In terms of vocals, Jessica, Joshua, and Skylar smoked the rest easily on their solos. I pray that the Top 2 is Jessica vs. Joshua.

The first six episodes of this season were some of the strongest that this season had to offer. I am pretty disappointed by the last several episodes. The show has lost direction.

So Claire, are you ready to "kill youself violently" if Phillip wins? I don't like him either, but he is the real favorite to win the competition.

Yeah, in addition to that, he never specified that the contents of the phone records would be true beforehand, so Regina could go and forge them.

And before I forget, Carrie, the episode count is wrong.This was episode 15, not 16.

Why did D&S think they could take her?"

I just have to say that I agree with Carrie that this was the weakest episode of the season (Personally if grading by a curve, I think a C is more appropriate than a C+). I think this was the weakest episode since the first part of Season 1. Evan Bleiweiss should not be allowed to write episodes for The Vampire…

Yeah, the show really struggles to make what anything Bonnie does seem interesting.

Dang. Maybe somebody can undo her spell before one of them get killed.

Hmmmm …. you might be right about that. Maybe the blood branch connected to Elijah will break off in the next episode if he only feigned it. If not, I really hope that he is saved somehow.

It really was. I was very surprised to see it happen since The Vampire Diaries hasn't shown any sex in a long time, and not at this scale. That might have been the hottest scene from the series so far.

I just have to say that I agree with this grade. I see several people online suggesting that this was the worst episode of the season, but I vehemently disagree (Ghost World and Homecoming were easily the worst in my opinion). There was good characterization (introductions and continuity) with Rebekah again showing…

It was Caroline who suggested that Tyler was perhaps the stabber. Of course, it most likely isn't him as Klaus has no motive for forcing Tyler to do such a thing.

That was an excellent hour of television. I have been waiting for a flashback episode for a while, since they usually stand out even in comparison to other episodes, but tonight's episode had zero flashbacks and was still fantastic. The plot and the character interactions meshed together really well and I am now…

I believe that only Klaus's blood can heal a werewolf bite. Consider that all of the werepire hybrids started becoming rabid and bleeding from the inside-out once Klaus tried to turn them, because there is an incompatibility about being a vampire and a werewolf (perhaps due to the saliva of werewolves being toxic to…

I think the ring is malfunctioning as Damon suggested earlier in the season. The ring has always functioned by restoring you after being killed by supernatural being, and not necessarily by supernatural means, just like in Alaric's first death. His lung was pierced by a stake.

Carrie Raisler: If you recall back to Alaric's first death due to Damon, his lung was impaled by a stake, which is not part of Damon. This first incidence shows that it is the person/entity responsible for the death that has to be supernatural for the ring to work. If a witch gave Alaric terminal cancer, and he died…

Although, I did feel bad for him since Mikael clearly abused him as a a kid, one thing preventing Klaus from ever becoming an ally of the good guys is his psychotic tendencies. If you anger him and don't let him kill you, he has a tendency to murder people close to you. Katerina (Katherine) learned that the hard way…

I don't see this series going beyond 6 (I actually think it might bow out after only 5) seasons. 8-9 seasons would really be pushing it and would hurt the quality of the series IMO. I would rather it end on a good note and be cancelled even if the CW continues to struggle and needs something to be above 1.0 in the…

Mikael's death did not matter at all. Mikael simply compelled the hybrids to be loyal to him. He did not override the order to kill Damon if Klaus died.