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| Elena in Alaric's apartment |
In a nutshell, the episode revolved around Elena doing what she does best, putting herself into the epicenter of trouble; Klaus building an army of hybrid comrades (read:slaves) and Jeremy asking for Matt's help with the souls tormenting him.
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| Hottie werewolf helping Elena |
Elena, who seems to be discontented in staying safe in Mystic Falls, goes to Damon to convince him to help her find Stefan. After Damon refused point-blank to help her, she decided to go to Alaric to "blackmail" him (read: pretend she'll go by herself in the treacherous mountains to search for her lost vampire boyfriend) into helping her. The Drunk teacher-slash-vampire hunter agreed to do so. They sought Tyler's help for information about werewolf packs.Tyler said that most werewolves prefer to chain themselves during the night of the full moon to avoid harming people but there are those who prefer to go to places where they can enjoy the transformation freely, like deep forests and mountains. He helps Elena locate a mountain in Tennessee where a werewolf pack is rumored to be living. Alaric and Elena then journey to Tennessee to "find Stefan."
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| Mama Lockwood and Scary Bill |
Speaking of Tyler, we remember last episode that Mama Lockwood shot Vampire Barbie as she tried to "sneak out of Tyler's room like a prostitute" (her words, not mine). It turns out that she knew that Caroline was a vampire all along. She was also scared that Tyler has turned into a vampire because he spends a lot of time with Caroline so Mama Lockwood spiked Tyler's morning coffee with verbain to test him. Surprise, surprise, he wasn't affected at all, although he seemed to notice that the coffee tasted bad. Relieved that her baby boy is not a vampire, she calls someone to help her handle the "Vampire Situation" (read: unconscious Caroline); a mysterious guy who goes by the name "Bill".
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| Ray Sutton's werewolf pack |
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| E.H. introducing himself to the pack |
Meanwhile, on Evil Hybrid's universe, Klaus drags Stefan to the location of Ray Sutton's werewolf pack. Their mission: to turn them into a pack of hybrids (like Klaus). They find them in a secluded wood setting up their camping site. Stefan dumps Ray Sutton's dead (for the meantime) body and they introduce themselves (more like, Klaus introduced himself). He then reveals to them the first step to his grand plan for world domination: to turn them to an army of comrades (no matter what euphemism you use baddie, it still sounds like "SLAVES" to me) so that nobody will bother to challenge his power. (rolls eyes) Most of the werewolves expressed their unwillingness and doing a typical Klaus move, Klaus force-fed them with his blood one by one , then snapped their neck to pave way for their transition to a vampire. Unfortunately for E.H. (Evil Hybrid), something goes wrong. Right after Ray wakes up and transitions to a vampire, blood started gushing out of his eyes and he is consumed with an unexplainable rage. He runs away from them, biting Stefan in the process. Klaus instructs Stefan to run after him if he (Stefan) wants to be cured from the werewolf bite. Stefan chases Ray as though his life depended on it (which it really is).
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| Klaus reveals his evil plan |
Back to Elena and Alaric. The two reached Tennessee and as they came closer to the location of the wolf pack, Elena hands Alaric the eternity ring that her uncle-daddy left her. She persuades Ric to take the ring because it's virtually useless for her since she's a doppelganger. Ric retorts that she should keep it for "future stubborn and relentless baby Gilberts". Elena then said he should just wear it for the time being, just until they're finished with the Stefan quest coz she can't forgive herself if Ric dies because of her. Ric concedes and wears the ring.
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| Elena gives Alaric the ring |
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| Damon pushes Elena in the water |
Then out of nowhere, someone pushes Elena in the water. It was Damon. Turns out, Ric told him they were going on a quest to "save Stefan" and naturally, Damon follows to protect his precious "Elena" (rolls eye again). Elena, the hard-headed stupid girl that she is, refused to stop the search even if Damon wanted her to just go home and give up because it's too dangerous. In the end, she gets what she wants and the three of them continue to find Stefan in the woods. In some twist of fate, Stefan overhears them while he was trying to capture Ray Sutton.
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| Stefan watching the trio incognito |
Elena, Ric and Damon then comes across Ray. The latter was going out of his mind and he attacks Damon. Elena tosses a wolfsbane grenade towards Damon who detonates it on Ray's face. They tied up Ray on a tree to prevent him from attacking them. They were surprised that Ray is transforming even if the moon is not yet up and then in a sudden lightbulb moment, they realized that Ray could be a hybrid. They decide to leave the mountain before the moon rises up. While they were trying to escape, clumsy Elena (always a pain in the ass) stumbles and falls to the ground. She finds herself face to face with a fully-transformed werewolf (probably one from Ray's pack). Damon distracts the wolf and puts himself as a bait so that the wolf will chase him instead of Elena. Ric drags Elena to their car where they waited for Damon to come back.
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| Damon questioning Ray |
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| Damon: Here doggie, doggie. |
Damon finds himself in a bit of dilemma as he encounters Ray again. The hybrid-gone-wrong attacks Damon but thankfully, Stefan appears out of nowhere and kills Ray. (Good to know Little Bro still doesn't want his Big Bro to be killed). He then tells Damon again to go away and keep Elena in Mystic Falls. He says that he is not coming back so they should not go looking for him.
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| Ripper Stefan holding Ray's heart |
In the car, Elena and Ric had a heart-to-heart talk which ends up to the latter agreeing to be Elena and Gilbert's guardian again, on one condition, he will keep the ring because he needs to "keep the humans safe". Damon then returns to the car while a worried Elena runs to him to check if he is safe. He then convinces them to leave the place and so they did. Before leaving, Elena had a glimpse of Stefan from afar but she thought she was just imagining it.
