‘Legacies’ Stages a Family Reunion With Chris Wood’s Kai Parker (PHOTOS)

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Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Kai Returns
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Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Saltzmans
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It’s the Saltzmans vs. the prison world

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Alaric
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Alaric (Matthew Davis)

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Weapon
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It’s better to be armed in the prison world

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Josie
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Josie (Kaylee Bryant)

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Josie Sword
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Josie’s armed … and dangerous?

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Josie Prison World
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How will Josie handle the prison world?

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Kai
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Chris Wood is back as Kai.

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Lizzie
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Lizzie (Jenny Boyd)

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Saltzman Family
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The Saltzman family

Legacies Season 2 Episode 12 Alaric Daughters
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Alaric faces his daughters.

Thomas Doherty as Sebastian and Matthew Davis as Alaric in Legacies - Season 2 Episode 12
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Sebastian (Thomas Doherty) and Alaric

Legacies - Season 2 Episode 12 - Thomas Doherty as Sebastian and Jenny Boyd as Lizzie
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The prison world isn’t exactly a romantic place.

Legacies - Season 2 Episode 12 - Thomas Doherty as Sebastian
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Sebastian

Legacies - Season 2 Episode 12 - Thomas Doherty as Sebastian
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Who wouldn’t trust this face?

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Legacies is getting a visit from a familiar villain in an upcoming Season 2 episode: Chris Wood’s Kai Parker.

The Vampire Diaries fans will remember Kai well for the death and destruction he caused in Mystic Falls, including ruining his sister Jo (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe) and Alaric’s (Matthew Davis) wedding. And Kai’s return to the TVD universe comes as twins Josie (Kaylee Bryant) and Lizzie (Jenny Boyd) worry about the upcoming merge.

In the February 6 episode, aptly titled “Kai Parker Screwed Us,” “when a series of events leads Josie, Lizzie, and Alaric to the prison world, they come face to face with the twins’ evil uncle Kai.” At the end of the latest episode, those three were transported to the prison world by Alyssa Chang. 

“We are thrilled Chris Wood is coming back,” executive producer Brett Matthews told TV Insider. “He loves the character as much as the fans do. The one thing we all know about Kai Parker is you can’t trust him, but what if you had to? That’s the central question of the episode.”

Legacies, Thursdays, 9/8c, The CW