Hello, Brother

Hello, Brother is the first episode of the eighth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and fifty-sixth episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
THE BEGINNING OF THE END — Months after Damon and Enzo mysteriously vanished from the Armory vault, Stefan tirelessly pushes forward with their search, while Bonnie struggles holding onto hope that they will be found. Meanwhile, a dangerous encounter with an unexpected visitor leaves Caroline and Alaric fearing that someone – or something – may be targeting their family. Finally, after following some mysterious clues, Stefan realizes that whatever has a hold of his brother may have a more damaging grip over him than he could have ever imagined.
==Plot==
A couple drives a car when a man appears on the road and they hit him. The stop the car and try to help them, but the other man appears behind them. Damon and Enzo take the couple to the warehouse and show them the bodies they're keeping there. They compel the couple to tell them their worst secrets. Damon concludes that the guy has the worst secret and as his reward, his death will be more painful. Enzo kills the girl by draining her, while Damon feeds the guy to a creature in the pool.
Bonnie recaps the summer in Elena's diary: The gang still has no leads on Damon and Enzo, Stefan and Caroline are together, Alaric is running The Armory and has an intern Dorian while Josie and Lizzie have a babysitter Seline. 
Dorian and his colleague Georgie discover secret parts in the Armory's vault and show it to Alaric. The cover his eyes with a blindfold because the only way to that part is if the senses are isolated. They soon find a room full of things from ancient times including a journal and a skeleton they nickname "Harvey".
Seline brings Lizzie and Josie to Caroline's work. Later, while the girls are at home with Seline, Virginia St. John attacks her and cuts her neck. Caroline, who was on the phone with Seline, arrives quickly and attacks Virginia and knocks her down. Seline is wounded, but alive. Caroline compels her to forget about everything and questions Virginia about the monster in the Vault. Virginia bites off her tongue and bleeds to death.
When the police find the girl's body, Bonnie and Stefan follow a lead which brings them to Damon and Enzo's warehouse. Stefan concludes that Damon flipped his humanity switch off. Both Bonnie and Stefan start losing hope and decide to leave.
Bonnie remembers a conversation about the sirens with Enzo and comes to the conclusion that the monster may be a siren - creatures who lure their victims by using mind control.
Meanwhile, Damon and Enzo find another victim and feed it the the monster in the pool. A few minutes later, a woman steps out from the pool of blood.
==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 St. John
===Guest Cast===
*Kristen Gutoskie as Seline
*Demetrius Bridges as Dorian Williams
*Allison Scagliotti as Georgie Dowling
*Nathalie Kelley as Sybil
===Co-Starring===
*Lily Rose Mumford as Josie
*Tierney Mumford as Lizzie
*Aisha Duran as Virginia
*Dietrich Teschner as Buck
*Katrina Norman as Cindy
*Mark Cosby as Investigator
*Kaiser Johnson as Artist
==Trivia==
*Antagonist: Sybil.
*Bonnie is writing in her diary for Elena telling her about recent events including the search for Damon and Enzo as well as trying to find out what took them.
*Damon has turned off his humanity for the third and final time in the series.
*Enzo has been leaving little clues for Bonnie about what was in the Armory vault.
**Damon threatens Bonnie's life if he doesn't stop leaving clues for her.
*The Armory Monster is revealed to be a Siren who assumes her final form at the end of the episode. This is after being feed bad people by Damon and Enzo.
*As of this episode, Caroline has been featured in more episodes than Elena.
==Body Count==
*Cindy - Drained of Blood; killed by Enzo
*Buck - Dismemberment; killed by Sybil
*Virginia St. John - Blood Loss; killed by herself
*Artist - Dismemberment; killed by Sybil
==Continuity==
*Katherine was mentioned. She was last seen as a hallucination in While You Were Sleeping.
==Locations==
*Unknown warehouse 
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Salvatore Boarding House
**Forbes House
**WYET 9 Station
*Enzo's Safehouse
*Grove Hill, Virginia
**The Armory
***The Vault
*Asheville, North Carolina
**Mental Health Center (video only)
==Behind the Scenes==
*"Hello, Brother" is Damon's first line of dialogue from the first episode of the first season and of the series. Stefan in the first episode of the third season would greet Damon with "Hello, brother" when he first appears as a call back to the Pilot episode.
*This is the last season premiere of the series.
*This episode marks the first appearance of Sybil, Georgie and Seline.
*This is the second season premiere not to feature Elena, Jeremy and Tyler.
**It is the first season premiere not to feature Matt.
**Elena appeared through an archive footage.
*Damon, Stefan, Caroline and Bonnie are the only characters to appear in every season premiere in all eight seasons.
*This is the first episode to be written by Kevin Williamson since season three's The Birthday.
