Air Date: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 8/7c on The CW.
Rating:
“Hey, you’re Katherine Pierce. Suck it up.” – Stefan Salvatore
The Vampire Diaries has started on a downward spiral. I’m not sure when it began but these latest episodes haven’t been very fulfilling. They’re good, just not great. The characters that have developed their own sense of self have been altered. Now, the switch is being flipped and the familiar is becoming the unfamiliar. I don’t like it when writers second guess their characters and decide to give them a personality change. Stick with what you know, I say.
Observations and thoughts:
Bonding Over Booze
Surprise, Surprise
“The first rule of being a vampire is realizing how awesome you are.” What kind of dumb stuff is this to tell a new vamp, Elena (Dobrev)? I get she’s in college now, but come on! She’s not the same silly teenage girl she was years ago. I could be wrong though as everything that comes out of her mouth is childish and ridiculous. I’m surprised she doesn’t giggle and twirl her hair while talking on the phone. There should be character growth shining through here and I’m so disappointed it’s not even funny. She’s not looking at things from Jesse’s (Kendrick Sampson) point of view or trying to provide guidance like Caroline does. At least one of them is using their brains. “Who the hell turned you into a vampire?” Accola injects fierceness into her character, which can be mistaken as bitchiness. Caroline is a friend to the end and optimistic to boot. But do you think she’d jump to Jesse’s defense once she realized why he was turned?
The Lovebirds
Sorry Sucka
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) is going soft and it’s going to get him killed. He does such a great job interrogating Dr. Wes Maxfield (Rick Cosnett), but then caves to Elena’s plea, leaving himself in a bad spot. Is the fearsome vampire whipped? Say it ain’t so, Damon! “You’re lucky I don’t feel like burying a body.” Unh huh. Tell it to someone who believes your lies. If Damon continues to heel when Elena wants, I’m done. I can’t watch this destruction of a character I love. He’s perfect just the way he is—flaws and all. He’s been in love with Elena for so long and never tucked tail before. Why now? Damon does what he wants, not what anyone asks him to do.
Random thought:
Wes has created the ultimate vampire hunter—a vampire who feeds on vampires. It’s almost brilliant when you think about it. But what does this mean for the vampires we know?
Memorable and funny lines:
Elena: “The only moody and mystery guy I wanna make out with is you. Oh, and speaking of which, invite Stefan.”
Damon: “Speaking of moody or making out? Either way, he’ll never show. His memory’s back and he remembers he hates us.”
Elena: “Just try, OK? I bought bourbon so he can just get drunk and hate us from afar.”
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Katherine: “I’m dying, Stefan. I’m dying of old age.” (It’s called being human, girl!)
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Caroline: “But Elena, when are you gonna figure out that the outside world is not nearly as dangerous as the person you’re inviting into your own bedroom?”
Elena: “Wow, I mean, tell me how you really feel.”
Caroline: “The day that I stop telling you is the day that we’re no longer best friends, and I hope that day never comes.”
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