In the episode, vampire hunter Connor takes Matt, April, and Jeremy hostage at The Grill, luring their vampire friends in to come save them... and to step right into his impressive trap. The best thing about the episode is that it showcases Elena as a strong, capable lead. The combination of her vampire strength and the skills she honed with Alaric get put to good use.
在这一集中,吸血鬼猎人康纳(Connor)在格里酒吧(The Grill)里挟持了马特(Matt)、艾普莉(April)还有杰里米(Jeremy),想以此引出他们的吸血鬼朋友,并设法让他们掉进自己精心设计的陷阱里。这一集中最出彩的地方是展示了埃琳娜(Elena)的强大和领导能力。她充分施展了自己的吸血鬼技能,以及从阿拉里克(Alaric)那里学来的技巧。
 

"I've been on the show a little while, and something that I struggle with is I want Elena to do more things," Narducci says, noting that this was an episode he was particularly excited to write. "I want her to not be a damsel in distress. I want her to go out and protect her brother. We thought, if Jeremy's in jeopardy and we have Matt who is her high school sweetheart in jeopardy, what's Elena going to do? Is she going to wait for all these other people to get involved and save everyone for her, or will she get involved and do something?"
“我参与本剧有段时间了,其中很令我挣扎的一件事是,我想要埃琳娜能做更多的事,”纳尔杜西说,我们注意到他对于写这一集的剧本感到很激动。“我不想她成为一个落魄少女,我希望她能够挺身而出,保护弟弟。我们在想,假如杰里米和她的前任男友马特都陷入了危险,她会怎么做?是继续等别人帮她救人,还是她置身其中,有所行动?”

Her choices in this episode are tough, but they give us good reason to root for our girl again, which we kind of needed after she got a little woe-is-me last week.
这一集中她的选择将会很艰难,这给了我们充分的理由去重新支持她。鉴于上集她把自己弄得可怜兮兮的,我们确实需要这些理由。

In addition to awesome tough vampire Elena, here are six more details you can look forward to in this week's episode, which airs Thursday night at 8 p.m. EST.
除了一个了不起的强势吸血鬼埃琳娜,本集中你还有六个看点可以期待: 

1. At one point in the episode, Damon and Elena will be on a bed together. Don't get too excited, though... they're not exactly happy to be there. (Though, she is straddling him, so you can probably get some mileage out of the scene for your various Tumblr creations. We'll be trawling your #Delena tag, so get creative.)
1.达蒙(Damon)和埃琳娜一度同床共枕。先别激动,他们对于自己所在的地方其实不大开心。(虽然如此,但是埃琳娜跨坐在了达蒙的身上。各位DE粉们,你们可以用这些画面来完成在Tumblr上的各种创作。)

2. Caroline puts her super-vamp hearing to good use and overhears Klaus threaten Tyler with the knowledge of what happened between Tyler and Hayley in the mountains. Needless to say, Caroline isn't pleased -- and we get some great interaction between Candice Accola and Phoebe Tonkin as a result.
2.卡罗琳(Caroline)用吸血鬼独有的灵敏听力,偷听了克劳斯(Klaus)威胁泰勒(Tyler)关于和海莉(Hayley)在山里的那些事儿。不用说,卡罗琳肯定会不开心——让我们期待坎迪斯·阿克拉(Candice Accola,Caroline的扮演者)还有菲比·托金(Phoebe Tonkin,Hayley的扮演者)的对手戏吧。

3. Look for the return of the actual, literal vampire diaries. With no one to talk to about all their inner turmoil, since they're keeping it from each other, Stefan and Elena both go back to writing in their journals. It's definitely a sign of the growing distance between them.
3.实实在在的文字版吸血鬼日记终于回归了。鉴于斯特凡和埃琳娜都把自己内心的混乱向对方隐藏起来,没有倾诉的对象,所以他们都回到写日记的日子啦。这绝对是他们之间距离越来越远的表现啊。

4. Jeremy's going to find out that he was compelled pretty quickly, and he's really not going to be happy about it. In fact, he's sick and tired of the vampire secrets in town -- and at the end of the episode, he makes a move to protect April from it.
4.杰里米很快发现了被强迫忘记的事情,他将不会对此感到高兴。事实上,他对镇里的各种吸血鬼秘密已经感到厌烦了——这一集快结束的时候,他做出了一个举动来保护艾普莉。

5. Stefan and Damon's little "fight" escalates in this episode, big time, as Stefan goes to drastic measure to keep the cure a secret. Both guys get pretty violent, but by the end of the episode, Damon and Stefan's bond with each other is the most stable relationship in town.
5.斯特凡和达蒙的“闹别扭”在这一集加剧。注意,重要时刻到了,因为斯特凡用了狠招,来保守治愈方法这个秘密。两个人暴力相向,但在这一集快结束的时候,他们的兄弟情是这个镇上最牢固的关系。 

6. Professor Shane definitely has a dangerous agenda, but he's also very motivated to protect Bonnie. She spends the entire episode with him, trying to get her magic mojo back... and she's more vulnerable to manipulation than you might think.
6.肖恩教授(Professor Shane)手上肯定掌控着一个危险的日程表,但他保护邦妮(Bonnie)是出于某种目的的。邦妮整集都和他在一起,试图重获魔法。但她可能比我们想象中更容易被操纵。