The Rippah Diaries

After killing Bethanne, Stefan is kidnapped by the tomb vampires in the middle of a storm. Armed with Alaric’s vervain darts and other vampire-hunting weapons, our favorite trio, Damon, Alaric, and Elena, have to team up to get him back. During the rescue mission, Damon and Elena have a very heated conversation that’s so steamy it inspired the rain kiss in season six. Meanwhile, Jeremy keeps pushing Anna to turn him, and he inadvertently reveals to Anna that he wants to turn because of Vicki. Oh, speaking of Vicki, Caroline also makes a shocking discovery when she gets stranded in the woods.

This week: Season 1 Episode 17 | Let the Right One In

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After a quick Bing search, Jeremy figures out that Anna is a vampire and decides that he wants her to turn him. On top of dealing with that, Anna and Pearl struggle to keep the tomb vampires under control as they become desperate for revenge. Despite all of this drama going on, Stefan and Elena agree they should have fun and pretend they're just a normal couple. Their first step? Go on a double date with Matt and Caroline. And as if a double date with an ex wasn't uncomfortable enough, the date ends abruptly when the teens walk in on Damon making out with Kelly Donovan. After that ick-inducing end to the double date, two of the tomb vampires break into the Salvatore House and attack Stefan and Damon.

This week: Season 1 Episode 16 | There Goes the Neighborhood

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Jenna reveals to Elena that, like a true 21st-century woman, she scoured the internet to research Elena’s birth mother, Isobel. After Jenna gives her the full report, Elena pays Isobel’s high school bestie, Trudie, a visit, where Trudie is SUS AF. Meanwhile, Mom of the Year, Kelly Donovan, comes back to town to bully Caroline and go to the annual Mystic Falls Bachelor Auction. The two most eligible bachelors, Alaric and Damon, are raffled off, but not before Damon can reveal to Alaric and pretty much the entire crowd that he killed Isobel. Alaric then tries to kill Damon back at the Salvatore house, but Damon kills Alaric for the first time instead. Classic.

This week: Season 1 Episode 15 | A Few Good Men

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With the help of Grams, Stefan and his hero hair save Elena and Bonnie from their first kidnapping. As it becomes obvious that Damon won't give up, Elena gets everyone on board to open the tomb, including Damon who she convinces to trust her again by taking off her vervain necklace. When the door is finally open, Anna gets her mother, Pearl, out and we learn Katherine was never even in the tomb. After doing all of that for nothing, Bonnie discovers that Grams exhausted her magic and herself. But, of course, all of that pales in comparison to the drama between Matt and Caroline as they decide whether they're in a relationship.

This week: Season 1 Episode 14 | Fool Me Once

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It's time for some more flashbacks! As the search for Emily's grimoire continues, Stefan remembers the events that led to Katherine being captured by Giuseppe Salvatore and the rest of the 1864 Town Council. In the present, Damon reluctantly teams up with Stefan and Elena to search for Johnathan Gilbert's journal, which leads to a Stelena grave digging date. Speaking of dates, in a classic Vampire Diaries honeypot scheme, Anna and Ben scheme to get their hands on the Gilbert journal by sending Ben on a date with Bonnie.

This week: Season 1 Episode 13 | Children of the Damned

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It’s finally time for the first decade dance! Literally every single person in Mystic Falls attends: Jeremy’s stalker, Elena’s stalker, and the teens that don’t have stalkers. Despite being best dressed, Caroline and Bonnie ditch the dance early on to go to the Grill where Bonnie flirts with Bartender Ben, and Caroline and Matt get their Notebook kiss. Back at the dance, Stefan and Damon interrogate their girlfriend’s stalker about who he’s working with. Meanwhile, Anna does the vamp eyes after talking to Jeremy, and we find out that she knows both Elena’s stalker and Bartender Ben.

This week: Season 1 Episode 12 | Unpleasantville

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If you were one of the early Delena shippers, this is where it all began: Elena and Damon’s road trip to visit Bree in Georgia. While Elena actually lets herself have fun and Damon asks Bree about opening the tomb, Stefan tries to get Bonnie to do a locator spell to find Elena. Stefan eventually rescues Bonnie from the tomb entrance and returns her to Grams, who we find out is even cooler than we already thought. We also meet Anna for the first time when she not-so-subtly suggests to Jeremy that vampires might be real.

This week: Season 1 Episode 11 | Bloodlines

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At the Mystic Falls High Career Fair, Jeremy and Tyler sort of bond over their typical teenage boy art, Caroline decides she wants to become a broadcast journalist, and Logan Fell comes back from the dead to work the crowd and kidnap Caroline. Just as Damon is about to deal with Logan, Logan reveals that there’s another way to open the tomb. Meanwhile, Stefan and Elena get back together and, after they hook up for the first time, Elena finds the picture of Katherine.

This week: Season 1 Episode 10 | The Turning Point

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If you were ever part of a female friendship trio in high school, you know exactly what happens at Elena’s sleepover: Caroline starts a fight, Bonnie storms off into another room, and Elena forces Caroline to apologize. We’ve all been there. Unfortunately, Caroline suggests a seance once they all make up, which ends with Emily possessing Bonnie. Hopefully, that part isn’t too relatable. Meanwhile, Alaric and Jenna meet for the first time and flirt by talking about their terrible love lives. Damon also reveals to Stefan that Katherine is alive and that his diabolical master plan is to bring her back.

This week: Season 1 Episode 9 | History Repeating

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It's Stefan's birthday! To celebrate, Lexi comes to town and convinces Stefan to have a little fun for once. Luckily, Damon already compelled Caroline to throw a party at the Grill where Stefan and Lexi can go do tequila shots. Since Elena and Stefan are still sort of broken up, Bonnie cheers Elena up by destroying her pillow and magically floating feathers. Later at the Mystic Grill, we find out why Damon had Caroline throw the party because we all knew it wasn't to celebrate Stefan.

This week: Season 1 Episode 8 | 162 Candles

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