Previously on "The Originals"...
I assume I have the misfortune
of speaking to my mother.
I have come to heal our family.
She'd prefer to place us all in new bodies.
Take the body of a mortal
and all be happy again.
It is time you bring camille.
There's no need for this.
My sons have taken quite the liking to you.
Proud werewolves on a witch's leash.
I hope those rings you're wearing are worth it.
You're gonna like me, Davina Claire,
and I'm gonna let you pretend a while
that you don't already.
When he wakes, he'll make his own decision.
You declared war when you came after my family.
You don't understand.
Slap them on a witch,
can't do magic as long as they're on.
Kidnapping. Rather unpleasant way
to begin a family reunion.
Well, wait until you see how we end it.
We arrive into this world as innocents,
wide-eyed,
vulnerable.
It is the job of our parents to nurture and protect us.
Unfortunately, our own parents failed miserably
at even the most basic of parental tasks,
but we are not beholden to the past
they created for us.
Today, a new future awaits.
Forget your animosity toward Elijah and myself,
and instead join us against she who trully
deserves your ire-- our mother.
Do this, and we will welcome you with open arms.
But if you continue to oppose us,
a denial of pastries will be the least of your concerns.
If all you wanted was my allegiance against mother dearest,
you should have said so,
save me a night shackled to the wall.
This was Niklaus.
My recommendation was to remove
your limbs one by one until you comply.
We've--we've no desire to torture you,
provided you vow to stand beside us
as brothers.
Brothers?
Does that word even apply to us
after all these centuries of betrayal,
and is loyalty to you ever really rewarded?
If so, tell me Niklaus,
where is our sister Rebekah?
She was blindly loyal to you for a thousand years,
and now nowhere to be found.
Where did our sister go,
and how did she escape your vile machinations?
You think me vile?
Well, what then, do you make of the one who cursed us?
She was trying to make you mortal again,
and you both refused her.
Only proves how far you've fallen,
but I expect Rebekah will have a different response
to her proposal.
See, unlike the two of you,
she always did cling to her humanity.
Rebekah's off limits, too.
You pursue her, and you will suffer.
Do not let him goad you, Elijah.
Neither he nor Esther will find Rebekah
unless she wants to be found, and she does not.
Esther is quite determined.
She's been searching for Rebekah
since the day she returned.
I imagine it's only a matter of time.
I enjoy a good bloodletting as much as anyone,
but our brothers have power,
as well as knowledge of Esther's plans.
We need them alive.
Can you imagine what they would do to Rebekah, to Hope?
Rebekah has been cloaked
by powerful magic.
Focus on the task at hand.
We need to persuade our brothers.
I'm through with persuasion.
Has the earth shifted on its axis,
you needing restraint from me?
It's me. I have the baby,
and we're on the run.
Esther found us.
We're safe for now.
I've lost her bloody starlings,
but I have no idea where to go.
Tell her to head west.
I'll call Hayley.
Do not tell Hayley.
Esther's too smart for that.
The only advantage that we have is that
she thinks the baby died.
Text me with plans.
Go. I'll take care of Kol and Finn.
Splendid, and in your hands,
I assume they'll be dead by nightfall.
I will show restraint. Hope needs her father.
What she needs, what --
what we need are allies to help us defeat our mother.
Finn and kol must be turned to our side.
Without their help, there will be nowhere left for Hope to run.
Klaus, you child.
I have waited months
to see my daughter.
I can wait one more day.
Elijah.
Do whatever it takes to keep her safe.
I give you my word.
Wolves are freaking out.
They know it had to be an insider
who took down Vincent last night,
seeing as no one could have been anywhere near him.
Anybody suspect it was you?
No, not yet, but they're gonna figure it out,
which pretty much means I'm screwed
unless we come up with a plan.
Call a meeting,the whole pack tonight.
If they're so scared, now's the perfect time
to convince them they need to ditch Esther.
She gave them moonlight rings.
Well, those rings make you slaves.
No. They make us powerful.
We were exiles before,
but now we run the city.
The vampires are scared of us,
and no one, including me is just
gonna walk away from that because --
Set the damn meeting.
So are you gonna work on a rousing speech
or just get day drunk?
Little bit of both.
Jack, it's 10 A.M.
You know, for months, I wrote down every single word Ansel said,
the entire history of our people.
If only I'd know he was Klaus' father,
I would have asked him a hell of a lot more.
You know, I was up all night looking through this,
trying to find something,
anything that will help me
figure out how to get the people back together.
