1 00:00:02,937 --> 00:00:04,036 Previously on Legacies... Penelope is leaving the school. 2 00:00:04,046 --> 00:00:05,337 Oh, yeah. I knew that. 3 00:00:05,414 --> 00:00:08,040 You never consider anybody's feelings but your own. 4 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:09,374 It's a log of everything 5 00:00:09,385 --> 00:00:10,959 written down at the Salvatore School, 6 00:00:11,036 --> 00:00:13,462 and I want you to read what your dad wrote 7 00:00:13,538 --> 00:00:15,088 about something called the Merge. 8 00:00:15,099 --> 00:00:16,081 What's Malivore? 9 00:00:16,158 --> 00:00:17,799 It's a hell dimension 10 00:00:17,876 --> 00:00:19,134 that consumes creatures and wipes their existence 11 00:00:19,211 --> 00:00:20,719 from the collective conscience. 12 00:00:20,730 --> 00:00:22,971 I don't even know how long I was in Malivore. 13 00:00:23,048 --> 00:00:25,140 And then, one day, I found myself back here. 14 00:00:25,217 --> 00:00:26,250 I was pregnant. 15 00:00:26,326 --> 00:00:27,401 So Landon is the, uh, 16 00:00:27,478 --> 00:00:29,728 supernatural immaculate conception? 17 00:00:29,739 --> 00:00:32,022 You are keeping a secret about my mom? 18 00:00:32,099 --> 00:00:34,232 I can't be here right now. Landon. Landon! 19 00:00:34,243 --> 00:00:36,076 Your asset failed her retrieval mission. 20 00:00:36,153 --> 00:00:38,078 I cleaned up her mess. 21 00:00:43,753 --> 00:00:46,161 Usual debrief before you throw him into the pit. 22 00:00:46,238 --> 00:00:48,163 Find out where he's from. Family. 23 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:50,916 Any other phoenixes he's willing to give up. 24 00:00:50,926 --> 00:00:52,834 Then ask him about the knife. 25 00:00:52,911 --> 00:00:54,002 As in the knife? 26 00:00:54,013 --> 00:00:55,212 When I was at the school, 27 00:00:55,288 --> 00:00:57,047 I heard he tried to steal it. 28 00:00:57,124 --> 00:00:58,599 And I'd like to know why he wanted 29 00:00:58,675 --> 00:00:59,933 one of the locks to the pit. 30 00:01:00,010 --> 00:01:02,052 Shouldn't be too difficult. 31 00:01:02,129 --> 00:01:04,730 He recorded the voice mail with minimal resistance. 32 00:01:32,209 --> 00:01:33,759 No one's watching us now. 33 00:01:35,162 --> 00:01:36,470 Look, 34 00:01:36,547 --> 00:01:38,013 I already told the other guys I don't know anything. 35 00:01:42,210 --> 00:01:43,593 You can kill me, but I'm part phoenix, 36 00:01:43,670 --> 00:01:45,479 so I'm just gonna come back to life 37 00:01:45,556 --> 00:01:47,139 in a burst of flames, and there's gonna be a lot of ash 38 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:48,723 to clean up. And after I come back, 39 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:50,642 I'm not gonna know anything. 40 00:01:50,653 --> 00:01:52,986 I'm not here to interrogate you, Landon. 41 00:01:53,063 --> 00:01:54,896 In fact, I'm here 42 00:01:54,973 --> 00:01:56,406 so you can finally get some answers. 43 00:02:02,689 --> 00:02:04,447 When they created the locks to Malivore, 44 00:02:04,524 --> 00:02:06,158 they also created decoys 45 00:02:06,168 --> 00:02:09,828 so no one would know which three artifacts were the real thing. 46 00:02:09,839 --> 00:02:12,122 I think you might be able to help me with that. 47 00:02:12,199 --> 00:02:15,292 Is one of these artifacts calling to you? 48 00:02:15,368 --> 00:02:17,177 Like a whisper, 49 00:02:17,254 --> 00:02:19,462 an itch? 50 00:02:19,539 --> 00:02:21,181 A) I don't feel anything. 51 00:02:21,258 --> 00:02:22,966 And B) even if I did, I'm not helping 52 00:02:23,043 --> 00:02:24,685 the people who kidnapped me. 53 00:02:24,761 --> 00:02:26,136 Oh, this isn't for Triad. 54 00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:28,430 No, they want these artifacts to stay hidden. 55 00:02:28,506 --> 00:02:30,098 To be clear, 56 00:02:30,175 --> 00:02:32,184 I want to toss them into the pit 57 00:02:32,194 --> 00:02:34,144 and unlock Malivore. 58 00:02:34,221 --> 00:02:35,529 Wow. 59 00:02:35,606 --> 00:02:36,947 Uh... 60 00:02:38,516 --> 00:02:39,658 Thanks for being honest. 61 00:02:39,735 --> 00:02:41,193 That's refreshing. 62 00:02:41,203 --> 00:02:43,486 But now I'm really not going to help you. 63 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:45,372 I'll tell you a story. 64 00:02:45,449 --> 00:02:47,374 And at the end of it, you can decide whether you want 65 00:02:47,451 --> 00:02:48,783 to help me or not. You think a story 66 00:02:48,860 --> 00:02:50,994 is gonna change my mind? This one will. 67 00:02:51,071 --> 00:02:54,006 Because it's the story of your father. 68 00:02:57,970 --> 00:02:59,711 ♪ Ask me no questions ♪ 69 00:02:59,788 --> 00:03:01,963 ♪ I will tell you no lies ♪ 70 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,217 ♪ Careful what you wish for ♪ 71 00:03:05,293 --> 00:03:09,721 ♪ We're looking for angels in the darkest of skies ♪ 72 00:03:09,732 --> 00:03:13,391 ♪ Saying that we wanted more ♪ 73 00:03:13,402 --> 00:03:15,235 ♪ I feel like I'm falling ♪ 74 00:03:15,312 --> 00:03:17,237 ♪ But I'm trying to fly ♪ 75 00:03:17,314 --> 00:03:20,857 ♪ Where does all the good go? ♪ 76 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:25,403 ♪ We're looking for answers in the highest of highs ♪ 77 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:27,405 ♪ But will we ever, ever know? ♪ 78 00:03:27,416 --> 00:03:29,407 ♪ If you feel it, could you let me know? ♪ 79 00:03:29,418 --> 00:03:33,536 ♪ Oh... ♪ 80 00:03:33,613 --> 00:03:37,207 ♪ Oh... ♪ ♪ If you feel it, could you let me know? ♪ 81 00:03:37,284 --> 00:03:40,710 ♪ Oh... ♪ 82 00:03:40,787 --> 00:03:43,255 ♪ Oh... ♪ ♪ I'm not asking ♪ 83 00:03:43,265 --> 00:03:44,932 ♪ For a miracle ♪ 84 00:03:45,008 --> 00:03:48,134 ♪ Ask for forever when the end is in sight ♪ 85 00:03:48,145 --> 00:03:51,054 ♪ Showing what you want to ♪ 86 00:03:51,131 --> 00:03:53,348 ♪ And I need ♪ 87 00:03:53,425 --> 00:03:55,767 ♪ You to know ♪ 88 00:03:55,778 --> 00:03:59,396 ♪ I'm not asking for a miracle ♪ 89 00:03:59,472 --> 00:04:02,565 ♪ But if love is enough ♪ 90 00:04:02,642 --> 00:04:05,068 ♪ Could you let it show? ♪ 91 00:04:05,145 --> 00:04:07,955 ♪ If you feel it, could you let me know? ♪ 92 00:04:08,031 --> 00:04:10,240 ♪ Oh... ♪ Heads up! 93 00:04:10,317 --> 00:04:12,960 ♪ If you asking for a miracle. ♪ 94 00:04:14,321 --> 00:04:16,463 That almost took your head off. 95 00:04:18,450 --> 00:04:20,092 Yo, how long have I been here? 96 00:04:20,168 --> 00:04:22,469 For an hour. But you've been going through the motions 97 00:04:22,546 --> 00:04:24,337 like a zombie. 98 00:04:24,414 --> 00:04:26,131 You sure you're okay? 99 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:28,633 Yeah, I'm fine. And, look, 100 00:04:28,644 --> 00:04:30,385 you don't need to pretend like you give a crap about me 101 00:04:30,462 --> 00:04:31,561 just 'cause I'm your alpha. 102 00:04:35,651 --> 00:04:37,642 The game's back on. Come on. 103 00:04:39,396 --> 00:04:41,154 Hey, Ric. Sorry to take off like that, 104 00:04:41,231 --> 00:04:42,605 but I just needed a little time. 105 00:04:42,682 --> 00:04:44,607 So I'm going camping for a while. 106 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:47,610 Hopefully I can catch up on classwork later. 