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Season 4
Chapter 1: More than Human
Annabelle and Kyoko of the Wyrd Sisters meet Delilah, leader of the LA Thin-Bloods. Trouble happens when Annabelle's sire, Carver arrives for a meeting, as well as Aurora, Scourge of the Camarilla.
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: Nelli G becomes Baron of Hollywood.
- Bar Fight: Carver starts one in the night club to give him a way of sneaking out.
- Birds of a Feather: Delilah, Kyoko, and Annabelle quickly became huge friends.
- Brutally Honest: Carver takes this tactic with his arguments, which works well for him.
- Continuity Nod: Aurora alludes to the fact the Sabbat originally were Anarchs themselves before they became the blood soaked sect they were.
- Dark Secret: Thin Bloods can become "normal" vampires via diablerie. Carver argues this is something they should consider if they want power.
- Dramatic Irony: Delilah doesn't know that Annabelle's group is the one that killed her brother and is seeking information from her on it.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: All three of the Kindred women make it clear how much they dislike Carver despite being on the same side. He takes it in stride.
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: Carver freely admits to being one of these.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Annabelle is frustrated that everything Carver says is correct.
- Hidden Depths: Carver is actually a Noddist scholar and has a copy of the Book of Nod on him.
- Knight of Cerebus: When Aurora arrives looking for information on her brother and Carver.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Delilah can endure the sun. Kyoko and Annabelle are stunned by this.
- Pragmatic Villainy:
- Aurora explains that she's become a genuine believer in the Camarilla because of this. The existence of planes, tanks, and other modern technology means she thinks vampires need to stay under the radar.
- Carver appeals to Delilah on this basis, arguing that she should engage in it versus wide-eyed idealism.
- Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: How Annabelle feels about working with Carver.
- Vampires Own Nightclubs: Delilah owns a slightly shabbier one than Victor's, though it has a huge aquarium.
- Villains Out Shopping: Aurora enjoys a dance at the club and engages in friendly banter with Annabelle despite how terrified the latter is of her.
- Wham Line: Isaac Abrams give one."I have to go."
Chapter 2: Darkness Divide
Jasper, Eva, Kyoko and Greg explore the Labyrinth.
- Annoying Younger Sibling: Kyoko acts like this to Eva and Jasper.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Ib dragoons Gregory into helping her on a stakeout.
- Artifact of Doom: The Black Mirror that took six months for Hester to fix instead of a couple of days.
- Comically Serious: Jasper and Eva play this role to Kyoko.
- Continuity Nod: Strauss is capable of making Gargoyles. He's made one to replace the one killed/defected in Bloodlines.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The Gargoyle kicks the coterie's ass and forces them into retreat.
- The Dragon: Strauss has left a gargoyle to guard the Labyrinth and keep Anarchs out of it.
- Evil Is Deathly Cold: How Gregory feels traveling through the magic mirror. The others are less effected, being dead.
- GenreShift: This is an old fashioned D&D-esque Dungeon crawl with traps, monsters, and weird magic.
- Heroic Sacrifice: The group thinks Jasper was trying to pull one of these. He was actually trying to lead the Gargoyle away from his haven.
- Moment Killer: Kyoko shows up and utterly ruins Jasper and Eva's date.
- Not Quite the Right Thing:
- Jasper lets Eva feed on him and becomes murderously hungry as a result.
- Kyoko and Gregory try to help Eva, only to get electrocuted in the process.
- Occam's Razor: Gregory asks why they don't just drive to the Labyrinth.
- Out Of Context Problem: A gargoyle shows up in the middle of the Labyrinth.
- Team Mom: Hester makes sure that Kyoko will be back two hours before sunrise. Jasper is genuinely confused by this infantalizing of her."She's not your mom is she? You are an adult, right?"
- Technology Marches On: In-universe. Jasper and Eva aren't terribly old vampires but are utterly confused at the idea of magazines being outdated.
- Your Costume Needs Work: A employee of Hester's shop comments on Eva and Jasper's outfits for "Gorefest."
Chapter 3: Voice of the Dead
Victor, Jasper, Eva, Annabelle and Kyoko hold court as various fellow Kindred pay a visit to the undisputed baron of the valley.
- Easily Forgiven: Victor is forgiven by Jasper for Dominating him but not Eva.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Velvet is not happy that Nelli was chosen as Baron of Hollywood instead of her.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Victor argues this as his defense for Dominating Eva and Jasper into letting Strauss pass.
- Internal Reveal: Lots of these.
- Annabelle finds out the vamily killed Rodrigo, though they do it via inference.
- Eva discovers that she was Dominated by Victor into not attacking Strauss.
- Annabelle confesses she's arranged a trap for Carver and Aurora.
- Jasper finds out Chloe is alive and X's ghoul from Annabelle but not that she's Archangel.
- Gary Golden finds out about the sleeping Nosferatu in the Labyrinth.
- Running Gag: Victor is attempting to set up a super-powerful lighting system as a trap against Aurora.
- Senseless Sacrifice: Victor argues that this is what would have happened if Eva and Jasper had fought Strauss.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: Victor and Velvet engage in some of these over whether she's an enemy.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Not quite reaching the level of Face–Heel Turn, Velvet Velour has begun hanging around Cammies.
