Exactly. Elena should go off and do some super boring soul searching. Bring back Katherine for some grown up fun.

I actually like Paul Wesley as an actor a lot, but Stefan as a character just rarely works for me. I didn't find him particularly menacing as the ripper but I definitely found him infinitely more compelling than I do as his tortured whatever. The show spent two seasons shoving this idea at us that Damon, in his…

@avclub-4259a5b20d1da5cc2349caea35c33737:disqus I agree with you. I also liked this episode more than last week's, mostly because I've never wanted to slap ANYONE as much as I wanted to slap Elena last week in her scene on the porch with Stefan. I know that violence is not the answer but doppleganger, you are living…

per the recommendations of some friends, I started at the beginning of season 2. recently, I went and watched the back half of season 1 but I do think season 2 is stronger overall. I've still never seen those first few episodes…

I agree with this. I'm not hugely invested in the triangle. Personally, I think they should all accept that they are going to end up in a weird OT3 for the rest of their lives and move on.

I'm with you. It was selfish of Elena, but it was also understandable. Nor do I think Caroline would be upset with her or Matt in that scenario. I didn't necessarily take the whole thing as Caroline asking for company, as much as it was her letting them know. They had just returned from Caroline's after all, unless…

exactly! if anything, that's just going to make them more stabby. like, "ahhh, right. well if we can't kill you, we might as well skewer your eyeballs some more on these toothpick-like daggers, you goddamn asshole."

best possible plot line ever. of course she's all dried out, so we've got a desiccated doppleganger with a fetish for cutlery on the loose.

This episode was just so great. major high fives to joseph morgan for his FACE during that whole last scene, first when Rebekah (love her) was telling him that he was being left behind, and then when the Original Mother showed up and he was reduced to this giant simpering tear. His inability to immediately look her in…

your friends are the worst.

I'm assuming a game like Below the Root doesn't count, since the emphasis wasn't really on graphics? Man, I loved that game though.

these were my favorites. I drunkenly tried to get them on my computer a couple years ago, but no dice. If I were more ambitious, I'd track them down online but I'm worried they wouldn't hold up.

They kind of had a Brad and Penny plot last season, when they got the waiter fired from the restaurant because he never wrote stuff down? But that's the only one I can remember.

In regards to medium, I think that is a really accurate assessment. I agree that I think it feels best with short online breaks. They hit jokes so quickly on this show that the long commercial breaks of live TV immediately deflates that energy and they drag too much. There is too much contrast between the show and the…

I'm intrigued by this speculation.

You might want to pick and choose your rules, as together they will kill you.

Nice commitment!! Season 1 and 2 going on Netflix was key for me. But yeah, I'm with you. I feel such a sense of accomplishment that I should probably find new hobbies. but instead I've picked two new targets. bwaha

I miss Stefan and Caroline sfm.

I spent the hiatus getting friends and family addicted to this show. I started off casually, with the whole, "oh, you should just try it! it's mindlessly entertaining with a great drinking game!" and now that they are all hooked I had them texting throughout the episode, analyzing klaus' intentions and whether there…

same. I had an amazing moment of heart soaring bliss.