Season 3

Title: Before Sunset
Air Date: May 3, 2012 at 8:00 PM PDT

Klaus tries to get out of town with Elena, but Alaric thwarts his plan. Abby comes to help Bonnie with a spell, and the witch and Jeremy get in trouble trying to pull it off. Caroline is in a lot of trouble, and Elena is desperate to protect her friend.

Title: Do Not Go Gentle
Air Date: April 26, 2012 at 8:00 PM PDT

Alaric's in danger, so Damon and Meredith team up to save him. At the 1920s Decade Dance sees Bonnie and Jamie, Elena and Stefan, and Caroline and Tyler do some coupling up of their own. Inappropriate chaperones Klaus and Damon arrive, but while the OV is focused on Caroline, Damon, Stefan, Matt, Jeremy, and Bonnie work on a spell.

Title: The Murder of One
Air Date: March 29, 2012 at 8:00 PM PDT

Damon and Stefan continue with their plot to kill Klaus now that they have weapons to do so. Elena, Matt, and Caroline all get involved with the plan. But Klaus is using Bonnie to cast a spell, and Rebekah gets torture-happy with her former friend with benefits (aka, Damon).

Title: Break on Through
Air Date: March 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM PDT

Damon's pal from yesteryear, Sage, turns up in Mystic Falls for the revamping of the Wickety Bridge. They conspire to spy on Rebekah, and Stefan has his own problems.

Title: All My Children
Air Date: February 24, 2012 at 3:00 PM PST

Elena is happy when she discovers what Damon did after the Originals' ball, but she focuses on the family's internal strife. Everyone thinks she's making a mistake, however. Bonnie and Abby are wick deep in a ritual, and Elijah gets tough with Stefan and Damon.

Title: Dangerous Liaisons
Air Date: February 9, 2012 at 8:00 PM PST

When Klaus hosts a ball, all the usual suspects attend. Both Caroline and Matt have unusual dates, while Elena has two: Damon and Stefan. Caroline finds herself surprised by Klaus.

Title: The Ties That Bind
Air Date: January 19, 2012 at 8:00 PM PST

Bonnie's familal affairs take center stage as she reunites with her mother. Tyler grapples with some identity issues — mainly, how to regain his free will after being sired by Klaus — and turns to an “unexpected ally.” Meanwhile, Alaric’s new lady friend Dr. Fell (guest star Torrey DeVitto) catches the eye of his old buddy Damon....

Title: Our Town
Air Date: January 12, 2012 at 8:00 PM PST

Caroline is turning 18 so Elena, Matt, and Bonnie give her a surprise party. Alaric meets up with Dr. Mary Fell again, though she's occupied with her ex-boyfriend. Damon and Stefan argue over how to deal with Klaus.

Title: Homecoming
Air Date: November 10, 2011 at 8:00 PM PST

It’s homecoming in Mystic Falls, and the high school decides to celebrate with a dance (because those always go so well). When Rebekah tells Elena how much the event means to her, Elena starts to see her in a different light. Meanwhile, Tyler upsets Caroline and Matt with his dance moves (or his terrible behavior). In the most shocking...

Title: Ordinary People
Air Date: November 3, 2011 at 8:00 PM PDT

Bonnie and Elena help Alaric investigate the clue he discovered. Elena gets sidetracked when she and Rebekah have an encounter. At first, Rebekah plays rough with Elena, but she eventually tells the bloody back story of family, including some revealing information about Klaus and Elijah.

When Damon tries to help Stefan return to...

Title: Smells Like Teen Spirit
Air Date: October 20, 2011 at 8:00 PM PDT

School’s back in session for the teens of Mystic Falls, and new hybrid Tyler is stoked. Elena, Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt are still dealing with the terrors of Senior Prank Night, especially Matt, who asks for Bonnie’s help with his little ghost problem (It turns out being a walking Ouija board isn’t all it’s cracked up to...

Title: The Reckoning
Air Date: October 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM PDT

While Caroline is trying to make the most of her senior year by forcing the gang to participate in ‘Senior Prank Night.’ Since this is Mystic Falls High School, unwelcome additions show up, turning the prank deadly. Also, Damon wants Jeremy to use his sixth sense to destroy Klaus.

Meanwhile, Klaus has Stefan commit even worse acts of...

Title: The End of the Affair
Air Date: September 29, 2011 at 8:00 PM PDT

An unlikely source sends Damon and Elena to Chicago as they continue to track Klaus and Stefan. The Ripper will confront his own past, when he did something really monstrous in 1920s Chicago. An old love interest of Stefan’s named Bex is introduced via a flapper-era flashback. Meanwhile, werewolf Tyler starts to worry about...

Title: The Hybrid
Air Date: September 22, 2011 at 8:00 PM PDT

Elena plans to find her M.I.A. boyfriend, but instead, gets Damon into heaps of trouble with an “unexpected enemy” instead.

Things don’t work out for Klaus, either, when the baddie’s latest strategy to gain more power doesn’t pan out, even with the help of werewolf Ray Sutton (guest star David Gallagher) — who isn’t exactly keen on...