Danielle Rose Russell | Legacies | Season 1

 

"This Is the Part Where You Run"

Hope Mikaelson, a student at the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted, assists her headmaster, Alaric Saltzman, in recruiting werewolf, Rafael, to the school. In the process, Hope runs into her old friend Landon, who is also Rafael's foster brother, but since the school for the supernatural is deemed to be too dangerous for humans, Landon is turned away. When vampire student, MG, fails to compel Landon to forget his knowledge of the supernatural, it is assumed Landon has ingested vervain. Landon is locked up in a cell until it can clear his system. Hope visits Landon in his cell while Alaric's daughters Josie and Lizzie give Rafael a tour of the school. Hope tells Landon the truth about her supernatural origins. Knowing his memory will be erased, Landon kisses her. After Landon leaves, it is revealed the compulsions have still not worked and he stole a knife from the school before he left. Hope enlists Josie to help her locate the knife and Landon. Landon's bus explodes and as Sheriff Matt Donovan evaluates the crime scene, Alaric deduces it was Landon, who is missing, must be some kind of supernatural being. Hope vows to track him down.

"Some People Just Want to Watch the World Burn"

After using black magic to find Landon, Hope is forced to see the guidance counselor, but covers for Josie. Busy searching for Landon with Hope and Rafael, Alaric is unable to attend the flag football game against Mystic Falls High and orders the students to lose the game to retain the school's cover. The search uncovers another survivor of the bus explosion. While Alaric gets her to safety, Hope and Rafael find Landon, who swears he is not responsible for the bus, which Alaric corroborates when the woman starts breathing fire. Alaric initially believes her to be a pyromancer, but she is later identified to be a dragon. Landon denies any memory of taking the knife and says he lost it, but the woman tries to get it from him. Tired of being bullied by the other team, the students start using their powers, but Josie sabotages them to ensure their loss. After shifting into its full form, Hope takes down the dragon with black magic and Alaric kills it with the knife before scolding Hope. Rafael and Landon split, but Landon leaves Hope a note apologizing for everything.

"We're Being Punked, Pedro"

Alaric assigns the students community service as punishment for the fight broke out after the game, for which Lizzie blames Josie and Alaric. Hope is also there for using black magic, and starts to bond with Josie. After confronting Alaric, Lizzie is reassigned to the gardens, where she is scratched by a gargoyle and left paralyzed. Josie senses something is wrong with Lizzie and she and Hope return to the school. Rafael and Landon try to make it on their own in the woods, with Rafael using his powers to make money, but Landon shields him from a threatening message on one of the bills. Alaric discovers the gargoyle is the protector of the knife Landon stole, but only from supernatural creatures, meaning it will not hurt humans. Hope and Josie combine their powers to make the gargoyle explode. Jeremy Gilbert saves Rafael and Landon from a werewolf hunter and brings them back to the school. Hope and Landon see one another, but Hope walks away without saying a word. Mystic Falls students Dana, Sasha, and Connor plan to deface the Salvatore School, but are attacked by an unseen being.

"Hope Is Not the Goal"

After Dana and Sasha are reported missing, Alaric sends some students undercover to Mystic Falls High to gather intel. Looking to prove his worth with his knowledge of the school, Landon accompanies them to Hope's annoyance. Alaric and Matt discover Dana's body, but it disappears when they look away. MG reveals fellow vampire student Kaleb has been feeding on Dana and other humans, making the others suspect Kaleb is responsible for the girls' disappearance, which Kaleb denies. Dana emerges from the woods and is met by the Salvatore students, she begins puking violently and ultimately dies. Josie helps Rafael calm down after being harassed by the werewolf pack. They discover Sasha trapped in a web which they get trapped in as well. Josie frees them by siphoning magic from Rafael's kiss. Josie, Hope, and Lizzie fight the shape-shifting arachne together and Josie encourages Alaric to add offensive magic to the curriculum. Rafael is accepted into the pack and Matt confronts Kaleb about him feeding on humans, but Alaric decides to handle it internally. Alaric calls his associate Dorian to tell him it is safe to return with the knife, but Dorian is confronted by another creature.