107 00:04:47,687 --> 00:04:50,739 Tell Raf and Jed hi for me. 108 00:04:51,816 --> 00:04:53,241 Jed? 109 00:04:53,318 --> 00:04:54,909 Why would he say hi to Jed? 110 00:04:54,986 --> 00:04:56,244 You should go after him. 111 00:04:56,321 --> 00:04:57,337 Something doesn't make sense. 112 00:04:57,414 --> 00:04:59,247 Hope... Triad already tried to come 113 00:04:59,324 --> 00:05:01,341 for him once. It's not safe for him out there. We kept 114 00:05:01,418 --> 00:05:04,085 a massive secret from him, and I think he just needs some time 115 00:05:04,162 --> 00:05:06,013 to process that. I think we should respect 116 00:05:06,089 --> 00:05:08,265 his privacy and just wait. 117 00:05:20,270 --> 00:05:21,686 I know that look. 118 00:05:21,697 --> 00:05:23,313 What's wrong? 119 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:26,024 These kids have been through so much lately. 120 00:05:26,035 --> 00:05:28,777 I've done all I can to help Rafael, 121 00:05:28,853 --> 00:05:31,696 but the side effects of Hope's elixir are getting worse. 122 00:05:31,707 --> 00:05:33,448 He's losing time, 123 00:05:33,525 --> 00:05:35,200 having flashes of aggression. 124 00:05:35,210 --> 00:05:37,452 I think he's still sliding between his wolf mind 125 00:05:37,529 --> 00:05:38,620 and his human mind. 126 00:05:38,696 --> 00:05:40,547 I will-- I'll keep an eye on him. 127 00:05:40,624 --> 00:05:42,374 You've been running on fumes these past few weeks. 128 00:05:42,450 --> 00:05:45,385 It wouldn't hurt to bring in someone else to help, 129 00:05:45,462 --> 00:05:48,463 maybe even assist in researching Rafael's condition. 130 00:05:48,540 --> 00:05:50,298 Dorian is too proud to come back. 131 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:51,841 You know that. And you know 132 00:05:51,918 --> 00:05:53,551 how much I respect you. 133 00:05:53,562 --> 00:05:57,689 But are you sure it's his pride that's the problem? 134 00:06:01,928 --> 00:06:03,853 Was there a monster attack in here? 135 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:05,188 There you are. 136 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:06,356 I got tired of waiting, so I attempted 137 00:06:06,367 --> 00:06:07,741 a banana cream pie by myself. 138 00:06:07,818 --> 00:06:09,067 Where is it? 139 00:06:09,078 --> 00:06:10,568 In the garbage. I said "attempted." 140 00:06:10,579 --> 00:06:12,070 So we're gonna go back to plan A, 141 00:06:12,081 --> 00:06:14,197 and you are gonna make it for me. 142 00:06:14,274 --> 00:06:16,416 Status update: Josie didn't come back last night. 143 00:06:16,493 --> 00:06:18,535 I think she slept in Penelope's old room, 144 00:06:18,611 --> 00:06:21,204 which is a really good way to get hepatitis B. 145 00:06:21,281 --> 00:06:23,248 Have you slept at all? You seem a little... 146 00:06:23,258 --> 00:06:25,166 Focused? Motivated? On point? 147 00:06:25,243 --> 00:06:27,919 Sure. Yeah. Not sleeping in the same bedroom means 148 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:29,596 that Twin Forgiveness Cuddle is off the table. 149 00:06:29,673 --> 00:06:31,714 But she's been holed up in the library, 150 00:06:31,791 --> 00:06:34,592 so a snack offering should do the trick. 151 00:06:34,603 --> 00:06:36,937 At some point, you might actually have to apologize. 152 00:06:37,013 --> 00:06:39,097 Never apologize. 153 00:06:39,108 --> 00:06:40,849 Okay. Trust me, okay? 154 00:06:40,925 --> 00:06:42,943 This is what we do. I'm selfish, 155 00:06:43,019 --> 00:06:44,519 then she sulks, 156 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:46,563 and then I offer baked goods. 157 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:48,731 Someone else's baked goods. It's giving you 158 00:06:48,808 --> 00:06:50,617 something to do with yourself, isn't it? 159 00:06:50,694 --> 00:06:52,110 Your turn for an update. 160 00:06:52,121 --> 00:06:54,028 Any word 161 00:06:54,105 --> 00:06:55,947 from our mop-headed elf? 162 00:06:55,958 --> 00:06:58,575 He says he needs time to think. 163 00:06:58,651 --> 00:07:00,410 Hmm. I don't know. I feel like if I could 164 00:07:00,487 --> 00:07:03,296 figure out the right thing to say, then he'd come back. 165 00:07:03,373 --> 00:07:04,965 So, practice. 166 00:07:06,284 --> 00:07:07,292 Emma has this prism 167 00:07:07,302 --> 00:07:09,752 that simulates a conversation. 168 00:07:09,829 --> 00:07:11,421 She makes me use it 169 00:07:11,498 --> 00:07:14,474 to talk to my mom and my dad when I'm in a state. 170 00:07:14,551 --> 00:07:17,594 I'll trade you one prism 171 00:07:17,670 --> 00:07:19,980 for a banana cream pie. 172 00:07:26,846 --> 00:07:28,738 ♪ ♪ 173 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:45,288 I brought you some brain food. 174 00:07:45,365 --> 00:07:46,381 I'm not hungry. 175 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,417 It's all your favorite things. 176 00:07:49,494 --> 00:07:51,386 Which I'm sure somebody else had to tell you. 177 00:07:59,629 --> 00:08:02,639 No offense, but I'm not gonna believe anything you say. 178 00:08:02,715 --> 00:08:04,474 I mean, A-plus for manipulation, man. 179 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:06,276 This is really frightening stuff, but... 180 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:16,027 Where did you get this? 181 00:08:16,038 --> 00:08:18,205 It's all part of what I'm about to tell you. Look, 182 00:08:18,281 --> 00:08:19,764 I already know about my dad. 183 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:21,866 My mom got pregnant by one of the monsters in Malivore. 184 00:08:21,877 --> 00:08:23,877 Well, 185 00:08:23,954 --> 00:08:26,421 then he'll be easy to spot in my story. 186 00:08:28,700 --> 00:08:30,416 Around a millennia ago, 187 00:08:30,493 --> 00:08:34,003 in certain parts of the world, there were monsters. 188 00:08:39,419 --> 00:08:41,010 And in one region... 189 00:08:43,807 --> 00:08:45,848 ...there was no monster more terrifying 190 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,192 than dragons. 191 00:08:56,411 --> 00:08:58,528 On their own, no faction was any match 192 00:08:58,605 --> 00:09:00,080 for dragons. 193 00:09:00,156 --> 00:09:04,084 So an unholy alliance was formed. 194 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,369 A witch, 195 00:09:06,446 --> 00:09:08,913 a werewolf and a vampire... 196 00:09:08,924 --> 00:09:11,174 Walked into a bar. I think I've heard this one before. 197 00:09:13,119 --> 00:09:15,095 Sorry. 198 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:22,051 The Triad combined their blood, 199 00:09:22,128 --> 00:09:23,720 using black magic 200 00:09:23,796 --> 00:09:26,648 to create a golem capable of consuming the dragons. 201 00:09:36,526 --> 00:09:40,361 They spelled the creature to have an insatiable hunger. 202 00:09:40,372 --> 00:09:43,573 But their spell also made it unable to harm witches, 203 00:09:43,650 --> 00:09:45,575 werewolves, or vampires. 204 00:09:48,130 --> 00:09:50,797 They named it Eater of the Dark. 205 00:09:50,874 --> 00:09:53,300 When the dragons, 206 00:09:53,376 --> 00:09:56,210 in human form, returned to collect the treasure 207 00:09:56,287 --> 00:09:59,464 from all the villages they had attacked, 208 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,257 it was waiting for them. 209 00:10:07,465 --> 00:10:09,307 It took them, 210 00:10:09,318 --> 00:10:11,901 consumed them. 211 00:10:18,827 --> 00:10:20,610 To their surprise, 212 00:10:20,687 --> 00:10:22,278 the creature was more effective than they could have dreamed. 