The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Murder of One~

Damon is still snarky to Elena and he’s hiding the fact that Alaric, Stefan, and he were sawing up the Wickery Bridge sign. Also Alaric wants to turn himself in and Stefan and Damon won’t have it. They make him wear the ring since they are going vampire hunting.

Elena gently tells Caroline that Alaric killed her dad but it’s not really his fault. Of course Caroline accepts this and agrees that Alaric, like her, is a victim of the supernatural.

Stefan, Damon, Caroline, Matt, and Elena meet in the woods and the brothers tell them about the white oak stakes and that they all have a weapon. Caroline is to be Klaus bait and the rest are hunting the others.

Klaus tracks down Finn wanting to know where their mother is. Rebekah and Klaus force him back to Mystic Falls. Sage is at home waiting for Finn and he’s happy to see her. Maybe he’s changed his mind about dying.

Damon hides his stake in the woodbin and Alaric asks him if he had learned nothing from the moonstone in the soap dish? Damon goes downstairs only to see Alaric come flying down the stairs after him. Rebekah stabs Damon.

Elena calls to tell Stefan that Finn is in the middle of town with Sage. After discovering Alaric at the bottom of the stairs and that Rebekah has Damon, Stefan tells her they have a problem.

Rebekah has trussed up Damon like a Thanksgiving turkey and he’s hanging from the ceiling. Damon asks her if she really thought he was into her? Not a good thing to taunt the girl who has a knife… and a stake… and several other torture devices. Klaus comes in and suggests that she hang him upside down then the vervain will drain from his system faster. Rebekah tells him to go manage his witch. She tells Damon that she’s either going to compel him to kill Elena or his brother… or both.

Klaus has Bonnie and threatens Jeremy and her mom. She starts to perform the spell that will unlink them.

Caroline goes to babysit Alaric and they discuss him killing her dad. She tells him that she’s going to take a page from the Elena Gilbert handbook and believe he can be saved.

Stefan and Elena fight about rescuing Damon and he tells her that he knows what his brother would want.

Damon hallucinates seeing Elena come to rescue him and she lets him drink from her. Rebekah is playing with his mind.

Finn and Sage are in the grille drinking and he says he’s never had tequila before. Sage introduces Finn to Troy whom she turned to have someone on her team. She tells him that she has enemies here. Stefan is sitting at the bar and Matt serves them more whiskey with vervain in it. Stefan smirks at them as he leaves and they follow him.

Stefan grabs Finn and Matt and Elena come out of the back door of the grill and shoots Finn with a cross bow. Finn dies but at the same time Bonnie completes the spell and the siblings are not joined.

Damon is still being tortured by Rebekah and Klaus lets Bonnie go after the spell is complete. He gives her the choice to take Damon with her and she makes the choice to leave him. But she does call Elena and tell her that Rebekah still has him chained up.

Elena tells Stefan that he’s acting on anger and it’s going to get him or Damon killed. Stefan tells her that Klaus does not get to survive this. He takes off to go find Klaus. He is thrown back into the house by Sage and Troy. Sage backhands Caroline and confronts Elena. But something is wrong with Sage and Troy… they both start to cough up blood and die. Elena comes to the realization that Finn turned Sage and Sage turned Troy. If an original dies then the bloodline dies. Caroline tells Elena that if Klaus dies so does Tyler.

Stefan goes to see Klaus and he trades 8 stakes for Damon’s life. Klaus doesn’t believe that there are only 8 stakes. He compels Damon to go home which makes Damon try to pull his arms from the bear traps. He compels Damon to stop and tell him how many stakes there really are. Damon tells him 11.

Rebekah breaks up the party and releases Damon. She tells them that she believes on good faith they will bring her the other 3 stakes.

Rebekah is in shock that Finn is dead and Klaus doesn’t seem to care. He was a look sick fool according to Klaus. She asks him if that would be the way he spoke of her if she died. Klaus tells Rebekah that he’s taking Elena and leaving and he’s going to make his own family. Rebekah chooses to stay.

Elena tells Stefan that he hasn’t said much. She tells him that Klaus dragged him through hell and he made it through the other side. Stefan asks her what did he loose in the process. It made him ignore everything that was happening and he let it slip away. She tells him that she never stopped loving him and he tells her that he loves her too. Stefan tells her that she loves Damon too. She can’t tell him that she doesn’t but she doesn’t know what she feels.

Damon goes to collect the stake that Alaric has and he swears that he was the only one in the apartment. Damon tells him that his alter ego has a weapon that can end all vampires, including Damon.

