Valerie Sue Love

After being reunited with her former love Julian (guest star TODD LASANCE), Lily (recurring guest star ANNIE WERSCHING) hosts a dinner party to introduce him to Damon and Stefan and to declare peace between her family of Heretics and the residents of Mystic Falls. Damon and Stefan find themselves at an impasse when they realize they have differing views on how to handle Julian's arrival. At the party, Bonnie and Matt uncover a strange mystery involving some unsuspecting residents, while a devastating revelation causes Alaric to reach his breaking point.

When drug trial patients start suffering life-threatening side effects, Nic fears that her sister Jessie may be in danger; Nic and Conrad try to convince Bell that the trials are not worth the risk; Devon uses Julian to test a product he's designed.

A resourceful former special forces operative is recruited into a clandestine organization