Live Through This

Live Through This is the fifth episode of the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and thirty-eighth episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
A NEW THREAT ON THE HORIZON — After realizing the downward spiral he was on, Damon decides he's going to turn over a new leaf and that his actions moving forward will do right by Elena. Lily prepares for the arrival of a special figure from her past, while Enzo stands by not sure what to expect. Elsewhere, at Caroline's urging, Stefan comes face-to-face with Valerie and learns some upsetting details about her past, while Enzo and Bonnie find themselves at odds when they're forced to fend off a violent threat. Finally, when Bonnie learns some disturbing information involving the Phoenix stone, she is forced to confront Alaric.
==Plot==
The flashforwards three years from now show Bonnie in group therapy. After the therapy, Enzo arrives and they kiss revealing that they're in a relationship.
In the present, Alaric is happy about Jo coming back to life via Phoenix Stone. Alaric teaches her about the world as she seems confused and unaware of it. but he just hopes that she'll get used to it and return to the old Jo. Meanwhile, Nora, Mary Louise notice that Oscar is behaving different than usual, also after being revived via Phoenix Stone. The three girls leave Oscar under Enzo's watch while they find Julian's coffin. He phones Valerie to tell her that the other Heretics are onto her.
Meanwhile, as she's about to leave the town, Damon blocks her way with his car. He interrogates her about her killing Oscar and than framing him, which she denies at first. Stefan arrives and the three head to find Julian before the Heretics.
While the Heretics are gone, Bonnie pays Enzo a visit and asks him about the Phoenix Stone. Oscar attacks the maid and Bonnie asks him if he recognizes him, he says that she's the one who'd helped him get out of the Stone. Oscar gets mad after they keep calling him Oscar and attacks
Bonnie and Enzo asking for the stone. Enzo manages to kill "Oscar" who has found the stone, and Enzo takes it from him.
At the same time, Valerie, Stefan and Damon reach the warehouse with Julian's coffin. She explains to them the nature of the Phoenix Stone: it's filled with old vampire souls, which means that neither Oscar nor Jo are actually back, old vampire souls are just possessing their bodies. They teach Julian's coffin and set it on fire, but the other Heretics arrive and stop her. Lily banishes Valerie and then Valerie reveals that it was Lily's idea to put the sleeping spell on Elena. This angers Damon and he attempts to kill Lily, but Beau causes the explosion and the Heretics escape with Julian's coffin.
At the Salvatore Boarding House, Enzo asks Lily to choose between him and Julian and she chooses the latter. Enzo decides to hand over the Stone.
Meanwhile, Alaric tells Jo about how she died after being stabbed in the stomach, but she tells him that she was stabbed in the heart. Later, Bonnie calls him and tells him what the Phoenix Stone actually does and that that girl is not Jo. Alaric meets with "Jo" and realizes that she's not his wife, but promises that he'll help her.
Valerie tells Stefan about how she killed herself after Julian killed her child, not realizing that she had vampire blood in her system. As the Heretics bring Julian back to life, Bonnie teams up with Damon and vow to get revenge on Lily.
==Cast==
===Main Cast===
*Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
*Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
*Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
*Candice King as Caroline Forbes
*Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (credit only)
*Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
*Michael Malarkey as Enzo
===Special Recurring Guest Star===
*Annie Wersching as Lily Salvatore
===Recurring Cast===
*Elizabeth Blackmore as Valerie Tulle
*Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Florence (in Jo's body)
*Scarlett Byrne as Nora
*Teressa Liane as Mary Louise
*Todd Lasance as Julian
*Tim Kang as Unknown (in Oscar's body)
===Co-Starring===
*Jaiden Kaine as Beau
*Nicky Buggs as Doctor
*Nisey Woods as Lucy
==Trivia==
*Antagonists: "Oscar", Lily, Mary Louise, Nora and Beau.
*Valerie informs Stefan about the death of their unborn child. She also tells him that Julian is the reason behind the death of their child.
*Stefan learns that because of Julian, Valerie couldn't meet him as she promised.
