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Vampire Diaries Recap & Review - Never Let Me Go
*Spoiler Alert*
Do not read this if you have not seen Season 7 Episode 2 of The Vampire Diaries.
Nina who? Elena still manages to be the object of Salvatore attention, even in her sleeping beauty state, sans Nina Dobrev. In this episode, Damon makes messes, Stefan cleans them up, and Matt dies. Nothing out of the ordinary.
#NotImpressed
This episode opens up 3 years later in Dallas, Texas, where Caroline has a job managing what appears to be a news studio. Besides party planning, wedding planning, and funeral planning, this seems like perfect job for her. A co-worker approaches her about a call from her fiance, who we learn later is NOT STEFAN. But he wants to make a trip back to Mystic Falls, which suggests he has already been there. God knows who this is...
"Did you say Stefan is not my fiance?"
Back in present day, we take a turn onto "Blair Witch" avenue, where some idiots with ghost hunting gear are investigating "the truth about Mystic Falls". To sum it up, the heretics appear, the kids are brutally murdered, and Matt Donovan tries to help but ends up a victim. This scene is a far cry from what us viewers are used to seeing. However, I think that although it was very inconsistent to the way the show is normally shot, it worked very well for the storyline due to the fact that every little detail in the show is being played with and experimented with because of the loss of the main character.
#GhostSelfie
Then the scariest thing happens - students actually attend class. Yes, Bonnie went to class. Actually, she went to occult studies, which isn't really necessary considering she is living it. After Alaric gives an insightful lecture on death and trespassing, Bonnie approaches him about how he is dealing with his grief. After brushing it off, he asks her about the Phoenix Stone. Her face says it all...
"So how about that extra-credit?"
So far, Stefan has been acting very non-Stefany. He keeps making jokes and comments at inopportune times. Stefan never makes jokes. AT ALL. That is Damon's line of work. His mother who appears while he is on patrol of the streets is in no mood for his unusual funny-business. He finds out that Caroline has been taken as punishment for Malcolm's death.
Insert glib joke here
Meanwhile, the damsel-not-in-distress manages to break free from Enzo, who cannot seem to get anything done as Lily's right hand man because he is way too sympathetic toward Caroline. Nora and Mary-Louise decide to play the finder's keeper's card and take matters into their own hands.
"Do not get in the way of Steroline!"
The Salvatore brothers have moved into the Lockwood Mansion, which seems to be the best place for people to stay when they have no where to go, behind the Salvatore boarding house. Stefan and Damon initiate their routine fight on what Damon messed up and how they are going to fix it.
"What do you mean you aren't Caroline's fiance?"
Bonnie decides to investigate the Phoenix Stone with Rick. When he hands her the stone she doesn't feel any magic, but if you have been watching this show for all seven seasons, you can guess that's not true. Especially if the evil heretic ringleader wants to get her hands on it too. Once Bonnie preforms a spell to uncloak the magic, she gets a gruesome vision of people dying and decides that the stone should be destroyed. Good thinking Bonnie. She's been watching for all seven seasons...
Balaric and the Order of the Phoenix Stone
Back in Mystic Falls, Nora, Mary Louise, and Caroline are acting out Mean Girls: Vampire Edition. Who knew that a dress from Queen Victoria's funeral would be so fetch? On Wednesdays, we wear eyeliner - in our eyes.
"Guys, I am totally Regina George. Duh..."
Poor Matty blue, always getting caught up in supernatural emergencies. The fact that Bonnie has to stop his heart just enough for him to be technically dead and then bring him back to life by the skin of her teeth reminds me of that one time he had to drown himself so he could communicate with Vicki and then Bonnie had to use CPR to save him. I really do feel bad for the poor guy...
"Are you kidding? I love it when you half kill me and try to bring me back to life again."
Valerie, the whiny heretic who didn't get invited to the Mean Girls squad decides to show kindness to Caroline, who should be skeptical. Valerie pretends to do Caroline a favor by "vervaining" her skin but in the end it proves to be hindrance to Stefan and Damon's plan. Mary Louise comes in vervains Caroline, and the show goes on.
"You can't sit with us."
Damon pays a visit to his Lily's house and is greeted by Enzo who tips him off about Lily's intentions of burying Malcom. After a while of analyzing Enzo's riddles, he finally realizes what is at stake. Elena.