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So what did you guys think of this episode.

Again I'll admit to loving the way Rebekah used her "mind" power, but I hate that she used it to torture Damon with Elena.

I was disappointed when Elena didn't try to go and help Damon.

It was REALLY disappointing when Bonnie left Damon there to be tortured. Okay so she placed a call after she left... but come on... Bonnie has been holier-than-thou since the first season. She is the compassionate one... what happened to that? Then the hysterical crying in driveway... please.

I was happy that Elena didn't or couldn't tell Stefan that she doesn't care about Damon. Hope this trend continues.

What were your thoughts and your likes/dislikes?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Break on Through~

This episode was lacking a bit of the oomph that Vampire Diaries can provide. In fact, some of it was just awkward.

We learn that:

Meredith has a soft spot for accidental psychos.

The chemistry between Alaric and Damon is back… the snarky comments and smirks are welcome.

Elena chastises Damon again for helping Stefan drink blood and he had to remind her they are vampires!

At ANOTHER town event—the reconstruction of Wickery bridge—Rebekah is snooping around and an old friend of Damon’s shows up.

Sage reminds Damon that he has the power to find out what Rebekah is up to. He just has to find a weakness and exploit it… it seems that Rebekah’s weakness is that she wants to be wanted and loved. Of course Damon is willing to help with the “wanted” part. He invites Rebekah over for a drink.

Of course Rebekah takes the bait and shows up at the Salvatore house with a bottle of wine that she stole from Nick, who stole it from a Queen. Sage and Damon drink and dance while Rebekah feasts on the piano player. Damon joins her sharing the pianist and ends up making out with her. He assures her that she is the one he wants and they end up kissing while Sage watches on the couch. This is almost like an awkward threesome…

We find out that apparently Sage has a power that she can read people’s minds. I’m not real sure how this works, but while Rebekah is sleeping—exhausted from vampire sex—beside a very naked Damon, Sage touches Rebekah’s hair and seems happy with what she finds.

She tells Damon to follow her and they get into the shower. She “shows” him what Rebekah is up to by kissing him and sharing Rebekah’s memories. Damon is ecstatic. He goes to search through the lumber mill records and finds out the white oak tree was used to build Wickery Bridge.

Caroline and Bonnie are trying to help hold Abby together. Caroline convinces Jamie to give Abby a chance. She’s trying to work through it. Jaime is willing, but Abby ends up biting him. In true Abby fashion she leaves while Bonnie is out of the house, even though Caroline gives a heartfelt speech about kids needing their parents.

Meredith is left alone with Alaric while Elena goes to hunt something that Alaric wore before he wore the “make me crazy” ring. The switch is flipped and it’s crazy Alaric time. He asks Meredith if she felt remorse for the bad job she was doing protecting the town from vampires. He ends up slicing Meredith’s stomach with a kitchen knife. She locks herself in the bathroom while Alaric bangs on the door.

Stefan is waiting on Elena at Alaric’s loft and he tells her that he’s trying the moderation route. She rummages through Alaric’s things looking for his wedding ring. They find files on the murders and a note to Jeremy that he should carry out the plan should Alaric fail. We shouldn’t forget that Jeremy is wearing the other “make me crazy and bring me back to life” ring. Elena and Stefan rush back to the house. Elena goes in the front door and Alaric seems to be acting normal. Elena sees the bloody knife and Stefan grabs Alaric from behind.

Stefan’s bloodhound nose smells the blood in the house and tells Elena she needs to go with him. They find Meredith bleeding all over the bathroom and for a moment bloodthirsty Stefan comes out. He reins it in and gives Meredith his blood and he takes off.

Bonnie comes to do the spell that should help Alaric and Elena stumbles over an apology and Bonnie forgives her… but will it last when she finds out that Abby has ran off again?

Damon realizes that Sage and Rebekah are gone. He makes it to Wickery Bridge in time to see Rebekah burning the wood from the white oak tree. He snarls at her and confronts Sage who betrayed him. She tells him that he betrayed her too by telling her that he would save Finn when all of the originals are tied together. He lied to her, so she helped Rebekah. He threatens to end her, but she’s 900 years old.

Alaric wakes up to see that Damon in watching over him. Damon tells him that Meredith will be okay and that he’s going to take Ric to the loft and he’s on house arrest.

Elena worries about Jeremy and calls him to check on him. He tells her he’s on his way out with friends. Elena tells him that she misses him and hangs up.