213 00:10:22,355 --> 00:10:24,497 After the dragons were gone, 214 00:10:24,574 --> 00:10:26,333 it kept eating every monster it could, 215 00:10:26,409 --> 00:10:29,461 swallowing them into an endless space inside itself. 216 00:10:29,537 --> 00:10:31,162 You're saying that the golem ate my dad? 217 00:10:31,173 --> 00:10:33,164 No, Landon. 218 00:10:33,175 --> 00:10:35,175 Your father is the golem. 219 00:10:37,036 --> 00:10:39,679 The Eater of the Dark. 220 00:10:46,838 --> 00:10:48,262 Hi. Hi. 221 00:10:48,339 --> 00:10:50,598 Knock yourself out. 222 00:10:50,675 --> 00:10:52,475 The first time's kind of freaky, 223 00:10:52,552 --> 00:10:54,686 because you're basically talking to your subconscious. 224 00:10:54,696 --> 00:10:57,647 Thanks. This is for you. 225 00:10:57,724 --> 00:10:59,357 I saw your dad reading it. He keeps it 226 00:10:59,368 --> 00:11:01,776 locked up in his office, so it's bound to have something 227 00:11:01,853 --> 00:11:03,444 about that Merge thing Josie's looking for. 228 00:11:03,521 --> 00:11:05,613 For once, your weird relationship with my dad 229 00:11:05,690 --> 00:11:07,615 actually comes in handy. 230 00:11:07,692 --> 00:11:10,034 Right. Uh, just be careful. 231 00:11:10,045 --> 00:11:12,203 If your dad's hiding something, 232 00:11:12,214 --> 00:11:14,622 I'm sure it's for a good reason. 233 00:11:14,699 --> 00:11:16,624 I'm sure I can handle it, whatever it is. 234 00:11:16,701 --> 00:11:20,053 I just have this feeling that everything is gonna work out just fine. 235 00:11:20,130 --> 00:11:22,463 Can you feel it? It's like the whole school is vibrating. 236 00:11:22,540 --> 00:11:25,517 We're both gonna get our people back. 237 00:11:52,921 --> 00:11:54,754 Hey there. 238 00:11:54,831 --> 00:11:56,715 Hey. 239 00:11:58,927 --> 00:12:00,460 Are you okay? 240 00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:01,428 Yeah. 241 00:12:01,504 --> 00:12:03,004 Yeah. Sorry. 242 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,672 Um... 243 00:12:04,749 --> 00:12:08,050 this is my first time talking to a magical hologram. 244 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:10,437 Hologram? 245 00:12:10,513 --> 00:12:11,888 What do you mean, a hologram? What does that mean? 246 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:13,890 That I'm not real? What are you talking about? 247 00:12:15,444 --> 00:12:16,684 Oh, my God, don't do that. 248 00:12:16,761 --> 00:12:18,111 Sorry. Yeah. 249 00:12:18,188 --> 00:12:20,354 You just seemed tense. I was trying to break the ice. 250 00:12:20,431 --> 00:12:23,783 Well, at least I know this is a pretty accurate version of you. 251 00:12:23,860 --> 00:12:25,526 You can thank yourself for that, I guess. 252 00:12:25,603 --> 00:12:28,196 You had something you wanted to say to me? 253 00:12:28,272 --> 00:12:30,072 Yeah. Um... 254 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:32,283 I should have told you about your mom 255 00:12:32,294 --> 00:12:33,910 and-and the whole thing earlier. 256 00:12:33,986 --> 00:12:36,954 I mean, I was just trying to protect you from being hurt. 257 00:12:36,965 --> 00:12:38,581 So I just wanted to say 258 00:12:38,658 --> 00:12:42,126 that I'm sorry if I hurt you. 259 00:12:42,137 --> 00:12:44,253 What, that's it? 260 00:12:44,330 --> 00:12:45,963 You're "sorry if 261 00:12:45,974 --> 00:12:47,256 I hurt you"? 262 00:12:47,333 --> 00:12:48,633 I am. Okay, then I 263 00:12:48,643 --> 00:12:50,643 accept your apology if you're actually sorry. 264 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,053 What's your problem? I mean, do you 265 00:12:52,129 --> 00:12:53,596 seriously think that speech would have worked on me? 266 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:54,773 I mean, come on, that's not what you 267 00:12:54,849 --> 00:12:56,316 actually wanted to say. How would you know? 268 00:12:56,392 --> 00:12:57,475 Because I am you, remember? 269 00:12:57,486 --> 00:12:59,477 Fine. 270 00:12:59,488 --> 00:13:01,771 Then you tell me what it is that I want to say, and I'll say it. 271 00:13:01,848 --> 00:13:03,490 That's not how this works, Hope. You have to listen. 272 00:13:03,566 --> 00:13:04,690 Listen to what? 273 00:13:07,237 --> 00:13:09,904 Even fake you is infuriating. 274 00:13:09,981 --> 00:13:11,164 God! 275 00:13:11,241 --> 00:13:12,999 How can something that's basically 276 00:13:13,076 --> 00:13:15,168 a mud robot be my father? 277 00:13:16,821 --> 00:13:19,789 Because it didn't stay a golem. 278 00:13:19,866 --> 00:13:23,084 With each monster's DNA it absorbed... 279 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:24,752 it evolved. 280 00:13:24,829 --> 00:13:27,755 Eventually, it became sentient... 281 00:13:27,832 --> 00:13:30,350 aware. 282 00:13:30,426 --> 00:13:33,135 He was truly alive. 283 00:13:33,212 --> 00:13:35,012 And when the region was cleared of all the monsters, 284 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,357 the Triad wanted to return him back to mud. 285 00:13:37,433 --> 00:13:39,141 Since they were the ones who created him, 286 00:13:39,218 --> 00:13:41,194 only they could destroy him. 287 00:13:41,271 --> 00:13:43,646 All they needed to do was wipe away the symbol 288 00:13:43,723 --> 00:13:45,189 on his forehead. 289 00:13:48,895 --> 00:13:51,112 But he betrayed his creators. 290 00:13:51,188 --> 00:13:55,449 He made a deal with all the humans he'd saved. 291 00:13:55,526 --> 00:13:57,869 They could not let their new god 292 00:13:57,879 --> 00:13:59,829 be taken from them. 293 00:13:59,906 --> 00:14:03,049 The humans set him free to wander the earth and continue consuming, 294 00:14:03,126 --> 00:14:06,594 erasing all memory that the monsters ever existed. 295 00:14:09,707 --> 00:14:11,966 But over time... 296 00:14:12,043 --> 00:14:14,343 like Adam in the Garden of Eden, 297 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:17,397 he realized he was alone. 298 00:14:17,473 --> 00:14:20,775 So he did what all creations eventually do. 299 00:14:22,863 --> 00:14:24,571 Create. 300 00:14:25,815 --> 00:14:27,732 He fashioned beings like him. 301 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:29,734 His children. 302 00:14:29,744 --> 00:14:31,861 - A lineage that could... - Man... 303 00:14:31,938 --> 00:14:33,863 You were doing so good up until that part. 304 00:14:33,940 --> 00:14:36,082 I was almost into it, as far as origin stories go, 305 00:14:36,159 --> 00:14:37,867 but you're asking me to believe that I'm 306 00:14:37,944 --> 00:14:40,211 a magical mud man with implanted memories. 307 00:14:42,832 --> 00:14:44,832 Quite the opposite. 308 00:14:44,909 --> 00:14:46,542 You see... 309 00:14:46,619 --> 00:14:48,928 all the children he fashioned were imperfect. 310 00:14:49,005 --> 00:14:51,422 Flawed. None of them had his powers. 311 00:14:51,433 --> 00:14:54,091 All of them had weaknesses and all were sterile, 312 00:14:54,102 --> 00:14:57,812 unable to reproduce and continue his legacy. 313 00:15:00,901 --> 00:15:04,268 He was created to be the only one of his kind. 314 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,771 He was never intended to be a species 315 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:09,115 or have a bloodline of his own. 316 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:13,110 But... 317 00:15:13,121 --> 00:15:15,997 he found a way to reproduce biologically. 