McGee's apartment is trashed in a frantic search for an object left by the previous occupant. Congresswoman Flemming tries to tell Vance that a career in politics would be a good option.
Back in 2002, Amanda Clarke begins reading her father's journals and starts to observe the Graysons. As her anger and determination grow, she forms a plan to seek justice as Emily Thorne.
Enzo and Caroline go on a trip and find another doppelganger; Elena and Damon learn about Jeremy's bad behaviour at school; Bonnie has an encounter with Luke that leaves her unsettled.
The great-granddaughter of a woman, whose body was found on Christmas Day in 1929 in a ravine, comes seeking resolution to the case. Lilly decides to investigate and finds the victim was pregnant to a wealthy man.
The team searches for a 15-year-old prisoner, Malia Norton, who disappeared from a girls' detention centre after receiving a life-threatening note. The investigation uncovers that Malia was a smart `model resident' who was 13 months into an 18-month sentence for a drunken-driving accident that killed a classmate and crippled her sister's boyfriend.