“I think the rift between them is going to precipitate the chain of events,” Gillies, who plays original vampire Elijah Mikaelson, tells host Greg Gilman. “It’s not just a begrudging alliance now — it’s an alliance on its last thread of trust.”
Season 2 concluded with Elijah turning his back on his brother Klaus (Joseph Morgan) after more betrayal, only to return to his side at the very end of the episode at the request of werewolf Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin), the mother of Klaus’ child who is in desperate need of a positive influence now that she is cursed to wander the world primarily in wolf form.