Stefan is drinking alone and when Damon returns he tells him he’s having a toast to self-control. Stefan comments that Damon is a little too happy for someone who was just betrayed by Sage. Damon rips open a package that contains the new sign for the Wickery Bridge…made of the white oak wood from the original bridge. Stefan’s eyes light up as he realizes that now have the only white oak left and no one knows it exists. Damon says “Let’s go kill some originals.”

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I have to ask…. When did our Vampire Diaries vamps get “special” powers? How can Sage read into people’s minds and know what’s going on… it’s a little odd to see this new development when the writers have ignored the fact that the crow in the first season was Damon and he could shape shift. The only mention of that was in the episode “1912” and a crow landed on a tombstone and Damon turned up soon after.

What did you guys think of this episode? Was it as awkward to you as it was to me?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ 1912~

There were a ton of flashbacks in this episode… we saw some real background to Stefan and Damon’s relationship and what keeps them apart.

The serial killer.

In 1912 is seems Mystic Falls had the same problem as current day Mystic Falls. A serial killer was killing founding family members. Sheriff Forbes and Zacharias Salvatore are out late and Zacharias gets murdered.

In Present day Mystic Falls Alaric wakes up in jail… apparently they think he’s the serial killer. Damon jumps to his defense and says that it’s ridiculous.

Matt and Elena are out running and he tells her that Abby has chosen to become a vampire and that Bonnie and Caroline are helping her through it. Matt assures Elena that it’s not her fault and she tells him that it’s absolutely her fault. She gets a phone call from Sheriff Forbes and she goes to see her.

Elena shows up at the jail and runs into Damon. He tells her Sheriff Forbes told him to stay out of it. Elena seems shocked that he’s staying out of it… she tells him that his friend is in jail. Damon said that with his track record him staying out of it is a good idea. Then he tells her that he’s mean and she hates him—now the world is back on its axis.

Stefan is writing in his diary and Damon comes in and makes fun of him. He starts looking through Stefan’s old diaries for 1912. A flashback shows Stefan and Damon returning home to attend Zacharias’s funeral. Damon asks Stefan if he’s been eating the relatives again. Damon tells him that he wants to live out his existence as far from Stefan as possible. Stefan gets Damon to agree to have a drink with him. Back in reality Damon gets Stefan to help him solve a murder.

At the grille Rebekah is meeting with Mayor Lockwood and is asking about the oldest trees in town. Carol tells her that the Salvatore’s owned all the logging mills and kept their records.

Damon and Stefan arrive at the grille and catches Rebekah’s attention. The guys are discussing the murders and Rebekah wants to know if they caught the killer. They reveal that the town wrote it off as vampire killings. Damon tells Stefan that stabbings weren’t his style.

Alaric and the Sheriff are discussing the night he was shot. The Sheriff tells him that he spoke with Meredith for over an hour but he doesn’t remember it.

Back at the grill Stefan asks Damon if he remembers Sage. A flashback to 1912 shows Sage an attractive woman boxer who caught Damon’s attention. Present day Stefan tells Damon that the town wouldn’t have suspected a woman.

Elena confronts Meredith and tells her that Alaric couldn’t have killed anyone. Meredith tells Elena that she doesn’t know Alaric and she didn’t look any deeper. Then she hits home with telling Elena that she dates vampires… it shouldn’t come as a shock.

Rebekah is still trying to get information out of the guys. She wants to know about their ancestors. Stefan tells her that she just doesn’t give up. She tells him that he was much more fun in the 20’s.

Matt and Elena break and enter into Meredith’s place looking for clues. Elena tells him that there are skeletons in the closet just like the rest of the founders. They find a box with a Gilbert diary in it. Meredith comes home early and Elena shoves Matt into the closet and they have a short tender moment when she presses her fingers to Matt’s lips. They think Meredith is gone and they open the door to find Meredith staring them down.

Damon flashes back to his interaction with Sage. She asks him “What is being a vampire if nothing but relishing in the pleasure of it?” She tells him that humans crave seduction—he has to make them beg for it—and if they don’t—he’s a vampire—he takes it. Sage encourages him to drink from humans but take pleasure in it too. Present day Rebekah makes a snarky comment about Sage and Damon is surprised that Rebekah knows her. She tells him that Sage was obsessed with her brother Finn.

Sheriff Forbes is pissed! She asks Matt and Elena if they know how much she is already protecting them. Then she tells them that Alaric will be released as soon as the medical examiner’s letter is authenticated about the time of death.