"Malivore"

Alaric agrees to hold elections for a student honor council consisting of one representative from each supernatural faction before leaving to meet with Dorian. Rafael seeks out each of the front-runners for confirmation they will let Landon stay at the school. Lizzie and MG agree, but Jed refuses. Rafael challenges him for the title of alpha and wins, which also earns him the votes to be the werewolf representative. Josie is elected for the witches thanks to her ex Penelope's campaigning. Kaleb is elected for the vampires. Alaric and Dorian catch a dryad, who tells them she is looking for her lover, a vampire named Oliver. They find Oliver, but he does not remember her. Hope does not find evidence Landon is supernatural. After Jed attacks Landon, Hope votes against Landon staying along with Kaleb and Josie. Upset with Josie, Rafael finally gives in to Lizzie's advances. Hope sends Landon to a contact in New Orleans and they kiss goodbye. Dorian kills the dryad, who explains her desire to find the knife and take it to a place called Malivore. A picture of Landon's biological mother shows her wearing a necklace with the Malivore symbol.

"Mombie Dearest"

Caroline Forbes calls and informs Alaric she cannot attend their daughters' 16th birthday party due to her "recruiting" mission. Alaric is confronted by his deceased ex-fiancée and the biological mother of his twins, Jo Laughlin. Alaric is skeptical, but their twins burst into his office and Josie instantly recognizes their mother. Hope apologizes to Rafael for sending Landon away and teaches Rafael to dance in preparation for his date with Lizzie. Penelope locks Hope and Rafael in the gym so MG can step in to be Lizzie's date. Hope and Rafael escape the gym. Rafael confesses to Lizzie sleeping together was a mistake. On their way to the party, Jo becomes a full-blown zombie and buries Josie alive. Hope, MG, and Penelope rescue Josie. Jo has the girls siphon the magic from her, thus removing her life force. Before she dies, Jo learns Alaric has not told their daughters about what happens when they turn 22 and Caroline is searching for a solution. Josie expresses her disdain for what Penelope did before they share a passionate kiss. Alaric confronts the one who raised Jo from the dead, the Necromancer.

"Death Keeps Knocking on My Door"

The Necromancer causes Rafael's deceased girlfriend Cassie to return on Remembrance Day. As Alaric's torturing yields no new information, Hope recruits MG to help her enter the Necromancer's mind. Hope finds herself in Rousseau's, a bar in New Orleans. She is trapped in a void and confesses she wants to know about her father. The Necromancer informs Hope that Klaus Mikaelson will not find peace until she does. MG panics and calls Alaric. Once Hope regains consciousness, she and Alaric argue over his alcoholism and her recklessness stemming from her repressed grief. Hope locks Alaric in his office and the Necromancer tells her he remembers the knife is one of the three locks of Malivore, and sent Cassie to steal it. Kaleb tries to teach MG how to feed on humans, but MG struggles to stop. Rafael makes peace with Cassie's death and Hope finally processes her grief for her father. Dorian reveals he takes off every Remembrance Day in honor of his family who were killed by Stefan Salvatore, the namesake of the school. Hope gets an emergency alert from Landon as someone discovers a photo of him and his mother.

"Maybe I Should Start from the End"

Landon finds his mother, Seylah Chelon, and triggers the magical alert just before she knocks him out. While Seylah interrogates Landon, a merman attacks them. They escape with Hope and Alaric in pursuit, who learn a clandestine government agency is also looking for Seylah. Seylah accepts Landon is her son and reveals she once worked for the agency, bringing monsters to a facility containing a puddle of black goo. Anyone dropped into the goo would end up in Malivore, with all memories of them wiped from the public consciousness. When Seylah started asking questions, she was thrown into Malivore, too. She later found herself free and pregnant, eventually placing the baby into foster care. The merman tracks them to a motel and takes an Egyptian urn, revealed to be the second Malivore key, but he is killed before he can use it. Seylah helps Landon by returning to Malivore. Hope, whose memories are mysteriously intact, recounts the day's events to Alaric. They resolve to keep the urn safe while Hope and Landon officially become a couple. A government agent finds the photo of Seylah holding baby Landon and disposes of a witness into Malivore.

"What Was Hope Doing in Your Dreams?"