- Unreliable Narrator: Chloe turns out to have been very selective in her presentation of facts to Annabelle about her ghouldom.
Chapter 4: The Darkest Places
Nelli G has her party to celebrate becoming Baron. The vamily receives an unexpected guest.
- All Myths Are True: The existence of Gargoyles results in Annabelle and Mark deciding this is true.
- The Bus Came Back: After an extended absence, Nelli G finally makes her return.
- Dramatic Irony: The vamily trusts Jeanette but doesn't trust Therese.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: Victor Temple has one of these when Nelli suggests that Strauss may have been promoted above Keeper of Elysium."There's nothing above Keeper of Elysium but for Seneschal and Prince." *shocked Pikachu face*
- Hot Librarian: Annabelle refers to Therese as one of these.
- Inadequate Inheritor: Nines was worried that Nelli G would be this but is convinced otherwise.
- Meaningful Rename: Nelli G refers to herself now as Baron Griffith.
- Pet the Dog: Victor says he wants to protect the Thin Bloods even in the face of Fiorenza's disapproval.
- Put on a Bus: Garrick announces he's leaving Los Angeles, likely because Ivan B. Van Norman is still employed with Geeks and Sundry.
- Rank Up: Strauss is now acting as the defacto Prince.
- Real Politik: Garrick attempts to use the battle with the gargoyle in the Labyrinth to say the truce has been violated.
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Annabelle, of all people, indicates that hunting the Thin Bloods is likely to lead to this.
- Slobs Versus Snobs: Garrick takes time to take several digs at Temple's club. Baron Temple gives as good as he got.
- Snark-to-Snark Combat: Garrick and Baron Temple have a conversation barely on the side of civil.
- Tome of Eldritch Lore: Victor gets a copy of the Book of Nod from Fiorenza.
- Took a Level in Badass: Mark has been practicing in terms of fighting and Kindred lore under Nines.
Chapter 5: Pressure Lines
Jasper and Eva encounter Katya in the Labyrinth, and then take her to meet Victor.
- Beware the Nice Ones: The depths of Eva's hatred for Strauss is revealed when she triggers an earthquake to try to kill Strauss.
- Boss Fight: Jasper and Eva versus the Gargoyle has this sort of feel.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Katya has been brainwashed by Strauss into his loyal servant again.
- Cult: Jasper belonged to one of these while a mortal.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Victor and Katya have a conversation that involves the movie Labyrinth, the Lion King Musical, and Twitter.
- Hunter of Monsters: Jasper and Eva set themselves up to go after the Labyrinth's Gargoyle.
- Lock-and-Load Montage: Jasper and Eva go over all their various tools for hunting the Gargoyle.
- Love Triangle: Katya, Jasper, and Eva's is a significant focus of the episode.
- Manipulative Bastard: Katya says she's happy for Jasper and Eva while trying to use Victor to break them up.
- Pet the Dog: Katya returns Jasper's favorite knife to him, taken by Aurora.
- Rank Up: Katya is named the Tremere Primogen of Los Angeles in place of Robert Garrick.
- The Reveal: The Nosferatu in torpor in the Labyrinth is Zellios the Builder. He's also awake.
- There's No Kill like Overkill: Eva attempts to kill Strauss by using the Labyrinth to trigger an earthquake under the Magic Castle.
- Villainous Rescue: Katya and two associates appear to help against the Gargoyle.
Chapter 6: Hollywood Forever
Nelli G's coming out party as the Baron of Hollywood.
- The Beautiful Elite: Nelli's party is full of these from all over Hollywood and Kindred society.
- Double Entendre: Jasper is good with his hands.
- Dreaming of Things to Come: X has a vision of the Toreador, Ventrue, and Ventrue clans being chased by a wolf.
- Dreaming of Times Gone By: X looks into Eva's amulet given to her by Jasper to learn about their feelings for each other.
- Drugs Are Good: Eva feeds on a man she's drugged with LSD.
- Exact Words: X comes in a dress and suit pants since Nelli's invitation specified these as the dress code.
- Famed In-Story: Victor makes 'Special K' (Kyoko) a pop star without her knowledge, saying her album will drop soon.
- Inadequate Inheritor: Therese and Velvet Velour both believe that Nelli is unable to fill Isaac Abram's shoes.
- Loophole Abuse: The Camarilla doesn't consider Thin Bloods to be covered by the truce made between Victor and Strauss. As such, they have been murdering them with impunity.
- Love Confession: Eva gives one of these to Jasper before departing. Jasper gives her one after she's already departed.
- The Man Behind the Man: Strauss and Suzanne have been keeping the Camarilla running.
- Put on a Bus: Eva goes on a trip outside of LA to take care of some business.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: Chloe is in X's ear the entire time.
Chapter 7: Dead Ecstasies
Nelli G meets Suzanne, before a meeting with Katya, Ib, and Vannevar.
- Bastard Bastard: Suzanne says that Eva is dangerous because she was Embraced without permission, is a drug addict, and a danger to all of them.
