Better Late Than Never! The Murder Of One Was The Murder Of The One We Didn't Care About

I am so sorry it took so long to get this latest review out. The week the episode aired my grandfather was admitted into the hospital and watching Vampire Diaries was the farthest thing from my mind. After he was released, all of us got really sick with a nasty virus. But now I’m better and I’m ready to review this episode in anticipation for the latest episode airing tomorrow.

The episode starts off with Elena going to check on Alaric and Damon denying her access into the apartment. I truly love this playful banter between them—banter that I feel would be lost should Damon and Elena end up together. I truly think they have a better friend or brother/sister type relationship. Damon could and would be the guy to smack Stefan upside the head if he did something to annoy or upset Elena.

So why are they denying Elena access to Alaric? Because Stefan, Damon and Alaric are bonding in creating White Oak Ash stakes! The way this occurred was hilarious. Alaric has a giant power saw and Damon is detecting Elena’s movements with his super vampire hearing “Walking down the stairs…..opening the front door…and she’s gone!” BUZZ GOES THE POWER SAW!

Stefan has some fun bitching at Damon to make the stake sharper and to do a better job at whittling. Ric wants to turn himself in because of his homicidal alter ego, but Damon and Stefan are having none of that. They need everyone around possible to ensure Klaus dies. Since they are going to be killing originals, they make Ric put his ring back on, despite his homicidal alter ego. (I wonder if his alter-ego has a name too…like good Alaric is Ric and bad Alaric is Ala).

Meanwhile, in the woods, Elena is breaking the news to Caroline that Ric was the one who killed her father, but Elena points out that Ric didn’t ask for this to happen to him—just like Caroline didn’t ask to be a vampire. This seems to calm Caroline down a bit (though she totally has every reason to be pissed off). And she, Elena and Matt find out why Stefan texted them—White Oak Ashes for everybody! Woo!

Meanwhile, Klaus has tracked down Finn and is currently harassing his big brother. Finn is all ‘Piss off, asshole.’ And Klaus is all ‘Come on, guy. If you don’t undo the link that our bitch mom created then you can’t actually you know, see me die like you wanted.’ Finn is all ‘Bugger off, Mofo.’ Finn tells Klaus if he tries to dagger him, then Klaus would lose his beloved Rebekah and stomps off—only to run into…REBEKAH. Klaus basically knocks him out and drags his ass back to Mystic Falls. Oh Klaus. I love you so so much. Please don’t ever die.

Damon, Stefan, Elena, Caroline and Matt do a little role playing scenarios in which would be the best way to kill an original. They have 12 daggers thus 12 different shots at getting the job done.

Back in Klaus’ mansion Finn is bitching and whining that Klaus can’t force him to help them, but Klaus has a better way of getting what he wants. Enter Sage. Finn is very happy to see his sweetheart and she is very happy to see her creepy suicidal boyfriend. Kol sends Klaus a text message and Klaus answers back using a stylus. I don’t know why this amuses me since Elijah and Klaus are the ones who have had the longest time to use technology, but it’s hysterical.

Rebekah tells Klaus she’s off to get revenge on Damon and if he has questions as to why then he can ask Sage. Something tells me that Klaus will not like the fact that Damon messed with his beloved little sister. Klaus may be a lunatic for all intents and purposes, but the one sibling he truly loves above all else is Rebekah. She is the one sibling he rejects hurting or daggering. Something tells me that if given the opportunity, Klaus will go over protective big brother on Damon’s ass.
Damon hides his stake with Ric watching and hears some noise downstairs so he goes to see what’s going on, only to see Ric thrown down the stairs (it’s a good thing Damon made him put his ring back on!) only to turn around and be stabbed in the stomach by Rebekah.

Elena is trying to contact Bonnie (who is not returning her calls) and Caroline, Matt and Elena spot Finn walking around the town square with Elena. Caroline uses her super vampire hearing to eavesdrop on the conversation. Sage brings him to the place where they used to sneak to 900 years ago to steal kisses and make out. After 900 years Sage has never stopped loving Finn and doesn’t want him to die.

Elena calls Stefan to ask him what to do about Finn. They have an opportunity to take them down and out, but Stefan advises her to do nothing because Sage is 900 years old and very powerful. He arrives home to see Alaric coming to from being attacked by Rebekah and tells Elena there is an issue. Rebekah has Damon.

Rebekah has a little torture shop of horrors set up in Klaus’ room for Damon and is chaining him with what looks to be bear traps. Somebody has been watching way too many horror movies. Her idea of revenge is to bleed Damon of the vervain in his system so she could compel him to kill Stefan (I guess she’s 100% over him lol) or Elena. Damon tries to make smart assed comments that this is kinky and snidely remarks that she probably want to compel him to be her boyfriend. Klaus comes in and gives Rebekah some torture advice, but she tells him to go manage his witch and let her play with her new toy.

Turns out the witch Klaus procured to help him with the unlinking spell is Bonnie. Klaus has Kol up in Colorado spying on Jeremy and has given orders to kill him should Bonnie not comply with his wishes.

Caroline goes to check on Alaric and deliver the herbs that Bonnie has instructed Alaric to drink to make sure his homicidal side doesn’t come out. She tells Alaric that she knows that he killed her father and Alaric apologizes to her. Caroline has every right to be angry at him, yet she reflects on the first life she took as a vampire and admitted she liked it. She very wisely tells Alaric that all of them have blood on their hands. She chooses to forgive Ric because that’s what Elena would do. They should all wear WWED bands around their wrists.

Stefan and Elena get into an argument about what their next move should be. Stefan wants to jump the gun to kill the Originals since Finn is sitting like a lamb to slaughter at the grill. Elena wants to go rescue Damon. Stefan gets pissy and basically walks off like a stubborn child. Look guy, I know you want to get your revenge, but go save your brobro first, mmkay?

Meanwhile, Damon is still being tortured and Elena has come to save him. She feeds him her blood and they almost kiss—Delena fans are about to get their moment and—Rebekah just middle fingered you all because you got PUNKED. Mind game karama is a bitch, ain’t it? Damon telling her off is hilarious though, claiming how desperate for attention she must be what with Klaus bossing her around for 1000 years. And then she stabs him really bad.

So bad that Bonnie can hear it from the other room. She basically tells Klaus he sucks and Klaus pretends to be concerned and understanding about her mother leaving her. He offers to bring her back for her—or in pieces. Ya Klaus is sadistic like that. Can he be my best friend? I kind of want to give him the list of everyone who was ever mean to me in High School.

Then we get to what is possibly the most epic part of the entire episode: Sage and Finn drinking tequila. I doubt going out and getting drunk was on Finn’s to do list after 900 years, but Sage waggles her fingers in shame at him and makes him drink some. Oh Matt I see you lurking in the shadows, waiting and ready to attack. Stefan, I see you there too, brah, but you being there is a little too obvious.

Anyway, some random vamp dude goes and says hi to Sage and Finn is not happy to learn that over the past 900 years Sage has created lots of vampires since he hates being a vampire etc. Oh Finn, you should have just stayed daggered. You don’t wear morally righteous so well, that’s more Elijah’s gig.

Finn and Sage go to have another drink—but whats this? Their drinks have been laced with vervain! Stefan you sneaky little devil. But, wait. Originals can smell vervain—didn’t Finn smell it in the drink? You know what? I don’t care. Finn is annoying and Sage is annoying. She is the anti-Lexi and anti-Lexi’s aren’t cool. Anyway. Sage and Finn are on their way to go street fight with Stefan and kick his ass.

Meanwhile, Bonnie is working on that unlinking spell. Oh and look they are unlinked.

…Just as Elena crossbows Finn in the chest and he dies. This is truly sad because of the anguish that Sage shows at losing her love that she waited 900 years for. She only got a few short hours with him and then he dies…his body bursting into flames (like Mikael’s did). Bye Finn you will be missed. I guess? Maybe?

Klaus escorts Bonnie out and Bonnie see’s that Damon is being held prisoner—she can see just how bad the torture is—Klaus even taunts her to save him—and she doesn’t. I can’t determine if this is Bonnie Bitch Rwar I Hate Damon mode or Bonnie being emotionally exhausted from being blackmailed by Klaus mode. She certainly would have reason to be angry at him for turning Abby, but to leave Damon in the clutches of Klaus and Rebekah? I don’t think that anyone deserves that torture. Shame on you Bonnie. Shame on you!

Okay she DOES redeem herself by calling Elena and informing her about what Klaus made her do (and boy does Stefan look PISSED OFF) and informs her that not only does he have Damon, but Klaus threatened the life of Jeremy and Abby. Then she hangs up and cries her little heart out. Okay, I’ll give her that. She’s allowed to cry after being used by a very sexy evil villain. Okay—I get her crying over Jeremy and her ordeal—but if she is crying over Abby at all? I’m going to smack her. Abby abandoned her and she’s been back in this woman’s life for 2 weeks at the most! Abby would be the last person on my mind if I was Bonnie. In fact I’d tell Klaus to do whatever the hell he wanted with her. Worry about the people who have been in your life the entire time. Worry about your dad and your normal family members who literally have no defense against him.

Stefan leaves the house about to have an epic tantrum and go and beat the shit out of Klaus. Elena tries to be rational and point out that going and acting all crazy will only get him killed, but he storms off—only to be thrown back into the house by one very pissed off Sage who wants to beat his ass. But then she and her little minion from the grill die.

So…cool. Now the only ones that are linked are the Originals to the vampires they made. So all around the world Sage’s little vampires are dying.

YAY NOW MY BELOVED ELIJAH AND KLAUS ARE SAFE!! Think about it, guys—logically either Elijah or Klaus made Rose (or Trevor who then made Rose)—Rose turned Kat—Kat turned Stefan and Damon—so they can’t die otherwise Kat, Stefan, Damon and Caroline would die. So let’s pretend for a second here that Elijah made Rose. Elijah would be untouchable—and since he’s the less threatening of all the originals, letting him live would be okay.

