
The Vampire Diaries · Season 5, Episode 16
While You Were Sleeping
First aired March 20, 2014
What it’s about
Elena has a nightmare about having her body taken over and wakes up to find her dorm empty. Stefan explains they had to lock her in her dorm after she'd been infected by the virus. Her first instinct is to call Damon but at the same time, Damon is trying to figure out how to tell Elena that he killed Aaron and also infected with the same virus. Elena calls Damon while they are both trapped, but he doesn't tell her. While going through Dr. Wes' files, Caroline discovers that Dr Wes combined the werewolf venom from Nadia's blood with the vampire killing virus, and is surprised when Enzo appears, claiming to have an antidote for the virus, but needs Stefan in order for her to get it. Bonnie works with Liv on teaching her spells. Elena reads her diary that Katherine wrote in and hallucinates Stefan with Katherine and stopping him from doing anything else. Damon shows up in her hallucination but she snaps out of it as blood drips from her nose. Stefan, Caroline, and Enzo go to see the Travelers who have the antidote for Damon's virus and are working on one for Elena's. They want to find another Stefan doppelgänger. They perform a spell on Stefan as well as drain some blood. Elena continues to hallucinate and imagines Aaron being dead. Luke, Elena's 'friend' shows up and she almost turns him, but instead compels him to find Bonnie. Bonnie and Liv show up where Elena is unraveling and stabs her, telling her to drop the seal on the dorm. Damon shows up and gives her Stefan's blood and tells Elena about killing Aaron. Enzo shows up with the antidote for both of them. Caroline and Enzo volunteer to do what the Travelers want and kill the other doppelgänger, because they only want one alive. Luke shows up in Liv's dorm room, revealing they have ulterior motives behind everything (Liv already knows magic and Luke wasn't being compelled). At the end of the episode Elena and Damon both agree they're bad for each other, end things, but then they sleep together.
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Season 5
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5x01I Know What You Did Last Summer
5x02True Lies
5x03Original Sin
5x04For Whom the Bell Tolls
5x05Monster's Ball
5x06Handle with Care
5x07Death and the Maiden
5x08Dead Man on Campus
5x09The Cell
5x10Fifty Shades of Grayson
5x11500 Years of Solitude
5x12The Devil Inside
5x13Total Eclipse of the Heart
5x14No Exit
5x15Gone Girl
5x16While You Were Sleeping
5x17Rescue Me
5x18Resident Evil
5x19Man on Fire
5x20What Lies Beneath
5x21Promised Land
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