The teams all came together on the mysterious island tonight, as we learned all about why Shane wants The Cure. In a nutshell? It's to save his dead wife. Who was a witch. And their son. And he doesn't really care about the lengths he must go to do so.

Elsewhere, Klaus nearly killed Caroline with his bite. But then saved her after she made a plea to his humanity.

Finally, Damon got into a fight with a member of The Five. That's where the episode faded to black.