Now that leaves Klaus. Klaus turned Tyler—and there is no way Caroline would allow for him to die—so right now Klaus is totally safe.

THIS. IS. AWESOME. MAH BABIES ARE SAFE!

Hopefully.

Stefan goes to get his brobro. I love how he can just waltz into Klaus’ house unannounced. Oh Klaus—do you miss the days where Stefan was your wingman? I kind of do, kind of but not quite. So Stefan offers to hand over the “last 8 stakes” for Damon, but Klaus and Rebekah have bled all the vervain out of Damon and Klaus quickly learns the truth—and compels Damon to try and escape. You know—I think Klaus would give even give Jigsaw a run for his money. Even Stefan can’t look—Stefan the once feared Ripper!

Caroline and Elena are discussing who to save—it seems that they have figured this out too (sort of)—they don’t know who turned Rose—but they are hoping it’s not Klaus so they could still kill him. Of course, that’s when Caroline realizes that Tyler would die.

Okay, seriously? This isn’t even any contest—now granted—I don’t want Klaus to die—I’m pretty sure the fans don’t either—but if you were thinking in the minds of Elena and co. I think that they’d have to take one for the team. If Tyler knew his death would bring the end of Klaus I think he'd sacrifice himself for the greater good--and you know--to ensure Klaus could never get into Caroline's panties (which still needs to happen).

Klaus goes off on the most amazing tangent EVER. He is SUPER PISSED that Stefan has no appreciation for all the hard work Klaus has put in to make Stefan hate him so he doesn’t have to hate himself, and he’s done it because he still considers Stefan his friend. I…kind of like his homicidal logic, guys. What does that say about me?

Anyway, Stefan tries to stake Klaus, but of course Klaus overpowers him and tells Stefan to step down. Stefan has no choice. Really, can’t they just learn to get along? Klaus wouldn’t even bother them if they minded their own damn business and stayed out of his way. Just have Elena make a monthly or bi-monthly donation—maybe stock up on her bloodbags in case she decides to turn and just leave him alone. Seriously, there are worse things than having the most dangerous vampire of all time on your good side, right? I can only begin to imagine what lengths he’d go through for Elena in exchange for her blood.

Remember that jib Damon made to Rebekah about Klaus bossing her around? She lets him go and basically tells Klaus that she can do what she want to Damon, she captured him. She tells Stefan letting Damon go is a sign of good faith but they better bring him the stakes.

Rebekah seems genuinely sad over the death of Finn, but Klaus doesn’t seem to care—a fact which shocks Rebekah. He points out that Finn slept in a box longer than he lived as a man so let’s all say a prayer for poor Finn. Guys? Have I mentioned how much I love Klaus? Because I really, really love Klaus.

Rebekah wonders if Klaus would speak so poorly and uncaring of her if she died, and Klaus responds by telling her they’ll find out soon enough since she let the Salvatore’s go with two daggers on the loose. Rebekah challenges that while Stefan and Damon may fight like dogs, they are still loyal to each other and would die for each other. They know the true meaning of family. A fact that is not lost on Rebekah since she holds her family so dear.

Klaus says something that is truly heartbreaking, “I wanted a family. They just didn’t want me.”

TIME OUT. HUG. NOW. KLAUS NEEDS HUGS.

So Klaus is going to take his stakes, force Elena to go road tripping with him and make a new family of hybrids. He assumes that Rebekah will go with him, but when she said she wants to stay, he says she’s just as pathetic as Finn and storms off.

Then—what I have been waiting for since the first episode of season three happened. Stefan tells Elena he still loves her and always will—oh my god—oh my god! Kiss! Kiss and let my Stelena rejoice once mo—oh wait—Stefan wants Elena to say she has zero feelings what-so-ever for Damon.

Um—asshole? Damon is the only one that has kept her sane the entire time you were gone. When you were on your little ripper binge? Damon was there to make sure Elena didn’t get caught trying to find you. When you were a compelled douchebag? Damon was the one that kept her from breaking to pieces and falling apart? HOW ABOUT SHOWING SOME FUCKING GRATITUDE AND GETTING OVER SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A CENTURY AND A HALF AGO?!

You know what? She could have lied Stefan, she could have lied and said she felt nothing. But she’s being honest. And you know what? She might not be romantically in love with Damon, but she probably feels something for him as a friend, a big brother, a confident, etc. They’ve been through a lot together in trying to get back Stefan, it’s natural for her to feel something. It doesn’t necessarily mean she wants to get into his pants.

Guys? If I don’t get my Stelena back at the end of the season? There is going to be a HUGE fucking hole in my 42” plasma TV. I cannot even begin to express how serious I am.

Damon goes to get the stake back from Ric since they have no choice but to play by Klaus and Rebekah’s rules, but Alaric had a blackout and his alter-ego hid it.

Hmmm—does that mean Bonnie’s herbs aren’t working?

You know what would help? Like seriously—Alaric taking one for the team and dying. If Alaric is the only one who knows where the stake is and could end up accidentally killing the line of his BFF Damon then…I really see no solution. Alaric has to take one for the team.

But there are four more episodes left and according to Julie Plec we have a lot more deaths to get through.

As long as Elijah and Klaus live—I’m totes kewl with that.

So….ya. Review for the new ep coming tomorrow. Damon and Elena on a roadtrip to see Jeremy who shall contact Rose and find out which vampire turned her. Oh my god if she says Elijah I will die because then he is forever safe! *-*
We shall also see sexy Kol again—and Tyler and Esther—I don’t care about the last two but YAY for Jeremy, Rose and Kol.

Break On Through Breaks Through The Vampire Diaries Episode Funk

This week’s Vampire Diaries finally brought back the action and suspense that we’ve been waiting for. We had talks of threesomes, some sappy Stelena moments and Alaric going off his rocker in a style that makes him even scarier than when Klaus was possessing his body. In short the episode was AWESOME. The only thing that would have made it better was Klaus himself. Oh well…he’ll be back next week and it shall be glorious.

We start with Elena and Meredith giving Alaric a cat scan to see if they can notice anything inside his brain to indicate why he was going all crazy. Meredith admits she has suspected Alaric capable of the murders since she discovered his magic ring. Her reason for protecting Ric is just stupid: She’s a doctor she wants to help people with stuff they have no control over. Right so protecting a murderer is okay? Dumb dumb dumb. Also? Let’s just say Ric looks creepy as hell in that MRI machine. You can see his evil ego slowly overtaking him and it’s just…wow.

So of course they don’t find anything wrong with Alaric and Damon comes by to get Ric out of the hospital and Elena lets him have it for letting Stefan feed on an innocent girl last week. Damon sort of lets her have it back for being concerned about Stefan when she should be worried about Alaric and points out that he didn’t LET Stefan feed off a girl, he MADE him do it to make sure Stefan learns self- control.

Back over at Abby’s farm Bonnie and Caroline are helping Abby adjust to being a vampire. Abby is sulking because she can’t feel her garden—oh and apparently Bonnie made her dead-beat vampire mother that she barely knows a daylight ring. You know, Bonnie can be a hypocrite sometimes. She only helps the vampires she wants to help, she’s giving access to daylight a vampire who doesn’t have control—to a woman she barely knows. Caroline, trying to be the helpful ball of sunshine she is has gotten lots of blood from the blood bank. I love Caroline.

Meanwhile, Damon, Alaric and Meredith go to the groundbreaking ceremony to start the restoration of the Whickery Bridge. Alaric doesn’t want to be there and it seems the mayor was counting on him to bring a sign he was supposed to restore. Whoops? I guess Alaric was too busy murdering people to remember to do that. Oh well, it’s no biggie, the mayor will get it from him another time. Damon then spots a familiar face in the crowd—oh hi Sage. Fancy of you to show up just when Damon was reminiscing about you a day ago!

But Rebecca isn’t happy to see Sage. It seems that Rebekah and Sage did not approve of Sage and Finn’s relationship. Sage just wants to see Finn (and she called Klaus a rage-o-holic, it was awesome guys, seriously.) Damon still can’t believe that Sage was into Mr. Suicidal vampire. I can’t either. Sage strikes me as more of a lesbian and Finn strikes me as gay. I just can’t see him attracting a girl or being attracted to girls. After Rebekah basically tells Sage that Finn just isn’t that into her, she leaves and Sage calls her an ‘elitist original bitch’ (and again it was awesome) and hopes that Damon isn’t all BFFs with her.

Stefan is alone in his house and practicing ‘moderation’ by nomming on a bag of human blood when Elena waltzs into the house looking for a journal of her ancestor. Stefan and Elena have an awkward moment together, they don’t really know what to say each other after last night, but Stefan, being very tactless tells Elena that there is no hope for Alaric. After going crazy and being committed to an institution, Samantha Gilbert killed herself by giving herself a lobotomy with a knitting needle. So according to Stefan, Alaric is probably going to die. Boo, Stefan go and comfort your woman right now!

Back at the groundbreaking ceremony, Sage and Damon hatch a plan to get into Rebekah’s head to find out why she’s snooping around. Damon goes and flirts with her and basically suggest she comes over to his house and they have a threesome. Now my guess is Rebekah is thinking/hoping/assuming that this threesome is between her, Damon and Stefan—which….again…would be awesome.

At Abby’s house, Jamie (you remember him right? Abby’s not-son) is wanting to stay as far away from the house and Abby as possible because she’s a vampire. Honestly, given his experiences with vampires (Stefan and Klaus’ hybrid) I can’t say that I blame him. He doesn’t even trust Caroline, but she gives him a stern talking to and tells him that Abby needs him. Hey, kid? Go with your gut instinct. Stay away from vampires.

