where Katherine is locked up, Caroline right behind her. Caroline questions Elena to make sure she really wants to go through with seeing Katherine. Elena tells her yes because Katherine is the only one who knows the truth about Claus and the only one who can tell her how to stop Claus. Caroline reminds Elena she’s asking the truth from someone who’s probably never spoken the truth. Elena knows but she can’t just back and wait. Caroline moves aside the door to Katherine’s tomb. Caroline moves back. Elena yells out Katherine’s name but Katherine doesn’t respond. Elena turns her head back and tells Caroline she’ll be okay. Caroline gives her a skeptical look. Katherine shuffles out of the darkness. Her hair is a mess, she looks ash white pale, and has bags under her eyes. She looks at Elena and says hello, her voice sounding like sandpaper.
Katherine asks why Elena came to watch her wither away. She looks at Caroline and tells her goodbye (rudely). Elena reminds Caroline as long as stays on the other side of the door Katherine can’t hurt her. Caroline walks out of the underground tombs. Elena walks a little closer to Katherine’s tomb and places the leather brown suitcase on top of some rocks. Katherine asks does Stefan know she’s there. Elena tells Katherine she brought her some things. Katherine retorts she came to bribe her, what is it she wants. Elena tells her she wants to know more about Claus. Katherine looks slightly impressed. Elena takes out the big leather bound journal of Katherine’s family’s history. Elena points out in the journal it says the family line ended with Katherine but obviously that can’t be true. Katherine gets annoyed and tells Elena does she think by bringing some family keepsakes that would get her to open up. Elena puts the journal down and tells Katherine she also brought her another gift, she then holds up a bottle of blood. Katherine reacts instantly, attempting to run to Elena but the spell around the tomb keeps her locked away. Katherine sinks down to the ground and Elena pours some of the blood into a small cup. She slides the cup over to Katherine using a stick. Katherine drinks greedily. Elena asks if she wants more blood. Katherine puts the plastic cup on the ground and Elena scoots it over to herself and pours more blood into it as Katherine begins to tell her about Claus.
“It’s a long story, Claus and I. It goes all the way back to England, 1492 after I left Bulgaria . . . Well, I was thrown out.” (She drinks more blood) Elena asks what happened. Katherine continues: “My family, your true ancestors, they disowned me. My indiscretions were not tolerated at that time. I had a baby out of wedlock, the shame.” (Here she’s just mocking her ancestors, sarcastic tone of voice) Elena asks if her giving birth was kept a secret. Katherine: “My baby was given away. I was banished to England and I had to learn to adjust so I quickly became English (her voice changing to a British accent). It was there that I caught the eye of a nobleman named Claus. I was taken with him at first until I found out what he was and what he wanted from me and then I ran like hell.”
The scene switches back in time. Katherine running through the woods, frantically. She trips and crawls over to hide behind a tree. Three men who are vampires are in the woods, they know she is somewhere near. One of the man is Elijah but he has longer hair, its curly and dark brown. He yells Katerina’s name, telling her he knows she is there, he can smell her blood. He tells her it’s pointless to run, Claus will find her wherever she is. Trevor shows up and points Elijah in a different direction telling him there’s more blood in that direction. Elijah leaves with the others. Katerina gets up to run but Trevor shows up. He places a hand over Katerina’s mouth and looks around. He tells her to head East, he can’t hold them at bay much longer. Katerina is tired, she can’t run much longer. Trevor tells her there’s a cottage, she will be safe there and tells her to go. Katerina runs.
Back to present day: Elena asks Katherine what did Claus want. Katherine: “The same thing that he’ll want from you. He wants to break the curse.” Elena adds by sacrificing the Petrova doppelganger. Katherine: “He wanted to drain every single drop of blood from my body.” Elena looks at her horrified.
Rose is crying. Damon interrupts and tells her he needs some answers. Rose gets up and wipes her eyes. Damon can’t believe she’s crying over her buddy Trevor who lost his head. Rose asks as he always been so sensitive. Damon tells her that’s what the whole vampire switch if for, it takes care of the whole emotional thing Rose says she’ll trade with him. Damon wants to know if that’s some kind of dig at him. Rose says its just an observation. Must be hard for him to be in love with his brother’s girlfriend. Damon scoffs and says he’s not in love with anyone. Rose asks if he wants to try that again. Damon moves right to her face and tells Rose not to get on his bad side. Rose tells him then he can show her his good side. He asks Rose how does he find Claus. Rose explains one doesn’t find Claus, he finds you. Damon doesn’t buy it, someone must know someone who knows where Claus is. Rose tells him he can add another two hundred somebody’s to the list and he still won’t even be close. Damon wants to know how Rose got in touch with Elijah. Rose explains through a very low somebody on the totem pole. Damon just gives her a pointed look. Rose tells him a guy named Slater in Richmond is how she was able to get in touch with Elijah. Damon says perfect, he’ll drive. Rose reminds him not all vampires can walk in the sun like he can. Damon tells her then fine she can drive and starts walking out of the room, telling Rose to follow.
