I know this thread is old now - I just finished watching the season finale. But I just had to come back and say that all the frustrations I had with the writers is gone now. They worked their way out of their pit and it turned out that the last five episodes of the season were some of the best writing ever. There was…

This is an excellent review. I agree with everything said, especially, "a horrible decision was made to create a nonsensical rift between Damon and the rest of the characters." However, now that the heretics are all gone and the focus has been back on our core characters and healing their relationships to each other I…

Splitting up Stefan and Damon and Bonnie and Damon almost ended if for me. Figure out a way to fix those relationships and let them work together and you will have my continued loyalty despite faulty mythology and stupid enemies. The only really good enemies have been the Originals and Kai. Notice that despite…

Mixed comments here. I actually loved the 7.16 episode itself in that all season I have been waiting for something to happen and in this episode a lot happened like it always used to and we got glimpses of the characters we loved. I didn't find it confusing to follow, but that doesn't mean I liked where it went. I…