Coming Home Was a Mistake

Coming Home Was a Mistake is the fifth episode of the eighth season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and sixtieth episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES TOO CLOSE TO HOME — Spiraling down a dangerous path of self-destruction, Damon's latest actions prove he may be beyond the point of return. Unwilling to give up on his brother, Stefan is forced to make a gut-wrenching decision that threatens to change their relationship forever. Elsewhere, Bonnie gets advice from Caroline on how to break through to Enzo, while Matt attempts to decipher a mysterious box of messages that he's received. Finally, after tragedy strikes close to home, Stefan and the others are forced to remember what matters most to them. Alaric also appears.
==Plot==
Matt brings Tyler's body to Mystic Falls and informs everyone of his death. Seline volunteers to babysit the twins while everyone's at the funeral. 
Alaric leaves his twins with Seline who volunteered to do it while he's at the funeral. Before leaving, he also asks Dorian to test the tuning fork every hour. It's a torture for Sybil because the sound will be heard over the intercom. Alaric also tasks him with finding what happened to Georgie. Matt, Alaric, Stefan and Caroline go to the funeral and see four already dug out holes. Damon reveals that he plans on killing the four of them. He makes threats, but leaves.
Bonnie's still with Enzo at his cabin. He asks her to untie him, which she eventually does. The moment he's free, he tries to run outside, but he's unable to do so. Bonnie used a magical object called "flame of imprisonment" from the Armory which keeps supernatural beings from going out. Over the phone, Bonnie tells Caroline that she has tried everything to help Enzo turn his humanity back on, but nothing worked. Caroline tells her that what worked for her was confronting her biggest fears.
Meanwhile, the gang hatches up a plan to put down Damon for a while. Damon visits Sybil in her cell to ask her about why is he still doing her bidding. She tells him that he's on his way of turning the humanity switch back on, but warns him that he'll feel regret for everything he's done and that his friends and Elena may never forgive him. She tells him that it would be better for him to keep his humanity off.
Dorian informs Alaric that Georgie's stuff are still in her room, so Alaric asks him to call the police to file a missing persons report. While Matt's going through Tyler's things, he finds a letter addressed to him. Tyler asked him to find Seline, a siren released in 1883.
Seline takes the twins to the carnival, explains them how death works and teaches them the fire spell. Stefan talks with Damon about how good it is to feel things. Stefan shoots a vervain dart at him, but Damon catches it, but Caroline shoots him with some more. They chain him and put him in a coffin.
Bonnie concludes that Enzo's afraid of people leaving him, so she sets the cabin on fire and decides to stay with him til the end. The smoke makes her lose her conscience. Enzo turns his humanity back on. She wakes up outside the cabin, while Enzo's still trapped inside. She runs inside, disables the flame of imprisonment and they exit the cabin and kiss.
The police find Georgie's remains and notify Dorian. He leaves, and while the Armory's empty, Sybil escapes. Se also takes the tuning fork and frees Damon.
At night, the gang meets at the carnival and says goodbye to Tyler. Later, Caroline shows the photos of the twins with Seline to Matt. He realizes that Seline is the siren Tyler's been looking for. Caroline and Alaric rush to the house, but the twins and Seline are gone. They only find a drawing of the twins, Seline and Cade.
==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
*Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
*Michael Malarkey as Enzo St. John
===Special Guest Star===
*Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (corpse/voice)
===Recurring Cast===
*Kristen Gutoskie as Seline
*Nathalie Kelley as Sybil
*Demetrius Bridges as Dorian Williams
*Joel Gretsch as Peter Maxwell
===Co-Starring===
*Lily Rose Mumford as Josie
*Tierney Mumford as Lizzie
*Shelli Meghan Delgado as Carnival Goer
*Vanessa Ore as Detective
==Trivia==
*Antagonists: Damon Salvatore and Seline.
*The twins, Lizzie and Josie, siphoned magic from Seline and performed the incendia spell.
==Body Count==
*Man - Drained of Blood; killed by Damon
==Continuity==
*Tyler and Georgie were mentioned. They were killed in An Eternity of Misery.
*Virginia was mentioned. She was last seen in Hello, Brother.
