Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest is the seventh episode of the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries and the one hundred and fortieth episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
SECRETS FROM THE PAST — In order to get through to Lily about Julian's manipulating ways, Stefan and Damon confront their mother with painful memories from their childhood. However, when Lily reveals a dark secret she's been harboring for over 160 years, Stefan and Damon are left questioning everything they've ever known about their family. Determined to prove himself to Lily, Enzo comes face-to-face with Julian and challenges him to a duel, but an unexpected twist threatens to complicate things. Elsewhere, Matt finds himself in the middle of a deepening mystery involving the residents of Mystic Falls, and Caroline's world is turned upside down when Valerie reveals some life-changing news to her. Bonnie and Alaric also appear.
==Plot==
In a flashforward three years from now, Damon and Alaric arrive at the TV station only to find out that Caroline isn't there, just the recording of her.
In the present, Caroline takes the pregnancy test and it turns out to be negative. Matt calls her to tell her that he and Bonnie found compelled people on IVs at the high school last night. They meet at the Grill and where there are more people. 
Damon and Stefan invite their mother for a pre-Thanksgivng party at their place. Stefan's plan is to remind Lily that Julian is a psychopath so that she can ally with them. Stefan tells him that Valerie was pregnant with his child in 1863 and that Julian beat her, killing the fetus. Lily doesn't believe Valerie's story. When the sons offer her a drink, she falls to the floor because it was spiked with vervain. 
Meanwhile, Bonnie and Enzo search for Oscar's car at the junkyard. Inside the car, they find a sword. Enzo decides pay Julian a visit, invite Julian to a duel and then kill him with it. The two go to a forest and start dueling.
Lily wakes up tied up to a chair. The brothers compare Julian to Giuseppe, and how similarly problematic they were. They remind her of the time Giuseppe forced young Damon to eat his pet turkey Sammy. He also accused Damon of stealing money. Damon admits to doing it, but only to protect his brother. As a punishment, Giuseppe puts his cigar on his arm. Lily's still not convinced, but her neck starts bleeding. She reveals that her life is linked to Julian's. The brothers untie her to let her heal.
Damon goes to find Julian, while Stefan stays with Lily. She reveals that she once planned to escape from Giuseppe with her sons, but he caught her. He realized that she was the one who stole the money. At that moment, she starts coughing blood, as Damon stopped Julian and Enzo's duel and stabbed Julian with the Phoenix Sword. Damon tells Enzo that Julian and Lily were linked, so that Lily died too. Enzo punches him, but Julian snaps Enzo's neck. Bonnie tells Alaric that the book she'd found tells her that the sword won't kill vampires unless the stone is attached to it.
Lily arrives to the woods, happy that Julian is alive. He takes the sword and they both leave. Later that night she asks him if he knew that Valerie was pregnant in 1863 and he confirms it, but asks her to forgive him as he was just protecting his family. In flashbacks, the same scene seems to have occured with Giuseppe, confirming that Giuseppe and Julian are alike. She goes to Damon and Stefan to tell them that she has a plan to get rid of Julian.
Caroline and Valerie arrive at the Grill and decide that Valerie can syphon the compulsion from the people. She also reveals in front of Matt that Caroline is carrying Alaric and Jo's twins. Caroline tells Matt that the test was negative, and yet she puked earlier. Beau arrives and tries to stop them from syphoning, but they hide using a cloaking spell. Valerie later reveals to Caroline that she was pregnant with Stefan's child in 1863.
Later Caroline and Alaric go to the hospital and the ultrasound is not showing that she's pregnant. However, Valerie removed the cloaking spell put by the gemini coven. The ultrasound now shows that Caroline is really carrying Alaric's twins.
==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
===Special Recurring Guest Star===
*Annie Wersching as Lily Salvatore
===Recurring Cast===
*Elizabeth Blackmore as Valerie Tulle
*Todd Lasance as Julian
===Guest Cast===
*John Charles Meyer as Young Giuseppe (flashback)
===Co-Starring===
*Jaiden Kaine as Beau
*Gavin Casalegno as Young Damon (flashback)
*Luke Judy as Young Stefan (flashback)
*Tasia Grant as Doctor
==Trivia==
*Antagonists: Giuseppe Salvatore (flashback), Julian and Beau (present day).
