Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.2, Brave New World
Original Air Date: September 16, 2010
Caroline awakens with an appetite and a new life. Bonnie and Elena talk about Katherine and Damon. Stefan gives Jeremy a vial of vervain to protect him. Damon has a meeting with Carol Lockwood where she asks him to spearhead the Council since she will be acting as interim mayor. Mason quizzes Tyler about his anger. More about the Lockwood "secret" comes to light. Matt tells Caroline he loves her.
When Caroline awakens, she's a bit foggy on what had happened, and she's hungry. She goes into an adjoining room and looks at a bag of blood. A nurse interrupts her and ushers her back to her own room but Caroline was able to steal a bag of blood. She takes a drink and is at first repulsed by it and throws it to the floor. A few seconds later, however, she grabs the bag and drinks from it no longer sickened by it. The next morning, she tries putting her hand in sunlight from the window and finds it burns. When she is getting dressed to leave the hospital, her silver necklace burns her skin. As she's looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes change and her fangs grow. She compels and attacks a nurse who comes in to check on her. Once night arrives, Caroline leaves the hospital.
Elena doesn't want to talk about Damon at all. She doesn't want "the 'D' word" mentioned. She wants to go about life as a "normal teenager". We all know that in Mystic Falls, that won't be happening!
While meeting with Carol Lockwood, Damon listens in on the conversation Mason and Tyler are having about Tyler's rage issues. When Stefan questions Damon later about Katherine, Damon skirts the issue of her and brings up the Lockwood's. Damon doesn't quite know what the Lockwood secret is but he knows something is odd there.
At the carnival, Damon makes it clear to Jeremy that he's quite capable of killing him if he wants to. Jeremy's threats of exposing Damon for what he really is are meaningless. Damon is keeping an eye on Tyler and Mason Lockwood at the carnival. The Lockwood's arm wrestle and Mason easily defeats his nephew. Damon then volunteers Stefan to go against Mason. Mason easily beats Stefan and, from his defeat, Stefan understands that there really is something strange about the Lockwood's.
Damon compels a carnival worker to pick a fight with Tyler and not to back down no matter what Tyler does. Stefan follows Tyler and watches as the carnie worker picks the fight. As Damon predicted, Tyler blows up and Mason Lockwood comes to his aid. Mason displays supernatural fighting skills. When they return home from the Carnival, Tyler questions Mason about what happened during the fight. Mason denies that his eyes glowed and explains his moves as "Brazilian martial arts". Earlier that day, Mason searched his brothers home office for a family heirloom, a moonstone. Tyler questioned him and, when asked about the stone, appeared to be unfamiliar with it. That night, Tyler got into his father's safe and retrieved the stone.
Caroline accosts Damon in the school. She is remembering everything he did to her. She delivers Katherine's message to him then, in a surprising show of force, hurls him down the hall. The first person Damon goes to is Elena. She's not interested in what he has to say but he will not allow her to put him off. She, Stefan and Damon go to an empty classroom where they discuss Katherine and her message and that Caroline is now a vampire. Damon wants to kill Caroline but Stefan and Elena refuse. Stefan knows Damon is right about how things will end up for Caroline but he vows to save her.
Caroline attacks and kills a carnival worker (the same one Damon compels to fight with Tyler). Matt is worried about her because he feels she's somehow different. Damon finds Caroline before Stefan and Elena and is armed with a stake to kill her. Stefan arrives mere seconds before Damon is about to plunge a stake into Caroline's back. He tries to kill her again but Elena puts herself between Damon and Caroline. Of course, Damon backs off. When Bonnie learns that Caroline is a vampire she's heartbroken. She then unleashes her anger on Damon by dropping him to the ground and setting fire to him by using her powers. Elena stops her from killing him.
I thought Caroline becoming a vampire would be kind of silly. She's not exactly the most stable character on the show. I've actually found it to be a bit sad. She's obviously not dealing with her new life very well and she's going from tough to vicious to completely breaking down all within seconds. It was nice to see that while she was hugging Matt she was able to control her vampire urges. There might be hope for her yet.
Poor Stefan had his hands full. It was left to him to clean up Katherine's mess, to deal with Damon and to keep the peace. It is Stefan who takes Caroline aside, cleans the carnival workers blood from her and helps calm her down. He promises her that he will not let anything happen to her.
Bonnie got on my nerves in this episode. She blamed Damon for what happened to Caroline but obviously forgot that it was at her insistence that Elena agreed to let Damon save Caroline in the hospital. I guess she doesn't feel she has any of the blame here? Either that, or she does blame herself and feels that lashing out at Damon will somehow make her feel better. Ever since Bonnie has been coming into her witchy powers she's gotten this massive attitude. Sure, I'm a big Damon fan and perhaps a bit biased towards him but surely I'm not the only one who finds her a bit annoying at times.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
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Friday, September 17, 2010
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.2 "Brave New World"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.2, Brave New World
Original Air Date: September 16, 2010
Caroline awakens with an appetite and a new life. Bonnie and Elena talk about Katherine and Damon. Stefan gives Jeremy a vial of vervain to protect him. Damon has a meeting with Carol Lockwood where she asks him to spearhead the Council since she will be acting as interim mayor. Mason quizzes Tyler about his anger. More about the Lockwood "secret" comes to light. Matt tells Caroline he loves her.
When Caroline awakens, she's a bit foggy on what had happened, and she's hungry. She goes into an adjoining room and looks at a bag of blood. A nurse interrupts her and ushers her back to her own room but Caroline was able to steal a bag of blood. She takes a drink and is at first repulsed by it and throws it to the floor. A few seconds later, however, she grabs the bag and drinks from it no longer sickened by it. The next morning, she tries putting her hand in sunlight from the window and finds it burns. When she is getting dressed to leave the hospital, her silver necklace burns her skin. As she's looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes change and her fangs grow. She compels and attacks a nurse who comes in to check on her. Once night arrives, Caroline leaves the hospital.
Elena doesn't want to talk about Damon at all. She doesn't want "the 'D' word" mentioned. She wants to go about life as a "normal teenager". We all know that in Mystic Falls, that won't be happening!
While meeting with Carol Lockwood, Damon listens in on the conversation Mason and Tyler are having about Tyler's rage issues. When Stefan questions Damon later about Katherine, Damon skirts the issue of her and brings up the Lockwood's. Damon doesn't quite know what the Lockwood secret is but he knows something is odd there.
At the carnival, Damon makes it clear to Jeremy that he's quite capable of killing him if he wants to. Jeremy's threats of exposing Damon for what he really is are meaningless. Damon is keeping an eye on Tyler and Mason Lockwood at the carnival. The Lockwood's arm wrestle and Mason easily defeats his nephew. Damon then volunteers Stefan to go against Mason. Mason easily beats Stefan and, from his defeat, Stefan understands that there really is something strange about the Lockwood's.
