Drew Matthews

Matt and Caroline are surprised by the sudden reappearance of Matt's mother, Kelly (recurring guest star Melinda Clarke – The O.C., CSI: Crime Scene Investigation). Stefan and Elena are worried about Damon's new attitude, and Damon is asked by Sheriff Forbes (recurring guest star Marguerite MacIntyre) to take part in a fundraising bachelor auction. Alaric discovers shocking secrets from his own past. With help from Jenna and Stefan, Elena is determined to find out everything she can about her birth mother, but the truth may be more than she can handle.

House returns to the hospital after a short stint in rehab; Cuddy comes to collect on the debt of perjuring herself for House; House encounters a patient who tests positive for an STD and says she was raped recently.

When Jenny makes the decision to confront her father, family turmoil from the past rises to the surface. Meanwhile, Atticus Nevins returns to town, bringing more danger than the FBI could have imagined.

A tragedy takes Paul away from the office, where a case of mistaken identity gets him into trouble.