“The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 is still on hiatus after a midseason finale that was able to set up an interesting but still vague second half of its farewell season. According to spoilers for the last few episodes of the series, Stefan (Paul Wesley) will make a deadly deal which could spell his doom.
Damon gives up humanity
In the “The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 midseason finale, the other Salvatore brother, Damon (Ian Somerhalder), asked Cade (Wolé Parks) to turn off his humanity as a trade for cutting short his being his manservant. The Devil, otherwise known as the creator of hell, agreed to his proposal. This in turn prompted Stefan to join Damon on a road trip outside of Mystic Falls.
Killing binge continues
Damon continued with his killing binge and added another notch on his body code in the previous episode of “The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 with the title, “The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You”. This is despite Caroline (Candice King) trying to talk him out of his decision to kill someone again. She even gave him Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) iconic necklace to persuade him to change his mind.
Damon is free from Sybil
Caroline’s actions did not prevent the horrifying thing from happening in the “The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 from happening and in fact may have even fueled Damon’s need to kill. The good thing that came out from all of these is that Damon was able to break free from Sybil’s (Nathalie Kelley) hold by killing her. Damon ripped her heart out of her chest and left her to die.
Was Sybil able to survive Damon’s attack?
Whether Sybil will stay dead or will have some sort of resurrection similar to what Damon had earlier in “The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 remains to be seen. One hint that she will able to survive Damon’s attack is the Armory Monster being seen alive in the sneak peek of the second half of the season. But, what she will be doing to Damon’s betrayal remains a curiosity and source of anticipation for fans moving forward. All the burning questions and issues will hopefully be addressed when the series resumes airing on January 13.