Caroline (Candice Accola) organizes a "friendsgiving dinner" for the Thanksgiving Day and she invites everyone except Stefan (Paul Wesley).
Liv (Penelope Mitchell) also arrives but she does not seem to be in a very good mood and Tyler (Michael Trevino) tries to understand what is wrong.
Jo tells everyone the story of her family and what her brother Kai (Chris Wood) did eighteen years ago.
When Elena asks why Liv is so upset about being the leader of the coven, Jo and Luke clarify that after the merge, the weaker of the twins dies.
A man appears who introduces himself as the father of Kai, Joshua Parker (Christopher Cousins), and when he shakes hands with Damon, he makes them and the house disappear so Alaric and Stefan cannot see them.
Joshua realizes that since Kai has the ascendant and while being trapped with a Bennett witch, he will finally find his way out.
Stefan gets into the house in time to save Damon and Elena is forced to heal Jo by using her blood in front of Liam.
Liam is confused and asks for explanations, Elena tells him the truth but she immediately compels him to forget everything about it.
Later on, Bonnie wakes up to realize that Kai left to go back to Mystic Falls leaving her alone in Portland.
Flasher praised the writers, Nina Fiore and John Herrera, of the episode saying that they managed to say "four separate stories, in different locations and different decades altogether into one eye opening, question answering episode" as well as the director Joshua Butler, for whom she stated that he did a great job.
"Just when you think you have The Vampire Diaries figured out, it goes in a direction so unforeseen, you find yourself checking your TV Guide to make sure you’re on the right channel.
While Alaric is dating Jo now and Bonnie is stuck with Kai, the narrative is mainly focused on drama within this family of witches.
"[7] Jen of TV Overmind gave a good review to the episode saying that everything makes more sense now and the balance between the cheesy romances and the darker aspects has never been so right since the early seasons.