Damon and Rebekah join forces and make Stefan feed froma stranger. Damon tells him that his problem is that he doesn’t know how to stop. He can feed, but not kill. He needs to have moderation. Damon tells Rebekah to get lost. Damon is talking Stefan through feeding he makes Stefan stop before he takes too much and Damon feeds the girl his blood. Matt and Elena stumble upon the scene with Damon helping the girl and Stefan with his mouth bloody. Damon tells her not to overreact. Stefan takes off.

Matt takes Elena home and she tells him that she knows it doesn’t make sense that she felt safe with Stefan. Matt tells her that Stefan is a vampire—he’d live forever and not leave her… like her parents did. She admits that Damon snuck up on her and he gets under her skin and that she can’t shake him. Matt tells her that he doesn’t think she’ll ever shake them. Elena asks if him if her talking about Damon and Stefan is weird for him. He tells her no and he brings out the Gilbert diary he took from Meredith’s. He tells her that sometimes it’s nice to be the human in a town full of vampires because t makes you invisible.

Damon comes home and tells Stefan that the let Alaric go and the Sheriff is out of suspects. He tells Stefan that he did really well tonight and that the Elena thing will fix itself. Stefan tells her that he doesn’t care what Elena thinks. Damon tells him that he’s not tolerating the “no more humanity” Stefan anymore, that they’re on the road to recovery.

Stefan tells him that they don’t have to do the whole brotherly bonding thing. Damon reminds him the last time he fed from someone he turned into the Ripper of Monterey.

A flashback shows Damon telling Stefan that Sage reminded him that it’s all worth it. Stefan insists that he doesn’t use human blood anymore but Damon tells him that he can use moderation. Stefan actually kills the girl he’s drinking from and leaves Damon to clean it up.

Damon tells Stefan that moderation is the key and that he watched him go over the edge and he didn’t stop him. He tells Stefan that every time he goes over the edge he’ll be there to pull him back. Stefan wants to know why he cares. Damon tells him that he’s all he’s got.

Alaric comes home and Elena hugs him and assures him that she doesn’t think he killed anyone. He tells Elena that the Sheriff told him what she did today and that he was supposed to take of her. She tells him they are going to take care of each other. She takes the diary up to her room and reads.

Damon plays piano and Stefan tells him that he was reading the family archives from the early 1900’s. Stefan didn’t find anything from 1912 but they got a confession 10 years later. Jonathan Gilbert’s granddaughter confessed. Damon tells Stefan that he was pretty sure that he had already killed her. What did you find—nothing from 1912—but they did get a confession 10 years later—Jonathan Gilbert’s granddaughter—she went crazy—I’m pretty sure I’d already killed her—

Meredith comes to see Alaric and tells him that she forged the change in time of death so the police won’t look at Alaric again. She tells him that she thinks he’s sick and he doesn’t remember what’s happening.

Damon and Stefan theorize that Samantha Gilbert is still alive and a vampire, but they would know. Damon says that she must have had a ring like Alaric’s. The look they give each other says that they’ve put it together that the ring is making Alaric go crazy.

Meredith tells Alaric that she thinks he’s sick and that the same thing happened over a hundred years ago. Alaric seems to not believe it, but Elena comes downstairs and overhears the conversation.. she tells Alaric that she thinks Meredith is right.

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I have to say that I was really surprised about Damon and Stefan's relationship. I always saw Damon as the bad guy... the one who killed without regret. In fact if was Stefan who was out of control and couldn't stop from killing humans. Damon was actually practicing moderation.

I'm so excited to see a new turn in Alaric's storyline. I really want to see the 'killer' Alaric which we got a preview of in the teaser for next week's episode.

It also seems that Matt and Elena are getting closer... do you think she'll choose the human over Damon or Stefan? She admitted she loved both Damon and Stefan... I'm not so sure Matt can compete with these two....?

What's your ideas on the episode?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ All My Children~

Elena wakes up and checks her phone. No call from either Stefan or Damon. She calls Damon and tells him that she’s called him ten times. She says that they need to talk and if he’s upset about last night then he needs to get over it. He assures her that he’s been busy and he’s over it. He ends the call and turns over to Rebekah still in his bed.

Damon walks Rebekah to the door and she tells him that she expects he will come calling soon enough. Damon opens the door and Elena is standing there. Rebekah smirks and leaves. Elena demands to know if Damon had stopped taking vervain and wants to know what is wrong with him. She realizes that he has slept with Rebekah on purpose and she accuses him of lashing out at her. Elena shares that she’s upset in her part of killing Elijah and Damon tells her it’s a win/win. Stefan comes in and agrees with Damon. She doesn’t need to screw this plan up too.

