As you remember from last week, Klaus received a message in the form of a coin.
Apparently, the coin is somehow related to werewolves, so Klaus goes hunting.
She wants to talk to Klaus.
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He wants to drain her of all her blood.
He reminds Greta that she is moments away from death.
Greta looks at him and says, Your lack of vision will be your downfall.
Thats what he said about you.
Im glad you asked.
He is the new villain: August Muller.
Klaus searches his mind for any details and the scene dissolves into 1933 Germany.
But there is someone who challenges him and his pompous ways.
I cheered at the television screen and may have clapped.
Its been 13 years since Elijah last saw Klaus.
Unless, of course, Klaus has been ignoring Elijahs suggestion to keep a low profile.
Klaus promises Elijah that it wasnt him.
So who could it be?
(Hint: the new bad guy.)
Elijah calmly puts August in a choke hold and simultaneously convinces Klaus not to kill the guy.
He compels August not to mess with the Mikaelsons.
August obeys and calls for his daughter to leave with him.
The girl at the piano stands up.
Current day Elijahs Antoinette!
Someone has been stalking them and taking pictures, so she naturally kills the dude with the camera.
She quickly figures that she and Elijah must leave right now because they will send a replacement.
Elijah is not happy and suggests Antoinette move on without him.
Back in the present day, Greta presses all of Klaus buttons and manages to stay alive doing it.
Clearly Hope is dangerous.
The young girl can create hybrids at will.
The pure vampires, who have his precious Hayley, will give her back on one condition.
Hope must submit to the same spell Klaus mother put on him.
She must bind her werewolf side.
Klaus challenges with a sharp, And if I dont?
Greta explains that its his daughters wolf nature or her mothers life.
Klaus confides his dilemma in Marcel.
Naturally he wants to fight fire with fire.
He doesnt want to give into their demands.
Marcel thinks Hope should get a say and Klaus all but laughs at him.
He would never put that shame on his daughter.
He would never forgive himself.
Of course if Hayley dies, he wouldnt forgive himself for that either.
When she returns to her dorm, her hunky crush Roman is sitting there waiting on her bed.
Hope wants to know why Roman is interested in her life.
Hope doesnt think its fair that she doesnt know anything about Roman.
Hes an ancient bad boy with a damaged soul.
That must be Hopes sweet spot.
Instead he gets a lecture from Marcel.
Josh asks Marcel to think about the situation.
Binding Hope means no more hybrids.
Isnt that a good thing?
Fortunately Klaus does not overhear this conversation and tries once again to convince Greta to cooperate.
Greta stays strong and goads Klaus again.
Then he calls Freya and asks her to do the binding spell with Hope.
Hope is all on board if it means she can save her mother.
Who cares that she will be snuffing out a piece of who she is?
Plus, its her fault her mom is in this predicament in the first place.
Get on board, Aunt Freya, and find the moonstone.
While Freya prepares the spell, Hope checks a major item on her bucket list.
They share a make out sesh before the big binding.
The scene switches back to 1933 where Elijah and Klaus argue over Augusts propensity to massacre werewolves.
Elijah wants Klaus to calm down and leave town.
Klaus wants Elijah to fight for the part of him that is a wolf.
Klaus is free to act like a mad man.
Just like their father.
Elijah wont stop his brother.
In present day, Hope gives up a huge bowl of her blood, which covers the moonstone.
Freya will put the moonstone in fire and then brand Hope on the forehead, palms, and feet.
Hope takes a deep breath and tells her aunt to DO IT.
Thats when Klaus intervenes.
Freya is pushed out of the way.
All the plants begin to die.
Klaus takes the bowl full of Hopes blood and whooshes out of the vicinity.
I thought it was weird that Klaus took the bowl of blood.
Then it all made sense when he made a few werewolves drink it.
Greta hates hybrids, huh?
Well hes going to make a jillion of them!
Take that, crazy!
Also, shouldnt he have picked up the moonstone, too?
Greta is officially crumbling.
Josh keeps encouraging her to just confess and tell him where shes keeping Hayley.
Greta starts coughing dramatically and she continues to sputter, tell him over and over.
Then she proceeds to beat the ever living (hypothetically) crap out of Josh.
Crushing it into his skull.
Thankfully, Josh does not die.
Fingers crossed that his face heals nicely.
Back at school, Roman finds Hope alive.
She seems blue that she didnt get to help her mother.
She has the spell, she just needs a powerful witch.
Guess who knows one?
That would be bad boy Roman.
While Hope figures out her escape, Klaus apologizes to Marcel for his earlier rage.
He admits that without Elijah, he cant seem to control his temper.
It has backfired on him.
Klaus flashes back and we see him ripping the heart from Augusts chest.
He announces to the rest of the brood, When youve had enough, pick up this coin.
Its same coin that sent a message.
Klaus kills them all and then notices a woman crying over Augusts body.
She picks up the coin and asks for mercy for herself.
Then she asks for mercy for her daughter.
Then she asks for mercy for her son.
He truly is a bad boy.