318 00:15:18,317 --> 00:15:21,127 To have a son who was part human. 319 00:15:21,204 --> 00:15:23,630 A son who was perfect. 320 00:15:24,925 --> 00:15:27,041 A son who could live forever 321 00:15:27,118 --> 00:15:29,085 and continue the species. 322 00:15:29,095 --> 00:15:32,221 You are what he's been trying to create his entire life. 323 00:15:43,318 --> 00:15:45,726 I was trying to be all coy. 324 00:15:45,803 --> 00:15:48,813 Here. It's a secret book from Dad's study-- I know you're looking into 325 00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:50,272 this Merge crap, 326 00:15:50,349 --> 00:15:53,442 so I just want a little credit for helping. 327 00:15:53,519 --> 00:15:55,778 Did you stop to think that maybe I didn't want your help, 328 00:15:55,855 --> 00:15:57,071 that maybe I wanted something, 329 00:15:57,148 --> 00:15:59,115 anything that was entirely my own? 330 00:15:59,191 --> 00:16:01,334 Is this about having separate rooms? 331 00:16:01,411 --> 00:16:03,119 That's fine, okay? Just take Penelope's. 332 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,338 You seriously still don't get it. 333 00:16:05,415 --> 00:16:07,173 This isn't about needing space. 334 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:09,509 This is about every waking moment of my life 335 00:16:09,585 --> 00:16:11,010 being suffocated by you. 336 00:16:11,087 --> 00:16:12,837 We shouldn't just have our own rooms. 337 00:16:12,913 --> 00:16:15,014 We should have our own lives. 338 00:16:15,091 --> 00:16:17,266 We should be our own people. 339 00:16:19,211 --> 00:16:21,303 You know, I've told my fair share of lies, 340 00:16:21,380 --> 00:16:24,357 and the best lie is one that someone already wants to believe. 341 00:16:24,434 --> 00:16:26,434 And you're asking me to believe that 342 00:16:26,510 --> 00:16:28,695 the father that I've been looking for for years 343 00:16:28,771 --> 00:16:30,863 has actually been searching for me? 344 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,525 Why should I believe you? 345 00:16:34,536 --> 00:16:36,318 Because I was there. 346 00:16:36,395 --> 00:16:38,371 Over the years, his attempts at children 347 00:16:38,448 --> 00:16:40,448 became more refined, 348 00:16:40,524 --> 00:16:43,117 indistinguishable from humans. 349 00:16:43,194 --> 00:16:46,379 Our father is a very gifted artist. 350 00:16:46,456 --> 00:16:48,164 Our father? 351 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:49,498 Yes... 352 00:16:49,575 --> 00:16:51,217 little brother. 353 00:16:51,294 --> 00:16:53,011 Like I said... 354 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:57,015 ...I was there. 355 00:17:11,388 --> 00:17:12,563 Breathe. Stay calm. 356 00:17:12,574 --> 00:17:15,483 No, no, don't do this. 357 00:17:20,999 --> 00:17:22,582 Hey, are you okay? 358 00:17:22,658 --> 00:17:23,416 Stay back. 359 00:17:23,493 --> 00:17:24,617 It's fine. It'll pass. 360 00:17:24,693 --> 00:17:26,535 Just... What do we do? Do we need 361 00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:27,962 to do the yelling- in-the-woods thing? No, 362 00:17:28,039 --> 00:17:30,256 I just, I need to find out what this Merge thing is, okay? 363 00:17:30,333 --> 00:17:31,540 I feel like it's a spell 364 00:17:31,617 --> 00:17:33,334 that she's gonna use to just leave 365 00:17:33,410 --> 00:17:34,627 or break us up or something! 366 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:39,548 All right, deep breaths. Deep breaths. 367 00:17:39,625 --> 00:17:41,592 I'll call my Aunt Freya-- she'll know something about the Merge. 368 00:17:41,603 --> 00:17:43,010 Okay? Okay. 369 00:17:43,087 --> 00:17:44,428 Okay. 370 00:17:44,439 --> 00:17:46,773 ♪ ♪ 371 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:51,277 Hey. 372 00:17:51,354 --> 00:17:55,106 Shouldn't you be hanging out with your new best friend? 373 00:17:55,116 --> 00:17:56,732 Oh, that's actually why I'm here. 374 00:17:56,809 --> 00:17:59,068 I-I think some sort of crash is brewing. 375 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:01,287 Then you should stay away. 376 00:18:03,533 --> 00:18:06,617 Um, look, I know that you're mad at her, 377 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:09,537 but... she's still your sister, 378 00:18:09,613 --> 00:18:12,039 and she really needs your help. Why? 379 00:18:12,116 --> 00:18:13,958 She did this to herself. 380 00:18:13,968 --> 00:18:16,293 What? She can't control her brain chemistry. 381 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:18,379 She can choose to take her medication. 382 00:18:18,455 --> 00:18:20,965 She hasn't taken it since we saw her mom, because she doesn't like 383 00:18:20,975 --> 00:18:22,758 the way that it makes her feel. 384 00:18:22,835 --> 00:18:24,718 So she tried magical bracelets 385 00:18:24,795 --> 00:18:26,220 and releasing her inner bitch 386 00:18:26,297 --> 00:18:28,222 and then distracting herself with Miss Mystic Falls, 387 00:18:28,299 --> 00:18:30,483 but all of that is just delaying the inevitable. 388 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,485 Letting her crash is the only way 389 00:18:32,562 --> 00:18:34,654 anything will ever change. 390 00:18:49,504 --> 00:18:50,494 Watch it, wolf. 391 00:18:50,505 --> 00:18:52,121 What'd you say to me? 392 00:18:52,198 --> 00:18:53,506 I said, watch it... 393 00:18:53,583 --> 00:18:54,924 wolf. 394 00:18:59,371 --> 00:19:00,462 Get your vampires 395 00:19:00,539 --> 00:19:02,256 out of my face. Hey, hey, hey! 396 00:19:02,333 --> 00:19:03,132 Stand down. 397 00:19:03,143 --> 00:19:04,592 Get off of me! 398 00:19:04,668 --> 00:19:05,685 Whoa! 399 00:19:07,856 --> 00:19:10,514 Hey! Hey, wolves, stand down! 400 00:19:10,591 --> 00:19:11,941 Now! 401 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:14,193 Enough! 402 00:19:25,781 --> 00:19:27,031 Dr. Saltzman. 403 00:19:27,107 --> 00:19:28,040 Everyone back to class. 404 00:19:28,117 --> 00:19:29,375 Clear the way, please. 405 00:19:29,452 --> 00:19:30,918 - I'm sorry. - Coming through. 406 00:19:34,990 --> 00:19:37,633 ♪ ♪ 407 00:19:43,540 --> 00:19:45,090 Hey, Hope. What's going on? Don't pretend like 408 00:19:45,167 --> 00:19:47,051 you don't remember our last conversation. I just figured 409 00:19:47,061 --> 00:19:48,452 you'd want a fresh start. 410 00:19:48,529 --> 00:19:50,730 Oh. Guess even my subconscious can get stuff wrong. 411 00:19:50,806 --> 00:19:52,306 Touché. 412 00:19:52,383 --> 00:19:54,892 So, did you figure out what you wanted to say yet? 413 00:19:54,903 --> 00:19:57,061 Uh, yeah, actually, I did. 414 00:19:57,137 --> 00:19:59,897 And what I wanted to say is this: I have been protecting you 415 00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:02,066 and putting your safety first ever since you got here. 416 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:04,526 So what was I supposed to do with this secret? Hmm? 417 00:20:04,603 --> 00:20:06,237 Just stop protecting you? 418 00:20:06,247 --> 00:20:08,530 I know exactly what it feels like to be an orphan. 419 00:20:08,607 --> 00:20:10,574 Okay? I was saving you from that. So you can be mad 420 00:20:10,585 --> 00:20:13,085 at me, but I was doing it because I care about you. No. 421 00:20:13,162 --> 00:20:15,162 You were doing it because you didn't want me to leave. 