This is going to make anybody’s jaw to drop “The Gilberts Have Gone Rogue”. Yes well that was what we got to see in season 2 episode 10 titled “The Sacrifice” because it seems like both Elena and Jeremy must have spent a lot of time catching up on some T-rated plans of action. Their independently-planned actions resulted in a dangerous visit from Elijah and a heroic decision by Stefan.
But did the latter cost him Elena forever? Will leaving his love under the protective care of his brother truly become the biggest mistake Stefan ever made? I sure hope it doesn’t.
More than any episode I can recall, "The Sacrifice" moved at lightning speed, scarcely taking a moment to let the characters, and viewers, breathe. At the end, though, there was no major surprise or suspenseful cliffhanger. There was simply the reminder that this show works so well because we're so invested in its core relationships. If Elijah specializes in yanking out hearts, Stefan and Damon take a very different tact - They tug at us viewer’s hearts.
So, let’s recap what happened this week shall we –
As I already stated the Gilbert siblings gone rebel.
Luka acknowledged that his father asked him to get close to Bonnie, but does this mean he's aware of everything Jonas is up to with Elijah? My guess: No. My prediction: Luka will play a role in thwarting whatever evil plan his dad has in mind.
Either lay one on Jeremy or cut him loose, Bonnie. Don't play with his heart like you play with various spells. Also, pretty sure she had a witch-gasm when she and Luka first combined forces.
The brief confrontation between Elijah and Damon? Awesome. But there's something even scarier than this Original's power. It's that experience combined with a rational mind that actually thinks plans though and realizes Elena is in a safe position alongside the Salvatores. For now.
The discovery of Mason's taped transition was a tad too convenient... but, hey, it gave us more of him shirtless.
Poor, poor Matt.
Hey, an Alaric sighting! No wonder the guy hasn't been involved in storylines recently. He's been... how should I say this……..busy.
I liked the small touch of a sunset being Slater's computer wallpaper, as well as the meta references to Kristen Stewart and Alice freaking out over seeing Damon Salvatore.
Elena's plan to turn herself over to Klaus: Brave or stupid or both? I’d say it’s the latter.
No way Stefan really gets it on with Katherine next week, as this promo teases... right?
Here it is guys episode 5 of vampire diaries named "Kill or be Killed" -Elena and Stefan carry on their bickering lovers charade during an event to clean up a brand new public park. Is it just me or does Mystic Falls have more town-wide team-building events than is strictly healthy? There’s the fair, this, and I won’t even count the gazillion events in season 1. Anyway. Stefan and Elena do a whole ‘if I say X it means I love you’ ‘if I say Y it means i loveyou‘ thing that kinda makes me reach for a sickbag. While Caroline seems to buy the act, Damon doesn’t. He has more important things to worry about, however, like Hot Uncle Lockwood wanting him dead. Stefan talks to Hot Uncle and they call it a sort of truce which really just a big bold-faced lie. He still wants Damon dead – and Stefan, too.
Human turned vampire Caroline signed up her Mama Cop for the park clean up, so she’s stuck playing happy families, much to her chagrin. But while Caroline is off working with Elena, Hot Uncle and his sole facial expression approaches Mama Cop and tells her that the Salvatores are vampires. Soon after, Damon drinks some lemonade and reacts violently with the vervain it’s been spiked with. He and Stefan assume Hot Uncle is behind it and corner him, but Mama Cop and her deputies show up and take them down with handguns. Hot Uncle helps them haul the Salvatores to his cellar/dungeon/slave quarters/changing room in the old Lockwood house foundations. Mama Cop shoots them up with vervain – and then with bullets when Damon won’t answer her questions.
Hearing what’s happening, Caroline and Elena head over to help them, but find themselves blocked by Hot Uncle. He threatens the girls, especially Elena, but Caroline says she can take him down. He’s skeptical. She proceeds to kick his ass and she does bad. They get to the cellar and Caroline takes out the deputies. There’s just one problem – she uses her vampire speed and then drinks from a deputy in plain view of Mama Cop. That’s a helluva way to ‘come out’!
While Mama Cop is in shock, Damon drinks from a deputy and everyone heads home. There, Damon locks Mama Cop away in his own cellar until the vervain wears out of her own system and he can compel her to forget everything, much to her relief. But she’s disgusted by Caroline, who breaks down under the strain and confessed to Elena that she’s working for Katherine. She doesn’t want to, but Katherine threatened Matt’s life if Caroline doesn't do as told.
And here is what i'd like to say about it dearest Katherine, you are such an A grade bitch.
