It Takes | [s3e5] This Is What

attempts to spend quality time with MG, though the plan does not go as expected .

The production of the slasher-themed episode? [S3E5] This Is What It Takes

In Season 3, Episode 5 of , titled " This Is What It Takes ," the most interesting feature is the "Therapy Box," a magical device that thrusts the protagonist, Hope Mikaelson , into a simulation based on a 1980s summer camp slasher film . Key Features of the Episode attempts to spend quality time with MG, though

makes a significant decision about her future, leading her to leave the Salvatore School to pursue a more "normal" life . Key Features of the Episode makes a significant

: The episode uses the therapy box to explore Hope's trauma by placing her in a horror movie setting, complete with archetypal characters and a mysterious masked killer .

: Outside the simulation, other major shifts occur: