When Klaus learns that Cortez, an old vampire with a vendetta against him, has arrived in New Orleans, he finds himself forced to deal with this new threat. Meanwhile, when Cortez begins threatening the lives of innocent residents, Vincent has no choice but to help the vengeful vampire in his plan to take down Klaus. Elsewhere, Marcel turns to Davina for her help after several Strix members turn up missing, and Elijah confronts Hayley after learning that she's been dealing with Jackson's death in a destructive way.
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Klaus learns that, due to his sireline being broken, all of his enemies are coming to attack him. Freya is forced to do a spell that will cloak his location, and he and Hayley leave the city with Hope. Davina worries that Kol may go back to his Ripper ways now that he is a vampire again. Kol finds out that when he was brought back to life, so was Finn.