The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice is the tenth episode of the second season of The Vampire Diaries and the thirty-second episode of the series overall.
==Summary==
JEREMY MAKES A DANGEROUS MISTAKE — Elena decides to take matters into her own hands and offers a tempting incentive to Rose for her help. When things take an unexpected turn, however, Rose calls on Damon to deal with the plan Elena has set in motion, which involves her trying to get Klaus's attention. Jeremy's reckless attempt to help Bonnie retrieve the moonstone lands him in a life-threatening position and forces Stefan to put himself in danger to protect him from Katherine. Bonnie and Luka form a closer connection. Tyler shows Caroline the Lockwood cellar, where she makes a discovery that leaves them both terrified.
==Plot==
Stefan and Damon plot to get the moonstone from Katherine so they can lift the curse. Elena asks Rose to take her to Slater so they can learn more about Klaus and where to find him.
Instead, they find Slater's staked corpse laying in his house. Elena uses information from his computer to get Klaus's attention, saying that she, the doppelgänger, is willing to surrender. Rose protests, but Elena insists that surrendering is the only way to protect the people she loves from Klaus. Meanwhile, Caroline and Tyler discuss the approaching full moon and explore the underground tomb on the old Lockwood family property.
They discover Mason's journal and the video diary that he had used to document his extremely painful first transformations. Bonnie forms a plan to lift the spell from the tomb and temporarily incapacitate Katherine so that Stefan can quickly grab the moonstone, but Jeremy goes ahead with the plan by himself and is captured and fed on by Katherine. He manages to toss the moonstone out of the tomb. Stefan arrives and pushes Jeremy out safely, but is trapped in it himself. Later, Jeremy and Bonnie almost kiss. Damon arrives at Slater's house and tells Elena that he will not let her surrender to Klaus or put herself in danger. Two vampires confront Damon, Rose, and Elena; they want to take Elena to Klaus, but all of sudden Elijah appears and kills them, leaving Damon, Rose, and Elena unharmed.
Damon and Elena return to Mystic Falls; Elena tries to run to Stefan in the tomb, but Damon restrains her. Stefan makes Damon promise to protect Elena, and he agrees. Elijah and Luka's father discuss what had happened at Slater's house. Elijah states that he spared Damon and Rose because he could see that they would protect Elena, which is what Elijah had been trying to do all along.
==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
* Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett
* Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
* Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
* Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
* Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
===Guest Starring===
*Lauren Cohan as Rose
*Taylor Kinney as Mason Lockwood
*Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
*Bryton James as Luka Martin
*Trevor Peterson as Slater (corpse)
*Randy J. Goodwin as Jonas Martin
* Bree Condon as Alice
* James Harvey Ward as Cody Webber
==Trivia==
*Antagonist: Elijah Mikaelson.
*Jeremy going in for a kiss with Bonnie was not scripted and it was Steven R. McQueen improvising.'Vampire Diaries' scoop: Star Steven R. McQueen says 'Things start to heat up' with Jeremy and Bonnie this week
==Body Count==
*Cody Webber and two other vampires - Heart extraction; killed by Elijah Mikaelson
==Continuity==
==Locations==
*Mystic Falls, Virginia
**Gilbert House
**Woods
***Fell's Church
****The Tomb
**Mystic Falls High School
**Salvatore Boarding House
**Martin House
**Forbes House
*Richmond
**Slater's Suite
==Behind the Scenes==
* This episode had about 3.46 million viewers in the USA, which was 0.04 million less than the previous episode.
*Katerina Graham's cover of Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains" was used in the soundtrack for this episode.
*Slater's vampire contacts include some crew members: 
**Matthew D'Ambrosio, writer
**Garreth Stover, production designer
**Rudy Persico, the first assistant director and later director on Legacies
**Michael A. Allowitz, director
**Tony Griffin, the assistant director and later director on Legacies
**The other names listed are Colin Rogers, Dutch Brown, Taylor Derence, Cody Webber, Nicole Hathaway, Rusty Carter, Russell Wyckoff, Scott Pulcifer, Andrew Paulson, John Albrecht, Caroline Chege, Michael Levinge, Tim Beach, Arma Benoit, Ron Mason, Kari Lennox, Nathan Alexander, Jack Preston and Tyler Romary.
***Dutch Brown, Taylor Derence, Kari Lennox - same names also present on the list of Stefan's victims from the 1920s
***John Albrecht - character with this name later appears at the Graduation Ceremony
==Cultural References==
*Slater's password is "", the name of the actress who plays Bella in .
*Alice, Slater's girlfriend, looks and dresses like Chanterelle, the vampire wannabe in episode 2x07, "Lie to Me."
==Quotes==
:Elena: "Sound like you guys already have it all planned out."
:Damon: "Yup, we're awesome!"
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:Elena: "I don't question why everyone tries so hard to save me. You shouldn't question why I try so hard to save everyone else."
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:Damon: (to Elena) "Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself."
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:Damon: "I'd rather poke my eyes out."
:Katherine: "They're such pretty eyes."
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:Elena: "They`re willing to risk everyone that I love, and I`m not."
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:Damon: "I killed you. You were dead."
:Elijah: "For centuries now."
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:Elijah: "I'm Elijah."
==Multimedia==
===Soundtrack===
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==References==
==See also==
Category:The Vampire Diaries Episode Guide
Category:The Vampire Diaries Season Two
Category:Episodes featuring all main characters