Connor has to be persuaded not to do the higher being's bidding. Jasmine has the idea of destroying free will and turning Earth back into a paradise. She doesn't understand that evil has always existed, long before Jasmine and her kind.

It appears to Connor as his mother. Not her vampiric self, of course, or even her human form. This Darla is an angel.

Jasmine sees through the pretence, although she can't actually see the First. Then Connor resists too. The First can only watch, frustrated, as Jasmine's plan comes to fruition.

No matter.

The First has its own plans.