I think the coach just didn’t want to look at Tyler’s do-rag any longer. Tyler compelled his football coach to quit practice early so the team could go get drunk at the bonfire, which was advertised in school but apparently not supervised by anyone associated with the school. That was getting heavy, so it was time to lighten things up. If Vicki’s using a witch’s energy from the other side, you don’t know what price she’s agreed to pay. Anna told Jeremy they had to stop her: You can’t upset the balance of nature without a price. Vicki turned on the waterworks and lonely Matt caved. That way, she’ll be able to come and go as she pleases on this side, and even if Matt is the only one who can see her, it still means the two of them are no longer alone. As of now, Vicki can only be on this side when Matt thinks of her, but there’s a witch on her side who can do magic that will push her to Matt’s side if he helps with the ritual. That’s where Matt went to finish his conversation with Vicki because (a) he thought she’d feel at home there (ha!) and (b) stoners wouldn’t notice/care/remember that he was talking to himself? Jeremy stumbled upon Matt, supposedly looking for his stoner lab partner, and brilliantly pretended like he couldn’t see Vicki. I loved how the bus from the ’60s Decade Dance was parked in the school’s stoner pit. Tyler couldn’t understand why Caroline didn’t think it was the slightest bit awesome that he’s the first hybrid, so Elena excused herself so Caroline could explain it to him.
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Tyler had a drop of breakfast on his shirt, so the girls took him into the bathroom to scold him and find out that Rebekah has been tasked with watching over Klaus’ “asset” Tyler. We’re gonna have to start calling him Not Now Tyler, because he also interrupted Caroline browbeating Elena into attending the spirit squad’s back-to-school bonfire. Matt hung out in the parking lot talking to Vicki in his truck until Tyler interrupted her right as she got to the good part: There’s a way Matty can help her come back. “I haven’t talked to Vicki in a while,” he offered. She’s pissed that he’s still letting his exes in. The gang was all there: Jeremy was back from Charlotte, where Katherine was still trying to wake up Mikael (a mouse? really), and saying all the wrong things to Bonnie.
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That’s reaching, Elena, but yes, you win. Anyway, it was off to school, where Bonnie and Caroline quickly lost the my-boyfriend-is-being-a-D-bag battle to Elena, who realized it was technically her and Stefan’s first anniversary - they met a year ago on the first day of school.