The Vampire Diaries – S02E17 – Know Thy Enemy

April 8th, 2011 by Thomas

Posted in: Tales of the Supernatural • The Vampire Diaries • The Vampire Diaries: Season Two

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113 Responses to “The Vampire Diaries – S02E17 – Know Thy Enemy”

1. Erica says:

   April 8, 2011 at 7:54 pm

   LMFAO!!!! This recap was Awesome!!! my favorite part:
   Damon Salvatore: Hold on, let me jot that down…
   Damon’s todo list

   * Eyebrow exercises
   * Practice witty comebacks
   * Find a new hiding place for the moon rock (important!)
   * Hide Stefan’s hair gel
   * Refule flamethrower
   * Harness dead witch power

   Jeremy Gilbert: Wow, there sure are a lot of books here! I hope we don’t have to read through them all!

   Bonnie Bennet: Don’t worry! I’m a witch! I have a card catalog in my brain!

   XDD Brilliant!!! :) I cant wait for the next one!!! :)
2. vivyTVDfreak says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:02 pm

   LMFAOO!!!! Your recaps made my day….!!!!! hahah especially bestline “Half of the people at school drink blood other half needs a flee dip when the moon gets to shiney, and the only restaurant within a hundred miles was just blown up by a guy doing his very best Carrie impersonation”

   LOL!!! Great job Thomas, keep it up.
3. Beth Francis says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:14 pm

   Hilarious as always! Happy Birthday :)
4. Jennifer says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:18 pm

   Happy Birthday!! What an EPICsode for your birthday present! :-D

   You rock, as always. Damon’s To Do List was total win. <3
5. Mineola says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:19 pm

   Awesome recap, it’s amazing how you made me laugh, even after this ep, because it made me so sad :)

   Also I am so with you on this:

   Jeremy Gilbert: That’s funny… this magic book says that the spell that can kill Klaus is so strong that it’ll kill you, too…

   Thomas: Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease…

   Because I am so tired of Bonnie, I have been tired of her since she almost caused a caraccident because of a bird -_-’
6. Estela says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:29 pm

   Wow, you posted this one really fast! Oh and it’s your birthday? Happy birthday, yay
   Bonnie Bennet: Watch this! Lame ass wiccan weather powers activate!

   Halle Berry: I did that first.
   LOL When I was watching this scene I was thinking “Oh my God, Bonnie levelled up. To Storm.”
   Also, Matt Davis as Klaus <3
   Looooved the recap!
7. Michelle says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:31 pm

   Flee dip!( OMG my sides, I think I broke a rib!). By now I should know better than to drink and read your recaps, but no, once again I choked and snorted lemonade out my nose, yuk! But I digress, this has to be without a doubt one of your best pieces. Damon’s to do list, the why not just tell Jenna argument and Caroline pimping the ford focus, your style and observational humor are genius! You actually make me want to watch the show even more and it shouldn’t be possible as I’m such a Damon fan girl anyway, lol.
8. Jennifer says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:32 pm

   Carina from Zap2It agrees with The Fiancee about the soap thing (and so do I)! No WAY Damon would have those…

   http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2011/04/the-vampire-diaries-recap-the-takeover-the-breaks-over.html
9. Steph says:

   April 8, 2011 at 8:45 pm

   Firstly, Happy Birthday! Secondly, I about died at Damon’s to-do list :D Another epic recap for an epic episode.
10. Brian in Shortsville says:

    April 8, 2011 at 8:50 pm

    Damon Salvatore: So… you really shouldn’t mistake the fact that I haven’t set you on fire in your sleep for trust.

    Thomas: <3 Damon.

    It's really that easy isn't it? Just go all William Miller and "quote him warmly and accurately." LMAO

    Anybody but me facepalm when Isobel, a pasty chick that's been a vampire a whole FOUR years said she went looking for Klaus? That probably went differently in her head. Pick on someone your own size much?

    I refuse to be embarrassed by the fact I squeed when Uncle Snark Daddy caught a bomb with his face only to have his daughter laugh in his face when he got up. Seriously John you didn't come to MF to be insulted, I bet you can go anywhere (bah-DUN-tishhhhhh).

    Jenna's gonna go stay at the dorms? Where does that fall in the gray area of the vampire threshold? Do they need an invite, or can they just kick the door in, walk in and grab her? Inquring minds want to know. Of course, she's already invited every vamp thet's ever been to North America into Elena's house, so what's the diff? Anybody think Klalaric is going to have a problem getting in? ;~)

    Came for the recaps, stayed for the blog. Good stuff Thomas!
11. sarah says:

    April 8, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    So April the 7 th is your birthday too! I love all of your recaps they are so funny!
12. emily says:

    April 8, 2011 at 8:51 pm

    Nice to have your recaps again!!!!

    I am totally scared for Alaaric now!!! Is he dead??? Cause’ we saw blood in the creepy bags… Anyway, can’t end well for him. I would be SO pissed if he does, him and damon’s bromance is EPIC!

    I agree with you, if one character has to go, I totally wouldn’t mind Bonnie. I never really connected with her, maybe it’s because she’s the only character we never see a home life, I don’t know…

    And I’m kinda, maybe warming up to John now. I really liked the scene with Elena at the end, it felt genuine… Of course, now that I finally like him, he’ll probably die!”lol

    Can’t wait for next week!! Even though i’m in Alaric denial…not gonna die, not gonna die, lalalalla….
13. Sonia says:

    April 8, 2011 at 9:04 pm

    Your Damon to do list is full of win! And I agree with the fiance..no way would Damon have all those fruity soaps. I wonder if he bought them just to camouflage the moon rock. lol

    I bet Elena will invite Alaric in, so I don’t see the point of the deed transfer. Wait, if KlausinAlaric gets invited in, does that mean Klaus has a permanent entry, once he gets back to his own body? Something to ponder

    Great recap as usual, Thomas. Happy Birthday!!
14. Jawly says:

    April 8, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    I’ve got another list:

    Take off shirt (pants also, depending on amount of squee)
    Teach Gilberts to fight (although these two are hopeless and I expect a quick and LOL-filled death)
    Give revival ring to Elena (because that’s far too hard to do without any help)
    Kick the $h!+ out of Katherine (And burn her face off with flamethrower and sunlight to be EXTRA sure)
    Take dagger out of Elijah (we’ll need his help after all)
    Make sure pants are fully removed (nude is in fashion it would seem)
    Feed Bonnie to Klaus (My birthday present to you, Thomas :D)
15. Manda says:

    April 8, 2011 at 9:47 pm

    This recap had me in stitchessss. Damon’s lines were hilarious enough in the episode but I love your personal touches in response to his character. I’m so glad he is on TVD. I think my favorite part was when he realized Kat had the moonstone. “God. Damn. It. *facepalm*” I still can’t believe he hid it there. >.<

    Also, I agree with you about Bonnie. I love her and Jeremy together but I really don't care about her character like at all and I wouldn't be that sad to see her explode into a burst of witchy light.

