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 ~ The New Deal~

***The mid-season premier caused fan girls to scream all over the world....If you haven't seen the episode... watch out for spoilers... ***


Bonnie has a dream about the Stefan, the caskets, and the old witch’s house.

Elena is out jogging and gets scared by a guy in hoodie running behind her

Elena tells Bonnie that Stefan betrayed them and he’s gone. Bonnie asks about Damon and Elena says that Damon is being Damon.

Alaric is at the grille looking for Jeremy and Damon is day drinking. They find out that Jeremy was fired a month ago.

Jeremy has developed a bromance with Tyler and is ‘hanging out and shooting stuff.’ He tells Tyler that Alaric feels responsible for them and he doesn’t mind. Tyler tells Jeremy it’s pretty cool being a hybrid and to shoot at him with the crossbow. Jeremy does and Tyler catches the arrow. He tells Jeremy the only way to kill him is to decapitate him.

Damon and Elena are discussing Jeremy when Klaus turns up at the grille. He’s with the same guy that was running behind Elena. Klaus tells them that he might fancy having a home in Mystic Falls and that he’s looking for Stefan. Elena tells him that Stefan is his problem not theirs anymore. Klaus tells them that Stefan stole from him and he wants him found.

Bonnie takes a trip to the old witch’s house and finds Stefan. He tells Bonnie that the witches hate Klaus as much as he does and he needs her help to hide the coffins. She says she doesn’t have enough power and Stefan tells her the witches will help her. They magically hide the coffins.

Alaric and Elena stage and intervention for Jeremy and he tells them Tyler is waiting on him, he can’t stay for dinner. Elena and Alaric don’t like him hanging out with Tyler, so Jeremy invites Tyler into the house.

Klaus goes to talk to Damon asks him if he wants to discuss his epic failure of a plan. Klaus tells Damon that Stefan stole his family, and Damon tells him that he doesn’t work for him. Klaus says that they only respond well to violence and a demonstration is in order. He makes a phone call.

Elena confronts Tyler about the differences between compulsion and being sired. Tyler tries to explain, but gets frustrated and leaves. Alaric and Elena try to tell Jeremy that Tyler is bad news, but they turn around to find that Jeremy has taken off his ring and has left the house.

They find Jeremy outside and standing in front of a car. Alaric pushes him out of the way, but gets hit in the process. Elena and Jeremy carry Alaric inside after making sure he was wearing his ring. Jeremy realizes that Tyler got him to stop drinking vervain and took his bracelet.

Damon and Elena go to the old witch’s house after Bonnie tells Elena where Stefan is. Elena tells Stefan that Klaus tried to kill Jeremy and he’s going to try to kill every one she loves until he gives the coffins back. He says that he doesn’t care and it’s her problem. She slaps him and leaves. Damon tells her to go handle her brother and he’ll handle his.

Damon confronts Stefan and after a tussle in which Damon stabs Stefan with a stick, Damon learns that Stefan stopped him from killing Klaus because his hybrids would have killed Damon. Damon tells him to stop saving him. They agree to work together to stop Klaus but Elena can’t be a part of it.

Jeremy confronts Tyler with a crossbow and he tells Jeremy that he didn’t think that Klaus would try to kill him. Then he tells him that he should get home before dark and that Klaus won’t stop until he gets those coffins.

Elena gets home to find Alaric back in the land of the living, but something is wrong. He’s coughing up blood and Elena calls an ambulance. The EMTS come to take him to the hospital, but Klaus’s hybrid compels them to go away. He tells Elena to let him in.

Jeremy shoots the hybrid in the back and calmly walks into the kitchen telling Elena he’s not dead. He gets a meat cleaver and lobs off the hybrids head. Jeremy proclaims ‘Now he’s dead.’ He helps to take Alaric to the hospital.

At the hospital Alaric is already recovering and Dr. Meredith Fell is fascinated with his recovery. She tells him he either has a guardian angel or he’s sold his soul to the devil. He agrees that it’s a little of both. You can tell she’s intrigued.

Elena has told Klaus to meet her at the Salvatore house. She trades Rebekah for her brother’s safety. She tells him that Stefan is his problem but he tells her that she has plenty of loved ones… Bonnie, Caroline…. Damon. She warns him that Stefan isn’t the only one that will want him dead. She told him that Rebekah knows what he did to their mother.

Alaric asks Jeremy if he’s okay and he says that he shot a hybrid in the back and then cleaved off his head… it sucks… but he’s got to get used to it.

Damon gets rid of the headless hybrid and assures her that it will be okay. She tells him that she traded Rebekah for Jeremy and that no she doesn’t trust Klaus or Stefan. He assures her that they will fix it and everything will be okay.

