The episode was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and directed by Liz Friedlander.
Stefan says he never drank Katherine's blood but Emily tells him she was compelling him to do it, while Damon was doing it willingly.
Damon throws the bottle in the cell and leaves when Alaric (Matt Davis) calls him to inform him what he has found about John (David Anders).
Anna (Malese Jow) is now a student at Mystic Falls High and she is happy to see Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) while Pearl (Kelly Hu) meets John at the Grill.
Stefan decides not to turn as well and heads to his home because he wants to say goodbye to his father Giuseppe (James Remar) before he dies.
Giuseppe gets hurt and starts bleeding and Stefan does not have the strength to resist to his need for blood and he feeds on his father completing his transformation.
Back in the present day, Elena visits Stefan in his cell ignoring Damon's warnings not to go down there alone.
He finally takes the blood and drinks while he is telling Elena the whole story of how he completed his transformation.
She leaves to give him some space but puts his ring next to him telling him she will be upstairs to wait for him to continue their conversation.
In the meantime, Alaric and Damon arrive at the house John's phone calls were tracked to and they run into a vampire named Henry (Evan Gamble).
Anna comes back home and finds Pearl packing and telling her they are leaving town because too many people in Mystic Falls know the truth and they are not safe.
In 1864, Damon still tries to resist human blood when Stefan arrives with a young girl as a gift for him to feed on.
Elena, after hearing the whole story, realizes the reason Stefan wants to die and runs downstairs to find him but he is gone and he left his ring behind.
Outside, John throws his stake gun into his car and calls Sheriff Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) to update her about the vampires.
Alaric does not look surprised to hear it, turns around and sees Isobel (Mia Kirshner) standing in front of him.
"[5] Meg from Two Cents TV also gave a good review to the episode saying that it had a little bit of everything: "strategic shirtlessness, accidental patricide, twisty revelations, and a startling assassination.