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!
I loved this episode. It had everything, humor, brothers, drama, flirting. The scenes with Matt and Elena were fresh and touching. Damon and Rebekka are a good fit, Damon is a good fit with anyone. And playing the piano, wow!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comment, Diana! I really do admittedly like the fact that Damon and Stefan hung out together the entire episode. At the end of the day the two brothers really do love each other and are getting their relationship back on track.
ReplyDeleteI do think Damon and Rebekah would be interesting, but I have to wonder how much of it on Rebekah's end would be knowing that her being with Damon would annoy/piss off Klaus to no ends. I have no doubt that he'd rip out hearts to protect his little sister.
I do agree about the piano ^_~ Why didn't they let us in on this little talent of his ages ago?!