"Stefan isn't Caroline's fiance...? Yaaaaaaasssss"
Lily has offered a deal to Damon. She tells him a story about toy soldiers and broken vases in an effort to drive he and Stefan apart. She will leave Elena alone if and only if Damon gets as far away as possible. I suggest Mars, I hear they have water there now.
"Who is this Nina Dobrev girl everyone is obsessing over?"
Stefan is about to save the day when he and Caroline fly apart. Foreshadowing? Nope, just a new homeowner. Enzo finally did something useful and signed the deed over to the maid.
"Time for a nap."
Sketchytown Rick is back at the morgue and never actually listened to Bonnie's advice to destroy the demon device aka the Phoenix Stone. He decides to try it out on some random guy that is laying out on one of the tables and after a long 3 seconds he starts to twitch. He wakes up - until Rick removes the stone and he dies again. Something tells me he should have listened to Bonnie.
"You aren't Jo..."
Some romantic stuff happens between Enzo and Lily but I don't even want to go there because no, just no. Some drama stuff happens between the Mean Girls and Caroline finds out that Valerie is one of Stefan's former lovers, pre-Katherine. And finally the flash-forward picks up with a call to Caroline from Stefan, to which she replies that she never wants to speak to him again. An unknown assassin kills her assistant and then impales her. Could this be the same woman after Stefan and Damon? Or a new enemy? Comment what you thought of the episode!
I realize that this post was extremely long, and congratulations if you made it all the way to the bottom. Please let me know if you liked how I wrote this post compared to my other posts. I am trying to figure out what people prefer to read.
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I realize that this post was extremely long, and congratulations if you made it all the way to the bottom. Please let me know if you liked how I wrote this post compared to my other posts. I am trying to figure out what people prefer to read.
All of these screen caps were taken by me. If you have any questions regarding use of them feel free to visit the policies page.
Missed last weeks Recap & Review? Click Here!
Vampire Diaries Recap & Review - Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand
*Spoiler Alert*
Do not read this if you have not seen Season 7 Episode 1 of The Vampire Diaries.
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Was it worth the wait? Elena's gone, the town is filled with heretics, season one vibes are off the chart, and there is a double timeline going on... So yes, it was totally worth the wait.
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The show opens with a bang, it's three years later and someone is after Stefan and Damon (no surprise). Stefan runs to a casket containing Damon's desiccated body and wakes him up. We don't get anymore insight on what the heck is going on until the very end of the episode.
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Remember back in season 1 when the characters actually wrote in their diaries? Well, season seven has resurrected the trend. It seems like everyone is writing in a diary, except for Elena, probably because she is off playing sleeping beauty.
I never really shipped Steroline as long as Delena was around. Now that all of my dreams are crushed, Steroline seems to be the next best thing. I like them as friends and I like them as more than friends, either way they have chemistry that can't be denied, even by a Klaroline shipper (guilty!). Stefan suggests a rule that they only be friends, which is broken before the end of the episode.
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So the heretics... where do I begin? First of all, getting hit by a car isn't a very good first impression. Secondly, I wasn't expecting them to be under so much control. Last of all, that selfie. #Nofilter!
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After the incident at the school where the heretics got revenge on the kids that mowed one of them down with a car, Stefan and Caroline begin brainstorming dumb ideas. The best they could come up with was bombing the heretics. Caroline goes over with flowers and her usual peppy disposition and distracts them while Matt plants a bomb in the house. I am not sure how Matt got away with getting into the house, undoing the gas line, and planting the bomb, without getting noticed.
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The Heretics mistake Caroline as a human and compel her to give them her jacket as the time on the bomb is ticking away. At the very last second, Caroline whisks she and Matt away as the bomb blows up. So vampires die if they are blown up, and witches die if they are blown up, so why didn't the heretics die?
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Over in Europe, Bonnie is playing babysitter to Alaric and Damon, who are drinking away their sorrows in Amsterdam (BTW I think I saw the Hazel-Augustus bench in all that b-roll). Anyway, I'm not too sure what Alaric is up to, but I don't like it. If it means that Jo comes back then great, but something is up with him and I prefer him as normal, nice, vampire-hunter, drinking-buddy Alaric.
As well as being a Steroline shipper, I have also jumped on the Bamon train. NOT romantically, just as platonic friends. Damon did save her life, even after hesitating which shows that he really does care, and he called her his BEST FRIEND!! I think that Damon does need a new romantic interest now that Nina has left, however, I also want him to stay true to Elena even while she is in a coma.
