
The Vampire Diaries · Season 5, Episode 17
Rescue Me
First aired March 27, 2014
What it’s about
A new Doppelgänger of Stefan Salvatore is introduced as Tom Avery, an EMT, and Caroline and Enzo are on their way to kill him in Atlanta. Elena goes to Parent-Teacher Conferences, but Damon shows up as his primary contact. Tom Avery disappeared, so the Travelers dig deeper in Stefan's mind for visions of him. Damon tells Elena he saw Jeremy with Liv at the Grill. Enzo and Caroline follow a lead to a witch named Hazel, but Enzo kills her. Her ghost shows up to Bonnie and gives her a message for Luke about hiding the doppelgänger. Caroline and Enzo find Tom Avery in the witches house, but Caroline can't find it in her to kill him and instead, she snaps Enzo's neck and leaves with Tom. Liv tries to kill Elena but is stopped by Damon. Caroline sets Tom free, but Enzo kills him to find the girl who was kind to him in captivity, Maggie. Damon tortures Liv into talking, saying the Travelers want there to be only one of each doppelgänger left. Jeremy, Matt and Tyler make a deal with her and Luke to spare Elena. Jeremy then moves out of Damon's house. At the camp, Caroline returns to the Travelers camp to get Stefan. The Travelers perform a ritual and go to the other side and their leader appears coming out from Bonnie.
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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
5x22HomeEpisode data and images: TVMaze (texts CC BY-SA 4.0, images belong to the series’ rights holders).