It's safe to say they saved the craziest for last on The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 15.
A bulk of the installment was dedicated to the funeral for Liz Forbes, which was perfectly well executed and emotional and everything, but come on.
This was a side character whose death should not have been such a significant focus of the show for so long.
But we get it: This is The Vampire Diaries Season 6. There are only so many stories to tell, only so many new villains to bring on.
So, fine. Liz Forbes is dead. Damon delivered a strong eulogy. Stefan realized he really does have feelings for Caroline and Caroline was oh so very sad.
Oh, and Matt realized he wants to be a part of something bigger, so he grabbed an application for himself and Tyler to train to be policemen.
And Kai took Jo's power because he would die otherwise, which meant the entire coven would die. Upon taking her magic, Kai learned something else about her sister: she's pregnant.
Alaric responded to the news with a proposal he had wanted to go through with earlier in the day and Jo said yes and... hooray!
So back to those final few minutes: Caroline admitted to Elena that she wanted to escape from her grief. She wanted to turn her humanity switch off. Elena begged her not to - and Caroline snapped her neck in response, fleeing the scene.
Back at the Salvatore mansion, Damon was greeted by a lovely sight for sore eyes: BONNIE! She escaped from the 1992 prison world AND the 1903 prison world, which is apparently a thing.
Just as she swooshed off to present day Mystic Falls, though, Bonnie very briefly came across a woman she had never seen before. She caught her on videotape and she showed this video to Damon.
Whoa. Huh?!? As you'll see when you watch The Vampire Diaries online, it was... Damon and Stefan's mother!
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NOTE: The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 16 will be titled "The Downward Spiral" and does not air until Thursday, March 12.