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Back in Mystic Falls the heretics decide to get revenge for being blown up while Lily is out of town flirting with Enzo (I don't ship it) about some stone that Alaric has. When she gets back she is disappointed and somehow the residents of Mystic Falls get conned into handing the town over to the heretics. They begin living in the Salvatore house and all the human residents are forced to leave.
Damon arrives back in town just in time to come up the logical idea to take the town back. Stefan says no, "for Damon's sake", and of course Damon isn't going to listen to that and neither is Bonnie. Later she finds one of the heretics and decides to try and kill him. Of course, he is also a witch and can overpower her easily. He begins to take her power when Damon, the hero, rips out his heart, and kills him (1 point for team Bamon!). So, having their hearts ripped out can kill them, but being blown to a million pieces can't?
Remember that rule about just being friends? Well it didn't last long. By the end of the episode Caroline realized that she was ready to take on Steroline and the make out session begins.
The episode closes continuing the flash-forward 3 years. Some lady with guns and crossbows is after the Salvatore Brothers and I have no idea of what is going on.
If you have any idea what is going on let me know in the comment and tell me what you thought of the episode or what you think will happen next!
Was it worth the wait? Elena's gone, the town is filled with heretics, season one vibes are off the chart, and there is a double timeline going on... So yes, it was totally worth the wait.
(Photo Credit)
The show opens with a bang, it's three years later and someone is after Stefan and Damon (no surprise). Stefan runs to a casket containing Damon's desiccated body and wakes him up. We don't get anymore insight on what the heck is going on until the very end of the episode.
(Photo Credit)
Remember back in season 1 when the characters actually wrote in their diaries? Well, season seven has resurrected the trend. It seems like everyone is writing in a diary, except for Elena, probably because she is off playing sleeping beauty.
(Photo Credit)
So the heretics... where do I begin? First of all, getting hit by a car isn't a very good first impression. Secondly, I wasn't expecting them to be under so much control. Last of all, that selfie. #Nofilter!
(Photo Credit)
After the incident at the school where the heretics got revenge on the kids that mowed one of them down with a car, Stefan and Caroline begin brainstorming dumb ideas. The best they could come up with was bombing the heretics. Caroline goes over with flowers and her usual peppy disposition and distracts them while Matt plants a bomb in the house. I am not sure how Matt got away with getting into the house, undoing the gas line, and planting the bomb, without getting noticed.
(Photo Credit)
The Heretics mistake Caroline as a human and compel her to give them her jacket as the time on the bomb is ticking away. At the very last second, Caroline whisks she and Matt away as the bomb blows up. So vampires die if they are blown up, and witches die if they are blown up, so why didn't the heretics die?
(Photo Credit)
Over in Europe, Bonnie is playing babysitter to Alaric and Damon, who are drinking away their sorrows in Amsterdam (BTW I think I saw the Hazel-Augustus bench in all that b-roll). Anyway, I'm not too sure what Alaric is up to, but I don't like it. If it means that Jo comes back then great, but something is up with him and I prefer him as normal, nice, vampire-hunter, drinking-buddy Alaric.
As well as being a Steroline shipper, I have also jumped on the Bamon train. NOT romantically, just as platonic friends. Damon did save her life, even after hesitating which shows that he really does care, and he called her his BEST FRIEND!! I think that Damon does need a new romantic interest now that Nina has left, however, I also want him to stay true to Elena even while she is in a coma.
(Photo Credit)
Back in Mystic Falls the heretics decide to get revenge for being blown up while Lily is out of town flirting with Enzo (I don't ship it) about some stone that Alaric has. When she gets back she is disappointed and somehow the residents of Mystic Falls get conned into handing the town over to the heretics. They begin living in the Salvatore house and all the human residents are forced to leave.
Damon arrives back in town just in time to come up the logical idea to take the town back. Stefan says no, "for Damon's sake", and of course Damon isn't going to listen to that and neither is Bonnie. Later she finds one of the heretics and decides to try and kill him. Of course, he is also a witch and can overpower her easily. He begins to take her power when Damon, the hero, rips out his heart, and kills him (1 point for team Bamon!). So, having their hearts ripped out can kill them, but being blown to a million pieces can't?
Remember that rule about just being friends? Well it didn't last long. By the end of the episode Caroline realized that she was ready to take on Steroline and the make out session begins.
The episode closes continuing the flash-forward 3 years. Some lady with guns and crossbows is after the Salvatore Brothers and I have no idea of what is going on.
If you have any idea what is going on let me know in the comment and tell me what you thought of the episode or what you think will happen next!
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