Damon compels a carnival worker to pick a fight with Tyler and not to back down no matter what Tyler does. Stefan follows Tyler and watches as the carnie worker picks the fight. As Damon predicted, Tyler blows up and Mason Lockwood comes to his aid. Mason displays supernatural fighting skills. When they return home from the Carnival, Tyler questions Mason about what happened during the fight. Mason denies that his eyes glowed and explains his moves as "Brazilian martial arts". Earlier that day, Mason searched his brothers home office for a family heirloom, a moonstone. Tyler questioned him and, when asked about the stone, appeared to be unfamiliar with it. That night, Tyler got into his father's safe and retrieved the stone.
Caroline accosts Damon in the school. She is remembering everything he did to her. She delivers Katherine's message to him then, in a surprising show of force, hurls him down the hall. The first person Damon goes to is Elena. She's not interested in what he has to say but he will not allow her to put him off. She, Stefan and Damon go to an empty classroom where they discuss Katherine and her message and that Caroline is now a vampire. Damon wants to kill Caroline but Stefan and Elena refuse. Stefan knows Damon is right about how things will end up for Caroline but he vows to save her.
Caroline attacks and kills a carnival worker (the same one Damon compels to fight with Tyler). Matt is worried about her because he feels she's somehow different. Damon finds Caroline before Stefan and Elena and is armed with a stake to kill her. Stefan arrives mere seconds before Damon is about to plunge a stake into Caroline's back. He tries to kill her again but Elena puts herself between Damon and Caroline. Of course, Damon backs off. When Bonnie learns that Caroline is a vampire she's heartbroken. She then unleashes her anger on Damon by dropping him to the ground and setting fire to him by using her powers. Elena stops her from killing him.
I thought Caroline becoming a vampire would be kind of silly. She's not exactly the most stable character on the show. I've actually found it to be a bit sad. She's obviously not dealing with her new life very well and she's going from tough to vicious to completely breaking down all within seconds. It was nice to see that while she was hugging Matt she was able to control her vampire urges. There might be hope for her yet.
Poor Stefan had his hands full. It was left to him to clean up Katherine's mess, to deal with Damon and to keep the peace. It is Stefan who takes Caroline aside, cleans the carnival workers blood from her and helps calm her down. He promises her that he will not let anything happen to her.
Bonnie got on my nerves in this episode. She blamed Damon for what happened to Caroline but obviously forgot that it was at her insistence that Elena agreed to let Damon save Caroline in the hospital. I guess she doesn't feel she has any of the blame here? Either that, or she does blame herself and feels that lashing out at Damon will somehow make her feel better. Ever since Bonnie has been coming into her witchy powers she's gotten this massive attitude. Sure, I'm a big Damon fan and perhaps a bit biased towards him but surely I'm not the only one who finds her a bit annoying at times.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.2, Brave New World
Original Air Date: September 16, 2010
Caroline awakens with an appetite and a new life. Bonnie and Elena talk about Katherine and Damon. Stefan gives Jeremy a vial of vervain to protect him. Damon has a meeting with Carol Lockwood where she asks him to spearhead the Council since she will be acting as interim mayor. Mason quizzes Tyler about his anger. More about the Lockwood "secret" comes to light. Matt tells Caroline he loves her.
When Caroline awakens, she's a bit foggy on what had happened, and she's hungry. She goes into an adjoining room and looks at a bag of blood. A nurse interrupts her and ushers her back to her own room but Caroline was able to steal a bag of blood. She takes a drink and is at first repulsed by it and throws it to the floor. A few seconds later, however, she grabs the bag and drinks from it no longer sickened by it. The next morning, she tries putting her hand in sunlight from the window and finds it burns. When she is getting dressed to leave the hospital, her silver necklace burns her skin. As she's looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes change and her fangs grow. She compels and attacks a nurse who comes in to check on her. Once night arrives, Caroline leaves the hospital.
Elena doesn't want to talk about Damon at all. She doesn't want "the 'D' word" mentioned. She wants to go about life as a "normal teenager". We all know that in Mystic Falls, that won't be happening!
While meeting with Carol Lockwood, Damon listens in on the conversation Mason and Tyler are having about Tyler's rage issues. When Stefan questions Damon later about Katherine, Damon skirts the issue of her and brings up the Lockwood's. Damon doesn't quite know what the Lockwood secret is but he knows something is odd there.
At the carnival, Damon makes it clear to Jeremy that he's quite capable of killing him if he wants to. Jeremy's threats of exposing Damon for what he really is are meaningless. Damon is keeping an eye on Tyler and Mason Lockwood at the carnival. The Lockwood's arm wrestle and Mason easily defeats his nephew. Damon then volunteers Stefan to go against Mason. Mason easily beats Stefan and, from his defeat, Stefan understands that there really is something strange about the Lockwood's.
Damon compels a carnival worker to pick a fight with Tyler and not to back down no matter what Tyler does. Stefan follows Tyler and watches as the carnie worker picks the fight. As Damon predicted, Tyler blows up and Mason Lockwood comes to his aid. Mason displays supernatural fighting skills. When they return home from the Carnival, Tyler questions Mason about what happened during the fight. Mason denies that his eyes glowed and explains his moves as "Brazilian martial arts". Earlier that day, Mason searched his brothers home office for a family heirloom, a moonstone. Tyler questioned him and, when asked about the stone, appeared to be unfamiliar with it. That night, Tyler got into his father's safe and retrieved the stone.
Caroline accosts Damon in the school. She is remembering everything he did to her. She delivers Katherine's message to him then, in a surprising show of force, hurls him down the hall. The first person Damon goes to is Elena. She's not interested in what he has to say but he will not allow her to put him off. She, Stefan and Damon go to an empty classroom where they discuss Katherine and her message and that Caroline is now a vampire. Damon wants to kill Caroline but Stefan and Elena refuse. Stefan knows Damon is right about how things will end up for Caroline but he vows to save her.
Caroline attacks and kills a carnival worker (the same one Damon compels to fight with Tyler). Matt is worried about her because he feels she's somehow different. Damon finds Caroline before Stefan and Elena and is armed with a stake to kill her. Stefan arrives mere seconds before Damon is about to plunge a stake into Caroline's back. He tries to kill her again but Elena puts herself between Damon and Caroline. Of course, Damon backs off. When Bonnie learns that Caroline is a vampire she's heartbroken. She then unleashes her anger on Damon by dropping him to the ground and setting fire to him by using her powers. Elena stops her from killing him.
I thought Caroline becoming a vampire would be kind of silly. She's not exactly the most stable character on the show. I've actually found it to be a bit sad. She's obviously not dealing with her new life very well and she's going from tough to vicious to completely breaking down all within seconds. It was nice to see that while she was hugging Matt she was able to control her vampire urges. There might be hope for her yet.
