The 'Vampire Diaries' season finale concluded with a master plan gone awry and two major characters not coming back from the Other Side!

Since the beginning, the series has toyed with the definition of being dead. Nearly all characters in Mystic Falls, if not all, have seen the light (at least once, if not more times) and have somehow prolonged their life on the show in one form or another, whether it be through spells, resurrections or as ghosts.

The May 15 season finale of The Vampire Diaries is another epic conclusion to a fantastic season. The episode featured the return of beloved familiar faces, the end of Markos (Raffi Barsoumian) and two major characters saying goodbye, possibly for good! Read on for all the details on the finale!

Stefan's stay on the Other Side is only temporary. While on the Other Side, Stefan reunites with his best friend Lexi, who saves Stefan from being forever taken. "I think you owe me a beer." Meanwhile, in the world of the living, Damon isn't taking the news of Stefan's death well. (This will come back around at the end.) Obviously, Damon, Elena, Caroline and so. don't accept Stefan's death so easily. So they begin to a hatch a plan.

Fast-forward.. Bonnie and Damon stand next to each other as the Other Side comes toppling down around them. Even though they haven't seen eye-to-eye on many matters, it doesn't matter anymore. "[I'm] sure there a million other people we'd rather be with, but ... ," Bonnie says before she takes his hand. They face a blinding light as it begins to consume them. "Do you think it'll hurt?" Damon's last words: "I don't know ... "

Well, that's one explosive way to end a season! I give credit where credit is due for giving us an unexpected twist, but my praise ends there. DAMON IS DEAD? After all we went through last week already? How can Damon be dead? Ian Somerhalder is the heart of this show! No. I am in the first stage of grief. Hard-core denial.