Vince Pisani

When Stefan and Elena escape from Markos’ (recurring guest star Raffi Barsoumian) control, only to find themselves stranded in a remote location, Stefan gets philosophical with Elena about her relationship with Damon. After their attempt to protect the doppelgangers goes badly, Liv (recurring guest star Penelope Mitchell) and Luke (recurring guest star Chris Brochu) come up with a dangerous new strategy. Damon recruits Matt and Jeremy to help him set a trap for Markos, who turns out to have a devastating surprise of his own. Bonnie finally admits to Caroline that she’s been keeping the truth about the Other Side from everyone. Finally, while Bonnie searches desperately for a way to stop Markos, Caroline is witness to an unthinkable act of violence by one of the Travelers.

Just when Derek's condition seems to be improving, a severe complication arises; when Cain's former girlfriend is admitted to the hospital for surgery, the doctors finally get a glimpse into his personal life.

Reeva Payge purges the Inner Circle of those who disagree with her, and she emerges as their leader; Sentinel Services becomes even more ruthless; Eclipse and Caitlin secretly meet with criminal hacker Wire to get info on the Inner Circle.

Thunderbird, Blink and Eclipse visit Wire, hoping to convince him to help again; the team discovers that the Inner Circle is on the way to raid a mutant detention facility; Jace is contacted by a member of the Purifiers.

Abbie and Ichabod must find hidden clues to thwart the evil in Sleepy Hollow and Abbie gets an unexpected visit from the enigmatic Andy Brooks.