Nikki Reed's boyfriend Ian Somerhalder will try his hand at directing as the actor will helm an episode of "The Vampire Diaries."

Ian Somerhalder posted an image on his Instagram a copy of the script for episode 616 titled "The Downward Spiral." It's written by Brian Young and Caroline Dries and directed by him.

Nikki Reed's boyfriend Ian Somerhalder then wrote the caption: "This is pretty cool too... Who is directing the next episode? On set with him right now;) Thank you to all involved in the decision-making process for giving me the opportunity to do this-I am so grateful. I'll do my very verry very best not to screw it up."

Paul Wesley, who plays Stefan Salvatore, already directed two episodes, "Resident Evil" and "Woke up with a Monster."

"Other than the title, 'The Downward Spiral,' little is known about what's in store for the episode," said She Knows. "We're assuming Damon will still be in the plot, like Stefan was still in the episode Wesley directed in Season 5, titled 'Resident Evil.'"

Things are heating up in "The Vampire Diaries" especially with Ian Somerhalder's character Damon and Nina Dobrev's character Elena, with the emergence of Kai as a supervillain who's out to get them to quench his thirst for revenge.

As showrunner Caroline Dries explained to E! News, Kai "has a chip on his shoulder for Elena and Damon, but especially Damon having been stranded by him in the prison world."

That's why Kai getting at Nikki Reed's boyfriend Ian Somerhalder through Elena would be the "perfect revenge." "But he also has a more pointed reason for having her that he's trying to-well, I won't give that away! But having sucked up all that magic from Mystic Falls has repercussions even for him. He needs Elena's help with that," Caroline Dries added.