Rebekah completes her walk of shame and Kol calls her a strumpet, but is envious she’s having fun. Klaus agrees to take him out to have fun since Kol brings up the whole ‘dagger in the back’ thing.

Elijah tells Rebekah that he’s worried about their mother. She was burning sage and doing a privacy spell. He tells her that Esther hates what they are.

Elena and Bonnie are trying to replicate the privacy spell and Caroline is helping them by listening outside the door. Elena is venting about Damon and Caroline assures them the spell isn’t working and she can hear every word about “Damon the vampire gigolo.” Bonnie tells Elena that Esther came to see her and Abby and that she wanted to introduce herself since she’s channeling their entire bloodline. She wants their help and the original children will be dead by midnight. Elena looks shocked.

Damon is impressed that both he and Stefan stood up to Elena. He also tells Stefan that it’s not his fault that Elena was jealous he slept with Rebekah. Stefan points out that Rebekah just tried to kill her less than 48 hours ago. Damon scoffs and tells him that he can go sweep her off her feet but make sure she doesn’t screw up Esther’s plan.

Elijah shows up at Elena’s and he wants her to go with him. He takes her to the woods where their original settlement was. She tells him that she couldn’t imagine the place over a thousand years ago. He shows her where the caves used to be that he played in and where the wild horses grazed. He alludes to the caves under the area that kept them safe from the savagery of the full moon. He tells her that he’s disappointed that she lied to him because it’s not in her nature. She tries to tell him she didn’t and he points out that her heart rate jumps when she lies. He tells her that Esther lied to them saying that she wanted them to be a family. He says that she wishes she could help and he says you need to be careful what you wish for. He stomps a hole through to the caves, grabs her and jumps through it.

Elena tries to find her way out of the caves and Rebekah confronts her. She tells Elena that Elijah said not to kill her unless she runs.

Damon calls Alaric because they can't find Elena. He’s with Meredith and Damon tells him that he’ll deal with Elena. Meredith tells him that his CT scans were clear and maybe he was compelled to forget who stabbed him

Klaus and Kol are at the Grill and tell Alaric and Meredith they’re there just to blow off some steam and Kol seems intrigued by Meredith.

Abby wants to know who’s the creep lurky guy and Bonnie that it’s Finn one of the sons. Esther is please to work with the witches that locked away Mikael and fought Klaus so bravely. Esther wants to bring peace and balance to nature.

Damon returns home and Elijah tells him and Stefan that he has Elena and Rebekah will kill her if they don’t stop his mother. Damon tells him that he’s a little rusty on killing a thousand year old witches. Elijah tells them that Esther is drawing power from the Bennett bloodline. The line must be broken. He wants one of the Bennett witches dead. Stefan and Damon both balk at the idea and Elijah reminds them that Rebekah will take great pleasure in killing Elena.

Rebekah gets a call from Elijah and tells Elena that the brothers are going to save her. It’s annoying—but makes her the perfect hostage.

Damon comes up with a plan to dagger one of the children and all of them should react to the effects of the one being daggered. They enlist the help of Caroline, Alaric and Meredith to distract Kol and Klaus.

Caroline walks into the bar and goads Klaus into following her outside and tells him that his expensive jewelry and his romantic drawings won’t win her over. He begs her to get to know him and she tells him that she’s too smart to be seduced by him

Esther had made the pentagram and is preparing for the spell. She mumbles a lot.

Meredith gets the attention of Kol and she tells him to get lost. He tells her that he likes pretty little things with a sharp tongue. Alaric comes up to him and confronts him and daggers Kol. Meredith and Alaric carries him out of the grill. and Meredith—why don’t you get lost—I like pretty little things with sharpe tongues—

At the same time, Rebekah starts to turn grey like she was daggered. Finn also turns grey and falls much to the annoyance of Esther. She knows something is wrong. Klaus doesn’t react the same way, but he knows something is wrong. He yells at Caroline and she swears she doesn’t know what he’s talking about. He takes off to find Kol.

Klaus confronts the group—Alaric, Meredith, Stefan, and Damon and tosses Alaric aside and pulls the dagger from Kol.

Elena takes the chance and runs. She gets into the area where no vampires are allowed before Rebekah can catch her. Rebekah tells her that the tough act doesn’t suit her and she goes and finds a gasoline can. She douses Elena with Gasoline and then tosses it around the cave. She lights it on fire and tells Elena she can come out or burn.

Meredith takes Alaric to her place and tells him that he might have a concussion. He asks about Elena and she tells him that Damon and Stefan will take care of Elena and she will take care of him.

