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"The episode begins with Mason drinking in a bar. Another man watches him and follows Mason when he leaves. Outside, Mason greets the man as Jim, but the man pushes him, claiming that he has slept with his girlfriend. Mason insists that he hasn&amp;#039;t, and claims to be drunk. However, Jim begins to fight him, kicking him as he lies on the ground. Eventually Mason manages to pull Jim off him and pushes him onto the ground. However, Jim doesn&amp;#039;t move and blood oozes from his head. Back in the present, Mason is telling Tyler the story. He explains that Jim was drunk and attacked him, so he acted in self-defence. &amp;quot;And it triggered the curse,&amp;quot; Tyler realises. Mason tells Tyler that he will have to be careful as any death at his hands - even an accident - will mean he becomes a werewolf. &amp;quot;You don&amp;#039;t want it Tyler,&amp;quot; he adds. &amp;quot;Trust me.&amp;quot; He asks Tyler to lead him to the moonstone and Tyler claims that he doesn&amp;#039;t know where it is but has an idea. He shows Mason one of his father&amp;#039;s secret safes in the floor, asking why Mason wants the moonstone so much. Mason insists that it is just sentimental, but Tyler is unconvinced. &amp;quot;Do you know where it is or not?&amp;quot; Mason asks, as he fails to find it in the safe. Tyler replies: &amp;quot;I figured it would be in here.&amp;quot; Meanwhile, Elena tells Jeremy that Mason is a werewolf but asks him not to get involved. She explains that it is dangerous and asks him to stay away. When he has left, Stefan appears. Elena and Stefan go into Elena&amp;#039;s bedroom and kiss. Elena admits that she hates fighting with Stefan, even if it is fake. Stefan agrees, but says they have to keep up the pretence because of Katherine. Elena tells him that they have to remember that none of the fighting is real, and Stefan agrees. &amp;quot;How about this,&amp;quot; he tells her. &amp;quot;Today when we&amp;#039;re fighting, if I say, &amp;#039;I can&amp;#039;t do this anymore&amp;#039;, what I really mean is that I love you.&amp;quot; Elena smiles, and explains that she will say: &amp;quot;Fine, Stefan, whatever&amp;quot; to mean &amp;quot;I love you too.&amp;quot; The pair kiss. At Caroline&amp;#039;s house, the Sheriff - Liz - is packing to prepare for the volunteer day at the park. Caroline admits that she thought her mother would back out, but Liz asks to spend the day with her. She asks why Elena was at the house so late last night, and Caroline realises that she saw Katherine. She covers by saying that Elena is having some problems in her relationship with Stefan. Liz asks Caroline if she is alright, adding that she has seemed different recently. Caroline insists that she is fine, adding: &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s pretending to be a mother and then there&amp;#039;s reality. Let&amp;#039;s not push our luck, OK?&amp;quot;  At the volunteer day, Stefan approaches Mason and apologises for Damon&amp;#039;s recent behaviour. He adds that he doesn&amp;#039;t want anyone to get hurt and suggests that they call a truce. Mason tells Stefan that Damon should watch his back, but Stefan points out that Mason is only powerful during a full moon. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s one of you,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s two of us. I think you&amp;#039;re the one who needs to watch his back.&amp;quot; He promises that Damon will not attack him and they shake hands. When Mason has left, Damon appears and claims that he doesn&amp;#039;t want peace with Mason. He adds that a handshake won&amp;#039;t solve the problem. Stefan replies: &amp;quot;I think the first chance Mason Lockwood gets he&amp;#039;s going to drive a stake through your heart and then through mine, all because you took it upon yourself to kill him. So thank you, because we don&amp;#039;t have enough problems.