Poor Stefan had his hands full. It was left to him to clean up Katherine's mess, to deal with Damon and to keep the peace. It is Stefan who takes Caroline aside, cleans the carnival workers blood from her and helps calm her down. He promises her that he will not let anything happen to her.
Bonnie got on my nerves in this episode. She blamed Damon for what happened to Caroline but obviously forgot that it was at her insistence that Elena agreed to let Damon save Caroline in the hospital. I guess she doesn't feel she has any of the blame here? Either that, or she does blame herself and feels that lashing out at Damon will somehow make her feel better. Ever since Bonnie has been coming into her witchy powers she's gotten this massive attitude. Sure, I'm a big Damon fan and perhaps a bit biased towards him but surely I'm not the only one who finds her a bit annoying at times.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Sunday, September 12, 2010
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Season 2 DVD & Blu-Ray Preorder. Already!
Season two of the wildly popular CW Network series The Vampire Diaries just premiered this past Thursday. I'm as surprised as anyone to see that Internet seller amazon.com already has pre-order information up on their site for this second season in both DVD and Blu-Ray format. The DVD is currently listed at $41.99 (LP: $59.98) and the Blu-Ray at $48.99 (LP: $69.97). As is to be expected for such an early pre-order, there is no information about content (any extras, etc.) and the artwork is simply promotional images from the show. When more information is available you'll most certainly be able to read about it here!
Season Two, DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season
Season Two, Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
While you're there, check out The Vampire Diaries, The Complete First season:
DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
For more information on The Vampire Diaries:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season
Season Two, Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
While you're there, check out The Vampire Diaries, The Complete First season:
DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
For more information on The Vampire Diaries:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Season 2 DVD & Blu-Ray Preorder. Already!
Season two of the wildly popular CW Network series The Vampire Diaries just premiered this past Thursday. I'm as surprised as anyone to see that Internet seller amazon.com already has pre-order information up on their site for this second season in both DVD and Blu-Ray format. The DVD is currently listed at $41.99 (LP: $59.98) and the Blu-Ray at $48.99 (LP: $69.97). As is to be expected for such an early pre-order, there is no information about content (any extras, etc.) and the artwork is simply promotional images from the show. When more information is available you'll most certainly be able to read about it here!
Season Two, DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season
Season Two, Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
While you're there, check out The Vampire Diaries, The Complete First season:
DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
For more information on The Vampire Diaries:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season
Season Two, Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Second Season [Blu-ray]
While you're there, check out The Vampire Diaries, The Complete First season:
DVD:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season
Blu-Ray:
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
For more information on The Vampire Diaries:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Friday, September 10, 2010
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.1 "The Return"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.1, The Return
Original Air Date: September 9, 2010
Katherine has returned to town. She introduces herself to all the main characters. Caroline, who was injured in the car accident, is still in the hospital in poor condition until Damon steps in. Mason Lockwood arrives in town after the death of his brother.
I've been eagerly waiting for this show to return and it most certainly didn't disappoint! From the events of the first season finale I knew there would be some great fireworks when the new season started up and there most certainly were.
Katherine proves to the viewers just what a cruel and heartless woman she really is. Course, she's a vampire. She can't be all warm and fuzzy, can she? Her first act in Mystic Falls is to try and murder John Gilbert. She cuts off the fingers of his right hand where his ring is so it cannot save him then plunges a knife into him. Thankfully, Elena is arriving home at about that time. She calls the paramedics and they arrive in time to save John.
Terrified that something might have happened to Jeremy, Elena rushes upstairs to find him on his bed. At the end of last season, Jeremy drank the vial of Anna's blood then took pills to kill himself so he could become a vampire. Sorry, Jeremy, it didn't work. Stefan looks him over and pronounces him still human.
Caroline's life is touch and go but Damon offers to give her a little of his blood to save her. Elena doesn't want him to do it but Bonnie, of all people, encourages him to. Caroline makes a stunning recovery and she's back to her old self again in no time.
Katherine lets the Salvatore brothers know she's in town. Both want to know why she's there and she tells Stefan that she came back for him. But, Stefan doesn't love her. He has never loved her.
Tyler Lockwood and his family are grieving the loss of Mayor Lockwood. Mason Lockwood, Tyler's uncle, arrives in town. Tyler expresses concern to his uncle that he doesn't like the anger that he feels. Mason explains that it's the curse of the Lockwoods. All of them have it but he has learned how to control it. I was hoping we'd get to see the "Lockwood curse" in this first episode but it can't be too far down the road. In the next episode or two I believe we'll be seeing all the furry details of it.
Bonnie is coming into her own as a witch even more but she's not strong enough to fend off Katherine. Bonnie makes sure that Damon knows she could kill him whenever she wants. I'm not sure I like the whole "Bonnie is super bi-otchy with Damon" thing.
Damon receives a double blow when Katherine tells him she never loved him, that it was always Stefan she's loved. Later, Elena, when questioned by Damon as to why she would have never kissed him back, informs Damon that she couldn't ever love him because she will always love Stefan. It's more than Damon can really take and he breaks Jeremy's neck. Luckily, John Gilbert gave Jeremy his ring before he left town. The ring saves Jeremy's life but Damon's actions cause Elena to tell Stefan she truly hates his brother.
Katherine, refusing to back down, goes to the hospital and tells Catherine to give the Salvatore brothers a message for her. The message: "game on". She then suffocates Caroline with a pillow. Since Caroline had Damon's blood in her system I can only imagine that we've now got a brand new ditzy blonde vampire in Mystic Falls!
Damon is still the King of the One Liners as he was in the first season. I truly felt sorry for him. He was told not once but twice that he's never been and never will be loved by the two women he has truly cared about. What's a poor guy to do? Breaking Jeremy's neck might not have been the right choice but I imagine Damon feels that if he's hated by everyone then he doesn't have to risk the pain of falling for anyone.
The strong writing of the first season continues in the second. The characters are still strong and vivid. When you're working with vampires and werewolves and all things supernatural like that it would be easy to take a detour down Stupid Boulevard. Right now, the writers aren't taking that path and I'm quite pleased about that. Vampire Diaries is one of my favorite shows and I truly hope it stays a strong show for a long, long time.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.1, The Return
Original Air Date: September 9, 2010
Katherine has returned to town. She introduces herself to all the main characters. Caroline, who was injured in the car accident, is still in the hospital in poor condition until Damon steps in. Mason Lockwood arrives in town after the death of his brother.
I've been eagerly waiting for this show to return and it most certainly didn't disappoint! From the events of the first season finale I knew there would be some great fireworks when the new season started up and there most certainly were.
