'Vampire Diaries' recap: Know What You're Doing There?

By Zap2it Partner

September 23, 2011 7:11 AM ET

This is the third season of this show, so I shouldn't be surprised when they knock my socks so far off my feet this early on, but again, I am breathless. So much happened in "The Hybrid" that it's tempting to give you a weecap-length recaplet, but then what would I do for the weecap? So here's the skinny...

Elena hits Tyler up for werewolf intel. He explains that while some wolves lock themselves up like him, others go out to the wilderness, where they can run wild with abandon. He pinpoints a gathering point in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains that Elena figures must be where Klaus and Stefan are going on their Hybrid quest. Elena drags Alaric with her, by threatening to go alone if he won't accompany her. Alaric drops a dime to Damon who meets up with them, pushes Elena in a lake and then agrees to help them find Stefan.

Klaus and Stefan bring Currently-Dead-Ray to the spot where his pack congregates to greet the full moon. They're already hanging around in human form. As Klaus explains hybridism to the pack, Ray comes back to life. One of the she-wolves has her human boyfriend with her (really, Show, was he going to be kibble once they transitioned?) so Klaus has Ray feed off him to complete the transition from werewolf to vamp/werewolf hybrid, but Ray is bleeding from the eyes and his transition seems less than ideal. When he acts up, Stefan tries to control him. Ray bites Stefan and takes off. Klaus will only supply Stefan with his healing blood, if Stefan brings Ray back. While Stefan runs off after Ray, Klaus feeds the rest of the pack his blood and kills them, as steps one and two of his three step hybrid recipe.

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