&amp;quot; Later, Mason asks to speak to Liz. He explains that he knows about the secret council, and reveals that he only rejected that because he wanted a life outside of Mystic Falls. He explains that Damon and Stefan Salvatore are vampires, but Liz is sceptical. She points out that she has seen Damon kill vampires and adds that they walk in the sun. Mason tells her that they&amp;#039;ve evolved since 1864 and tells her that he can prove they are vampires. Later, Damon asks Liz what she was speaking to Mason about and she claims that she was asking him to help with the clean-up in the woods. Damon asks if he should help, but Liz declines. Damon asks if she is OK, and Liz covers by suggesting that she had a &amp;quot;moment&amp;quot; with Caroline. Damon asks if he can help but she turns him down. Meanwhile, Caroline is complaining to Elena about her mother, but asks how things are with her and Stefan. Elena explains that he has been pushing her away because he thinks Katherine might hurt her. Caroline suggests that he has a point, but Elena explains that it feels like giving up. &amp;quot;I just thought we were stronger than that,&amp;quot; she adds. Elena and Stefan start staring at each other and Elena decides to go to talk to him. Caroline tells her that it&amp;#039;s a bad idea, but she leaves. Damon arrives and asks Caroline why she is being a &amp;quot;bitch&amp;quot; to her mother, but Caroline refuses to discuss it. Elena approaches Stefan and asks if he stll cares about Katherine. Stefan tells her that they will talk about it later, adding that they have ears on them - Damon and Caroline. Elena and Stefan continue to argue, and Stefan tells her: &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t do this anymore.&amp;quot; Elena replies: &amp;quot;Fine, Stefan, whatever.&amp;quot; Damon and Caroline watch on. Later, Damon tells Mason that he heard him talking to Stefan. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s a lot nicer than me,&amp;quot; he adds. Mason claims that being nice is &amp;quot;overrated&amp;quot; and Damon agrees. When Mason leaves, Stefan arrives and asks Damon: &amp;quot;Please tell me you were just bonding.&amp;quot; Damon asks about the &amp;quot;faux drama&amp;quot; in Elena and Stefan&amp;#039;s relationship, pointing out that they never fight. Stefan tells him to drop it and Damon agrees, picking up some lemonade from the stand. As he drinks it, he coughs violently and collapses, explaining that it is spiked with vervain. Liz is watching on. Later, Caroline suggests that it might be for the best if Elena&amp;#039;s relationship with Stefan is over, but Elena snaps that it&amp;#039;s not. She apologises, adding that Caroline is just being a good friend, but Caroline replies: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not being a good friend at all.&amp;quot; However, she is interrupted when she spots her mother leaving. Caroline catches up with her and asks where she is going. Liz insists that it is important and apologises, before leaving. Elena finds Caroline and asks what&amp;#039;s happening, and Caroline admits that something is up. She drags Elena up a hill, explaining that she needs to hear better. Meanwhile, Damon angrily decides to kill Mason and Stefan calms him down. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s making threats, he could expose us,&amp;quot; Stefan says. &amp;quot;We need to put him down.&amp;quot; Damon agrees and spots Mason heading into the woods. They start to follow him, and find Mason in a clearing. &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t look so surprised,&amp;quot; Damon tells him. &amp;quot;You knew this was inevitable.&amp;quot; Stefan and Damon begin to approach Mason but are shot by wooden bullets and collapse onto the ground, where Liz and the officers inject them with vervain. Caroline hears the shots and tells Elena that something is wrong with Stefan and Damon.  Mason shows Liz and the officers the old Lockwood slave quarters and they drag Stefan and Damon into them. Liz tells him to leave for his own protection, adding that the council are working now, not the law. Mason leaves, but tells her to make sure she kills the vampires, adding: &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t take any chances.&amp;quot; Elena and Caroline are running through the woods when Caroline suddenly stops, explaining that Stefan and Damon have been there. She spots some blood on the ground. Suddenly, Mason arrives and asks what they are doing. Elena asks if he has seen Stefan, and Mason explains that he has seen both of the Salvatore brothers. When Elena asks where they are, he tells her to let Caroline sniff them out. &amp;quot;Does your mum know who you are, or shall I tell her?&amp;quot; he asks Caroline. When Caroline lunges at him, Mason grabs Elena and tells her not to be stupid. However, Caroline warns that she can &amp;quot;take him&amp;quot; and eventually pushes him onto the ground.  