The Secret Circle ~Sacrifice~

The awkwardness between Cassie and Adam continues while Faye and Melissa compare it to an emotional car crash.

Eben is chasing someone through the woods and he lets him get away into Chance Harbor.

John stops by to make sure Cassie is okay. He asks he to play mini golf.

Melissa, Faye, and Diana have volunteered to waitress for the hockey team’s banquet. Grant stops by and convinces Diana to go on a date with him. Grant and Melissa go ice skating and he asks her to leave with him—she can go anywhere she wants to go.

Someone is in Jake’s house and they get into a fight. Cassie sees them from her house and she goes to help. Jake tells her that he’s a friend. Samuel and Jake were witch hunters. Samuel tells them that he’s running from Eben and he’s trying to resurrect demons and that he needs to talk to John.

Melissa convinces Adam to help her steal Kyle’s (the head hockey player) attention away from Faye. Adam agrees and helps her talk hockey to Kyle and the other players. Faye is astounded and Melissa has the whole table’s attention. Then Faye demands that Adam help her grab the interest of Kyle back and he helps her play darts with Kyle.

Samuel tells John that Eben was trying to sacrifice him to resurrect the demons and that’s why he ran. Eben wants to eradicate the witches once and for all using demons. Apparently John was trying to do the same thing 16 years ago. Cassie overhears this part of their conversation.

Cassie is pissed at John and he tells her that he thought he could use the demons to protect the circle. But the demons wanted to take over the circle and use their powers. They have to stop Eben and seal the demons in the ground. They have to gather the whole circle and meet at the old house.

Adam gets aggressive over the fact that apparently Kyle has a girlfriend who showed up at the banquet and he had been acting all night as if the girlfriend didn’t exist. Faye and Melissa tell him that it sucks loosing someone you love, but he’s lucky that he doesn’t remember it. Missing it is the worst part

While Cassie and Jake are gathering the circle, Diana finds out that Grant isn’t what he seems. He’s been lying. He doesn’t own a yacht—he just works on the crew. She tells him to stay the hell away from her. Diana goes to the coffee house and doesn’t answer her phone. Cassie tracks her down and Diana lashes out at her calling her a drama queen and that she can’t even have 5 minutes to herself. Cassie tells her about the demons and she begrudgingly goes with Cassie.

John and Samuel trek off through the woods and they come upon the space where John tried to resurrect the demons before. He traps Samuel in a circle and tells him that he’s already been sacrificed, there’s a demon in him.

Meanwhile Cassie and the circle figure out that John didn’t want them hurt and went to confront Eben on his own. They take off after him.

Eben confronts John and flings him through the air. Eben resurrects the demons and takes them into himself. The rest of the circle arrives and Jake tries to help Samuel but breaks the circle so Samuel can get out. Cassie tries to stop him but can’t. Samuel grabs Cassie and the demon tries to get into her. John wakes up and tells Samuel to take him instead. But John uses his powers to eradicate the demon from Samuel and he Sam dies.

The whole circle is shocked that John still has powers. He tells Cassie that he couldn’t tell her to stop using her powers if he were still using his. He tells the circle that there’s a war coming and he and the circle are not strong enough to stop it. He tells them about the crystals and Cassie admits she has one. There are 5 others that need to be found to stop Eben and the witch hunters and they can stop hiding their powers.

Grant is waiting on Diana and he says he can explain. He wanted to impress her and he begs for one more day to make it right. She gives him one more day.

Adam takes Cassie home and admits to being wrong about her father and he admits he’s been hard on her. John saved them tonight and they need to be focused on their enemies.

John is back in the old woods. It appears he’s digging up the original sacrifice from 16 years before.

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I thought this episode was excellent. Its bringing more of the back story of how John Blackwell abused his power and wanted to control more of it.

My questions for you:

Has he changed?

Do you really think he's only out to help Cassie or does he have something more sinister in mind?

The Secret Circle ~Cursed~

Faye confronts Eva and she says that Lee has left to figure things out. Faye leaves, but she doesn’t believe Eva. She enlists Melissa and Diana’s help to figure out what happened to Lee. They go to snoop through Lee’s car and is confronted by a police officer. Faye and Melissa make Diana’s shirt pop open to reveal a sexy bra and they end up in the back of a police car anyway. Eva comes out and tells the policeman to let them go.