Anticipating the arrival of another monster, Alaric gives the students the option to evacuate to the Lockwood Mansion, but some stay to prepare for their upcoming exams. Rafael has a dream of kissing Hope, being belted by an old foster father, and a woman demanding the urn. He wakes up with marks on his body and Alaric deduces they are dealing with a night hag, a creature makes contact through dreams. As the students try to keep themselves awake, Landon has a nightmare in class and stabs himself awake. Avoiding telling Landon about his mother, Hope stays awake by sparring with Rafael. Landon discovers this because their injuries are carrying over to the real world. They are actually dealing with a dream demon. He, Rafael, Kaleb, and MG go to sleep to lure the demon into the real world. Hope and Alaric kill it. Realizing he has feelings for Hope, Rafael tells her they cannot talk like they have been anymore. Respecting her need to have secrets, Landon tells Hope he will keep working to be someone she can confide in. After researching Seylah, the government agent visits Landon and Rafael's old foster parents.

"There's a World Where Your Dreams Came True"

A jinni named Ablah fulfills Lizzie's wish so Hope had never come to Mystic Falls. In the new reality, Klaus never finances the Salvatore School, leaving it in poor condition with few students. Following a magical signal, the Saltzmans go to New Orleans and find Hope as a ripper. Alaric brings her to the school. Annoyed, Lizzie wishes the Salvatore School had never existed. As a result, she and Josie go to Mystic Falls High, where Alaric is an alcoholic history teacher, Josie is popular, and Lizzie is a social outcast. Lizzie has a public magical meltdown, and the Saltzmans are taken to the Mikaelson School, where Hope offers Alaric the headmaster position. Dissatisfied, Lizzie uses her third wish is Hope was never born. She awakens in the midst of a war between humans and supernaturals and learns she killed Josie after learning twins born to the Gemini Coven must eventually turn on one another in the Merge. Ablah offers Lizzie another wish in exchange for the urn. Instead, Lizzie wishes Ablah had never ended up in Malivore, freeing the jinni and reestablishing the status quo. However, Lizzie has no memory of these events.

"We're Gonna Need a Spotlight"

A protection spell for the urn traps a unicorn, which is actually hosting a slug creature. Hope becomes infected and, with lowered inhibitions, becomes happier and even excited for the upcoming talent show. Another slug is transferred to Josie, who stands up to Lizzie's dictating of the witches' routine. While trying to convince Landon they should take the urn, Hope accidentally electrically shocks herself, ejecting the slug. They kill it and go to Dorian who also finds the deceased unicorn. Fed up with Lizzie, Josie and Penelope, also infected, seek out the urn. At a bar, Alaric asks Emma out, but she says she is seeing someone. After karaoke, they are informed about the slugs from Dorian. They make out before shocking themselves, but only Emma ejects a slug. They return to the school to find nearly everyone infected. Rafael delivers a spoken word poem, making Landon realize his feelings for Hope. Emma magically shocks the students and they stomp the slugs. The witches win the talent show do-over with Josie as their star and Landon privately serenades Hope. After discovering Dorian is the other man Emma is seeing, Alaric unknowingly drinks a slug and throws the urn into a river.

"There's a Mummy on Main Street"

To recover the urn, the Saltzmans, Hope, Kaleb, Dorian, and Emma take a road trip to Maple Hollows. During the trip, Lizzie accuses Hope of ruining another Saltzman family vacation, leaving Hope confused and annoyed. When they arrive in town, they find Clarke, an agent from Triad Industries, and are met with a plague of swarming insects caused by a mummy. After defeating the mummy, Clarke offers Alaric the urn in exchange for Emma and Dorian's lives, forcing Alaric to give him the urn. Kaleb and Alaric talk about how the Salvatore School needs to protect itself more, by getting real blood, and teaching the witches offensive magic. Lizzie continues to berate Hope, this time about Hope allegedly badmouthing Lizzie's years ago, which Hope denies, leading to the revelation Josie facilitated the misunderstanding between the two to cover up the fact she had a crush on Hope. Emma tells Dorian she kissed Alaric, prompting Dorian to punch Alaric and quit. A man tells Clarke their boss Mrs. G wants the urn locked up right away, but instead Clarke kills the guard and tosses the urn into Malivore, setting off a bright explosion of light.

