The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 10 Recap: Nostalgia's a Bitch

The Vampire Diaries really likes to celebrate the past. 

On The Vampire Diaries Season 8 Episode 10, we took a trip into Damon’s mind and there was no vampire in site. In fact, it was littered with past characters who really helped make the episode a poignant affair. 

When the episode got underway, Bonnie showed up at the Salvatore mansion to find Damon in a catatonic state. Sybil then revealed she needed help finding the bell. 

Caroline decided to help her if it meant saving Damon from his own mind. Bonnie and Caroline entered and noticed straight off the bat that Vicki Donovan was very much alive. 

Bonnie thought she had been bitten by Damon, but it turned out Vicki was just a normal teenager who had no idea what vampires were. 

Caroline, however, found out the hard way that her mother was not a fan of vampires.

Caroline tried to join forces with her mother to locate Damon because of the animal attacks, but her mother kidnapped her because she knew she was a vampire. 

Back in Mystic Falls, Stefan met up with Seline who told Stefan that if he rings the bell twelve times it would bring hell because it would destroy everything for miles, giving Stefan a lot of souls for Cade. 

It was great to finally learn what the damn bell did, but it’s also a little farfetched how long it’s not been used for.

Where was this when the heretics had taken over the town?

Stefan compelled Matt to ring the bell if he did not forgive Damon for murdering Vicki before the hour was up.

As you can probably expect, Matt started ringing the bell. 

Back in Damon’s mind, Stefan showed up and Damon had a war of words with him.

Damon blamed Stefan for turning him into a vampire and making him a murderer. 

Damon then snapped out of his funk and killed Stefan. He then made his way to stop Matt from ringing the bell twelve times.

The pair actually bonded. Damon apologized for murdering Vicki and Matt understood that Damon saved the town. 

He said that goes a long way for him and Matt made off for the police station.

He decided he wanted to become Sheriff again, while Damon revealed that he’s always had a good relationship with sheriffs in town. 

Will these two seriously become friends?!

Finally, Sybil and Seline met up and called a truce. They were tired of fighting each other, so decided to move on with their lives.

However, Cade showed up and revealed that the ladies were finished helping him because they were so unreliable. 

The pair combusted into flames and Cade said that he was going to take matters into his own hands in order to get the results he wants. 

What a riveting episode, you guys! Hopefully the rest of the season manages to match this episode’s quality. 

With Nina Dobrev on her way back as Elena, it sure seems like the show is surprisingly going out on a high. 

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