Damon's flippant attitude towards the prospect of Bonnie dying isn't so nice, but his "I'll write her a great eulogy." line was nevertheless funny.
I appreciated the detail of Stefan's reaction (rubbing his head/grabbing Elena's hand) upon hearing that the final part of the ritual involved Klaus drinking Elena's blood to the point of her death. Interesting how things changed, though, when Damon seemed to be the only one truly concerned about Elena's possibly permanent deadness.
Jenna with a crossbow! Awesome! Alaric proving he was now himself by revealing that Jeremy walked in on him and Jenna? Hilarious (as was Jenna cutting him off and everyone's reactions to this over-share). Guess it wasn't just Elena that got an awkward eyeful of Alaric and Jenna's after dark activities.
Damn, Damon! Making Elena drink your blood? Not cool. I get his concerns, but I don't like how whenever he doesn't get his way, he does something like this against Elena's wishes. At least Stefan was respecting her decision. Damon doesn't know the meaning of respect, it seems. But while I don't necessarily agree with his actions, I did like his "Admit it, you just wish you had the balls to do it yourself." line to Stefan. Their fight was tense, especially Damon stabbing Stefan in the gut. I guess we'll see just how long Elena "never forgives" Damon for (we have heard this in the past, and it's lasted not long at all). We'll see if she can really hold a grudge.
I'm glad we got Alaric & Jenna having a moment together, and seeing how she was coping with everything (and she was coping surprisingly well. It's not every day you find out vampires are real, but Jenna seems to be handling it fairly well, which is a great testament to her character). Wish we'd spent more time on them, actually.
I enjoyed Damon's and Alaric's scene together. The addition of Klaus made it even more interesting. What I really liked was how Alaric had Damon's back the whole time.
I also enjoyed Elena and Stefan's walk together and her asking if he could just do one of his "super-powered vampire jumpy things" to get to the top of the waterfall. I liked their whole talk about the pluses/minuses of being a vampire. Has been a long time coming.
First leg-stabbing, now face-burning? Sucks to be Katherine.
Matt finally came through! Shooting the man-witch was good (though Damon should have just snapped the guy's neck to begin with, rather than taking the time to choke him to death).
Caroline & Tyler got a good scene together. I'm happy we got all these heart to heart talks between the different characters...I just wish more time could have been spent on each of them.
Nina really nailed the scene of Elena's conversation with Stefan about not wanting to be a vampire. This should silence any doubters of Nina Dobrev's acting. Well done to her (and Paul Wesley). Really good scene. It looked great, with the sun setting in the background.
Heh, Damon referring to Matt as "Boy Wonder".
Kudos again to Dobrev & Wesley during their goodbye scene when Klaus showed up. Though I was getting a BTVS flashback with the whole "Close your eyes." bit.
Ian Somerhalder did good with showing Damon's reaction to hearing Klaus had taken Elena.
Can't say I was too surprised that Klaus had Jules as his backup werewolf. The fact they brought her back with Tyler made it kinda obvious. Nor was I surprised by the fact Damon got bitten by Tyler. They didn't focus on it much when it happened, but you could clearly hear the biting noise. So I knew that was coming too. What I DIDN'T expect? Poor Jenna being made a vamp and becoming the one Klaus would use in his ritual. THAT was the biggest surprise of the episode. Well done, TVD. Though now I hate you, show, for making Jenna a vampire and therefore it being highly likely that she'll get offed. She was one of the few remaining regular humans on the show, and I liked that about her. Plus, she was my favourite still-human character. Now to go and do this to her? I'm guessing the show isn't going to keep around both Jenna *and* Caroline, and they seem to have too much fun writing Vampire Barbie, so...
This was one hell of a cliffhanger, and we're not even up to the season final yet. TVD does end-of-episode cliffhangers better than any other show I watch.
I appreciated the detail of Stefan's reaction (rubbing his head/grabbing Elena's hand) upon hearing that the final part of the ritual involved Klaus drinking Elena's blood to the point of her death. Interesting how things changed, though, when Damon seemed to be the only one truly concerned about Elena's possibly permanent deadness.
Jenna with a crossbow! Awesome! Alaric proving he was now himself by revealing that Jeremy walked in on him and Jenna? Hilarious (as was Jenna cutting him off and everyone's reactions to this over-share). Guess it wasn't just Elena that got an awkward eyeful of Alaric and Jenna's after dark activities.
Damn, Damon! Making Elena drink your blood? Not cool. I get his concerns, but I don't like how whenever he doesn't get his way, he does something like this against Elena's wishes. At least Stefan was respecting her decision. Damon doesn't know the meaning of respect, it seems. But while I don't necessarily agree with his actions, I did like his "Admit it, you just wish you had the balls to do it yourself." line to Stefan. Their fight was tense, especially Damon stabbing Stefan in the gut. I guess we'll see just how long Elena "never forgives" Damon for (we have heard this in the past, and it's lasted not long at all). We'll see if she can really hold a grudge.
I'm glad we got Alaric & Jenna having a moment together, and seeing how she was coping with everything (and she was coping surprisingly well. It's not every day you find out vampires are real, but Jenna seems to be handling it fairly well, which is a great testament to her character). Wish we'd spent more time on them, actually.
I enjoyed Damon's and Alaric's scene together. The addition of Klaus made it even more interesting. What I really liked was how Alaric had Damon's back the whole time.
I also enjoyed Elena and Stefan's walk together and her asking if he could just do one of his "super-powered vampire jumpy things" to get to the top of the waterfall. I liked their whole talk about the pluses/minuses of being a vampire. Has been a long time coming.
First leg-stabbing, now face-burning? Sucks to be Katherine.
Matt finally came through! Shooting the man-witch was good (though Damon should have just snapped the guy's neck to begin with, rather than taking the time to choke him to death).
Caroline & Tyler got a good scene together. I'm happy we got all these heart to heart talks between the different characters...I just wish more time could have been spent on each of them.
Nina really nailed the scene of Elena's conversation with Stefan about not wanting to be a vampire. This should silence any doubters of Nina Dobrev's acting. Well done to her (and Paul Wesley). Really good scene. It looked great, with the sun setting in the background.
Heh, Damon referring to Matt as "Boy Wonder".
Kudos again to Dobrev & Wesley during their goodbye scene when Klaus showed up. Though I was getting a BTVS flashback with the whole "Close your eyes." bit.
Ian Somerhalder did good with showing Damon's reaction to hearing Klaus had taken Elena.
Can't say I was too surprised that Klaus had Jules as his backup werewolf. The fact they brought her back with Tyler made it kinda obvious. Nor was I surprised by the fact Damon got bitten by Tyler. They didn't focus on it much when it happened, but you could clearly hear the biting noise. So I knew that was coming too. What I DIDN'T expect? Poor Jenna being made a vamp and becoming the one Klaus would use in his ritual. THAT was the biggest surprise of the episode. Well done, TVD. Though now I hate you, show, for making Jenna a vampire and therefore it being highly likely that she'll get offed. She was one of the few remaining regular humans on the show, and I liked that about her. Plus, she was my favourite still-human character. Now to go and do this to her? I'm guessing the show isn't going to keep around both Jenna *and* Caroline, and they seem to have too much fun writing Vampire Barbie, so...
This was one hell of a cliffhanger, and we're not even up to the season final yet. TVD does end-of-episode cliffhangers better than any other show I watch.