Let me guess -- no such luck.
Nothing viable.
And now Ansel's dead
along with Ollie, so forgive me
if I need a beer because right now,
I can use all the help I can get.
I screwed up, you guys.
I was with Kaleb last night,
and he took the white oak stake when I was asleep.
I--I'm sorry. I never should have trusted him.
Kol doesn't have the stake.
Klaus does.
Matter of fact, Klaus has Kol, too.
What? How is that possible?
D, I'm the one who took him.
I saw an opportunity, and I wasn't gonna pass it up,
and trust me -- we are all safer this way.
Not Kaleb. Klaus will kill him.
His name isn't Kaleb. It's Kol,
and Klaus has had a thousand years to kill him,
and he hasn't, so worry less
about him and more about yourself.
All right. This guy is not your friend.
He wants to use you to get his own way.
You don't know him like I do.
I know him better than you do.
Now I'm sorry I had to go behind your back,
and I hate lying to you, I really do,
but believe me, this is for your own good.
I got to take care of some business, all right?
Stick with Josh.
Everything's gonna be ok.
Elijah's off his bloody rocker.
We need to get out of here.
Are you gonna help me or what?
If you were a little more clever,
you would recognize that there's
opportunity in our current circumstances.
Opportunity to what, get a beating?
Gentlemen, I apologize for keeping you waiting.
Good news is I have returned with an old friend,
someone who wants to say hello.
Hello.
How's it going, fellas?
Ah, you again. You ever get bored
of getting bullied by my brother?
Oh, I volunteered for this.
- Did you? - Yeah. The way I see it,
you have it coming.
First, you messed with Davina.
Now I hear you want to drag Rebekah into all this.
Not happening.
Well, I'd prefer you both to join me against our mother,
but I'll happily settle for one or the other.
Either way, if you continue to defy me,
your lives will be reduced to an unending sequence
of agonizing torture.
So...
which is it to be?
I've got to say I'm gonna enjoy this.
Out of the whole twisted family-- sit down--
You are the one that I like the least.
Yeah? Well, there's a pretty young lady
who disagrees with that opinion.
Then let me make myself perfectly clear.
You go near Davina, and I'm gonna cut off parts of you
that you'd rather keep.
Ahh. More threats.
How bloody inventive.
Thing is, Klaus needs me,
so that backs you into a bit of a corner, doesn't it?
Well, until we get rid of your mom.
I wonder what happens then.
Well, Klaus might not need me when mother's gone,
but you might.
Come on, Marcel. You were king of the city once.
You really think he's just gonna give it back to you?
You always got an angle, don't you?
You see, individually, we can't do anything,
But together, well, Klaus wouldn't stand a chance.
Probably not, but then I'd have to trust you,
and I don't.
At least with Klaus, I know exactly what I'm getting.
I thought you had more fortitude, Marcellus.
You disappoint me.
Nobody cares for your opinion.
Klaus just wants to know what you're up to.
Tell me everything, maybe you'll get to live.
If not...
For the record, yes,
I knew what Marcel was up to, and you can hate me if you want to--
I don't hate you, Josh.
I'm just sick of worrying about you
and Marcel, and most of all,
I am tired of Klaus always being in the middle of it.
You know, every time I try to stand up to him--
It hasn't worked out so well.
Yeah. Well, failure, party of two.
You seem to be doing all right.
Uh, yeah, except that
every werewolf in town is trying to kill me.
Well, except for the superhot one that I'm sort of dating,
But that's got its own problems, though.
It's kind of a, uh, Romeo and Romeo thing.
And how hot is this Romeo?
Pretty hot!
Definitely worth the drama. Yeah.
Invite him over.
Yeah. I want to meet him.
Come on. Do it.
Do you think our mother is even the least bit
concerned for your well-being?
She knows I don't need rescuing.
You can toy with me all you want, Niklaus,
But you've had innumerable opportunities
to kill me.
But I didn't, did I?
Finn, I understand your devotion to her.
She must have clung to you with desperate need
after our sister Freya died,
making you believe
it was your responsibility to care for her
always and forever,
a burden which you accepted without question
because you were a good son.
Small children lack the capacity to question their parents,
but you're a man now, Finn.
Is that the extent of your argument?
I'm a man now, so I should join your wretched cause?
Is it not better to join me
than spend the remainder of your mortal life
aligned to a woman who always manipulated you?
Brother, I offer you the opportunity to free yourself.