    Great recap, Thomas!
16. Nina says:

    April 8, 2011 at 9:52 pm

    Awesome recap, had me laughing so so so so hard! Some good stuff right here.
17. Melissa says:

    April 8, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    Thomas- Happy Birthday! I’m so glad you were born!

    Question: was the haunted mansion supposed to be the old Gilbert mansion where Stefan nibbled on the original John G? Just curious.

    Love the recap: The B-day intro, Damon’s to do list, his case of sticky feet/3rd degree burns, Bonnie’s head almost imploding during her witchy download (Now that’s what I would call a real magic trick.)Papa witch’s Carrie impression, the Albino Warlock, the metrosexual dish of decorative soaps…

    I do love that Katherine switched out of her push-up bra and cami so Elena could be comfortable while being abducted.

    As for next week, I really hope Klaus successfully comes across as badass while wearing an Alaric suit.
18. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    Thanks Erica :-) The todo list was my favorite part of this one lol
19. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Thanks vivyTVDfreak :-)

    It really is crazy how many people are in the know about the supernatural shenanigans in Mystic Falls. There is literally not a single good reason to keep Jenna in the dark…
20. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Thanks Beth :-)
21. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:21 pm

    Thanks Jennifer :-) The todo list was my favorite part :-)
22. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    Thanks Mineola :-)

    I’m consistently amazed at Bonnie’s ability to piss me off. I honestly feel bad for the actress, getting stuck with such a useless lump of character.
23. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    Thanks Estela :-)

    Yeah, The Fiancee and I watched this one at my place, and since I didn’t have to drive home after, I did the recap immediately after, and then edited it after work this afternoon.

    And yeah, I was totally like “great, she’s Storm now.” And almost as boring.
24. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:24 pm

    Thanks Michelle :-)

    I’ve actually been told that drinking while reading my material makes it significantly more enjoyable… ;-)
25. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    Hey Jennifer :-)

    What’s funny about the soap bowl (and that tweet that cadlymack had on her blog) is that The Fiancee was all like “no way they would have that in their house” and I was like “I would have that in my house.” lol
26. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:28 pm

    Thanks Steph :-) I had a lot of fun with the todo list. It actually took me forever to get it to show up in Comic Sans lol
27. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    Hey sarah, yep, that’s my b-day… hope you had fun on yours :-) Glad you lied the recap :-)
28. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:31 pm

    Thanks Emily :-)

    I have no fear for Alaric… the writers have too much common sense to hurt him. And I’m pretty sure that those jars contained Klaus’ blood, and they were putting it into Alaric, as part of the possession spell.

    Bonnie… ugh. I hope her self-sacrificing plan works out for her. And there is absolutely no reason for Damon not to kill Uncle John, give his ring to Elena, and then kill Uncle John again.
29. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Thanks Sonia :-) That was my favorite part.

    I really have no idea how the Alaric/Klaus thing is going to work (or even how I’m going to tag the character’s dialog), but I think it’s pretty safe to assume that Elena will be inviting him in within the first ten minutes of next week’s episode. And that Klaularic(?)’s antics are going to make Jenna even more miserable.
30. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:33 pm

    Hehe… your list has merits, Jawly :-)
31. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:34 pm

    Thanks Manda :-)

    Damon is by far my favorite character, but I’ve actually kind of come to love his moments of blinding idiocy. Like hiding The Most Important Object Ever OMG is a bowl of effing soaps. He’s like a lost puppy sometimes.
32. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:35 pm

    Thanks Nina :-)
33. kami says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    Hilarious! Definitely put a different spin on it…Love it!
34. Thomas says:

    April 8, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    Thanks kami :-)
35. Eve says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:02 am

    So glad these are back! And Happy Birthday, Thomas. :) My favorites:

    >>Nina Dobrev: I suppose Elena and Katherine could make out. I mean, that’s kind of a logistical problem but I’m pretty flexible.<>The Producers: Relax, we’re still having that contest for Longest Running Annoying TV Personality, we can’t kill Bonnie off yet… Glenn Beck is still beating us.<>Stefan Salvatore: Dude, didn’t the last chick who slept in your bed get staked through the heart?

    Damon Salvatore: …

    Stefan Salvatore: By you? <>>Sheriff Elizabeth Forbes: Is it ever not vampires?<>Sheriff Elizabeth Forbes: Uncle John Gilbert is dead!

    Damon Salvatore: He’ll get better. It’s a thing.<>Thomas: Join us next week for a thrilling episode of Vampire Property Lawyer!<<

    Yeah, seriously! I found this hysterical. They sign over the deed to Elena and…. the transfer of ownership gets recorded immediately into the supernatural realm that governs vampires entering the house? I love it. But it raises a lot of questions. Does the supernatural realm make the switch as soon as Elena signs, or does it (the realm) wait until the deed is recorded by the county clerk? And how are Stefan and Damon able to transfer the house, anyway? They mentioned Zach owns (or owned?) it. Right?? So how did they get title in the first place? Has Zach been declared dead? I don't think so, and if he was, did he will the house to Stefan and Damon?? This doesn't seem likely.

    Alaric/Klaus – what exactly is going on here? Is the guy who mind whammied Alaric really Klaus, or he just works for Klaus? I'm confused. Didn't read the books.
36. Eve says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:04 am

    Only about half my comment posted..:( It makes no sense. Is there a way to unpost it?
37. Annie says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:10 am

    I haven’t even seem the episode yet, but I think I’m okay just reading your recaps. they sum up everything I could ever say and more! :) Happy Brithday though
38. Melissa says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:57 am

    Thomas, Happy belated Birthday; I’m so glad you were born!

    Great recap, as always. Favorites: Damon’s to do list, the Albino Warlock, Bonnie’s card catalog/meteorological “magic” (I was hoping her hair would turn silver and a little levitation would be involved), metrosexual bathroom decor, property swappage…

    I love that Katherine changed out of her push-up bra and cami so Elena would be more comfortable after the clothes swap/abduction scenario. I was kind of hoping Isobel would be around a bit longer, but what’s a vampire under compulsion to do? Speaking of, just how long has she been compelled?

    Another question: Was the haunted mansion supposed to be the same house from the earlier episode where Stefan snacked on Original John Gilbert before going all Vampire Lestat?

    As for next week, I just hope Klaus is able to pull off terrifying while wearing his Alaric suit.
39. Nicole says:

    April 9, 2011 at 1:13 am

    Has anyone considered that the reason Klaus can’t be “found” is that he doesn’t exist in the modern world? The only pictures I’ve seen of him so far all takes place in flashbacks. Maybe he is just going to hang out in Alaric’s body or move around to other people for the rest of the season (and maybe next).

