Ryan Kessler

Stefan decides to track down Damon, whose behaviour has escalated from destructive to deadly; Matt asks Caroline and Tyler for help to protect Elena; a conversation leads to a terrible realisation.

A congressional aide disappears after a hit man saves her from two men posing as NCIS agents. LaSalle struggles with life-altering decisions regarding his brother's future.

Maria and Reverend Bledsoe gather evidence against Enos, while David falls sway to the mysterious sect, The Society of Sons. They're persuading David to believe that Bledsoe and Enos are actually one and the same, hoping to put David and Maria on opposing sides of a war against evil. But as trust is called into question, a desperate Maria finds an unlikely allegiance in the wake of an unexpected murder.