*Stefan tells Valerie he will kill Julian for not only her but for what he took from both of them.
*Stefan tells Valerie that he would have wanted a child, and choose not to tell Caroline about his discovery.
*Damon and Stefan find out from Valerie that it was actually their mother's idea to link Elena's life with Bonnie which was executed by Kai in I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime.
**This was done by Lily in retaliation for their refusal to help her rescue the Heretics from the 1903 Prison World.
**In revenge for her actions, Damon plans to kill Julian in front of her eyes to show her what she inflicted on him, and Bonnie promises to help him.
*Damon tries to kill Lily after finding out she was the reason Kai put Elena under a "Sleeping Beauty" spell but Beau saves her before he can do so.
*The Phoenix Stone does not have the power to raise the dead. Instead, it is filled with the souls of ancient vampires who can be united to a body by magic. Julian's soul was trapped inside after he was killed in 1903.
*Julian is brought back to life with the help of the Phoenix Stone by Nora, Mary Louise and Beau.
*Alaric agrees to help the vampire soul inhabiting Jo's body figure out who she is.
*In 2016, Bonnie is living in a mental institution, and is seeking help in a group. When she returns to her room, she finds Enzo waiting for her. He tells her that things have gotten bad, and that she can no longer hide in her home. They then kiss.
==Body Count==
*Unknown Vampire Spirit in Oscar's body - Staked; killed by Enzo
==Continuity==
*Julian was last seen in Age of Innocence in flashbacks.
*Beau and Lucy, the maid, were last seen in Never Let Me Go.
*Kai was mentioned twice in this episode. He was last seen in I'm Thinking Of You All The While and last mentioned in Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take.
*Ms. Cuddles was last seen in The Day I Tried To Live.
==Locations==
*Asheville, North Carolina
**Mental Health Center (flashforward)
**Warehouse
*McKinley, Virginia
**Alaric's apartment
**Whitmore College
***Caroline and Bonnie's Dorm Room
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Salvatore Boarding House
**Mystic Grill
**Lockwood Mansion
==Behind the Scenes==
*The first version of the episode was three minutes shorter, so the extra three scenes were added.Julie's Diary: Vampire Diaries boss blogs 'Live Through This'
*The Warehouse was filmed in a small production office made to look larger through visual effects.
*Bonnie's group therapy was Rebecca Sonnenshine's (the episode's writer) first pitch for the flashforwards.
*"The idea to put Bonnie and Enzo together in the flash-forwards was born out of their scene last season at the door of the Salvatore House where she calls him a "ruiner." They had such a fun spark and good energy together, we thought it would be an interesting dynamic to explore." 
==Cultural References==
* is the second studio album by American alternative rock band . It was released by DGC Records on April 12, 1994, just four days after frontwoman 's husband, , was found dead in their home. It was Hole's only album to feature bassist before her death in June 1994.
*Grumpy Gus is a generic name to call someone who is being grumpy.
*Damon says: "Wham, bam, thank you, ma'am." which is a verse from 's song .
==Quotes==
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|-|Promo=
:Caroline (to Bonnie): "I just sent my boyfriend to spend the day with his first love. Could be really good for them. Clear all the 19th century drama."
: Valerie: "I was coming back for you."
: Stefan: "What happened?"
: Valerie: "I was pregnant."
: Caroline: "Anything monumental that I should know about?"
: Stefan: "No. Nothing."
|-|Extended Promo=
:Caroline: "I just sent my boyfriend to spend the day with his first love."
:Stefan: "Valerie."
:Valerie: "Stefan."
: Damon (to Stefan): "Don't worry! I have issued a no hanky-panky zone!"
:Caroline (to Bonnie): "Could be really good for them. Clear all the 19th century drama."
: Stefan (to Valerie): "When will I see you again?"
: Valerie: "I was coming back for you."
: Stefan: "What happened?"
: Valerie: "I was pregnant."
: Caroline: "Is there anything monumental that I should know about?"
: Stefan: "No. No. Nothing."
