Resident Evil (Vampire Diaries)

Resident Evil is the eighteenth episode of the Fifth Season, and the hundred and seventh episode of The Vampire Diaries (TV Series).

Summary
PAUL WESLEY MAKES HIS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT — Both and  are suddenly having unsettling dreams of an alternate version of the life they might have had together. has a disturbing encounter with Grams, who warns her about frightening changes on the Other Side. Enzo gives   unwanted relationship advice, then admits he is searching for a woman he loved decades before while he was held captive by the Augustines. Liv enlists, and  to help track the Travelers and keep them from taking control of Mystic Falls. Bonnie is hurt and angry when she learns that Jeremy is working with Liv behind her back. Luke shows up at the Salvatore house and explains what he knows about Markos and the Travelers to Damon, Elena and Enzo. Matt has a terrifying encounter with inhabitants of the Other Side. Finally, when Damon finds Markos, he is both relieved and disturbed by what Markos has to tell him.

Main Cast

 * Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
 * Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
 * Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
 * Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
 * Kat Graham as Bonnie Bennett
 * Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood

Recurring Cast

 * Raffi Barsoumian as Markos
 * Michael Malarkey as Enzo
 * Chris Brochu as Luke Parker
 * Penelope Mitchell as Liv Parker

Guest Cast

 * Jasmine Guy as Sheila Bennett
 * Nathaniel Buzolic as Kol Mikaelson-presumably

Trivia

 * Paul Wesley will direct Episode 18 of Season 5, airing later this year, and he said the hour is “both nostalgic and suspenseful.” “It feels like our world, but something is a bit askew. It feels uneasy. And I respond to that,” Wesley added.
 * But the actor’s behind-the-scenes role doesn’t mean the episode will be short on Stefan. “It’s not Stefan-light, but it’s also not Stefan-heavy,” Wesley said of his character’s screen time in Episode 18. “I’d say it is somewhere in the middle.
 * In the Wesley-directed episode, Dries hinted that there will be shades of "Stelena" "as we've never seen them before. Wesley chimed in adding that their moment is "reminiscent of season one." By the way, will Stefan get to be happy for once? Doesn't look that way, as Dries said that his time is about to "get even worse." When an eager fan asked if there’s still “hope for Stelena,” Dries made her day with this answer: “There’s some really good Stelena stuff coming up in the episode Paul directed.” She called it “satisfying” and “nostalgic,” while Wesley added that it’s “reminiscent of season one.”

Continuity

 * Matt was last seen in Rescue Me.

Behind the Scenes

 * This marks the first episode of TVD to be directed by one of its cast members.
 * This makes Paul Wesley the first member of the TVD cast to direct an episode in the TVD/TO universe; the first to write for it is Marguerite MacIntyre, with three episodes of The Originals.

Cultural References

 * is the title of a series of science fiction horror films starring Milla Jovovich. These films were based on a video game series of the which was released on PlayStation and Nintendo consoles.
 * Plot of the series focuses on multiple characters and their roles in recurring outbreaks of zombies/infected humans and other monsters/Bio Organic Weapon, or B.O.W., initially due to the release of the Tyrant virus aka T-virus, a biological weapon created by the fictional Umbrella Corporation. Usually the virus is released intentionally in a city or region of the world, and the protagonists must find a cure or stop the infection, in addition to finding the cause / people who released the virus.
 * Spencer Locke who portrayed Amber Bradley also had a major role in the Resident Evil films, she appeared as K-Mart in Resident Evil: Extinction and Resident Evil: Afterlife


 * Rock Band Horror Thir13teen released a song on their album T-Virus called Resident Evil.