422 00:20:15,239 --> 00:20:18,582 Because you fear being abandoned, like how your mom left 423 00:20:18,593 --> 00:20:20,501 and your dad left-- it's why you run. 424 00:20:20,577 --> 00:20:22,253 This has nothing to do with my parents. 425 00:20:22,263 --> 00:20:23,596 Then why did you start crying 426 00:20:23,673 --> 00:20:25,514 when you wore a dress your dad picked out? 427 00:20:26,884 --> 00:20:29,009 Whoa. We're done. 428 00:20:29,086 --> 00:20:30,511 Hope, you're not listening. 429 00:20:31,514 --> 00:20:35,182 My father saw himself in me. 430 00:20:35,259 --> 00:20:38,945 I was clay pretending to be something it wasn't. 431 00:20:39,021 --> 00:20:40,947 He despised me for it. 432 00:20:41,023 --> 00:20:44,900 He threw me away like all the other failures who came before. 433 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:47,027 I know what that's like. 434 00:20:47,104 --> 00:20:49,446 Then you'll understand why I betrayed him. 435 00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:55,953 Our father consumed every creature he could. 436 00:20:55,964 --> 00:20:59,632 And when his supply ran out, he grew weak... 437 00:20:59,709 --> 00:21:00,967 vulnerable. 438 00:21:01,043 --> 00:21:03,886 And that's when the humans came back. 439 00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:08,299 The descendants of his original worshippers, 440 00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:09,717 a secret society. 441 00:21:09,793 --> 00:21:11,885 I told them 442 00:21:11,962 --> 00:21:13,646 of his attempts to create a lineage, 443 00:21:13,723 --> 00:21:17,474 how he was violating nature, trying to birth a new species. 444 00:21:17,485 --> 00:21:20,227 I led them to him. 445 00:21:20,304 --> 00:21:22,646 And they did what humans do. 446 00:21:22,657 --> 00:21:26,442 They rebelled against their god. 447 00:21:26,518 --> 00:21:29,153 They paid witches who used black magic to trap him... 448 00:21:32,024 --> 00:21:33,657 ...and dissolve him, 449 00:21:33,668 --> 00:21:36,085 returning him to his natural state. 450 00:21:37,171 --> 00:21:40,164 The black pit. 451 00:21:40,174 --> 00:21:43,843 The endless darkness where the monsters are. 452 00:21:43,919 --> 00:21:46,462 It's not just a place. 453 00:21:46,538 --> 00:21:49,465 It's what remains of our father. 454 00:21:49,541 --> 00:21:52,018 The Eater of the Dark. 455 00:21:52,094 --> 00:21:54,395 His name is... Malivore. 456 00:22:00,436 --> 00:22:02,936 You don't believe me. 457 00:22:03,013 --> 00:22:06,148 Would you believe you? 458 00:22:06,225 --> 00:22:08,150 Probably not. 459 00:22:08,227 --> 00:22:10,202 Then again, 460 00:22:10,279 --> 00:22:12,321 I've never stolen an artifact without even knowing 461 00:22:12,398 --> 00:22:14,206 why I did it. 462 00:22:14,283 --> 00:22:16,042 The knife and the urn were both part 463 00:22:16,118 --> 00:22:17,543 of the spell that dissolved him. 464 00:22:17,620 --> 00:22:19,995 But since he was immortal... Nothing's immortal. 465 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:22,173 There's always a loophole. Nature creates a balance. 466 00:22:23,700 --> 00:22:25,000 That's Intro to Magical History. 467 00:22:25,011 --> 00:22:26,886 I've been taking it for, like, a week. 468 00:22:26,962 --> 00:22:29,296 Very good. 469 00:22:29,373 --> 00:22:32,007 But until that loophole could be found, 470 00:22:32,084 --> 00:22:34,051 they bound him with three locks. 471 00:22:34,062 --> 00:22:36,512 Created three decoys. 472 00:22:36,588 --> 00:22:39,348 It can only be unlocked by Malivore's blood, 473 00:22:39,425 --> 00:22:41,609 so they hid them far away. 474 00:22:42,737 --> 00:22:44,128 I've been able 475 00:22:44,205 --> 00:22:46,405 to track down where the last four artifacts are. 476 00:22:48,434 --> 00:22:51,077 Now I need you to tell me which is the real lock 477 00:22:51,153 --> 00:22:53,037 so we can set him free. 478 00:22:59,161 --> 00:23:00,869 This could have gotten out of hand. 479 00:23:00,946 --> 00:23:03,255 Yeah, but... it didn't. 480 00:23:03,332 --> 00:23:05,833 And Raf apologized. 481 00:23:05,909 --> 00:23:07,259 You're a good man, Ric. 482 00:23:07,336 --> 00:23:09,336 But you're human. 483 00:23:09,413 --> 00:23:11,505 How long until these kids figure out 484 00:23:11,582 --> 00:23:14,216 that the control you have of this school is an illusion? 485 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:17,019 Before there's a fight you cannot stop? 486 00:23:19,181 --> 00:23:22,316 I finally realized what I can do to help. 487 00:23:24,854 --> 00:23:26,987 I'm taking a sabbatical. 488 00:23:28,116 --> 00:23:30,023 But... 489 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:31,951 but how is that supposed to help? 490 00:23:32,027 --> 00:23:34,403 I'm hoping it'll be a wake-up call. 491 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,456 The mission of this school has grown. 492 00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:40,960 And I don't want to be here 493 00:23:41,036 --> 00:23:44,880 when it gets bad enough for you to finally admit that. 494 00:24:06,512 --> 00:24:08,896 What do you want? 495 00:24:08,972 --> 00:24:10,439 I came to get some stuff, 496 00:24:10,516 --> 00:24:11,991 but I guess I'll come back later. 497 00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:13,358 No, it's fine. 498 00:24:13,435 --> 00:24:14,651 Take whatever you need. 499 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:16,612 Don't worry about me. 500 00:24:16,688 --> 00:24:17,821 Are you kidding me? 501 00:24:17,832 --> 00:24:19,448 All I've ever done 502 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:20,908 is worry about you. 503 00:24:20,984 --> 00:24:22,618 Oh, here we go. The whole 504 00:24:22,694 --> 00:24:25,162 "I'm tired of being in Lizzie's shadow" speech? 505 00:24:25,173 --> 00:24:28,457 Well, guess what. Codependency takes two people. 506 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:30,876 Yes, I'm awful and needy, 507 00:24:30,953 --> 00:24:33,512 but deep down, you're happy to hide 508 00:24:33,589 --> 00:24:36,348 and let me be the one that they hate 509 00:24:36,425 --> 00:24:38,726 because you're too scared to be yourself. 510 00:24:40,521 --> 00:24:43,189 You are as much a part of this cycle as I am. 511 00:24:43,265 --> 00:24:45,524 You're upset. I'll come back 512 00:24:45,601 --> 00:24:46,984 for the part where you beg me to forgive you. 513 00:24:55,778 --> 00:24:57,036 Descanto! Reboundus! 514 00:25:15,372 --> 00:25:17,223 I'm sorry. 515 00:25:25,090 --> 00:25:26,306 You need to get some help. 516 00:25:26,383 --> 00:25:28,016 Don't pretend that you care about me. 517 00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:29,977 I don't. 518 00:25:30,053 --> 00:25:31,904 I care about the pack. 519 00:25:31,981 --> 00:25:34,523 They follow their alpha. 520 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,525 And having an alpha who can't control himself 521 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,527 means the pack gets hurt. 522 00:25:38,604 --> 00:25:40,237 Look, 523 00:25:40,248 --> 00:25:43,073 I was a dick as a leader. 524 00:25:43,084 --> 00:25:45,534 So take it from someone who lost what you have. 525 00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:48,203 The pack is everything. 