We have to talk about Klaus and Caroline. Why did you decide to have them hook up and was it partly your way of closing the Klaroline chapter?
Yeah. It felt like we’ve never been able to, because of the spinoff, fully deliver on what the next layer of their story would be. And it was always in our minds to figure out a way to pay that off and the 100th episode seemed like the most appropriate time to do it. Also, in a way, Caroline’s journey on The Vampire Diaries this year has been she’s got a lot of opinions and she’s very open and honest about her feelings about Elena’s feelings for Damon, and I think this is a way of making herself look in the mirror and say, “Oh gosh, I understand now.”