Previously on The Vampire Diaries...
- It was Caroline's birthday, and she cried because she wanted to.
- Stefan went postal.
- Scoobies got wasted.
- Ty bit Care. RIP Forwood (?)!
- Klaus proved diamonds really are a girl's best friend.
"Dream a little dream of me."
Bonnie had yet another prophetic dream, but unlike last time paid attention. Also different from last dream: Klaus is alive and kicking. Does Bonnie being in a coffin remind anyone else of
The Secret Circle? No? OK.
While many others may have been wondering about the symbolism in Bon Bon's dream, I was wondering who the hell Amelia Bennett was. Anyone have a clue? Let me know in the comments.
So she tattles to Elena about her part in helping Stefan when she awakens. No one should ever tell Bonnie a secret again. She claims to need Elena's help, but why? WHO needs Elena's help? Ever?
The girls look through missing person's reports to find out where Bonnie's mother, Abby, is living. When Bonnie was dreaming of being buried alive, it was her mother that opened the casket. I love it when Bonnie actually remembers she is a witch, and that her dreams actually mean something.
Help a brotha out!
Tyler knows he f'd up big time when he bit his girl seconds after professing his love for her, nearly killing her. So he shows up to apologize. Not only does he say he's sorry, but he breaks into Caroline's home so she finds him there. Oh, and he also guilts her father Bill into helping him out. Seems Bill realizes he was a douche the last time he was in The Falls, and also wants to make amends.
He doesn't apologize.
The plan? Tie Ty up, and force him to change at will so that he can break the sire bond. LOL, Bill doesn't even divulge his plan to the two kids until Ty is already naked and chained in the cellar. Kinky, Bill!
That goes about as well as you'd think. Care freaks and leaves. Ty whines, but then comes through when threatened with an ax. Bill is no good at bolting chains to the cave walls. He's on the Council. What did you expect?
"I wonder what my exes would call me?"
There's a lot of Dalaric bonding in this episode (YAY!).
First, Alaric has a lunch date with Meredith, and makes dinner plans. You go, Ric! Then,
after Damon checks out Dr. Fell's butt, he starts grilling Alaric about her creds. Beautiful? Check! Smart? Check! Into you? Check! Then she must be a deranged psychopath! Ah, Damon, you're just jealous that your man has a new boo. Don't front! Funny thing is, once Alaric thought it over, he also smelled something rotten in the state of
Denmark Virginia.
After Damon left, he decides to confront the good doctor about murdering her ex-honey. She denies it, but acts shady. He's forgotten what happens in James Bond films when the villain's plans are revealed: Watch your back. FAIL! Meredith doses him, and drains him. Once Damon fills a half-naked, sweaty Alaric in on the deets, Alaric is
not pleased.
Damon's meddling doesn't end there. He also tells Bonnie he snogged Elena after the girls said he can't ride shotgun on their road trip. Guess he's never seen
Thelma and Louise.
"Was it good?"
Bonnie wants to know all the details of the Delena kiss. Elena isn't talking. When they get to Abby's they find Jaime. Bon thinks he might be her brother, but he's not. Just some kid her mom who abandoned her 15 years ago took in to raise. OUCH!
Long story short? Daniel the Hybrid whammied Jaime to suicide to force Abby to pry the coffin 4-1-1 out of Bonnie. How did this happen? Stefan isn't as slick as he thinks he is.
"Any friends left?"
Klaus breaks into the Salvatore's to drink, and play his iPod. Once Stefan comes home (he's living there again?), he tries to work things out with his ex-bestie one more time. Stefan doesn't budge. He does, however, break into Elena's home and sees Abby's police sheet. After he calls the girls and Elena lies to him, he follows them to Abby's.
Klaus figured out that Stef had the caskets in the Haunted Witch House, so he threatens the witches. He'll kill both Abby and Bonnie (ending the Bennett line) if they don't reveal his family. This is his last effort. He originally tried to use Abby to find them, but after Elena knocked Jaime out, and removed the threat he lost his leverage.
There's just one snag. Damon managed to get the locked 4th coffin out after Bonnie warned him, so Klaus only gets his brothers. Smart move! What else was smart? What Damon also did (at the end of the episode).
"You've changed. You're stronger. Tougher."
Elena confessed she kissed Damon. Stefan couldn't hide how hurt he was. In the end, he decided that there will be no more secrets. They'll work together to take out Klaus. He also lets her know that he's proud of the person she's become, and she's better than both him and Damon.
Alaric confronts Dr. Fell, and she reveals she's using vamp blood to save her patients' lives. Including a werebit Bill Forbes. Will it work? Shouldn't he be a wolf now? Time will tell, I guess.
Abby lost her magic when she entombed Mikael, and abandoned her family. She believes it'll come back to her if she agrees to help Bonnie. Since Bonnie needs her (according to the dreams), Abby is willing to get her powers back in order to help her daughter.
Elena returns home to find Alaric and Meredith making out in the living room. Since Meredith told him her secret, he decided to tell her his. He's a vamp hunter, and has a death defying ring. She's actually ok with it, and so is Elena. Jenna is gone, and she's not coming back.
When Stefan gets home he lays the smack down on Damon for kissing his ex-girl. I guess his heart wasn't in it, because he quit after only one punch. Damon had a great apology gift. An OG Vamp dagger! Boo yah, bitches!
THIS IS WHY I LOVE DAMON!
While Klaus was giving orders to have his brothers taken to their rooms, Elijah gives his own rendition of "Hello, brother." Is it just me, or did he look kind of pissed off? Hmm...
Next time...
Stefan loses his shirt. Elijah is once again a BAMF. The end!
Questions, Comments, Concerns...
- Who is Amelia Bennett?
- Why did Abby's pic in her missing person's report look like a mugshot?
- Alaric: "I wonder what my exes would call me?"
Damon: "They wouldn't. They're dead."
- I love how Klaus breaks into someone else's home, drinks their liquor, and listen to their stereo. He's a PIMP!
- Klaus: "Oh, yes, crazy Stefan. How's that working out for you. Any friends left?"
- Bonnie: (About The Kiss) "Was it good?"
Elena: "Doesn't matter."
Bonnie: "That means yes."
- Seeing Ty turn never gets any easier.
- Since Bill got mauled by a werewolf, will he turn? *confused*
- Digging wood from Stefan's chest? YUCK!
- Klaus: "I will tear you limb from limb. And when you're a writhing mess of blood and flesh, only then will I kill you."
- Stefan: "You've changed. You're stronger. Tougher." Am I the only one who noticed that Katherine said almost exactly the same thing in "The Return?"
- Stefan: "You're better than him, Elena. You're better than the both of us."
- Bonnie: "You can't (help). You have no magic, and I don't trust you."
- Elena: "Look. I know it's hard, but Jenna's gone, and you're allowed to move on."
