Family Ties

Family Ties is the fourth episode of the First Season and the series.

Summary
thumb|300px|right|Family Ties Promo Trailer YOU'RE INVITED TO A PARTY TO DIE FOR — asks Stefan to escort her to the town’s annual Founders' Party. Vicki gets Tyler to ask her to the party, then accuses him of trying to hide their relationship from his family. Zach reveals a useful family secret to. At the party, tells Elena a story about the Salvatore family’s past leaving Elena with questions that Stefan refuses to answer. Finally, Stefan takes action to get Damon out of his life for good.

Main Cast

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

Guest Cast

 * Chris Johnson as Logan Fell
 * Chris William Martin as Zach Salvatore
 * Marguerite MacIntyre as Elizabeth Forbes
 * Robert Pralgo as Richard Lockwood
 * Susan Walters as Carol Lockwood

Co-Starring

 * Leland Jones as Pastor Bill

Trivia

 * Antagonist: Damon
 * This episode had 3.53 millions viewers in USA.
 * Elena mentions some of her deceased relatives: like Grandma Beth and Great Great grandma Mary. She also mentions Sheriff William Forbes and Mayor Benjamin Lockwood.
 * On some level Caroline knows that Damon is a vampire, prompting her to ask him why he doesn’t sparkle in the sun like Edward Cullen (from the Twilight Saga).
 * Caroline continues to wear scarves to cover the bite marks she received from Damon.
 * The Lockwoods' house number is 2129.
 * Elena leaves the pocket watch at home, prompting Logan to search the house when he’s trying to get back with Jenna.
 * The official roster of the first Founders' Celebration reads ‘The Founding Families of Mystic Falls, Virginia welcome you to the inaugural Founders Council Celebration on this, the twenty-fourth of September in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Four.'
 * Bonnie is not only able to relight a candle that has gone out, but is also able to light all of the candles in the Lockwood dining room.
 * The Founders' Council is shown to involve at least Logan Fell, Sheriff Forbes and Mayor and Mrs. Lockwood.
 * The crystal that Damon takes from inside the Lockwood home is dropped when Stefan takes the drugged Damon home.
 * The process of turning someone into a vampire is explained by Damon. This process will later be illustrated when he turns Vicki into a vampire in the episode "Lost Girls".
 * Matt Donovan doesn't appear in this episode.
 * This is the first episode with Richard Lockwood in it.
 * When Carol Lockwood speaks to her husband, she calls him Charles, but calls him Richard in all later episodes. Richard may be his middle name.

Cultural References

 * Family Ties, an American TV sitcom that aired on NBC from 1982 to 1989
 * Taylor Swift, an American country pop singer
 * John Varvatos, an American clothing designer
 * Anne Rice, author of The Vampire Chronicles
 * Bella and Edward, the central characters in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga
 * Damon mentions that Stefan can Waltz, Jitterbug and Moonwalk
 * Waltz, a ballroom and folk dance in ¾ time, done primarily in closed position
 * Jitterbug, a term used for various types of swing dances
 * Moonwalk, a dance move popularized by Michael Jackson

Quotes
Voiceovers
 * : The real animal is still out there. Waiting for me. Challenging me to fight back, to stop him. But how do I stop him without becoming a monster myself.


 * : I did what I had to do. To protect Elena. To protect everyone. Yes Damon, the headline reads "Deadly beast captured. All is well in Mystic Falls."

Quotes
 * : "(in Stefan's nightmare) You know what's coming now."


 * : "o you know how easy it was to get in your head just now? You really need to get some human blood, it might even the playing field."


 * : (pulls knife out of his chest) "Alright, I deserved that."


 * : "It's all over the news Deadly Beast Captured, All's Well in Mystic Falls."


 * : (about Elena) "Well the vervain keeps me out of her head, maybe that's not my target."


 * : "Believe it or not, Stefan, some girls don't need my persuasion. Some girls just can't resist my good looks, my style my charm and my unflinching ability to listen to Taylor Swift."

: "Him." : "The News guy?" : "Also known as Logan Scumfell."
 * : (at Logan on TV) "Scumball. Scumbucket."


 * : "He's cute."


 * : "That stuff is mom and dad's you can't just give it away."


 * : "Maybe we should press pause."


 * : (to Stefan) "How do you look in a suit?"


 * : "I would be honored to accompany you, Ms. Gilbert."


 * : "No yellow; jaundice. Go for the blue."


 * : "You cannot be my date. My mother is going to be there and she's a very proud gun owner."


 * : "You should come to the Founders' party with me."

: [sighs] "I miss Anne Rice. She was so on it."
 * : "What's so special about this Bella girl? Edward's so whipped."


 * : "How come you don't sparkle?"


 * : "Will these bites turn me into a vampire?"


 * : "You can be very sweet when you wanna be."

: "Why not?" : "Because there's something I need you to do for me." : "Anything." : "How good are you at getting this nose where it doesn't belong?" : "Oh, I'm excellent."
 * : "Are you gonna kill me?"

: "She's asking Stefan." : "Okay, go by yourself."
 * : "You're taking Damon to the Founders' Party? What about me?"


 * : (about Damon) "He's older, sexy, danger guy."


 * : "And Damon's not dangerous, he just has a lot of issues with his brother. Like major deep rooted drama."


 * : "Caroline Forbes, when have you ever kept a secret in your life?"

Vicki: "Really? Then who are you taking to the Founders' Party?" : "Vicki Donovan, do you want me to ask you to the Founders' Party?"
 * Vicki: (to Tyler) "You treat me like trash. I'm sick of it."