*This is the second Thanksgiving episode in the series & the first time the same holiday has been featured in back to back seasons. The first Thanksgiving episode was last season's 8th episode Fade Into You.
*This is the second episode this season to feature both a flash forward and flashback. The first being Age of Innocence.
*In 2016, Dallas, Texas 3 years from now, Damon and Alaric are headed to the TV station to rescue Caroline from the woman hunting Stefan, to keep Stefan from springing her trap. Damon goes inside to get Caroline and gets shot in the back with multiple vervain darts.
*This episode features the first appearance of Giuseppe Salvatore this season and the first time someone other than James Remar has played the character.
*This is the first episode in which someone else other than Ian Somerhalder has played Damon.
*Damon becomes the fourth main character current and former to be seen as a child after Elena, Stefan and Caroline.
*Lily learns from Stefan that Julian killed her grandchild to keep her from returning to Mystic Falls. She also realizes that her sons are right in that she traded in one monster for another. She decides to help them kill Julian also comes up with a plan to do so.
*Bonnie and Enzo retrieve a sword from Oscar's car that when combined with the Phoenix Stone will kill a vampire but without the stone the sword is just a sword. Damon and Enzo find this out after Damon stabs Julian with the sword.
*When Bonnie looked up the sword in one of Alaric's books the illustration shows a woman holding both the Phoenix Stone and the sword over a body.
*Lily revealed that she and Julian are linked by a binding spell.
*Tyler Lockwood and Jeremy Gilbert are mentioned in this episode. This as Matt wants their help in dealing with the problem of the compelled people in town and the Heretics.
*Matt finds more compelled people in Mystic Falls outside of the high school. In the Mystic Grill, City Hall and the Hospital. All the people Matt & Caroline had sent away from the school returned.
*Valerie removes the compulsion from most of the people in the Grill and Caroline then re-compels them before sending them out of town.
*Since Beau caught the bullet in midair, this implies vampires with enough experience can use their reflexes to catch more than just arrows, knives or other weapons thrown at them. Damon proved this last season when he caught the vervain dart shot at him by Tripp.
*Beau attacks Valerie as soon as he sees her but Matt saves her by distracting him by shooting at him, he catches the bullet. He then attacks a fleeing Caroline who is saved by Valerie who makes her invisible.
*Caroline does a pregnancy test, but the result is negative, and the babies are invisible to ultrasound. Near the end of the episode, Valerie realizes the twins are cloaked by a spell and she siphons it away. Caroline then checks again with ultrasound and confirms she's indeed carrying Alaric and Jo Laughlin's twin babies.
**Since the cloaking spell masked the presence of the babies from pregnancy test and ultrasound, it is possible that it also froze their development until Valerie removed it.
==Body Count==
==Continuity==
*Giuseppe Salvatore was last seen in an archival footage in a flashback in Handle with Care.
==Locations==
*Dallas, Texas
**KQBC Channel 3 News Studio
*McKinley, Virginia
**Whitmore College
***Caroline and Bonnie's Dorm Room
**Alaric's office
**Scull Bar
**Whitmore Hospital
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Lockwood Mansion
**Mystic Grill
**Salvatore Estate (flashback)
**Salvatore Boarding House
**Woods
**Mystic Falls Cemetery
*Unknown
**Midlothian County Impound
==Behind the Scenes==
* This episode is the least watched episode of The Vampire Diaries so far with 1.10 million viewers.
*Hashtag during the airing is #Salvaturkey
==Cultural References==
* is a memoir and exposé written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of actress Joan Crawford. The book, which depicts Christina's childhood and her relationship with her mother, was published in 1978.
* is a 1981 American biographical drama film about Joan Crawford and the abusive relationship she had with her adopted daughter Christina Crawford and her adopted son Christopher, starring Faye Dunaway, Mara Hobel and Diana Scarwid.
