The Vampire Diaries: The Sun Also Rises (2011)
Season 2, Episode 21
9/10
Don't leave mad...
10 May 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Wolf Tyler, after he'd been shot by Matt and was lying wounded on the ground, was the most I've ever felt sorry for Tyler. I just can't stand seeing/hearing an animal get hurt.

Was happy to see Damon be angry at Katherine for the part she played in Jenna being taken/vamped. Katherine deserved that and much more.

I felt so sorry for poor Jenna learning that she'd been killed/made a vampire, then being forced to drink witch bitch's blood.

Poor Jules slowly having her insides wanting to tear themselves apart. No, not even she deserved that kind of torture. It's not like she was ever evil on a Klaus-level. She was just out to protect her own kind. She may have done questionable things in the past, but I felt sorry for her now. And she got a horrible death. Her still beating heart ripped out of her chest by Klaus? *sniff* Poor Jules.

I liked Damon's "Great, I was just thinking about getting a bite to eat." upon finding John at the door, then informing John that Elena would come back as the thing John hated most in the world (but nobody cares what he thinks).

I did believe what Jules said about her not wanting Tyler to be alone. I wish we'd gotten to explore their relationship more. I liked Jules, and having her as a sort-of antagonist for part of the season. I knew it was coming, but still sad to see her go. I'm glad we got to see Jenna's horrified expression at Klaus killing Jules. She may not have been human anymore, but she provided us with a proper and believable human reaction. Elena's starting to get blasé after all the things she's seen.

I felt robbed at not getting to see Alaric's reaction to the news about Jenna being taken/vamped, but I did like Bonnie wanting to save Jenna along with Stefan being willing to sacrifice himself in place of Jenna.

I felt so bad for Jenna, blaming herself for the situation she and Elena were in (none of this was Jenna's fault), and I was glad Elena took responsibility (yes, if you'd informed Jenna earlier about all this, maybe things could have gone differently).

All I could think during Stefan & Elijah's 'honourable' talk was "Quit talking and go save Jenna!".

I did love the part with Damon learning what Stefan's plan was and him putting his arm through the wall as reaction to it.

Go, Jenna! Taking a bite out of witch bitch! I just wish she'd managed to kill her. Foolishly, I thought that perhaps by drinking witch blood it would maybe save Jenna.

I had to echo Elena's "Go to hell." to Klaus, after what he just did to Jenna.

I thought Paul Wesley did an excellent job of conveying Stefan's emotions, from his guilt and apologising to Elena for not being able to successfully save Jenna, to his reaction upon seeing Elena drunk to the point of death by Klaus.

THANKYOU, Damon, for snapping the witch bitch's neck! She SO deserved it! I enjoyed Bonnie kicking Klaus's arse. That was a truly tense scene, and I honestly could not tell what way it was going to go when Klaus was telling Elijah he could lead him to his family members. I thought maybe Elijah would be sensible enough not to listen, but...sadly he wasn't. I did like Bonnie saying she'd take them both out and not caring that it'd kill her. Drawing out this whole Klaus thing is not something I can say I'm looking forward to.

Weird hearing Damon warn Elena not to come back as a vampire, otherwise he'd stake her himself (when it was he who gave her his blood, intending to bring her back as a vampire)...but then when he said he couldn't stand her being mad at him forever, it made more sense.

Jeremy's reaction to learning Jenna DIED wasn't even close to sufficient. At least Alaric looked upset. Damn you, Jeremy, you unfeeling jerk! John finally did something useful before he died. Thanks, John. Bye, John. Won't be missing you (but I liked that he cared enough about Elena to in the end give his life for hers. All John's other 'deaths' have been pretty humorous, but this one was quite sad).

I'm kind of annoyed that they rushed into the funeral for Jenna (and John). I would have liked more time spent on this rather than just tagging it onto the end of the episode. And it didn't even get to be the sole focus of the end. No, it came back around to being all about Damon. Somehow I'm not that concerned about him.

Through the episode, I was hoping that Jenna would somehow survive. Even when she got staked, I thought perhaps they'd find a way to bring her back. That's probably why the impact of her death didn't actually hit me until we saw her grave, as I kept wanting to believe that somehow we'd see her again. I'm not sure I can enjoy this show as much now. Killing Jenna seems unnecessarily cruel, and there were numerous other characters who deserved to be offed more than her. Shame on you, TVD. You've lost a great actress in Sara Canning (and after doing her a major disservice for most of the show, by not writing her more deserving story lines) and Jenna will be sorely missed. There were so many possibilities for her character and story lines that could have been explored (especially after learning about vampires/becoming one). It just seems like such a waste. The season final will have to be pretty amazing to make up for this.
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