526 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,998 If you care about them, 527 00:25:51,074 --> 00:25:54,301 you won't let your pride get in the way like I did. 528 00:26:01,936 --> 00:26:04,261 I need to talk to you about Raf. 529 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:05,554 I have to say something first. 530 00:26:05,631 --> 00:26:07,106 Freya just explained the Merge. 531 00:26:07,182 --> 00:26:09,558 Josie's pretty much figured it out, 532 00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:11,610 and, uh, Lizzie is spiraling. 533 00:26:11,687 --> 00:26:13,028 So, either you do it or I will, 534 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:15,364 but it's time to tell them the truth. 535 00:26:17,934 --> 00:26:19,285 If you're the one who betrayed him, 536 00:26:19,361 --> 00:26:20,777 why are you trying to set him free now? 537 00:26:20,788 --> 00:26:24,331 Because I chose the wrong side. 538 00:26:29,463 --> 00:26:32,214 The pit had the same properties as Malivore. 539 00:26:34,302 --> 00:26:36,385 Throw a monster in, its memory was erased from existence. 540 00:26:38,288 --> 00:26:40,756 Within a few years, the secret society 541 00:26:40,832 --> 00:26:42,891 grew into a business. 542 00:26:43,978 --> 00:26:45,802 Triad Industries. 543 00:26:45,813 --> 00:26:47,354 Keeping the world safe from all the things 544 00:26:47,431 --> 00:26:48,480 that go bump in the night. 545 00:26:49,609 --> 00:26:51,025 It's monster cleaning. 546 00:26:53,562 --> 00:26:55,988 Eventually, the power corrupted them. 547 00:26:58,475 --> 00:27:00,909 Monsters became whoever they didn't like. 548 00:27:04,165 --> 00:27:05,664 Whoever they wanted to be forgotten. 549 00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:15,540 I thought revenge on my father would feel sweeter, 550 00:27:15,551 --> 00:27:17,468 but it didn't. 551 00:27:20,848 --> 00:27:22,839 So I returned myself to him. 552 00:27:22,850 --> 00:27:26,518 I knew I had to make things right. 553 00:27:26,595 --> 00:27:28,512 Inside Malivore, 554 00:27:28,522 --> 00:27:29,688 there was only darkness. 555 00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:33,433 I yelled, I screamed, 556 00:27:33,510 --> 00:27:35,352 but he would not answer me. 557 00:27:35,363 --> 00:27:39,523 He let me sit in silence, punishing me until... 558 00:27:39,533 --> 00:27:41,200 decades later, 559 00:27:41,276 --> 00:27:43,860 when suddenly he spit me out. 560 00:27:43,871 --> 00:27:46,613 I didn't know why 561 00:27:46,690 --> 00:27:49,324 till I found that picture of you. 562 00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,159 And I saw a video of a knife 563 00:27:51,236 --> 00:27:53,787 that could only be unlocked by Malivore's blood. 564 00:27:53,864 --> 00:27:56,540 And I heard story 565 00:27:56,550 --> 00:27:59,051 of a woman who had emerged from the pit pregnant. 566 00:28:00,554 --> 00:28:02,129 As more humans were thrown in, 567 00:28:02,205 --> 00:28:03,839 he absorbed enough of their genetic material 568 00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:05,391 to be able to reproduce. 569 00:28:05,467 --> 00:28:07,008 When Triad betrayed your mother, 570 00:28:07,085 --> 00:28:10,554 our father had mercy on her and sent her back... 571 00:28:10,564 --> 00:28:12,856 carrying you. 572 00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:17,310 He sent me back to find you 573 00:28:17,387 --> 00:28:20,355 because only you are blood of his blood. 574 00:28:20,432 --> 00:28:22,357 And only you 575 00:28:22,434 --> 00:28:24,243 can set him free. 576 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:36,797 ♪ Girl ♪ 577 00:28:38,333 --> 00:28:41,927 ♪ Perfectly her... ♪ 578 00:28:42,004 --> 00:28:44,212 There's something you both need to know. 579 00:28:44,289 --> 00:28:46,056 ♪ Broken and hurt ♪ 580 00:28:48,510 --> 00:28:52,438 ♪ Soft and asleep in the morning gray ♪ 581 00:28:52,514 --> 00:28:56,442 ♪ Shake off the night and don't hide your face ♪ 582 00:28:56,518 --> 00:28:58,351 ♪ The sun lights the world ♪ 583 00:28:58,428 --> 00:29:02,355 ♪ With a single flame ♪ 584 00:29:02,432 --> 00:29:05,734 ♪ I want you to see this... ♪ 585 00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:09,455 What I said before about wanting to protect you, 586 00:29:09,531 --> 00:29:11,457 that was true. 587 00:29:12,651 --> 00:29:14,576 But... 588 00:29:14,653 --> 00:29:16,795 I also didn't want you to go. 589 00:29:16,872 --> 00:29:19,206 ♪ So run... ♪ 590 00:29:19,282 --> 00:29:20,966 And, yeah, you know what, 591 00:29:21,043 --> 00:29:22,793 I hate it when people leave. 592 00:29:22,803 --> 00:29:25,629 I hate it. 593 00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:28,140 I thought I was over losing my parents, 594 00:29:28,217 --> 00:29:30,717 but I don't know, after the last couple of days 595 00:29:30,794 --> 00:29:33,804 and-and after seeing you 596 00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:36,139 lying there in the woods, 597 00:29:36,150 --> 00:29:37,766 thinking that you were dead... 598 00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:39,643 ♪ And uncover your eyes ♪ 599 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:41,603 ♪ We'll make our escape... ♪ 600 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,730 Every time I lose someone, 601 00:29:43,807 --> 00:29:46,149 this, uh, voice in my head, 602 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,160 it tells me, "It's your fault." 603 00:29:48,237 --> 00:29:50,278 ♪ I need you to see this... ♪ 604 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:53,207 That I shouldn't even technically exist. 605 00:29:54,693 --> 00:29:56,877 That I'm a cosmic mistake. 606 00:30:00,031 --> 00:30:02,999 Oh, I don't know. 607 00:30:03,010 --> 00:30:04,960 I guess I just wanted someone to think 608 00:30:05,036 --> 00:30:06,887 that I'm worth staying for. 609 00:30:08,832 --> 00:30:12,351 I'm sorry for lying to you, Landon. 610 00:30:12,427 --> 00:30:15,479 I wanted you to stay because I love you. 611 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:19,933 Oh. 612 00:30:20,010 --> 00:30:22,194 Wow. 613 00:30:22,271 --> 00:30:23,854 You didn't mean to say that last part, did you? 614 00:30:23,930 --> 00:30:25,572 No. Whoa! 615 00:30:25,649 --> 00:30:27,107 The first time you tell me you love me, 616 00:30:27,183 --> 00:30:28,316 and it's not even the real me? 617 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:30,035 I'm kind of winging it here. What? 618 00:30:31,897 --> 00:30:34,155 Come on, man. 619 00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:36,157 ♪ You'll come to learn... ♪ 620 00:30:36,234 --> 00:30:39,378 H-How would he react to all that, really? 621 00:30:39,454 --> 00:30:42,831 I mean, that was how he'd react. 622 00:30:42,908 --> 00:30:44,875 You know, he'd say something roguishly charming 623 00:30:44,885 --> 00:30:47,127 to deflect from how vulnerable you made him feel, 624 00:30:47,203 --> 00:30:49,045 and then... 625 00:30:49,056 --> 00:30:51,172 well, he'd kiss you. 626 00:30:51,249 --> 00:30:52,883 ♪ My favorite part... ♪ 627 00:30:52,893 --> 00:30:54,509 Probably. 628 00:30:54,586 --> 00:30:57,637 Probably. 629 00:31:04,054 --> 00:31:08,240 So, one of us is gonna have to kill the other one? 630 00:31:08,317 --> 00:31:10,525 ♪ My orchid has died... ♪ 631 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:13,069 More like absorb. 