Tonight we see the aftermath of last week’s heartbreaking separation and find out more about Markos’ plan to free the Travelers in The Vampire Diaries season 5, episode 19, “Man on Fire.”
Last time on ‘The Vampire Diaries’:
Stefan and Elena were having romantic visions of what their lives could have been like, vampire-less and chock full of sunset evenings in the kitchen of their modest home, completely normal.
Damon is, well, unsettled by these, as any good ex-boyfriend would be, and he goes to Markos to get them to stop, as well as find out what exactly is going on with the Travelers in town.
Enzo and Caroline continue to bond over their need to escape the awkwardness that is Elena and Damon, and we find out that Enzo’s desire to find Maggie is driven by wanting to thank her for giving him something to live for. Talk about a tender moment.
We also saw Matt, Tyler, and Jeremy looking to help Liv get rid of the Travelers, but after discovering that Sheriff Forbes is harboring a Passenger, Matt tries to intervene and gets himself killed by her. Whoops.
Tyler steps in and frees the Sheriff from the Passenger with the help of the Travelers’ knife, but somehow is turned into a vessel himself, as we find him convening with Markos at the end of the episode, very much not Tyler anymore. We also see Markos dispose of the final Travelers’ knife, making us question how the heck we are going to free the people of Mystic Falls this time.
Matt’s time on the Other Side revealed that something is stirring over there, as he witnessed Vicki being swept up into the sky (flashbacks to Katherine anyone?), and when he returned to the land of the living, he remembered his time there. He’s never remembered before, so that just complicates the matter even further.
Whew, that is quite a bit to remember. Well, if you (like us) have tons of questions about tonight’s episode, look no further, all the goodies we want to know about “Man on Fire” are below!
Synopsis:
FLASHBACKS TO THE 1960s — Stefan tries to distract Elena from obsessing about the state of her relationship with Damon, while Bonnie does her best to be realistic about how the changes happening on the Other Side will affect her existence as the Anchor. Damon demands the Traveler knife, forcing Jeremy and Matt to admit it has gone missing. Through flashbacks to election night, 1960, Enzo reveals to Elena, Stefan and Bonnie that he has learned what happened to his long-lost love, Maggie (guest star Heather Hemmens), and then, with the unwilling help of Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell) and Luke (guest star Chris Brochu), things take an ugly turn. Trying to calm Enzo down, Damon intervenes, but his words cause Enzo to make a desperate and dangerous decision that leads to a violent confrontation with Stefan. Finally, Markos (guest star Raffi Barsoumian) enlists Sloan’s (guest star Caitlin McHugh) help in a ritual designed to break an ancient curse against the Travelers. Tyler is forced to play a dangerous part in the ritual, while witnessing the incredible power the Travelers now possess.
Webclip:
This week’s only webclip show Damon once again trying to reign in his anger as the human faction (aka Jeremy and Matt) have some bad news for him.
Extended Preview:
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