The Vampire Diaries 7X21: Requiem for a Dream
Added 2026-02-05 19:00:11 +0000 UTCBonnie is not waking up to prevent herself from killing her vampire friends.
Caroline and Enzo individually enter her head and try convincing her to let go of the murdering urge and to embrace this new chance at living. Each of them fail as Bonnie kills them in the dreams, thus marking them in a way.
Stefan vervains Caroline to keep her out of harm's way; both have a heart-to-heart talk clearing away 3 years' worth of misunderstanding.
Damon tries reverse psychology on Bonnie by getting in her head and urging her to better die so he gets his Elena back. Enraged and hurt, Bonnie rips out his heart, marking him. But this try by Damon doesn't go in vain, as Bonnie does wake up.
She gives a heads up to Caroline who is heartbroken as she realizes that she'll have to abandon her daughters to be on a never-ending run with Stefan.
Matt convinces Bonnie to try to remain rooted to her human side and she agrees, but in one condition: she needs to finish off Damon once and for all.
Bonnie and Damon have a major clash at the woods when she beats Damon more brutally than ever; yet he doesn't give up and draws her towards the very tree stump where Bonnie was once remembered after she had died. He tries calming her down by making her realize that she's powerful, she's handled more supernatural forms than he can remember, that he admires and cares for her and that may she forgive him for what he has done to their once strong friendship.
Undeterred, Bonnie takes a final jolt at Damon but just in time, Matt tranquilizes her. Damon and Matt tuck her in to safety in Matt's car hoping that she'd be out for 8 hours or so. Somewhere in midway, Bonnie wakes up, chains up Matt, shoving him in the backseat of the car and takes control of the wheels and drives back to finish her unfinished business.
Damon and Enzo find ways to save Bonnie as Matt had earlier, known from the Shaman that: if the link between Bonnie and the Last Everlasting can be severed in any way, the curse will probably sever too.
With all paths in front of them, there are just a few major roadblocks: The Armory's magically sealed shut, wherein the evil from the vault could be wandering anywhere and someone has to go get inside the Armory to get The Everlasting's body out.
