Elena (Nina Dobrev) shows off her brand new pink hair streaks in these episodes stills from this week’s Vampire Diaries!

In “Because the Night,” Damon (Ian Somerhalder) takes Elena away from Mystic Falls to New York City, where he lived and partied hard in the 1970s.

When Rebekah (Claire Holt) also shows up in New York, she’s impressed with Elena’s secret agenda. Flashbacks reveal Damon’s hedonistic life in the underground club scene and a complicated encounter with Lexi (Arielle Kebbel).

Meanwhile, Caroline (Candice Accola) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) try to convince Klaus (Joseph Morgan) that it would be in his own best interest to help them track Silas down, and Bonnie (Kat Graham) struggles to keep her grasp on reality and do the right thing.