You got the bad guy.
Now nothing can come between you and Elena.
In other words, Stefan has a lot of explaining to do.
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Or rather, Caroline does.
Remember when Dorian mentioned that his father and sister died in a house fire?
Well, thats actually what Stefan compelled him to believe.
And now, Dorian has kidnapped Stefan and is forcing him to dig his own grave.
This kids out for revenge.
Meanwhile, back in Mystic Falls, Kai has returned!
It was then that a very hot literally Kai found himself in the Mystic Grill.
Suddenly, he was alive.
When Kai couldnt taste or feel anything, he realized his predicament.
And if Damon will help him, he offers to bring back Elena.
Damon immediately thinks to call Bonnie.
If shes found a way to bring Enzo back from hell, maybe she can help with Kai.
Only, Bonnie still hasnt found Enzo.
And it also only takes her about 30 seconds to realize Kais back.
With that, she heads straight to Cade for answers.
After a quick reunion with Enzo, he warns her to stay away from Cade.
According to Enzo, Cade is trying to use Bonnie to find him for claim his soul for hell.
Translation: Enzos not in hell yet.
So where is he?
So yeah, she pulled a Cade.
Except her dimension is hidden, even from Cade.
Angry, Cade reads her mind and discovers that Kai might have gotten out of hell.
If youre alive, you might as well get a few likes, as he puts it.
With that, Damon takes Kai to eat the sleazy cook at the diner.
But when Damon gets word that Cade heard about Kai, he puts his own plan in motion.
Damons theory is that Kais only hope is redemption.
He needs to atone.
And in order for him to get Damons forgiveness, hes going to bring Elena back right now.
But all Dorian cares about is revenge.
Why should Stefan get to walk around trying to do good when he should be in hell?
Dorian, for one, doesnt care about Stefans redemption, so he shoots him.
Yeah, that doesnt last long before Dorian regrets it and calls Matt for help.
In fact, Stefans so close to death that Cade has come to collect.
Having a quite literal out-of-body experience, Stefan and Cade have a quick chat.
Stefans not ready to go yet.
He has too much left to make up for.
Cades final words before Stefan comes back to life?
Stefan has Matt give Dorian all of the police files that link Stefan to dozens of crimes.
Whatever Dorian decides is justice, theyll respect.
But for now, Stefans still trying to figure out who he is as a human.
(To be fair, hes only been human for two days.)
Of course, Caroline hates that idea.
She might not know what kind of future they can have, but she never did.
Only, it used to be exciting.
Now, it feels misguided.
He says it started three days ago, a.k.a.
when the bell rang.
As Kai puts it, hell helped him realize that theres no such thing as redemption.
Kai is not a good person, and if hes going down, hes going out with a bang.
And thats where we leave things.
I also love the mention of how many ripple effects come from just one vampire in Mystic Falls.
After all, this season is all about the consequences of everything thats happened over eight seasons.
Plus, theres Kai.
How can you not love Kai?