 * : "You realize you had to ask him to ask you right? You figure if you dress up like a respectable young lady he'll finally treat you like one?"


 * Zach: "Didn't know you were here."


 * : [about Stefan] "Why he wants to go to school is beyond me. I mean, in the 70's he went Ivy League, that I understood... actually no. I didn't get that either."


 * : (to Zach) "Go ahead. Purge. Get it out, what's on your mind?"


 * Zach: "Why are you here Damon?"


 * Zach: (to Damon) "I know you. You always have a motive. So tell me, what is it this time?


 * : "What's going on?"


 * Zach: (about Damon's feeding habits) "Then why aren't you doing anything about it?"


 * : (to Zach) "Vervain hasn't grown here since 1865. Damon saw to that."


 * Zach: "Blood only runs so deep when you're related to vampires."


 * : "Would it make a difference if I told you I actually like Vicki?"


 * : "Delicate flower vs. naughty vixen?"


 * : (to Bonnie) "Tonight's gonna be a good night. But don't let that stop you from telling me whatever it is you wanted to say from the minute you walked in the door."


 * : "Okay, but it has to go in the vault, ‘cause Caroline will kill me if it gets back to Damon that she squealed."


 * : "Apparently Stefan has a very interesting back story. Do you know what happened with his ex-girlfriend Katherine?"


 * : "Anyway, his past relationships are none of my business."


 * : "Why are you even going?"


 * : "My goodness I've driven you to drink."


 * : "Go about living my life". See therein lies your eternal struggle. You're dead, dude. Get over it."


 * : (about the pocket watch) "''Dad said it goes to the first born son. His father gave it to him and now what?"

: "You cracked a funny, Stefan. I should have a drink and celebrate."
 * : "It's cool not growing old. I like being the eternal stud."


 * : "1864. You and Katherine were the perfect couple. It was hell watching you dance with her."


 * : "My happiness was short lived, as you well know."


 * : "I'm not some drunk sorority chick. You can't roofie me."


 * : (after its revealed Stefan tried to drug him) "I have to go to the party angry. Who knows what I'll do."


 * Sheriff Forbes: (about Damon) "A little old for you, don't you think?"


 * Sheriff Forbes: "Where's your dad?"

Logan: "You knew it." : "I dreaded." Logan: "But were secretly hoping." : "And know that I have... [turns to leave]"
 * : "I thought I might see you here."


 * Logan: (to Jenna) "I know you. You have a lot more insults in you, I can tell."


 * Logan: "You haven't changed a bit."


 * : "Is that "Damon Salvatore" and "Stefan Salvatore"?"


 * : "I want to apologize to you for being such a world class jerk the other night when I tried to kiss you. There's no excuse. My therapist says I'm acting out, trying to punish Stefan."


 * : "Let's just say that the men in the Salvatore family have been cursed with sibling rivalry."

: "Right."
 * : "The Salvatore name was practically Royalty in this town, until the war. There was a battle here."


 * : "Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church."


 * : "Who was in the church that they wanted to save?"


 * : "Look, I'm sorry you and Stefan have this thing between you. But I can't get in the middle of it Damon.I just, I hope you two can work it out."

Vicki: "Well, maybe you could you show me around? I mean, this place is amazing." : "Yeah, if you like living in a museum."
 * Vicki: "So you wanna dance?"


 * Vicki: "Or we could just sneak up to your bedroom. As long as nobody sees us, right?"


 * Mrs. Lockwood: [about Vicki] "That's what you get when you bring the trash into the party."


 * : "They look so cute together."


 * Logan: "Don't shoot, only needed a refill."


 * Logan: "I'm sorry Jenna, about your sister."


 * Logan: "When I heard you were staying in Mystic Falls I thought maybe I could have a second chance, to make things right."


 * : "I hope Damon didn't drive you too crazy?"

: "I get that. I do. I just want you to know that you can. I mean, I burden you with all of my drama and I want you to do the same."
 * : "So tell me about her. What happened?"


 * : "Damon said something didn't he? He likes to play games and cause trouble, Elena."

: "Well don't you see what Damon has done here? He's trying to get you to turn against me." : "Well then I guess its working."
 * : "I don't want to talk about it."


 * : "This is my fault, I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter."


 * : "Where have you been?"


 * : "What is that?"


 * : "Well you can't just steal it."

Logan: ''Well, more groveling of course, a recap of the past few years spent soul searching. Cheese fries''."
 * : "Hypothetically speaking, if allowed, how would you make things right?


 * : "Yes to lunch. Call me."

: "Well, my radar must be off cause I was getting all sorts of other vibes."
 * : "So how are things with Stefan?"


 * : "There is something seriously wrong with you. You stay away from Caroline or I will go straight to her mother. The Sheriff. Got it? Stay away from her."

: "Handling it? Stefan you should be having him arrested."
 * : "There are bruises all over Caroline's body. Bite marks and he has her all confused and messed up in the head. You don't look surprised."

And I can't just magically hand it over''."
 * : "Look there are things that you don't know. Things that I want to tell you but I can't. Things that I may never be able to tell you. And I just need you to trust me."

Vicki: "I was thinking maybe I could make one more wrong choice today. I still have 17 minutes."
 * : "You look amazing, what are you doing here?"


 * : (to Caroline) "You make me crazy, you know that?"


 * : (to Caroline) "Unfortunately, I am so over you now."


 * : "I knew I couldn't spike your drink. So I spiked hers."

Sheriff Forbes: "Five bodies all drained of blood. I'm certain." Logan: "They've come back."
 * Mayor Lockwood: "Are you sure?"