Klaus sadly re-stakes Rebekah because he knows she will come after him because of their mother.

Elena, Alaric, and Damon go to speak to Jeremy. Damon tells him that they’re going to have another one of their chats. Damon compels Jeremy that he is going to leave Mystic Falls and go stay with family in Denver. He’s going to go to a new school, meet girls, and live a safe life. He won’t think twice about Mystic Falls.

Bonnie and Stefan are discussing the coffins and she tells him about the dream and that one coffin that she saw Klaus in while clutching his mother’s necklace. It won’t open and it is sealed with a spell. She is going to try to get it open.

Outside Elena tells Damon she can’t stop thinking about the last time she had him compel Jeremy. He tells her that she’s lucky to have her as a sister and she tanks him for everything that he’s done. He confides in her why Stefan betrayed them. She wants to know what it means and he says that he’s an idiot. He thought that he could finally stop feeling guilty for wanting what he wants. His brother’s girl. He starts to leave and then says that if he’s going to feel guilty, then he’ll feel guilty for this… and he KISSES HER. She kisses his back and his whispers ‘goodnight’ and then leaves Elena stunned on the porch. (Insert the fangirl scream heard round the world.)

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I am so happy Damon finally got a real kiss from Elena. I have to admit I do hope that Elena chooses Damon over Stefan, but I don't think it'll last...

What do you guys think? Do you think Damon and Elena will be happy or will Klaus and Stefan put a stop to it?

The Vampire Diaries S3 ~ The Birthday ~

Hi Bite Clubbers!

I’ve resurfaced again after a busy summer in a coastal tourist town. It’s that time again when the weather turns chilly and our favorite Vampire Diaries vamps come out to play!

We start with a recap from last season:

· Katherine and Klaus both creating mayhem for Stefan and Elena.

· Damon clicking together with his human side.

· Aunt Jenna and Uncle John both are dead.

· Caroline and Tyler’s hot chemistry.

· Jeremy sees dead people.

A few months have gone by since Stefan took off with Klaus. Today is Elena’s birthday! Caroline is busy planning Elena’s party. Jeremy is still freaked out over seeing Vicki and Anna’s ghost.

Klaus and Stefan find themselves in Tennessee where Klaus is looking for someone named Ray. Two girls tell him where to find Ray and Klaus tells Stefan to kill them.

Alaric is trying to be there for Elena and Jeremy. He sleeps on the couch.

Elena arrives at the Salvatore house and Damon walks out naked—covertly covered in suds. Elena makes him put on clothes and he tells her he will check it out.

Bonnie is MIA—off visiting family—but she video chats with Jeremy—He doesn’t confide in her that he sees dead people. But she knows something is wrong.

Caroline and Tyler discuss his mom and that she keeps watching Caroline. Tyler tells her that his mom thinks they are dating. Tyler tells Caroline that it’s not such a leap to make the assumption because they spend so much time together.

Alaric and Damon find the two girls that Stefan ripped apart—and covers up the murders. Damon knows Stefan killed them and not Klaus because Stefan kills, then feels remorse, so he puts the bodies back together.

Klaus and Stefan find Ray at a little bar. They demand to know the location of Ray’s pack of wolves. When he doesn’t give it up easily, Stefan uses him as a dart board. Sticking him with darts covered in wolfs bane. Stefan tells Klaus that he will deal with Damon following their tracks. While Stefan is gone dealing with Damon—Klaus continues to ‘play’ with Ray and ends up feeding Ray his blood. Then he snaps Ray’s neck

Caroline has put together a huge party for Elena and before she goes down to greet guests, he gives her a gift. Her vervain necklace that Stefan gave her.

Caroline expresses annoyance that Tyler brought some other girl to the party and compels his date to leave. He gets mad and gets in her face and tells her that she shot him down and that if she doesn’t want him dating other girls, she needs to stake a claim. They end up frantically kissing and they leave the party together. Late in Tyler’s bedroom they had really hot werewolf/vampire sex.

Matt and Jeremy spend a lot of time bonding and he tells Matt about seeing things he shouldn’t be seeing.

Alaric tells Damon that he feels like he is the “chaperone teacher from hell.”

Damon goes to pick up Andie from work and finds that Stefan has compelled her to stand on a high platform in the news studios. Andie tells Damon she can’t move. Stefan smiles and tells Andi that she can move and she plunges to the floor below while Stefan hold Damon and tells him to stop following him. He needs to let him go.

Damon returns home to Elena and tells her to stop looking for Stefan. He’s alive and well. He’s been killing people, not Klaus. Elena doesn’t want to believe it, but Damon tells her to believe it and let him go.

