Even though The Vampire Diaries has spent a lot of time focused on finding the cure, the outcome of that story that was reached in this episode is hardly the first thing on our minds. 

 

That's because Tyler has been run out of town, Jeremy appears to be dead and Katherine. swooped in at the last moment, cure in hand, leaving us to wonder how long she'll be around. So how did we get here? Keep reading for more.

 

"I've seen the Da Vinci Code" —Caroline

 

Despite having almost been killed by Klaus, Caroline reluctantly needs his help to decipher the cryptex on the Hunter's Sword which will reveal the cure's location. Aramaic, of course, is the extinct language on the sword, which Klaus conveniently understands. But it's what Klaus reads that changes the game: There's just one dose of this long-awaited cure. Before Caroline and Tyler are made aware of this, the trio calls up Rebekah and Klaus quickly drops the bomb so that she can be the first — and only — one to get it.

 

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