SPOILERS for the BOOK in the COMMENTS!! song: Dauðalogn-Sigur-Rós http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqXUVuK8TCY OMG. I CRIED MY F*CKING EYES OUT. OH LORD! THIS WAS JUST AMAZING; ALL THE STELENA, AND THAT KISS, ALL THE DELENA, THE MATTLENA, THE FORWOOD. The way Stefan saved Matt and not Elena, and the look on his face! AHAHAHAHA!!! By far the best episode yet!!! "Paul Wesley called when he read the script and he said 'How could he...there's no way that Stefan would leave her to die, you know....like he loves her so much'. He's like 'I don't buy it for a minute'. And I said 'What do you mean you don't buy it? That's the entire freakin foundation of Stefan and Elena's relationship...that he respects her choice'. And this is her choice. And she's saying to you 'help him first'. I said to him, that your not leaving her to die, your just helping him first. And unfortunately, time has run out and then she dies before he can get back there but you know...it's the beauty of the dynamic of your relationship and the fundamental thing that separates Damon and Elena from Stefan and Elena. Btw, neither of them would be wrong in that situation. I mean, Damon grabbing her and letting poor Matt Donovan die...okay, you know...that leaves Elena alive, and Damon's very clear about that. What do you do in a moment where you know that if you don't save the child, then you save your wife...she will probably never forgive you for saving her. And I believe that to be so true for Elena...like if Stefan saved Elena and let Matt die, especially given the way it all turned out, I don't know that Elena could ever recover from that. The guilt would have been too much. So even though it sucked...it was horrible for Stefan...it was the worst thing he had to do in his entire life...and he would never probably do it again...it was the right call." - Julie Plec on The V.R.O.