*Dalton was mentioned. He was seen in a flashback in Kill 'Em All.
*Richard was indirectly mentioned. He was last seen in Founder's Day.
*Carol was indirectly mentioned. She was last seen in O Come, All Ye Faithful.
==Locations==
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Forbes House
**Salvatore Boarding House
**Mystic Falls Cemetery
**Mystic Grill
**Lockwood Mansion
*Enzo's Safehouse
*Grove Hill, Virginia
**The Armory
**Warehouse
==Behind the Scenes==
*This episode marks the 50th appearance of Lorenzo St. John and the 90th appearance of Tyler Lockwood
*"Coming home was a mistake" is a line of dialogue from Stefan to Elena in Season One's History Repeating.
*Stefan says "Hello, Brother" to Damon, this was the first line of dialogue said by Damon in Pilot and the title of season eight's premiere.
*Hashtag during the airing is #CarnivalBlues
==Cultural References==
* - 1985 coming-of-age comedy-drama.
==Quotes==
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|-|Promo=
:Stefan Salvatore: "I'm at a lost with Damon. We have to put him down."
:Damon Salvatore: "Take your pick. Because I'm going to bury every one of you."
:Stefan Salvatore: "Might not forgive me after this. I might lose him forever."
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:Stefan Salvatore: "I'm at a lost with Damon. We have to put him down."
:Caroline Forbes: "No one wants you here."
:Damon Salvatore: "Take your pick. Because I'm going to bury every one of you."
:Caroline Forbes: "You're gonna need some help."
:Stefan Salvatore: "No."
:Caroline Forbes: "Two vampires are better then one. It's basic math."
:Stefan Salvatore: "What's the point of being alive?"
:Damon Salvatore: "Exactly, brother."
:Stefan Salvatore: "Might not forgive me after this. I might lose him forever."
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:Caroline Forbes: "It's not going to bring him back."
:Stefan Salvatore: "Tyler deserved more than to be collateral damage in whatever game Sybil's playing with Damon."
:Caroline Forbes: "I can't even remember out last conversation. We haven't talked in months. We both had been so busy. After everything we went through I guess I just always assumed that he would be there."
:Stefan Salvatore: "I'm at a lost with Damon. I don't know what to do with him anymore."
:Caroline Forbes: "Maybe the best thing to do... is just to mourn Tyler with your friends. We all owe him that."
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:Alaric Saltzman: "What are you doing?"
:Sybil: "Savasana. It's restorative, it promotes physical and emotional well-being. So not Zen."
:Alaric Saltzman: "That's for Tyler."
:Sybil: "To be fair, that was more Damon than it was me. I simply suggested that he do whatever he could to sever any of his remaining ties."
:Alaric Saltzman: "Georgie. Where is she. I already have another cell ready, labeled Siren number two."
:Sybil: "Oh wait that's right I can't see anything, my psychic abilities have been neutralized."
:Alaric Saltzman: "I've set up an intercom system here, so this noise and pain will haunt you from now on 24/7. Welcome to your psychic Hell."
|-|Inside clip=
:Stefan Salvatore: "I have to leave, Elena. Too many people have died. Too much has happened."
:Elena Gilbert: "What? No! I know you think you're protecting me, but..."
:Stefan Salvatore: "I have to. Coming home was...it was a mistake. I can't be a part of your life anymore."
:Stefan Salvatore: "Tyler deserved more than to be collateral damage in whatever game Sybil's playing with Damon."
:Alaric Saltzman: "Remember it's not Damon. This is Damon under the control of a She-Devil and we have to find a way to break her control and we will."
:Seline: "Send Cade my regards."
:Seline: "Hey!"
:Lizzie & Josie: "Hey!"
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==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
===Videos===
The Vampire Diaries 8x05 Promo "Coming Home Was a Mistake" (HD) Season 8 Episode 5 Promo
The Vampire Diaries Coming Home Was A Mistake Trailer The CW
The Vampire Diaries Exclusive Stefan and Caroline Struggle in the Wake of Tyler's Death
The Vampire Diaries Coming Home Was a Mistake Scene The CW
The Vampire Diaries Inside TVD Coming Home Was A Mistake The CW
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Eight
Category:Episodes featuring all main characters