The Cell (The Vampire Diaries)
| "The Cell" | |
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| The Vampire Diaries episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Chris Grismer |
| Written by | Melinda Hsu Taylor |
| Production code | 2J7509 |
| Original air date | December 5, 2013 |
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"The Cell" is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the American series The Vampire Diaries and the series' 98th episode overall. "The Cell" was originally aired on December 5, 2013, on The CW. The episode was written by Melinda Hsu Taylor and directed by Chris Grismer.
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) is still locked up by Wes (Rick Cosnett) who wants him to be his next object of investigation since he has lost his last one. Elena (Nina Dobrev) worries that Damon did not show up and she goes to find Aaron (Shaun Sipos) in hope that he knows where Wes is. She finds him mourning about Jesse's (Kendrick Sampson) death and he tells Elena that everyone around him die, friends and family, including his last family member few months ago, his aunt Sarah.
Aaron wants to help Elena find Wes and she takes her to the Whitmore house, where he reveals that his last name is Whitmore and he is basically also owner of the college. Elena sees a picture of her dad along with others in the house and she wonders about it. Wes appears and she tells her that her father was member of the Augustine community and while they are talking, he injects her with vervain. He locks her up to the cell next to Damon's where she wakes up confused.
Aaron does not know what is going on so he asks Wes for explanations. Wes admits that his real work is to study vampires and that Elena is a vampire that is why he did what he did to her. He also tells Aaron about the Augustine and that his father was also a member of it. He says that it is his legacy to continue what his father was trying to do but when he tells him that his parents were killed by vampires and not animals, Aaron freaks out more, he hits Wes, takes a gun and leaves.
As Elena wakes up, she asks Damon what is going on and he informs her that he has been there before. Damon starts narrating her about what happened to him and what Augustine members did to him. Via flashbacks we see the story.
Back in 1953, Joseph Salvatore (Judd Lormand) calls Damon to come home in Mystic Falls. The reason he did it is because he was paid from the Augustine members. He shoots Damon up with vervain but before Damon passes out he stabs him in the neck. A man appears named Dr. Whitmore (Trevor St. John) who informs Damon he will be his doctor from now on. Dr. Whitmore is Aaron's grandfather. From that moment Damon becomes an object for scientific study which means getting tortured by Dr. Whitmore in order for the humans to find out vampires' strength and abilities.
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