Cassie and John go to see Jane and of course her brain is still fried. She tells Cassie that the families are cursed and can never be together. Someone in their circle will die if they activate the curse.

Adam and Cassie tell the circle about the curse and them activating it. Faye’s reaction is really funny. She slaps her hand over her mouth. Melissa, Faye, and Diana aren’t sick but they haven’t heard from Jake. They go to find Jake and find he’s sick with fever and hallucinating. John tells them he thinks he has found a way to break the curse but they need herbs and need to go see Calvin. The group goes to see Calvin only to be told that he’s been missing. Jake—who killed him—hallucinates that Calvin is in the store. John tells Cassie they have to find a rare ingredient that can be found deep in the wood by the house. Jake, Cassie, and Adam set out to find it.

Dawn invites Charles over and tells him about John being back in town. He tells her that John must be destroyed, especially after Dawn tells him that John went to see Jane today.

The trio—Jake, Cassie, and Adam—are trekking through the woods and Jake starts to hallucinate. He lets it slip that he killed Calvin and Cassie looks shocked. Finally after Jake attacks Adam, mistakenly thinking he’s Calvin, they find the herb and rush back to the house.

Dawn and Charles go to see Jane to screw her brain up some more, they want to know what John came to see her about.

John, Diana, and Melissa are working on the potion and John tells Melisa a little about her mother. That she was great with herbs and she loved Melissa.

Faye is snooping around Lee’s place and finds his bike that Eva says she rode out of town on… Eva confronts her and Faye explains to her that Lee gave her Faye’s powers and then Eva asks for Fay’s help in fixing Lee. She just want Lee back—he’s gone—Eva wants help bringing back Lee. The two fight and Faye ends up breaking the totem that Lee made. This takes Eva’s powers away and Faye leaves.

Cassie thanks John for his help and ominously tells her that there is something she needs to know. Cassie tells Adam that they have to drink the potion and they’ll forget how they feel about each other. She tells him that they don’t have a choice. They drink the potion.

Jake is amazed when he wakes up that Cassie and Adam destroyed their relationship to save him, when he doesn’t consider himself worth saving. John tells him that he’s one of six…. He matters and that a man can change.

Cassie and Adam wake up together on the couch and Adam says he remembers how he felt, but he doesn’t feel nervous and he feels good. He can’t explain it and Cassie says “you don’t love me anymore.” Adam leaves to go open the Boathouse and Cassie breaks down and cries.

Faye tells Melissa and Diana what happened and they comfort her about Lee.

John comes in and Cassie tells him that she still remembers everything and she still loves him. John tells her that he understands and he won’t be far from her.

Charles goes to see Jane and tells her that he’s there to help and he wants her to help him destroy John.

Dawn confronts John about Cassie and Adam telling him that he’s afraid of their destiny. He tells Dawn that the absence of Ethan and Amelia would have saved the circle. He tells her that although he has enough power to fake a curse and help Jane say what he wants he can’t stop all the witch hunters. He tells her that one of them is working with the witch hunters and that she doesn’t want him as an enemy.

Cassie goes to bed humming the lullaby that Amelia sang to her as a child while she glances at the photo of herself and her mom. The stars above Cassie’s bed all flow together to make one star.

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I cannot believe that John faked the curse so that Cassie and Adam would forget their love. At first I didn't want Adam and Cassie together... but now I really enjoy them being together.

I really wish Jake would either be bad... or good. Or even a combination of both, but flopping back and forth each week is getting a little annoying.

I am also so ready for Melissa, Diana, and Faye to be happy. Stop killing off their boys and let them be happy.

The Secret Circle ~Lucky~

Wow! We’re back after a long hiatus that kept us waiting for weeks!

Faye tells Dawn that John Blackwell is back and you can just tell she’s ecstatic about this. I guess they had a thing when they were younger.