    The blood in the vase reminded me of True Blood, where the Dennis O’Hare character carried his dead lovers remains around with him in a jar. Maybe that is the only way in which Klaus exists.

    It’s an interesting idea at least.

    I could care less about the curse. Enough already.
40. Jennifer says:

    April 9, 2011 at 1:22 am

    Well, see, I could almost see it if it had been in a ‘guest bathroom’. But DAMON’S bathroom??? No way.
41. pjt says:

    April 9, 2011 at 2:23 am

    Happy birthday!
    Funny, it’s you getting us a present and not the other way round. ;)
    Great recap by the way.
42. Kary says:

    April 9, 2011 at 3:32 am

    Awesome recap!!

    Bahaha & i LOVE your bonnie hate!!!!!

    Here’s hoping all this talk about her possibly dying isn’t just talk xD
43. Fajen says:

    April 9, 2011 at 3:42 am

    I can’t believe I actually guessed right about Davis playing Klaus. Granted, the second doppleganger part of my guess wasn’t correct, but…heck, that could still happen.
44. Jenny says:

    April 9, 2011 at 6:06 am

    A happy belated birthday, Thomas! What a nice treat u received from CW huh! Thank you for a very entertaining and hilarious recap as always, u didn’t fail your avid followers!

    Nice one on Damon’s todo list…ROFL
    * Find a new hiding place for the moon rock (important!)

    I wonder why the writer’s chose that particular spot…i know its part of the plot to let Katherine find the moonstone and all, but it made Damon look silly! (or Stefan for that matter as they discussed it “offscreen”)
45. Nadin says:

    April 9, 2011 at 7:30 am

    So, six longest weeks for absolutely nothing…. The actual epsiode was a huge disappointement, but you recap had just made it a gazzilion times better lol

    Fave parts:
    Isobel Flemming-Saltzman: Hi Aunt Jenna! You must be the girl that’s dating my husband!

    Aunt Jenna: Hi Isobel! You must be the reason Alaric isn’t getting any ever again!

    Elena Gilbert: Why am I always around for new developments in my history teacher’s sex life?
    ————————-
    Damon Salvatore: …you forgot to lock the door again last night, didn’t you?

    Stefan Salvatore: …Sorry.
    ————————-
    Stefan Salvatore: Dude, didn’t the last chick who slept in your bed get staked through the heart?

    Damon Salvatore: …

    Stefan Salvatore: By you?
    ROFLMAO XD
    ————————-
    Bonnie Bennet: They’re making me relive that terrible Ford Focus commercial I was just in!

    *I can so feel her pain here!
    ————————-
    Elena Gilbert: There is not enough therapy in the world for what I have been through in the last three months.

    *Thant’s not far from the truth :P
    ————————-
    Jeremy Gilbert: That’s funny… this magic book says that the spell that can kill Klaus is so strong that it’ll kill you, too…

    Thomas: Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease…

    *People across the nation: Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease

    Anyway, it was awesome!! Thanks a lot and Happy Birthday!!
    xx
46. teamelijah says:

    April 9, 2011 at 8:43 am

    why all the bonnie hate? she badass!
    can’t wait for klaus
47. Weird Vision says:

    April 9, 2011 at 8:57 am

    ROFL @ Damon’s To Do list. Awesome recap, missed it as much as I did the show. Oh, and happy belated birthday! Hope you had a great one.
48. Anita says:

    April 9, 2011 at 9:38 am

    Happy Birthday, Thomas!

    Didn’t you love how Katherine just tossed Stefan into the bushes after she vervained him? Best part of the episode.

    The Klaus thing reminded me of the movie Fallen, when the demon or whatever it was just jumps from one person to the next. Of course, this looked a little more involved.
49. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Hey Eve…

    No idea what happened to your post (or what was missing)… can you send it to me via the contact form, so I can try and un-break the spam filters again?

    The whole property law thing… I guess is sort of consistent, even if it’s a bit weird. We’ve seen a bunch of vampires living in people’s homes in order to gain protection from other vampires, we’ve seen that Castle Salvatore is wide open now the Uncle Zach got Damon-ed, and we saw Damon kill the chick that owned Pearl’s hideout in order to gain access, so…

    In the other mythologies, there’s a boundary around any place that a person calls “home.” So you’d be safe in your parents house, or in your apartment, or in your own home. TVD apparently goes one step further with the requirements: not only does someone have to call a place “home”, they actually have to have the legal right to do so.

    If that’s true, then it makes sense that the deed would be in Zach’s name, since it wouldn’t do any good to have him there if he didn’t technically own the place. Alternately, it’s possible that since the Castle actually “belongs” to the Salvatore brothers, the deed was a bit of handwaving that was necessary to make it Zach’s home. I don’t know.

    I’m pretty sure the guy performing the mind-whammy was a(n Albino) witch, and that he transferred Klaus’ spirit into Alaric. None of this is in the books, so I’m as in the dark as you are.
50. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:57 am

    Thanks Annie :-)
51. Jennifer says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:58 am

    Best. Thing. EVER!

    http://tvrecappersanonymous.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/2-17-stefan-gets-thrown-into-the-bush-crazy-fruittt.gif?w=500&h=280
52. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:00 pm

    Haha thanks Melissa, I’m pretty glad I was born, too ;-)

    It was awfully polite of Katherine to 1. wear comfortable clothes and 2. even bother giving them to Elena. It’s kind of touching lol

    I have no idea how long Isobel’s been under Klaus’ spell, but I don’t think it’s been very long. Unless I missed something, Klaus didn’t know about Elena until Elijah got involved.

    I’m not sure about the houses… I guess it would make sense that they were the same. Except for the part where the witches were burned in a field, not a fireplace. But whatevs.
53. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:01 pm

    Hey Nicole :-)

    I kind of think that Klaus will show up “for real,” in the flesh, before all is said and done… though the idea of him existing as a sort of blood-born virus is very interesting…
54. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Hehe.. Damon just has style, Jennifer ;-)
55. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks pjt :-)
56. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Thanks Kary :-)

    I really have no problem with Kat Graham at all, but her character… god, I wish they’d drop a meteor on her or something.
57. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Right you were, Fajen… I award you One Internets ;-)
58. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    Thanks Jenny :-)

    I think Damon honestly is kind of silly. He really doesn’t always think things all the way through. And apparently he doesn’t own a safe deposit box…
59. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    Thanks Nadin :-) I agree, the episode wasn’t as good as usual (especially compared to the other “welcome back from hiatus oh and by the way everything’s about to hit the fan” eps), but at least it set us up for the rest of the season. And gave us renewed hope for Bonnie’s demise ;-)
60. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    Hey teamelijah,

    No, she’s not badass. She could be, if the writers would allow her to do something besides move leaves around, but for someone who should logically be one of the most powerful people in Mystic Falls, she does a whole lot of nothing.

