They let her walk away but when she gets to the door, Elena realizes that she cannot get out of the house because Bonnie sealed her in with a spell.
Tyler leaves to meet Caroline (Candice Accola) at the Grill while Carol calls the Sheriff to report Mason's disappearance.
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) gets to Elena's to check up on her since Bonnie has to work on the moonstone and Caroline has to be with Tyler.
Damon tries to follow her but Alaric stops him and asks him to go home, lock the doors, and wait to deal with it until the morning when the full moon is gone.
As time passes, Tyler feels the pain and screams and asks Caroline to leave so he will not hurt her.
Back at the Gilbert house, Jenna (Sara Canning) searches some files that Elena's mom was saving about the history of Mystic Falls, because she wants to help a "writer" who is working on a book.
Elena seems fine with it and offers to help but she is terrified when she sees that the "writer" is Elijah (Daniel Gillies) and he is in the house.
Elijah and Elena get in her room and he lets her know that he doesn't want to break the curse and that he also does not intend to hurt her or anyone she loves.
Jonas asks if he was successful and Luka responds in the affirmative and gives him the moonstone that he and Bonnie supposedly destroyed.
Damon is back at the Salvatore house where he finds Rose (Lauren Cohan) waiting for him.
She apologizes for fleeing Slater's apartment when Elijah appeared and while they are talking they hear a noise of glass breaking.
Meanwhile, Stefan (Paul Wesley) is still stuck in the tomb with Katherine who tries to seduce him by invading his mind.
The episode ends with Damon apologizing to Rose for picking a fight with a werewolf that led to her getting bitten.
Emma Fraser from TV Over Mind gave an A rating to the episode saying that it was chock-full of story and emotion.
"This was the night that focused on the wolf mythology which allowed this story to shine, really terrific work from all those involved.
"As a mid-season finale, the ending was something of a letdown, especially for a show that thrives on shocking its audience in the last few minutes of so many episodes.
"[6] Shannon Vestal from Buzzsugar gave a good review to the episode saying that it was entertaining but she also feels like it was a bit of a letdown.