A heartbroken Bobby Nash packs up and heads to Los Angeles for a fresh start, where he becomes captain of the 118 and meets Athena Grant.
Ηen relives her evolution into the firefighter she is today as she recalls the first times she met Chimney and Athena.
Damon is willing to go to extraordinary lengths to prevent Elena from being a victim of Klaus's plan to break the curse. Tyler returns to Mystic Falls after receiving a disturbing phone call. The full moon marks the arrival of the sacrifice ritual.
As the high school prepares to throw a "1960s Decade Dance", Elena starts receiving disturbing messages from Klaus via an unusual source. Expecting Klaus to show up at the dance, Damon and Alaric attend, but Klaus is playing a complicated game that keeps them on edge.
Stefan and Damon are furious when they discover that Elena has defied them both to make a new ally and take control of the plan to outmanoeuvre Klaus. Flashbacks to 1491 reveal Katherine's introduction to Elijah and Klaus, along with the origin of the moonstone curse.