632 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,747 When Gemini twins turn 22, 633 00:31:15,824 --> 00:31:18,792 the Merge will determine who will lead the coven. 634 00:31:19,945 --> 00:31:22,913 And only one will survive. 635 00:31:22,923 --> 00:31:25,874 That's why your mother's always traveling the globe. 636 00:31:25,951 --> 00:31:28,877 Trying to find a solution. 637 00:31:28,954 --> 00:31:31,430 But if there's no one left from the Gemini coven... 638 00:31:31,506 --> 00:31:33,506 No, it goes deeper than that. 639 00:31:33,583 --> 00:31:35,183 It's a curse, right? 640 00:31:37,253 --> 00:31:39,930 A curse on the Gemini twins? 641 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:42,891 ♪ Ooh, ooh, I'm sorry... ♪ 642 00:31:42,968 --> 00:31:44,726 Uh, yes. 643 00:31:44,803 --> 00:31:46,895 I know I should have told you sooner. 644 00:31:46,972 --> 00:31:48,897 I just didn't know when. 645 00:31:48,974 --> 00:31:51,483 ♪ That I can't ♪ 646 00:31:51,559 --> 00:31:53,285 When do you... 647 00:31:53,362 --> 00:31:56,363 tell your children something like that? 648 00:31:58,483 --> 00:32:00,626 ♪ But in the morning... ♪ 649 00:32:00,702 --> 00:32:02,794 I mean, could you handle that news at six? 650 00:32:02,871 --> 00:32:05,747 11? 651 00:32:05,824 --> 00:32:07,457 When exactly is the right time 652 00:32:07,468 --> 00:32:09,250 to tell your children that you... 653 00:32:09,327 --> 00:32:12,596 that you don't know if you'll be able to protect them? 654 00:32:15,351 --> 00:32:17,309 I mean, when I... 655 00:32:17,386 --> 00:32:21,480 when I look at you sometimes, I still see you as little girls. 656 00:32:24,467 --> 00:32:27,486 Riding your bikes for the first time. 657 00:32:27,562 --> 00:32:30,489 Learning to walk. 658 00:32:30,565 --> 00:32:32,449 Dancing on my feet. 659 00:32:35,145 --> 00:32:37,070 When I look at you, 660 00:32:37,147 --> 00:32:39,998 I see all of that. 661 00:32:42,986 --> 00:32:44,995 So I was never ready to tell you. 662 00:32:45,005 --> 00:32:48,840 ♪ Song for you... ♪ 663 00:32:50,326 --> 00:32:52,961 I'm still not. 664 00:32:53,038 --> 00:32:56,515 ♪ Song for you. ♪ 665 00:33:02,047 --> 00:33:04,264 You're quiet. 666 00:33:04,340 --> 00:33:06,516 I'm waiting. 667 00:33:06,527 --> 00:33:08,193 Seriously? After all that? Mm-hmm. 668 00:33:08,270 --> 00:33:10,937 I mean, wha-what else could I possibly have to say? 669 00:33:11,014 --> 00:33:13,865 What you've been trying to tell yourself all day. 670 00:33:13,942 --> 00:33:15,275 But there was too much noise in your head, 671 00:33:15,351 --> 00:33:16,693 so you couldn't hear it. 672 00:33:16,704 --> 00:33:18,778 I'm in trouble, Hope. 673 00:33:18,855 --> 00:33:21,039 What? You already know that's true. 674 00:33:21,116 --> 00:33:23,867 I mean, I went into the woods, but I didn't take my journal? 675 00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:25,535 Or any camping gear. 676 00:33:25,546 --> 00:33:28,046 I left clues in the voice mail that something wasn't right. 677 00:33:28,123 --> 00:33:30,165 I called Dr. Saltzman "Ric." 678 00:33:30,175 --> 00:33:33,334 I would never do that. You said hi to... Jed. 679 00:33:33,411 --> 00:33:36,221 Last time I said hey to Jed, he beat the crap out of me. 680 00:33:36,298 --> 00:33:38,965 I was trying to tell you that something wasn't right. What happened? 681 00:33:39,042 --> 00:33:40,633 Hope... 682 00:33:40,710 --> 00:33:43,603 for the last time, just listen. 683 00:33:47,476 --> 00:33:49,684 Hey, Ric, sorry to take off like that, 684 00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,686 but I just needed a little time, 685 00:33:51,763 --> 00:33:53,063 so I'm going camping for a while. 686 00:33:53,073 --> 00:33:54,573 I can hear... 687 00:33:54,649 --> 00:33:55,982 Hopefully, I can catch up on classwork later. 688 00:33:56,059 --> 00:33:57,358 ...shoes on a tile floor. 689 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,244 An air conditioner running. 690 00:33:59,321 --> 00:34:00,695 Tell Raf and Jed hi for me. 691 00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:02,080 Keycards being swiped. 692 00:34:02,157 --> 00:34:03,531 Mm, Triad. 693 00:34:03,608 --> 00:34:05,033 I mean, it has to be them. 694 00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:06,576 They've already tried to come for him once. 695 00:34:06,587 --> 00:34:07,994 What are you gonna do? 696 00:34:09,423 --> 00:34:11,915 I'm gonna go full Wonder Woman, that's what. 697 00:34:11,925 --> 00:34:13,833 Do you need any help? No. 698 00:34:13,910 --> 00:34:16,044 I've already got my Super Squad. 699 00:34:16,121 --> 00:34:18,430 But thank you for everything. 700 00:34:18,507 --> 00:34:21,049 Hey, uh... 701 00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:24,094 Ric said I should probably head back out into the field, 702 00:34:24,104 --> 00:34:26,054 and I was actually coming to find you and say goodbye 703 00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:28,774 earlier, but, uh, then I heard you on the dock. 704 00:34:28,850 --> 00:34:30,683 Can't turn off my vamp hearing. 705 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,727 I wasn't trying to spy or anything. 706 00:34:34,139 --> 00:34:36,948 You're not a mistake, okay? 707 00:34:37,025 --> 00:34:38,858 The cosmos is lucky to have you. 708 00:34:38,935 --> 00:34:40,285 So is Landon. 709 00:34:40,362 --> 00:34:41,870 He'll figure that out. 710 00:34:45,316 --> 00:34:47,918 There's really only one thing you have to decide. 711 00:34:49,779 --> 00:34:51,546 Will you help me? 712 00:34:53,158 --> 00:34:55,083 Help release Malivore and destroy the world? 713 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,709 He's been alive for centuries. 714 00:34:56,786 --> 00:34:58,378 Was the world destroyed? 715 00:34:58,454 --> 00:35:00,806 Or was it balanced 716 00:35:00,882 --> 00:35:04,551 and safer without all these creatures running around? 717 00:35:04,627 --> 00:35:06,978 Ask yourself-- who's the real bad guy here? 718 00:35:07,055 --> 00:35:09,648 Our father was designed for a purpose. 719 00:35:11,968 --> 00:35:14,269 It's his programming. He can't control that. 720 00:35:14,345 --> 00:35:15,770 But all the monsters he swallowed 721 00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:17,447 are still alive inside of him. 722 00:35:19,309 --> 00:35:21,701 Did your friends keep any of them alive? 723 00:35:23,238 --> 00:35:24,612 Or did they just kill every creature 724 00:35:24,689 --> 00:35:26,331 they couldn't control? 725 00:35:26,408 --> 00:35:28,667 Malivore can't hurt 726 00:35:28,743 --> 00:35:31,336 witches, werewolves, or vampires, remember? 727 00:35:31,413 --> 00:35:33,338 Your friends at the school-- 728 00:35:33,415 --> 00:35:35,498 they aren't in any danger from him. 729 00:35:35,509 --> 00:35:38,176 But they are in danger from Triad. 730 00:35:40,371 --> 00:35:42,681 You know what goes on in this building? 731 00:35:42,757 --> 00:35:45,016 What kind of secret experiments they run 732 00:35:45,093 --> 00:35:47,510 in their mad scientist labs? 733 00:35:47,521 --> 00:35:50,856 They're finding a way to turn the pit into a weapon. 734 00:35:50,932 --> 00:35:53,099 They're chemically altering it 735 00:35:53,176 --> 00:35:55,435 so it can be used against the protected species. 736 00:35:55,511 --> 00:35:58,363 Ending supernaturals once and for all. 737 00:36:00,275 --> 00:36:02,200 You want to save your friends? 