Side with me, and I will give you
the life she never once offered,
a chance to choose your own path.
The choice is yours, brother.
You want to stop playing mountain man
and explain why you kept this from me?
Why don't I jog your memory?
"The werewolf's power can be traced back
to the myth of the unification ceremony,
a ritual that bestowed certain unique abilities
onto every member of the pack."
Do you believe this?
I didn't at first,
and then Ansel swore he saw it with his own eyes,
and then he dies,
and I find out he's resurrected from a thousand years ago,
which means he was alive to see it.
How did I not know about this?
You didn't grow up out here.
Every kid grows up hearing the stories.
Back in the day, werewolf bloodlines were all distinct, right?
Some had speed, some had strength,
some could sense enemies from miles away.
Now to evolve, you would perform a ritual.
A shaman would marry the alphas of each bloodline,
and then the special abilities of each
would be inherited mystically
by everyone who participated in the ritual.
See, after a few centuries, everybody had the same abilities,
so alpha marriages became political.
They became about power, about territory.
But I have a unique ability.
Becausm a hybrid, I can control when I change,
so if this mystical marriage thing works,
then our people get my power,
and they can ditch the rings,
which means Esther no longer has a hold over them.
Jack, this is exactly the answer that we've been looking for.
Let's find a shaman, we'll say some vows.
Hell, we'll make it a party.
It ain't just a party.
If the vows ain't honored, it doesn't work.
It's got to be a real marriage in every way
for the rest of our lives.
Are you up for that?
Didn't think so.
Hayley, hey. What's up?
I need a favor.
Are you sure you're ok?
Yeah. I must just be coming down with something.
I'm sorry to drag you out of bed for this.
Please. You just discovered an ancient marriage ritual
with pretty drastic supernatural and personal implications.
The least I could do is get out of bed.
So this is everything I found in my uncle's files about
werewolf ceremonies and rituals.
Mostly it sounds like old folklore and fables.
But I'm guessing you're not here
looking for some kind of proof.
I don't know what I'm looking for.
Not to pry, but does Jackson have any answers?
He doesn't even want to talk about it.
He doesn't even want to put me in this position.
He's a good, decent guy,
if those even exist anymore.
And I'm assuming he knows about Elijah.
Elijah and I have barely spoken
since I became a hybrid,
but still he is...
Under your skin.
Well, there's no right answer to this.
You just have to figure out what's best for you,
and think long and hard about your decision,
because you're the one who's going to have to live with it.
No pressure.
What's that on your back?
Nice music. Girl's got taste.
Oh, please. That was my call.
She wanted Puccini.
You must be Aiden...
Supercool, superhandsome...
Werewolf traitor.
I'm sorry. That was a dumb joke.
I was gonna go order some food.
Do you like Thai?
Uh, sure.
Great.
That wasn't planned at all, was it?
Nope.
Hey. You ok?
The "werewolf traitor" thing.
Is there more trouble with your pack people?
Guess we'll find out soon enough.
I actually called a meeting tonight
For Hayley and Jackson, so one way or another,
it's all coming to a head.
You know, those people look up to you.
I mean, trust me. I've seen you in action.
You're a badass.
So just go in there and tell them what's what.
I'm not the alpha.
No, but Jackson is,
and the pack respects both of you,
so if you stand with him,
they will listen.
One thing I learned from Marcel...
Loyalty sends a powerful message,
And hey, look. If you get nervous,
or, like, need a vote of confidence or whatever,
just remember that, uh...
I think you're pretty amazing.
I'm a little surprised we don't hear clapping right now.
Yeah.
Hey, Davina.
You can come down now.
Davina.
We can deep doing this as long as you want,
Or...
I can kill you now
and turn you into A brand-new baby vampire.
Go on. Do it.
My mother's got plans for me whether I like it or not.
If I die, she'll just pop me into another body,
not that my family will care that much
if the death was permanent.
What are you really up to,
and what's it got to do with Davina?
You're afraid I'm gonna break her little heart.
That's downright paternal of you, Marcel.
Easy, Marcel, easy.
Let's give Kol a little longer to decide
before we lop off his head, hmm?
Comments like that--
He already thinks that you don't care.
Is that so, brother?
You only daggered me a dozen times.
You always cared more for Marcel than you did for me.
Well, I didn't realize I'd hurt your feelings.
Well, that's the thing, isn't it, Nik?
You don't know squat about me.
