The Originals recap: A trip to Mystic Falls has potentially deadly consequences 

recap: A trip to Mystic Falls has potentially deadly consequences

Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt

this was all going to come back to Mystic Falls. Honestly, we should’ve seen it coming. (And maybe some of you did.) For me, this episode was filled with lovely callbacks, whether we’re talking about seeing Elena’s personal practice, the glimpse of Matt’s bench, hearing Bonnie’s name, or the number of times Klaus and Caroline talked about things that happened “a long time ago.” And I can promise you each and every one of those moments made my heart happy. That being said, there was also a lot of sadness in this hour. Let’s dig in!

When it appears that there’s not a fix for Hope, Klaus comes up with a plan: He and Elijah will take Hope to Mystic Falls, specifically to the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, where Caroline’s twins are currently enrolled. As Klaus tells Caroline — after she mentions the deal they made in the woods that he wouldn’t return to Mystic Falls — he needs their siphoning skills to take the Hollow’s magic out of Hope and put it in him. Once that’s complete, Caroline can make good on a promise she was part of, once again, years ago: To lock Klaus up and drop him in the Atlantic. Only this time, he’s a willing participant.

With tonight being the full moon, the timeline is limited. No witch seems to believe that Hope will survive the night, which means they need to remove the magic from her while she’s mid-transition.

Speaking of Hope, she’s currently roaming around the school, where we find that Katherine’s photo and Stefan’s diary are both on display. Not sure how Stefan would feel about his deepest darkest secrets and #feelings being out there, but even hearing his name made me tear up. As Hope explains to Elijah, Klaus seems to be the villain in all of the stories she’s read. And that makes Elijah the evil henchman. But right now, Elijah’s simply the concerned uncle who takes Hope for a shake at the Mystic Grill!!! (Apparently there’s a plaque inside for Aunt Jenna. Did we know that?)

At the Grill, Hope runs into Landon, a guy she knows from town. She turns down his offer to attend a concert that night, and when Elijah asks why, she reveals that she knows she’s going to die. With that, Elijah decides it’s time Hope gets to drive a Bentley, and on the way, he asks her why she thinks her dying might not be the worst thing. “I don’t think I was meant to exist in the first place,” she tells him, before uttering my favorite line of the hour, “Can you be a miracle and a mistake at the same time?” Elijah is firmly in the “no one is a mistake” camp, but when he sees Hope’s struggle, he tells her to turn into the Mystic Falls High School parking lot, where they’re preparing for a decade dance. (And I just died inside.)

In the parking lot, Elijah spots some jocks who were bullying Landon at the Grill, and Hope decides to have a little fun. By freezing the water being used to wash the bully’s car, she freezes his car, thereby shattering his windows. It’s fun, but it only lasts a moment. Right after, she’s back to telling Elijah that Hayley’s death was her fault, and then, she collapses.

Meanwhile, Alaric has proven to be a problem on the Klaus front. Right after Caroline convinces her daughters to help, Ric shows up with his favorite toy, the crossbow, and puts a stake through Klaus’ heart. He then locks him in the basement of the school, but we all know that can only hold Klaus for so long. Ric’s point is simple: Even the deepest of oceans can’t contain Klaus Mikaelson. And Klaus agrees.

Back from the basement, Klaus reveals his real plan: Once the Hollow’s magic is inside of him, they’ll have to kill him. How? By using a white oak stake that he says he’s had for decades? I’m confused. Did we not have that whole “last of the white oak” conversation when Aurora got her hands on Rebekah’s childhood toy?

Anyway, after another Stefan mention, Caroline confronts Klaus about his plan. He knows there’s probably another way, but seeing as how Hope has less than a day left, he doesn’t have enough time to find it. With that, Caroline agrees to let her girls help. After all, all she ever wanted was for Klaus to be a good person, and that’s what he’s doing. “This would all be so much easier if you’d just stayed the big bad wolf,” she tells him as the sexual tension between them explodes. She tells him to wait while she convinces Alaric to let their girls help. And that brings us back to Hope.