Previously on the Vampire Diaries, Klaus took Stefan back to Chicago and reminisced about the good ol’ 1920s, Katherine reappeared, Caroline got tortured by her dad, Elena and Damon went to Chicago to bring Stefan back home, Stefan and Elena officially broke up, and Klaus brought back his sister, Rebecca to life.
This week episode, Disturbing Behavior, is about Stefan trying to keep Klaus and Gloria from finding out the necklace and Elena.
Chicago:
Now that Rebecca is alive and in 2011, she needs to update her wardrobe. Klaus and Stefan take her shopping. She tries on clothes while the boys drink champagne. That must be the life, really.
While Stefan steps away from the original siblings, Katherine signals him to follow her. Katherine has been keeping an eye on Klaus and Stefan. She’s up to speed on the whole necklace thing and pretty much everything that Klaus and Stefan had done throughout the summer. She wants to know what Stefan is up to. I want to believe that Katherine really does care for Stefan and wants to help him, but I can’t help but think that this woman never does anything that isn’t going to benefit her somehow. If Stefan is going to Klaus, of course she want in because she wants Klaus dead.
Mystic Falls:
Meanwhile in Mystic Falls, Damon is helping Elena cook chili for the Founders’ party. Domesticated much? These two are already acting like couples. Is this the season Damon and Elena are finally going to get together?
Rick doesn’t seem to be happy about this closeness between Damon and Elena. I don’t blame him though. Now that he’s staying at the Gilbert house and looking after Elena and Jeremy, he’s their guardian. I wouldn’t want my kid to be dating a psychopath vampire like Damon, either.
Jeremy:
Jeremy is still seeing ghosts and this episode, he not only sees Anna’s ghost but he feels and talks to Anna’s ghost. Anna says that she only appears when Jeremy thinks about her. So, does that mean that Vicki only appears when Jeremy thinks about her too? Is it really just all in Jeremy’s head? Anna and Vicki won’t appear if Jeremy doesn’t think about them.
Bonnie’s Return:
Bonnie is finally back after three episodes. Her reunion with Jeremy is kind of awkward to watch. I still don’t see the chemistry between those two.
Bill:
Sheriff Forbes brings Damon to the cellar where she is keeping Bill captured. She asks Damon to compel Bill to leave town, but Damon had his little fun first before completing his assignment. He bites Bill to check for vervain before compelling him to leave town and erasing his memory of ever knowing Caroline as a vampire.
Finding the Necklace:
Gloria is using her powers to locate the necklace. She’s having trouble until she holds Rebecca’s hand to enhance her powers. Meanwhile, the necklace burns Elena’s skin. Whatever Gloria did to locate the necklace, had caused the necklace to burn Elena. Elena takes it off, but the damage is already done. Gloria had heard that Elena was talking about Stefan. But she tells Klaus that she needs more time.
Switching Salvatores:
While Bonnie tries to find an identification spell that will help her find out what’s going on with the necklace, Caroline grills Elena about Damon. She calls it “switching salvatores”. Elena denies it saying that nothing is going on with her and Damon. I almost want to believe her.
Alaric’s Warning:
Alaric is being very fickle this season. He started off being a bum, brooding, and not caring about anything. Now, he’s trying to be a great role model for Jeremy and looking after Elena. He tells Damon to “take a beat” with Elena. Seriously, it’s Damon we’re talking about. He’s not going to listen to anyone.
Gloria:
Don’t mess with witches. Especially one who’s been alive for over 100 years. Stefan goes back to the bar to ask Gloria what she saw about the necklace. Gloria says she heard the girls were talking about Stefan. She did not tell Klaus because she doesn’t want to help Klaus, but she wants the necklace for herself. Stefan isn’t going to help her get it, obviously; so, she tortures him with weird voodoo witchcraft. She’s finally able to get inside Stefan’s head and sees all the memories he’s had of Elena. Just when Gloria finds out the reason why Stefan wants to keep Elena away from Klaus, Gloria is stabbed in the neck by Katherine. I guess this would be the last time we see of Gloria. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but thank goodness for Katherine.
Super-human Power:
Apparently, Bill can fight off vampire mind control. How is that even possible, really? He’s told Caroline that if she practice hard enough, she can suppress the vampire part out of her completely. I thought he was a nut job for saying that. Apparently, he’s been practicing for decades to fight off mind control. I am finding it hard to believe that anyone can do that, but Bill can and Damon’s compulsion didn’t work on him. He doesn’t leave town and threatens Damon that he would out him to the counsel. Big mistake for you, Bill. Don’t threaten Damon unless you have more power than him.
Of course Damon wants to kill him and if it wasn’t for Caroline, Bill would probably be dead.
Not Stefan:
Elena got angry at Damon for hurting Bill. Damon not only hurt Bill, but he killed Alaric. Don’t worry, Rick was wearing his ring, so he’ll be waking up in no time. Damon was upset at Rick and Elena both for making him change from who he is. Elena wants him to be better. Damon doesn’t want to change, not even for Elena.
Katherine’s New Partner in Crime:
After helping Stefan escape from Gloria’s torture, Katherine wants to know what Stefan’s diabolical plan is regarding Klaus. Stefan finally tells her about the time in 1920s and how Klaus and Rebecca were running from someone. Katherine connects the dots and figures out that it was a hunter. She’s heard about him centuries ago. Stefan wants to know more about the hunter. It’s interesting how a vampire that can’t be killed would be afraid of a vampire hunter. How powerful is this vampire hunter? Why would Klaus be scared of him? Is this the reason why he wants to create a hybrid army?
