The Map of Moments

 is the ninth episode of the second season of The Originals and the thirty-first episode of the series.

Summary
A HOLIDAY REUNION — When Rebekah notices an unusual change in Elijah's behavior, she asks Klaus and Hayley to meet her at their safe house, reuniting them with baby Hope. After reliving memories of being the odd man out, Kol opens up to Davina about his resentment towards his siblings and sheds some light on a spell he created in 1914. Meanwhile, when Cami discovers Esther's plan will put her life in danger, she demands answers from Finn, who remains steadfast in his convictions. Elsewhere, Esther makes an unlikely alliance that could prove dangerous for Klaus, and Hayley makes a decision that could change her relationship with Elijah forever. Lastly, while Elijah continues to struggle with the lingering effects of being captured, Rebekah and Klaus devise a plan to take their mother down once and for all.

Main Cast

 * Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson
 * Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
 * Phoebe Tonkin as Hayley Marshall
 * Charles Michael Davis as Marcel Gerard
 * Leah Pipes as Camille O'Connell
 * Danielle Campbell as Davina Claire

Special Guest Star

 * Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson

Recurring Cast

 * Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson  (flashback)
 * Sebastian Roché as Mikael
 * Yusuf Gatewood as Vincent/Finn Mikaelson
 * Sonja Sohn as Lenore Shaw/Esther Mikaelson
 * Daniel Sharman as Kaleb/Kol Mikaelson
 * Perry Cox as Young Elijah (archive footage/flashback)
 * Unknown Baby Actress as Hope Mikaelson

Guest Cast

 * Riley Voelkel as Kol's Date (flashback)
 * Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Unknown/Rebekah
 * Keri Lynn Pratt as Mary-Alice Claire  (flashback)
 * Aleeah Rogers as Astrid  (flashback)

Trivia

 * Antagonists: Esther and Kol
 * This is the Season 2 mid-season finale.
 * This is the second midseason finale to end on the ninth episode.
 * This episode marks the 20th appearance of Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson on the show.
 * This is the first time this season that Claire Holt makes the voice-over of the episode, even though being a guest star.
 * Also the first time another actress has played Rebekah Mikaelson in the present day.
 * This is the first Holiday episode of the series, specifically Christmas. Which places it around the same time as the TVD Christmas episode/midseason finale Christmas Through Your Eyes in the timeline of December 2012.
 * The house that Rebekah and Klaus fled to in 1919 after Mikael forced them to flee New Orleans is located in Arkansas.
 * Elijah, Rebekah and Hayley learn about Dahlia's curse on first-borns of Esther's bloodline.
 * It's the first time Klaus and Hayley will get to see their daughter since From a Cradle to a Grave.
 * Mikael somehow knows Esther had resurrected Ansel and is angry she brough Ansel back to life instead of him. He had intended on killing all werewolves he sees until he finds Ansel, but Esther reveals Klaus has already killed him.
 * Klaus and Hayley are reunited with Hope in this episode.
 * Elijah tells Hayley to marry Jackson.
 * Elijah and Hayley have sex for the first time in this episode.
 * Davina and Kol kissed for the first time.
 * Klaus and Rebekah find a way to defeat Esther: while Davina returns the bodyjumping spell on her as she tries to cast it on Rebekah, Klaus kills her while she has Rebekah's vampire blood in her system. Therefore, Esther awakens not only trapped in Lenore's body but also in transition, meaning she no longer has the magic that would allow her to escape. Klaus then gives her a choice: feed or die and stay dead. He claims that this is more choice than she ever gave them.
 * Esther makes a deal with Mikael to help her with her plans: in exchange, Mikael will get the right to kill Klaus. While Rebekah and Klaus confront Esther in the city of the dead, Mikael releases Finn from his imprisonment.
 * At the beginning of the episode, Klaus has a witch to trap some of Kol's witch friends (Mary-Alice Claire and Astrid) in a house back in 1914. At the end of the episode, it is shown Rebekah is trapped inside a witch who is locked in that house.

Continuity

 * This is the second mid-season finale to feature Klaus, Elijah, Rebekah, Hayley, Marcel, Cami, Davina, and Mikael, and the first one to feature Finn, Esther, and Kol.
 * However, in the first mid-season finale, Mikael appeared only in archive footage, which can be considered as a flashback.
 * Mary-Alice Claire and Astrid first appeared in the Kol webseries The Originals: The Awakening.
 * Mary-Alice Claire was first introduced in The Originals: The Awakening Part One.
 * Astrid was first introduced in The Originals: The Awakening Part Two.
 * The photo Davina sees of Kol, Rebekah, Elijah and Klaus from 1914 is similar or mirror of all of the Mikaelson Family together including Finn and Esther in the The Vampire Diaries Season 3 episode Dangerous Liaisons where they're all lined up along the staircase in Klaus' home.
 * This marks Rebekah's and Hope's third appearance this season.
 * Mikael and Esther met for the first time in 1000 years since the 10th century, only with Mikael in his own body while Esther is in possession of Lenore's body.
 * Kol was last seen in his own body this season in Alive and Kicking.
 * This marks the first time since From a Cradle to a Grave that Klaus and Hayley have seen and held Hope.
 * It was shown that Kol was daggered in December 1914 by Klaus with the help of Elijah for working against him.
 * Kol was kept neutralized until his awakening in The Vampire Diaries.
 * It should be noted that Klaus found out about Kol's treachery because Rebekah told him after Kol enlisted her help in trying to get rid of Klaus.

Behind the Scene

 * This episode had 1.41 million viewers in USA 0.15 million more than the previous episode.
 * Yusuf Gatewood's 10th appearance on the show.

Quotes
Short Promo

Klaus: "I've done what every good son does; followed the example of my parents."

 Esther to Mikael:  "We have things to discuss."

Mikael to Esther:  "Leave Niklaus to me."

Extended Promo

Klaus: "I've done what every good son does; followed the example of my parents."

Esther to Mikael: "We have things to discuss about our children."

Elijah: "We both know what mother is capable of."

Klaus: "We are doing this for the good of our family."

Mikael to Esther:  "Do what you want with the others. But leave Niklaus to me."

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