Watching: The Vampire Diaries

Ordinary People

Famous last words: "Damon's got a plan."

That said, letting Stefan out worked for me since seeing him do nothing but and glare at people was only going to take us so far. And I love that they are going back to the family angle - particularly in tandem with what's going on with Rebekah and Klaus.

They did a (perhaps) clever thing with the flashbacks. What we saw was very clearly limited it to only what Rebekah knew. There was, for example, a very deliberate moment where we saw her eavesdropping on her parents. That explains why we didn't get flashbacks of Esther's death. I assume that we'll see that from Klaus' point of view in the future. You don't go casting Alice Evans and then only have her stand in the background and look nervous.

Next week is Homecoming (how appropriate!) and it looks like another one of those Mystic Falls Events Gone Wrong. At a certain point, I really do have to wonder about the people in this town. Wouldn't you just stop showing up for these things?