Damon and Stefan realize they have no choice but to break the Bennett bloodline and they realize that Elena will hate one of them. They flip a coin to see who does it.

Elijah, Kol, and Klaus show up at the ritual their mother is doing. Elijah tells her that killing her own children is an atrocity. Klaus threatens to send her back to hell. She tells them they are monsters. She felt every death and she suffered with the blood they spilled. They are a curse on this earth. She tells them they’ve wasted their time.

Stefan confronts Bonnie and he tells her that Elijah will kill Elena and they have to stop it. Bonnie tells him that Esther is channeling their bloodline. He tells her they have to find another way. Meanwhile Damon has grabbed Abby and seemingly snaps neck.

Outside the fires flare and they all realize the link has been broken. Finn and Esther are gone.

Rebekah tells Elena she can come out now that the boys have turned your witch friend’s mom into a vampire. You’re free to go.

Bonnie is with her mom while she goes through the transition. Caroline won’t let Elena see Bonnie because in reality Elena is the reason all the bad stuff keeps happening to Bonnie.

Damon says everything is right in the world again, now that Elena is safe. Stefan tells him that he lost the coin toss, it should have been him that turned Abby. Damon tells him that he’s not blind… Stefan wants to be the ‘old’ Stefan. Stefan tells him that part of him is gone. Damon scoffs and asks him when was the last time he drank human blood? He admits he hasn’t drunk since he almost drove Elena off the Wickery bridge. Damon smirks and says “you’re welcome.” Stefan tells Damon that he still loves her. Damon admits that he does and he thought he could win her fair and square. But Elena doesn’t want him. It’s for the best because he’s better at being the bad guy.

At home Elena finds a note from Elijah. He tells her that he did things he abhors to protect his family. If anyone can understand, Elena can. He will always carry his regret always and forever.

Rebekah storms into the house and wants to know where the bloody hell is everyone. Elijah tells her that they have no mother, only Esther. But she was right… for all his talk of virtue; he maims and kills to get what he wants. He admits to using Rebekah’s hate of Elena to use her. Rebekah tells him it was to protect them. He tells her that their mother made them vampires, but they turned themselves into monsters.

While throwing his drawings of Caroline into the fire, Klaus tells Rebekah that he thought she’d be gone by now. He tells her that Elijah is leaving and that Kol, Esther, and Finn fled. Rebekah tells him that even though he killed their mother, he was the only one who has never left her. She tells him that there is a sapling of the great white oak tree that can kill them. It’s not over.

Alaric wakes up and goes through Meredith’s things. He finds a knife and she tells him he wasn’t supposed to see that. He looks up and she has a gun. She shoots him.

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I hate to admit this, but I am getting so tired of Elena already... she is in no way my favorite character. At this point Caroline is my favorite girl, although she keeps getting sucked into Elena's problems and messing up a relationship with Klaus.

I know Klaus is doomed to die and a relationship with Caroline is futile... but I can ALWAYS hope.

I am glad Damon and Stefan both stood up to Elena, but I can already see Stefan sliding back into that docile Elena drone. UGH......

So what are your thoughts on the episode?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ Dangerous Liaisons~

Matt and Elena visit Alaric in the hospital and they chat while he walks her out to her car, but someone is watching them. Elena backs her car out and it looks like she runs over something. When will Matt ever learn to never leave her alone? Elena is always into something!

She gets out and Rebekah slams her against car. She tells Elena that stabbing her in the back hurt and she starts to bite Elena. Elijah shows up and saves Elena and tells Rebekah to leave. She tells him he’s pathetic—that they’re both pathetic and leaves. Elijah looks at Elena and tells her that they have some catching up to do.

Damon and Stefan are at Elena’s and realize that the original mother was in the coffin. Elena tells them that Elijah promised that the original family wouldn’t hurt any of them. Elena tells them that she believe him. It seems that Elena has a connection to Elijah. There is a knock on the door and there’s an invitation to a ball. It seems the original family is having a house warming party. Elena says she’s going and Damon tells her that she’s not. He takes the invitation and tells her that she’s not going. Seriously, after two seasons you think the brothers would learn that Elena is going to do EXACTLY what Elena wants to do.

Rebekah and Kol banter back and forth and Klaus tells him to go back to staring in the mirror. Kol seems to be the annoying little brother that you want to lock in the closet. No wonder Klaus daggered him. Ester and Klaus have a chat about peace and acceptance and Klaus really can’t believe that she’s forgiven him. She tells him that he has to give his family time… they’re pissed off because he put daggers in their hearts. She assures him that it’s going to be a magical evening.