Katherine proves to the viewers just what a cruel and heartless woman she really is. Course, she's a vampire. She can't be all warm and fuzzy, can she? Her first act in Mystic Falls is to try and murder John Gilbert. She cuts off the fingers of his right hand where his ring is so it cannot save him then plunges a knife into him. Thankfully, Elena is arriving home at about that time. She calls the paramedics and they arrive in time to save John.
Terrified that something might have happened to Jeremy, Elena rushes upstairs to find him on his bed. At the end of last season, Jeremy drank the vial of Anna's blood then took pills to kill himself so he could become a vampire. Sorry, Jeremy, it didn't work. Stefan looks him over and pronounces him still human.
Caroline's life is touch and go but Damon offers to give her a little of his blood to save her. Elena doesn't want him to do it but Bonnie, of all people, encourages him to. Caroline makes a stunning recovery and she's back to her old self again in no time.
Katherine lets the Salvatore brothers know she's in town. Both want to know why she's there and she tells Stefan that she came back for him. But, Stefan doesn't love her. He has never loved her.
Tyler Lockwood and his family are grieving the loss of Mayor Lockwood. Mason Lockwood, Tyler's uncle, arrives in town. Tyler expresses concern to his uncle that he doesn't like the anger that he feels. Mason explains that it's the curse of the Lockwoods. All of them have it but he has learned how to control it. I was hoping we'd get to see the "Lockwood curse" in this first episode but it can't be too far down the road. In the next episode or two I believe we'll be seeing all the furry details of it.
Bonnie is coming into her own as a witch even more but she's not strong enough to fend off Katherine. Bonnie makes sure that Damon knows she could kill him whenever she wants. I'm not sure I like the whole "Bonnie is super bi-otchy with Damon" thing.
Damon receives a double blow when Katherine tells him she never loved him, that it was always Stefan she's loved. Later, Elena, when questioned by Damon as to why she would have never kissed him back, informs Damon that she couldn't ever love him because she will always love Stefan. It's more than Damon can really take and he breaks Jeremy's neck. Luckily, John Gilbert gave Jeremy his ring before he left town. The ring saves Jeremy's life but Damon's actions cause Elena to tell Stefan she truly hates his brother.
Katherine, refusing to back down, goes to the hospital and tells Catherine to give the Salvatore brothers a message for her. The message: "game on". She then suffocates Caroline with a pillow. Since Caroline had Damon's blood in her system I can only imagine that we've now got a brand new ditzy blonde vampire in Mystic Falls!
Damon is still the King of the One Liners as he was in the first season. I truly felt sorry for him. He was told not once but twice that he's never been and never will be loved by the two women he has truly cared about. What's a poor guy to do? Breaking Jeremy's neck might not have been the right choice but I imagine Damon feels that if he's hated by everyone then he doesn't have to risk the pain of falling for anyone.
The strong writing of the first season continues in the second. The characters are still strong and vivid. When you're working with vampires and werewolves and all things supernatural like that it would be easy to take a detour down Stupid Boulevard. Right now, the writers aren't taking that path and I'm quite pleased about that. Vampire Diaries is one of my favorite shows and I truly hope it stays a strong show for a long, long time.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
US Television: Vampire Diaries, Episode 2.1 "The Return"
Vampire Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.1, The Return
Original Air Date: September 9, 2010
Katherine has returned to town. She introduces herself to all the main characters. Caroline, who was injured in the car accident, is still in the hospital in poor condition until Damon steps in. Mason Lockwood arrives in town after the death of his brother.
I've been eagerly waiting for this show to return and it most certainly didn't disappoint! From the events of the first season finale I knew there would be some great fireworks when the new season started up and there most certainly were.
Katherine proves to the viewers just what a cruel and heartless woman she really is. Course, she's a vampire. She can't be all warm and fuzzy, can she? Her first act in Mystic Falls is to try and murder John Gilbert. She cuts off the fingers of his right hand where his ring is so it cannot save him then plunges a knife into him. Thankfully, Elena is arriving home at about that time. She calls the paramedics and they arrive in time to save John.
Terrified that something might have happened to Jeremy, Elena rushes upstairs to find him on his bed. At the end of last season, Jeremy drank the vial of Anna's blood then took pills to kill himself so he could become a vampire. Sorry, Jeremy, it didn't work. Stefan looks him over and pronounces him still human.
Caroline's life is touch and go but Damon offers to give her a little of his blood to save her. Elena doesn't want him to do it but Bonnie, of all people, encourages him to. Caroline makes a stunning recovery and she's back to her old self again in no time.
Katherine lets the Salvatore brothers know she's in town. Both want to know why she's there and she tells Stefan that she came back for him. But, Stefan doesn't love her. He has never loved her.
Tyler Lockwood and his family are grieving the loss of Mayor Lockwood. Mason Lockwood, Tyler's uncle, arrives in town. Tyler expresses concern to his uncle that he doesn't like the anger that he feels. Mason explains that it's the curse of the Lockwoods. All of them have it but he has learned how to control it. I was hoping we'd get to see the "Lockwood curse" in this first episode but it can't be too far down the road. In the next episode or two I believe we'll be seeing all the furry details of it.
Bonnie is coming into her own as a witch even more but she's not strong enough to fend off Katherine. Bonnie makes sure that Damon knows she could kill him whenever she wants. I'm not sure I like the whole "Bonnie is super bi-otchy with Damon" thing.
Damon receives a double blow when Katherine tells him she never loved him, that it was always Stefan she's loved. Later, Elena, when questioned by Damon as to why she would have never kissed him back, informs Damon that she couldn't ever love him because she will always love Stefan. It's more than Damon can really take and he breaks Jeremy's neck. Luckily, John Gilbert gave Jeremy his ring before he left town. The ring saves Jeremy's life but Damon's actions cause Elena to tell Stefan she truly hates his brother.
Katherine, refusing to back down, goes to the hospital and tells Catherine to give the Salvatore brothers a message for her. The message: "game on". She then suffocates Caroline with a pillow. Since Caroline had Damon's blood in her system I can only imagine that we've now got a brand new ditzy blonde vampire in Mystic Falls!
Damon is still the King of the One Liners as he was in the first season. I truly felt sorry for him. He was told not once but twice that he's never been and never will be loved by the two women he has truly cared about. What's a poor guy to do? Breaking Jeremy's neck might not have been the right choice but I imagine Damon feels that if he's hated by everyone then he doesn't have to risk the pain of falling for anyone.
The strong writing of the first season continues in the second. The characters are still strong and vivid. When you're working with vampires and werewolves and all things supernatural like that it would be easy to take a detour down Stupid Boulevard. Right now, the writers aren't taking that path and I'm quite pleased about that. Vampire Diaries is one of my favorite shows and I truly hope it stays a strong show for a long, long time.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Season Two, Episode 2.1, The Return
Original Air Date: September 9, 2010
Katherine has returned to town. She introduces herself to all the main characters. Caroline, who was injured in the car accident, is still in the hospital in poor condition until Damon steps in. Mason Lockwood arrives in town after the death of his brother.
