'Vampire Diaries' Season 5 Spoilers: Elena Set To Return 'Back To Her Friends And Her Old Life? [VIDEO]
Fans who want Elena to get her body back on The Vampire Diaries are in luck.
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The CW show's executive producer Caroline Dries revealed to TVLine that Katherine won't possess Elena for much longer. However, Katherine's damage to Stefan won't disappear quickly.
"Elena will ultimately return to the show, back to her friends and her old life, but there will be the fallout from everything Katherine left in her wake," Dries said. "Just when he seemed to finally be getting over Elena and starting to heal, Katherine stormed into his life and reopened that wound."
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Stefan and his brother Damon will also face a challenge bringing Elena back after they discover Katherine's evil ways.
"[T]heir shock of discovering that it's Katherine will be trumped by the fact that they need to figure out how to get Elena back," Dries said.
"That's the more urgent thing, so ultimately, they have to figure out how to mastermind the master manipulator. It becomes a 'Katherine vs. our heroes' kind of storyline, which is very fun."
Dries also hinted that Katherine may return in the future.
"That's something everyone will have to wait and see, but I will say that what happens with that is something we've never done on the show before," she said. "It's pretty final."
-- The upcoming episode of The Vampire Diaries titled "No Exit" airs on Thursday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. EST on the CW.
