The Originals penultimate episode “The Battle of New Orleans,” aired tonight and it set us up for an amazing finale next week! Check out the recap and let us know what you thought.
The Ultimate Ring
-On their way back to the Quarter with stones for the moonlight spell, Jackson and Oliver get stopped on the road by Marcel, armed with a punch of cops.
-Josh is hanging with Davina in the sun, and she wants him to leave now that he has a daylight ring. But he doesn’t want to.
-He makes a promise that if there’s a war coming, he’ll leave before he’s caught up in it.
-Genevieve is working on the spell to make the ring that keeps the werewolves curse under control.
-Klaus wants her to make about 100, even though that’s not the deal she signed up for with Elijah.
-To ensure her help, Klaus offers her his mother’s grimoire.
-At the bar, Cami is working on deciphering the message on the box she found in her brother’s crypt.
-Francesca stops by, demanding the key. Cami doesn’t want to give it to her, but she has until tomorrow before Francesca gets unfriendly.
-Marcel tortures Jackson to find out what’s going on, but he won’t give so he threatens his brother, Oliver.
-They make a deal, and let Oliver go.
-Klaus knows that Jackson got kidnapped, and knows Marcel took them, and also that Davina cloaked him. So he uses Josh as leverage and bites him.
Secrets
-Klaus shows Davina he bit him, and demands her to tell him where Marcel is. She does, but Klaus doesn’t heal Josh because he needs Davina.
-Cami finds out that her uncle had a room in a place totally unknown to her, and goes in to see what he kept there.
-It was the address that was written on the box in the crypt, but it’s empty (save a fridge and table)
-She sees a closet, and it has a false back. Within it is another room, filled with paperwork and old and weird artifacts. And a box that says “For Cami.”
-Haley is freaking out, and Genevieve tries to calm her. She points out the moonlight ring spell can’t be done until the moon reaches its apex. A long time to wait.
-Klaus finds Jackson, and there’s a bomb attached to his chair If he gets up, then it’ll go off.
-He lifts the lid of a box, and the bomb goes off but Elijah goes to save Jackson before it does.
Kiss, Marry, Kill
-No surprise, everyone made it out alive.
-Klaus is upset that the stones are now out of his possession, so he meets with Francesca to procure them. She doesn’t have enough for an army, but she does give him a few of the stones.
-Back at home, Haley informs Elijah that she was supposed to be betrothed to Jackson. She wants him to tell her she has a choice, and he kisses her and says she does.
-Genevieve is almost ready, but she needs the blood of a werewolf that doesn’t turn on the full moon. She thought Haley, but Klaus says no. He uses his.
-Marcel meets with his vamp followers, tells them about Klaus’ plan to make werewolves venomous 24/7.
-He wants to stand against him again, and they’re with him. They’re gunna go to their house, kill Genevieve and destroy the spell book before leaving.
Not So Human
-Francesca warns Klaus, Haley and Elijah that Marcel is on the move. Elijah goes with Klaus to ward them off while Haley stays with Francesca and makes sure Genevieve completes the spell.
-Marcel offers Klaus one last chance to leave, but he doesn’t take it.
-Klaus leaves to take care of Marcel while Elijah fends off the gang of vampires.
-During their fight, Marcel tell Klaus that he never went after Haley.
-Cami discovers that Francesca is not actually a human, but a Guerrero werewolf (thought to be extinct).
-Haley gets a call from Cami, but she ignores it.
-Francesca made a deal with Genevieve, and she’s taking the stones to her family in the Bayou. She kills her guard to activate the werewolf curse.
-Haley tries to stop her, but Genevieve makes her pass out.
Never Trust a Witch
-Klaus bites Marcel as they fight, but some spell by Genevieve is also slowly incapacitating Klaus.
-Cami leaves a voicemail for Haley telling her about Francesca.
-Francesca then shows up at Elijah’s place and her brothers attack and bite Elijah, then go after the rest of the vamps.
-Genevieve made the stones use Klaus’ power, so whenever a werewolf doesn’t turn it takes away his supernatural abilities during it.
Bring Back the Dead
-Davina is with Josh, trying to help when Mikael, Klaus’ dad shows up again.
-He says that as long as Klaus is there, she will suffer; and he’s the only one who can remove Klaus.
-All Davina has to do is raise him from the dead.
-Francesca shows up to Oliver, and she offers him a stone for the ring. He sides with her.
-Marcel shows up at the Mikaelson manner, upset at the carnage.
-Cami also shows up, but he tells her to get away.
-Genevieve takes Haley to the church, and the baby is coming now.
-They explain the ancestors want her baby, and she struggles to get away but doesn’t.
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