Meanwhile, Alaric is going through the records that Meredith had on him. He has a reason for every fight that he was in. Everyone was a jerk or a douche who did bad things. He also tells her that he was the one who staked her cousin Logan Fell. It doesn’t seem to bother her. She’s not here to judge the vampires, just vervain them, take their blood and use it for her own medical purposes.

Back at the house, Damon tells Stefan to scram unless he wants this threesome to become a foursome. Stefan is not into having sexy times with his brother and two hot chicks—one whom he used to screw on a regular basis in the 1920’s. Stefan gets in Damon’s face for talking to Elena—but Damon basically tells him to stop his whining and own up to the fact that he’s a vampire.

Back at Abby’s, Jamie did not listen to his gut instinct and goes into the house to see Abby and give his not-mom a hug. This proves to be a disaster because apparently Jamie smells uber good to Abby and she bites her not-son. Thankfully Bonnie uses her witch magic to migraine Abby away from Jamie. Should of listened to your gut instinct kid.

Back at Salvatore Estates, Damon and Sage wait for Rebekah to show up. Basically Sage theorizes because Rebekah is so needy for attention and fears being alone that she’ll totally come to this threesome. Well, Rebekah does come—she stole some wine from Klaus who stole it from a Queen—but Rebekah has no idea which one which tells us that Klaus was bedded and stole from tons of royal people. He probably compelled King Henry VIII to kill his wives and shit.

Damon seduces Rebekah—and I have to admit, I’d kind of like them as a couple, because it would totally piss off Klaus to have his little sister sleeping with the guy who has caused him such trouble the past few months, and because these two have great chemistry. They have hot sex (off screen and without Sage) and while Rebekah is sleeping, Sage gets inside her head and sees what Rebekah is looking for: The White Oak Tree. However, Sage peaks into Damon’s mind too and sees that the Originals are linked together. Since she can’t let her one true wub Finn die, she has to let Rebekah in on Damon’s plans and she burns the bridge. Damon promises Sage to personally end Finn’s life himself for her betrayal. I don’t see why Sage is so attracted to Finn—I really don’t. He’s a creepy momma’s boy.

Alaric gives Elena paperwork that will give her access to his bank account and will and how to contact his parents if something happens to him. He wants to make sure that she and Jeremy will be taken care of. Personally, I think this is sweet—Alaric truly cares about Elena and Jeremy—while I’m pretty sure the inheritance they got from their parents, Jenna’s death and surely John’s death that they are more than okay, it’s nice to see that Alaric is taking care of them. I mean it’s not like he can leave his money to Isobel or anything.

Meanwhile, Abby has considered running away, but Bonnie tells her she needs to stay so they can work things out between them. Abby is afraid of hurting Jamie or Abby, but agrees to stay. Caroline healed Jamie with some vampire blood and now needs a favor from Abby and Bonnie: A way to help Alaric. Bonnie is on her way to help Elena while Caroline stays behind to help Abby. Bonnie doesn’t seem super happy to go see Elena again, but like a trooper she’s doing it. She will need a personal item of Alaric’s that he wore before he started wearing the ring. So Alaric sends Elena to get his wedding ring while Meredith stays behind with him. Um—stupid much? Farwell Meredith, you couldn’t last forever.

Stefan meets Elena at Alaric’s house and she’s wary of his being here. Stefan tells her that he isn’t trying to hurt her, but he can’t be the man she wants him to be right now, he’s not in control and doesn’t want to hurt her. However, he did more digging on Samantha Gilbert and found out that the madness and violent behavior can still carry on in the person after they stop wearing the ring.

Meanwhile Alaric has slipped back into his murderer persona and goes and destroys the tranquilzer darts that Meredith has before sliding up behind her and very creepily asking her if she ever feels remorse. He claims that the founding families claim to hate the supernatural but they look away when it suits their needs. Even Meredith uses vampire blood to fit her own agenda. And then he attacks her and chases her up the stairs until she locks herself in the bathroom. Seriously, Alaric is terrifying as he orders her to open the door. Matt Davis needs to play more evil roles. We got a taste of his dark side when Klaus was possessing his body and now we are getting an even better taste of it. Evil!Alaric is awesome. Evil!Alaric and Klaus should be drinking buddies and home boys.

Back at Alaric’s Elena is looking for the wedding ring and Stefan asks her what she’s going to do with Alaric if Bonnie’s spell doesn’t work. Elena tells him that she isn’t going to “do anything” and continue to find a way to help him. Stefan points out that it’s not her job to save everyone, she can’t save everyone. She asks him if she’s referring to Alaric or himself because she has no plans on giving up on either of them. Stelena, please come back to me. It has been a long and lonely season without you.

What they find is really chilling. Alaric has a hit list of founding family members to kill so the council can be ‘cleansed’ (WTF does that mean?) and has a letter to be sent to Jeremy to carry on his work if anything happens to him because Jeremy has the other ring.

Dude…

Elena…call Jeremy. Call Jeremy right now and tell him to take off that fucking ring and stop using it. Look, I get that Jonathan Gilbert wanted to protect his family from supernatural attacks and had the foresight to realize that the vampires wouldn’t go away forever and intended to keep his family safe, but I don’t think he’d want this to happen to him and would rather them die for good rather than be cold blooded killers. When the Bennett witches (I’m assuming Emily) made the ring, I don’t think that was their intent either. Seriously, I know Elena loves Alaric and Jeremy but they need to take the ring off. Grayson and John would not want that type of madness to take over Jeremy or anyone else. TAKE IT OFF NOW.

Stefan and Elena go back to the house to find it a mess. Alaric comes down stairs with a bloody towel wrapped around his hand claiming he accidentally broke a coffee cup and cut his hands on it and that Meredith had to leave for last minute surgery. Elena can tell something is wrong with Alaric but is trying not to show how suspicious she is. She lies and tells him that she couldn’t find his wedding ring. Elena notices the knife he used to attack Meredith on the floor and Alaric moves like he’s going to attack her and Stefan puts him in a sleeper hold knocking him unconscious. Stefan can smell the blood upstairs and asks for Elena’s help. They go upstairs to find an injured (almost dead but not quite) Meredith and when it looks like Stefan is going to lose control, he bites into his wrist and feeds Meredith his blood to heal her. Fun Fact: This is the first scene that husband and wife Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVito have shared on screen.

Ric wakes up the next day and Bonnie has performed the spell for him off screen. Damon is taking him back to the loft and putting him on ‘House Arrest’. When he asks what happened to Meredith, Damon gets quiet before assuring her that she’ll be alright. In the kitchen, Elena is grateful for Bonnie’s help and apologizes yet again for what happened to Abby. It really isn’t Elena’s fault that these things happen to her friends, Damon and Stefan refuse to let her die and as such her friends get in the cross-fire. But wouldn’t we all do anything for those we love? I know I’d go to hell and back for my best friend if I had to. The prices are steep, but Elena is pretty powerless to stop it herself. Honestly, I still say if they leave Klaus alone he’ll leave them alone to live their lives. Why have the strongest/baddest vampire of all time pissed off at you? Make sure you’re on his good side, geez. Anyway, Bonnie said she’s going to go back and help Abby with the garden some more…

Transition to Jamie and Caroline working on the garden, Caroline is a sucky gardener and with her super vampire hearing hears Abby wake up and goes in to check on her to see that Abby is once again bailing. Caroline tries to give her a heartfelt speech saying that she can help Abby be a better vampire, but she can’t help Abby be a good mother, that’s all on her. Leaving again would hurt Bonnie and Jamie, but Abby can’t risk hurting them and leaves. This is sure to devastate Bonnie and Jamie. If Abby can’t deal with being a vampire, she needs to pull up her big girl pants, take the ring that Bonnie made her off and just end it. She’s leaving the safety of her house where a skilled vampire can HELP her and going off on her own where she can be a danger to people. How is that in any way shape or form smart?

For the best surprise of the episode Elena calls and talks to Jeremy! HI JEREMY! I’ve really missed you!! Jeremy seems to be doing well where he’s at, he’s not flunking any of his classes, he’s made some new friends and he got a dog (I will seriously laugh my ass off if Price is right and Tyler is Jeremy’s dog.) Elena wants to know if Jeremy has talked to Alaric lately, but he hasn’t. Elena assures him he shouldn’t be worried and she just misses talking to him. Jeremy tells her he’ll call her later because he’s going out with some friends.

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Are. You. Fucking. Kidding. Me? She didn’t tell him about the ring? Elena, that should be your first order of business. Look, I know if Jere knew Alaric was in trouble and Elena was in danger and all that he’d want to come back home, but really, this ring could end up destroying Jeremy too and she’s not telling him to take it off and destroy it immediately? What the hell? Furthermore, I know Jere was compelled to go away and all, but isn’t he the least bit concerned with his sister being in a town of vampires when last time Jeremy checked Stefan was still evilish and Elena was on Klaus’ “To make life miserable list.” Show some compassion and concern for each other guys.

The show ends with a pleasant surprise. Damon comes back from Ric’s loft to find Stefan drinking whiskey. Damon teases that it’s a little early in the day for Stefan to be drinking. Stefan is having a toast to his self-control, and in a very touching moment, Damon tells Stefan if he’s happy then Damon is happy. Seriously, can these two like man hug each other please? Go play football like old times guys. Damon is in a gleefully good mood despite the fact that Sage is a double crossing bitch, the tree is destroyed and Damon’s BFF Alaric has a killer alter-ego, and Damon reveals the sign that Carol Lockwood wanted from Alaric at the beginning of the show. It’s the restored Whickery Bridge sign…made from White Oak. OH SNAP.

