
The Vampire Diaries · Season 8, Episode 9
The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch
First aired January 20, 2017
What it’s about
Damon has the bell striker so Sybil makes him return to Mystic Falls to give it to her. While Damon does return, he realizes he can tell Sybil no and ultimately denies her the striker and locks her up. Stefan turns Violet into vampire during the Miss Mystic Falls pageant and Caroline comforts her after returning her engagement ring to Stefan. Also, Seline is determined to assemble the bell herself and reveals it can kill sirens and that she wants to kill Sybil as a part of righting her past misdeeds and she teams up with Dorian to do so. Elsewhere, Enzo gives a vial of his blood to Bonnie in the form of a necklace, hoping she'll become a vampire to be with him for eternity. However, with her life tied to Elena's she is unsure of how it would affect her. In the end, Bonnie suggests that Enzo take the cure and Sybil, chained up by Damon, uses her powers to return Damon's humanity to him, flooding him with guilt from his recent actions under the siren's control.
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Season 8
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8x01Hello Brother
8x02Today Will Be Different
8x03You Decided That I Was Worth Saving
8x04An Eternity of Misery
8x05Coming Home Was a Mistake
8x06Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell
8x07The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You
8x08We Have History Together
8x09The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch
8x10Nostalgia's a Bitch
8x11You Made a Choice to Be Good
8x12What Are You?
8x13The Lies Will Catch Up with You
8x14It's Been a Hell of a Ride
8x15We're Planning a June Wedding
8x16I Was Feeling EpicEpisode data and images: TVMaze (texts CC BY-SA 4.0, images belong to the series’ rights holders).