Make sure to tune in tonight to catch Paul Wesley’s directorial debut with The Vampire Diaries season 5, episode 18, “Resident Evil.” Before the episode, check out all you need to know right here.
Last time on ‘The Vampire Diaries’
In case you need a little refresher on the events of last episode, Caroline and Enzo ran off to find and kill Tom, Stefan’s doppelganger, in order to please the Travelers and free Stefan from their grasp. Caroline found Tom first, but couldn’t find it in her to kill him. She instead snaps Enzo’s neck and tells Tom that she is going to get him out of there. Before she could do anything about it, Enzo kills Tom and just like that, the deed is done.
After that, Caroline goes back to Stefan and they get cozy in Stefan’s little abode in the back seat of an SUV in a junkyard. They then hear the Travelers doing their creepy chanting thing again and sneak off to investigate. Sloane sets one of them on fire, and suddenly they all burst into fire, dying and passing through Bonnie one at a time. Bonnie passes out from the shock and her shadow walks away from her and turns into Marcos.
While all of this is going on, Elena and Damon are dealing with their own drama, including Liv. Liv tries to kill Elena to put a stop to the Travelers, but Damon stops her. Jeremy keeps Damon from killing Liv, but we’re sure she’s not entirely done trying.
Damon and Elena also have a chat about their relationship. Elena is tired of them doing bad things in the name of being with each other, and she packs her bags to return to Whitmore, telling Damon not to come with her, because she knows she won’t be able to pull away again.
Phew! That’s a lot to remember, but now that’s out of the way, check out all the goodies we know about tonight’s episode of The Vampire Diaries season 5, “Resident Evil.”
Synopsis
PAUL WESLEY MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT — Both Stefan and Elena are suddenly having unsettling dreams of an alternate version of the life they might have had together. Bonnie has a disturbing encounter with Grams (guest star Jasmine Guy), who warns her about frightening changes on the Other Side. Enzo gives Damon unwanted relationship advice, then admits he is searching for a woman he loved decades before while he was held captive by the Augustines. Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell) enlists Matt, Jeremy and Tyler to help track the Travelers and keep them from taking control of Mystic Falls. Bonnie is hurt and angry when she learns that Jeremy is working with Liv behind her back. Luke (guest star Chris Brochu) shows up at the Salvatore house and explains what he knows about Markos (guest star Raffi Barsoumian) and the Travelers to Damon, Elena and Enzo. Matt has a terrifying encounter with inhabitants of the Other Side. Finally, when Damon finds Markos, he is both relieved and disturbed by what Markos has to tell him.
Sneak Peeks
The first scene is just chock full of awkward Delena tension. Check it out for yourself.
We can’t blame Bonnie for being a little perturbed when she goes to visit Jeremy and finds Liv hanging out with him in clip #2.
Can’t watch live tonight?
Have no fear! You can usually catch episodes online via the CW website the next day, or for those lucky Huluplus subscribers, sometime around 2 a.m. EST Friday morning.
The easiest way is to set that ever-dependable DVR, but you can also may be able to catch it via your cable subscriber’s On Demand section, so make sure to check that out as well.