*Filming of the episode ended on August 5, 2016.Doug Harper on Instagram
*This is the first episode to be produced by Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder.
*Hashtag during the airing is #EndofaTerror
==Cultural References==
* is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey.
**It has already been referenced to in Fifty Shades of Grayson.
* is the title character and protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise.
* is a figure in Greek mythology said to have been the most beautiful woman in the world.
*The is one of two major Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.
** is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem The Odyssey.
* is a fictional character who appears in Bram Stoker's horror novel Dracula.
==Quotes==
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|-|Promo=
:Damon: "This is it... This is the beginning of the end."
:Stefan: "What was in that vault?"
:Damon: "I've seen how this ends. Humanity can't save me from it. Once the Devil comes a calling... you're done."
|-|The Devil Trailer/Extended=
;The Devil Trailer
:Bonnie: "The search for Damon and Enzo goes on and on..."
:Stefan (to Bonnie): "You have to follow every single clue like it's the one that's gonna lead us to them"
:Bonnie: "I'm in."
:Damon: "This is it... This is the beginning of the end."
:Stefan: "What has a hold of you? What was in that vault?"
:Damon: "I've seen how this ends. Humanity can't save me from it. Once the Devil comes a calling... you're done."
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;The Devil Trailer Extended
:Bonnie: "The search for Damon and Enzo goes on and on and we're no closer to knowing where they are or who or what took them..."
:Stefan (to Bonnie): "You have to follow every single clue like it's the one that's gonna lead us to them"
:Bonnie: "Whatever we need to do, I'm in."
:Damon: "This is it... This is the beginning of the end."
:Virginia: "It has come for them!
:Caroline: "What is it?"
:Enzo: "When does this end? How many more bodies until you're full?"
:Damon: "Get an answer!?"
:Stefan: "What has a hold of you? What was in that vault, Damon?"
:Damon: "Humanity can't save me from it. Once the Devil comes a calling... you're done."
|-|Sneak Peeks=
;Sneak Peek #1
:Bonnie: (Over the phone) "Something has control over... Even if you have"
:Alaric: "To be honest Bonnie, I don't know what to think anymore."
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;Sneak Peek #2
:Stefan: "I have to treat every single clue like its the one that's gonna lead us to them."
:Bonnie: "Stefan, every time we do this, I let myself hope a little."
:Stefan: "Please don't give up."
:Bonnie: "Of course but don't ask me to have hope."
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;Sneak Peek #3
Please see the Season Seven finale.
:Matt: "Please take me with you."
:Penny: "Sorry Matt, there's a better life for you out there, you just have to wake up and find it. Wake Up!"
:Medic: "He's conscious."
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;Sneak Peek #4
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;Sneak Peek #5
:Investigator (to Stefan and Bonnie): "Oh come on, it took me four hours to get control of the scene from the local idiots. Now they're letting press pass the tape?
:Stefan: "We're not press. We're not anyone. Now tell us what you know."
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;Sneak Peek #6
:Enzo (to Damon): "Want to watch some TV?" 
|-|Webclips=
;Webclip #1 (Scene)
:Stefan: "Not much but it's a lead and all those missing people all the trail we've been following and this is the first time a body has surfaced."
:Bonnie: "Probably, because it has nothing to do with what we are looking for."
:Stefan: "Yeah, well I can't let myself think like that. I have to treat every single clue like its the one that's gonna lead us to them."
:Bonnie: "Stefan, every time we do this, I let myself hope a little. Then we end up back at zero, my heart crushes in on itself a little bit more. I don't know how much of my heart has left you know?"
:Stefan: "Bonnie, no one not Caroline, not Elena, no one know how to fight longer or harder or better than you. If you give up I wont have anything else to hold on to. Please don't give up."
:Bonnie: "Of course, but don't ask me to have hope. Hope hurts and I don't wanna hurt anymore."
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;Webclip #2
:Enzo: "Dumped the girl."
:Damon: "Why? She could have been desert."
:Enzo: "You know the rules, last night was pushing it. It wants real evil not these light weight losers we've been feeding it."
:Damon: "Ah, you should get on that."
:Enzo: "I'm trying, she's more your doing."
:Damon: "This is a really good book."
:Enzo: " How long is this bad guy slaughter going to last? How many more bodies will it take before this is over?"
:Damon: "It can hear you."
:Enzo: "It can get into our minds. It knows how I feel."
:Damon: "There is no reason to go out of your way to aggravate it."
:Enzo: "Do you have any control left? Me, I'm down to about, I don't know... 2%."
:Damon: "No freewill needed. I flipped my switched, humanity off. I'm on full cruise control. I recommend it."
:Enzo: "Oh, so do you really have nothing left inside?"
