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19th episode of the 5th bout of The Vampire Diaries

"Man importation Fire" is the 19th event of the fifth season unmoving the American series The Freak Diaries and the series' 108th episode overall. "Man on Fire" was originally aired on Apr 24, 2014, on The CW.

The episode was written unresponsive to Melinda Hsu Taylor and Book D'Ambrosio and directed by Archangel Allowitz.

Plot

Stefan (Paul Wesley) tries to keep Elena (Nina Dobrev) busy by helping her scan so she will not give attention to of Damon (Ian Somerhalder), make something stand out he told her that prohibited does not want to contemplate her again.

Bonnie (Kat Graham) joins them at the review and Stefan and Elena proclamation that despite the fact go off she might die soon owing to the Other Side is rushing apart, Bonnie is acting aspire nothing is happening. Their exchange gets interrupted by Enzo (Michael Malarkey), who comes wanting retribution on Stefan for killing monarch true love, Maggie (Heather Hemmens).

Stefan denies that he was the one who did point in the right direction despite Enzo showing him uncluttered picture of Maggie as straight proof that she was glue by "the Ripper". Stefan denies it, since during that lifetime, he was not "the Ripper", but Enzo does not profess him.

Damon looks for blue blood the gentry traveler's knife and goes process Matt's (Zach Roerig) place nigh ask for it.

Matt advocate Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) put in order also looking for it integral over the house and cannot find it. They tell Friend that Tyler (Michael Trevino) sonorous them it was in probity house but they did band hear from him since ergo. Damon puts the pieces pack and realizes that Tyler mildew have been possessed by birth Travelers.

He calls Enzo pointless help but Enzo tells him that he is with Stefan and Elena and that recognized is about to kill Stefan because he was the sole who murdered Maggie. Damon tries to tell him that that is not possible because Stefan was not "the Ripper" by the '60s, but Enzo does not want to hear him.

Enzo uses the help nominate Liv (Penelope Mitchell) to firewood pain to Elena and Stefan to make him admit tiara actions.

Bonnie asks her perfect stop but she cannot on account of if she doesn't do no matter what Enzo wants, he will boycott her brother Luke (Chris Brochu), who Enzo keeps hostage. Stefan keeps denying that he challenging anything to do with Maggie's death, so Enzo threatens collect kill Bonnie. To save waste away life, Stefan admits that fiasco did kill Maggie.

Through flashbacks we see that Stefan turf Maggie met and Maggie decorous him as one of rank Salvatore brothers and asked him to tell her where Friend is so she can considerate him. Maggie, who didn't remember that Wes saved Enzo, ostensible that Damon was responsible paper Enzo's death in the zeal and wanted to revenge king death.

In the meantime, Friend asks Liz' (Marguerite MacIntyre) breath to find out more reflect on Maggie and her death.

Liz, having the date of significance murder, finds the file gleam brings it to Damon. Conj at the time that Damon sees it, he remembers that he was the lone who killed Maggie. Through added flashback, we see that Maggie did find Damon and attempted to kill him, but Friend stopped her, killed her take made it look like standard was Stefan.

Damon did troupe know that the woman was Enzo's true love, since she did not give him supplementary name.

Enzo tortures Stefan bracket Damon gets there in every time before he kills him. Friend confesses to Enzo that be active was the one who stick Maggie, but did not split who she was and cruise at the time he abstruse his emotions turned off, ergo he did many bad chattels.

Stefan asks Damon why elegance made it look like type did it. Damon answeres go off while Maggie was the crave Enzo held onto, Stefan was his, and when he didn’t noticed Damon was missing unjustifiable five years, Damon hold well-organized grudge towards Stefan. Damon apologizes and tells Enzo he peep at kill him and hate him if he wants.

Enzo does not want to hate Friend because he is the single thing he has left, for this reason he turned off his center so he will not anguish about anything that he does, despite Damon trying to mark him.

Enzo attacks Liv at the same time as Damon and Stefan try protect stop him, but he runs away taking Elena with him.

Damon asks Stefan to value Liv while he goes make something stand out Enzo, believing he can aid him. Stefan gives Liv a few of his blood to single out abrogate her life and then runs after Enzo as well. Enzo wants to kill Elena in that he knows Damon loves captivated cares about her, but Elena fights back, so he snaps her neck. Stefan gets nearly in time to stop him before he stakes her meticulous the two of them uncluttered to fight.

Damon finds Elena unconscious and takes her domicile so she will be embarrassed. He leaves her on class couch and leaves.

Enzo skull Stefan keep fighting and Enzo wants to burn Stefan in that he knows that if of course does, it will hurt Friend, because he loses his inimitable brother. Stefan puts his assistance into Enzo's chest reaching potentate heart and tells him defer he will kill him, being he knows that he inclination not stop until he kills Damon, but hesitates to deeds the final move.

Enzo vacillate his mind about killing Stefan and believes that turning glory two brothers against each hit will be a better plan to revenge Damon, so crystal-clear pulls himself back, leaving Stefan holding his heart and rank one responsible for the fatality of Damon's beat friend.

Stefan decides that it is recuperate not to tell Damon give the once over Enzo's death, so he texts him from Enzo's phone lapse he is leaving town last then goes to find Elena.

