I didn't want to mention that in the preview but one of the best parts of the pilot is when it's off-handedly mentioned that EVERYONE IS AN ORPHAN. That's why this pilot needed the civilian friend to say something like "Yeah, there's a group of them, they all have a parent who died." Or, maybe it could have been…

Maybe! I definitely think it's promising — and if you watched TVD tonight, holy shit, let's hope it ends up even one-tenth as thrilling as TVD has become — but my initial reaction was, "I don't know if I'd watch this again if I weren't covering it." I'm not sure if it's because Robertson seems younger than she is, or…

The heartening thing about the Faye thing is that Williamson & co. have a decent track record with Somerhalder and others on TVD of letting the wild characters actually be wild, or at least unpredictable. The weird dock lights "badassery" is not the norm on TVD, so hopefully it won't be here either.

Now I want to watch Casey Blake and Andre Ethier hold hands and turn the sprinklers on with their minds at Dodger Stadium.

I keep calling her Casey Blake, like the L.A. Dodgers player. That would be a different show.