John goes to see Cassie and tries to tell her that he doesn’t want to be a stranger that people are terrified of and that the dark magic they have can make her vengeful and destructive. She tells him that he doesn’t know her very well. This seems to be foreshadowing of things to come

Outside Cassie’s house John runs into Jake and comments that Jake watches over her. Jake tells him that he does. John says “Good.” Hmm… wonder what that means.

The circle gathers at the coffee house and Diana comments that it would be great to find the parents they lost still alive. Faye rebuts that saying that “yeah as long as that parent wasn’t the devil on their days off.” Cassie’s break is over and Melissa and Diana leave to set up for casino night, Faye goes to track down Lee. Adam asks Cassie to go to casino night with him. She asks him if they are going out on a real live date in public. He grins and says yes… she replies with “Then hell yes.” As she kisses him. Finally! The stars have aligned themselves.

Lee and Eva (his back from the dead girlfriend) are discussing her health and she says she feels good, but a little weak. He suggests that she call her parents and she tells him that they gave up on her and that he saved her life, he’s all she needs. This does not bode well for Faye.

Diana and Melissa head to the boathouse to pick up supplies for the casino night fundraiser. On the way out the two run into a very handsome stranger named Grant. He’s charming and you can tell he’s charmed Diana. Normally new people in Chance Harbor are bad signs.

John is at the old house looking for something and Cassie sees him get really annoyed he can’t find what he’s looking for. He turns a table over and Cassie leaves.

Cassie tells Adam what she saw her father doing and they sneak into Jake’s house. Adam tells her that he and Nick found this when they were cleaning up the old house. He pulls out a weird clay looking thing and tells her that Diana’s book referred to it as a sway… it takes witch’s powers away. Cassie takes it and tells him that she’s going to confront her father and at least she’ll be the one to have it.

Faye goes to see Lee and tells him he is taking her to casino night. He tells her that he can’t go, he has previous plans. Wonder when Eva is going to turn up.

Diana and Faye are discussing boys when Melissa tells Faye that Diana is turning away hotties like she’s allergic to them and she wants to know when does Faye ever take no for an answer? She leaves the coffee shop and Diana asks Faye when did she get so insightful? Finally we have our smart mouthed Melissa back!!

Cassie confronts John and wants to know whose magic is he trying to take. He tells her that he found that when he escaped the fire, that only another witch could have spelled it for Eben to have powers. He tells her that he needs to sway to find the person that betrayed them in the past and will eventually betray them again.

Faye goes to see Lee and finds Eva. Lee tells Eva that Faye is just a customer. Faye leaves and Lee tells Eva that Faye just has a crush on him.

Grant shows up at casino night and donates a large amount of money to the school while he flirts with Diana.

Adam comes to get Cassie and she tells him that a witch spelled it so Eben could catch John. She reminds him that she saw his father in Jake’s memories. Adam gets angry and they get into a fight

Cassie tells Jake about seeing Ethan in his memory and he gets angry that Adam’s dad betrayed them. Cassie tells him there has to be another explanation. After Cassie leaves, Jake immediately calls John.

Adam and Ethan have a conversation about him and Cassie—Ethan won’t tell him what happened.

Faye sees that Lee did come to fundraiser and she starts to tell him off but he grabs her and kisses her. I really like these two together and that normally means this isn’t going to work out.

Dawn runs into John at the school and she tries to seduce him. He tells her that she’s the same old Dawn and that he’s changed. He’s looking for Ethan.

Adam shows up at casino night and tells Cassie that he’s sorry and Cassie says maybe he does have an explanation. Cassie sees her dad at the fundraiser and starts to follow him.

Eva shows up at the school and sees Faye and Lee hugged together and he tells her about Faye. Eva gets mad and leaves.

John is followed out of the school with someone with a knife. Cassie sees someone stab him and they take off running. She chases him and uses her magic to stop him. She stands over Ethan and starts to whack him with a plank. John stops her and tells her that she can’t do that.

John tells Cassie that Ethan blames him for stealing her mother from him and that she needs to stay away from Ethan. He tells her that she can’t use her magic that it will take her over.

Grant and Diana chat after the fundraiser and they end up kissing in the parking lot.

Eva confronts Lee at home and she wants to know why he brought her back when he wants Faye. He realizes that she has magic and she kills him. I figured this would happen!!!!!!!