I've been eagerly waiting for this show to return and it most certainly didn't disappoint! From the events of the first season finale I knew there would be some great fireworks when the new season started up and there most certainly were.
Katherine proves to the viewers just what a cruel and heartless woman she really is. Course, she's a vampire. She can't be all warm and fuzzy, can she? Her first act in Mystic Falls is to try and murder John Gilbert. She cuts off the fingers of his right hand where his ring is so it cannot save him then plunges a knife into him. Thankfully, Elena is arriving home at about that time. She calls the paramedics and they arrive in time to save John.
Terrified that something might have happened to Jeremy, Elena rushes upstairs to find him on his bed. At the end of last season, Jeremy drank the vial of Anna's blood then took pills to kill himself so he could become a vampire. Sorry, Jeremy, it didn't work. Stefan looks him over and pronounces him still human.
Caroline's life is touch and go but Damon offers to give her a little of his blood to save her. Elena doesn't want him to do it but Bonnie, of all people, encourages him to. Caroline makes a stunning recovery and she's back to her old self again in no time.
Katherine lets the Salvatore brothers know she's in town. Both want to know why she's there and she tells Stefan that she came back for him. But, Stefan doesn't love her. He has never loved her.
Tyler Lockwood and his family are grieving the loss of Mayor Lockwood. Mason Lockwood, Tyler's uncle, arrives in town. Tyler expresses concern to his uncle that he doesn't like the anger that he feels. Mason explains that it's the curse of the Lockwoods. All of them have it but he has learned how to control it. I was hoping we'd get to see the "Lockwood curse" in this first episode but it can't be too far down the road. In the next episode or two I believe we'll be seeing all the furry details of it.
Bonnie is coming into her own as a witch even more but she's not strong enough to fend off Katherine. Bonnie makes sure that Damon knows she could kill him whenever she wants. I'm not sure I like the whole "Bonnie is super bi-otchy with Damon" thing.
Damon receives a double blow when Katherine tells him she never loved him, that it was always Stefan she's loved. Later, Elena, when questioned by Damon as to why she would have never kissed him back, informs Damon that she couldn't ever love him because she will always love Stefan. It's more than Damon can really take and he breaks Jeremy's neck. Luckily, John Gilbert gave Jeremy his ring before he left town. The ring saves Jeremy's life but Damon's actions cause Elena to tell Stefan she truly hates his brother.
Katherine, refusing to back down, goes to the hospital and tells Catherine to give the Salvatore brothers a message for her. The message: "game on". She then suffocates Caroline with a pillow. Since Caroline had Damon's blood in her system I can only imagine that we've now got a brand new ditzy blonde vampire in Mystic Falls!
Damon is still the King of the One Liners as he was in the first season. I truly felt sorry for him. He was told not once but twice that he's never been and never will be loved by the two women he has truly cared about. What's a poor guy to do? Breaking Jeremy's neck might not have been the right choice but I imagine Damon feels that if he's hated by everyone then he doesn't have to risk the pain of falling for anyone.
The strong writing of the first season continues in the second. The characters are still strong and vivid. When you're working with vampires and werewolves and all things supernatural like that it would be easy to take a detour down Stupid Boulevard. Right now, the writers aren't taking that path and I'm quite pleased about that. Vampire Diaries is one of my favorite shows and I truly hope it stays a strong show for a long, long time.
For more information:
Official Site: http://www.cwtv.com/shows/the-vampire-diaries
The Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405406/
TV Rage: http://www.tvrage.com/The_Vampire_Diaries
Friday, August 27, 2010
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, Season 1, Episodes 12-22
Episode 12: Unpleasantville
Original Air Date: January 28, 2010
Elena tells Stefan about the mysterious dark man in the road the night she had her accident. Jeremy unknowingly later invites that man into the Gilbert home when he arrives as a pizza delivery man. Alaric gives Jeremy an A on his history paper and Jeremy loans him the Gilbert journal. Bonnie meets Ben, a charming guy she used to go to school with, at the Mystic Grill who is more than he seems. The dark man from the road continues to torment Elena. Jenna tells Elena all she knows about Elena's birth mother and that her name was Isobel. The man from the road attacks Elena in her home but Stefan arrives just in time to save her from being bitten. Knowing the man was invited into the Gilbert house, Damon and Stefan know there is only one thing they can do. Elena goes to a school dance with Damon and Stefan to protect her. Alaric introduces himself to Damon. Anna shows up at the dance to see Jeremy and presses him to give her the Gilbert journal. Elena faces danger from the dark man at the dance and Damon and Stefan must save her. Caroline and Matt begin a relationship. Stefan confides in Elena about promising to help Damon free Katherine.
Episode 13: Children of the Damned
Original Air Date: February 4, 2010
In Mystic Falls of 1864, we learn more about Damon and Stefan when they lived as human beings. We also get to meet Katherine, Emily, Pearl and Anna and see how the 1860's residents of Mystic Falls dealt with the vampire problem in their midst. It is revealed why Stefan and Damon do not trust one another. In present day Mystic Falls, Damon, Stefan and Elena begin work on finding the grimoire so the tomb can be opened and Katherine released for Damon. Anna is also working to get the tomb open but for a different reason. Stefan and Alaric meet and come to an agreement.
Episode 14: Fool Me Once
Original Air Date: February 11, 2010
Elena and Bonnie have been abducted by Anna and Ben so that Bonnie will help with the spell to open the tomb. When Anna decides to use Elena as leverage with Stefan to get the spell book, both he and Damon, come to the aid of Elena and Bonnie. Bonnie, her grandmother, Elena and Stefan agree to help Damon rescue Katherine from the tomb but they want to destroy the other vampires there by burning them. Elena goes to Damon and promises him she and her friends will help him rescue Katherine. The group goes to the tomb to open it on the same night that a bunch of local kids hold a party in the woods. The witches perform the spell and open the tomb leading to a shocking discovery for Damon and a heartbreaking end for Bonnie.
Episode 15: A Few Good Men
Original Air Date: March 25, 2010
The vampire who escaped from the tomb at the end of the last episode attacks a man in the woods and takes his clothes. Thanks to a bit of research by Jenna, Elena finds out a bit more information about her birth mother and goes to see an old friend of her mother's. Matt is shocked and suspicious when his mother returns home. Alaric learns that his wife was Elena's birth mother and calls on Stefan for help. Sheriff Forbes wants Damon to take part in the Founder's Day Fundraiser bachelor auction. In return for participating, he wants her to find out info on Alaric. Alaric has a surprise of his own given to him many years ago by his wife Isobel.