Tyler leaves a voicemail for Caroline and he tells her that he’s fixing himself and he’s sorry about her dad. That’s totally supportive… leaving her a voicemail about her dad dying? Really classy there. She hangs up and notices the box on her bed that holds a very beautiful dress and a note from Klaus telling her to save him a dance. Score one for Team Klaus.

Elena and Caroline are talking about the ball and Caroline says it’s just some weird Cinderella fetish. Elena confides in Caroline that she is going to the ball even though she told Damon she wouldn’t. Rebekah shows up at the grille and invites Matt to the ball to the annoyance of Caroline and Elena

Damon talks to Carol at the ball and she assures him when the oldest deadliest vampires move you’re your town an offer peace, you welcome them with a smile. Kol introduces himself to the mayor and Damon wants to know if they’ve met. Kol tells him that he’s met a lot of people and he doesn’t particularly stand out. Yep Kol’s a dick.

Elena shows up at the ball (of course) and immediately catches the attention of Damon with how elegant and pretty she looks. Stefan gets to her first and wants to know what she’s doing. Damon is furious she’s even there. She takes both of their arms and they escort her into the ball.

Caroline is at home pawing through her closet but she decides to wear the dress that Klaus sent. She arrives at the ball and he is immediately struck by her beauty. She walks past him saying I need a drink.

Elena meets Finn and he tells her that she will have to be alone to meet his mother. Esther appears on the stairs and welcomes them all to the party. Elijah invites them to dance in the ballroom as is customary. Damon catches Elena before she heads up the stairs and tells her it will be rude to not dance.

As Damon and Elena dance he tells her that she looks stunning.

Klaus and Caroline are dancing and he tells her that he heard about her father and he’s sorry. She cuts him off telling him don’t. He tells her that she looks beautiful. She tells him that she didn’t have time to shop. He asks her what her excuse for wearing the bracelet is. She ignores the comment. He tells her that she’s a good dancer and she says that she’s had training. “I happen to be Ms. Mystic Falls.” He smiles slowly and says “I know.” I LOVE these two together. They suit each other so well.

Elena is swapped off to dance with Stefan and he tells her that she can look out for herself. She says she needs to talk to him.

Caroline wants to know what Matt is doing at the ball with “that she-devil” and he asks her what she’s doing with Klaus. She tells him not to get her started.

Elena tells Stefan that she needs to get in the room alone with Ester and he has to help her. She can do this. He agrees.

Rebekah and Kol discuss Matt and she tells him that she’s planned to kill Matt since he’s close to Elena. He says that he’s in. Yep Kol’s still a dick.

Elena lures Damon into an empty room and Stefan snaps Damon’s neck. He tells her tat Damon won’t be down for long and she needs to go.

Elijah talks to Elena on the way to see his mother and he wants her to tell him what Ester says. Elijah doesn’t trust her. Elena tells him that she will tell him. She is oh so wrong for lying to him.

Esther welcomes Elena and apologizes for trying to have her killed. She tells Elena of her plan to bind all of her children together and then kill them. She goes on and on about how she upset nature and they are abominations. I wonder how long before it comes out that it was Esther all along that wanted to kill their children and Mikael was just doing what his wife would have wanted.

Caroline is outside getting some air when Klaus finds her. She’s looking at one of the horses and she tells him that she likes them. Klaus opens up to her and tells her about Mikael severing the head of his favorite horse. She tells him that she’s spoken for by Tyler and he said that he thought they broke up. She gets angry and says “yeah because of you and our freaky sire bond.” He smirks and says “so you’re NOT spoken for.” She sort of smiles back but tells him that yes she likes horses, but she also likes people and they like her, so she’s going back inside.

Esther is explaining to Elena that she changed her children into vampires to protect them, but they ravaged the town with no remorse. Elena asks her if she knows how to kill Klaus. She tells Elena of the spell to bind her children with the toast tonight. She needs Elena’s blood—just a drop—to bind them together. If one of her children dies… they all die. Esther tells her that she made abominations and it was her duty to kill them. Elena agrees to give Esther a drop of her blood. Esther also notes that Elijah is the most suspicious and that Elena will have to try hard to convince him.

Kol and Rebekah agree to meet outside so he can kill Matt. …Yep Kol’s still a dick.

Damon wakes up from having his neck broken and he’s furious. Stefan tells him that his emotions are getting in the middle of everything and ruining their plan. Stefan tells him to stop being such a controlling dick. You can ALMOST see the old Damon flare up in his eyes… but alas not yet. We’re still stuck with caring Damon.