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| Stefan secretly watching the trio from afar |
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| Dead werewolves. :( |
Stefan returns to Klaus with Ray's corpse. He finds E.H. sitting alone, surrounded by a bunch of dead bodies. It appears that Klaus supposed-comrades started to go crazy so he was forced to kill them all. He then wondered what went wrong because he followed all the rules: he killed a werewolf, a vampire and a doppelganger. (For a moment there, I thought he will find out that Elena is still alive because of Stefan's puppy's eyes) He then tells a sob story about how disappointed he is that his plans did not go his way (For a moment there, I felt sad for him. Then I remembered the bunch of dead people around them and I went back to hating him again). Stefan, for some unknown reason, tells E.H. that he failed him and he is ready for whatever E.H. is planning to do with him. E.H. stared back at him then he gives him his blood (for the werewolf bite). He (Klaus) then tells Stefan that they are leaving. (I am not sure but I have this feeling that Klaus had an inkling that Elena might still be alive.)
Back in Mystic Falls, Tyler realizes that his mom spiked his drink with verbain. He confronted him about it and demanded to know where Caroline was. Mama Lockwood insisted that he should stay away from Vamp barbie since she's a monster. Tyler, enraged at what he heard, drags his mama to the cellar in the old Lockwood estate. He made her stay there so she can watch him transform into a werewolf. This turns out to be a good thing as Mama Lockwood realized that she could have been wrong.She tells Tyler that she''ll do everything to keep Caroline safe. Baby Lockwood is grateful.
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| Elena and Damon |
After arriving back at the Gilbert House, Damon and Elena had a heart-to-heart talk. Damon confesses to Elena that he had been wrong and that Stefan is not really gone. He then promised Elena that he will bring Stefan back to her. As he leaves, Damon confronts Elena about what happened in the mountain. He asked her about what changed her mind. She was so hell-bent in searching for Stefan but then she suddenly decided to drop the mission and just leave. Elena admits that she was worried about Stefan. Then she asked him why it was so important for her to say it aloud that she cared for him. Stefan answers that in the event that he is able to drag Stefan back to Mystic Falls, he wants her to remember how she felt while Stefan was gone. :( He then leaves a dumb-founded Elena in her room. Ric appears and tells her that she is treading dangerous waters with what she's doing. (Falling in love with both brothers...she's doing a Katherine!)
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| Vicki asking for help. |
On another note, Jeremy who is being haunted by the ghosts of his dead girlfriends, seeks Matt help to deal with Vicki's ghost. At first, Matt is hesitant but then he obliges. Vicki's ghost appears before Jeremy and she tells him that she can come back. He asks Jeremy to help her comeback and then for some unknown reason, she breaks the window. Annabel appears too and gives Jeremy a warning. She tells him not to trust Vicki. (IDK but I'm with Annabel on this one, Vicki is never to be trusted.) Jeremy is then left confused about what he should do.
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| Annabel warning Jeremy |
True to her word, Mama Lockwood goes on a "Save-Caroline mission." She calls Bill up and tells him that they should let Caroline go. Scary Bill answers that Mama Lockwood does not understand the situation because she just "married in the vampire-hating tradition and did not grow up with it." He adds that she should not feel guilty because the vampires should not be trusted since they're monsters. Then he hangs up. Mama Lockwood feels guilty as ever.
The ending scene is the biggest surprise of the night. We see Caroline chained in a dungeon. She calls out for help and Scary Bill appears. He says "Hello Caroline." and Caroline looks up, shocked as ever. Then she whispered, "Daddy?". (Boom!)
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| Scary Bill |
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| Poor Caroline! |
Thoughts on this episode
It was not as engaging as the first one. I think it fell short of the expectation. It felt like something was missing. I don't hate it though but it's certainly not my favorite. Let's discuss some of the points that appeared in this episode.
1. Evil Hybrid's experiment gone wrong
Now that Klaus realizes that he failed miserably in his grand plan, will he realize that the ritual did not end up the way it should? Did Stefan's brooding expression gave away the fact that Elena is still alive? He said that they're leaving. I have this feeling that E.H. is planning on returning to Mystic Falls. Watchaguysthink?
2. Vicki, Anna and
So what's the deal with her asking for help? Annabel tells Jer no to trust Vicki but knowing how Jer is head over heels in love with her, I am sure he will try to bring her back. Is this the consequence that the witches warned Bonnie about? I wonder what Vicki is up to. Let's wait and see.
3. Damon and Elena
So it appears that Dalena is really happening. I just hope to God that this will not break Stefan's heart. I sense a fierce love triangle worthy of Twilight (ack!)happening soon. Gahd, I hope the writers will not resort to that. Let's cross our fingers and hope for the best. :(
4. Bill-y the Vampire Slayer
What's with all this Mystic Falls parents willing to kill their babies because they're scared of vampires? No wonder Caroline is the way she is when the series began. She had a serious trouble with her parents, who could blame her? I am just wondering if Bill-y will stake his poor baby in the heart because she's a vampire or will he do a Liz and set Caroline free? I am surprised though that he is that burly. I did not quite picture him that way. I imagined him as more effeminate given that he left Liz for a guy..but then again, I am not judging. XD Bill should have more compassion and he should be forgiving. It's his daughter for chrissakes! I hope he does not kill Caroline or I'll be really furious with you, TVD Gods!
Well, that's it for this week! Here are the other screen shots from this episode. Enjoy! :)
(Click the picture to zoom in)
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| Damon and Elena's heart-to-heart talk |
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| I actually thought he will kiss her here... |
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| ..and here.. |
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| ..and here. |
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| Kill Bill Volume 3 |
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| Stefan watches Elena, Damon and Ric |
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| Elena and the Werewolf |
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| "Here doggie, doggie" |
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