"The Boy Who Still Has a Lot of Good to Do"

After returning from their trip, Hope, Alaric, and Kaleb discover Landon, Rafael, and MG are missing. In the woods, they find Rafael in human form during the full moon, and he slowly remembers while Alaric and company were away. Landon and Rafael took MG home to his estranged parents for spring break. MG's mother Veronica turned them away before MG could see his dad, explaining his religion does not accept resurrection. MG found his father at the church and discovered he was not even aware MG is alive. His father accepted him until MG revealed himself as a vampire. Devastated, MG compelled his father to forget their interaction, spiraled into his ripper state, and killed Landon. Chained up for the full moon, Rafael eventually breaks loose and bites MG. Alaric and Kaleb find a dying MG and send for Hope, as her blood is the cure to a wolf's bite. Hope collapses upon hearing what MG did, but still gives him her blood. They go to collect Landon's body when it starts to smoke. The corpse bursts info flames and Landon bursts out of a casing of ash, revealing he is a phoenix.

"Let's Just Finish the Dance"

As the Salvatore School hosts the annual Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, Hope is still dealing with the trauma of Landon dying when her ex-boyfriend Roman comes to visit. Lizzie drops out of the pageant due to bad blood with the head judge and throws her support behind Hope. Penelope encourages Josie to genuinely compete instead of complying with Lizzie's plan. Labeled a "killer" by his classmates, MG bonds with an unfamiliar girl named Nia. When his visiting mother and Alaric are turned to stone, MG realizes Nia is a gorgon. As Hope and Landon clash over his jealousy of Roman, Penelope tells Landon Hope has been keeping secrets regarding his mother. After unsuccessfully confronting Hope, Landon storms out and is attacked by Nia outside. MG comes to his rescue and Landon agrees they are even. MG interrogates Nia, who says she was threatened into targeting Landon. Between feeling guilty for lying to Landon and discovering her dress was picked out by her father, Hope becomes overwhelmed as she wins Miss Mystic Falls. Before moving to Belgium, Penelope informs Josie about the Merge. Veronica kidnaps Landon and takes him to Agent Clarke at Triad Industries revealing herself to be Mrs. G.

"I'll Tell You a Story"

Clarke tells Landon about Malivore. People were suffering under constant attacks by supernatural creatures. A witch, werewolf, and vampire came together and created a golem to kill and absorb supernatural creatures, except for witches, werewolves, and vampires. The golem, known as Malivore, was so successful it became self-aware and refused to allow its creators to destroy it by making a deal with humans to stop the "triad". Malivore attempted to create more golems, but they were flawed. Clarke reveals he is Landon's half-brother, as he is one of Malivore's "failed" creations and he convinced humans to perform a ritual turned Malivore into its current state. Humans formed the Triad, which turned into Triad Industries. They watch over Malivore, capture supernaturals and throw them into the puddle. Clarke wants to restore Malivore by bringing it the three original objects used to trap it. He reveals Landon is Malivore's son. He convinces his "little brother" to find the final key. Lizzie tries to restore her relationship with Josie. Rafael is suffering blackout because of Hope's potion. Emma takes a sabbatical to convince Alaric to ask for help. He asks Dorian to return. Veronica learns of Clarke's betrayal and sends Triad Agents to attack the school.

"There's Always a Loophole"

Triad forces occupy the Salvatore school, using a magic-suppressing artifact. They have weapons with bullets made of Malivore mud and search for the chalice. Burr, commander of the forces, shoots Josie, who is dying from the spreading taint. Alaric and Dorian infiltrate the school through a secret tunnel and disable the artifact, allowing the students to fight back. Josie drinks some of Hope's blood, healing her. Rafael turns into a wolf and stops Burr. Alaric asks the student council to decide his future as headmaster. Clarke takes Landon to a Triad warehouse and says he knew Landon would pocket the real key; an arrowhead. The Headless Horseman arrives and takes him and the key to the Triad Facility. Before he throws the arrowhead into Malivore, Hope arrives, and she and Landon manage to kill the Horseman. Clarke arrives and tosses the arrowhead into the puddle, awakening Malivore. Hope kills Landon, realizing her Tribrid blood is the key to stopping the golem. She calls Alaric and asks him to burn all references of her. She uses a mimic spell on Clarke, forcing him to jump with her into the puddle. Landon resurrects and finds Malivore gone. All his memories of Hope erased.