Ah, but thanks to Marcel,
I know all I need to.
You're desperate to be a part of this family, aren't you?
All of your mischief was just attempts for attention.
You know, the truth is, Kol,
you're right to feel slighted.
I mean that. You're right,
But perhaps there's still time
to make it up to you.
You have reached the voice mailbox of--
Tell me...
Has there been anyone out of the ordinary here today?
Just you.
I am so sorry. Let me--
That's quite all right.
Thank you.
I told you to clean yourself up...
that if you were clean,
no one would know what you are or what you'd done.
So, brother.
Ready to embrace your new life of freedom?
I'm already free, brother.
You're aware our mother cares nothing for you?
Niklaus, I assure you, my mother loves me.
She loves all of her children.
We would not exist without her sacrifice.
Do you even know the truth,
that she was barren,
And she grew so desperate for a family
that she begged one of
the most powerful witches in history for help,
Her sister Dahlia.
Of course, Dahlia's price was high.
She agreed to make our mother fertile,
But in exchange, she sought the firstborn as sacrifice.
Having no other choice...
Our mother gave away our beloved Freya.
Our sister died of plague.
Esther gave her away.
Think about that,
the pain,
the grief.
If you what you say is true,
than death is far too delicate a fate for her.
She loves us more than you realize.
And is love the reason she wanted my child dead?
She was trying to protect you from Dahlia's curse.
What curse?!
Dahlia demanded the firstborn of every generation.
Had your child lived, she would have paid the price,
and if anyone had tried to protect her,
Dahlia would come and destroy us all.
Look at you.
So big, so perfect.
I can't imagine the joy of spending every day with her.
It's...
Quite lovely.
Feels so human.
Yes.
Some would argue the most human of experiences.
I know I have to give her back to Hayley
when the time is right,
but she's made me realize
how much I want that child of my own
that I know I can't have.
A lovely dream.
Unfortunately, it's one that's just beyond our reach,
considering the curse of our existence.
Seems Esther's attacking with her usual fervor.
Yes. Mother tortured me for days with memories
I thought I'd buried long ago.
Then she made an offer
to make us all mortal again.
You see, sister, mother believes that
by placing us in new bodies
we could then reclaim some kind of purity,
even begin families of our own again.
And I have to confess, Rebekah,
this invitation, however cruel the delivery,
had a certain kind of...
appeal.
You needn't worry.
We're safe.
Looks like this little one needs her diaper changed.
Here, my love.
I'm done leaving messages, Elijah.
To say this is urgent would be a gross understatement.
We need to speak immediately.
I was wondering whether you'd show up.
I'm afraid I'm not done torturing your darling Kol.
You best run along while you still can.
I'm not going anywhere, Klaus.
D, today is not the day.
Actually, I think it is.
Looks like it's just you and me now.
I know you're angry and scared,
But we are a pack, no matter what.
You've been checked out for months.
Why should we listen to you?
Because he's the alpha.
You got a problem with that?
I want to hear what Jackson has to say.
This is a pack meeting.
You're not one of us anymore.
No?
I am still a wolf,
and I didn't need any magical rings
to control when or how I change.
You want the same? Then sit down, shut up,
and listen.
You forget yourself.
You're not as powerful as you once were,
harvest girl.
Doesn't mean I can't still kick your ass.
Such hubris,
and from one who bleeds so easily.
You talk such a big game,
but you couldn't even kill Mikael when you had the chance.
He was right about you, you know?
You're weak.
It's impressive.
What exactly did you do to him?
I channeled dark objects, turned my blood to poison.
How did you get free?
Oh, it's a long story. Better question is
if he's not dead, then what are you gonna do when he recovers?
We have an hour, maybe less,
Enough time to chain him, bleed him,
dump him in the river.
That's a bit harsh, isn't it?
Since when do you care what happens to Klaus?
Kol is with us now.
We're gonna be going up against Esther,
assuming Klaus is upright.
Look. Nik, he's a pain in the ass,
but, well, she's a problem for us all.
Klaus is the problem.
I don't give a damn what happens to Esther.
Yeah? Well, I sure do.
Should I even ask?
Cami, you should go. It's not safe.
No kidding. I woke up with puncture wounds
all up and down my spine and no idea
how they got there.
According to my uncle's files,
they're a part of this ancient spell,
and I don't know about you guys,
but when I see "ancient" and "spell"
in the same sentence,
I think Esther.
You all need help, and you know it.
Now whatever it is that you think of me,
I was born a Crescent.