738 00:36:02,277 --> 00:36:04,928 You have to stop Triad. 739 00:36:08,733 --> 00:36:10,658 Landon, 740 00:36:10,735 --> 00:36:13,503 no matter what they say at that school... 741 00:36:15,031 --> 00:36:16,882 ...you're not one of them. 742 00:36:16,958 --> 00:36:20,460 And you know that, too, don't you? 743 00:36:20,536 --> 00:36:23,763 I'm offering you a family who actually wants you. 744 00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:28,101 We can raise our father. 745 00:36:30,972 --> 00:36:34,107 And we can destroy Triad. 746 00:36:37,571 --> 00:36:40,113 What's it gonna be? 747 00:36:49,899 --> 00:36:51,750 This one. 748 00:37:12,297 --> 00:37:14,314 It was the only thing in his desk. 749 00:37:16,175 --> 00:37:18,268 He's one of them. 750 00:37:18,278 --> 00:37:21,446 Security found an old pipe that they must've escaped through. 751 00:37:21,523 --> 00:37:23,940 There's no record of it on any ground plans. 752 00:37:23,951 --> 00:37:26,943 They lost their trail, but... 753 00:37:26,954 --> 00:37:29,028 they did find this. 754 00:37:29,105 --> 00:37:32,791 ♪ We could start from the top before we were hopeless... ♪ 755 00:37:32,867 --> 00:37:34,909 I know where they're going. 756 00:37:34,986 --> 00:37:36,703 Prep your team. 757 00:37:36,779 --> 00:37:39,414 ♪ We collide 'cause it's been quite a while... ♪ 758 00:37:39,490 --> 00:37:41,675 You know, in the beginning, there was balance. 759 00:37:43,453 --> 00:37:45,637 You know, when Caroline and I opened the school, 760 00:37:45,714 --> 00:37:47,213 it made sense. 761 00:37:47,290 --> 00:37:50,091 Then it was... 762 00:37:50,168 --> 00:37:52,593 it was just me, and... 763 00:37:52,670 --> 00:37:54,646 and I-I.. I thought I was strong enough 764 00:37:54,723 --> 00:37:56,264 to manage it alone. 765 00:37:56,341 --> 00:37:58,474 But I just... 766 00:37:58,485 --> 00:38:00,810 made so many mistakes. 767 00:38:00,821 --> 00:38:04,155 I thought if I just kept moving, I could outrun them, you know? 768 00:38:04,232 --> 00:38:07,442 But they caught up to me. 769 00:38:07,518 --> 00:38:10,611 I guess what I'm trying to say... is, 770 00:38:10,688 --> 00:38:12,613 I need your help. 771 00:38:12,690 --> 00:38:15,667 You know, this school is bigger than you and me. 772 00:38:15,744 --> 00:38:17,669 And these kids-- they need leaders 773 00:38:17,746 --> 00:38:19,412 who can admit their mistakes. 774 00:38:19,489 --> 00:38:23,791 And so I am here to say I'm sorry. 775 00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:25,260 I am sorry I kissed Emma. 776 00:38:27,330 --> 00:38:31,174 And I'm sorry I didn't talk to you sooner about it. 777 00:38:31,184 --> 00:38:33,852 ♪ Whoa ♪ 778 00:38:33,928 --> 00:38:35,687 ♪ Amen, amen ♪ ♪ Whoa... ♪ 779 00:38:35,764 --> 00:38:38,306 You know, for a long time, I thought that I was only 780 00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:40,692 at the school because of what happened to my family. 781 00:38:40,769 --> 00:38:42,477 So that we could keep supernaturals 782 00:38:42,553 --> 00:38:44,520 from growing up to be killers. 783 00:38:44,531 --> 00:38:46,439 ♪ Whoa ♪ ♪ Amen, amen... ♪ 784 00:38:46,450 --> 00:38:48,700 But the truth is... 785 00:38:48,777 --> 00:38:50,360 ♪ Amen, amen... ♪ 786 00:38:50,436 --> 00:38:51,861 I love those kids. 787 00:38:51,938 --> 00:38:53,538 ♪ Amen, amen... ♪ 788 00:38:53,615 --> 00:38:55,540 They deserve a chance at a normal life 789 00:38:55,617 --> 00:38:56,991 as much as anyone else. 790 00:38:57,068 --> 00:39:00,036 The school is their best shot. 791 00:39:00,047 --> 00:39:02,955 ♪ Amen, amen ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ 792 00:39:03,032 --> 00:39:05,124 ♪ Amen, amen... ♪ 793 00:39:05,201 --> 00:39:06,959 But I will need another raise. 794 00:39:07,036 --> 00:39:09,212 ♪ A... a... amen ♪ 795 00:39:09,222 --> 00:39:12,057 ♪ Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah-ah-ah. ♪ 796 00:39:13,876 --> 00:39:15,676 I'm coming. 797 00:39:15,753 --> 00:39:17,720 Hello to you, too, uh, and, no, you're not. 798 00:39:17,731 --> 00:39:20,390 Look, last time you did this without me, it was a disaster. 799 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,350 Except I'm not gonna go alone this time. 800 00:39:22,427 --> 00:39:24,477 I'm gonna draft the twins, MG, 801 00:39:24,554 --> 00:39:26,571 Kaleb. We're going before Dr. Saltzman comes back. 802 00:39:26,648 --> 00:39:27,772 It'll be like a Super Squad Assemble. 803 00:39:27,849 --> 00:39:29,774 I don't know. Is that a thing? 804 00:39:29,851 --> 00:39:31,317 I don't know. I'll ask MG. 805 00:39:31,394 --> 00:39:32,911 Yeah, I'll ask him myself. 806 00:39:32,987 --> 00:39:35,497 Raf, Dr. Saltzman told me 807 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:39,626 about the side effects. I'm sorry, but I can't let you come. 808 00:39:40,995 --> 00:39:42,504 How do you feel now? 809 00:39:49,620 --> 00:39:51,304 Like my brain's split down the middle. 810 00:39:53,600 --> 00:39:57,051 I keep having these flashes like I can't control myself, and... 811 00:39:57,128 --> 00:39:59,270 That's why you're not coming on the mission. 812 00:40:03,944 --> 00:40:06,778 Why didn't you tell me sooner? 813 00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:12,900 You know why. 814 00:40:12,977 --> 00:40:15,445 Raf... 815 00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:18,906 I don't know how to be around you, Hope. 816 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:21,292 I don't want to feel this way, 817 00:40:21,369 --> 00:40:23,244 so I push it down, 818 00:40:23,321 --> 00:40:25,788 and that just makes the split in my brain worse, 819 00:40:25,799 --> 00:40:27,790 which makes it harder to hide. 820 00:40:27,801 --> 00:40:29,876 And the only person that I want to talk 821 00:40:29,952 --> 00:40:32,804 about it with is the only person I can't. 822 00:40:35,976 --> 00:40:37,967 Raf... 823 00:40:37,978 --> 00:40:39,978 you're a good brother. 824 00:40:40,054 --> 00:40:43,556 But for once, you need to put yourself first. 825 00:40:43,633 --> 00:40:46,767 Do what you need to get better. 826 00:40:46,844 --> 00:40:49,362 If things get really bad... 827 00:40:54,828 --> 00:40:57,612 ...use this. 828 00:40:57,688 --> 00:40:59,489 It's a long story, but, um, 829 00:40:59,499 --> 00:41:02,909 it was a gift from a family friend. 830 00:41:02,985 --> 00:41:05,077 But it's essentially like a reverse kyanite ring. 831 00:41:05,154 --> 00:41:07,455 When you use it, you can turn yourself at will. 832 00:41:07,532 --> 00:41:10,675 In your wolf mind, things are less complicated. 833 00:41:10,752 --> 00:41:12,627 You know that. 834 00:41:12,703 --> 00:41:14,962 It'll buy you time to heal. 835 00:41:15,039 --> 00:41:17,006 Only catch is, um, 836 00:41:17,017 --> 00:41:19,517 you can't turn yourself back, so, 837 00:41:19,594 --> 00:41:22,011 if you do use it, 838 00:41:22,022 --> 00:41:23,596 all you have to do is come find me 839 00:41:23,673 --> 00:41:25,482 when you're ready to be yourself again. 840 00:41:28,010 --> 00:41:29,810 I am 841 00:41:29,887 --> 00:41:32,355 really glad I know you... 842 00:41:32,365 --> 00:41:34,440 Hope Mikaelson. 843 00:41:34,517 --> 00:41:36,609 Now, 844 00:41:36,686 --> 00:41:38,819 go. 845 00:41:38,896 --> 00:41:40,530 Go save our boy. 846 00:41:42,275 --> 00:41:44,542 And don't let anything stop you. 847 00:41:50,366 --> 00:41:51,925 Move, move!