Friday, February 4, 2011

The Vampire Diaries -Daddy Issues recap. (contains spoilers)

Caroline - Candice Accola just gets better and better with each ep.  If anyone had told me Caroline would become a character I came to care about in Season 2, I'd have laughed.  I think this is truly a testament to what a fantastic actress Candice is.  I love that no matter what Brady did to Caroline, she still didn't break, and she's a newbie vampire.  I was just floored.  As far as lying to Matt,...They text each other when they're taking on Katherine or whoever, so how hard would it have been to check on Bonnie's whereabouts?  With everything that she'd been through it's understandable why this didn't occur to her, but still ...Now, it's going to be even harder for Caroline to reconcile with Matt, if she ever does.

Bonnie-  It was nice to see her with Jeremy last night.  I think it would have been too much for her to take down all those werewolves at once.  [Imagine what she, Lucy, Luka, and Jonas could do combining their powers.  Almost makes me giddy thinking about it.]

Jeremy - Why does it seem like he and Matt take turns with the whole odd man out thing?  Can't everyone get some action at the same time?  But, I guess it wouldn't be a soap/angsty enough without someone being left out in the cold. 

Tyler - He just got caught in the middle of all this insanity.  I feel badly for him.  His character kind of reminds me of Damon's in the sense that they don't think stuff through/slow down and think about how what they do could hurt people until after the damage is done. 

Stefan - I loved seeing him all hands on last night.  More please! 

John - I hope he's telling the truth about how to kill an Original.  I just don't trust him further than I can throw him and keep in mind this was before I even saw his scene with Katherine

Jenna - This woman is bordering on comic relief.  Please someone [Alaric? Elena? Jeremy?] clue this woman in before it's too late [if it isn't already]. 

Alaric - Another I blinked and missed him ep.  How do they waste a character with this much potential?  How?  I know it's an ensemble cast, but Sheesh! 

Luka -

Brady - This character and Jules are definitely a well-matched pair, which is just frightening (understatement I know.).   He really gave me chills [and not in a good way].  Very well played by Stephen Amell. 
Andie Star (played by Dawn Olivieri)-  The jury is out on her, because and this isn't her fault, but this reminds me too much of what was done to Caroline in Season 1.  Damon is being a little more "humane" with this one, but it's out of selfish reasons.  To paraphrase one comment on Twitter that I thought hit the nail on the head last night, he's looking for a therapist [and speaking of therapy, what was with that "hero hair" remark from Damon...I was laughing, but he's a mess right now.], like he was with Jessica. 

Damon -  Before I get to the inevitable, I also want to say I'm glad that Damon and Stefan picked up Katherine's trick with the vervain [Wonder if Caroline can get in on that too?  Or is she too new?  Hope not.].   As distracting as the shower scene and bubble bath scene were...(A psychopath is still a psychopath no matter how pleasing to the eye...) It's almost like Damon took one step forward and two back.  Most of what he was telling Andie he'd said before.  And when he was talking about or to John, for a while there last night, I thought he was going to go off again [Crazy. Eyes.  Doesn't do anything to allay my misgivings either.].  I'm thinking if he doesn't find something in himself to get him out of this rut/pattern, maybe the fate of Book Damon would be what's called for here too...[much as I hate to say it, because if nothing else, the character and the way Ian Somerhalder portrays the character definitely keep me entertained.]

The fight --That really got my adrenaline up, I've missed scenes like this.  I don't think we've had one in a while. 

The casualties --Was it my imagination or did I see a Black man with a blowtorch last night?  And was he a werewolf?  If so, I'm still annoyed, because he wound up cannon fodder.  If not, I'm no less annoyed.  I'd like to see more diversity among the werewolves and the vampires, because [and I've said this before] most cultures have some variation on vampire and/or werewolf myths.  Even if Mystic Falls isn't that diverse, all the supernatural creatures drawn to it, shouldn't be bound by the same conventions, especially coming from different locations, cultures, and time periods.  I found this annoying on Buffy too, they were only slightly better with it on Angel, but since one took place in LA and the other didn't, it gets some [and notice I say some] leeway.

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