The Vampire Diaries - All My Children

Damon and Stefan must make a difficult decision in All My Children…Elijah confronts Elena about what it is she lied to him about when asked what Esther was meeting her about. He could tell of her deceit by hearing how her heartbeat changed when asked. So Elijah drops her into an underground lair while Rebekah (for whom he protected Elena from in Dangerous Liaisons before Rebekah could take a bite out of her) keeps an eye on her. At a certain point when the moon is at its fullest, and all the witches’, both “on the other side” and Bonnie with her mother, Abby, power is drawn from Esther, within the “magic circle”, son, Finn Mikaelson, by her side, will set in motion the end of all Esther’s children. But Elijah won’t stand for it: he issues an ultimatum to the Brothers Salvatore and that is to kill either Bonnie or Abby if they don’t want Elena to die at the hands of Rebekah. Damon and Stefan converse on who it will be: Damon, of course, ultimately chooses to be the “heel”. Abby, a vampire bite, and Bonnie must tend to her, while Elena is spared [shocker, I know!] with Rebekah admitting she’ll enjoy watching her continuing to suffer. The rivalry between Elena and Rebekah, all that animosity and hate for the knife in the back, is also pure soap opera. Damon and Rebekah going at it hard at the end of Dangerous Liaisons, waking up, and Elena arriving the next morning at the beginning of All My Children, reinforces the entanglements that further complicate all of these relationships. Damon and Rebekah never appeared to be anything more than hot sex that wouldn’t amount to much. In 1912, this is more or less confirmed when Rebekah arrives at the Grille and Damon sort of dismissively uninvites her presence while he and Stefan drinks.

In this episode, the binding of the Mikaelsons mean that when one is harmed they all are. So when Alaric attacks Kol who is making moves on Meredith, exiting the Grille, you see Rebekah fall, leaving a brief chance for Elena to escape to an area in the underground where she is protected by a witch’s seal against vampire presence. Klaus weakening when flirting with Caroline, realizing she isn’t responsible, he gets to Alaric, Stefan, and Damon before they can truly do away with Kol. It will indeed be the Brothers Salvatore having to protect the Mikaelsons in order to keep Elena safe. That means Abby is toast while Bonnie is once again hurt because of Elena’s safety.

Elijah, no matter how he might feel about Klaus, can’t accept his demise, or the demise of his family, no matter how much of a point his witch mother might have of ending the curse by ending them. So he resorts to drastic measures, kidnapping Elena, but still keeping Rebekah from hurting Elena. He even leaves a letter for Elena to let her know of his regret in having to go that route. But if anyone understands the efforts to protect those you love, she does. Elena always makes it out of one bad situation after another because of those who care about her and wish to protect her. And she is always willing to sacrifice herself for her friends and family. In 1912, she is willing to break into Meredith’s house and try to find whatever might help her rescue Alaric. Elena doesn’t want Elijah to perish, which is why the guilt of participating at all with Esther in her plans of the celestial blood ritual bothered her to the point that she had to discuss alternatives with Damon and Stefan, both of whom felt that Esther was doing the right thing. Elijah saw how special Elena was so her safety was a priority to him, but not at the cost of his own family. But his own family are vampires, predators for the most part who don’t feel humans are all that worthy of any real consideration. 4/5