Kill or Be Killed

Kill or Be Killed is the fifth episode of the second season of The Vampire Diaries and the twenty-seventh episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
MASON'S PAST IS REVEALED — Tyler learns more about the Lockwood family curse from Mason. Stefan and Damon argue over how to handle Mason. Elena tries to keep Jeremy from becoming more involved with the Lockwood mystery, but Jeremy makes an effort to hang out with Tyler and Mason gives Sheriff Forbes some startling information, leading to a night of violence, confessions and heartbreak.
==Plot==
In this episode, the short flashback is taking place one year ago, showing how Mason accidentally killed his friend Jimmy in a fight. Mason tells Tyler the story. It is Mystic Falls Historical Society Volunteer Day. Stefan tries to make peace with Mason. Despite a somewhat reconcilable conversation, it is obvious that Mason is still out for Damon.
Mason tells Sheriff Forbes that Damon and Stefan are vampires, but she doesn't believe it. Stefan and Elena continue to make everyone think that they are in a fight. Caroline believes this, but Damon does not. Damon drinks some lemonade and topples over, because Mason spiked it with vervain. Sheriff Forbes watches everything go down and calls for backup. As she leaves, Caroline confronts her. Caroline sees how distressed her mom is and becomes curious, so she decides to eavesdrop on her mother's surroundings. Stefan and Damon corner Mason in the woods. Just when they were about to kill him, they get shot by wooden bullets. Liz and her deputies run over and inject them with vervain and take them into the cellar. Caroline hears all this and runs to tell Elena. They arrive and stop deputies from staking Stefan and Damon. Damon drinks their blood, but Stefan refuses. Liz sees all this go down. Caroline pleads with her to keep this a secret. Liz does not accept her daughter being a vampire. Damon gets close to killing Liz, and then decides to keep her in the cellar until all the vervain leaves her system, so she can be compelled to forget about everything. On Caroline's way out, she overhears Liz say that Caroline is not her daughter anymore. Elena thanks Damon for not killing Liz. Damon tells Elena that Stefan didn't feed on the blood.
Elena cuts her hand and offers her blood to Stefan. He feeds on her a little. Jeremy and Tyler were hanging out with Sarah and Aimee at the Lockwood Mansion. Sarah asked to see Jeremy's sketches. They were all pictures of wolves. Tyler takes Jeremy aside and confronts him. Jeremy admits he knows about the Lockwood secret, then he spills everything he knows about Mason, the moonstone and the curse. Then Sarah jokingly took it. Tyler is furious and pushes her accidentally down the stairs and wrestles the stone back. Tyler is shaken up by his actions and later tells Mason what happened and hands over the moonstone. Mason gets into a car that Katherine is driving. It turns out that he works for her. He hands her the moonstone and they share a kiss. He thinks that Katherine loves him, not knowing about her history with Damon and Stefan.
==Cast==
===Starring===
* Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce
* Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
* Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
* Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
* Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers (credit only)
* Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett (credit only)
* Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
* Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (credit only)
* Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
* Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman (credit only)
===Guest Starring===
* Marguerite MacIntyre as Liz Forbes
* Taylor Kinney as Mason Lockwood
* Tiya Sircar as Aimee Bradley
* Maiara Walsh as Sarah
===Co-Starring===
* Susan Walters as Mrs. Lockwood
* Justin Geer as Jimmy
* Jason Giuliano as Sheriff Jess
* Kevin Nichols as Sheriff #2
* Courtney Lauren Cummings as Girl
==Trivia==
* Antagonist: Mason Lockwood.
==Body Count==
* Jimmy (flashback) - Blunt force trauma; accidentally killed by Mason Lockwood
* Sheriff Jess - Shot to death; indirectly killed by Caroline Forbes to protect her from being shot by Sheriff #2
* Sheriff #2 - Exsanguinated; killed by Damon Salvatore
==Continuity==
* Jeremy was last seen in Brave New World.
* John was mentioned. He was last seen in The Return.
==Locations==
*Florida
**Bar in Emerald Coast
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Lockwood Mansion
**Gilbert House
**Forbes House
**Mystic Grill
**Woods
***The Lockwood Cellar
**Salvatore Boarding House
==Behind the Scenes==
*This episode had about 3.50 million viewers in USA, which was 0.3 million more than the previous episode.
==Cultural References==
* "" is a 1969 single written by John Lennon that became an anthem of the American anti-war movement of the 1960s.
* : the way that Caroline moves her hair, and the camera focus on her ear is just the way Jaime Sommers used to focus her hearing.
* is a 1977 South African martial arts movie, retitled and released in 1980 in the United States.
==Quotes==
:Damon: "What are you doing?"
:Stefan: "Negotiating peace on your behalf."
:Damon (complains): "But I don't want peace!"
:Stefan: "Huh. Consider it opposite day."
:Damon: "Stefan, please tell me you don't seriously think a handshake just solved our problem."
:Stefan: "No, actually, I think that the first chance Mason Lockwood gets, he's gonna drive a stake through your heart, and then through mine. All because you took it upon yourself to try and kill him. So thank you, 'cause we don't have enough problems."
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:Damon (to Elena): "Hey... Stefan didn't drink the people blood. But he needs to. And deep down, you know that."
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:Elena (to Stefan): "It`s you and me, Stefan. Always."
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:Stefan: "Okay how about this? Today, when we`re fighting, if I say 'I can`t do this anymore, Elena,' what I really mean is that I love you."
:Elena: "And when I say 'Fine, Stefan. Whatever,' that'll mean that I love you, too."
==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Two
Category:Flashback episodes