*"Mommie Dearest" is the title of the 8th episode of (2015) which airs on FOX.
==Quotes==
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|-|Promo=
: Stefan (to Damon): "We're hosting Thanksgiving!"
: Stefan (to Lily): "Julian knows that I want him dead. You need to help us get rid of Julian."
: Lily (to Damon and Stefan): "We did a spell. We're linked. If he dies, so do I." 
: Damon: "Best. Thanksgiving. Ever."
|-|Extended Promo=
: Damon: "Is that cornbread I smell?"
: Stefan: "We're hosting Thanksgiving!"
: Caroline (to Matt): "They're using them as human blood banks. I guess we know what the Heretics are having for Thanksgiving dinner!" 
: Stefan (to Damon): "Julian knows that I want him dead. I am creating an ally."
: Stefan (to Lily): "You need to help us get rid of Julian." 
: Lily (to Damon and Stefan): "We did a spell. We're linked. If he dies, so do I." 
: Damon: "Best. Thanksgiving. Ever." 
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: Bonnie: "Why would a centuries old vampire with a bunch of witch group is so desperate to find anything collecting dust in a peopling county intel? This is a little beneath him."
: Enzo: "Well if Julian wants it then so do I."
: Bonnie: "We're talking about Oscar's car or...Lily? You're not doing this to stop a psychopath. You just want the girl."
: Enzo: "Congratulations. You just unlocked every man's true motivation in life."
: Bonnie: "Let me give you some advice. Stop treating Lily like some prize to be won."
: Enzo: "So the next summer is over in four over." 
: Bonnie: "It's not the turn on you think it is. Try flowers, a quiet dinner. Listening. Found it."
: Enzo: "I'm assuming Julian doesn't want to give his Bluebook value. Charming."
|-|Inside Episode=
: Damon: "Is that cornbread I smell?"
: Stefan: "We're hosting Thanksgiving!"
: Lily (to Damon and Stefan): "I brought cranberries."
: Stefan (to Lily): "I want us all to...start over." 
: Stefan: "You're drawn to men who manipulate you into seeing what they want! Men who abuse you!" 
: Lily: "Oh I'm sorry. The vervain ropes searing into my flesh are distracting me from concentrating on your lecture on tolerating abuse."
 
: Caroline (to Valerie): "I am not pregnant!" (To Matt): "I am not pregnant!" 
: Caroline (to Alaric): "But you're an occult studies professor. Have you ever come across anything about a pregnant vampire?" 
: Caroline (to Alaric): "Ugh. This is crazy."
: Julian: "I hope you're not suggesting anything untoward."
: Enzo: "And what if I were?"
: Julian: "Well. We would have to settle it like gentlemen."
: Julian (to Enzo): "Chose your weapon."
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==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
===Videos===
The Vampire Diaries 7x07 Promo - Mommie Dearest HD
The Vampire Diaries 7x07 Extended Promo - Mommie Dearest HD
The Vampire Diaries 7x07 Sneak peek 1
The Vampire Diaries Inside Mommie Dearest The CW
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2016-03-28_Anni_Wersching_Gavin_Casalegno_Twitter.jpg|Gavin Casalegno, Annie Wersching
2016-03-25_Gavin_Casalegno_Twitter.jpg|Gavin Casalegno
2016-01-29_Michael_Malarkey_Todd_Lasance_Ian_Somerhalder.jpg|Michael Malarkey, Todd Lasance, Ian Somerhalder
2016-01-04_Geoff_Shotz_Alan_Cohen_Colin_Duran_Instagram.jpg|Alan Cohen, Geoff Shotz
2015-12-27_Ian_Somerhalder_Paul_Wesley_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley
2015-12-02_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching
2015-12-01_Gavin_Casalegno_Luke_Judy_John_Charles_Meyer_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Gavin Casalegno, Luke Judy, John Charles Meyer, Annie Wersching
2015-11-24_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching
2015-11-23_Ian_Somerhalder_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder, Annie Wersching