John confronts Ethan and tells him that the kids have been hurt enough and that Ethan will keep his mouth shut about Cassie. The reason that Cassie’s mom was with John was because the “written in the stars love” between Ethan and her was a curse.

Adam goes to Cassie’s house and she says that she doesn’t know what happened. Adam says to hell with their parents—he doesn’t care about them. He tells Cassie that he loves her and they start to kiss and end up making love on the couch. Outside a flock of crows are gathering over Cassie’s house. I do believe this is a horrible sign for Adam and Cassie.

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I have to admit there were a bunch of twists in this episode!

Do you guys think that Lee is really dead or is he just sleeping? I have to say that I hope Eva didn't kill him because I really like the chemistry between Lee and Faye. He seems to hold his own with her.

See??! I knew I was right about the Cassie/Adam thing being a bad idea... now they've gone and summoned an army of crows with their 'written in the stars' love.

What's your opinion on this episode?

The Secret Circle ~The Return~

Cassie tells Melissa she’s moving back into her grandma’s house since she’s coming back. Charles is surprised to hear that Jane is coming back.

Cassie goes home to find her door open. She grabs an umbrella and yells that she's called the police. Jake is inside and he says he saw something. They find a circle of ash and salt around the house. The witch hunters are in Chance Harbor. Jake tells her that Issac was furious when he told him the medallion was destroyed. She tells him that she can take care of herself and he mocks her for using the umbrella, but she tells him with a little personal magic it can be a weapon and she lightly zaps him with power through the umbrella. He leaves.

Cassie got a job working at the coffee shop and she sucks at it. Adam shows her how to carry the tray and tells her where the orders go. She confides in him that someone was in her house, probably witch hunters and that she moved out of Diana’s even though Jane isn’t really on her way home.

Faye and Melissa are in the coffee shop and Faye is needling Cassie. Callum comes in and invites them to a party. Melissa tells Faye that Callum can be trusted.

Cassie lies to her grandma about staying with Dianna when she calls to check in. Someone knocks on Cassie’s door. “Hello Cassie. My name is John Blackwell. I’m your father.” Cassie wants to know how does she know he’s her father and he tells her that she senses it. She tells him that she’s gotten used to him not being around and he needs to go. He wants her to meet him at the boardwalk in a hour and nobody can know he’s here. He stayed away to protect her and her mother.

Adam shows up and asks Cassie to see a movie or get something to eat. She tells him that something came up, but she can meet him later. She breaks down and tells him that her father showed up. That he came back because he felt her activate the medallion. Adam warns her that he’s here for something other than to protect her. Cassie insists she can find out the truth.

Faye gets a call from Diana that she hasn’t heard from Melissa. Diana is worried after everything that happened with the Devil’s Spirit. Faye tells Diana that Melissa went to Callum’s party and they probably need to go get her. Diana and Faye go to Lee’s house to find out where Callum’s place is. Lee insists they aren’t going alone and that Callum will use people to get what he wants.

Cassie meets John on the boardwalk and she tells him that she doesn’t him. I don’t know where to start. I’m sure I don’t trust you. He tells her that she has to give him the medallion. She realizes that he came there for only one thing. She tells him she destroyed the medallion and that she doesn’t need his protection. She leaves and gets into her car. Eben the witch hunter is in her car and he grabs her.

At Callum’s party, Melissa asks Callum about his ‘voodoo’ and Callum tells Melissa that Lee is a total scammer. He gives her a totem and he says he’ll do all the work. He slams his ‘power’ into her and she likes it.

Diana, Faye, and Lee arrive at Callum’s place and Diana tells Faye that Lee is protective of her and its sweet. Faye scoffs and goes off to find Melissa.

John Blackwell is at his old house and Jake comes looking for her. Jake tells John that they found salt ash around her house and the witch hunters are in town. John sets off to find Cassie and Jake follows him.

Jake goes and finds Eben and offers up John Blackwell in return for Cassie’s life. Evan agrees.

Cassie wakes up and Eben says he didn’t expect to see John Blackwell again. Cassie says “You’re afraid of him.” They drop stuff in Cassie’s eyes and mouth.

