In order to show Elijah that her plan is what's best for him, Esther forces him to relive a time long ago when he loved a young woman named Tatia.
Previously on "The Originals"...
This town was my
home once. I want it back.
- You mean, you don't recognize me?
- It's been a long time, Finn.
- I'm Kaleb.
- Davina.
- Esther.
- I have come to heal our family.
What could possibly
be more important
than the return of our mother?
Our father.
I saw him.
He was enslaved with some
spell cast by Davina.
Aah!
Release me.
Let's finish this.
Aagh!
Perhaps your next body
will last a little longer
than this one, brother.
Ugh...
Ohh...
What do you want?
I only want us to be
a family again, Elijah.
Uh! No.
No!
Agh!
Have you forgotten
where you are, son?
Save your strength.
My chains don't break so easily.
Having sweet dreams?
Get out of my head.
I'm not in your head, dear.
You were screaming.
Go ahead.
Get your bearings.
We have much to discuss.
who were you dreaming
about ripping apart
when you woke earlier?
Was it your new little
plaything Hayley,
or was it someone else?
Stop fighting, Elijah.
I brought you here to listen,
and you're not going anywhere
until I've said my piece.
So speak.
I want you to rejoin
our family but as a witch.
I want you to leave behind
the grotesque savage
vampirism has made of you.
Take the body of a mortal, and
we can all be happy again,
start over.
You do know you're entirely
demented, don't you?
Am I?
I'm not the one who
pulls the wings
off every beautiful
butterfly that he finds,
like the woman who flits
across the edge
of your nightmares.
You let me go now.
How quickly you slip back
into your more savage self.