Elena goes home to find Alaric packing. He tells her that he’s not good at the parent stuff and that she’s 18, she can handle it.

Elena receives a phone call from an unknown number and no one is there. She knows its Stefan and she tells him to hang on. It’s okay, she still loves him.

Tyler’s mom catches Caroline leaving late from Tyler’s room. Caroline is embarrassed and tells Mrs. Lockwood that she’ll just get her purse and go. Tyler’s mom has put vervain on Caroline’s purse and it burns her hand. When Caroline gasps and drops her purse, Mrs. Lockwood shoots Caroline with vervain darts and Caroline collapses.

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So what did you guys think?

What are your thoughts on the season premier?

What were you looking forward to that did or didn’t happen ?

And what’s your thoughts on Caroline being shot by Tyler’s mom? I think he’s going to flip.

The Vampire Diaries ~ The Sun Also Rises~

**Spoiler Alert**

This episode was heartbreaking. It was a ton of action and a lot of dead bodies left behind.

Caroline and Matt are left to fend off Tyler the werewolf. Matt shoots Tyler and they escape into the Lockwood house. He lets is slip that he’s aware of what she and Tyler are and that he mom knows. He also tells her that her mom has always hated vampires. He tells her that he can’t deal with what she is and breaks up with her. They hear something thump onto the front porch and Caroline goes out and covers up a naked Tyler. She brings Tyler in and cares for him.

Tyler wakes up and Caroline tells him that he got shot but he’s healing. She blurts out that Matt broke up with her again and she starts to cry. He pulls her in close, under his blanket and just holds her. He thanks her for taking care of him.

Jenna, Jules, and Elena are trapped in three rings of fire while Greta is mumbling spells by the firelight. Klaus asks for reassurance this is going to work and she says that it would. He grabs Jules and slams his fist into her chest ripping out her heart. Greta uses the blood from Jules in her spell.

Meanwhile John, Bonnie, and Jeremy are searching through old spell books and journals trying to find a way for Elena to not become a vampire. John finds a spell that will send Elena’s soul through his body and back into hers so she’s not a vampire. Jeremy asks him if he knows what this will do to him and he tells Jeremy he’s aware. He writes Elena a letter and leaves his ring with Jeremy.

Stefan goes to offer himself in place of Jenna, but Klaus refuses but tells Stefan that he has plans for him. Klaus stabs Stefan.

Bonnie is preparing to go and fight Klaus and she makes Jeremy pass out and locks Alaric in the house so they’re safe. She and Damon head off to confront Klaus.

Elena is quickly talking Jenna through her powers and that she can turn her emotions off so she won’t feel fear and that she can run really fast. Jenna tells her that she knows what she has to do. When Greta lowers the fire ring Jenna attacks her sinking her teeth into neck. Klaus catches her and slams her to the ground. She looks at Elena and Elena tells her to turn off her emotions. Jenna looks up at Klaus before he stabs a stake through her heart.

Klaus tells Elena it’s her turn. She tells him to go to hell. He bites into her neck and drains blood from her as Stefan helplessly watches. Klaus lets her body drop as the change starts to overtake him. Greta realizes that something is overpowering her spell.

Bonnie steps out of the woods and wind and fire swirl around. Damon appears behind Greta, grabbing her and snapping her neck. Bonnie stops Klaus from transforming and Elijah appears over him. Elijah overpowers Klaus but Klaus tells him that he didn’t scatter Elijah’s family. That if Elijah kills him then he will never find his family. Elijah says that he’s sorry and Bonnie tells him that she’ll kill them both that she doesn’t care about dying. Elijah grabs Klaus and takes off with him.

Stefan tells Damon to get Elena out of there, so Damon takes her home. He whispers that she has to wake up normal. She wakes up and gasps for breath. He asks her how she feels and she tells him like herself. John who has walked outside drops dead in the front yard.

Damon tells Alaric that Jenna was killed.

Elena along with all of her friends, lay to rest Jenna and John. Elena and Alaric place roses on Jenna’s grave.

Stefan tells Damon that Elena can’t lose anymore of the people she loves. Damon tells him that she may not have a choice. He shows Stefan his bite that Tyler caused. Stefan vows to find a cure, but Damon makes him promise to not tell Elena.

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So what did you guys think?

The body count was really high for just one episode... John, Greta, Jenna, Jules, and Elena--She sort of counts!

I think this was an outstanding lead up to a season finale. Damon's a huge player in this show... are they going to kill him off? If so are you going to keep watching?

I have to admit I'm committed to the show because I've become enthralled with several different characters... Caroline and Tyler are amazing together. I LOVE this story line. But I also love Damon's character.... even in the books he was my favorite... can I do without him? I guess we'll see.

Stay tuned for next week's season finale!!