Elena catches Stefan eyeing up some human blood bags. He tells her that he needs to be strong enough to protect her from Katherine. She’s skeptical, Damon confirms it, and she decides that if Stefan needs a little blood every day to build up a tolerance? He should drink hers. She cuts her palm, because this is clearly the smart thing to do. You would think that humans in vampire shows would cut places that are a) less conspicuous and b) wouldn’t hamper their day to day lives. A cut palm is no fun, Elena Gilbert. But then neither is a hairy one – that dirty joke taking me smoothly to…
About Tyler and Jeremy, well Elena at the beginning of the episode tell him steer clear of Tyler with her telling him about the Lockwood's secret.....make a guess.....yup werewolves, the servants of the moon and also tells him not to get involved. I’m sorry, but if there was ever a person I didn’t want involved in something supernatural, it would be Elena.
Anyway, Tyler invites Jeremy home for drinks and fun with two girls (one of which is Amy, the gal from ‘Bad Moon Rising’). This is a lot cleaner than it sounds, I swear. Not that I would be adverse to that kind of fun in this show, but I digress. Again. After seeing Jeremy’s werewolf sketches, Tyler confronts him. They talk and Tyler produces the moonstone – which the girls make off with. While trying to get it back, one girl falls down the stairs and for a few seconds they think she’s dead.
Tyler gives his Hot Uncle the moonstone later that day and admits that for a split-second, he wished the girlhad died, so he could become a werewolf. Hot Uncle is just glad to have the moonstone, and leaves. We see a flashback to his own curse being triggered; he fought with a friend, who fell, hit his head and died. We see Hot Uncle’s girlfriend from back then and apparently right now, too. It’s none other than Katherine – and she’s happy to get the moonstone back. What the heck is up with that damn stone?
Now lets see what this episode showed us, but first: the Salvatores. Stefan is starting to act a lot more like Damon, who, in turn, is mellowing out a lot. There’s a slow but steady role reversal at work here, and I like it. I loved Stefan facing off with Hot Uncle almost as much as I loved Damon asking Caroline why she was being so hard on her mother. The more issues these boys have, the more fun they get. Ya suck it up you....... !!!!
Hot Uncle stretched his one facial expression to breaking point today, barely showing a hint of emotion even when his voice raised or lowered an octave. Shall we just put it down to you being a werewolf, sweetheart? It’s probably for the best, the only other option is plain bad acting.
Caroline brought some serious whoop-ass today. I don’t think letting her mother find out she’s a vampire while her face was covered in blood was the best idea, but it was a great scene. And the more I love her and the longer Katherine’s around, the more I dislike Elena. She was dull and whiny again this week and something just has to give. Preferably her neck, but I don’t want to go giving Hot Uncle anymore ideas using her as a human shield against Caroline was bad enough.
And that twist at the end. I love The Vampire Diaries balls-out-and-to-the-wall approach to plots. They push the limits every single episode. But giving Hot Uncle Lockwood a history/present with Katherine may have been going too far. I know that Nina Dobrev is a pretty woman and I get that Katherine has a vampiric allure, but really? All these men want Katherine/Elena? Am I missing something?
Anyways, whatever....onto next week we have "Plan B" - KATHERINE CHOOSES A NEW VICTIM — Despite Elena’s efforts to keep Jeremy safe, he offers to help Damon and Alaric deal with Katherine. Sheriff Forbes and Caroline share a few rare moments of quality mother/daughter time. Bonnie accidentally discovers new information about Mason and shares it with Stefan, leading Damon to take matters into his own hands.
The Vampire Diaries showed that flashback aid to propel the story in season 1 so season 2 is also no exception to the rule. Aptly named "Memory Lane" the scenes belt out issues of mythology as well as revealing motivations and events that play out differently to how we have been told previously.
This was highlighted in the opening sequence when the flashback we are seeing is not a memory but a dream of Stefan’s implanted by Katherine to place doubt regarding his relationship with Elena and to further show his insecurities about Damon’s intentions towards Elena. So begins the dance of “Memory Lane” both literally (in the dream) and metaphorically between Stefan and Katherine. They are not the only characters playing games with each other as Damon and Mason are effectively dancing around their supernatural status for much of the episode now thats a very dangerous combination.
Manipulation and deception have been key weapons in the arsenal for many of these characters in this episode and it is hard to keep up sometimes with who is being genuine. It has been set up in such a way that the mistrust that we have is with characters such as Damon and Katherine, yet in this particular episode it is Stefan and Elena that act in a devious manner. In their fake argument/break up that incidentally felt real (a fact that was highlighted to show that this is a legitimate reason why they could break up in the future), I suspected that it was all for show and I’m glad to see that even though this is a reason why their relationship could end they are smart enough to know that Katherine is playing the eavesdropping Caroline. What it means that Damon also believes this rift to be real I’m not sure as we know he hates to be played (a fact seen later in the episode) but also at this point Elena still very much dislikes him so I’m not sure how he could use it to his advantage.
The reveal that it is Stefan that Katherine truly loves in the final flashback still has me suspicious of her motives, if she did love him then why has she left it so long to come back for him if he has always been ‘the one’? A thousand question with a big 'Q' there. Katherine’s power is also much greater than any vampire that we have seen and she is no longer affected by vervain except to her skin it would seem (how does that fit in anyway?), I wonder if the Petrova book that Elena got last week will shed any light on Katherine’s age and origin? After all back in 1864 she appeared to be running away from something or someone to cover her tracks by faking her own death.