So this episode was pretty great. I missed the lack of Klaus and I really want Stelena back, but it was better than last week’s episode was. We are coming closer and closer to the conclusion. I don’t think it bodes well for Klaus guys. Which makes me wonder who they are going to possibly top him in the villain realm.

Next week somebody dies. From the previews we see Finn is lured back to Mystic Falls and Bonnie is forced to work on a spell for Klaus. Hmm. Could it be a spell to undo the binding spell? Who will die? Alaric won’t be in next week’s episode and I know they’d give him better than an off-screen death. Does Meredith survive her injuries? Does Damon make good on his promise and kill Finn? Or does Sage die? By whose hands will it be? Oh ya, Damon is gonna get tortured by Rebekah too. Ouch. After next week’s episode we will have to wait 3 weeks before we get the episodes that will conclude this season of Vampire Diaries.

Questions:

-Will Katherine make a cameo before the season is over?
-Will Elijah and Kol make a cameo before the season is over?
-Do you want Klaus to live on and terrorize Mystic Falls for a few more seasons?
-Will Stefan and Elena ever get back together?
-Is Ric done for?

See you next week!

1912 Brings Interesting Flashbacks, But Not Much Else

After what seems like forever, but in reality was only a month, The Vampire Diaries returned from their hiatus and brought forth a new episode. While it was nice to have the show back on the air, this wasn’t the type of episode I was expecting after a month long hiatus. The episode left more questions than answers. However, we have the show back and that is all that matters.

The episode, titled “1912” is a flashback episode, showing us more of the relationship between Damon and Stefan in the old days as well as Elena and Matt playing detective to uncover the identity of the serial killer.

Our episode opens with Alaric waking up in jail and telling Carol Lockwood and Liz Forbes that Meredith Fell is framing him for murder. Liz doesn’t quite believe him and warns Damon to stay out of the investigation. Damon is set on helping Alaric but for once in his life, he does what someone tells him and stays out of the investigation.

Elena finds out from Matt that Abby has decided to transition into a vampire—which impresses me. I thought for sure as a former witch who knew that vampires were against the balance of nature, she’d refuse to transition, but it seems like she’s going to do just that. Bonnie and Caroline are up at Abby’s farm helping her adjust and control the cravings. It’s likely that Bonnie will grow close to Jamie while up there and he will probably become Bonnie’s new love interest.

Meanwhile, Stefan is getting the shakes from going cold turkey off the human blood, so Damon decides to distract his brother (which leads to one of the greatest lines in the episode: “Dear Diary, Today a chipmunk asked me my name. I told him it was Joe. That lie will haunt me for eternity.) He is also reminded of a previous bout of serial murders that took place in 1912 in Mystic Falls. This is the first time in nearly 50 years that Stefan and Damon cross paths again. A relative of theirs was murdered and even though Damon is still pissed off at Stefan for turning him into a vampire, he agrees to go for a drink with Stefan and catch up. Thanks to Lexi’s tutelage Stefan is no longer a ripper and surviving on animals. He tries to tell Damon a new way of life, but Damon isn’t having any of that. It is there they come across the tough as nails vampire, Sage who is beating the crap out of men in the boxing ring.

In present day at the grill, Stefan and Damon go there for a drink and Rebekah happens to be there chatting it up with Carol Lockwood. No doubt she is trying to find where the White Oak Tree is, but Mayor Lockwood has no ideas. Back in the 1800s the Salvatore’s owned the lumber mills so Rebekah decides to go press her luck with Damon and Stefan to try and find answers.

At this point, I’m slightly bored. Elena has barely been in this episode at all and the parts she IS in, she’s with Matt or calling Dr. Fell out on her shit. Dr. Fell said Alaric had quit the temper in his past and was in jail 4 times before he was 21 for fighting and that back at Duke Isobel had to file a restraining order against Alaric before they were married. Somehow I’m not buying this. Also, Elena, what the hell are you doing confronting a possible serial killer alone? Are you out of your mind?! Have somebody go with you! And while we are at it, I have something to say on that subject. Look writers, listen to me: STOP PUTTING HER WITH MATT ALREADY! WE ALL KNOW ELENA ISN’T GOING TO GET BACK WITH MATT SO JUST STOP!

You know why this episode is also boring? Because Klaus and Elijah aren’t in it! I’m serious! The last few episodes have been AWESOME because the Originals have been causing trouble for our trio. Rebekah on her own isn’t very threatening. Come on Klaus entertain me. Perhaps he is brooding and writing emo poetry over Caroline’s betrayal. Who knows?

Rebekah tries to chat with the boys and they humor her for a few minutes before Damon tells her to piss off because they are having a boys day. The only interesting aspects of their brief chat was: Rebekah knows Sage and according to Damon sex with Sage was AWESOME.

Matt and Elena decide to play a little game of breaking and entering into Dr. Fells house to see if they can find anything to prove Alaric is innocent. Elena remembers the hallowed out wall in her Lake House closet and suspects that since Meredith is a founding family she has something similar and wouldn’t you guess? She’s right. She has a stash of documents on her ex-boyfriend, on Bill Forbes and on Alaric, as well as an old Gilbert journal, which begs the reason why a Fell has something that belongs to a Gilbert. To make a long story short, Meredith comes home, they hide in the closet, Meredith fakes leaving the house and BOOM they are busted when they come out of the closet. After getting lectured by Liz Forbes they are basically sent home. Wow. Glad to know breaking and entering isn’t a serious offense if the kids are your daughters best friend and ex- boyfriend. Liz should get a medal for best cop ever./sarcasm

Back at the bar, Stefan and Damon are playing darts and thinking more about the past. We flash back to Damon having an encounter with Sage. She catches him feeding and disposing of a woman while she shows him women can be for pleasure, even if he is spoken for—keep in mind, this is 1912. Damon is still madly in love with Katherine and is on a quest to free her. Back in present day the boys ponder what this connection has to do with the murders of 1912 and admit they both suspected each other seeing as the killer could have been a vampire.

Rebekah comes over to join their conversation uninvited again and it is revealed that Sage was obsessed with Finn 900 years ago. Um…wow. Okay. Finn didn’t’ seem like that much of a catch but uh glad to know somebody wants a piece of him? Since you know, I’m sure Elijah, Kol and Klaus got all the Viking panties thrown at them and stuff. Damon has a hard time believing it, but, eh, different strokes for different folks.

Stefan is getting jittery inside the bar and getting cravings so he leaves. Damon and Rebekah follow. Damon has basically had enough of this shit and is determined to get Stefan to learn to control is bloodlust once and for all. He compels someone going into the bar to stay put and begins to feed on her. He knows the scent of blood will drive Stefan crazy but tells Stefan to drink some and then he’ll heal and erase the girls memory. If Stefan refuses to feed, Rebekah will kill the girl. You know, Rebekah, for someone who has very little time to find a tree that can KILL YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY you are spending WAY too much time with the Salvatore brothers. It’s called priorities.

Stefan drinks the blood and wouldn’t you know it, drops the body just as Elena and Matt turn the corner. Elena seems shocked and Stefan seems devastated that she saw him like this. It is more and more evident with each confrontation that Stefan still madly loves Elena and wants her back, despite his protests that she’d be “better off without him.” Matt forces Elena to leave the scene of the crime and takes her home. He asks her what she saw in Stefan, and Elena’s answer was “It felt like he’d love me forever, like he’d never die.” Matt understands the significance of that after the loss of her parents. When he asks about what she sees in Damon she admits he just snuck up on her.

Back at home, Stefan is brooding over Elena catching him and when Damon goes to talk to him, Stefan asks why Damon suddenly cares. Is it to make up for kissing Elena? Why doesn’t Damon go back to hating him? Damon’s answer is shocking and sweet all at the same time.

Flash back to 1912. Damon asks Stefan to go for a drink with him (and by drink he means human blood) and Stefan gets carried away. So carried away he bites the head off his victim. Damon ‘tries’ to help him but Stefan runs off screaming that he doesn’t need help. And thus the ripper in Stefan was born anew.

Back in present day time Damon tells Stefan that he could have helped Stefan then. Could have forced Stefan to let him help him, but he didn’t want to. Damon was still too angry over Katherine’s imprisonment and being forced to turn into a vampire to help. But now, Stefan is all he has left and he wants to help him overcome his bloodlust so he’ll be here every second of every day until Stefan doesn’t need help anymore.

Doing more research on the murders of 1912 (after Stefan walks in on Damon playing the piano—which is pretty awesome) they discover that the serial killer was never caught, but that 10 years later, Samantha Gilbert (granddaughter of Jonathan Gilbert) confessed to the murders. Damon said that would be weird considering he killed her before the confession. They deduce that she must have had a ring. Only two rings were passed down. Ric had one and the other is with Jeremy.

Meanwhile, Alaric comes home and Elena hugs him like crazy and is just glad he’s alright. Later on Meredith has the balls to show up to try and talk to Ric and like an idiot, Ric lets her in the house.

Elena is upstairs reading the journal of Samantha Gilbert who feels like she’s losing time and blacking out. Downstairs Meredith is making the argument that Ric is the serial killer even if he doesn’t consciously know he’s doing it and they suspect it has something to do with the ring. How many times can one cheat death before it starts taking a toll on him? All of the weapons belonged to Ric after all. Elena comes down and suspects that Meredith may indeed be telling the truth.

Wow. Okay. So end of episode. It wasn’t GREAT but it wasn’t the worst episode of TVD yet. The disappointing lack of screen time Elena had with the Salvatore boys is mainly what is feeding my annoyance. I want Stelena back by the end of the season. I also want Klaus to live and be a permanent factor on the show. Klaus is way too awesome to die. And realistically Klaus is no longer a threat to them! He got what he wanted. Klaus just wants to live his life in peace, steal priceless artifacts from museums and draw Caroline. Leave him alone! I’m serious! Don’t make me go Chris Crocker on your ass, writers!

