When Stefan and Elena escape from Markos' control, only to find themselves stranded in a remote location, Stefan gets philosophical with Elena about her relationship with Damon. After their attempt to protect the dopplegangers goes badly, Liv and Luke come up with a dangerous new strategy. Damon recruits Matt and Jeremy to help him set a trap for Markos, who turns out to have a devastating surprise of his own. Bonnie finally admits to Caroline that she's been keeping the truth about the Other Side from everyone. Finally, while Bonnie searches desperately for a way to stop Markos, Caroline is witness to an unthinkable act of violence by one of the Travelers.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 21 of The Vampire Diaries was watched by 1,500,000 viewers, resulting in a 0.70 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

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The Vampire Diaries Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - I Know What You Did Last Summer
• s05e02 - True Lies
• s05e03 - Original Sin
• s05e04 - For Whom the Bell Tolls
• s05e05 - Monster's Ball
• s05e06 - Handle with Care
• s05e07 - Death and the Maiden
• s05e08 - Dead Man on Campus
• s05e09 - The Cell
• s05e10 - Fifty Shades of Grayson
• s05e11 - 500 Years of Solitude
• s05e12 - The Devil Inside
• s05e13 - Total Eclipse of the Heart
• s05e14 - No Exit
• s05e15 - Gone Girl
• s05e16 - While You Were Sleeping
• s05e17 - Rescue Me
• s05e18 - Resident Evil
• s05e19 - Man On Fire
• s05e20 - What Lies Beneath
• s05e21 - Promised Land
• s05e22 - Home

The Vampire Diaries Show Summary

Based on novels of the same name, Vampire Diaries follows Elena, a young heroine, who is the object of passion for two vampire brothers. Four months after the tragic car accident thathuged their parents, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert and her 15-year-old brother, Jeremy are still trying to cope with their grief and move on with their lives. Elena has always been the star student; beautiful, popular and involved with school and friends, but now she finds herself struggling to hide her sadness from the world.

As the school year begins, Elena and her friends are fascinated by a handsome and mysterious new student, Stefan Salvatore. Stefan and Elena are immediately drawn to one another, and Elena has no way of knowing that Stefan is a centuries-old vampire, struggling to live peacefully among humans, while his brother Damon is the embodiment of vampire violence and brutality. Now these two vampire brothers - one good, one evil - are at war for Elena's soul and for the souls of her friends, family and all the residents of the small town of Mystic Falls, Virginia.