The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)

Mommie Dearest (2015)

Zach Roerig: Matt Donovan

Quotes 

• Matt Donovan : [re the horde of seated people on drips]  I found more at the court house, and another dozen at the supermarket.

  Caroline Forbes : What's with all the IVs?

  Matt Donovan : Saline. Keeps them hydrated. Which you'd only need if you're gonna keep them there for a while.

  Caroline Forbes : They're using them as human blood banks. Well, I guess we know what the Heretics are having for Thanksgiving dinner.

  Matt Donovan : Problem is, I can't find a single bite mark on any of them. Which is somehow creepier. They're not being fed on. They're being fed.

  [picks up old boxes] 

  Matt Donovan : Found these in the trash can. There's salmon, steak, iron-rich food. Probably to boost their red blood cell count. It's like someone's fattening the cattle for the slaughter.

  [which causes Caroline to gasp for breath, and then rush forward to the basin] 

  Matt Donovan : Whoa, Car.

  [as she throws up:] 

  Matt Donovan : Hey... um...

  [she groans] 

  Matt Donovan : Are you okay?

  Caroline Forbes : Yeah, I'm fine.

  Matt Donovan : No, you're not fine. You just... puked.

  Caroline Forbes : I... I think I had an expired blood bag last night, or something. You know, and the talk of the food, and the iron and the... slaughtered cattle.

  Matt Donovan : [amused]  So you're a vampire with food poisoning?

  Caroline Forbes : [angrily]  Yes... Matt. I am a vampire... with food poisoning, standing in a room with much bigger problems. Stop looking at me like you've never seen a vampire vomit before, and start thinking of a way to break their compulsion.

  Matt Donovan : Short of turning them into vampires, I can't think of a way to break the compulsion.

  Caroline Forbes : Then maybe we don't have to break it. Maybe someone can siphon it away.

  [sighs, reaches for cellphone] 

• Valerie Tulle : You want me to siphon the compulsion out of *all* these people?

  [scoffs] 

  Valerie Tulle : Do you have any idea how long that will take?

  Caroline Forbes : Uh, probably the amount of time that it'll take to siphon one person times the amount of people in this room.

  Valerie Tulle : I am all for scuttling Julian's plans, but... siphoning these people won't make a difference. He'll just replace them. You'd be trading one life for another. Speaking of, I can't imagine this is the safest town for someone with your status to be roaming around in.

  Matt Donovan : What's that supposed to mean?

  Caroline Forbes : [quickly]  Nothing!

  Valerie Tulle : I wouldn't call a pregnant vampire nothing.

  Matt Donovan : What?

  Caroline Forbes : I am not pregnant!

  [to Matt:] 

  Caroline Forbes : I am not pregnant. Okay, Valerie over here convinced poor Alaric that the Gemini Coven dumped its twin babies into my...

  [covers her mouth] 

  Caroline Forbes : You know what? Never mind. Because it's not true.

  [to Valerie:] 

  Caroline Forbes : It is not true. A test confirmed it. Yeah, and thanks to you, Alaric is probably still at home, waiting for that second blue line to show up.

  [chuckles spitefully:] 

  Caroline Forbes : So, maybe now would be an appropriate time to call him and explain how you could get something *so important* so incredibly *wrong*.

  Valerie Tulle : Do I need to remind you that you summoned me here for my help? If you don't think my talents are up to snuff, then I will gladly find other things to do with my time.

  [turns, and starts leaving] 

  Caroline Forbes : I'm sorry.

  [Valerie looks into Matt's eyes, and hesitates] 

  Caroline Forbes : I'm sorry. Maybe it was just a momentary lapse of... magical juju. Look, can you just please help us, and take away these people's compulsion?

  [shakes her head]