
The Vampire Diaries · Season 4, Episode 18
American Gothic
First aired March 28, 2013
What it’s about
Rebekah and Elena find Katherine in Willoughby, PA, where Katherine has compelled the entire town. While Elena pretends to be Katherine with Elijah, Rebekah keeps an eye on Katherine. Soon, Stefan and Damon arrive. Rebekah and Damon go with Katherine to her house to get the cure. While Rebekah searches the house, Damon finds that the cure is contained in a fish tank filled with vervain water. Katherine dunks Damon's head in the water and temporarily incapacitates him. Katherine distracts Rebekah by tossing the cure into the air and making a run for it. Damon, still weak from the vervain, tries to convince Rebekah not to take the cure, but Rebekah tells him to give her one good reason why he wants Elena to take it. Damon does not answer. Rebekah drinks from the vial, just as Stefan arrives too late, and loses consciousness. When she awakens, even though she states that she feels human, she quickly learns that she is still a vampire and that Katherine tricked them. Later, Rebekah meets with Elijah and asks him to give her the cure stating that she wants to be human. Klaus then calls her and asks about her progress. She gives the phone to Elijah, who tells Klaus that he has the cure and is on his way back to Mystic Falls. Rebekah and Elijah leave together.
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Season 4
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4x01Growing Pains
4x02Memorial
4x03The Rager
4x04The Five
4x05The Killer
4x06We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes
4x07My Brother's Keeper
4x08We'll Always Have Bourbon Street
4x09O Come, All Ye Faithful
4x10After School Special
4x11Catch Me If You Can
4x12A View to a Kill
4x13Into the Wild
4x14Down the Rabbit Hole
4x15Stand by Me
4x16Bring It On
4x17Because the Night
4x18American Gothic
4x19Pictures of You
4x20The Originals
4x21She's Come Undone
4x22The Walking Dead
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