John goes to see Adam and Ethan interrupts. He tells John he needs to leave. John tells him that they have unfinished business, but he has to find his daughter.

Jake is outside the boathouse waiting on John and he tells him that the witch hunters have Cassie. They go to confront them.

Back at Callum’s, he locks Melissa in with him and demands to know what she is. She tells him that if she actually has as much power as he thinks she does, does he really want to test it. He lets her leave and she runs into Faye and Diana. Diana tells him that Adam just called and Cassie’s in trouble. Melissa tells Faye that the totem actually takes power… not give it. Faye confronts Lee and tells him that she can’t believe she trusted him. The group leaves.

Jake trades his life for Cassie’s and she goes with her dad. Eben tells Jake that Cassie will take care of killing her father for them.

Callum confronts Lee and he knows about Faye and Melissa being witches. He tells Lee that he’s using Faye, but Lee warns Callum to stay away from them.

Cassie is spelled to kill her dad and she starts doing a spell and circles him in a ring of fire. She begs him to stop her, knock her down or something. He refuses to hurt her and she continues to do the spell.

Jake is at the mercy of the witch hunters. He tells Eben that they had a deal. Eben goads him and tells him that his father said nearly the same thing. Adam bursts onto the scene and magically throws Eben against a tree impaling him on a limb. The rest of the circle shows up and Jake tells them that Cassie is spelled to kill her dad.

The group finds Cassie and her dad and they use a spell to stop her and break the link to the spell. Adam coaches Cassie to repeat the spell for them. They break the spell and John tells Cassie that after the fire the elders stripped her mother’s powers and it affected him. Dark magic took everything he ever cared about. She wants to know how Evan spelled her if he’s not a witch and John tells her that he and Evan go way back. He’s not a witch but he must be working with one. I am not the man I used to be. I care about keeping you safe. I destroyed it. Now there is every reason. You can’t protect yourself. Eben spelled me. How? Eben and I go a long way back. Then he’s working with one. But until I find out, I’m staying right here in Chance Harbor. He tells Cassie that he is not the man he used to be. He cares about keeping her safe and he’s not leaving Chance Harbor.

Faye comes home to find Lee in her room. He tells her that he would never do anything to hurt her. She nastily tells him that “Nothing says I care like a power sucking totem.” He takes the totem and snaps it in half and they start to make out.

Elsewhere….. Lee’s girlfriend is wide awake.

John goes to see Jake. Jake tells him that iIt was the only way to stop the witch hunters. John thanks him for saving his daughter’s life. He tells Jake that he knows he cares for her and that they should work together. John warns him that tonight is only the beginning of the hunters coming for them

While John and Jake are preparing to protect Cassie, she goes to the boathouse and she cuddles with Adam.

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My Thoughts...

I have to say that I was just a little disappointed in John Blackwell. To find out that he doesn't have any powers, much less "evil" powers was a huge let down. The whole season was talking about her father and he was evil incarnate... and.... NOTHING. I can only hope that he's lying and hiding his power.

What did you guys think about John Blackwell. Do you think he has hidden intentions and is hiding his power?

The Secret Circle ~Valentine~

Faye and Jake wake up together and she’s “trying” to sneak out but wakes him up. He basically tells her to get out but they end up doing the deed AGAIN. Let me return to my comment from last week… Ewww I am not amused.

Faye Diana—I felt a clear connection to my father—I’m goingto go try again—not relying on a guy

Faye and Melissa plan a slumber party and Melissa invites Diana and Cassie.

Adam asks Cassie what she was talking to Jake about. She tells Adam that she told him that he doesn’t know me at all. Adam asks her out for Valentine ’s Day and she tells him that she’s going to Faye’s for a slumber party. She tells him that she can go another day.

A hooded figure is watching Cassie as she runs out to her car to get a book.

Lee turns up at Faye’s place and brings her some sort of power totem. He tells her to leave it by the bed.

Jake is talking Issac (the witch hunter) and he tells Issac that he saw what Issac did to his parents. Issac tells Jake that John Blackwell led them to slaughter. Issac wants the medallion and Jake tells him that he’s not going to let him hurt Cassie. Issac tells him that evil will start to come for Cassie and they can’t stop it as long as she has the medallion.