    Also, she’s kind of a hypocrite, with her own foray into mind rape and such.
61. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:09 pm

    Thanks Weird Vision :-)
62. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:10 pm

    Hey Anita :-)

    Yeah, the bush-toss was pretty great. It’s already popping up as GIFs on the intertubes. :-)

    I am intrigued by the Klaus-as-virus thing they have going here… it’ll be interesting to see how it plays out.
63. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    Hey Brian :-)

    Some of Damon’s lines are just so awesome that I can’t improve them lol. I might not bother watching this show if it wasn’t for him.

    The look on Elena’s face when Uncle Daddy got face punched was awesome. That was my favorite screencap of the week.

    I honestly have no idea what the rule is with dorms, but I think they’d fall into the “apartment” category, and thus be protected. Unless they aren’t. But whatever, no, Klaus is going to have an invite within five minutes of next week’s episode.
64. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Haha yep, Jennifer, that’s the one :-)
65. Gabby says:

    April 9, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    My second post.Happy Belated Birthday Thomas this recap was really fast and totally funny. My fav part-just b/c it was there was:

    Jeremy Gilbert: That’s funny… this magic book says that the spell that can kill Klaus is so strong that it’ll kill you, too…

    Thomas: Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease…

    Can’t wait for next week 60′s decade dance and Klaus in Alaric’s body. :)
66. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    Thanks Gabby :-)

    Klaularic has the potential to be awesome… I hope they live up to our expectations :-)
67. Kat says:

    April 9, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    hi thomas,

    my name is kat. i’ve wanted to talk to you for a long time but i was never sure of how you would react to what i had to say so i’ve been holding off on it. but i do believe you are a good person with rational thinking and that, even if you disagree with what i have to say, you will appreciate that i took the time out to write it. i wouldn’t have even bothered if i didn’t love your site so much.

    what i want to say is i dont understand why you hate bonnie so much. it’s why i have avoided coming to your site for so long. i think you are really funny but you are alienating a huge portion of TVD viewers with your reactions to her. bonnie gets a lot of hate but she also has a group of very loyal supporters and i am one of them. what has a fictional character done to piss you off that much that you would enjoy watching her being tortured and die multiple times? but it’s not only that. it’s the fact that you would rather bonnie be killed off the show instead of realizing that bonnie is a character and her character is the product of WRITERS. instead of wanting her to die, why not parody the writers lack of focus on her character.

    bonnie gets hatred because she gets no perspective on the show. the writers have her make unpopular decisions and never go into her motivations or emotions behind it. she is only called upon when she is needed for a spell and she is used as a plot device more than any other character. she is the only character that we have no idea where she lives and who her parents are. we even know this for matt. and is it surprising that she is the only black character on the show? great. so let’s take a character in the books who is white and a redhead and turn her into a black character in the show and make her completely one-dimensional and an annoying bitch. it’s so typical. it annoys me when people hate on bonnie because they don’t understand that it’s the WRITER’S fault. elena is a hypocrite, self-righteous, annoying and she also makes unpopular decisions but she does not get as much hatred thrown at her. why is that? because elena gets the needed screen time in order for viewers to relate to her and feel for her. bonnie gets none of that and out of all the characters on the show, she is the one that gets the shaft by the writers.

    thomas, i understand with you fully not liking a character. we are human, we are all different, but i want to tell you that i enjoy your writing very much and it pains me to read it and see that you wish death on one of my favorite characters. it especially saddens me because people say these things without any regard for the actress who plays her. i know you have nothing against kat graham so i wont go into that. but if i did not know that you had nothing against kat graham, i would have been offended by the first part of this review. i just want to plead with you to please be mindful of the bonnie fans who come to your website. i know that your parodies are meant to be humorous and i really do enjoy them and perhaps you think i am taking it too seriously, but i relate to bonnie very much in the show, so it’s much more personal for me when i see people wishing for her death. i think it would serve you better if instead of making fun of bonnie by wanting her to die, you could make fun of how the writers have made her so unlikeable. i once read a wonderful parody of the show that did this. they expressed their anger with bonnie’s character without being disrespectful to her fans by parodying the fact that the writers have been so inconsistent with her characterization. i could link it to you if you like.

    i plead with you that before you write your next review, consider this-

    this was written by a bonnie fan after episode 3 of this season-

    “It is a pattern that the writing has developed in regards to Bonnie. Bonnie’s storyline hasn’t had an emotional payoff since her grandmother died. She is always getting short shifted when it comes to showing her dealing with things. Examples: She gets attacked by Damon, and in the next episode she only has one scene, and she spends the bulk of it talking about what’s going on in Elena’s life. Next, her grandmother dies, and she’s gone for four episodes. We don’t get to see how she deals with it. Instead, we have Elena leaving her a voicemail, and then she comes back with a new attitude and ramped up powers. Then, she stops Stefan from further going crazy, and she’s completely gone from the next episode. This means that we don’t know if she knows why Stefan was going crazy. Next, she finds out that Caroline has been turned into a vampire and she sets Damon on fire, and then she’s only in two scenes in the following episode, and we don’t see how either of those events has affected her. Bonnie’s emotional progression is kept offscreen.

    Contrast that with Alaric who was missing from the first two episodes, and yet the instant he comes back, the audience is let in on how he feels about both Jenna and Isobel. Jeremy had an entire monologue with Damon in episode two in order to explain how he felt about Damon killing him. Damon and Elena have spent these three episodes talking about how they feel. The second episode was about Caroline, plus she had more scenes in episode three so we could know her headspace. The entire season is about Tyler, so he’s taken care of. Bonnie is the one who is consistently shafted when it comes to point of view, and it’s so jarring since she’s part of the supernatural characters.

    So, is there a plan for this character emotionally speaking? Or will she continue to do things and make decisions without the audience knowing what she’s thinking?”

you might be thinking to yourself right now- “i don’t care if bonnie’s progression is kept off screen because i don’t want to see her on my screen at all.” if that is the case, then i am not sure if bonnie could ever be likable in your eyes. if the writers took away all her faults and imperfections, you might not give a shit because you already hate her. i hope this is not the case. i hope you will give bonnie a chance to make a better impression on you. i hope you will support bonnie fans when they express their frustrations about how the writers have handled her character.

    thanks for taking the time out to read this. once again, i think you are really talented and i hope i did not disrespect you in any way. if i have, i’m sorry. and if you would prefer me not coming to your site, you are more than willing to let me know and i will respect your choice.