Back at the Lockwood slave quarters, Damon wakes up as Liz kicks him and shoots him in the leg. She tells him that she will ask him questions, and if he answers he will not get shot. She asks how he walks in the sun, and warns that she will drag his death out. Damon says Liz is his friend, but she tells him that the friendship was a &amp;quot;lie&amp;quot;. She adds: &amp;quot;Answer me and I&amp;#039;ll kill you fast.&amp;quot; Outside, Caroline hears her mother say: &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s not going to tell us anything - kill them both.&amp;quot; She tells Elena that Liz is killing the brothers and Elena heads down to the slave quarters, saying that they have to stop her. Caroline refuses to follow, explaining that she doesn&amp;#039;t want her mother to find out she is a vampire. Downstairs, Liz is preparing to kill the vampires when Elena arrives, hitting one of the officers around the head to get through. &amp;quot;You can&amp;#039;t kill them,&amp;quot; she tells Liz. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not going to let you.&amp;quot; Suddenly, Liz hears another noise and asks Elena who is with her. Caroline arrives, speeding around the room. She bites the neck of one of the officers. The other officer shoots with wooden bullets, but Caroline uses her victim as a shield. She emerges with blood around her mouth, saying: &amp;quot;Hi mum.&amp;quot; Later, Damon feeds from one of the deputies to recover and tells Stefan to do the same, but he refuses. Damon points out that they have two dead deputies and wonders what to do with Liz. Caroline begs Liz not to tell anyone, adding: &amp;quot;I know we don&amp;#039;t get along and you hate me but I&amp;#039;m your daughter, and you&amp;#039;ll do this for me right? Mum? Please? He will kill you.&amp;quot; Liz replies: &amp;quot;Then kill me... I can&amp;#039;t take this. Kill me now.&amp;quot; Caroline screams no, but Damon pushes Liz up against the wall. However, he reveals that he is not going to kill her and says they need to start cleaning up. Later, Caroline arrives at Stefan and Damon&amp;#039;s house with a bag of things for her mother. Elena explains that they will have to keep Liz there for three days, as that&amp;#039;s how long it will be until the vervain leaves her system. In the basement, Liz calls work and explains that she has a stomach bug and will be away for a few days. When she hangs up, Damon explains that he will wait until the vervain has gone out of her system and will then compel her so she forgets everything. Caroline arrives outside the door as her mother says: &amp;quot;Keep Caroline away from me please. I don&amp;#039;t want to see her.&amp;quot; Damon points out that Caroline is her daughter, but Liz replies: &amp;quot;Not anymore. My daughter&amp;#039;s gone.&amp;quot; Damon tells her that she is wrong, but Caroline runs away. Elena follows to make sure she is alright. Meanwhile, Stefan spots the freezer in the basement and looks at the blood inside. He picks up a bag just as Elena returns. &amp;quot;Katherine took a little vervain every day and built up a tolerance,&amp;quot; Stefan tells Elena. &amp;quot;I could do the same with blood - learn to control myself on it.&amp;quot; Elena is worried, and points out that Stefan struggled the last time he drank blood. Stefan suggests that he needs strength to fight Katherine. Elena asks if he is serious or if they are pretending to fight again, but Stefan tells her that this is real. Elena leaves. Upstairs, Elena asks Caroline if she can take her home but Caroline admits that she is too scared to go. She confesses that Katherine will be waiting for her to find out everything that happened. She reveals that Katherine told her to spy on Elena, but Elena explains that she already knew. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been so mad at you but then I tried to put myself in your position so I could understand why you would do this to me and Stefan,&amp;quot; she continues. She asks who Katherine threatened, and Caroline admits that it was Matt. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so scared of her,&amp;quot; she adds. Elena agrees that she should be, but when Caroline asks what Katherine wants, she replies: &amp;quot;That&amp;#039;s the million dollar question.&amp;quot; They hug. Later, Caroline is sleeping on the couch and Elena tells Damon that she is going to go home. Before she leaves, she tells him: &amp;quot;What you did for Caroline&amp;#039;s mum - that&amp;#039;s the Damon who was my friend.