2015-11-23_Gavin_Casalegno_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Gavin Casalegno, Annie Wersching
2015-11-20-2_Gavin_Casalegno_Instagram.jpg|Gavin Casalegno
2015-11-20_Gavin_Casalegno_Instagram.jpg|Gavin Casalegno
2015-11-20_Todd_Lasance_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching, Todd Lasance
2015-11-19_John_Charles_Meye_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching, John Charles Meyer
2015-11-19_Luke_Judy_Gavin_Casalegno_John_Charles_Meyer_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Luke Judy, Gavin Casalegno, Annie Wersching, John Charles Meyer
2015-11-19_Gavin_Casalegno_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Gavin Casalegno
2015-11-19_Luke_Judy_Gavin_Casalegno_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Luke Judy, Gavin Casalegno, Annie Wersching
2015-11-19_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching
2015-11-19_Todd_Lasance_Michael_Malarkey_Instagram.jpg|Todd Lasance, Michael Malarkey
2015-11-18_Matt_Davis_Ian_Somerhalder_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder, Matthew Davis November 18, 2015
2015-10-06_Ian_Somerhalder_Dayvid_Wilson_Instagram.jpg|Dayvid Wilson, Ian Somerhalder October 6, 2015
2015-09-26_Luke_Judy_Instagram.jpg|Luke Judy September 26, 2015
2015-09-25_Ian_Somerhalder_Paul_Wesley_Luke_Judy_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley, Luke Judy September 23, 2015
2015-09-25_Candice_King_Paul_Wesley_Gavin_Casalegno_Instagram.jpg|Candice Accola, Paul Wesley, Gavin Casalegno September 25, 2015
2015-09-24_Luke_Judy_Instagram.jpg|©Luke Judy September 24, 2015
2015-09-23_Luke_Judy_Instagram.jpg|Luke Judy September 23, 2015
2015-09-23_Gavin_Casalegno_Instagram.jpg|©Gavin Casalegno September 23, 2015
2015-09-23_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|©Annie Wersching September 23, 2015
2015-09-22_Ian_Somerhalder_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder September, Annie Wersching September 22, 2015
2015-09-22_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder September, Paul Wesley September 22, 2015
2015-09-22_19-20_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching September 22, 2015
Damons_Camaro.jpg|September 22, 2015
2015-09-21_Gavin_Casalegno_Instagram.jpg|©Gavin Casalegno September 21, 2015
2015-09-21_Jaiden_Kaine_Instagram.jpg|Jaiden Kaine September 21, 2015
2015-09-21_Annie_Wersching_Jaiden_Kaine_Instagram.jpg|Jaiden Kaine Annie Wersching, 
2015-09-20_John_Charles_Meyer_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Annie Wersching, John Charles Meyer September 20, 2015
2015-09-18_Annie_Wersching_Instagram.jpg|Ian Somerhalder September 17, 2015
Damons_Coffin.jpg|September 18, 2015
2015-09-17_James_Stoteraux_Twitter.jpg|©James Stoteraux September 17, 2015
2015-09-17_Cornell_Willis_Instagram.jpg|Cornell Willis, Andi Behring September 17, 2015
Mystic_Falls_Cemetery_Salvatore_Crypt.jpg|Filming in the Salvatore crypt September 17, 2015
Mystic_Falls_Cemetery_Cross_Tomb.jpg|©Cornell Willis September 17, 2015
Mystic_Falls_Cemetery.jpg|Filming in the cemetery September 16, 2015
2015-09-16_Geoff_Shotz_Alan_Cohen_Instagram.jpg|Geoff Shotz September 16, 2015
2015-09-16_Dayvid_Wilson_Instagram.jpg|©Dayvid Wilson September 16, 2015
2015-09-15_Dayvid_Wilson_Kay_Graham_Instagram.jpg|Kat Graham, Dayvid Wilson September 15, 2015
Mystic_Falls_Woods.jpg|Filming in the woods September 12, 2015
2015-09-11_Trevor_Stott_Instagram.jpg|Mystic Falls Cemetery September 11, 2015
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:Episodes featuring all main characters
Category:Holiday episodes
Category:Flashforward episodes
Category:Flashback episodes
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Seven