The episode was written by Melinda Hsu Taylor and Matthew D'Ambrosio and directed by Michael Allowitz.
Stefan (Paul Wesley) tries to keep Elena (Nina Dobrev) busy by helping her study so she will not think of Damon (Ian Somerhalder), after he told her that he does not want to see her again.
Their discussion gets interrupted by Enzo (Michael Malarkey), who comes wanting revenge on Stefan for killing his true love, Maggie (Heather Hemmens).
Enzo uses the help of Liv (Penelope Mitchell) to cause pain to Elena and Stefan to make him admit his actions.
In the meantime, Damon asks Liz' (Marguerite MacIntyre) help to find out more about Maggie and her death.
Damon confesses to Enzo that he was the one who killed Maggie, but did not know who she was and that at the time he had his emotions turned off, so he did many bad things.
In the meantime, the travelers' leader Markos (Raffi Barsoumian) uses Sloan (Caitlin McHugh) who volunteered for their experiment.
Then Sloan drinks the doppelganger blood they have from Stefan and Elena while the rest of the travelers chant a spell.
Markos announces that they now know that the doppelganger blood can reverse the spell of someone being a vampire and they can finally defeat them to make the town their home.
"The main reason this episode works so well is that it focuses on Enzo, who is one of the better additions to the Mystic Falls universe in quite some time.
The writers did a great job showcasing Michael Malarkey’s talents as an actor in this episode.
The direction was great too, allowing the audience see the varying sides of Enzo’s character.
"[6] Stephanie Hall of K Site TV gave a good review to the episode saying that it served as a setup for the remaining ones.
"There were bits and pieces of the season’s overall mythology scattered throughout that prevents this from being a true filler episode, but much of the drama in "Man on Fire" felt drawn out.
That’s not to say it wasn’t enjoyable, because it was, just on a more gratuitous level than the convoluted mythology-heavy episodes of the recent past.
"[7] Caroline Preece from Den of Geek gave a good review to the episode saying that the strength of Vampire Diaries is in its male relationships and focused on the revenge story between Enzo, Damon and Stefan.
"As do Enzo’s actions in 2014 (or whatever year we’re actually in), essentially framing Stefan for his murder and royally screwing up the brothers’ temporary truce.
Flashbacks to the past fill in more of Enzo’s story (which was long overdue) but it all led up to a pointless secret by the end.