Because the Night

Because the Night is the seventeenth episode of the Fourth Season, and the eighty-third episode overall.

Summary
FLASHBACK TO DAMON’S LIFE IN 1970s NEW YORK / THE BAND DEAD SARA PERFORMS — Realizing that Elena needs some time away from Mystic Falls, Damon takes her to New York City, where he lived and partied hard in the 1970s. When Rebekah also shows up in New York, she’s impressed with Elena’s secret agenda. Flashbacks reveal Damon’s hedonistic life in the underground club scene and a complicated encounter with Lexi. Meanwhile, Caroline and Stefan try to convince Klaus that it would be in his own best interest to help them track Silas down, and Bonnie struggles to keep her grasp on reality and doing the right thing for her and her friends in Mystic Falls.

Main Cast

 * Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert
 * Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore
 * Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore
 * Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert (credit only)
 * Katerina Graham as Bonnie Bennett
 * Candice Accola as Caroline Forbes
 * Zach Roerig as Matt Donovan (credit only)
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood (credit only)
 * Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson

Recurring Cast

 * Claire Holt as Rebekah Mikaelson
 * Arielle Kebbel as Lexi Branson
 * David Alpay as Silas
 * Rick Worthy as Rudy Hopkins

Guest Cast

 * Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Aja
 * Aaron Jay Rome as Will
 * Dead Sara as Themselves

Quotes

 * Extended Promo
 * Stefan (to Damon): "What do you mean you took her to New York?"
 * Damon (to Stefan): "Relax, this joyride is actually a cure hunt."
 * Stefan (to Damon): "Elena's ruthless without her humanity."
 * Elena (to Damon): "It's beautiful up here."
 * Elena (to Damon): "I've never done it on a rooftop before."
 * Stefan (to Klaus): "My brother knows what he's doing."
 * Klaus (to Stefan): "Does he?"
 * Damon (to Elena): "That's the beauty of New York: so much life that so little death goes unnoticed."
 * Damon (to Elena): "Lets go grab some lunch."
 * Damon (to Elena): "Lets go grab some lunch."


 * Webclip 1
 * Klaus: "Desperate times, I take it."
 * Caroline: "What are you doing here?"
 * Klaus: "Not judging you, for starters. Although, if you are determined to get drunk, then perhaps I might recommend something a little more sanitary." (Caroline finishes the drink and throws the cup into the trash harshly.)
 * Klaus: "Well then, you showed me."
 * Caroline: "Shouldn't you be out chasing Tyler to the ends of the earth? Or, there's still some hopes and dreams you wanna crush around here."
 * Klaus: "Depends. Do you happen to know where the young Brutus is?"
 * Caroline: "I know where he's not; with me. He gave Matt the deed to the house, so he's gone for good."
 * Klaus: "Tyler made it his life's mission to kill me. You can't hate me for driving him away."
 * Caroline: "Oh! I can and I do. If you don't mind I'd like to get back to spirling, so go away."
 * Stefan (to Klaus and Caroline): "Actually, I asked him to be here. We need his help. I think Silas is in Mystic  Falls."


 * Webclip 2
 * : "Is this allowed? What would Lexi say?"
 * : "Lexi thought the only way I would turn my emotions back on was if I started enjoying my life again."
 * : "Do not tell me she took you to Bon Jovi concerts too."
 * : "No. Wrong decade. Lexi was not allowed to feed with . I didn't have that problem. And neither do you." (to )


 * From Rehash


 * Lexi: "You are getting sloppy, Damon."


 * Elena: "I was promised hedonism."
 * Damon: "Well, it's early. Hedonism isn't a big fan of the sunlight."
 * Elena: "Or soap. "


 * Rebekah: "So you really buy all this?"
 * Elena: "Not one bit. I know he's after the cure. I'm not stupid."
 * Rebekah: "Well, let's not say things we don't mean."

Trivia

 * Antagonist:Silas
 * This will be the second episode this season to feature Damon and Lexi in a flashback, the first being We'll Always Have Bourbon Street, which was set in the 1940s.
 * This is the first time Lexi appears in more than one episode in a season.
 * Stefan, Klaus, and Caroline will have scenes together.
 * Damon, Elena, and Rebekah take a roadtrip to New York.
 * There will be a flashback to the 70's involving Damon and Lexi.
 * Elena changes her hairstyle into one that would better suit her new personality, post humanity switch.
 * Klaus has a violent confrontation with Silas, who offers him a deal: he will take the cure, thus preventing anyone from using it against Klaus in exchange for his help in bringing down the Other Side. Klaus' refusal results in a brutal stabbing in the back with the White Oak Stake and breaking the tip of which leaves Klaus badly wounded in his back.
 * Silas is shown to be a lot stronger and a lot faster than the Originals in this episode.

Continuity

 * Bonnie was last seen in Stand By Me.
 * Lexi was last seen in a flashback in We'll Always Have Bourbon Street, but her last appearance in present time was in 162 Candles.
 * Silas in Shane's visage was last seen in Stand By Me.
 * Rudy was last seen in A View To A Kill.
 * Giuseppe Salvatore was mentioned by Damon.
 * Abby Bennett Wilson was mentioned by Bonnie. She was last seen in A View To A Kill.

Behind the Scenes

 * The NYC scenes were shot in downtown Atlanta, GA.
 * The scenes in front of the restaurant were shot around 65 Broad St NW, Atlanta, GA and others at about 90 Broad Street, Atlanta, GA
 * The scenes using Damon's car were shot around Georgia State University's Helen M. Arderhold Learning Center in downtown Atlanta, GA.

Cultural References

 * "" is the name of a song co-written by and . The two first performed it live at  in New York City on December 30, 1977.
 *  is a crime fiction novel written by . Released in 1984, it is the second installment of a trilogy often referred to as the.
 * The  was a serial killer from 1976 to 1977 who murdered his victims with a .44 caliber gun. The citizens of New York City were in such state of fear and paranoia that they would relate any case of murder (be with a .44 or not) to him.