    Kat
68. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    Hi Kat :-)

    Dissenting opinions are always welcome here, especially when they’re as well thought out as yours, so no worries… and no, I wasn’t offended, at all :-)

    I genuinely feel bad for Kat Graham… if I was in her shoes, I’d be pissed that my character was so poorly handled. I agree with pretty much everything you’ve said about the way Bonnie is written, and I recognize that that’s totally on the writers… which is one of the reasons I’ve been careful to point out that I have nothing against the actress herself. There’s actually a very similar situation with Nina Dobrev: Elena is, like you said, self-righteous, hypocritical, et cetera. It’s just that Nina also gets to play Katherine, one of the best characters on the show, so we get to see that it’s not Nina’s fault, it’s the material she’s given. I’m pretty sure the same is true of Kat Graham.

    There were a few moments when Bonnie really shined… particularly when her Grams died, and she kept saying that she could fix it, that she could make it better, but she just wasn’t powerful enough. That was one of the best moments of the entire series, and in those few seconds, Bonnie totally won me over. But, like you said, that was promptly dropped on the floor, and the Bonnie that showed up again a few weeks later was just a wooden, hypocritical bitch.

    If they’d really jumped on that, if they’d played up how powerful and how hypocritical she had become, if she’d actually become a threat to the Salvatores, I would have eaten it up. But, again, it was just dropped on the floor.

    I even kind of like Bonnie/Jeremy, since it at least gives them some kind of arc… and I disliked Jeremy almost as much as Bonnie in season one.

    So, Bonnie definitely has had her moments, and I think there’s definitely potential to make her character interesting. But, at the end of the day, I react to the Bonnie that’s on the screen, not the Bonnie that could be on the screen. And right now, every minute that Bonnie’s on the screen is a minute that someone’s heart isn’t getting pulled out through their rib cage. It bores me, and that’s the number one thing that will bring out my snark.

    And the rest just comes down to my own writing style. I would honestly, genuinely rather see more “my grandmother just died and why aren’t I powerful enough to fix it” Bonnie, or “I just watched that season of Buffy where Willow got all dark and vein-ey and that seems like a really good idea” Bonnie than to have her killed off… but that kind of deep thinking isn’t what these recaps are about. In the comments, sure, but in the recaps themselves, I’m going for sarcasm, violence, and stuff that makes people wonder if I’m gay for Ian Somerhalder. That’s the kind of stuff that’s funny to me, and I think that’s what appeals to my readers, too.

    I have a ton of respect for the writers on this show; they’ve created something that I genuinely enjoy, and I’ve said multiple times that I wouldn’t be able to consistently produce the kind of quality that they do. But these recaps really do make fun of them… because the things that I pick on, more often than not, are choices that the writers make. When I say that a character is acting like an idiot, it’s because the writers wrote them like an idiot, and when a character rip the still-beating heart out of a werewolf in mid-air, well, that’s the writers, too. And when I call for Bonnie to die painfully and slowly, I’m not wishing bad things on Kat Graham, I’m pointing out that the writers have failed to make her a character that I can root for, or even a character that I can root against, like Uncle John Gilbert. I hate that guy with the burning passion of a million dying suns, but at least he’s never boring.

    But, again, my writing style doesn’t lend itself to that kind of nuanced analysis… it’d just get lost in the sea of dick jokes.
69. Emily says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:38 pm

    Happy Birthday Thomas!

    I’m so with you on the Bonnie front. She’s supposed to be all powerful and stuff, but most of the time she just seems useless.

    Alaric-as-Klaus is kinda amazing. The world needs more Alaric time. I just really hope he doesn’t die…he probably will, of course, but it will be suck-y. I mean, if they’re gonna kill someone, Bonnie would be a much better target.

    Also, am I the only one who noticed that Jenna just moved out of the Gilbert house? As in, she’s basically leaving Jeremy and Elena alone there? Can she even do that, legally? I mean, as their legal guardian, isn’t living with them kind of a requirement?

    Also, ‘got Damon-ed’ is officially in my vocabulary from now on. <3 Damon.
70. Thomas says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:43 pm

    Thanks Emily :-)

    I’m hoping Klaularic is as epic as it has the potential to be… but if they kill off Alaric after that arc is done, I will personally walk to wherever it is that they film this thing and wreak terrible vengeance on everyone involved in that decision. I <3 Alaric.

    Yeah, I’m pretty sure leaving your legal dependents to fair for themselves is frowned on, but who’s going to say anything? I mean, the sheriff if going to try to murder her own daughter in an episode or two.

    Glad I could expand your vocabulary a little ;-)
71. Emily says:

    April 9, 2011 at 11:47 pm

    They film in Atlanta. Not that I’m encouraging violence in any way.
72. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 12:02 am

    Hehehehehe :-D
73. Jodie says:

    April 10, 2011 at 1:05 am

    Damon: I’ll go pick out a shirt to take off!

    Hahaha. Thomas you’re so funny. Happy Birthday. :)
74. Emily says:

    April 10, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Random question: If a vampire is technically already dead, does killing one count as murder? And, you know, considering Jenna’s bad parenting skills and Mrs Lockwood’s apparent lack of interest in her missing son, I’m pretty sure that by Mystic Falls standards, murdering her own daughter won’t even qualify her for worst parent of the year.

    Also, which would make you more annoyed? Alaric dying, or Katherine dying? Because I really can’t imagine Alaric-as-Klaus (Klaularic is lame. Though I can’t exactly come up with anything better…) letting Katherine live after the whole turning-into-a-vampire-and-ruining-the-curse-breaking-plans-and-really-pissing-him-off-thing…
75. Aly says:

    April 10, 2011 at 3:20 am

    Heyy thomas!!!!!!!!! HOOLLYY CRAP. You know, I look forward to these scripts almost as much as I look forward to the actual show. It’s just THAT GOOD! :) Finallyyy…Happy late birthday..i think it’s late..yeah…it is. HAHA. YEAH. Bye! :)Oh and pleaseeee never stop writing these scripts! They seriousllyyy make my day :D
76. Gabby says:

    April 10, 2011 at 7:43 am

    Since Jenna has moved out to get away doesn’t that leave John in charge of Elena and Jeremy which at some point could go horribly wrong.

    Gabby

    P.S
    I don’t have anything against Bonnie in the show (she can be a bit snarky) but she has her heart in the right place.
77. Kat says:

    April 10, 2011 at 8:43 am

    thank you so much for explaining your point of view to me thomas. i can definitely understand your frustrations with the character and because i know now how you feel, it will be much easier for me to read your recaps without taking offense to what you say about bonnie :) i really hope that the writers improve upon her character, but a part of me does feel that perhaps the damage is done with many viewers. i love the idea of bonnie going dark-willow :D :D :D it would be such an interesting storyline and give bonnie some much needed perspective on the show. i doubt the writers will go there though because the show already gets a lot of comparisons to buffy. but hopefully they will come up with something else for bonnie to make her more appealing to viewers. once again, thank you so much for taking the time to write back to me and i cant wait to read your recap for next week. all the best.

