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Let me start by saying that I hoped you watched both hours of this crossover, not only because they both contained useful information, but also because they tied together in a really wonderful way, and if you missed the first half, you likely diminished the impact. That being said, even outside of the crossover business, we have yet another very strong hour of

Before we get started, I will relay one bit of information in case you didn’t watch the first hour of the crossover: When Caroline traveled to New Orleans three years in the future, she was informed that nobody had heard from or seen Klaus in, well, three years. So could this prophecy be the end of Klaus Mikaelson? It’s not looking great.

Working out the kinks in their newly formed partnership, Aya is trying to convince Aurora to give her the Original-killing gun. As much as Aurora wants to kill Elijah to put her brother out of his misery, Aya isn’t exactly a fan of dying. She tells Aurora about the Strix’s plan to sever the sire lines, and in exchange for Aurora’s help, Aya gets one of her witches to send Aurora’s mind to some sort of magical realm.

With Tristan’s body drowning repeatedly, Aya had the witches build a sanctuary of sorts for Tristan’s mind. And the two of them won’t be alone here for long.

At the compound, Elijah finally tells his siblings about Rebekah’s sacrifice, which means they just need to find the friend and the foe who will betray them: Enter Klaus’ “old friend” Stefan Salvatore! And P.S. Freya, he needs your help.

Unbuttoning Stefan’s shirt — she gets right to it! — Freya gives the

audience a quick catch-up on what’s happening with Stefan (for those of you who don’t watch

). Basically, he’s been marked by a mystical vampire hunter who’s impossible to kill because she regenerates. And she uses her victims’ scars to track them. Freya’s solution? Create a paste to cover the scar and block its signal. 

Once that’s taken care of — which seemed oddly simple — Freya then catches Stefan up on what’s been happening in New Orleans, what with sire lines and prophecies and all that good stuff. And at this point, Klaus and Elijah agree: Aurora dies first.

Just then, Hayley calls claiming that the wolves have found Aurora’s location … and then she goes to check things out ALONE. Even Klaus and Elijah are working as a team right now, Hayley. Get with it.

Heading to the old dilapidated trailer we saw earlier in the episode, all Hayley finds is a desiccated Lucien, who’s able to get  out one sentence: “Get Klaus out of here.” 

But it’s already too late. Klaus and Elijah, having met up with Aya to try and retrieve Aurora’s body, are dropped by a Strix witch who sends their minds to Tristan’s magical safe place. The plan, as Tristan describes is: Klaus and Elijah’s minds will remain here while the Sisters work on the spell to sever the sire lines. With their bodies lying useless in a pool of water in the real world, the spell will be completed in time for Aya to kill them both. 

Elijah: “Our second-rate Napoleon, desperately trying to leave his mark on the world with those filthy little claws.”

Klaus: “Even if in the end he’s left with nothing but the scars of his failures.”

Oh how quickly — and poetically — those two can knock a man down a few pegs.

Now stuck in this room, Klaus and Elijah are searching for what represents them. We’ve seen representational magic on this show before: If they find the thing that represents them in the room, they can escape.

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