Cassie is at the house heading into the basement when she actually sees the hooded figure waiting for her and the screams and runs back up the stairs. She runs into Adam and she tells him what she saw. Oddly enough he suggests that she talks to Jake because he has the most information on the witch hunters.

Diana and Melissa accidently break the “doll” (power totem) that Lee gave to Faye. Diana tells Melissa that she doesn’t really belong at Faye’s and Melissa assures her that she wants her there. She shows Diana the Devil’s Spirit that she has and Diana tries it.

Jake and Cassie are talking about the symbols on the robe that she saw and he tells her it’s from the Medaris clan. Their whole clan was wiped out years ago. She doesn’t seem impressed that ghosts are coming after her now.

Diana and Melissa are high and they do a “spell” to make the pizza guy hot. Diana says she’s going to make out with the pizza guy. The doorbell rings and Melissa runs for it, flings it open and kisses Lee

Cassie is gathering her things to head over to Faye’s and there are two hooded figures outside her window.

Lee warns Faye again about Devil’s Spirit and the damage it can do.

Diana tells Cassie that it’s girls night and she doesn’t want to talk about Adam.

Jake goes to talk to Issac again and he tells him that Cassie is being haunted by a dead witch. Issac tells him that their blood spilled in a church not far from where they are. John Blackwell killed them all and took their powers. That medallion holds their powers. Those witches will come for them since Cassie has activated it, every dead witch within miles and miles will come for her. It holds the power of a thousand dead souls.

Cassie is telling Diana (who is still high) that she saw a ghost in the basement of the old house. Cassie says that she just can’t talk to dead people. Faye says that maybe they can. She brings out a Ouija board and Cassie uses the medallion as a pointer. It spells out “Sacred.” Cassie tells Melissa that she’s going to go see Adam because she’s not in a partying mood and she’s bringing them down. She leaves.

Jake comes looking for Cassie and Melissa tells him that she’s with Adam.

Cassie is driving to Adam’s and the medallion starts to choke her. She wrecks.

Jake rushes over to Adam’s and he tells Adam the story and that they have to find Cassie before the witches do.

Cassie crawls out of her car and confronts the two hooded figures and then chases them through the woods.

Adam calls Diana and wants to know where Cassie is. She snarkily tells him it's ironic him and Jake both looking for Cassie and she hangs up on him.

Jake and Adam realize she’s headed for the sacred ground of the church and if she’s in the church she can’t use her magic.

Faye asks Diana how it feel being replaced by Cassie. Diana tells Faye that she’s just jealous about her friendship with Melissa. They realize that Melissa is nowhere to be found. They find her seizing on the floor. They rush her to the bathroom and make her vomit.

Cassie ends up in the church and surrounded by the ghosts. They possess Adam and they tell her they want the medallion. They threaten to cut Adam’s wrist if they don’t get it. She ends up using it to make them leave.

Jake tells Issac that the ghosts are gone. Issac is pissed that Jake didn’t bring back the medallion.

Melissa admits to Faye that she screwed up back in Junior High School by ignoring Melissa. But she vows she’s not leaving Melissa again

Lee visits his girlfriend that is apparently in the hospital. He gives her the match to the totem he gave to Faye.

Faye tells Melissa and Diana that Lee says Devil’s Spirit is dangeround. Diana tells her that he’s a really good kisser. They end up having a pillow fight.

Cassie goes with Adam to the boat and she sees the dinner he had planned pre-possession. She tells him that he was right and that she let the “idea” of her dad overshadow the reality. She starts to cry but Adam wipes her tears and they kiss.

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My thoughts...

I hate the Cassie/Adam story line.

I do like it that Adam is getting more of a backbone and standing up for himself.

I HATE Faye and Jake together. It's too predictable. Bad boy and Bad girl together? Seriously? UGH. The Cassie/Jake relationship has so much more potential for sparks to fly and things to happen. Adam and Cassie are just too.... blah for me.

So tell me what you guys thought... I'm interested to hear your thoughts on Cassie's father too.... is he really the epitome of all evil or is there something deeper going on?