Stefan (Paul Wesley) gives Elena (Nina Dobrev) jewelries filled with vervain that he made for her, family and friends to protect them.
As the delivery guy walks away, he pulls his hoodie back on revealing that he is the vampire Elena hit with her car.
Elena gives Caroline (Candice Accola) a necklace with vervain and asks about her relationship with Matt (Zach Roerig).
Caroline feels awkward and tells her that they are just friends but Elena reassures her that she is fine if she wants to date him.
Meanwhile, Matt gets a job at the Grill as a busboy and Damon approaches Bonnie trying to make amends since he is gonna need her for his plan.
Bonnie warns him to stay away from her and the bartender Ben (Sean Faris) comes to help her get rid of Damon.
Anna (Malese Jow) finds Jeremy at the Grill and he thanks her for her help regarding his history paper.
At the Gilbert house, Elena faces Jenna (Sara Canning) and asks the truth about her adoption.
Jenna tells her that her parents helped a pregnant teenage girl to give birth but she then disappeared.
Her father made all the necessary paper work and when Elena asks if she knows anything more about her birth mother, Jenna says only her name; Isobel.
Noah tries to escape but Stefan stakes him in the gut to make him suffer but not kill him, while he starts asking him what he wants.
Stefan tells Damon that he knows he is looking for Emily's journal (which is the Grimiore Noah was talking about) to reverse the spell and he repeats his offer to help him free Katherine as long as he is there and the other vampires will stay behind.
The supposed to be fight turns into a play and it is revealed that Ben also works with Anna and Noah and his job is to get close to Bonnie.
"There are many reasons why we love The Vampire Diaries: a hot cast, intriguing characters, suspenseful storylines.
Every week, viewers are treated to valuable nuggets of information, while, of course, dropping their jaws over new questions and plot developments.
This week's episode, "Unpleasantville," was the perfect example of an hour that shocked fans with what we learned about both old issues and new characters.
"The Vampire Diaries hit us with its second episode since it came back from Winter hiatus, and I'm just as impressed with "Unpleasantville" as I was with last week's "Bloodlines.
""[4] Lucia of Heroine TV said that the episode was a treat for her and she is glad that Caroline, finally, has a vervain necklace to protect her from Damon's plays.
The series has found its groove now, and “Unpleasantville” presents an example of an average episode, typified by solid story development and character interaction.