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The past is always the biggest threat to the Mikaelson family and the rest of the show’s characters. Last week, the Mikaelson’s fight with the Strix came to an end with the death of Elijah’s past lover/protégé and the severing of Klaus’ link to his sires. You would think everyone would earn some kind of break, but that’s not the case. There is no rest for the wicked or the (relatively) good. As one past foe falls, another one (or many) rises and charges forth to the present in tonight’s emotional and engaging episode (which also does an impeccable job of setting what’s to come in the rest of the season).

As Freya says at one point, “It never stops. Never.”

It’s been three days since Klaus’ link to his sire line was broken, and in that time, his paranoia has slowly started to get the best of him since he’s lost the one thing that was protecting him from all of the enemies he’s made over the years. Luckily, he has a list, or, rather, souvenir letters written to his enemies’ loved ones. (Kind of reminiscent of Stefan’s secret ripper closet in Chicago). Like the good siblings they are, Freya and Elijah suggest their brother see a therapist about this latest bout of paranoia.

Which leads Klaus to Cami, who is boxing with Vincent to prepare for the eventual day that Aurora is released from her prison and decides to kill her. Paranoia afflicts Cami almost as much as it does Klaus, except she probably has even more reason to worry since she’s a newborn vampire and can be easily taken out by almost anyone. At first Cami is willing to listen to Klaus share his concern that all of the white oak hasn’t been destroyed, but she realizes that she can’t do this when she’s still scared of Aurora.

“She has to suffer for what she stole from you,” says Klaus, explaining why he didn’t kill her. Cami responds, “I think you’re more concerned about what she stole from you.”

The calm officially comes to an end when Klaus leaves Rousseau’s after his session with Cami and sees Cortez, one of his past foes, standing across the street. Back in the 1700s, Klaus killed Cortez’s “brute of a father” and “five bloodthirsty brothers” after they burned down his favorite artists’ retreat (#KlausProblems). Someone made the mistake of turning Cortez into a vampire, and he’s been hunting Klaus ever since.

The show makes sure we understand just how awful and vile Cortez is because we see him exit a limo filled with several dead women and order his driver to burn the limo with himself inside of it. Cortez just walks away casually.

You know who hasn’t been worried these past three days? The newly resurrected Kol Mikaelson, who returned to the world of the living as a vampire, much to Davina’s surprise. Kol would like to kiss her, but can’t since a beam of sunlight is stopping him, so Davina goes to him. Midway through the making out, we receive our first of several Kol Moments of the Week when he says, “At the risk of sounding too formal, I need you to put a ring on this finger,” and by ring, he means a daylight ring.

(ASIDE: I’m co-opting your regular recapper, the great Samantha Highfill’s, Elijah Moments of the Week for Kol because he’s quite delightful. END ASIDE)

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