Today Will Be Different

Today Will Be Different is the second episode of the eighth season of and the one hundred and fifty-seventh episode of the series overall.

Summary
WILLPOWER — After learning that someone from Stefan's past may be Damon and Enzo's next target, Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline head to North Carolina. There, Bonnie takes drastic measures in an attempt to break Enzo free of whatever has a hold over him. At the Armory, Alaric and Georgie stumble upon a mysterious symbol that may be related to the supernatural force controlling Damon and Enzo. Finally, Caroline gets an unexpected surprise from Stefan.

Main Cast

 * Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
 * Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
 * Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
 * Candice King as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (credit only)
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman
 * Michael Malarkey as Enzo St. John

Recurring Cast

 * Kristen Gutoskie as Seline
 * Allison Scagliotti as Georgie
 * Nathalie Kelley as Sybil

Guest Cast

 * Tristin Mays as Sarah Nelson

Co-Starring

 * Lily Rose Mumford as Josie Saltzman
 * Tierney Mumford as Lizzie Saltzman
 * TBA as Businessman

Uncredited

 * Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert (archive footage)

Trivia

 * "Today will be different" is Elena's first line while writing in her diary in Pilot.
 * In the promo, we learn that Damon has been resisting Sybil by retreating to his memories of Elena and it appears that she joins him inside the memory of when they first meet each other. This maybe the episode where though not confirmed that Sybil begins meddling with Damon's memories of Elena. Maybe not only to keep him from resisting her but for her own amusement.
 * Question: I got weirdly excited when I read that Sarah Salvatore is coming back to The Vampire Diaries. Any idea what brings her back to Mystic Falls?Chris Ausiello: That’s a good question, Chris. So good, in fact, that we posed it to executive producer Julie Plec, who offered this cryptic response: “It’s actually a mystery what brings her back. It’s seemingly disconnected to everything, and yet when we realize the what, we understand that it’s tied into exactly what the villain is attempting to do.” I’m curious to hear how you interpret that — once you’ve re-read it a few times, of course.

Quotes

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 * Sybil: "Why is he always napping? Me? I love keeping my new eyes open. After you spend a couple hundreds of years with little shriveled up eyes sockets underneath where your eyebrows used to be you take extra pleasure in using all the parts of your body. And you are even more disappointing. I’ve had no luck getting into your head not since the day we met."


 * Enzo: "And on that day, I was unprepared for your attack, now I am prepared. Anyway I don’t know why you’re complaining, my freewill is at rock bottom. I do almost everything you say, even when I don’t want too."


 * Sybil: "It’s the almost part of that sentence that vexes me. Come here! Come on, just a peak."


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Pictures

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