&amp;quot; Damon tells her that Stefan didn&amp;#039;t drink any human blood, but adds that he needs to. &amp;quot;Deep down you know that,&amp;quot; he says. Elena goes to find Stefan and asks if he really thinks he can control the blood. Stefan admits that he doesn&amp;#039;t know, but thinks it is worth trying. Elena agrees but says that she doesn&amp;#039;t want him to do it alone. She cuts the palm of her hand with a letter knife and tells him: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s you and me, Stefan. Always.&amp;quot; Stefan feeds from Elena&amp;#039;s hand, and they kiss. Meanwhile, at the Mystic Grill, Sarah and Aimee are playing pool when Sarah admits that she finds Jeremy attractive. Jeremy approaches Tyler and asks how he is. Tyler thanks him for being &amp;quot;cool&amp;quot; at his father&amp;#039;s wake and Jeremy explains that he understands how Tyler feels. Aimee arrives to go home with Tyler, and Tyler invites Jeremy and Sarah to join them. Later, Sarah and Aimee are dancing and drinking at Tyler&amp;#039;s house. Sarah spots Jeremy&amp;#039;s sketchbook and asks to have a look. She finds lots of drawings of werewolves and Tyler uncomfortably asks what the pictures are about. Jeremy asks if Tyler still draws, and Tyler offers to show him something he is working on in the other room. When they move through, Tyler shuts the door and slams Jeremy up against the wall asking why he drew pictures of werewolves. &amp;quot;I know what you are,&amp;quot; Jeremy tells him. Tyler asks how Jeremy knows about the werewolves, and Jeremy explains that his ancestor wrote about a curse running in the Lockwood family in his journal. Tyler admits that Mason is a werewolf, but explains that he is not one yet. He reveals that you have to cause death to become a werewolf. Jeremy asks if Mason returned to tell him this, but Tyler reveals that he had to force the information out of him. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s not here for me,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;He&amp;#039;s here for this.&amp;quot; He shows Jeremy the moonstone. Later, he explains that moonstone is a natural rock which is supposed to have supernatural legends attached to it. Jeremy asks why he didn&amp;#039;t give the stone to Mason, and Tyler admits that he doesn&amp;#039;t trust his uncle. Suddenly, Aimee and Sarah arrive and steal the stone, teasing the boys with it. Tyler says he will play for a bit but asks for them to give it back. Aimee, who is drunk, grabs the stone and runs upstairs with it, asking for Jeremy to follow. Tyler climbs up after her and tussles with her, but all of a sudden Sarah falls down the stairs. She lies at the bottom, not moving, and Tyler and Jeremy exchange worried glances. However, Sarah suddenly opens her eyes and tells them: &amp;quot;Fooled you.&amp;quot; Later, Mason calls Liz to find out what happened with the Salvatore brothers and leaves a message on her voicemail. Tyler arrives and admits that he almost killed a girl today. He explains that just for a moment he hoped she would die. &amp;quot;Whatever this is inside me I don&amp;#039;t want any part of it,&amp;quot; he adds. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to feel that way again. I won&amp;#039;t. I can&amp;#039;t.&amp;quot; Mason agrees, and Tyler hands over the moonstone. Mason visits the woods and gets into a car. Katherine is in the driving seat and says she has been waiting for him. In flashback, we see the aftermath of Mason killing his friend Jim. Katherine arrives, asking what has happened. When Mason explains that Jim thought he had hit on his girlfriend, Katherine asks why. She hugs him, and when Mason says that Jim is dead, she smiles. &amp;quot;Everything&amp;#039;s going to be OK,&amp;quot; she tells him. Back in the present, Mason leans in to kiss Katherine but she stops him, asking what &amp;quot;stunt&amp;quot; he pulled with Damon and Stefan. Mason says he thought she would be happy about it, but Katherine says she doesn&amp;#039;t want him to get distracted. &amp;quot;I need you to find the moonstone,&amp;quot; she says. Looking at his face, she realises he has got it. &amp;quot;I got it,&amp;quot; Mason confirms. As they kiss, the episode ends. What did you think of the episode? Leave your comments below! 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