Katherine wants to team up with Stefan to make a move against Klaus. Stefan doesn’t trust Katherine enough to let her in on his plan. He tells her to look elsewhere for a partner in crime and she does. She finds it in Damon. Katherine pretends to be Elena and gets the necklace from Bonnie. She asks Damon to join her and Damon accepts the offer. Everyone around him is telling him to “take a beat” anyway. What does he have to lose?
Stefan’s Diabolical Plan:
Seriously Stefan? Your diabolical plan to find out about the hunter was to ask Rebecca? She’s not going to betray Klaus ever again after Klaus killed her in the 20s. And at least pretend to enjoy it when you kiss her. Rebecca sees right through him and tells Klaus she thinks there’s something wrong with Stefan and that he’s asking about Michael. Michael must be the hunter.
Klaus knocks Stefan out and brings him back to Mystic Falls. Things are going to get bloody again in Mystic Falls.
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TVD Episode 302 “The Hybrid” – Make Room for Daddy!
by Bonnie on September 27, 2011
Every week, we are treated to this show where there are enough standout moments in one episode for an entire series. These are my picks for outstanding moments of Episode 302.
Daddy’s Home!
It seems that for most of the Twitterverse, the end of this episode had a “head exploding moment” with the reveal of Caroline’s “Daddy”.
I am feeling my age. There had been chatter on the web that Jack Coleman would make an appearance as Caroline’s father. I am feeling as if I am the only one who recognized him when he stepped across Carol Lockwood’s threshold. Is that because I am old enough to have watched him as Steven Carrington on “Dynasty”? He was, of course, younger then – and blonder, but he doesn’t look all that different. At least, not to me.
As soon as he entered the Lockwood Mansion, I immediately Tweeted “Daddy’s Home”. No one responded. I didn’t even feel guilty that perhaps I’d Tweeted a “spoiler” – although perhaps I should have….
In any case, Bill Forbes is a direct descendant of the original Sheriff Williams Forbes, one of the Founding Families of Mystic Falls (and yes, I will be updating the TVD Family Tree to reflect that.) This explains his extreme hatred of vampires – which apparently extends to his own daughter, our Sweet Caroline.
Although Carol Lockwood tries to call him off, he’s determined. “My family has been committed to this fight for years. I know what my obligations are.”
Hatred this ingrained over so many years is going to be hard to overcome.
Speculation generally doesn’t work out for me, but in this case, I’m taking a shot, pun definitively intended. I am betting that the present day Sheriff Forbes shoots her ex to protect their daughter. We shall see.
But I Did Everything I Was Told!
In the scene where it is clear that Klaus’s dreams of his hybrid army are going awry, my first thought when he uttered this line was “Told by whom?” Interesting plotline there and I am anxious to see where it leads. My suspicion is that witches are involved.
But I also had a major flashback because of the way Joseph Morgan delivered the line. Generally, he’s great at being sinister with an impish twist. But in this moment, he was as petulant as a small child who’s just been told he won’t be getting any dessert after all.
The flashback took me to all the way back to 1967 – and an episode of Star Trek entitled “The Squire of Gothos”. If you haven’t seen it, you should. It is one of the all time best episodes of that series. A fabulous actor – William Campbell – played a character named “Trelane”. He caused Capt. Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise all kinds of trouble for the entire episode.
And at the end, when Capt. Kirk is about to be hanged by Trelane, it is revealed that Trelane is a child of an alien race who has been given his own planet and told he can play with other creatures as long as he behaves – which he has not. His “parents” (floating clouds with voices) apologize to Capt. Kirk and tell him their son will be punished, as Trelane whines.
And it is that scene which sprang to mind. When Klaus said “But I did everything I was told” I saw the whining Trelane, stamping his foot and repeating “But you said I could, you said I could…”
So what I imagine was supposed to be a very serious moment was, for me, hilarious. That doesn’t mean I didn’t catch on to the part where Klaus kicks back into gear when he sees something in Stefan’s face in reaction to the “killed the doppelganger” part of the recipe. It just didn’t have the impact it should have.
Lost in Translation
In an episode that moved so many plot threads forward – Jeremy and the ghosts of Vicki and Anna, Tyler’s werewolf reveal to his Mom, the introduction of Bill Forbes, and Klaus’s plans not working out that well – the moments that stand out for me are always the ones with the strongest emotions, and they often involve Damon.
Blood is thicker than water and we can always counts on the Salvatore Brothers to be there for each other, regardless of what they may say. So although Stefan is not happy about being tracked (“What part of ‘Don’t follow me anymore,’ got lost in the translation?”) he is not about to let his brother get eaten by a rabid hybrid – especially when he’s got a rabid hybrid bite of his own to worry about.
As a result, Damon later admits to Elena “I changed my mind because even in his darkest place my brother still can’t let me die. So I figure I owe him the same in return. I’ll help you bring him back.”
Damon loves his brother, but he also – still – loves his brother’s girl. He’s going to take care of her because that is what he promised to do – and I’ve always maintained that Damon is a man of honor.
However, doing the honorable thing often hurts. For Damon, it hurts badly and often. So Damon interrogates Elena about why she abandoned her search for Stefan when she was so close. And he won’t let her off easy. She cares about him, and he knows it, but he needs to hear her say it. When Elena asks why knowing it isn’t enough, Damon let’s her have it.
He’ll help her bring Stefan back but “I want you to remember the things you felt while he was gone.”
A hundred years cannot repair a moment’s loss of honor.
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