Next week’s trailer shows Sage coming to visit Damon and Stefan in present day. It looks like she and Damon are getting it on in the shower and then engaging in a possible creepy threesome with Rebekah. Not cool. Oh and Alaric is flipping his shit and trying to hurt Meredith. So yes, it looks like Alaric is our serial killer. :( Sad times.

Questions to ponder:

-Where was Klaus? Was he writing emo poetry in the dark while listening to “Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” on repeat?

-Is Sage basically a dead woman walking as most new characters that are introduced are?

-Will Bonnie make Abby a daylight ring?

-Are Elijah and Kat at some roadside hotel having sex?

-Is Alaric as good as gone?

See you next week!

All My Children Brings Out All The Drama

Tonight’s episode of “The Vampire Diaries” titled “All My Children” was a fairly okay episode. Not every episode can be entirely action packed and jaw dropping, this episode had some of those moments, but I cannot help but feel like there could have been a lot more to make this episode exciting. Let’s dive right in, shall we?

The episode starts with Elena waking up the day after the ball. She is feeling guilty for the part she is playing in the plot to kill all the Originals, and leaves a voicemail for Stefan (who ignores her call) to please call her back. She tries to call Damon (who is still in bed after a hot night of sex with Rebekah) who answers only to tell her that he’s over ‘it’ (it being Elena) and hang up on her.  As he goes to walk Rebekah out the door Elena shows up to talk to both brothers about Esther’s plan only to see Rebekah walking out. Needless to say—Elena is not happy at Damon’s choice of bed partner, but you know what? Elena has no right to be. Damon has waited and tried and tried to gain Elena’s affections and she still clings to the fact that she loves Stefan. She doesn’t have the right to be jealous. Damon isn’t her boyfriend.

Elena thinks Damon was sleeping with Rebekah because Elena hurt his feelings—and is mad that Damon slept with someone who tried to kill her less than 48 hours ago.

Damon and Stefan both tell her not to interfere in Esther’s plan. Elena seems pretty pissed that they aren’t seeing things her way. When Damon and Stefan discuss matters later, Stefan ignores the glass of blood Damon leaves from him—hmmm curious. Furthermore—Stefan is writing in his journal again. Curiouser and curiouser.

The one thing I really like about these recent episodes is the look into the daily life of the Original family. I’m serious—writers—listen to me writers—the Originals need a spin-off, okay? They are awesome. After Rebekah does her slut walk of shame (in the same dress) home—she gets teased by Kol calling her a strumpet and hoping she at least bedded somebody better than Matt. Oh Kol, if only you knew. Rebekah doesn’t like being teased and threatens to knock Kol’s teeth in—it’s really very cute. Kol states that he’s bored and whines and moans until Klaus agrees to go out drinking with him. It seems, for now, that everyone is willing to forgive Klaus because Esther wants the family as one.

Elijah shares his concerns about their mother with Rebekah, he finds the privacy spell she used to be suspicious—and he doesn’t trust Finn because, in a shocker, Finn hates being a vampire and always has. This would explain why he’s so ready to die for his mother.

Elena is flustered that nobody seems to agree with her on how to handle the Originals. Elena feels most guilty about Elijah having to die, Elijah is the honorable one, but the others see it as a sacrifice that has to be made in order to be rid of Klaus. While Bonnie practices the privacy spell with Elena and Caroline, she drops the bombshell on Elena that Esther came to visit her and Abby. Esther is drawing power from their bloodline (living and dead) and needs their help to kill her family. Bonnie has every intention of helping Esther.

Elijah pays Elena a visit and asks her to come with him somewhere—and Elena—perhaps out of guilt for betraying Elijah and wanting to come clean—or having a moment of sheer stupidity agrees to go with him. Well, I suppose she couldn’t stop Elijah. Elijah takes her to the caverns he used to play in as a child and reveals he knows Elena is lying to him and she tells him the truth about what Esther has planned. Needless to say, Elijah isn’t happy about this and punches a hole in the earth (literally) and takes Elena down there as a hostage.

Nobody can find Elena and Damon suspects that Elena is out trying to put a stop to their ‘Kill the Originals so Klaus can die’ plan and calls Alaric who hasn’t seen Elena and is at the bar with Dr. Fell. Ugh---I’ll get to that bitch in a few minutes. Alaric—seriously, why do you have such bad taste in women? The only good person you had in your life was Jenna. Isobel and Meredith suck.

Well, the brothers have found out what happened to Elena, Elijah so rudely  (and by rudely I mean AWESOMELY) enters their house and waits for them to show up to demand their assistance in stopping their mother otherwise Rebekah, who is down in the caverns with Elena will quite happily kill her. Oh wow! Somebody threatening to kill Elena—again? Color me shocked. Can we have an episode or a plotline where Elena isn’t in danger?

So Damon and Stefan have until 9:06 (and it’s a full moon) to stop Abby and Bonnie from helping Esther, but Stefan is hesitant to go and kill Bonnie and Abby, so Damon has a better idea. Since the siblings are all linked together, daggering one of them would incapacitate them all, but who to dagger?

Cut to Alaric at the grill with Meredith playing pool. Klaus and Kol are still at the bar getting nice and drunk. Separate them and go in for the kill. Cue Caroline coming in all hot and sex to lure Klaus away from his little brother. I’m sorry—but these two are SO CUTE TOGETHER. This needs to happen, people! Klaus and Caroline would be an amazingly adorable couple. She brings out his humanity and makes him look like a bumbling school boy trying to impress a girl for the first time. While Klaus is trying to woo Caroline, Kol is trying to get into Meredtih’s pants because he likes mouthy women, only to be daggered by Alaric.

BAM. All originals go down. Except for Klaus. He suspects Caroline had something to do with distracting him and runs off to help his little brother and nearly kills Stefan and Damon after pulling out the dagger, but stops when Elijah tells him that they need Damon and Stefan alive to help them take down Esther. Damon takes great pride in gloating to Klaus that his mother wants him dead—kinda cold, Damon. I mean, really. Elijah tells Stefan and Damon to find and stop the witches now or Elena dies.

Meanwhile, Elena is running from Rebekah and hides in the cave with the writings on the wall. Rebekah can’t get in there so she does something else to try and lure out Elena, she throws gasoline in the cave and on Elena and lets some matches, threatening to throw the next one on Elena. Elena points out that Rebekah won’t kill her, because she will have used up her revenge and Rebekah would rather have Elena suffer. She tries to explain to Rebekah that Esther doesn’t hate her, she just doesn’t have a choice. Rebekah doesn’t want to hear this from Elena—she doesn’t want Elena’s pity. Elena literally stabbed her in the back and faked friendship with her in order to do so. Rebekah has every right to be angry with her, but killing Elena won’t fix things—or make her feel better.

Stefan and Damon know that either Bonnie or Abby have to die in order for Esther to stop drawing power for them. It would destroy Elena if something happened to Bonnie, and Elena would rather die than have a friend hurt, so Damon and Stefan flip a coin to decide who does the killing.

Back at the Witch House, Elijah, Kol and Klaus are going to confront their mother and Finn. Seeing as it’s not 9:06 yet—it’s too soon for them to be there and for Esther to complete her spell. She tells them she regrets making them and even Elijah who acts so moral has killed if it suited him and advanced his agenda. She feels no pity or remorse in killing them. Esther will not be getting the mother of the year award.

While this is happening, the two witches go and hide—only to be confronted by Stefan and Damon. Stefan tells Bonnie that if they don’t find a way to stop Esther, Rebekah will kill Elena. Bonnie doesn’t know how to stop Esther, but Damon and Stefan obviously do. Damon feeds Abby his blood and snaps her neck.

Okay—lets stop here for a second:

SERIOUSLY?!

I’m not a huge Bonnie fan, but this girl has had to deal with way too much since Season 1 and all due to helping Elena and vampires. She lost her MOTHER because Abby lost her powers having used all her magic to seal Mikael to protect Elena, her Grams DIED in the spell to lift tomb seal because of Elena and the Vampires, her other best friend was turned into a vampire because of Damon and Katherine, her ‘ex-‘boyfriend—and I say ‘ex’ because Bonnie still obviously loved Jeremy—left town because Elena told Damon to compel Jeremy to leave to keep him safe and NOW her mother who just re-entered her life has been turned into a vampire—HOW MUCH MORE SHIT DOES BONNIE NEED TO GO THROUGH BEFORE SHE SNAPS?! I’m willing to bet that like Bill Forbes, Abby won't transition and Bonnie will lose another family member. Seriously, how much more does this girl have to suffer before she snaps and turns against them all? I would not be surprised if Bonnie sided with Esther to put an end to all vampires or if she washed her hands of Elena all together.

Now, it’s not Elena’s fault that Damon and Stefan did this—but I don’t blame Bonnie for not wanting to see Elena after it happened, because Caroline is absolutely right, Bonnie is the one who always ends up getting hurt.

With Abby ‘dead’, Esther can no longer draw power, leaving the Originals safe for now, so Esther and Finn flee.

Elijah is true to his word and has Rebekah release Elena to safety. Rebekah confirms that Elena is right: she’d rather see the girl suffer slowly. I sincerely doubt things will ever be okay between these two.

Rebekah comes home to find the majority of her family gone. Kol has fled and Esther and Finn are in hiding. Elijah confirms that Esther was right---he acts noble, but he does kill and hurt innocents to advance his agenda, no matter what Elena did—he dragged her into a dangerous situation today—and used his own sister’s hate of Elena to his advantage. He feels extreme guilt for that. He will be leaving Mystic Falls (NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!). He even leaves a letter apologizing Elena on her bed, imploring her to keep her compassion and forgiving nature, while he carries around his regret over what he’s done. Oh Elijah, you’re so smitten with her.