I'm the last of the Labonair line,
which makes me an alpha.
Jackson is your alpha.
Now I don't know how many
of you bought the story you grew up with,
the Unification Myth.
Well, it is all true.
Which means if Jackson and I get married,
anyone with the guts to turn up to the ceremony
has as much control over their wolf form as I do.
Hayley, what are you doing?
What needs to be done.
This isn't just about uniting our pack.
It's about forming a new community.
This ceremony will change everything for us.
It will give us the strength we need to defend ourselves.
Then and only then will we finally have peace.
The choice is yours.
Keep the rings and be somebody's bitch,
or be part of the greatest pack that ever lived.
I'm in.
Yeah, that's mum's work all right.
She must have wiped your memory.
Not the first time that's been done
by a member of this family.
What does it mean?
It's a byproduct of a preparation spell.
Preparation for what?
To make her a vessel.
He means Esther prepared your body
for someone to jump into.
Likely herself. I mean, knowing mother.
Where's Vincent?
Why me out of everyone in this city?
Because you're perfect...
Healthy, beautiful, smart, and alone.
No one would question any personality changes,
and as I discovered from our sessions,
Niklaus would never allow you to be harmed.
Fix this.
Do something to stop it.
I can't. Only my mother can.
I will step in front of a moving truck
before I let your mother take over my body.
She wasn't preparing you for herself, Cami.
She was preparing you for Rebekah.
Well, she is all sorted and ready for an adventure.
Aren't you, luv?
It's difficult to believe we were all this innocent once.
We mustn't let the world ever hurt her.
You're right. We mustn't.
How long do I have?
Well, now that Esther knows where she's hiding,
not long.
The only way to stop it is to stop her.
Then let's do this.
Marcel's a vampire,
you both are powerful witches.
Esther's stronger than anything I've ever seen.
We go up against her,
we're gonna need Klaus.
No. No. We can do this without him.
I'm never gonna say this again,
but Marcel's right.
We do need the bastard.
Davina...
I know this is asking a lot,
but please.
What did you do to me?
All you need to know is that I beat you again.
And yet you relented,
which means you need me, don't you?
Did I really lose?
I'm sorry I sprung that on you.
You know, I always thought it would be me popping the question
instead of being the one put on the spot.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Are you?
Look. I know you're only doing thito help our people,
but I promise I will be a good husband to you.
Hayley Marshall, will you marry me?
No ring?
Quite nice of you coming to my rescue like that.
You know, it's a good thing you didn't actually steal
the stake from me,
or I'd have been the one torturing you.
That mean you trust me now?
Provided you're not busy concocting
a new paralytic to use against me,
I'd like a word with my brother.
Well, to be honest, I can't stand being around you anyway.
For the record, didn't know a bloody thing
about mother's plan for Cami, I swear.
Well, I think I can judge for myself
which of her schemes she would entrust to you
and which she would not.
I believe this was Finn's task.
And where, pray tell, is he now?
He's waiting uncomfortably for me
to return and deliver his punishment.
Pass the beignets, would you?
Now it's only a matter of time before mother
- gets bored of waiting for you to let us go. - Thank you.
Well, Finn at least.
Don't expect she'd care if I never came home.
A mother cares for her children, a monster does not.
Once you accept she is the latter,
you'll stop expecting the former.
And despite what you might think, Kol,
I did mourn you after your death,
and I did attempt to avenge you.
I would do nothing less because we are brothers
always and forever.
Excuse me.
Where have you been?
Nik, it's me. Something's wrong.
Elijah slaughtered a dozen people whose only sin was
their terrible taste in food.
I mean, when have you known him to kill
When he can otherwise compel?
It's the kind of act that will draw our mother's attention.
Her torture must have affected him more deeply than I realized.
Where is he now?
I broke his neck to keep us safe,
but I have no clue what to do next.
Do you recall where we dined
the christmas after we fled Mikael?
- Of course. - Go there now.
If you enjoyed last night's activities,
then you're in for a treat.
Niklaus, listen to me. Our mother--
Not another word.
No more fairytales about witches and curses.
If it's a fairytale,
then why do I see fear in your eyes?
Marcel!
Bring it in.
No.
No, no, no, no!
No, Niklaus.
Oh, don't worry, brother.
I made some air holes, small ones.
Klaus, have you seen Elijah?
There's something I need to tell you both.
You can tell me on the way.
What? Where are we going?
To see our daughter.