Crying Wolf

Crying Wolf is the fourteenth episode of the Second Season and the thirty-sixth episode in the series.

Summary
thumb|303px|right|Crying Wolf Extended Promo SECRETS AND LIES - and  get away for what they hope will be a romantic weekend at the Gilbert family lake house, not realizing that they’ve been followed. starts to worry that isn’t being honest with her. Jules explains the importance of the sun and moon curse to, but leaves out an important detail. attends a tea at the Historical Society in order to talk to Elijah, but Elijah isn’t giving up any secrets. With help from Caroline and Jeremy, Bonnie uses deceptive measures to get shocking new information out of Luka. Finally Tyler offers Matt some relationship advice.

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
 * Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
 * Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers
 * Matt Davis as Alaric Saltzman

Recurring Cast

 * Susan Walters as Carol Lockwood
 * Michaela McManus as Jules
 * Daniel Gillies as Elijah Mikaelson
 * David Anders as John Gilbert
 * Bryton James as Luka Martin

Guest Cast

 * Stephen Amell as Brady
 * Dawn Olivieri as Andie Star

Co-Starring

 * Erik Stocklin as Stevie

Trivia
Deaths
 * Antagonist: Jules
 * First episode to feature Bonnie and Jeremy kiss.
 * Last episode filmed before the cast and crew's holiday break.
 * Nina Dobrev had to kiss Paul Wesley's stunt double, coincidentally named John Gilbert, because Paul hurt his ankle some days before when he was in LA, so he was on crutches and he couldn't lift Nina with her legs around his waist in their scene at the lake house.
 * Katherine does not appear in this episode.
 * Tyler leaves Mystic Falls with Jules at the end of the episode.
 * Damon mocks Elijah's alias "Smith" which is ironic since in the books he used the same alias when he first arrived in Fell's Church.
 * Damon also calls him being tortured for the location of the moonstone ironic. He says someone will torture him, he won't talk, and someone will lose a heart. This mirrors the events in Plan B when Damon ripped out Mason Lockwood's heart. Damon was right: he was tortured, didn't say anything and 3 werewolves lost their hearts, thanks to Elijah.
 * In this episode, Elena and Tyler talk for the second time in the entire series.
 * The first was in Season 1, Episode 4 'Family Ties'. They have known each other their whole lives though, so they most likely talked from time to time at some point before the pilot or between episodes.
 * This is the first time Elijah is shown killing werewolves, but the second time he is shown murdering two people at the same time. He killed two vampires at the same time by ripping their hearts out inThe Sacrifice.
 * This episode features the third torture scene in the second season, apart from when Caroline was tortured by Brady (Daddy Issues) and Mason was tortured by Damon.
 * All the remaining werewolves are killed, except for Jules and Tyler.
 * This episode had 2.793 viewers in the USA.
 * Brady dies.

Cultural References

 * The expression "Cry Wolf" means to raise a false alarm.
 * The documentary "Crying Wolf " is about the reintroduction of Wolves to Yellowstone park, and the controversy surrounding this issue. In this episode, a werewolf pack was "reintroduced" to Mystic Falls, where they have been thought extinct for generations.
 * "Action News" is a local television broadcast format in the United States. It was developed in the 70s, and has a tight format that often limits the time exposure of each reporter, making it more dynamic. Its innovations have been assimilated to most newscasts nowadays - which makes Alaric's comment "It's not called Action News anymore" even funnier.
 * The expression "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" means, beware of your enemies when they are being nice. It refers to the Trojan Horse, the trick that the Greeks used to infiltrate the Trojan defenses. Bonnie's coffee gift to Luka was also a trick to infiltrate his mind.

Quotes

 * : Overnight, you turned into this hot guy, who's really sweet and...
 * : You think I'm hot?


 * : I look hot in your dead great grand-dad’s jacket?


 * : Beyond hot.


 * :Yeah, Elijah’s one scary dude. But with nice hair.


 * : No, what you’re doing is you’re being a martyr.
 * : How is that any different when you say that you would die to keep me safe?
 * : Because I’ve already lived—162 years, and you’ve barely begun. Now you want to get yourself killed? That’s not heroic. It’s tragic.