The flashbacks also provide further information regarding the Lockwood’s, showing that George Lockwood also suffered from the same family curse as Mason and after some persistent questions from Tyler, Mason finally shares the trigger for the curse; killing a human. Who is it that Mason has killed? With his ancestor George it was obviously during the Civil War that turned him in to a werewolf but with Mason it is all the more mysterious indeed. The fact that Tyler knows this information now will be a huge burden, one that will be fun to see what the writers do with; will we see Tyler endure the curse before the season is out?
Damon’s baiting of Mason about his condition was well played out by Damon, or so I thought and it turned out that Damon despite his best innuendos was the one being played by Mason. This was a pleasure to watch as it’s always enjoyable to see Damon trying to figure people out. Mason’s call for an end to the vampire/werewolf feud seemed genuine but the silver knife to the chest will surely end any hope of friendship/civility between these two, though seeing that Alaric and Damon are almost besties now shows that anything is possible. Like vampires, werewolves have spread myths about their weaknesses, this time being silver, but surely if silver doesn’t work something else will, or perhaps it only works when he is in a wolf state?
Another crucial point in this episode was the much talked about crucial face-to-face meeting of Katherine and Elena, no punches thrown or necks broken just intrigue and fear. Why they look alike is not the question that Elena should be asking according to Katherine (though I know it is a question that I would like answered) but what is the right question? What is established in this scene, as well as throughout the episode is that Nina Dobrev is doing a fantastic job with these two characters this season and making it totally believable that these are completely different people. I’m looking forward to when Elena and Katherine go head to head and the anticipation is building up by not having a throw down with them here and now.
I’m impressed with how this show continues to reveal parts of the big picture as well as propelling the story forward by leaving certain questions and motivations unanswered. So far it is hard to find fault with this season and I’m hoping that this momentum will keep building.
But as usual like the preceding episodes more question arise than the one already left to be answered. Does Katherine truly love Stefan? What of the moon stone? Has Damon screwed himself over with stabbing Mason? Can a vampire and human relationship ever work?
'Vampires & Werewolves' too interconnected to imagine one without the other. When there are vampires, there will surely be werewolves. This is what happens on The Vampire Diaries Season 2 Episode 3 appropriately titled 'BAD MOON RISING'. This episode shows the possible end of the relationship between Elena & Damon (alright that i'm sure is not gonna happen Damon is a persistent character) and a start of another one between Katherine & Caroline(spooky).
As Stefan has proven, and as he tried to teach Caroline throughout the hour, a vampire can fight back against his most carnal desires.
The Hot Uncle Mason seems to be a good looking guy with his shirt off, as he tried to chain himself in because he knew a full moon was on the way.
Alas, the effort failed. If even the best-intentioned werewolf can come oh-so-close to taking a chunk out of a vampire's neck, just imagine what an angry werewolf would do. No wonder Stefan's face in the photo above is a whole lot more scared than his "hey, it's Tuesday" face, huh?
On another note ELENA, ALARIC and DAMON's road trip to DUKE UNIVERSITY proves very beneficial as they find out that Katherine hails from Europe, her original last name was "Petrova," and Damon suddenly believes she has a lot more in common with Elena there mere looks. Do you really think Elena acted so manipulatively, though? Let's see...
... Damon tried to kill Jeremy, and Elena sort of guilt-tripped Damon into giving her a book on Katherine's life. Sorry, D, but those two aren't exactly even. Give Elena a break, and also remember what Katherine said on the premiere: hating someone can be the start of a relationship, not the end. For Alaric all it takes to move on from your ex-wife and finally make out with the sweet woman who crushes on you is for the former to become a vampire, for you to take a road trip to her alma mater and for her pretty graduate student to make you realize how nutty you must be to remain stuck on such a self-centered, supernatural being. Good to know. Best of luck, Alaric and Jenna.
Stefan was wrong about Caroline. He said her personality would be heightened, and we saw flashes of magnified insecurity and humorous whining... but, in the end, Caroline actually proved quite selfless, forcing Matt to dump her, for his own safety. Stefan even admitted this was a step he couldn't bring himself to take with Elena, even though he knew he should.
Overall, "Bad Moon Rising" was an action-packed episode that shed light on the Lockwoods and werewolves in general. I'd have been content with it even before Katherine showed up and told Caroline they were gonna have "so much fun together." I certainly don't like the sound of this supposed development (Caroline & Katherine) not one bit.
Lets see what do we have next on the horizon?
Its episode 4 "MEMORY LANE" which airs on 30th September coincidently thats my birthday, i'm pretty much excited about the episode cause Elena & Katherine come face-to-face because in this episode Isobel assistant tells them that Doppelgangers don't need to be related by blood but they also have an upper hand with the originals they copy. Wouldn't it be funny to see an angry and pissed-off Katherine?