Episode 16: There Goes the Neighborhood
Original Air Date: April 1, 2010
The vampires from the tomb are staying at a local farmhouse under the leadership of Pearl and feeding off the woman who owns the house. Matt's mother continues her wild ways after returning home. Matt and Caroline and Elena and Stefan go on a double date. While the date starts out tense Matt and Stefan learn they share some similar interests. Pearl and Anna pay a visit to Damon. Anna and Jeremy's relationship reaches a new level. Matt and Caroline come to a definite understanding about their pasts and their future. The Salvatore brothers receive a couple of surprise visitors. Jeremy makes a shocking request of Anna.
Episode 17: Let the Right One In
Original Air Date: April 8, 2010
Jeremy continues to press Anna about turning him. Unbeknownst to Pearl, Frederick and the other vampires under her leadership kidnap Stefan and hold him hostage at the farmhouse and torture him as revenge. Damon and Elena form an alliance with Alaric to save Stefan before Frederick and the other vampires can kill him. Harper is tied up when he tries to convince Frederick torturing Stefan isn't right. Even though she was told not to, Elena enters the farmhouse for Stefan. Caroline's car stalls in the storm and she makes a discovery that is devastating to Matt and Jeremy. When Stefan is almost killed by Frederick, Elena must save his life.
Episode 18: Under Control
Original Air Date: April 15, 2010
Stefan is trying to detox after indulging in human blood. He claims to both Damon and Elena that he has his bloodlust under complete control. John Gilbert, Elena and Jeremy's uncle, has business in town and comes by for a visit. Stefan is unusually animated at a party. Matt's mother and Tyler share a moment at the party which causes conflict between Tyler and Matt. Damon wants to know why John Gilbert has returned to town but things take a deadly turn when John refuses to give Damon any information. Matt tells his mother he wants her out of the house. Stefan confides in Elena that he's struggling with his bloodlust.
Episode 19: Miss Mystic Falls
Original Air Date: April 22, 2010
Stefan returns to school but he is still struggling with the blood cravings he is having as a result of having to drink some of Elena's blood to survive after being attacked by Frederick. John Gilbert continues to alert the Mystic Falls "vampire council" to signs of a vampire presence in Mystic Falls and surrounding areas. Bonnie returns to town and to school following the death of her grandmother with a cold attitude towards Elena and Stefan. Elena, Caroline, Tina Fell and Amber Bradley compete for the title of "Miss Mystic Falls" for the Founder's Day Gala. Stefan agrees to be Elena's date for the Founder's Day Gala but his blood cravings get the better of him and Damon must take his place. John Gilbert wants Damon to provide him with information but Damon proves harder to crack than John planned. Elena and Damon take drastic measures to help Stefan deal with his problem.
Episode 20: Blood Brothers
Original Air Date: April 29, 2010
Stefan remains locked away to struggle through his blood addiction. He remembers scenes from his past, the night the vampires were captured and locked in the tomb. Damon and Stefan recall the events that led up to them becoming vampires and the choices they made once they were re-born as vampires. Elena learns the truth about the Salvatore brothers and has to help Stefan make a tough decision about his future. Damon and Alaric team up to try to find the John Gilbert invention Elena's uncle wants to keep it from falling into his hands and they find a surprise waiting on them. Johnathan Gilbert tries to convince Pearl to give him the invention but their meeting turns sour. Damon and Alaric talk about Isobel. Anna has a devastating find when she returns home after seeing Jeremy. Alaric receives a shocking visitor.
Episode 21: Isobel
Original Air Date: May 6, 2010
Isobel has returned to Mystic Falls but she isn't the same woman Alaric was married to. She wants Alaric to set up a meeting between her and Elena and when he refuses she gives him no alternative. Student teams are set up to create a Miss Mystic float and Caroline wants to do a Gone with the Wind themed float. Alaric tells Damon, Stefan and Elena that Isobel wants a meeting with Elena. Isobel is less than cooperative with Elena during their meeting but she insists Elena give her the Gilbert invention. Bonnie and Elena call a truce. Bonnie tells Elena, Damon she can take the power off the invention and proceeds with a spell to do so. Jeremy and Elena's relationship breaks down when he accuses her of lying to him. After threats from Isobel and with no choice left to them, Elena, Damon and Stefan meet with Isobel, who brings her own reinforcements, to hand over the invention. Isobel makes a startling comment to Elena about Damon. Bonnie admits to Caroline that she didn't remove the power from the invention.
Episode 22: Founder's Day
Original Air Date: May 13, 2010
Founder's Day has arrived and the entire town is preparing for the big celebration which has a Civil War theme. Damon and Stefan continue to be at odds over Damon's feelings for Elena. Anna gives Jeremy a vial of her blood telling him that if he has her blood in his system when he dies he will become a vampire. Stefan tells Elena that Johnathan Gilbert is her real father. Elena tries to repair her relationship with Jeremy. Damon extends an olive branch of thanks to Bonnie for his belief that she removed the spell from the invention. Johnathan Gilbert and Mayor Lockwood set their plan in motion to discover and kill the vampires in Mystic Falls. Anna tells Damon about the vampires plan of attack. The vampires, including Damon and Anna, are rounded up along with Mayor Lockwood and taken to a building that is set afire. Bonnie controls the fire long enough for Stefan to run in and save Damon. Damon tells Jeremy the truth about Vicki and why he removed his memory. Damon and Elena talk on her front porch and he kisses her. Katherine, disguised as Elena, kills Jonathan Gilbert in the Gilbert kitchen.
Original Air Date: January 28, 2010
Elena tells Stefan about the mysterious dark man in the road the night she had her accident. Jeremy unknowingly later invites that man into the Gilbert home when he arrives as a pizza delivery man. Alaric gives Jeremy an A on his history paper and Jeremy loans him the Gilbert journal. Bonnie meets Ben, a charming guy she used to go to school with, at the Mystic Grill who is more than he seems. The dark man from the road continues to torment Elena. Jenna tells Elena all she knows about Elena's birth mother and that her name was Isobel. The man from the road attacks Elena in her home but Stefan arrives just in time to save her from being bitten. Knowing the man was invited into the Gilbert house, Damon and Stefan know there is only one thing they can do. Elena goes to a school dance with Damon and Stefan to protect her. Alaric introduces himself to Damon. Anna shows up at the dance to see Jeremy and presses him to give her the Gilbert journal. Elena faces danger from the dark man at the dance and Damon and Stefan must save her. Caroline and Matt begin a relationship. Stefan confides in Elena about promising to help Damon free Katherine.
