There was a major death on The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 12, though it may not have been the character most expected to bid farewell to.
Indeed, Sheriff Forbes lives! For now!
Damon actually freed Kai so that he could suck the magic out of Liz, after Jo failed with a blood transplant and everyone saw the tragic/disturbing/painful fate of the cancer patient from last week who Caroline also tried to save.
Kai actually succeeded, but Liz’s heart then nearly collapsed.
Caroline rushed in at the last moment, as viewers got into what appeared to be Liz’s dying head. Her life was flashing before her eyes. She was seeing the light. And then she wasn’t.
For whatever reason, Liz popped back to life and will be around until at least The Vampire Diaries Season 6 Episode 13 next Thursday.
Liv and Luke, meanwhile, tried to convince their father that Jo and Kai should be the ones to merge. And they were about to! The scene was set; a celestial event was taking place and Jo was all ready to take her evil brother on.
But Luke swooped in at the last moment. He knocked Jo out (in a loving fashion) and took her place, figuring maybe their same bloodline and same age would mean he could merge with Kai instead.
The brothers locked hands and got knocked out, with the person who woke up first being the winner and the person who woke up last… destined to never wake up again.
After Damon tracked down Jo and she woke up, the two of them awaited the results. Luke coughed. He breathed a few times. And then his eyes went blank and he was gone.
Luke is dead. Kai emerged the winner and vanished from sight, leaving Jo and Damon to wonder what he’ll do next.
Talk about a cliffhanger! Relive the installment when you watch The Vampire Diaries online and sound off now: Did you see Luke’s death coming?!?