redbrunja | "You're Scared. You Think Katherine's Going To Send Me Off The Deep End, Don't You?"

Now, 85% of this episode was sheer awesome. But 15% made me seethe with rage. When Damon snapped Jeremy's neck, I had my hands up next to my face, my belly tight with the awesome of this show, knowing that I could not textually express my glee.... and then Jeremy had one of the motherfucking rings that the ladies NEVER, EVER get.

I am so disappointed. Caroline getting smothered was a vicious pouring of salt in my wound.

Other than that, I loved it.

Nina knocked this episode OUT OF THE GODDAMN PARK. I cannot get over how awesome her body language is as Katherine and how nicely she differentiates the two characters.

I am still not convinced that Katherine is here because of Stefan (I honestly hope not and seriously - it's been a century and a half, she can't have missed him that much). Everything with Katherine was awesome. Her sexing up Damon was hot as fucking hell and I totally felt for him when he was trying to ask her if she'd loved him... he sounded so young and lost. And when he confronted Elena... oh, that was harsh, even as I loved Elena not being at all wishy-washy about her feelings. And snapping Jeremy's neck was exactly what I'd expect Damon to do... I love it when he'd acting like a proper vampire, all violent and evil. Less when he was threatening Elena. I was having bad, bad, Buffy flashbacks.

On the subject of vampires, I may be developing a crush on Stefan. He was just so... I just wanted to cling to his shoulders. They're so ...broad and... manly. I really liked that he know right away that it was Katherine - that's my boy! It gave me warm fuzzies even as I adored the tension between him and Katherine.

Also, I'm digging Bonnie this season. For whatever reason, she's working for me this episode. Keep it up, Bennet, keep it up.

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I did get hinted at that a certain somebody would be coming back, so that helped with the guessing. But watch that scene where she comes up onto the porch; see the way her shoulders kind of curve forward a little, and she doesn't hold her head up all the way? Compare it too -- well, the scenes in 2.01, but even the part where she stabs John. It's really cool.

I mean, I myself can't even enjoy his performances anymore because of the feeling that the show's never gonna get him real repercussions, but -- that scene even -- well, it wasn't okay, but it stopped before it got really, really bad. (I did dislike it, in terms of writing, that the only refusal that was effective was essentially 'I don't want to hurt you' instead of 'I don't want this.') In any other scene, the way he wrapped his hands desperately around hers when she said she cared about him would have given me a pang, and with another character sufficient ass-kicking, acknowledgement that it was wrong and groveling might have brought him back into my low good graces. (Too much precedence for Damon ATM for me.) But don't DENY WHAT IT WAS, CRAZY PERSON.

Oh, I am definitely hoping Katherine came back for those reasons, I just can't let myself get my hopes up too high. *sigh*

O. MY. GOD. HAVE YOU SEEN THE PROMO FOR THE NEXT EPISODE

WHERE CAROLINE *SPOILER* DAMON AND HE *SPOILER* (not the bit at the end) THAT WAS GLORIOUS

"You're Scared. You Think Katherine's Going To Send Me Off The Deep End, Don't You?"

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