The Vampire Diaries, Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell

Months after Damon and Enzo vanished from the Armory vault, Stefan tirelessly pushes forward with their search, while Bonnie struggles to hold onto hope that they will be found.

After learning that someone from Stefan's past may be Damon and Enzo's next target, Stefan, Bonnie and Caroline head to North Carolina.

Enzo fights to regain control, and Bonnie is at the centre of a deadly game. As Alaric fights to bring Damon and Enzo back, Damon's downward spiral leads him to Tyler Lockwood.

Tasked with finding a mysterious artifact, Damon's latest mission takes him to Texas where a violent run-in with Peter Maxwell leads to a surprising revelation.

Damon may be beyond the point of return, Stefan makes a gut-wrenching decision, Bonnie gets advice from Caroline, and Matt tries to decipher a mysterious box of messages.

Caroline takes drastic measures to keep her family safe, and Stefan pledges to do everything he can to save the twins. Tensions between Alaric and Caroline boil over.

Stefan's Christmas Eve with Caroline takes a turn when Damon and Sybil crash dinner. Alaric, Matt and Peter join, and things turn dark and twisted.

Stefan and Damon attend an anger management support group looking for their next victim. Sybil is still alive, teaching a group of high school students.

Stefan and Damon return to Mystic Falls at Sybil's request. Bonnie returns from Paris and then attends the Miss Mystic Falls pageant with Stefan, Damon, Caroline and Enzo. Sybil taunts Damon with memories of Elena.

Sybil enacts revenge on Damon by putting him in a catatonic state and Caroline and Bonnie enter Damon's mind where they discover Stefan is the key to Damon's fate.

Cade returns to Mystic Falls and presents Damon and Stefan with additional assignments, and Caroline and Matt protect the town's residents from Cade's appetite for their souls. Bonnie and Enzo hit the road on a romantic trip.

Damon strikes a deal with Cade to save Stefan's soul -- he must retrieve the Maxwell journal. Alaric and Matt refuse to hand the journal over, and Caroline tries to connect with Stefan's soul before Cade goes through with his plan.

Damon and Alaric come face to face with an old enemy after they obtain a weapon that may destroy Cade. Stefan is held captive and is forced to confront a dark secret from his past.

Damon and Stefan join forces against Cade to save Elena's casket and Caroline and Alaric deal with their daughters' burgeoning magical powers.

A wedding is quickly planned for Damon and Stefan to lure out a dangerous enemy. Unfortunately, this looming threat puts the fate of Mystic Falls in imminent danger and must be destroyed.

With the fate of Mystic Falls at stake, Stefan and Damon must fight their greatest enemy for one last battle.