Rose (episode)

Rose is the eighth episode of the Second Season and the thirtieth episode in the series.

Summary
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Main Cast

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

Guest Cast

 * Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
 * Lauren Cohan as Rose
 * Trent Ford as Trevor

Trivia

 * Antagonist: Elijah Mikaelson
 * It is not explained how Rose and Trevor tracked down Elena, leaving it up to the imagination of the viewer.
 * This is the second episode to be named after a character, the first being Isobel.
 * This episode marks the first mention of Klaus, an important character from the books.
 * This episode marks the first mention of The Originals (The Old Ones, the pureblood vampires in the books.)
 * Jeremy didn't seemed surprised when they asked for his blood to find Elena which suggests that Elena told him off-screen about her relation with his uncle John Gilbert making them cousins.
 * Trevor dies.
 * Damon's compelling Elena to forget his confession of love would not be revealed to her until the first episode of Season Four.

Production Notes

 * This episode had 3.56 million viewers in USA making it the most watched episode of season two.
 * Katherine, Jenna, Alaric and Matt do not appear in this episode, but Alaric is strongly mentioned twice. Katherine is mentioned almost exclusively by her birth name, "Katerina Petrova", throughout the episode.
 * This is the first appearances of Trevor, Rose and Elijah on the show.
 * This episode is the first time Elena was ever compelled, first by Elijah and second by Damon.
 * Elijah meets Elena, Stefan and Damon in this episode.

Cultural References

 * "The Elephant in the Room" is an idiomatic expression that refers to an obvious truth or problem nobody wants to address. It is used when the subject is emotionally charged. It might have its origin in Mark Twain's 1882 story "The Stolen White Elephant ". Coincidentally, one of the characters in this story is a detective called Alaric.

Quotes
Damon: "I just need to say it once. You just need to hear it. I love you, Elena. And it's because I love you, that I can't be selfish with you. Why you can't know this. I don't deserve you...but my brother does. God, I wish you didn't have to forget this...but you do."

Stefan: "I'm sorry."

Damon: "About what?"

Stefan: "About being the guy that made you turn 145 years ago... what I did was selfish. I didn't wanna be alone. Guess I just needed my brother."

Stefan [on saving Elena]: "I can't think of a better reason to die."

Damon: "Elena know you've been drinking blood?"

Stefan: "I've been drinking hers."

Damon: "How romantic."

Jeremy: "When I'm worn down, I take a nap. You were unconscious."

Stefan : "Thank you for helping me"

Damon: "Can we not do the whole road trip bonding thing? The cliche of it all makes me itch."

Stefan : "Oh, come on, Damon. We both know that you being in this car has absolutely nothing to do with me, anyway." Damon: "The elephant in the room lets out a mighty roar."

Stefan : "Well, it doesn't have to be an elephant. Let's talk about it." Damon: "There's nothing to talk about."

Stefan : "That's not true. Sure there is. Let's get it out. I mean, are you in this car because you want to help your little brother save the woman he loves or is it because......because you love her too? I mean, come on. Express yourself. I happen to like road-trip bonding."

Damon: "Keep it up, Stefan. I can step out of helping as easily as I stepped in." Stefan : "Nope. See, that's the beauty of it. You can't."