Back in the present, Stefan wants to leave Mystic Falls to continue his life, but Elena wants him to prove to her that he is indeed happy and then she will accept his decision.
He tells her what she asked Alaric (Matthew Davis) to do and that she removed all her good memories about Damon just because she could not handle his death.
Back in the present, Matt (Zach Roerig) decides to probe Tripp (Colin Ferguson) to find out how much he knows about vampires.
Sarah explains that her mother was killed while she was pregnant and at first, they thought the baby was going to die too, but the doctor did an emergency C-section.
In the episode "Black Hole Sun" the songs are:[1] The title of the episode refers to a sun during an eclipse, which is part of what Bonnie and Damon need to get back home, but is also a reference to the same title song of the American rock band Soundgarden commonly associated with grief over Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain’s death.
[2] Greg Prato of Allmusic called the song "one of the few bright spots" of the summer of 1994 when "the world was still reeling from Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain's suicide the previous April".
"[3] In the episode, during his flashback scene with Stefan, Damon held up the front-page news saying "Kurt Cobain found dead".
[2] In its original American broadcast, "Black Hole Sun" was watched by 1.66 million; down by 0.17 from the previous episode.
"[5] Rebecca Jane Stokes of Den of Geek rated the episode with 5/5 saying that the show brings it on with the new vampires and serial killers added to it.
"[9] Caroline Preece of Den of Geek gave a good review to the episode saying that the season continues to thrill with its refreshed, revived feel.