Episode 13: Children of the Damned
Original Air Date: February 4, 2010
In Mystic Falls of 1864, we learn more about Damon and Stefan when they lived as human beings. We also get to meet Katherine, Emily, Pearl and Anna and see how the 1860's residents of Mystic Falls dealt with the vampire problem in their midst. It is revealed why Stefan and Damon do not trust one another. In present day Mystic Falls, Damon, Stefan and Elena begin work on finding the grimoire so the tomb can be opened and Katherine released for Damon. Anna is also working to get the tomb open but for a different reason. Stefan and Alaric meet and come to an agreement.
Episode 14: Fool Me Once
Original Air Date: February 11, 2010
Elena and Bonnie have been abducted by Anna and Ben so that Bonnie will help with the spell to open the tomb. When Anna decides to use Elena as leverage with Stefan to get the spell book, both he and Damon, come to the aid of Elena and Bonnie. Bonnie, her grandmother, Elena and Stefan agree to help Damon rescue Katherine from the tomb but they want to destroy the other vampires there by burning them. Elena goes to Damon and promises him she and her friends will help him rescue Katherine. The group goes to the tomb to open it on the same night that a bunch of local kids hold a party in the woods. The witches perform the spell and open the tomb leading to a shocking discovery for Damon and a heartbreaking end for Bonnie.
Episode 15: A Few Good Men
Original Air Date: March 25, 2010
The vampire who escaped from the tomb at the end of the last episode attacks a man in the woods and takes his clothes. Thanks to a bit of research by Jenna, Elena finds out a bit more information about her birth mother and goes to see an old friend of her mother's. Matt is shocked and suspicious when his mother returns home. Alaric learns that his wife was Elena's birth mother and calls on Stefan for help. Sheriff Forbes wants Damon to take part in the Founder's Day Fundraiser bachelor auction. In return for participating, he wants her to find out info on Alaric. Alaric has a surprise of his own given to him many years ago by his wife Isobel.
Episode 16: There Goes the Neighborhood
Original Air Date: April 1, 2010
The vampires from the tomb are staying at a local farmhouse under the leadership of Pearl and feeding off the woman who owns the house. Matt's mother continues her wild ways after returning home. Matt and Caroline and Elena and Stefan go on a double date. While the date starts out tense Matt and Stefan learn they share some similar interests. Pearl and Anna pay a visit to Damon. Anna and Jeremy's relationship reaches a new level. Matt and Caroline come to a definite understanding about their pasts and their future. The Salvatore brothers receive a couple of surprise visitors. Jeremy makes a shocking request of Anna.
Episode 17: Let the Right One In
Original Air Date: April 8, 2010
Jeremy continues to press Anna about turning him. Unbeknownst to Pearl, Frederick and the other vampires under her leadership kidnap Stefan and hold him hostage at the farmhouse and torture him as revenge. Damon and Elena form an alliance with Alaric to save Stefan before Frederick and the other vampires can kill him. Harper is tied up when he tries to convince Frederick torturing Stefan isn't right. Even though she was told not to, Elena enters the farmhouse for Stefan. Caroline's car stalls in the storm and she makes a discovery that is devastating to Matt and Jeremy. When Stefan is almost killed by Frederick, Elena must save his life.
Episode 18: Under Control
Original Air Date: April 15, 2010
Stefan is trying to detox after indulging in human blood. He claims to both Damon and Elena that he has his bloodlust under complete control. John Gilbert, Elena and Jeremy's uncle, has business in town and comes by for a visit. Stefan is unusually animated at a party. Matt's mother and Tyler share a moment at the party which causes conflict between Tyler and Matt. Damon wants to know why John Gilbert has returned to town but things take a deadly turn when John refuses to give Damon any information. Matt tells his mother he wants her out of the house. Stefan confides in Elena that he's struggling with his bloodlust.
Episode 19: Miss Mystic Falls
Original Air Date: April 22, 2010
Stefan returns to school but he is still struggling with the blood cravings he is having as a result of having to drink some of Elena's blood to survive after being attacked by Frederick. John Gilbert continues to alert the Mystic Falls "vampire council" to signs of a vampire presence in Mystic Falls and surrounding areas. Bonnie returns to town and to school following the death of her grandmother with a cold attitude towards Elena and Stefan. Elena, Caroline, Tina Fell and Amber Bradley compete for the title of "Miss Mystic Falls" for the Founder's Day Gala. Stefan agrees to be Elena's date for the Founder's Day Gala but his blood cravings get the better of him and Damon must take his place. John Gilbert wants Damon to provide him with information but Damon proves harder to crack than John planned. Elena and Damon take drastic measures to help Stefan deal with his problem.
Episode 20: Blood Brothers
Original Air Date: April 29, 2010
Stefan remains locked away to struggle through his blood addiction. He remembers scenes from his past, the night the vampires were captured and locked in the tomb. Damon and Stefan recall the events that led up to them becoming vampires and the choices they made once they were re-born as vampires. Elena learns the truth about the Salvatore brothers and has to help Stefan make a tough decision about his future. Damon and Alaric team up to try to find the John Gilbert invention Elena's uncle wants to keep it from falling into his hands and they find a surprise waiting on them. Johnathan Gilbert tries to convince Pearl to give him the invention but their meeting turns sour. Damon and Alaric talk about Isobel. Anna has a devastating find when she returns home after seeing Jeremy. Alaric receives a shocking visitor.
Episode 21: Isobel
Original Air Date: May 6, 2010
Isobel has returned to Mystic Falls but she isn't the same woman Alaric was married to. She wants Alaric to set up a meeting between her and Elena and when he refuses she gives him no alternative. Student teams are set up to create a Miss Mystic float and Caroline wants to do a Gone with the Wind themed float. Alaric tells Damon, Stefan and Elena that Isobel wants a meeting with Elena. Isobel is less than cooperative with Elena during their meeting but she insists Elena give her the Gilbert invention. Bonnie and Elena call a truce. Bonnie tells Elena, Damon she can take the power off the invention and proceeds with a spell to do so. Jeremy and Elena's relationship breaks down when he accuses her of lying to him. After threats from Isobel and with no choice left to them, Elena, Damon and Stefan meet with Isobel, who brings her own reinforcements, to hand over the invention. Isobel makes a startling comment to Elena about Damon. Bonnie admits to Caroline that she didn't remove the power from the invention.
Episode 22: Founder's Day
Original Air Date: May 13, 2010
Founder's Day has arrived and the entire town is preparing for the big celebration which has a Civil War theme. Damon and Stefan continue to be at odds over Damon's feelings for Elena. Anna gives Jeremy a vial of her blood telling him that if he has her blood in his system when he dies he will become a vampire. Stefan tells Elena that Johnathan Gilbert is her real father. Elena tries to repair her relationship with Jeremy. Damon extends an olive branch of thanks to Bonnie for his belief that she removed the spell from the invention. Johnathan Gilbert and Mayor Lockwood set their plan in motion to discover and kill the vampires in Mystic Falls. Anna tells Damon about the vampires plan of attack. The vampires, including Damon and Anna, are rounded up along with Mayor Lockwood and taken to a building that is set afire. Bonnie controls the fire long enough for Stefan to run in and save Damon. Damon tells Jeremy the truth about Vicki and why he removed his memory. Damon and Elena talk on her front porch and he kisses her. Katherine, disguised as Elena, kills Jonathan Gilbert in the Gilbert kitchen.