    Kat
78. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:43 am

    THanks Jodi :-)
79. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Hey Emily :-)

    Vampires in this series are a little different… it’s more of a case of “I died, but I got better” with them. They breathe, they have detectible pulses, they can eat human food… so they’re a lot more like humans than most vampires. I could see someone making a case for staking a vampire being murder. Though the good Sheriff would no doubt disagree.

    That’s a tough call… I love both of those characters so much. Though I think Alaric is a little bit closer to my heart…
80. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:46 am

    Thanks Aly, glad you like them :-)
81. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:48 am

    Hi Gabby :-)

    I don’t think trusting Uncle John Gilbert with anything is a good idea. I wouldn’t let that guy take out my garbage, let alone raise my (adopted) kids.

    Bonnie’s heart is usually in the right place, but she’s also shown a willingness to engage in mind rape and random acts of flamethrowing… she’s not as anti-hero as Damon, but she’s definitely not as pure as the driven snow, either.
82. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 11:50 am

    No problem Kat :-)

    I would love to see a Dark Bonnie arc. Heck, one of the reasons I like this show so much is that it fills the Buffy gap on TV… comparisons be damned ;-)
83. Jennifer says:

    April 10, 2011 at 2:28 pm

    Ahh, Buffy. I SO miss Buffy…
84. Thomas says:

    April 10, 2011 at 4:03 pm

    The Fiancee has just started watching Buffy. It hasn’t caught yet, but she hasn’t met Angelus yet, either.
85. Sara says:

    April 11, 2011 at 3:00 am

    Hi Thomas, I’ve been trying to post a comment a few times, but it doesn’t get through :-( Can you see any reason why?
86. Jez says:

    April 11, 2011 at 4:34 am

    Happy Late Birthday! There was something about this episode that didn’t really sit well with me, I’m not sure what, maybe it was Isobel’s death, it was kind of rushed and I expected her to stay a little longer on the show, but I loved the ending, I actually thought for a second that Alaric was Klaus and then realized it was impossible.
    Also, I love the “Is it ever not vampires?” I think Mystic Falls might have a hell-mouth or something.
87. Junaggie says:

    April 11, 2011 at 6:29 am

    Hi Thomas, love the wai u take ua tym to reply to ua fans. It makes ua blog al th mo intresting n encourages people to leave theia comments. Love how u made kat feel at home on ua blog with her bonnie concerns. I havnt watchd buffy yet i thnk i shuld start. Anywai keep up the good work, great recap as alwais.
88. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 7:36 am

    Sarah: I didn’t see anything by you in the spam trap. Can you send me one of the posts to the contact form?
89. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 7:49 am

    Thanks Jez :-)

    Yeah, I think the pacing was a bit off, too, but it wasn’t horrible. And I think I liked the idea of Isobel more than Isobel herself… that character was just kind of wooden.

    The Hell Mouth really was a fantastic invention… such a neat way to explain why all this crap kept happening.
90. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 7:50 am

    Thanks Junaggie :-)

    Yeah, I like to encourage discussion and comments. Buffy was a fantastic, fantastic show. The first season was kind of wobbly, but season two really hit the ground running.
91. Lana says:

    April 11, 2011 at 9:25 am

    Hi Thomas :) Happy B-day!! I’m so glad to see you and your recap again!
    Well, it’s great. My fav parts are Damon’s to-do list and ‘information’ about Mystic Falls school. Really, it becomes more difficult in this town to find a person that still does not know about vampires and werewolves and the Lame Ass Curse :-)
    hаhaha! I understand your wish (ohpleaseohpleaseohplease). At least Bonnie has got a new skill!
    Yeah, at last I’ve seen Klaus in action. Now I’m looking forward to the new ep. And for your recap, of course!
92. Sofia says:

    April 11, 2011 at 10:20 am

    Happy belated birthday Thomas!

    And thank you to all that is HOLY the endless hiatus has, in fact, ended (how I’ll get through summer I have no idea). I thought this ep was really good, not epic awesome, but definately worth the wait. I loved the twists and turns. Your recap, however, was full of epic awesome win, one of your best in a while! I’ve been laughing at the True Blood retrocaps during the hiatus, but all the accent-y lines in the world have nothing on the comedic potential that is TVD in combination with your genious!

    It has been said before, but Damon’s to-do list is a gem. and just imagining Damon even uttering the phrase “peace out”? LMFAO! And taking his shirt off just for the hell of it. Hee. Julie Plec joked in some interview that they were like “this scene could be set in Damon’s tub.. Oh, wait, that doesnt work. Nevermind”. Haha, might not have been her just joking.

    And I just love the snarky Kat: Katherine Pierce: Hi Elena! It’s time for your weekly kidnapping! You kind of have a point, right? ;)

    I also think it’s hilarious when you are nasty to Bonnie, does that make me a bad person? She has been insufferable, but it might be looking up, we’ll see.

    Can’t say I’ll miss Isobel. Like you said, the idea of her is more interesting than the character herself. Poor Elena should be in a corner rocking back and forth by now, though. How do you even recover from something like that? That’s one stable kick ass chick!

    Zach R made a very solid performance this week and I cannot not be impressed. This knowing and teaming up with the most useless sheriff in the state, though, MIGHT become a problem. But with the rate they move forward in this show I count on it being resolved within two eps tops. Who can hate on Caroline for more than 5 minutes anyway?

    Damon has gotten some shit for his choice of moonrock hiding place. I for one think it was pure genious! And funny since he has referred to it as a bar of soap on previous occation =) And of COURSE the safest place for Elena is in Damon’s bedroom! The bathroom is girlie already! ;)

    The scene of the week belonged to Matt Davis, though. He doesn’t get to show what he’s really capable of very often, but man did he deliver! When Klause locked his eyes on Kat Alaric had definetely left the building. Made my skin crawl! If they kill Alaric I’m coming with you to the set, and I’ll bring my own flamethrower.
93. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 10:41 am

    Thanks Lana :-)

    It’s always kind of interesting to me to see which parts of the recaps people pick up on. I kind of thought that the TODO list would be popular, but when people started making icons out of “Super Damon ripping his goddamn heart out and tossing it on the goddamn ground”, I was honestly surprised.
94. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 10:51 am

    Hi Sofia :-)

    I honestly enjoy the hiatusi(?)… it gives me a chance to catch my breath lol. And I’ll be spending the summer with Eric Northman, so I have no worries :-)

    I’ve actually got to get back to those reto-recaps. But you’re right, TVD is just a goldmine for humor. Particularly Damon. Julie Plec actually trikes me as a really cool person… and she knows what the fans want.

