This is why I'm holding out hope — it may just be taking some time to figure out what they want to do and how to do it.

Vampire/Witch hybrid is an awesome theory. This show needs more crazy supernatural species with weird, inconsistent rules.

That I can deal with. Unhappy Damon makes much better TV than happy Damon. I don't watch this show for romance, I watch it for mayhem — and Damon used to be a guaranteed source.

Overall, not good stuff. I liked the backdoor pilot much better than this, for all that that had problems. (And now I have to go find that online version, which I'll likely like the best — of course, hide the best version on your website and put this on the air.)

The rule is followed *just* enough to guarantee Joseph Morgan a permanent slot on one of these shows, but not followed at all when it comes to the giant plot hole that is Kol's dead vampire descendants.

This I would have liked. Who's brand new watching this anyway?

All he has to do is wear some kind of armor *under* the suit — then when someone goes to stab him with those silver daggers he can laugh when the dagger twists up like a pretzel. Not the strongest metal in the world, silver.

I like Elijah, but I feel like he works better as the mysterious drop-in. He comes into a scene, does something crazy (rips out two hearts at once or drops some insane new exposition) and then he's gone again. This means that the character is all about interesting, surprising stuff — in small doses.

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1. Agree. That kid who started the fight with him had such a stereotypical nerd look to him that I was figuring he'd been compelled into that or something. Why would you ever attack someone who looks like Jeremy?

Yeah, that bothered me a lot. There was never a shot of another bed or the girl sleeping. Elena and Caroline seemed pretty confused when she came in — like the thought of another roommate never crossed their minds. Plus the girls desk looks like it's right next to the front door when they look for her tablet after she…

@princesskaraoke:disqus When I watched it, the pan up to the crucifixion made sense. They would have been surrounded by all the Christian imagery — all of which were supposedly symbols of peace. So to me, it looked like the director was drawing attention to the fact that were doing all these awful things — rolling…

I watched it on the PBS website, where it looks like they'll be collecting them. One brief commercial at the beginning, none after that. Easier to figure out than when PBS is actually going to show it locally.

I haven't read or seen this play before, so I'm just basing my thoughts on what I saw in the Hollow Crown version.

A third coven that jumps sides all the time so you never know which side they're on would be neat. And help to keep the crazy amped up.

This was my exact thought: has that weird-but-grounded feel of Fringe, but it's tied to the same plot bullet train as Vampire Diaries. I would love it if they just keep spitting out plot this fast for as long as they can.

"Using hearty hand claps as punctuation, the chipper youth of Chile gather in the streets and sing Bernal’s insanely catchy but ultimately meaningless refrain: “Chee-LAY! Na na, na, na, CHEE-lay!” Months after seeing the film, that dippy little ditty remains stubbornly, happily lodged in the brain."

@avclub-f312889cf65908647c57d219b7fc956f:disqus Ah, now I understand. Thank you for clarifying.

Wait, huh? In the book he had like two big kills — both were gruesome full family staged events. There might have been other incidental kills that I don't remember, but I don't think he was killing a bunch of people and pretending they were accidents. And Will reads about both family deaths in the papers before…