Rebekah goes to see Klaus who is burning his drawings. No Klaus! Those better not be pictures you sketched of Caroline! Sure she distracted you tonight, but you still love her! Damnit I need to have these two together! DON’T GIVE UP KLAUS!! Ahem, anyway…Klaus is surprised his sister is still here. She admits she was mad at Klaus when she found out he killed his mother, but in 1000 years, Klaus is the only one that has stuck by her side. It appears Rebekah will remain loyal to Klaus. She also reveals the fact that due to the cave paints on the wall, she has discovered that there is a new white oak tree—they can still be killed. New mission: Operation Burn Down Tree!

Damon and Stefan discuss the night’s events. Stefan points out that he lost the coin toss and he should have been the one to kill Abby, but, in a truly touching scene—Damon was looking out for Stefan—he’s noticed Stefan changing back into his old self again, and notes he’s no longer drinking human blood. Stefan admits he hasn’t had any since the night he threatened to drive Elena off Whickery bridge. Damon is willing to be the one Elena ends up hating and being mad at. He knows she loves Stefan. He admits he tried to win her away fair and square, but Elena just didn’t want him. He acknowledges he still loves her, but he’s better at being the bad guy.  This is truly selfless. Damon truly and genuinely loves his brother and seems to be bowing out gracefully. I only hope Stefan acknowledges the sacrifice that Damon is making for him and gets back with Elena.

Remember how I said I’d get back to Alaric and Meredith. Here we go. SO—Alaric got injured in the scuffle with Kol and Klaus, so Meredith brought him back to her place to rest because he might have a concussion etc. She talks about how she couldn’t get any indication on who attacked him because his wound was partially healed when he got to the hospital. Okay, fair enough. He wants to go look for Elena but Meredith forces him to stay and rest because he might have a broken rib—fair enough. After all she helped play sexy bait for Kol—so cool, listen to her. Ya—okay, now cut to the end of the episode. Alaric wakes up having fallen asleep on the couch—Meredith is sleeping in her room so he goes to the kitchen to get some pain killers and finds…all sorts of shit—medical records, pictures of her ex-boyfriends dead body, and a knife—there is a nose behind him, so he turns to look, right?

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THAT CRAZY BITCH IS STANDING THERE WITH A GUN AND SHOOTS HIM. AND THAT IS HOW THE EPISODE ENDS!

Okay, I thought they were making Meredith out to be the red herring, I would have sworn it was Katherine or hell, even Tatia (the Orignal Petrova) that was doing the killings, but Dr. Fell? Bitch, your days are numbered, Damon will cut you for hurting the bro in his bromance. Alaric better not die—but if he does—it might be cause to bring Jeremy back—STILL—Ric, you better not die damnit!

And now we enter spring hiatus—we have to wait until March 15^th to get the next episode—which happens to be a flashback episode introducing a new vampire that knew the Salvatores (and the Originals) by the name of Sage—and then we have to wait until April 5^th to get the episodes that will close out the season. So, I’ll try and think of something witty and awesome and TVD related in the meantime to write about.

I do have to wonder if Esther and Finn will end up being the big baddies for the end of the season. Klaus seems relatively harmless enough now. All he wanted was his family. He behaved at the ball last week, and he only seems to get violent if someone attacks his family. With Elijah and Kol leaving, all he has left is Rebekah. Will he be out for Elena’s head for helping Esther bind them? Or will he be mindful that he needs her to make more hybrids? Will he go after Damon and Stefan for daggering Kol or will he be more focused on trying to find and burn down the White Oak tree? Personally, I’d like to see Klaus, Rebekah, Kol and Elijah be recurring—if not permanent—additions to the show. The Salvatore’s can’t be the one ruling Mystic Falls. Granted, I know Daniel Gillies has his other show that he’s on, but he can totally be a recurring character.  The show needs King Elijah around….and where the hell is Katherine, can she come back please?

So I leave you to ponder these questions:

1.       Will Bonnie snap and go against Elena and company?

2.       What’s Esther and Finn’s next big move?

3.       Is Klaus officially over Caroline?

4.       Will Elijah be back?

5.       Will Stefan and Elena PLEASE get back together already?!

6.       Will Alaric survive? Are Dr. Fell’s days numbered? What’s her motive?

7.       We’ve seen Stefan and Damon shirtless…is it time to see the Original men without their shirts on?
                                                                                                                                    

Dangerous Liaisons Waltzes Its Way To Success

Tonight’s episode of “The Vampire Diaries” titled “Dangerous Liaisons” was another episode that did not disappoint! We were privileged to receive Salvatore’s and Originals in tuxedos, what could be better?

Our episode began with Elena and Matt checking on Alaric at the hospital. Looks like our haggard history teacher will be resting in the observation wing tonight. I wonder what sort of miracle excuse Dr. Fell is going to come up with for a man who was nearly stabbed to death and had been admitted days early for being run over by a car.

We have no time for such trivial matters because Matt is saying goodbye to Elena and letting her walk to her car—alone. You know, after somebody was in her house—killing her not-parent but sort of guardian? Aren’t ex-boyfriends classy? Elena senses something is outside of her car—so—like an idiot in a slasher movie she goes out to check and…

HI REBEKAH!

Look, it’s Rebekah and she wants revenge on Elena for stabbing her in the back (literally) with a dagger. But wait--

HI ELIJAH!

Elijah is here to save Elena from being Rebekah’s meal and tells his sister to go home. Rebekah makes a snide comment to Elijah saying that he’s weak (perhaps she senses her older brother has a crush on Elena), leaving Elijah to deal with the awkward reveal that they are all awake.  Oh Elijah, we’ve missed you so much.

Elena and Elijah apparently had a little chit chat because the next scene is her filling Stefan and Damon in that Mommy Original was in the 4^th coffin. Damon and Stefan are a little shocked (and Damon feels a little used) to say the least, but an invitation interrupts our trio from further discussing if Esther is there to do good or bad. It seems like the Originals—who are now going under ‘The Mikaelson (LOL—I see what you did there) family is requesting the presence of Elena (and the entire town) at a ball that is going to be thrown later that evening. Geez—can we say short notice? Luckily this one horse town has a dress for literally every occasion stored up in their closets.

Damon and Stefan argue over who should take Elena. Elena doesn’t feel she needs protection, Stefan is still acting like he doesn’t care about Elena and tells Damon it’s his job to care if Elena lives or dies now. Damon insists that he’ll go to the ball with the hidden undertone that Elena will be staying at home where it’s safe.

Ever wonder what Originals do on their day off? Me too! The family is getting ready for their party and having delightful conversations about the current state of the union—no I’m just messing with you, they’re bickering. Did you expect anything less? Kol seems to be an egotistical narcissist, Finn eerily quiet, Elijah solemn and contemplating everything that’s going on—and Klaus? Well Klaus wants to vent his spleen and make threats at Rebekah because she nearly went after his precious blood source, Elena. Esther, has the good sense to put an end to the bickering—but Klaus cannot understand why she forgives him when his siblings cannot. Esther, ever wise, tells him she’s had 1000 years to stew in anger and heal her wounds, her children—haven’t and advises him to give them some time to come around. She asks like any nosey mother would if he’s bringing anyone to the ball and Klaus tells her it’s a miracle he even agreed to go at all. It’s kind of adorable to see how flustered and awkward Klaus is about having Esther curious about his personal life.

Caroline gets a voicemail form Tyler who is off by himself somewhere, trying to condition himself to transition into a werewolf painlessly so that he can destroy his sire bond to Klaus. He tells her he heard what happened to her father (I’m guessing a call from his mom) and wanted to let her know he was sorry and that he loved her. We have no time for sweet sentiments however because Klaus has had a dress delivered to Caroline!...Do you think Klaus could have a crush on me please? I need a new wardrobe and a cute pair of boots.

Elena and Caroline ponder over this ball at the Grill and Caroline chides Elena for not telling her that she and Damon kissed. Elena had good intentions for not telling Caroline, but Caroline still feels a little hurt that she had to hear the information from Bonnie. The moment is interrupted by Rebekah showing up at the Grill to invite Matt to the party as her date. Caroline and Elena are both shocked and worried for him—a reaction that Rebekah probably wanted to trigger. Point goes to Rebekah. Elena reveals she has every intention of going to the ball, but has no intention of telling Damon or Stefan. She wants to find out what Esther wants—doesn’t Elena know that curiosity killed the cat?

We are now at the ball—the grand centerpiece of our episode. The costumes and set designs are amazing. I’m serious—how does this small one horse (no really, there is one horse) town have so many fancy dresses? Where do I need to move to be in a situation where I could wear dresses like these all the time? Stefan and Damon are not amused that Elena is there. Neither brother is pleased to see that the other one showed up either. I guess neither one of them noticed the other leaving the house in a tuxedo?

Damon makes a few snide comments to Carol Lockwood for coming to the party and Carol Lockwood replies that when the oldest and deadliest vampires settle in your town? Greet them with a smile. Re-elect Carol Lockwood, y’all!  Kol comes over to introduce himself and—the strangest thing happens. Damon introduces himself to Kol and remarks that he looks familiar. I don’t find this to be a smartass comment, no, I’m genuinely curious. Did Kol and Damon know each other? Could Damon have possibly been compelled to forget meeting him? I’m genuinely curious—I need to know!

And then our lovely Elena enters the room—and damn do I want that dress. Seriously, again, how the hell did she get this dress? Why don’t I have this dress? Anyway—Damon and Stefan are not pleased to see her, quiet displeased—but Damon cannot help but make some longing eyes at her. He’s a vampire in love. Elena resigns herself to having Salvatore bodyguards (for now) and enters the party with the intent to find Esther and find out what mommy witch wants.