    It’ll be interesting to see what happens with Matt & Sheriff Forbes. There’s definitely a get out of jail free card with the whole “kidnap, de-vervaine, and mind-whammy” routine, but hopefully the Sheriff is smart enough to let her people know that if she mysteriously comes down with a 72-hour bug, they should go looking for her.

    If I had to deal with the moon rock, it would either be 1. destroyed, 2. buried in a steel box, inside of a concrete block, underneath a sky scraper, inside of a volcano, or 3. on a string around my neck. But whatevs. The soap dish works, too.

    Matt Davis is sure to turn in a great performance as Klaularic… but I find his accent hilarious . Like he went to the Bella Lugosi school of vampire acting.
95. Lana says:

    April 11, 2011 at 11:01 am

    Well, I guess, many of your jokes become popular and people use them in other situations. ‘Hide Stefan’s hair gel’ – sure the readers will like it! Considering the number of Damon’s fans, ‘making icons’ isn’t unexpected for me (if my understanding is correct). Sorry for my mistakes.
96. Isobel says:

    April 11, 2011 at 12:29 pm

    Hey Thomas =] I only just stumbled onto these a couple of weeks ago, and I’d basically just like to thank you for how awesome they are! They made the painful wait for TVD to come back so much better, and I’m looking forward to these as much as the show now :p I’m also glad you share my hate for Bonnie. The only problem I have with her dying is the extra trauma it would give poor Elena :p
    I loved Klaularic, though now I’m terrified they’ll kill Alaric off. After Damon, he’s my favourite character, and I’m not sure I’d be watching much more without him!
97. Sarah says:

    April 11, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    Hi Thomas,

    And first of all happy belated birthday! Glad to see TVD’s back…and your recaps of course! My favs:

    Caroline Forbes: Hi Stefan! I still can’t find Matt, and I’m worried that he- oh wait, I have to pimp the Ford Focus, I’ll call you back later!
    Sara: I know, right? I know publicity makes money, but it makes me cringe evry time…

    Uncle John Gilbert: …in hindsight, it was probably a mistake to register ElenaGilbertIsThePetrovaDoppelganger.com. Totally my bad.
    Sara: lol

    Jeremy Gilbert: Wow, everyone’s dead!
    Damon Salvatore: I know, right? Self-high-five!
    Sara: I <3 Damon (and I love his TO-DO-LIST-By-Thomas, by the way)

    Damon Salvatore: So… you really shouldn’t mistake the fact that I haven’t set you on fire in your sleep for trust.
    Thomas: <3 Damon.
    Sara: Yeah, me too…you know what, when I read your recaps I always think you could add in something like " #actual quote " whenever you end up..well, just quoting because the writers are so damn good with Damon's one liners ;-)

    The Souls of Hundreds of Dead Witches: Hi Damon! Glue trap! Sun burn!
    Damon Salvatore: So… I’m going to go play X-Box. Peace out.
    Sara: <3 Thomas's ideas

    Damon Salvatore: Come on, it even looks like soap. She’ll never think to look for it in my bathroom!
    Sara: Yeah, right…It was SO obvious when she went to wash her hands. I actually thought the "oh my hands are dirty now let's go wash them" thing a bit forced.

    The Fiancee: There is now way he would own that much fruity soap.
    Sara: ;-)

    Elena Gilbert: There is not enough therapy in the world for what I have been through in the last three months.
    Sara: BY FAR my favourite quote of yours this week…I had the exact same thought when I saw Isobel go up in flames. This girl has NO WAY of recovering even a semblance of normal psyche, EVER. (but then, neither has her brother/cousin for that matter).

    By the way, I felt that Isobel's death was a bit..rushed. I don't know, I never really enjoyed the character that much, but it seems to me that it was because I felt she could still fulfill some higher purpose as a plot device. Plus they had used her as a cliffhanger for the last episode, so I expected more of her arrival, I guess. And as you mentioned later, it didn't make any sense (at least up to this point) to have her kidnap Elena…except maybe as a way to lure Katherine out?…but she did come to see Isobel already so…maybe we'll get an answer to that.

    Elena Gilbert: Hi Uncle Daddy John Gilbert! I know that you’ve caused nothing but pain and misery for everyone in my family, but I’m going to forgive you again! Because I’m smart like that!
    Sara: I don't know why, but at this point I kinda expected a comment from the Fiancée…she usually has the right reaction to that kind of Character-silliness. Tell her I missed her today, one comment wasn't enough for me ;-)

    Alaric Saltzman Klaus: Hi Katherine!
    Sara: LOVED that twist…although now I do worry about Katherine, which is one of my favourite characters even though she's such an annoying little minx, and Alaric, which I shouldn't care so much for if I was a reasonable being..but well I'm not.

    Looking forward to read your next recap!
    Best,
    Sara
98. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 5:37 pm

    Hi Isobel, welcome aboard :-)

    At this point, I think Elena might be at the Trauma Saturation Point. You can only be kidnapped / bitten / forced to watch someone die so many times before it all just kind of muddles together.

    If Alaric dies, well, so will someone else. </vague-threat>
99. Thomas says:

    April 11, 2011 at 5:44 pm

    Hi Sarah,

    Sorry this got eaten so many times. I think I found and fixed the issue. Thanks fir the birthday wishes :-)

    The Product Pimping really is just hammer-to-the-head explicit. But I guess bill got to get paid…

    The todo list really was my favorite part this week lol. Of course, Damon is pretty much always my favorite part.

    Cleolinda, when she was recapping Twilight, actually used a different font when she was directly quoting the book… because people thought she was making up a lot of stuff.

    Well, there is one way Elena could be normal again: Salvatore-style mind whammy. Though I don’t see that happening, in any situation.

    Isobel was kind of squandered, but her character wasn’t really going anywhere, either, so I guess I’m not too broken up about her abrupt end. And the fire effects were pretty sweet.

    The Fiancee has been unusually quiet this week… I think I need to get her drunk. Er.

    I’m worried about Katherine and Alaric. I’m on Team Leave Them Both The Hell Alone lol
100. Joy says:

     April 11, 2011 at 9:52 pm

     Well, that was certainly unexpected. *claps for writers*
     I. Can’t. Stand. Isobel. Not only is she a horrible actress in this show (perhaps she’s supposed to be? I hope? Or…just dead with no emotion whatsoever?), but her voice is pure torture. Even before I realized she sounds like someone in real life I can’t stand. Hooray dead. No offense of course to the actual actress, who is hopefully not that terrible in real life, and it’s just how they wrote her into the show…eh, whatever.