- Bullying a Dragon: Nelli G is rude and sarcastic to Vannevar, which he only barely manages to keep from frenzying over. This despite the fact he's about two hundred years older than her.
- The Caligula: Vannevar is at his absolute worst here. Which makes it all the more shocking when he's cured of his insanity by Katya.
- Dating Catwoman: It turns out Nelli G and Suzanne have been seeing each other socially behind their respective factions' back.
- Inadequate Inheritor: Vannevar refuses to believe Katya is equal to the now-departed Garrick.
- Insane Troll Logic: Vannevar asks why Isaac Abrams is gone and why his permission wasn't sought for a new Baron.
- Little Black Dress: Ib is wearing one of these.
- Properly Paranoid: Suzanne is worried that Strauss is watching her. He is.
- Sarcastic Clapping: Suzanne gives Nelli G the golf clap when the latter brags about being Baron of Hollywood.
- Schmuck Bait: Suzanne offers Nelli G a taste of her blood, which she wisely refuses.
- Tome of Eldritch Lore: The Book of Nod makes an appearance within the episode.
- Wham Episode: Vannevar is cured of his insanity and declares a Blood Hunt on Therese.
Chapter 8: And All the Sinners Saints
The coterie deals with the fallout of Vannevar's blood hunt on Therese.
- Breaking the Fellowship: This episode results in the vamily splitting apart, possibly permanently.
- Jasper says he no longer wants to be part of the coterie.
- X attempts to kill Annabelle.
- Broken Pedestal: Annabelle feels this way after X's attempt to kill her.
- Despair Event Horizon: X suffers one of these with the realization the vamily won't help him kill Therese.
- Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Ib's loyalties remain nebulous as she helps the Vamily after helping the Camarilla.
- Face–Heel Turn: X turns against the vamily and attempts to diablerize Annabelle.
- Fantastic Racism: Even the Caitiff of Los Angeles look down on the Duskborn.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Jasper gives Annabelle one of these after pointing out she hasn't suffered nearly as much as she thinks versus other Kindred. The fact it's headed by pretty much the only occasion in which Alex Ward/Jasper raises his voice - outright screaming that Annabelle had alleviated part of her "suffering" by making Mark a ghoulnote - makes it quite a powerful blow in the otherwise relative quiet that is the average LA By Night episode.
- Jasper: Yeah, YOU MADE HIM A FUCKING GHOUL!! That was your goddamned decision! You didn't make any fucking decisions except that one. Every decision that's been put in front of you has been made for you.
- Pet the Dog: It's revealed Victor and Jasper helped a bunch of human trafficking victims escape from a shipping container. Victor even gave them a free ride at Griffith college.
- Pragmatic Villainy: Despite hating Therese, Victor thinks that protecting her is the right call. This loses him the trust and respect of X.
- Rescue Arc: The vamily teams up to rescue a Thin Blood named Blake. This is the final straw for X.
- Shout-Out: X dresses like Freddy Krueger this episode.
- Tears of Blood: Jasper cries these when he says he no longer wants to be part of the coterie.
- Unperson: X claims that Therese did this to him, removing his former identity.
- Villainous Breakdown: X has one of these after discovering the vamily won't help kill Therese.
Epilogues
A collection of meetings after the events of Season 4.
- The Alliance: Nines, Delilah, and Victor are now part of an alliance. With Victor's alliance with Nelli, it unites most of the Anarchs.
- Best Served Cold: Fiona turned her Second Inquisition prisoner's skull into a jewelry box.
- Elaborate Underground Base: Carver turns out to keep his haven in the Manson Caves.
- Evil Mentor:
- Hester agrees to be one for Jasper in the ways of Thaumaturgy.
- Carver convinces Annabelle to study under him.
- Feminist Fantasy: Fiona and Nelli G attempt to bond over being female Barons, only to fail due to their differing ethics.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Jasper and X go through an extensively traumatic experience of shared memories and visions.
- Heroic Sacrifice: X admits he wanted Annabelle to take over his body when he diablerized her so she'd have the power to kill Therese.
- Humble Hero: Nines admits that while he did kill a werewolf in single combat, it was a youth of their race and he doesn't feel proud but ashamed.
- I'm a Humanitarian: X decides that since Nelli G and Jasper are both diablerists, it's not so bad.
- Jerkass Has a Point: As insufferable as she is, Fiona is right that it has never occurred to Victor that Nelli might have issues with him riding around in her dead abuser's limo.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Nines Rodriguez proves to be one of these, giving Victor a lot of reasonable advice.
- Running Gag: Jasper constantly getting mistaken for a horror magazine model continues here.
- Sanity Slippage: X, despite being Malkavian, suffers a lot of this.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech:
- Nines gives a gentle one to Victor, saying that all of his successes and relatively small losses have given him an unearned sense of invulnerability.
- Fiona gives one to Nelli G over the fact that she's still following a male vampire's lead (Victor in this case).
- Shipper on Deck: Hester supports Jasper and Eva.
- Vampires Own Nightclubs: Nines owns a dive bar that exists despite the rest of the neighborhood being gentrified.
- Vision Quest: X undergoes one of these that he brings Jasper along with.
