S5 E20
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Season 5  "What Lies Beneath"  5x20

Aired 9 years ago - May 01, 2014

When Tyler turns up at the Salvatore house with the news that Markos’ plan to break the witches’ curse puts Stefan and Elena in imminent danger, Damon suggests they hide out in the remote cabin once owned by Caroline’s father. Once there, it becomes obvious to Caroline that Stefan and Elena are keeping a secret, so Damon comes up with a parlor game designed to expose the truth. A ghostly presence at the cabin uses violence and fire to make itself known. Meanwhile, Matt takes charge of Tyler’s plan to get information from one of the Travelers, and Bonnie continues to keep the truth about the Other Side from Jeremy, despite warnings from Grams.

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Nowthat she knows that Dawn is the Key...?
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We won't win this with stakes, or spells, or pulling out some uranium power core.
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Cool. Don't have to study for that geometry test.
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A Key in human form, perhaps?
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Nothing's mine, is it? This life, this body, it's all infected.
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True, this oh-so-appealing form will of necessity be shrugged off.
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He's the only one besides me with any chance of protecting Dawn.
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My pen.
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- Is anybody else queasy? - He doesn't travel well. He's like fine shrimp.
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- Anyone hungry? - Snacks.
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All dark. All dark.
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Evil nasties are supposed to flee from me. Not the other way around.
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- There is? - At least things can't get any crazier. Right?
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Horsies.
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You have a plan, right? One that doesn't involve pointy knives and a Winnebago?
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- Energy barrier. A most powerful one. - Can it be breached?
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Tara.
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Give quarter to an agent of the Beast?
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Hey. It's Buffy.
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Don't worry about me. I won't leave until I've worn out my welcome.
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I mention today how much I don't like you?
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Strong. Fast. Hell god.
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In the end, they stood victorious over the Beast.
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before her energies are exhausted and she's forced back into her cell of meat and bone.
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They were fools. They thought they could harness its power for the forces of light.
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Dimensions will bleed into each other.
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Destroyer of the universe.
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Wriggling.
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