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The Vampire Diaries
Season 2, Episode 10

Air date	December 2nd 2010
Written by	Caroline Dries
Directed by	Ralph Hemecker
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The Sacrifice is the tenth episode of the Second Season and the thirty-second episode in the series.

SummaryEdit

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JEREMY MAKES A DANGEROUS MISTAKE — Elena finally decides to take matters into her own hands and offers a tempting incentive to Rose for her help. When things take an unexpected turn, however, Rose calls on Damon to deal with the plan Elena has set in motion, which involves her trying to get Klaus's attention. Jeremy’s reckless attempt to help Bonnie retrieve the moonstone lands him in a life-threatening position and forces Stefan to put himself in danger to protect him from Katherine. Bonnie and Luka form a closer connection. Tyler shows Caroline the Lockwood cellar, where she makes a discovery that leaves them both terrified.

PlotEdit

SPOILERS AHEAD

Stefan and Damon plot to get the moonstone from Katherine so they can lift the curse.Elena asks Rose to take her to Slater so they can learn more about Klaus and where to find him.

Instead, they find Slater's staked corpse laying in his house. Elena uses information from his computer to get Klaus's attention, saying that she, the Doppelgänger, is willing to surrender. Rose protests, but Elena insists that surrendering is the only way to protect the people she loves from Klaus. Meanwhile, Caroline and Tyler discuss the approaching full moon and explore the underground tomb on the old Lockwood family property.

They discover Mason's journal and the video diary that he had used to document his extremely painful first transformations. Bonnie forms a plan to lift the spell from the tomb and temporarily incapacitate Katherine so that Stefan can quickly grab the moonstone, but Jeremy goes ahead with the plan by himself and is captured and fed on by Katherine. He manages to toss the moonstone out of the tomb. Stefan arrives and pushes Jeremy out safely, but is trapped in it himself. Later, Jeremy and Bonnie almost kiss. Damon arrives at Slater's house and tells Elena that he will not let her surrender to Klaus or put herself in danger. Two vampires confront Damon, Rose, and Elena; they want to take Elena to Klaus, but all of a sudden Elijah appears and kills them, leaving Damon, Rose, and Elena unharmed.

Damon and Elena return to Mystic Falls; Elena tries to run to Stefan in the tomb, but Damon restrains her. Stefan makes Damon promise to protect Elena, and he agrees.Elijah and Luca's father discuss what had happened at Slater's house. Elijah states that he spared Damon and Rose because he could see that they would protect Elena, which is what Elijah had been trying to do all along.

CastEdit

Main CastEdit

Recurring CastEdit

Guest CastEdit

Co-StarringEdit

Bree Condon as Alice
James Harvey Ward as Cody

TriviaEdit

Antagonist: Elijah Mikaelson
This is the third episode to have all the main characters in it. The previous two episodes are Plan B and Masquerade.
This episode had 3.46 million viewers in USA.
Mason and Slater appear in this episode after being killed in Plan B and Katerina respectivally. Same thing that happened with Trevor 2 episodes ago and will happen again in The Dinner Party with Lexi, again in Know Thy Enemy with Luka though only his corpse is featured and in the season finale with Anna and Vicki.
Marcos Siega directed Mason's transformation video.
Jeremy going in for a kiss with Bonnie was not scripted.
- According to Zap2It's Carina MacKenzie, it was Steven R. McQueen improvising.

Deaths:

Cody - killed by Elijah.

Cultural ReferencesEdit

Slater's password is Kristen Stewart", the name of the actress who plays Bella in the Twilight Saga.
Alice, Slater's girlfriend, looks and dresses like Chanterelle, the vampire wannabe in Buffy, the Vampire Slayer episode 2x07, "Lie to Me".