Caroline is running out of school, chasing after Stefan. She tells him she needs to talk to him and asks him where he’s going. Stefan explains he’s going to Elena’s house, he wants to check up on her since she went home sick. Caroline at first tells Stefan to ditch her but Stefan says he’s worried about her so Caroline decides to try to play the guilt slash I’m an idiot card by telling Stefan to forget it he should just go check on Elena, she’ll talk to him later (insert sad face here). Stefan wants to know what she wants to talk about. Caroline tells him she might have done something. Stefan asks what does she mean. Caroline tells him she told Tyler she’s a vampire. Stefan looks at her disappointed and serious.
Elena is sliding another cup full of yummy (my own sarcasm) blood to Katherine. Elena is asking Katherine what the Petrova bloodline has to do with Claus. Katherine picks up the cup of blood: “It’s really tedious but (she drinks the blood) the curse was bound by Petrova blood. Witches are crafty with their spells. The doppelganger was created as a way to be able to undue the spell. Once the doppelganger reappears, the curse can be broken.” Elena: “So you ran before he killed you?” Katherine: “Something like that.”
Another trip down memory lane:
The scene switches back to Katherine or Katerina in the 1492 running through the woods. It’s daylight now and she finally managed to find the cottage. She bangs on the door, asking for someone to help her. The door is open by a much older woman. Katerina begs her for help. The older woman refuses, saying she doesn’t invite strangers into her home. She moves to close the door but Katerina tells her Trevor sent her, he said she would help him. Another voice from the behind the woman emerges: “Damn him, always making promises I don’t want to keep,” and the older woman opens the door wider to reveal Rose. She has shoulder length light brown hair, flowing freely, she looks a little younger. She commands the older woman to let Katerina in. Rose leans toward the older woman as Katerina sits down and compels the older woman telling her to bring Katerina water and something to eat. Katerina looks up at Rose and show her the moonstone, Trevor said it was the only way she could prove who she was to Rose and Rose would help her find freedom. Rose looks scared now. She can’t believe Katerina stole the moonstone from Claus. Katerina explains it was to be apart of the sacrifice ritual so she grabbed it and made her escape. Rose explains no one escapes from Claus, anyone who tries winds up back in his grasp and anyone who helps winds up dead. Katerina tells her she knows the risk she brings upon herself for giving him aide. Rose tells her she is risking nothing, at nightfall she will take Katerina back to Claus and beg him to show them both mercy. She grabs Katerina and throws her into the bedroom, locking the door.
Return to the present day:
Damon and Rose have drive into a parking garage. They get out of the car and Damon asks Rose how does she even know Slater is really there. Rose explains she called him and Slater is always there. Damon pins Rose to a wall and tells her (with a smile on his face and happy voice--scary! But somehow still sexy): “If you’re setting me up in any way I will rip your heart out and shove it down your throat. Something I’m very good at.” Rose quickly twist Damon’s arm and pins him up against the car: “I’m older than you and stronger. Don’t get on my bad side.” She let’s Damon go and tells him he can trust her. She walks off, Damon follows. They enter a café through the back entrance. Damon points out the sunlight streaming into the café. Rose explains its tempered glass, UV rays can’t penetrate. Slater walks over to them and Rose hugs him. Slater asks her what she’s doing there. Rose says it’s a long story and tells him she wants him to meet Damon. Slater already knows who he is, he was turned in 1863 by Katherine a.k.a Katerina Petrova. Damon looks at him like he’s a nut job. Slater shakes Damon’s hand and asks Rose what’s going on, where’s Trevor. Rose just looks sadly at Slater.
Elena is still talking to Katherine. “Rose never ended up taking you back to Claus, did she?” Katherine: “No but not because she had a change of heart.”
And down the rabbit hole we go again (Back to 1492)
Rose walks into the bedroom with a rope in her hand. She tells Katerina it’s time to go. She sees Katerina has a huge open wound in her side, blood enveloping her dress. Rose asks how she got it. Katerina tells her she got it in the woods, she had tripped. Rose says that’s a lie, she would have smelled it. Katerina begs her to just let her die, she rather die than go back to Claus. Rose can’t let her die, if she dies than Claus will kill Trevor. She slices open her wrist with her teeth and forces Katerina to drink her blood.
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