Klaus is busy painting a giant snowflake as his donation to the winter wonderland charity event. Adrian shows up and Klaus tells him to deliver the painting, but Adrian is not at all impressed with being ordered about. Adrian grabs the painting and leaves, as Stefan quips, "Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves." Really? Who exactly thought that this was a great line considering that the writers constantly write scenes which praise the antebellum south, have referred to Bonnie's great grandmother as a handmaiden rather than a slave, and have refused to admit that the old Lockwoood property was a plantation? If they are going to invoke slavery they need to follow that up with some decent racial inclusion and at the very least end the high praise of the antebellum south that The Vampire Diaries constantly engages in. Stefan tells Klaus that Elena is sired to Damon and Klaus says that he retrieved the hunters sword from Italy. When Stefan questions whether or not Klaus actually found the sword, Klaus grabs it from his vault.
Adrienne goes to see Tyler to complain about having to continue to serve Klaus, though he is no longer bonded to him. Haylee tells them all that she has found a witch who is going to save all of their lives. Tyler heads off to the fair to see Caroline, where he tells her that Haylee found a witch to move Klaus into a different body and then they plan to bury the body in concrete. Tyler says, "this started with me and it has to end with me," as a way of justifying why he has agreed, to let Klaus take up residence in his body again.
Jeremy is splitting wood at the cabin, when Elena and Damon pull up. Bonnie walks out to Jeremy and takes the axe away from him. Bonnie and Jeremy then walk towards the cabin door, which Shane opens. Damon is surprised to see Shane and Elena admits that she invited him. When Elena and Damon arrive at the door, she tells Jeremy that this is his house now and that he has to invite her in. The moment Elena enters, Jeremy pulls out a stake and attempts to kill her.
Caroline calls Stefan to say that she is in a crises. Stefan tells Caroline that Klaus' sword decodes Jeremy's tattoo. Caroline asks if Klaus handed over the sword and says that they need to get their hands on the sword because the hybrids are taking out Klaus that night.
Caroline is looking at Klaus' painting and tells him that there is something lonely about it When he offers her champagne, she says no because there are too many adult prying eyes and that she doesn't want to end up as a cautionary tale at the next town meeting. Klaus answers, "it's a good thing that highschool is almost over." Caroline changes her mind about the drink and then moment Klaus leaves to get it for her, she texts Stefan to let him know that Klaus is officially distracted? How many times is Klaus going to fall for this? He is supposed to be an original vampire, how silly can he be to keep falling for the same distraction?
Stefan is on the phone with Damon, while he is searching Klaus' home. Of course, Stefan now cannot find the sword. Damon tells him to kill Tyler before he gets to Klaus or tell Klaus about the hybrids, so that he will kill Tyler. Stefan replies that no one is killing Tyler and asks where Elena is today. Damon says that Elena is running around trying to reprogram Jeremy and then lies about breaking the sire bond.
Jeremy is tied to a chair and candles are lit. Shane says that he is teaching Jeremy to have his subconscious recognise Elena as someone he loves. Shane instructs Elena to talk to Jeremy and so she talks about the memories they have associated with the vacation house. Elena tells Jeremy that their parents would have wanted them to stick together and fight for each other no matter what. When Shane asks Jeremy how he feels about Elena, he says, that she is not even his real sister and is the reason why everyone that he has ever cared about his died. Seriously, Elena may not have liked the sound of that but it's the absolute truth and so it's too bad they had to make his comments all about the mark. Jeremy vows to kill Elena, even if it means he dies himself.
Stefan shows up at the festival and admits to Caroline that he didn't find the sword and that they now have to convince Tyler to call off his plan. What Stefan does not realise is that Tyler heard every word. Tyler makes it clear that this is not going to happen. Tyler is not impressed that Caroline told Stefan about what happened. Stefan asks for more time, but Tyler points out that every minute that goes by, the hybrids are at risk and adds that Stefan and Klaus have already served up a hybrid for Jeremy to kill. For those who don't remember, the name of the hybrid in question was Chris and it's telling that the writers didn't use the name they gave him, considering he is yet another Black character to die needlessly on this show. In fact, Chris died specifically to turn Jeremy into a special snowflake like his sister. Tyler tells Stefan that he does not owe him anything. When Tyler turns to leave, he is confronted by Stefan, who says that he can't let him do that. Caroline calls Stefan to get his attention because they are now surrounded by hybrids. Tyler says, "I'm sorry man, but you don't have a choice."
Back at the cabin, Elena and Damon are sitting outside. Elena is upset because the plan to reprogram Jeremy didn't work and says, "I shouldn't have put this much home into reprogramming someone's mind. If it were that easy, then you and I wouldn't be in this situation." She put hope into this because she has spent years deleting Jeremy's memories in order to control him, but let's not talk about that uncomfortable little fact. Damon does not answer and so Elena goes on to talk about how the last time she was at this cabin, she was deeply in love with Stefan. Elena asks if her lack of memory is about the sire bond, or because she is happy to be there with Damon.
Tyler decides that it is time to secure Caroline and Stefan to stop them from interfering. Stefan tries to tell Tyler that he doesn't know what is going on, but Tyler says that he knows that this about the cure. It seems that when a hybrid is cured of being a vampire, that they go back to being a werewolf, which means turning on every full moon. When Caroline begins to beg, Tyler replies, "I thought you were on my side, that's all I wanted."
Inside the cabin, Jeremy is looking at pictures of happier times. Bonnie enters the room to tell Jeremy that Shane wants to try again. Damon quickly follows and suggests, "professor Shane has been dipping into the magical herbs a little too much, if he thinks using a vampire to suppress the need to kill another one is going to work on a hunter. It's like dangling a cheeseburger in front of someone on a master cleanse." Damon instructs Jeremy to find someone else to attach his warm and fuzzy feelings to and Jeremy says that he feels that way about Bonnie.