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:Bonnie: "Hey. How's she doing?"
:Alaric: "I don't know. She's been sleeping for twelve hours. That's normal right?"
:Bonnie: "Yesterday, she was dead. Today, she's alive. Not sure normal applies."
:Alaric: "Please tell me that's food."
:Bonnie: "Term papers. They're jamming up your paper box. You are still employed as a professor here."
:Alaric: "Hey. Do you want a job as my new TA? All you have to do is write an interesting point and a few margins and then give everyone a B+."
:Bonnie: "Tempting. But I need to figure out how exactly I brought your wife back to the land of the living."
:Alaric: "Look, she's here. She's okay. What does it matter now?"
:Bonnie: "Because in less than 24 hours, I raised two from the dead with a sketchy spell and something called a Phoenix Stone? No research. No rehearsal time and no contingency plan and now I have a little breathing room.....I want to figure out what kind of magic I was dealing with. Just in case I opened up Pandora's Rock. So can I have it back please?"
:Alaric: "Hey. Hey sweetheart. How you're feeling?"
:Jo: "I'm starving."
|-|Webclip 2=
:Bonnie: "Is it safe to enter or is your boyfriend still half naked under the sheets?"
:Caroline: "God. I'm a room-mate horror story!"
:Bonnie: "Please. At least you've seem as half naked in the hall this semester. I think Miss. Cuddles is starting to feel sorry for me. I mean look at her! You see how she's judging me?! I need man help!"
:Caroline: "Well don't look at me for advice. I just sent my boyfriend to spend the day with his first love."
:Bonnie: "Valerie? The Heretic who turned your skin into vervain so you and Stefan couldn't touch?"
:Caroline: "Yeah! That would be the one!"
:Bonnie: "Wow....You are either completely insane or the most secure woman in the world."
:Caroline: "I want him to work things out with her. He has this habit of... bottling up all his hurt feelings and I think it would be really good for them if they could just...clear away all the 19th century drama. So they can get on with their lives. Clean slate."
:Bonnie: "Most secure woman it is. I'm officially inspired."
:Caroline: "So you're going out to meet a guy?"
:Bonnie: "No! I'm going to Mystic Falls to discuss magic with a Heretic I just brought back to life....and then I'll go meet a guy."
|-|Inside Episode=
:Alaric (to Jo): "Hey sweetheart. How you're feeling?"
:Stefan: "Valerie."
:Valerie: "Stefan."
:Enzo: "Who's Julian?"
:Lily: "He was the love of my life."
:Enzo: "Oh. What's the occasion?"
:Lily: "My mother always used to keep fresh flowers when expecting guests."
:Enzo: "Julian I presume."
:Lily: "Yes. He'll arrive home today if all goes as planned."
:Lily: "So if your asking me to chose between you and Julian..."
:Enzo: "That's.. what I'm asking you."
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==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
===Videos===
The Vampire Diaries 7x05 Promo - Live Through This HD
The Vampire Diaries 7x05 Extended Promo - Live Through This HD
The Vampire Diaries 7x05 Webclip 1 - Live Through This HD
The Vampire Diaries Live Through This Scene The CW
The Vampire Diaries Inside Live Through This
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2015-11-19_Candice_King_Instagram.jpg|©Candice King
2015-11-19_Kat_Graham_Instagram.jpg|©Kat Graham November 19, 2015
2015-11-18_Todd_Lasance_Jaiden_Kaine_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Todd Lasance, Annie Wersching, Jaiden Kaine
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2015-11-06_Lane_Cheek_Todd_Lasance_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Lane Cheek, Todd Lasance
2015-11-06_Lane_Cheek_Ian_Somerhalder_Elizabeth_Blackmore_Paul_Wesley_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Lane Cheek, Ian Somerhalder, Elizabeth Blackmore, Paul Wesley
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2015-08-28_21-01_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching, Michael Malarkey August 28, 2015
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2015-08-28_20-03_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|©Annie Wersching August 28, 2015
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:Flashforward episodes
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Seven