Synopsis: Stefan succeeds in flipping Caroline’s humanity switch back on, but it looks like the couple might not survive the fallout. Mommy Salvatore presents Elena with the Cure in an attempt to ruin her son’s relationship. In the end, Damon offers to take the Cure with Elena to live their […]
The Vampire Diaries: I Could Never Love Like That Recap
Synopsis: Damon and his mother finally manage to turn Stefan’s humanity back on, Elena (randomly) expresses her dissatisfaction with being a vampire, and the show violates the rules of its own universe by introducing a new species of superwitch vampires. Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ It’s extremely obvious that Nina Dobrev announced that […]
The Vampire Diaries: A Bird in a Gilded Cage Recap
Synopsis: Stefan convinces Caroline to cut loose while Damon, Elena, Bonnie, and Kai go to the 1903 prison world to retrieve Damon’s mother and trap Kai for good. Rating: ★★★☆☆ This episode was a helluva lot tamer than I expected from the promos and the crew’s Twitter accounts. Sigh. We […]
The Vampire Diaries: The Downward Spiral Recap
Synopsis: Caroline’s friends have a conniption about her flipping her humanity switch, but it seems like she’s doing just fine until Stefan provokes her and Caroline retaliates. Damon learns why his mother is trapped in the prison world. Rating: ★★★★★ Caroline has her humanity turned off, and I swear on […]
The Vampire Diaries: Let Her Go Recap
Synopsis: Caroline and friends plan and execute Liz Forbes’ funeral before Caroline decides to turn off her humanity switch. Bonnie also escapes the prison world after she meets Damon’s mother. Rating: ★★★★☆ Wow, so Damon’s telling a lot of harsh truths this episode. After last week’s episode where Sheriff Forbes […]
The Vampire Diaries: Stay Recap
Synopsis of (6×14): Enzo starts his convoluted plan to corrupt Sarah Salvatore while Jeremy says goodbye to Mystic Falls. Staroline finally happens (squee!) before we close out the last of the Sheriff’s open cases, including the death of Elena’s parents, before Liz dies. Rating: ★★★★☆ TVD is pretty dark recently – […]
The Vampire Diaries: The Day I Tried to Live Recap
Synopsis of 6×13: Bonnie tries to kill herself on her birthday while the others rush to stop her. In the meantime, Enzo plans to corrupt Sarah Salvatore and Caroline tries to cope with her mother’s illness. Rating:★★★★☆ Well, this episode was depressing. It’s Bonnie’s birthday, so the Mystic Falls gang […]
The Vampire Diaries: Prayer for the Dying Recap
Synopsis of 6×12: Caroline’s mother dies and comes back to life, while Kai finally gets to merge, killing Luke. Rating: ★★★★☆ The best part of the first season of this show was how often it startled me – this episode made me startled-jump at least 3 times. The nostalgia is […]
The Vampire Diaries: Woke Up With a Monster Recap
Synopsis of (6×11): Elena spends a significant amount of time being tortured by Kai before Damon and the rest of the cavalry save her. In the meantime, Liv trains Joe to survive the merge and Caroline races to find a cure for her mother’s cancer. Rating: ★★★★☆ Sometimes I forget how much […]
Mid-Season Predictions for The Vampire Diaries
The gang’s all here – er, well, almost. We left the Mystic Falls crew mid-season with Bonnie still trapped on The Other Side, Kai taking Elena hostage, and the anti-magic border around town disintegrating. We also left Elena without her memories of Damon, but with some sort of indication that […]
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