He was a hybrid who ruled the world.
She was the spunky vampire who could see right through his pomp and circumstance.
NowThe Originalswriters are introducing child sacrifices into the mix.
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How did we get here?
Well, it all started with a weird journal that refuses to burn.
He gives the book to Marcel, asking Marcel to kill him if he ever comes looking for it.
Thats clear as mud.
Allow me to try and explain.
In a flashback, Vincent is married to Eva.
We see that he is overjoyed to learn his wife is pregnant.
She wants to leave New Orleans because Marcel hates most witches.
Vincent wants to stay in his hometown.
Vincent begins to practice the dark magic and gets pretty drunk on the power.
Yet he doesnt feel that its enough.
You see, she believe the sacrifice has to mean something.
She soon advances to child sacrifices.
In the current timeline, Vincent fills Marcel in on all of his marital history.
Marcel wonders if Eva is back.
Shes a child-stealing psychopath, right?
Maybe she took Adam.
Vincent warns Marcel that its more.
The book and the mark equal darkness.
Or better yet, its here.
Not only is Adam gone, but there are three other kids who are missing.
Rumor has it that something is going on at the once abandoned Strix mansion.
Sounds like a perfect place to conduct a little dark magic.
Vincent asks Will to sit this one out.
Hed like for his friend to stay alive.
I second that emotion.
Kol and Freya are ready to book it.
She dutifully whispers hello and then goes to the garden.
Hayley: Youre her fairy tale prince.
You have a lot to live up to.
Klaus slowly approaches Hope in the garden, where his daughter paints.
He couldnt have asked for a better opening, yet he cant manage to speak.
Hope informs him that she knows he likes to paint.
Its a match made in heaven.
Klaus smile is infectious.
Kol wants to grieve Davina by an ocean.
They leave town together to find sanctuary in Saint-Tropez.
Rebekah has a sweet goodbye with Klaus.
For once, she leaves on good terms with her brother.
The others are a different story.
Hayley clearly wants Elijah.
Can Freya not stop working for one minute?
Remember, she needs the venom to make the antidote to cure Marcels bite.
As she extracts it from Keelin, shes curious as to why the werewolf isnt healing.
The answer isnt simple.
File that away for a moment.
Elijah wants her life to be more.
He doesnt want her to lose herself.
He encourages Hayley to let Keelin go.
Hayley does, and Freya is ticked especially when Elijah backs Hayley.
Freya pretends to be cool with it, but we all know that Keelin is a sitting duck.
Freya finds her, gives her a witchs headache, and then drags her back to the barn.
Would she rather be hunted and killed?
Or be living and breathing under the Mikaelsons rule?
Freya wants Keelins help to help her suppress Marcels traits and then kill him.
They share stories about Klaus childhood.
Klaus couldnt be more proud.
And she is the greatest witch the world has ever seen.
He will keep the bad guys away.
Klaus picks her up to take her back inside, and we see Hope notice something in the woods.
Is a blue floating orb-like mass considered a bad guy?
Speaking of bad guys, Elijah is convinced he is one.
Hayley assures him that he isnt.
They both play the you have a good heart game that leads to a declaration of love.
That leads to a passionate kiss, which leads to a romp in the sack.
Is it just me, or do we need to see Elijah shirtless more often?
Thats the stuff nightmares are made of, and I dont plan on falling asleep easily tonight.
Thank you Julie Plec.
Marcel runs in and Creepy Dude stabs him.
Then Vincent stakes Creepy Dude.
Oddly, Creepy Dude is surprised, yet sort of excited to see Vincent.
He lets us in on a little secret: The darkness wants Vincent there!
Thankfully Marcel is there to stake the guy again, just as Creeper gives Marcel a headache.
The kids fall to the ground.
The scene cuts to Hope, walking up to Klaus.
She tells him that something is wrong.
She sees a bad man hurting kids.
And she thinks he wants to hurt her, too.
Cut back to Creepy Dude telling Vincent, You think that it only chose you?
You gave it breath.
And now it must be fed.
At that news, Vincent cuts Creepers throat.
He runs over to the kids.
The darkness is draining the life from them.
Vincent works to reverse the spell just as Hope complains of feeling cold and dizzy.
Klaus cries out for Hayley who runs in from her tryst with Elijah.
Vincents spell works and all the kids wake up totally fine.
The bad guy was using personal items to bind them to the spell.
Theres just one problem: There are five personal items and only four kids.
Marcel picks up a hairbrush and sees the Mikaelson crest on the back.
He knows Hope is in danger.
Marcel concedes and lets Vincent send a message to Hayley.
It looks like the Mikaelsons are headed back to New Orleans.
Theres just one confusing part left.
Marcel wants to know why Vincent feels responsible for all of this.
Isnt it Evas fault?
Technically, yes, but it was Vincent who invited the magic in the first place.
Although he tried to cleanse his wife, she fell victim to the demons.
He has no idea what happened to the baby.
That was a weird disclaimer to include in this particular dialogue.
Could the darkness have something to do with the unborn child of Vincent and Eva?
You got away because it let you.
Its beating in the hearts of your people.
And who might that be?
Sadly, its our good friend Will.
Hes a cold-hearted killer now who slays the throats of innocent ambulance drivers.
He also steals children who have just been through a horrific experience.
Sounds like someones going to need another compulsion from Klaus before all of this is said and done.
