Recap
The show opened with a young girl about to give birth to an illegitimate child in 1490 Bulgaria. The potential grandmother was telling the young woman to push, push, it is almost here. With one huge last effort, the young mother pushed her baby girl into the world and it immediately was taken and wrapped into a blanket and whisked from the room. The young mother begged her mother and the midwives to allow her to see her newly born child, but only silence answered her as the grandmother tried to comfort the girl. The grandfather came into the room and demanded to know where the child was and when told, he said that that was as it should be. The new mother wept wildly in her grief, demanding to see her baby, but was tended to and then left alone in her room. Meanwhile, the baby was taken by boat to an undisclosed location...
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Episode Quotes
Rose: Being in love with your brother's girlfriend must be difficult.
Damon: I'm not in love with anyone.
Rose: Wanna try that again?
Katherine: Witches and their spells. So many ingredients. So many people to sacrifice.