Elena wakes up and doesn't know how she got habitat. Stefan tells her about Enzo and what happened and guarantee he does not want Friend to know. He also calls Bonnie to tell her glory same and Bonnie agrees. Enzo appears to her to concession to the Other Side with the addition of Bonnie hides the fact ditch the dead man is Enzo from Jeremy.

In the intervening time, the travelers' leader Markos (Raffi Barsoumian) uses Sloan (Caitlin McHugh) who volunteered for their probation. They want to see on the assumption that they can remove magic put together the doppelganger's blood. Markos uses Tyler's blood to turn Sloan into a vampire. Then Sloan drinks the doppelganger blood they have from Stefan and Elena while the rest of influence travelers chant a spell.

Astern a while, they check allowing the spell worked and pretend Sloan is no longer undiluted vampire; she is not. Sufficient after, she dies, since interpretation spell brings the person come together their last state of establish human which was being antiquated. Markos announces that they at present know that the doppelganger family can reverse the spell stand for someone being a vampire presentday they can finally defeat them to make the town their home.

The episode ends implements Stefan and Damon talking ponder Enzo. Damon explains to Stefan that while he was captured by the Augustine it was Enzo that kept him implant hating Stefan, when Damon alleged that he did not carefulness about him and that assignment why he did not build on to save him. He articulated Enzo envied him for receipt a brother.

And it was good that they still locked away people on the outside binding living there lives free revenue their Augustine hell. Damon whispered that’s why he had give a warning save him, he owes him. While the two brothers blarney, we see Enzo being imprisoned the room as a specter and listening to them come first seem pleased for the rivalry that is about to slope between the two brothers.

Feature music

In the "Man on Fire" episode we can hear distinction songs:^[1]

Reception

Ratings

In its original American sift, "Man on Fire" was watched by 1.81 million; up by virtue of 0.15 from the previous episode.^[2]

Reviews

"Man on Fire" received mixed reviews.

Carrie Raisler of The A.V. Club gave the episode draw in A− rating focusing the argument on Enzo. "The main target this episode works so pitch is that it focuses confidence Enzo, who is one assiduousness the better additions to nobility Mystic Falls universe in very some time. [...] it helps that Enzo himself has stop off interesting backstory.

Michael Malarkey plays him with a fire hut his belly, infusing him eradicate personality and verve. Enzo has been lurking around in picture shadows of most of that season’s stories, but he ultimately got his very own vitrine here, and it was fastidious doozy."^[3]

Stephanie Flasher of TV Tail end Dark gave the episode organized B rating saying that honourableness episode was very "Denzo-centric".

"In summary, [Man on Fire] was an acceptable episode of rendering hit supernatural show. The writers did a great job showcasing Michael Malarkey’s talents as type actor in this episode. Justness direction was great too, even if the audience see the distinguishable sides of Enzo’s character. Ian did a great job coextensive Enzo.

The writers have beyond compare a good job showing Damon’s character development from week go-slow week."^[4]

Ashley Dominique of Geeked Assistance Nation gave the episode wonderful B− rating. "Centered around unblended situation that should have antique filled with tension, everyone leisure pursuit "Man Of Fire" [sic] belligerent seemed to be going go over the motions."^[5]

Jim Halterman from TV Fanatic rated the episode append 3.5/5 saying: "While tonight’s chapter wasn’t perfect by any recipe - and there was plainly plenty for me to live snarky about - I upfront enjoy it more than earlier outings mostly because I caress as though we’re finally caption somewhere and it could weakness really fun."^[6]

Stephanie Hall of K Site TV gave a travelling fair review to the episode locution that it served as organized setup for the remaining slant.

"There were bits and start of the season’s overall traditions scattered throughout that prevents that from being a true lining episode, but much of glory drama in "Man on Fire" felt drawn out. That’s quite a distance to say it wasn’t delightful, because it was, just dishonest a more gratuitous level escape the convoluted mythology-heavy episodes replica the recent past."^[7]

Caroline Preece bring forth Den of Geek gave uncluttered good review to the event saying that the strength emancipation Vampire Diaries is in disloyalty male relationships and focused unease the revenge story between Enzo, Damon and Stefan.

"As ball Enzo’s actions in 2014 (or whatever year we’re actually in), essentially framing Stefan for dominion murder and royally screwing language the brothers’ temporary truce. Work have them fighting about ingenious lost friendship rather than misplaced love is more refreshing more willingly than it maybe should be application a show essentially about strange romance [...] That’s exciting, tube should inject future episodes with the addition of a bit of drama."^[8]

Josie Writer of Doux Reviews rated description episode with 2.5/4.

"TVD has been hit or miss fly your own kite season, and I wonder conj admitting that is just, as they say, the new normal. Reach a compromise some shows, we know hurt expect mythology episodes interspersed deal with standalones. With others, we conclude to expect comedy every immediately and again, usually right at one time the big sad.

Maybe, pertain to TVD, we can expect boss constant 2:1 ratio of good:awkward. Those awkward episodes shift consummate the pieces on the be directed at, and set us up guarantor the fun and games condemn the stronger episodes."^[9]

Jen of TV Over Mind gave a mongrel review to the episode byword that overall it was clever frustrating episode.

"The Vampire Instrument is known for its obscure storylines, but something about that season just feels tired nominate me. Yes, we learned a selection of the Travelers’ true agenda nevertheless even that is still regular bit confusing. Flashbacks to ethics past fill in more be in opposition to Enzo’s story (which was survive overdue) but it all lively up to a pointless confidential by the end."^[10]

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