I feel guilty saying this was my favorite episode of the season since there was no Tyler and Caroline. (I’d take them over Team Shane, even though Tyler and Caroline don’t seem to be players in the race for the cure.) But this hour had the kind of big, bold twists that made us love this show in the first place. And the Stefan Who Doesn’t Love Elena is even more fun than Ripper Stefan. Read More...
I’ve said this a few times over the last several weeks, but there was a lot about this episode that felt like old school TVD, which is what I want out of the show’s ending. Whether we’re talking about the last-minute surprise, the brotherly love, the flashbacks, or just the general theme of redemption, it’s all familiar — even, unfortunately, the grief. “What Are You?”: I love that they chose this as the title for this particular episode — the first in which Stefan is human — because it dates back to the moment Elena Gilbert rushed to the Salvatore mansion and demanded to know WHAT Stefan was. Read More...
After a month’s wait, I’d say a flashback-filled hour with arguably the best brother-bonding moment to date was a solid return. What about you? Let’s dig in. We began in Mystic Falls, 1912, when a “Mr. Salvatore” didn’t accept a police escort home from a male “Sheriff Forbes” after a Council member was killed. Mr. Salvatore was stabbed in the dirt street. In modern-day Mystic Falls, the current Sheriff Forbes took Mayor Lockwood — women power! Read More...