     PS – how did Stefan and Damon get into the “nicest foreclosure in town” without being invited in?
     See also: why is it important that Alaric turns into Klaus?

     Hey Thomas, happy birthday. Tell the Fiancee and her dimples hi. Hope things are going awesome.
101. Thomas says:

     April 11, 2011 at 9:59 pm

     Hey Joy :-)

     I haven’t seen what’s-her-name in much besides TVD, so I’m going to assume that they just told her “you’re dead inside from all of the terrible things you had to do to become a vampire, so don’t emote too much,” and leave it at that.

     They were able to get in for the same reason Isobel and Katherine could…because it was a foreclosure. Once it was foreclosed, no one owned it and called it home, so it was open for vampire business.

     Vampire Property Lawyer FTW!
102. skittledog says:

     April 12, 2011 at 3:18 am

     Happy belated birthday, Thomas! Obviously the CW’s schedulers think you’re just as special as we all do, to give you TVD back for your birthday. ;)

     I personally loved this episode, just because I’d almost forgotten how much sheer fun this show can be. So much plot burnt through! So much Damon snark! So many people looking heartbroken! Ah, fun.

     I will join you on the they-better-not-kill-Alaric train, though. I am looking forward to seeing what Matt Davis does with this after his absence for most of the first half of the season – accents aside, I think he has potential to play villainy pretty awesomely. I have always assumed that Katherine will probably die at the end of this year, but it’s been so great having both her and Elena around that I really don’t want her to…
103. Thomas says:

     April 12, 2011 at 12:58 pm

     Thanks skittledog :-)

     Yeah, I think there’s a better-than-average chance that Katherine’s going to bite it… but I still cling to hope that the entertaining version of Nina will be kept around ;-)
104. Ellyria says:

     April 12, 2011 at 5:16 pm

     Happy belated-almost-a-week-late birthday Thomas!

     Ugh, this episode had me so bored, I yawned through the entire thing. Your recap makes it sound a lot better. I’m missing season 1 more and more…

     “Jeremy Gilbert: That’s funny… this magic book says that the spell that can kill Klaus is so strong that it’ll kill you, too…

     Thomas: Pleaseohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease…”

     HAH, I couldn’t agree more. Sadly, usually when they announce a character needs to die, they never do. Bonnie will probably pass the powers off to Luka’s sister at the last minute and she’ll die instead. *rolls eyes* I’m just tired of Bonnie and her lame ass powers. So, she screams bloody murder for five minutes and suddenly she has all this power? Lame. She closes her eyes and the correct book falls off the shelf? Lame. She makes a ton of leaves blow around, has a few thunder claps and it means she’s super powerful? Lame.

     I don’t think Klaus/Alaric is going to last past next week. Just a hunch. Too bad really, they need to do more with Alaric than have him stand there and chew the scenery instead of actually saying lines.
105. Thomas says:

     April 13, 2011 at 10:22 am

     Thanks Ellyria :-)

     You know, I had totally forgotten about Sister Wiccan. My money is on he dying hard and fast. I’m hoping for some quality Klaularic, though. And yeah, Bonnie’s power up was lame.
106. Neil says:

     April 13, 2011 at 11:28 am

     Hey Thomas,

     Nice recap. Not the best episode but I’m not going to get too bothered by the odd sub-par effort.

     Klauric was a clever little twist and gets round their seemingly set-in-stone four episode guest star policy. What do we think Klaus is actually doing while he’s remote contolling Alaric? I suppose it depends what percentage of the brain it takes to run Alaric, so likely 10% tops.

     Shame they don’t have the budget for a big entry; Dracula arriving at Whitby on the ship of the dead for instance. Though they’d need a coastline for that. They do have lots and lots of woods but it’s stretching my creativity to think of dsomething they haven’t already done with that patch of forest.

     When Caroline told Matt “everything” what did that entail? I’m still unclear who knew what when or should I just assume that if you’re in the “know” then you know everything? Can’t really blame Matt, being chums with the vampire crew who killed his sister is probably asking a bit much to be believable even on TVD.

     Hope Katherine survives as well. I’m still hoping for my random body swap/merge mystic thing-a-ma-bob. In Katherine’s absence they would at least have more scope to make Elena more interesting.

     And belated Happy Birthday! Hope you had a good one.
107. Rowan says:

     April 13, 2011 at 2:49 pm

     Ahahaha! You have outdone yourself Master Galvin! One of your finest, which is good cuz it was one of my least favourite episodes…
     Anyway, I think the fact they can’t afford a new actor for several more episodes, fan service and Damon’s fine collection of fancy fruity soaps, along with the fact you might get to watch Bonnie die, was a fine birthday present from those fine people at the CW.
     A very happy belated birthday you ruthless genius!
108. Ian Somerhalder Wallpaper says:

     April 14, 2011 at 4:15 pm

     Good job, very nice recap! Thanks for sharing!
109. Jennifer says:

     April 15, 2011 at 2:59 pm

     Yes, tell the Fiancee that she must wait until Season 2 of Buffy for it to get really good. Oh, and IF she decides to watch Angel after that, tell her that once she gets to 3×12, she should just stop. Call that the happy ending and just STOP. B/c it all goes downhill from there!! :-P

     As far as the TVD foreclosures go: Don’t the BANKS technically become the owners?? Or does that not count b/c they don’t LIVE there? lol
110. Thomas says:

     April 15, 2011 at 9:31 pm

     Hey Neil :-)

     I get a kick out of the idea that it only take 10% of Klaus to run Alaric… like he’s off playing chess or reading Proust or tracking the stock market or something, and every once in a while he’s like “oh yeah, that guy with all the flannel…”

     I kind of like the understated character reveals… the witch-battles are where the budget really shows it’s limits for me. Like The Fiancee commented on this week’s (next week’s from this recap’s point of view) episode, you can only blow up so many florescent bulbs before it becomes pase.

     I assume Matt knows at least all of the basics: the Salvatores are vampires, Elena has an evil twin named Katherine, Tyler’s a werewolf, Bonnie’s a witch that makes MRONEITD.

     If Katherine dies, I hope Elena gets vamped and inherits her personality.

     Thanks for the birthday wishes :-)
111. Thomas says:

     April 15, 2011 at 9:32 pm

     Thanks Rowan :-) Yeah, as birthdays go, this was not a terrible one ;-)
112. Thomas says:

     April 15, 2011 at 9:32 pm

     If Ian Somerhalder Wallpaper is a spam, I at least have to give them credit for being very well targeted…
113. Thomas says:

     April 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm

     Hey Jennifer :-)

     Yeah, there were definitely some down moments in Buffy and Angel, but I’m a completist, so…

     I don’t think it’s ownership, per se, as much as homeownership. Like, a grocery store is technically owned by someone, but it isn’t home, so vampires can just wander in.