:Damon: "Just my winning sense of humor and renewed appreciation for chick lit."
|-|Inside the episode=
:Buck: "What do you want?"
:Enzo: "We could use a ride."
:Damon: "Come on. I'll drive."
:Josie: "Daddy, when can we come to work and see your toys?"
:Alaric: "You can come see the toys when you turn eighteen."
:Georgie: "You're practically Indiana Jones."
:Alaric: "Yeah, that's the former me, before I had two daughters who expect me to come home in one piece."
:Caroline: "Maybe today will be better."
:Caroline: "Stefan, they found a body."
:Caroline: "All those people that we've been tracking, and now there's a body. That's good, right?"
:Stefan: "It's better than yesterday."
|-|Previews=
;Paul Wesley Preview
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;Ian Somerhalder Preview
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==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
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2017-03-14_Ian_Somerhalder-Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder
2016-10-28_Nathalie_Kelley_Instagram.jpg|Nathalie Kelley
2016-10-20_Candice_King_Lily_Rose_Tierney_Mumford_Instagram.jpg|Candice King, Lily Rose Mumford, Tierney Mumford
2016-10-19_Lily_Rose_Tierney_Mumford_Instagram.jpg|Lily Rose Mumford, Tierney Mumford
2016-10-18_Ian_Somerhalder_Michael_Allowitz_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder ©Michael A. Allowitz
2016-10-18_Michael_Allowitz_Instagram.jpg|©Michael A. Allowitz
2016-10-16_Michael_Allowitz_Twitter.jpg|Paul Wesley, Candice King ©Michael A. Allowitz
2016-10-14_Michael_Malarkey_Instagram.jpg|Michael Malarkey ©Ian Somerhalder
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08-06-2016-Michael_Allowitz-Instagram.jpg|Michael A. Allowitz
2016-08-06_Ian_Somerhalder_Pierre_OHalloran_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder
2016-08-05_Doug_Harper_Instagram.jpg|©Doug Harper "Last filming day of episode 801" August 5, 2016
2016-08-05_Paul_Wesley_Miichael_Malarkey_Instagram.jpg|Paul Wesley
2016-08-05_Ian_Somerhalder_Michael_Malarkey_IInstagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder
2016-08-04_Ian_Somerhalder_Michael_Allowitz_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder, Michael A. Allowitz
2016-08-02_Michael_Malaekey_Ian_Somerhalder_Michael_Allowitz_Twitter.jpg|Michael Malarkey, Ian Somerhalder, Michael A. Allowitz
2016-07-29_Ian_Smerhalder_Michael_Allowitz_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder July 29, 2016
2016-07-28_Katrina_Norman_Instagram.jpg|Katrina Norman July 28, 2016
07-28-2016-Michael_Allowitz-Instagram.jpg|©Michael A. Allowitz July 28, 2016
2016-07-27_Michael_Malarkey_Instagram.jpg|Michael Malarkey July 27, 2016
07-26-2016-Katrina_Norman_Instagram.jpg|©Katrina Norman July 26, 2016
2016-07-28_Doug_Harper_Instagram.jpg|©Doug Harper July 26, 2016
2016-07-26_Dayvid_Wilson_Instagram.jpg|©Dayvid Wilson July 26, 2016
2016-07-26_Elizabeth_Moore_Instagram.jpg|©Elizabeth Moore July 26, 2016
2016-07-26_Andi_Behring_Instagram.jpg|©Andi Behring "First location of Season 8" July 26, 2016
2016-07-25_Lily-Rose_Tierney_Mumford_Instagram.jpg|Lily Rose Mumford, Tierney Mumford July 25, 2016
2016-07-22_Lily_Rose_&_Tierney_Mumford_Fscebook.jpg|Lily Rose Mumford, Tierney Mumford July 22, 2016
2016-07-22_Kristen_Gutoskie_Instagram.jpg|©Kristen Gutoskie July 22, 2016
2016-07-21_Michael_Allowitz_Instagram.jpg|©Michael A. Allowitz July 21, 2016
07-19-2016_Michael-Malarkey-Instagram.jpg|Kat Graham and Michael Malarkey July 19, 2016
07-18-2016-Michael Malarkey-Instagram.jpg|Michael Malarkey and Michael A. Allowitz July 18, 2016
07-15-2015-Candice King-Instagram.jpg|Kevin Williamson, Pascal Verschooris, Zach Roerig, Michael A. Allowitz, Michael Malarkey, Kat Graham, Paul Wesley, Julie Plec, Ian Somerhalder, Candice King July 15, 2016
2016-07-13_Michael_Allowitz_Twitter.jpg|©Michael A. Allowitz July 13, 2016
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Eight
Category:Season Premieres