The Vampire Diaries: 1912

The present-day murders in Mystic Falls remind Damon of a similar crime spree a century earlier. In flashbacks to 1912, Damon recalls a beautiful vampire, Sage, who showed him a whole new way to exist. Sheriff Forbes warns Damon not to get involved in her investigation, but Damon is convinced she's going after the wrong suspect. Elena and Matt resort to breaking and entering in their search for evidence to prove Dr. Fell is a murderer. For reasons known only to her, Rebekah, becomes interested in locating one of the town's oldest landmarks. Finally, Elena comes to a new understanding of the path her life has taken, and Damon makes an emotional confession to Stefan.

Source: The CW

Episode Info

Episode number: 3x16
Airdate: Thursday March 15th, 2012

Director: John Behring
Writer: Julie Plec

Alternate Airdates:

UK (ITV2)	Apr 10, 2012
AU (FOX8)	Jul 24, 2012

Currently 8.3/10

8.3/10 (7 Votes cast)

Guest Stars

Cassidy Freeman As Sage Recurring	Claire Holt As Rebekah Recurring
Marguerite MacIntyre As Sheriff Forbes Recurring	Torrey DeVitto As Meredith Recurring

Co-Guest Stars

Susan Walters
As Carol Lockwood

Recurring

Main Cast

Nina Dobrev As Elena Gilbert	Paul Wesley As Stefan Salvatore
Ian Somerhalder As Damon Salvatore	Matthew Davis (1) As Alaric Saltzman

Recap

The episode begins at Mystic Falls 1912, Sheriff Gerald Forbes worries about Mr. Salvatore getting home safely, given the recent murder of another councilman. Mr. Salvatore heads out alone, and is soon stabbed in the back. Present Day Carol Lockwood yells at Sheriff Liz Forbes to tell her who committed the council murders. Cut to Alaric waking up in a cell, with a shoulder wound. Damon can't believe Liz is arresting him on Meredith's say so. Dr. Fell cured him with vampire blood and is claiming Alaric came at her with the knife. She also said Alaric's wounds from the earlier attack could have been self-inflicted. Alaric claims he's being framed, but since Liz has no evidence to the contrary, she's holding him. Elena and Matt go on a run. She's upset. ..

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Music

Artist	Song Title	Played When
Aidan Hawken	"The Argument"	Elena tells Matt how she felt safe with Stefan
Black Daniel	"Snakeskin Heart"	Damon & Stefan leave Rebekah at the bar.
The Features	"How It Starts"	Damon asks Rebekah how she knew Sage.
Foy Vance	"Be The Song"	Elena & Alaric agree to take care of each other
Gary Clark Jr	"Don't Owe You A Thang"	Rebekah questions Mayor Lockwood about a tree
Gods Of Macho	"Let's Dance"	Rebekah asks Damon & Stefan about their family &
Magic Wands	"Black Magic"	Rebekah & Damon tease Stefan about his journal ent