The Last Day

The Last Day is the twentieth episode of the Second Season and it is the forty-second episode in the series.

Summary
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Main Cast

 * Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert/Katherine Pierce
 * Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
 * Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
 * Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (credit only)
 * Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett (credit only)
 * Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
 * Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Recurring Cast

 * Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
 * Susan Walters as Carol Lockwood
 * Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson
 * Michaela McManus as Jules
 * Marguerite MacIntyre as Elizabeth Forbes

Guest Cast

 * Lisa Tucker as Greta Martin
 * Gino Anthony Pesi as Maddox

Trivia

 * Antagonist: Niklaus Mikaelson
 * This episode marks Tyler biting Damon, and Jenna becoming a vampire.
 * It is a strange simetry that Damon tries to force Elena to become a vampire, taking away her choice, just as Stefan took his choice 145 years ago.
 * Elena admits to Stefan that she doesn't want at become a vampire in this episode.

Production Notes

 * Bonnie and Jeremy do not appear in this episode.
 * This episode had 2.679 million viewers in the USA, making it the least watched episode in season 2.

Cultural references

 * Bambi is referenced by Elena in 'The Last Day'
 * Bambi, the main character from the 1923 novel Bambi, A Life In The Woods written by Austrian author Felix Salten. In 1942, the story was adapted into an animated movie released by Walt Disney.


 * Damon calls Matt "Boy Wonder". That was one of the nicknames for Robin, Batman's sidekick.

Quotes

 * Elijah: (To Damon about Elena) "The problem, Damon. You talk a good game but you don’t actually know anything. She'll never forgive you. And 'never' for a vampire? It's a very long time."


 * Elena: (To Stefan) "I'll never be able to watch 'Bambi' again."


 * Stefan: (To Elena) "If it was my choice I'd want to be with you forever."


 * Elena: (To Stefan) "I was supposed to grow up. Decide if I want to have kids and start a family. Grow old. I was supposed to have a lifetime of those choices, and now it's all gone. I don't want to be a vampire, Stefan. I never wanted to be one."


 * Klaus: (To Damon) "I've heard about you. The crazy, impulsive vampire in love with his brother's girl. I knew one of you would try to stop me. It was just a 50-50 guess on who."


 * Damon: "Elijah’s an original vampire, Stefan. One we tried to kill. You don’t believe this guy."
 * Stefan: "What do you want me to do Damon? Elena made her decision. She’s choosing to trust Elijah. I’m going to put my faith in her."
 * Damon: "Why? She’s just going to end up dead."
 * Stefan: "Because she put her faith in me. She chose to trust me in spite of what I am. If I’m going to bet on someone instincts it’s going to be hers."
 * Damon: "Then that makes you the biggest idiot of them all."
 * Stefan: "She chose to trust you too."
 * Damon: "Maybe you shouldn’t be so sure about her instincts."


 * Greta: She's not dead...she's in transition.