The Originals: Season 5

In the present (7 years after the events of season 4): Freya and Vincent have become good friends, Hayley is the alpha of the Crescents and Josh is leading the vampires. They meet to plan a festival called Mardi Gras but are interrupted by texts from Marcel, and a phone call from Mystic Falls. Hope has been suspended from the Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted for turning a Crescent wolf, Henry, into a hybrid. Freya is continuing to search for a way to bring the family together. Kol and D

Hope has a flashback recalling the reason Klaus has ceased contact with her, however it hurts her very much. Roman, a friend of Hope's from the school, comes to Hope to chat about Henry. Klaus attacks Declan, believing that he should have protected Hayley, and Hope intervenes. Vincent visits a seer called Ivy for guidance. Marcel offers Henry a chance for the future after he faces punishment. Hope reveals to Roman who she really is. He flees when Klaus returns. Hope confesses to Klaus that she i

7 years ago: Elijah has left New Orleans and has no idea that he is a vampire. He meets Antoinette in New York and she takes him under her wing. Marcel finds Elijah and tells him to leave the city. Elijah hunts for Marcel to discover his true identity. Afterwards, he goes to France to find Antoinette. In the present: Elijah and Antoinette are still together and playing piano in a bar. He proposes to her and she accepts. Klaus confronts Antoinette and compels her to leave Elijah. She has been tak

Klaus confronts each faction and threatens them over Hayley's disappearance. Freya visits Hope, who is back in school, to find that she has been searching for Hayley herself. Klaus and Marcel act on a tip-off, but Hayley is gone once again. Angry, Klaus kidnaps a member of each faction and threatens to kill them if Hayley isn't found. Klaus informs Marcel that Elijah is gone. Hayley's crescent birthmark is sent to Klaus, and he flies into a rage and kills two of his hostages. Vincent intervenes

Marcel and Klaus stampede the vampire's household, killing everyone, except Greta, who admits to being the one who kidnapped Hayley. As they bleed her of vervain, she confesses that her husband was killed by Klaus and that Hayley will be delivered to them safely if Hope undergoes the same spell Klaus did to suppress his werewolf side. Marcel contacts Freya, who attempts the spell reluctantly, but Klaus stops it. In France, Antoinette tells Elijah that she had met him before their encounter in Ne

With the two of them being cloaked, Roman eventually leads Hope to Hayley where he chains up Hope and defends his mother's action. Caroline and Klaus also team up to search for her, and on the way reflect on their past. Meanwhile, Freya and Vincent argue about whether they should tell Declan about Hayley's life, with Vincent being afraid of Declan suffering the same fate as Cami. Vincent keeps quiet after seeing that Declan is related to Cami. Greta visits Antoinette where she convinces Elijah t

Elijah and Antoinette visit the army Greta has created. There, Klaus shows up, bites Antoinette and imprisons them both. When Elijah spots her wound, he decides to make an offer to Klaus: Elijah will restore his memory if Klaus gives Antoinette his blood. When Klaus refuses, Elijah asks Marcel and Vincent, who agree. They conduct the spell which ends up failing. Keelin and Freya reunite in the wake of Hayley's death. Meanwhile, Hope struggles with her mother's death, blaming herself. Klaus tries

All of the Mikaelson siblings end up trapped in the Chambre de Chasse as well as Marcel. It is there that they find out they are trapped in a spell with representational magic, each one of them having to find a key to unlock a door. Marcel tells them that Hope is planning to draw The Hollow out of all of their bodies. Kol and Marcel then discover a room that had been gone for over a century, meaning Hope could not have known about its existence. They deduce that it was Freya who cast the spell.

Hope blames Elijah for Hayley's death, disregarding the fact that Elijah had lost his memories then. When the whispers in Hope's head grow stronger, Hope visits Declan. Elijah is also there. Hope proceeds to release her anger onto Elijah. Hope confesses to Klaus that by hurting Elijah, the whispers in her head stopped. Meanwhile, the vampires post flyers around the city, warning the werewolves that if they do not evacuate New Orleans, they will be forced out. This threat results in a faceoff bet

After many failed attempts to rid Hope of the voices in her head, Klaus tracks down Roman and takes him. Antionette finds out about his abduction and asks Elijah to try to reason with Klaus. Hope ends up torturing Roman but is unwilling to kill him. Elijah comes up with a plan that will help Hope in ridding her of the voices. Meanwhile, Marcel manages to track down the extremists but ends up getting captured and drained of his venom. Josh arrives to rescue him and in the process Josh ends up dyi

After Bill's death, Klaus notices a strange symptom present in Hope. He asks Davina for assistance, who conducts a spell but ends up finding out that Hope's condition will only worsen and will eventually kill her. Freya takes advantage of the Mikaelson's reuniting and decides to have her wedding. Freya ends up asking Rebekah to be the maid of honor, Vincent to be the best man, Kol to officiate, and Elijah to walk her down the aisle. Elijah and Vincent turn down the offer. Elijah reminisces about

To save Hope's life, Klaus takes her to Mystic Falls with Elijah. There he asks Caroline to help him with the power of her daughters. His plan is to take out the magic from Hope and to put it in his body. Caroline is not happy about Klaus' decision but she accepts to help him, but Alaric disagrees, and he only accepts too when Klaus tells them he wants to kill himself after the spell. Hope faints and meets her mother, who shows her she has found peace. Hope wakes up in her father's arms. At midn

As Klaus attempts to kill himself, he is interrupted by Hope and imprisoned. He hallucinates Mikael, which causes him to break free, and Cami, who stops him from hurting Hope in time for Elijah to snap his neck. Klaus awakens to find that Elijah has absorbed some of the Hollow's magic so he can say his goodbyes. Caroline holds Klaus to his promise years ago to tour New Orleans. She encourages him to say goodbye to Hope and give her closure. Marcel, Rebekah, Elijah, Freya, and Keelin reminisce ab