Well, it looks like the Hope secret is out! In the bayou, Hayley decides to reveal it to Jackson as part of their unification ceremony prep, despite Klaus’s conflicting opinion. Across the river, Finncent tortures Marcel until he has enough information to deduce the secret himself. Meanwhile, speaking of secret family members, Rebekah makes a new friend at the witch asylum, and let’s just say we’re looking at a potential mother. Oh, and speaking of secrets, Jackson’s grandpa killed Hayley’s parents! Cool?

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With Marcel and his vampires still trapped in the Mikaelson compound, Marcel faces additional stress as he hallucinates/remembers World War 1. We see the growth of Marcel as a leader, and if he can lead a group who is in the trenches drinking dirty cocoa and being left without gas masks certainly he can handle a group of vampires facing the equally difficult adversity of being hungry. The werewolves are now back in the bayou after escaping last week, and Hayley and Jackson start preparing for the wedding. But with rituals revealed, it’s starting to feeling uneasy trusting Jackson. Meanwhile, the Mikaelson brothers get trapped by Finn in a “chamber de chasse”, where Finn shares how he has been piecing things together but still does not quite know his brothers. The vampires escape, Davina reunites with Kol after he survives the mob of hungry vampires, and the werewolves appear to be one step closer to unification.

The werewolves and vampires gather at the Mikaelson compound for “negotiations”, but are quickly trapped by Finncent, using Papa Tunde sacrificial magic to up the drama. While trapped, the two factions drink and fight each other (classic), while Hayley reveals to Klaus and Jackson that she was WITH Elijah. Across town, Rebekah settles into the witch asylum, where she sees our old friend Pixie Cut (aka Cassie), meets some fake orderlies, and is haunted by a girl who very well may be her long lost sister Freya. Meanwhile, Cami and Elijah bond at the safe house, with whiskey, Trvial Pursuit, and therapy. 

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It’s family reunion time, and what better time for that than Christmas aka bonfire season! We finally see Klaus and Hayley visit baby Hope and oh it fills the heart! We also go back to 1914 to see what (and who) led to Kol’s most recent daggering, and meet a couple witches with a new spooky location. Finn confirms his true hatred for vampires, while Kol confirms his allegiance to his current alliance. Rebekah decides it is time to take down Esther, and works with Klaus on a plan. Meanwhile, Hayley and Elijah get a night to themselves before Hayley gets ready to go through with this magic marriage. We end with a true gag to Esther, and a baby gag too Rebekah who finds herself in an unfamiliar location, and body.

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We check in with Rebekah this week for the first time since hiding away with baby Hope and - uh oh - starlings are checking in on her too! At the compound, Klaus works with Marcel to convince Koleb and Finncent to reconsider alliances. Davina, annoyed at Kol’s kidnapping, actually does put Klaus down, but then immediately gets a taste of the mercurial Mikaelson brotherly bond. Elijah heads out to intercept Rebekah and baby Hope, but his Lady Macbeth vibe freaks Rebekah out. Meanwhile, Hayley finds a way to protect the wolves, and it involves a wedding and (of course) an ancient ritual that seems suspicious at best. 

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With Elijah still in captivity, Klaus decides to hunt him down and finds himself looking for a mysterious orchid with Ansel, who tries to bond and make up for 1,000 years of not being a father. Hayley wants to go after Esther, but instead acts like a real Mikaelson and instead goes after what Esther loves. She recruits Marcel, Cami, and Aiden to pull one over on Finncent, and Cami’s all-time manipulation performance continues. Meanwhile, Davina and Koleb work on a spell in a long sealed steampunk mausoleum, Kol reveals his long-held passion for magic, and we weigh the difficult decision of whether or not to ship. Elijah finally wakes up, worried about lingering nightmares, but overall thrilled that other people got some work done while he was out. Finally, we do get a sibling reunion, but not the one Esther pictured.

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This episode starts out with a big gag - the reveal of the name Freya, and the fact that she is indeed a Mikaelson! Elijah’s kidnapping forces Klaus to have a long chat with Esther, where she reveals information about Klaus’s father, but neglects to mention the existence or significance of Dahlia. Speaking of Klaus’s father, he turns up in the bayou with the long-missing Jackson, who was NOT kidnapped. Ansel and Hayley help to reunite Oliver with Jackson, so they can catch up one final time. Meanwhile in the Quarter, Cami is suspicious of Finncent and plays him like a fiddle, with an assist from Marcel and Gia. 

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Davina wakes up from being knocked out to find that things have gone crazy and she has lost nearly all her leverage. She discovers Kaleb’s true identity but like a true sister cannot resist the draw of a Mikaelson brother. Cami may have stopped Klaus from killing his dad last week, but I think were can all, including her by the end of this week, agree that was a mistake. Michael kidnaps her, wastes time with useless theatrics, loses both weapons, and gets bullied by everyone in spite of their original alliances. Meanwhile, Esther holds onto Elijah and tortures him with a memory and a metaphor that lives in his head, two things that do not get fixed by jumping bodies. But she thinks this plan is flawless, so maybe we are crazy?

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Davina, with her alliance to Mikael now exposed, heads to a cabin in the woods, where she twists her ankle, flirts with Koleb, gets her bracelet deactivated, and loses possession of the white oak stake, all in about 12 hours. Klaus finally reunites with Cami to hunt down Davina, and of course get some more free therapy as he ponders killing his father (or at the very least stabbing him with Papa Tunde’s bone knife). Meanwhile in the Quarter, we meet a new werewolf, Aiden, who terrorizes Marcel’s new vampire community then immediately asks for their help saving his brother from Finncent’s “use teenagers as pawns” plan. Plus, Josh gets on the dating apps and meets a new love interest! Finally, Lenesther kidnaps Elijah, probably because she’s tired of waiting for her kids to want new bodies on their own. 

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The Mikaelson family gets closer to a reunion, better or worse! Esther has made her identity clear so time to reveal her plan, which if we know Esther is logically flawed and selfish. tradeoff is Elijah must mentor new vampire Gia, who he mostly just sends on an errand he does not want to do. Oliver takes time to help as a spy, and Hayley uses that as an excuse to beat his ass like she should. Finn reveals his identity and loses his cool, cementing his place as mama’s boy and worst Mikaelson sibling. Esther invites herself over for dinner, shows up late, gets clocked for one of her many parenting disgressions, and brings out a ridiculous amount of birds, all while sharing a plan that is indeed logically flawed and selfish.

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