Caroline decides to show up as well, even being so kind as to wear the dress (and bracelet) Klaus gave her—but not for a lack of trying to find something else to wear first. Klaus seems completely smitten. For the first time Klaus looks almost human and happy. He’s in love and I believe it’s real: no hidden agenda, nothing. He’ s starting to feel. Caroline initially just walks past him blurting out “I need a drink!” Clearly she’s not drunk enough to deal with Klaus’ obvious affection for her. It’s okay, I’ll take care of him.

Elena goes to get some refreshments and Finn introduces himself. He…makes me uneasy. He’s not…threatening, but something is off about him. He very bluntly tells her that if she wishes to have an audience with Esther that Damon and Stefan will not be allowed in the room. She will have to come alone. The conversation is interrupted by a speech from Elijah about how whenever Esther brings the family together the tradition is to end the evening with a dance. Tonight’s dance will be an old fashioned waltz. Let me get my dance card ready, I choose Elijah to dance with. Yes? No? Please?

Damon tells Elena it would be rude of they didn’t dance—and well—lets face it—anytime dancing is involved—they dance together (with the exception of the 50’s dance of course.) So we get a charming scene of Damon and Elena and Klaus and Caroline dancing. Klaus comments about how Caroline is a remarkable dancer and Caroline remarks she had training—she was Miss Mystic Falls. Klaus almost seems worshipful when he tells her he knows this. It’s really cute…I can’t explain it. Seeing Klaus so totally in love is adorable. Meanwhile, Damon is remaking to Elena that she looks stunning as they enjoy their dance but Stefan isn’t having any of this romantic crap. When the time comes to change partners, Elena finds herself in Stefan’s arms. Did you hear that? All around the world Stelena fangirls squeed in unison.  Damon is now dancing with Rebekah and is teasing her about her inviting Matt to the ball and Caroline is now dancing with Matt and asking him why agreed to come to the ball with Rebekah.  I don’t think Caroline is acting like a jealous ex-girlfriend, but more like a concerned friend.

There is sadly a point to Stefan and Elena dancing, however, and it’s not for the two to get back together. No, Elena needs Stefan to distract Damon long enough so Elena can go be alone to speak with Esther. After luring Damon into a room, Stefan comes up behind him and snaps his neck, giving Elena the opportunity to go and speak to her alone.

Elijah has some suspicions as to why Esther has forgiven Klaus and wonders if everything is as it appears to be. He knows Elena plans to speak privately to her and asks Elena if she will tell him if he has any reason to doubt his mother. She promises to tell him of her conversation.

And this, my friends is where it all goes into OMG territory. Esther is not what she appears. As a witch she realizes turning her children into monsters was a no-no. She’s been alone on the other side as punishment. The reason why she’s alive is her witch friend Ayanna (whose descendants are the Bennets) did a spell that preserved her body. Um…cool? Anyway—the point is that Esther needs some of Elena’s blood. Why you ask?

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TO. KILL. HER. FAMILY. I told you this woman was evil! I called it! She needs Elena’s blood to put in the champagne to bind them together so if one dies? They all die. Now I’m not clear if this is ALL vampires or just her children. Maybe just the vampires who drunk champagne? Either way, classless move, lady. Stay away from my vampires. Elena agrees to help. Oh Elena you treacherous snake.

Throughout the party Kol has been teasing Rebekah for bringing a mortal boy to the party, wondering if she has a crush on him. Rebekah replies that Matt is here to die to cause Elena pain. Kol is down for this. Any chance to disobey his mother is fine by him. They agree to kill him out the parking lot. However, some acts of kindness from Matt have Rebekah changing her mind, leaving Kol displeased.

Back at the party, the evening is winding down to a close and Elijah goes to ask Elena if there is anything that he needs to worry about in regards to his mother’s intentions. Elena has the opportunity to tell Elijah the truth, but does not. Instead she lies to him and tells him that his mother’s intent really is to forgive Klaus and bring the family together again. Therefore, Elijah drinks the champagne. Nooo! Writers if you kill off Elijah again I will go on a hunger strike!

 Damon has woken up from his neck snapping and is pretty pissed at both Elena and Stefan. Stefan makes some pretty cruel comments about how Damon cares too much and his emotions are getting in his way, and thus is a liability. This is a cosmic case of irony considering all Stefan wanted in the first season was for his brother to have humanity and to feel. When Damon tries to demand that Elena leave the party, she remarks that he’s mad at her. He tells her he’s angry that she risked her life because he loves her.

GASP.

Well we all knew it was true, and so did Elena, but damn. I loved it. Elena tells him he shouldn’t, which…crushes Damon. This guy can never get a break. Elena tries to tell him she didn’t mean it like that, but he storms off. Way to go Elena, seriously.

Meanwhile, Klaus and Caroline are having a few truly touching moments. Klaus tells her a story about how his father once killed his favorite horse by serving its head (ew) and that horses are loyal, unlike people. He later shows her his drawings and boasts that one of his paintings is in a museum in another country. He tells Caroline he’d take her anywhere she wanted to go: Rome, Paris, Tokyo—but Caroline is having none of that. She can’t be bought off. She believes in making connections and friendships with people—something Klaus does not do. She rips off the bracelet he bought her and storms off, leaving Klaus truly hurt. He later leaves her a gift on her bed—a drawing of her and a horse—he thanks her for being honest. I suspect this is the first time someone has told Klaus what they really think of him.

Kol tries to kill Matt by luring him to a balcony. He introduces himself and goes to shake Matt’s hand and breaks it. Damon, however, comes to the rescue and pushes Kol off a balcony, jumping off after him and punching him repeatedly in the face. Um, oops, the entire party went outside to see that, so Damon storms off after throwing Stefan’s words back in his face (“I wouldn’t want to be a liability). Ouch. Point goes to Damon.

Back at the Gilbert house, Elena thanks Stefan for his help and once again tries to get him to admit he feels. Stefan tries to fight it, but we all know it’s there. We all know he feels and loves, he especially Elena. It’s there, it’s right, it fits. However, Stefan can’t bring himself to forgive what he did to Elena—hurting her, feeding off her—and if he does feel—all he does feel is pain. Oh Stefan, let Elena take your pain away. 14 episodes without you two together is way too long. Sorry folks, I’m a Stelena shipper at heart.

We see Finn and Esther talking in private. Finn has been aware of this plan the whole time and has intentions of dying because it’s what his mother wants. I sense some creepy undertones in their relationship together, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Either way, Finn is ready and willing to die in order to fulfill Esther's mission

Before we close, Rebekah goes to check on Matt and apologize for Kol being a douche to him, but Matt spurns her. He doesn’t want to talk to her leaving Rebekah hurt. Damon walks up to Rebekah and remarks about how even if she did sleep with Matt she’d probably break him (he is human) and she needs someone more…durable. Both being spurned by potential love interests that night find comfort in each other and have…extremely wild sex. I’m talking clothes being ripped off and everything. It almost ties the Bill and Lorena sex scene in season 3 of True Blood, but since there was no head turning 180 degrees around, it didn’t quite match it in awesomeness. Almost though, almost.

So that is it for this week, my lovelies. It was nice to see Elijah in a tuxedo. Can the whole episode just be Elijah? That’d be sweet. Elijah just talking about politics or something like that. I’d watch the hell out of that show.

In the trailer for next week’s episode, the Originals seem to have an idea of what their mother has planned, but how? Did Elena feel guilty and tell them? Did Finn cave and admit what he did to his siblings? Either way Elijah has kidnapped Elena and is threatening the Salvatore boys with her death if they do not help him stop Esther. Hmm…not cool Elijah, not cool.

Questions for this week:

1.       Is Stelena finally coming back?  Do you think by the end of the season they will be a couple again?

2.       Do you think Esther’s plan destroys all vampires or just her children? Is she the big bad for the rest of the season?

3.       Damon/Rebekah? Yay or Nay.

4.       Did Damon and Kol know each other 100+ years ago?

5.       Is Finn’s relationship with his mother creepy? Or am I simply crazy?

6.       Why DOES Mystic Falls need so many formal dresses and ball gowns? Why don’t I have these things?

7.       Is the final and true death (no relation to True Blood) of the Originals pretty much guaranteed? Or do you think they’ll find a way to save them all so they can make guest appearances in later seasons?

8.       Is Dr. Fell playing Alaric congenial visits in the hospital?

Until next week! Please feel free to promote this blog! The more eyes that see it, the better!

Bringing Out The Dead? More like Bringing Out The Awesome!

I don’t think I could have picked a better episode to start this blog on! Tonight’s episode of The Vampire Diaries “Bringing Out The Dead” gave fans exactly what they wanted: Originals, Originals…did I mention ORIGINALS?!

The episode picked up where the last one left off, with Klaus being confronted with the fact that Elijah had been undaggered. Elijah justifiably gave Klaus a good beatdown, with Klaus spouting one of my many favorite lines of the night (“Easy! I just finished renovating!”). Naturally,  Elijah was hearing none of it, but Klaus managed to placate Elijah with promises of a reunited family if he helped him do one thing: destroy Stefan Salvatore. The one thing I will note: Elijah did not really seem to care that his father had been killed. Perhaps the entire family resented him for turning them into a vampire.

Sheriff Forbes arrives at Elena’s house with news on the death of the medical examiner. He was killed with a stake from Elena’s lake house and only her prints have been found. Very curious. We know Elena isn’t a killer, so who is it? Katherine? Or could it be someone else?

Damon has a chat with Elena will going to meet an ‘old friend for tea’ and suggests that they question the good doctor, which prompts another classic line (“You’re on speakerphone, dick!”). Damon does have a point…the  evidence points towards Meredith, but this show is fantastic at throwing out red herrings. Elena, however, has other ideas who the killer could possibly be: Stefan. He was out of control crazy that night (ie: kidnapping Elena, threatening to drive her off Whickery Bridge). This causes Damon to lament the Days of Stefan being a “bunny snacking pacifist.” Me too Damon, me too. Return to us soon, my sweet boy.

