
Episode: “Down the Rabbit Hole”
Writer: Jose Molina
Galen Vaughn: “Something bothering you?” Damon: “Would you believe me if I said mosquitoes?”
Vaughn: “How does it feel when a relentless eating machine is draining the blood from your veins?” Damon: “Itchy.” Vaughn: “Your friends from Mystic Falls think you’re funny, Damon?”
Damon: “Do I look like I know anything about tattoos? Look at my skin. It’s flawless.”
Klaus: “Need my help with anything, love?”
Klaus: “Well, if it isn’t Little Orphan Lockwood. Come to show how laughably impotent you are against me?”
Caroline: “It’s called a Cryptex. I’ve seen The Da Vinci Code.”
Klaus: “Might I suggest using the ‘magic of the internet’ to purchase an Aramaic-to-English dictionary from your nearest retailer?”
Klaus: “In Bas So-Teen-Too Ara-Ma-Eet.” Caroline: “What does that mean?” Klaus: “If only you spoke Aramaic.”
Elena: “I know why you’d want to take it but…all I’m saying is…why didn’t you tell me?” Stefan: “Because it had nothing to do with you. I mean, you know how much I wanted a human life with you. Being human myself…being normal…that’s something I’ve wanted since long before I met you.” Elena: “Well, I’m glad you told me that.” Stefan: “Yeah, what’s a deeply buried personal secret between friends, right?” Elena: “Between friends. I like that.”
Damon: “Wait a minute. You’re using me to get to Bonnie Bennett? Whoa, brother. You picked the wrong vampire.”
Damon: “Here’s the deal, Shrek.”
Vaughn: “There is only one dose.”
Bonnie: “If Shane tries to lift a finger on his hand to hurt either one of us, I’ll kill him myself.”
Rebekah: “Nik, you helped?” Klaus: “You sound so surprised, little sister.”
Klaus (to Rebekah): “No more fooling. No more games. I hope you get to live…and die…as you wish.”
Damon: “You know what? If I wasn’t a vampire, then I wouldn’t be able to do nine of the things I’m gonna do to you when I’m free.” (Vaughn pushes him along roughly) “Make that ten.”
Damon (to Vaughn): “My friends want the cure and I want them to have it. And I get very upset when I can’t provide for my loved ones.”
Shane: “Hey, guys. I need a hand. My leg’s broken.” Bonnie: “Best to stay off it, then.”
Vaughn: “I have no use for you anymore. Hate to kill ya.” Damon: “Ditto. You know that pesky hunter’s curse and all.”

Damon: “I’m gonna kill you. And then I’m gonna get to that damn cure and I’m gonna give it to the girl that I love.” Vaughn: “Your attachment to your friends will be the end of you.” Damon: “You don’t know my friends…” (Rebekah shows up) “…Or my enemies.”
Elena: “Things changed the minute that I went off that bridge, Stefan. Even if I could be human again, I wouldn’t be the person that I was. So it’s about time that I accept the person that I am now and figure out a way…to start living the rest of my life.” Stefan: “The rest of your life…sired to Damon.” Elena: “I guess we’ll have to deal with that when I get home.”
Elena: “Pity party over. We have to go.”
Damon: “Are we gonna dance or are we gonna play?”
Bonnie: “Look at us. A newbie hunter and a witch who needs adult supervision. How are we the ones that made it this far?” Jeremy: “I’m glad we’re here together.” Bonnie: “Me too.”
Jeremy: “Close your eyes. Listen to my voice and only my voice. I’m gonna get us there.”
Caroline: “You can’t kill Tyler.” Klaus: “Not only can I, I have to. I have a reputation to uphold. Moreover, I want to.”
Klaus: “You prefer who you are now to the girl you once were. You like being strong. Ageless. Fearless. We’re the same, Caroline.” Caroline: “Show him the mercy that I would show you.” Klaus: “Mercy…for Tyler? Very well. Tell him to leave town immediately. And tell him to run and hide in a place I will never find him.” Caroline: “Of course.” Klaus: “Tell him that this is the mercy I extend for your sake. That I will give him a head start before I kill him.”
Damon: “Just do what makes her happy, Stefan.”
Caroline: “How many times are we gonna have to say goodbye?” Tyler: “At least this time we have a minute to do it the right way.” Caroline: “There isn’t a right way.” Tyler: “This isn’t goodbye. This is…until we find a way. We’re immortal, remember? We will find a way.” Caroline: “What if we don’t? Tell me that you’ll never think of me again. Tell me that you’ll forget about me. Tell me that you are gonna go on and live a full, happy life without me.” Tyler: “I will live a happy life without you. I will forget all about you. And I will never, ever…think about you again.”
Caroline: “Until we find a way?”
Bonnie: “If we want to get the cure out of his hands, we…we have to wake him up.”
Rebekah: “Why didn’t you go with them?” Damon: “Needed a siesta.” Rebekah: “You gave up, didn’t you?” Damon: “I didn’t give up. I just realized, you can’t control everything…no matter how hard you try. Let’s just say I made peace with that fact.” Rebekah: “Peace? You love Elena. You always will. If she becomes human, she may not feel the same way about you. You’ll never know peace.” Damon: “Life sucks. Get a helmet.” Rebekah: “You did something selfless, Damon. If I didn’t know better I’d say you were becoming a halfway decent person.”
Klaus: “I’ve done more than enough. I’ve shown kindness, forgiveness, pity…because of you, Caroline. It was all for you.”
Katherine: “God, I forgot what a brat you were. I’m done playing nice.” Jeremy: “Katherine.” Katherine: “It’s been too long, Little Gilbert. Sorry, family reunion is gonna have to be cut short.”
The Vampire Diaries airs Thursdays at 8/7c on the CW.
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