Executive producer of The Vampire Diaries Julie Plec has given a new interview in which she shares some spoilers about tonight’s episode and also talks about last week’s developments!

Tonight at 8/7c on The CW it’s time for Caroline’s birthday, Stefan and Elena’s road trip and… Jeremy’s exit? Plec tells E! Online that he will indeed be leaving town, and the writers are still not sure when he’ll return:

It actually felt like it was the right thing to do for the character. I’m excited to see what this time away does for Jeremy the character and what will happen to him when he’s gone and when he comes back. No, we have lots of conversations about what his life must be like in Denver.

She also talks about Elena’s feelings after last week’s kiss with Damon:

Elena is confused, frustrated, trying to focus her energies away from herself and the questions she’s having in her head about her feelings for each brother individually and she channels that into wanting to help shake Caroline out of her funk on her 18th birthday. But in the process, she gets into a pretty bad situation with Stefan that shatters her soul a little bit. There’s a nice scene at the end of the episode where Elena reflects where she is and how she’s gotten there and who she used to be versus who she is now. It’s a really nice moment for her that will let the audience a little bit inside her head on how she feels about everything.

Moving on to the other characters, Plec has this to say about the road ahead for Tyler Lockwood:

Tyler’s in a bad place and the first thing he has to do is recognize he’s in a bad place and then he has to figure out how to get himself out of it. That is going to be a long journey and not an easy one for him. There’s going to be a lot of dips in his relationship with Caroline and his own relationship to himself before he comes out the other side. We’ll see if he comes out the other side and how he does.

Candice Accola adds in a tease about Caroline’s birthday party:

Whereas everyone would think Caroline would throw herself a fabulous party and she would be on cloud nine, Caroline’s actually really bummed out. She’s not excited for her birthday at all. This is the first time she’s realizing that even though she’s turning 18, she’s not really turning 18.

And finally, Plec gives this tantalizing tease: “Stefan is definitely about to do one of the worst things he’s done and he’s not going to get past that very easily.” But he is on the road to redemption.

Read the rest here at E! Online.