Matt and Rebekah are walking outside and they stop at his truck and he tells her that he can’t just compel himself a Maserati. He gets his coat from the truck and drapes it over her shoulders. She starts to tell him she’s a vampire doesn’t get cold, but she stops and just enjoys the moment with him. She looks around and hurries him back inside before Kol hurts him.

Elijah asks Elena how was his mother and she tells him that she’s intense and she only wanted to apologize for trying to have me killed. Esther appears on the stairs and she completes the champagne toast.

Elijah Drinks

Klaus Drinks

Rebekah Drinks

Kol Drinks

Finn Drinks

All of the original children are closer to being linked.

Klaus shows Caroline some of his art collection and she asks him are the guards at the Louver. He says that’s their fault. He says that art is one of his passions. She notices that he draws and she —Klaus—one of my passions—that’ realizes that there’s more to Klaus that just wanting to kill people. She just hit on the truth that his father didn’t love him so he is creating hybrids. He tells her it’s time for her to go. She leaves. I wonder if anyone has ever spoken to Klaus that way and lived before Caroline.

Rebekah tells Kol to leave Matt alone. By the look on his face you know he’s not going to. I really don’t like this bratty kid.

Damon confronts Elena and tells her that she should be here and she says she doesn’t like going behind his back. He says he’s sorry for trying to keep you alive. He says he’s mad at her because he loves her.” She looks at him and says “Maybe that’s the problem. In his eyes you immediately see the switch that is flipped between nice Damon and bad boy Damon. Elena knows it too. She tries to say that she didn’t mean it, but he stops her and says she’s right, that he cares too much, he’s a liability and how ironic is that. Caroline interrupts because they can’t find Matt.

Kol catches Matt attention out on the balcony and he introduces himself and shakes Matt’s hand. Kol crushes Matt’s hand. Damon interrupts them and shoves Kol off the balcony and jumps down and starts to break his neck. Stefan stops him and asks him if he’s crazy. Damon smirks and looks at Elena and says “Maybe a little—far be it for me to cause a problem.” He walks away from the party leaving a stunned Elena and Stefan to look on. Damon with a backbone is back!!!

Caroline leaves a message for Tyler that she misses him and she wishes he were there. She notices another jewelry box on her bed. She rolls her eyes and says “seriously just give up already.”

She opens the box and finds a rolled up drawing of her and the horse from tonight. At the bottom it says “Thank you for your honesty” The look on her face tells it all… She likes him.

Esther tells Finn that Kol and Rebekah disgraced the family tonight. She does feel bad about Elijah because he’s so morale. Finn assures her she’s doing the right thing. She reminds him the spell that she’s doing will bind them together and he will die too. He tells her that he will be ready to die when the time comes.

She cuts his hand and his blood falls onto a piece of parchment that has the children’s names on it. The blood covers each name and forms a creepy family tree.

Elena tells Stefan that she just signed everyone’s death sentence. He tells her that as long as Klaus dies that everyone else is collateral damage. He asks where Damon is and she tells him that she’ll call him. Stefan doesn’t understand the fight between him and Kol and Elena tells him it was just Damon being self-destructive. That she said something she didn’t mean. He scoffs and said ‘So did I’ and starts to leave. Elena runs after him and she wants to know how he pretends like he doesn’t feel anything. He says that he refuses to feel anything because if he does feel, then all he feels is pain. He says that he hurt her and he bit her. If he lets himself feel then all his feels in pain and he’s not going to do that. I hate that she chases after Stefan all the time… it’s getting annoying and weak.

Rebekah tracks Matt down at the grille and apologizes to him. He tells her that he went to a dance and got his hand crushed and doesn’t have health insurance. That she’s pretty and fun but he really needs her to leave him alone.

Damon who is there drinking mocks her saying she was rejected by the captain of the football team. He tells her that she needs someone more durable anyway. She asks him if he has anyone in mind. After a long look between them… the burst into Damon’s room ripping each other’s clothes off and kissing and grabbing. The hottest scene in the whole season!

Wow.

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My thoughts on this episode...

I'm really tired of Elena chasing after Stefan. He bit her and terrorized her. I'm really wish she'd open her eyes and look at Damon and realize he loves her.

I am loving the Caroline Klaus story line. I think it would be SUCH a deep story line if the writers would just leave Klaus alive long enough.

I also think Elijah has feelings for Elena and I think that a story line like that would be so easy to evolve and keep us on the edge of our seats.

What do you guys think? What do you think with happen with Esther's plan to kill her children? What is Elena going to say when she finds out Damon slept with Rebekah.