Well, the net outcome of the episode is Liz gets to live a little while longer, Caroline and Stefan are closer together, and Kai wins a fabulous merging duel and triumphs again. I think his breaking up of the merge was the only time in about the last three seasons where I was genuinely happy to see him. And Tyler is the one who interrupts Papa Gemini’s forced merging ceremony on the twins, and pledges to take care of Liv. Meanwhile, Elena somehow finds time to clog up the episode with her irrelevant emotions, and has a bit of a kissy kiss with Damon. Meanwhile, Caroline spends most of the episode blaming herself for what could happen to Liz. Luke gets away and offers to merge with Kai, because he wants to save Jo and because he thinks he can beat Kai. However, Damon arranges for Papa Gemini, who is visiting his kids, to pull a shock merge ceremony on Liv and Luke. In exchange, Damon allows Kai loose to go merge with an unprepared Jo. To prevent this happening to Liz, Damon wakes up Kai and tasks him with sucking all the magic out of Liz, thus making it impossible for her to become a vampire. He turns into a vampire, but is left in endless agony because the cancer just keeps growing. It turns out the guy Caroline tested the vampire blood on died because the vampire blood accelerated his cancer and killed him. The plot this episode is mainly preoccupied with Liz’s condition, so we’ll start there. So can we officially declare Kai gay now?
TL DR The gang manages to cure Liz of her fatal vampirism, but not her cancer Kai wins the merging ceremony against surprise entrant Luke Damon and Elena truly reignite their passion for each other Luke is dead, fyi. Such ruthless bitchiness the world has never seen. Kai and Katherine together would be almost too fantastic to handle. Some even manage to get sadder the more times you watch them.I figured out a solution to our “ Kai is attracted to Elena” dilemma, by the way: bring Katherine back and let him chase after her, instead. The audience was right there with them, weeping for the most part during the runtime of these episodes for various reasons. Throughout the show's eight seasons, there were installments where characters broke up, were killed off, dealt with trauma, and had almost countless things happen to them to send them into tears.
Updated on September 24th, 2021 by Kevin Pantoja: There was actually so much heartbreak on this series that it's actually difficult to fully narrow down the saddest Vampire Diaries episodes. The Vampire Diaries isn't afraid to kill off fan-favorite characters, and because of the violent nature of the show, many episodes can get heavy and heartbreaking. Her luck gets even worse when Elena turns out to be a Petrova doppelgänger, and all of her friends are pulled into a world that's feels impossible to get out of alive. RELATED: Stefan's Love Interests On The Vampire Diaries Ranked From Worst To Best Elena Gilbert was going through a difficult time during the show's pilot, as she and her little brother were attempting to grieve the death of their parents and were adjusting to life with their Aunt Jenna. All teen dramas, especially the supernatural ones, come with their fair share of tragedy, and The Vampire Diariesis no different.