In fact, Elena went to question Stefan about it. He was still pretty upset at Elena’s confession at kissing Damon and was being snippy with her. He was genuinely outraged when she asked him if he killed the medical examiner and asked her if she had asked Damon the same question. Ouch. Point goes to Stefan.

So, Elijah and Damon arrange to have Klaus and Stefan have an old fashion sit down to negotiate a deal. It was delightful to see Elijah and Damon interact with each other with their mind set on the same goal: destroying Klaus. Make no mistake, Elijah may be playing nice for now, but he has not forgotten how Klaus betrayed him and he has not forgotten what Klaus has done to their family over the centuries.

Meanwhile, Caroline and Bonnie are both dealing with their own issues. Bonnie is learning to trust Abby again and relying on her to help unseal the fourth coffin and Caroline is dealing with the fact that Bill Forbes did not take too kindly to having vampire blood in his system, and after an attempted murder on him by our mystery serial killer gone wrong, he has decided not to transition into a vampire and ultimately die.

I will be the first to admit that the Bill and Caroline segment of the episode had me tearing up. The writers have an amazing way for making the parents of the show that you start out despising have the most…heartfelt deaths (John Gilbert, anyone?) and you cannot help but cry at their untimely demise. What was even more heartbreaking was his final words to his daughter, him acknowledging that despite being a vampire, Caroline was good and she was the type of woman that Bill and Liz always wanted her to be. Heartbreaking. I cried.

Abby and Bonnie manage to unseal the coffin, but only after Bonnie lectures Abby telling her that she isn’t opening herself up to the magic, that she isn’t trying hard enough. Abby seems genuine in her regret for leaving Bonnie, but I have to wonder how long Abby Bennett is for this world. We have already seen that parents in Mystic Falls don’t last. The only character who has not lost a parent is Matt, but he has lost his sister and Kelly Donovan is too much of a flake to stick around. Would the writers be so cruel as to take away Abby from Bonnie after she has already lost Grams? It is entirely possibly seeing Elena has lost her adoptive parents, her biological parents and her aunt. Being a parent in Mystic Falls is dangerous. Carol Lockwood and Liz Forbes should close shop and go on a road trip.

So the coffin is unsealed, but what is inside?

We have no time for that, because it’s time for Damon and Stefan to have a sit down with Elijah and Klaus and…talk. Their dinner was absolutely hysterical. Forced politeness and idle chitchat. When Elijah so innocently asked Stefan where Elena was and Klaus started giggling madly, I about fell on the floor laughing. When Stefan quipped that Klaus was too afraid to undagger Rebekah—Klaus pointed out that Elijah already knew that Klaus killed their mother, so there was no point in spilling the beans. Again, Damon slide in with his snarky comments reminding Stefan “Hey, Stefan? Remember when you killed dad?” Touché Damon, touché.

Klaus shared another story from the Originals tragic past and revealed something I personally did not find to be shocking: Elijah and Klaus were both madly in love with the Original Petrova, Tatia. It drove a wedge between them and Esther wanting to keep her family together killed the girl. It was her blood that they drunk to complete their transition, but in the end, Elijah and Klaus reconciled their differences because nothing is more important than family. The look that Stefan and Damon share is very telling. You can tell these boys still have love for each other, and I’m sure they still yearn for the days when they were mortal and best friends, when things were simpler, a time where they had never heard the name Katherine Pierce.

Meanwhile, Elena and Matt have returns home from comforting Caroline to find that someone has broken into her house and stabbed Ric. While he’s gasping for breath he tells Elena that she must be the one to kill him (being a doppgelganger, Elena is supernatural and thus Ric will come back to life). Matt is horrified, but Elena understands what she must do as she stabs Ric in the heart. Thankfully, Ric comes back, but he has no memory of who attacked him and surprise surprise, Dr. Fell has an air tight alibi.

Stefan has had enough of this dinner party and lays his offer on the table: He gives Klaus the coffin and he and the other originals leave Mystic Falls forever and leave Elena alone. At first, Klaus tells Stefan that he will never leave Elena behind because she is the key to him making more hybrids and tells both Damon and Stefan that they are the worst thing for her—that they are ruining her life. Eventually, he agrees to leave Elena alone, assuming she will get married (even suggesting it be to Matt) and have children. Stefan doesn’t like this because it means 300-400 years down the line, there will be another doppelganger for Klaus to drain dry for his hybrids. Stefan does not accept Klaus’ deal.

Well of course, Klaus does not like this and does an extremely bad ass maneuver, breaking some of Stefan’s bones and shoving his hand into an open fireplace and threatening to burn him alive if he doesn’t get his coffin back. Damon snarls that he’ll get it for him and Klaus demands that Elijah go with him to keep Damon honest and ensure he does what he’s told, but…Team Elijmon (Damijah?) have other plans and Klaus is in for a rather nasty surprise when Elijah returns a few moments later to reveal the daggers he’s removed.

At this point, I have to admit I feel bad for Klaus because his family kicks his ass. I mean seriously, it’s a game of lets kick Klaus. First, Finn and Kol show up, and when Klaus turns to bolt out the door, Rebekah is there to stab him in the stomach. Klaus seems rather hurt, trying to explain himself, trying to tell them he built this mansion for all of them, so they could finally be a family again. That’s when they tell Klaus that they will be leaving him behind, Rebekah, Elijah, Finn and Kol will be a family, and Klaus will be forever alone. Rebekah even shares her plans to end Elena’s life so Klaus will never, ever be able to make a hybrid again. The reaction Klaus has…he’s truly devastated and it makes me love and pity him all the more. Klaus has been given a rough lot in life. All he’s wanted is his family and now they are about to turn their back on him. He threatens to hunt them down one by one again, purely out of desperation—after all—they can’t hurt him: he’s a hybrid, he can’t die. Elijah’s remarks that if he does hunt them down again he’ll be the one thing he hates: his father leads me to more questions. Was Mikael after all of them? He told Rebekah she was never his target, but now I wonder if there was something more to the drama involving Mikael.

They are about to walk out of Klaus’ life forever, telling them they will have the power to kill him when they get that coffin back when we get the surprise of our life. The reveal of what was actually in the coffin.  Many people had different speculations of who it was, but the main two guesses being the Original Petrova and Esther. I for one wasn’t exactly sure on either one because in my naïve nature I told my friends, “but wait…they’d be nothing but bones now. How would that do anything for Klaus?” Well. I was wrong! HI ESTHER! Klaus just about swallowed his tongue he was so shocked. He thought Esther was here to end his life, but she has something different in mind: she wants her family back together again. Huh. I guess the others are stuck with Klaus for now. I’m willing to bet they’d tap dance in tutus if Esther so desired it because they finally have their mother back. This leaves me to ponder if Mikael can be brought back—maybe Henrick or the son that died in the old world. I dunno, to me it seems Mikael went much to easily. With only nine episodes left of season 3, I have to wonder if Klaus will continue to remain the big bad of the season or if Esther will step into that role.

Stefan and Damon share one more heartwarming moment together. Stefan thanks Damon for saving him from Klaus. He points out that Damon could have let Klaus kill him and then he’d have Elena all to himself, but Damon said he owed Stefan for all the times Stefan saved his life. Damon, noticing his phone is ringing see ‘s it’s Elena (probably calling him to tell him what happened to Ric and with Caroline), but he ignores the call. Stefan confesses to Damon that he loves Elena (causing my Stelena fangirling heart to squee) and Damon tells Stefan he does as well. Things aren’t fully mended between the brothers, but it’s in the works. None of them have the strength to stay away from Elena I don’t think, and quite honestly, it wouldn’t be The Vampire Diaries if she wasn’t with one of them.

This episode was…amazing. What sealed it was the return of the Originals. They are seriously a bad ass group of people. I only wish that there had been an opportunity for Elijah to embrace the siblings he fought so hard to get back from Klaus (namely Rebekah). Things are certainly going to be interesting in Mystic Falls with them around. I cannot wait to see Elena interact with them (especially Elijah!) but I must admit, I long to see the return of Katherine.

The questions I’d like to ponder and bring up for discussion for this week are:

1.       Who is the serial killer? Why are they targeting Founders Council members? Could it perhaps be Tatia? I have a feeling we will see the Original Petrova before season 3 is over.

2.       Did you cry when Bill Forbes died? Do you think he should have transitioned?

3.       Stefan still has feelings! The world can rejoice! Do you think he and Elena can pull through and make it work?

4.       Elena and Matt have been having a lot of scenes together.  To many scenes for comfort. Do you think this is hinting at them getting back together?

5.       Is Esther sincere? Has she truly forgiven Klaus or does she have an agenda?

Thank you for reading through my first review! I’ll see you next week. Salvatores and Originals in tuxs? Thank you fanservice!

An Introduction Of Sorts

Hello The Vampire Diaries world! I realize I’m late in the game when it comes to blogging about the show and recapping episodes, but I feel it’s better to get into the game late rather than never getting into it at all. I hope you will find my episode recaps and thoughts and opinions on the show and characters insightful and informative. I am welcome to deep discussion and debate and welcome interaction with you: the readers!

So, to tell you a little about myself: my name is Ashley and I’m 27 year old college graduate with a BA in Creative Writing with a minor in Journalism. I also possess a teaching degree in English which would allow me to teach at the middle school or high school level. However, I ultimately want to write and work in the entertainment industry, either as a personal assistant or working in the entertainment section of a magazine. What a dream, getting paid to give my thoughts on television shows! So if anyone important is reading this blog, keep me in mind ;)

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