The Vampire Diaries‘ “What Are You?” saw Matt look into his family’s past and discover the key to killing the devil — just as Cade made a deal with Damon for the human Stefan’s life. Also, Bonnie dealt with losing Enzo, and a familiar face returned.

Here are the best quotes from “What Are You?”

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“I haven’t been able to sleep lately and I thought that would do the trick.”

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Matt: “Why are you so interested in my family tree all of a sudden?”
Damon: “I haven’t been able to sleep lately and I thought that would do the trick.”

“I don’t know, but if it saves my brother’s life, I don’t care.”
Damon: “I got about six hours and change until Cade takes Stefan’s life unless I give him that book.”
Dorian: “What’s he want with it?”
Damon: “I don’t know, but if it saves my brother’s life, I don’t care.”

“The clock is ticking on Stefan’s life, but by all means, let’s given Donovan a physical.”
– Damon to Alaric

“That’d be a first.”
Alaric: “We’re going to trigger Matt’s visions by inducing a hypnotic state. If we’re lucky, the answer’s in his head.”
Damon: “That’d be a first.”

“I don’t know how to deal with what I want or what I thought I was going to have.”

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Caroline: “Damon’s going to come through, okay? He will.”
Stefan: “Yeah? And then what? You can compel away all the evidence of what I’ve done. Doesn’t change the fact that I did it. Can’t just forget about that and go cake-tasting.”
Caroline: “Is that what you think of me? That all I care about is our wedding?”
Stefan: “Look, I don’t know what to think. I don’t know how to deal with what I want or what I thought I was going to have. I don’t know what to do.”

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“It doesn’t mean we have to just throw all this away because it’s not what we wanted or expected.”
Stefan: “When I think about what our lives are supposed to look like now, I just can’t see it. Ten years from now, 20, 50, we’re going to be living entirely different lives and we can’t just ignore that.”
Caroline: “It doesn’t mean we have to just throw all this away because it’s not what we wanted or expected.”

“You’re one of the strongest people I know.”
Matt: “I’ve been hypnotized, almost died of a heart attack and lost the only means of killing the devil. And then I came here, to tell you how sorry I am about Enzo, the last part being the most important. And I know sorry doesn’t change anything or bring him back. Believe me, I know what it’s like to be on the other end of one of these. There’s nothing I can say or do.”
Bonnie: “I don’t think I can do this.”
Matt: “I do. You’re one of the strongest people I know.”

“It’s a good thing that wasn’t funny otherwise I’d be ripping my stitches.”
Damon: “I heard they pumped you full of three pints of blood. Hope you saved me some.”
Stefan: “It’s a good thing that wasn’t funny otherwise I’d be ripping my stitches.”

“Bonnie’s a much better person than you or me.”

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Stefan: “I just came home to change before I go to Bonnie’s. I spent the last hour trying to figure out what I was going to say to her.”
Damon: “What’d you come up with?”
Stefan: “Nothing. Nothing to say. If I can’t figure out a way to forgive myself, I can’t expect her to.”
Damon: “You’d be surprised. Bonnie’s a much better person than you or me. I’m not saying it won’t take time. The clock doesn’t start ticking until you say the words.”

“I do that ’cause it’s Tuesday.”
Stefan: “I just wanted to say thank you for saving my life.”
Damon: “No, that? It’s no big deal. I do that ’cause it’s Tuesday.”

The Vampire Diaries season 8 airs Fridays at 8/7c on the CW. Want more news? Like our Facebook page.

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Meredith Jacobs

Contributing Writer, BuddyTV

If it’s on TV — especially if it’s a procedural or superhero show — chances are Meredith watches it. She has a love for all things fiction, starting from a young age with ER and The X-Files on the small screen and the Nancy Drew books. Arrow kicked off the Arrowverse and her true passion for all things heroes. She’s enjoyed getting into the minds of serial killers since Criminal Minds, so it should be no surprise that her latest obsession is Prodigal Son.