WARNING! THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS!

“What we do not see, what most of us never suspect of existing, is the silent but irresistible power which comes to the rescue of those who fight on in the face of discouragement.”
– Napoleon Hill

In this week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries, almost everyone will some form of rescue. The Travelers are holding Stefan captive for his blood. To free Stefan, Caroline and Enzo go off to Atlanta to find and kill Stefan’s doppelganger. Jeremy strikes a deal with a surprising pair of allies. Damon and Elena deal with the complexity of their relationship. A new threat to Mystic Falls is revealed.

The episode opens with Stefan’s doppelganger (Paul Wesley) as a paramedic wheeling into the Atlanta Metro Hospital, an female patient. He asks her what her name is, then says his name is Tom and she’s going to be all right. We see Sloan (Caitlin McHugh) in a painful mind link with Stefan, who is relating what he sees. Sloan says she heard him say his name was Tom Avery. Back at the hospital, Tom (Paul Wesley) tells the doctor that the patient needs a 10 gauge needle or she won’t make it to the operating table. The doctor says he’ll take it from there, but Tom inserts the needle himself. Back to Sloan who asks Stefan to tell her what he’s seeing. He sees the doctor calling Tom a piece of work, adding that they must have broke the mold when they made him. Stefan tells Sloan that Tom is at the Atlanta Metropolitan Hospital. She breaks the mind link and says tells Stefan his friends can now go kill him. Stefan passes out.
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