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, Season 1, Episodes 12-22
Episode 12: Unpleasantville
Original Air Date: January 28, 2010
Elena tells Stefan about the mysterious dark man in the road the night she had her accident. Jeremy unknowingly later invites that man into the Gilbert home when he arrives as a pizza delivery man. Alaric gives Jeremy an A on his history paper and Jeremy loans him the Gilbert journal. Bonnie meets Ben, a charming guy she used to go to school with, at the Mystic Grill who is more than he seems. The dark man from the road continues to torment Elena. Jenna tells Elena all she knows about Elena's birth mother and that her name was Isobel. The man from the road attacks Elena in her home but Stefan arrives just in time to save her from being bitten. Knowing the man was invited into the Gilbert house, Damon and Stefan know there is only one thing they can do. Elena goes to a school dance with Damon and Stefan to protect her. Alaric introduces himself to Damon. Anna shows up at the dance to see Jeremy and presses him to give her the Gilbert journal. Elena faces danger from the dark man at the dance and Damon and Stefan must save her. Caroline and Matt begin a relationship. Stefan confides in Elena about promising to help Damon free Katherine.
Episode 13: Children of the Damned
Original Air Date: February 4, 2010
In Mystic Falls of 1864, we learn more about Damon and Stefan when they lived as human beings. We also get to meet Katherine, Emily, Pearl and Anna and see how the 1860's residents of Mystic Falls dealt with the vampire problem in their midst. It is revealed why Stefan and Damon do not trust one another. In present day Mystic Falls, Damon, Stefan and Elena begin work on finding the grimoire so the tomb can be opened and Katherine released for Damon. Anna is also working to get the tomb open but for a different reason. Stefan and Alaric meet and come to an agreement.
Episode 14: Fool Me Once
Original Air Date: February 11, 2010
Elena and Bonnie have been abducted by Anna and Ben so that Bonnie will help with the spell to open the tomb. When Anna decides to use Elena as leverage with Stefan to get the spell book, both he and Damon, come to the aid of Elena and Bonnie. Bonnie, her grandmother, Elena and Stefan agree to help Damon rescue Katherine from the tomb but they want to destroy the other vampires there by burning them. Elena goes to Damon and promises him she and her friends will help him rescue Katherine. The group goes to the tomb to open it on the same night that a bunch of local kids hold a party in the woods. The witches perform the spell and open the tomb leading to a shocking discovery for Damon and a heartbreaking end for Bonnie.
Episode 15: A Few Good Men
Original Air Date: March 25, 2010
The vampire who escaped from the tomb at the end of the last episode attacks a man in the woods and takes his clothes. Thanks to a bit of research by Jenna, Elena finds out a bit more information about her birth mother and goes to see an old friend of her mother's. Matt is shocked and suspicious when his mother returns home. Alaric learns that his wife was Elena's birth mother and calls on Stefan for help. Sheriff Forbes wants Damon to take part in the Founder's Day Fundraiser bachelor auction. In return for participating, he wants her to find out info on Alaric. Alaric has a surprise of his own given to him many years ago by his wife Isobel.
Episode 16: There Goes the Neighborhood
Original Air Date: April 1, 2010
The vampires from the tomb are staying at a local farmhouse under the leadership of Pearl and feeding off the woman who owns the house. Matt's mother continues her wild ways after returning home. Matt and Caroline and Elena and Stefan go on a double date. While the date starts out tense Matt and Stefan learn they share some similar interests. Pearl and Anna pay a visit to Damon. Anna and Jeremy's relationship reaches a new level. Matt and Caroline come to a definite understanding about their pasts and their future. The Salvatore brothers receive a couple of surprise visitors. Jeremy makes a shocking request of Anna.
Episode 17: Let the Right One In
Original Air Date: April 8, 2010
Jeremy continues to press Anna about turning him. Unbeknownst to Pearl, Frederick and the other vampires under her leadership kidnap Stefan and hold him hostage at the farmhouse and torture him as revenge. Damon and Elena form an alliance with Alaric to save Stefan before Frederick and the other vampires can kill him. Harper is tied up when he tries to convince Frederick torturing Stefan isn't right. Even though she was told not to, Elena enters the farmhouse for Stefan. Caroline's car stalls in the storm and she makes a discovery that is devastating to Matt and Jeremy. When Stefan is almost killed by Frederick, Elena must save his life.
Episode 18: Under Control
Original Air Date: April 15, 2010
Stefan is trying to detox after indulging in human blood. He claims to both Damon and Elena that he has his bloodlust under complete control. John Gilbert, Elena and Jeremy's uncle, has business in town and comes by for a visit. Stefan is unusually animated at a party. Matt's mother and Tyler share a moment at the party which causes conflict between Tyler and Matt. Damon wants to know why John Gilbert has returned to town but things take a deadly turn when John refuses to give Damon any information. Matt tells his mother he wants her out of the house. Stefan confides in Elena that he's struggling with his bloodlust.
Episode 19: Miss Mystic Falls
Original Air Date: April 22, 2010
Stefan returns to school but he is still struggling with the blood cravings he is having as a result of having to drink some of Elena's blood to survive after being attacked by Frederick. John Gilbert continues to alert the Mystic Falls "vampire council" to signs of a vampire presence in Mystic Falls and surrounding areas. Bonnie returns to town and to school following the death of her grandmother with a cold attitude towards Elena and Stefan. Elena, Caroline, Tina Fell and Amber Bradley compete for the title of "Miss Mystic Falls" for the Founder's Day Gala. Stefan agrees to be Elena's date for the Founder's Day Gala but his blood cravings get the better of him and Damon must take his place. John Gilbert wants Damon to provide him with information but Damon proves harder to crack than John planned. Elena and Damon take drastic measures to help Stefan deal with his problem.
Episode 20: Blood Brothers
Original Air Date: April 29, 2010
Stefan remains locked away to struggle through his blood addiction. He remembers scenes from his past, the night the vampires were captured and locked in the tomb. Damon and Stefan recall the events that led up to them becoming vampires and the choices they made once they were re-born as vampires. Elena learns the truth about the Salvatore brothers and has to help Stefan make a tough decision about his future. Damon and Alaric team up to try to find the John Gilbert invention Elena's uncle wants to keep it from falling into his hands and they find a surprise waiting on them. Johnathan Gilbert tries to convince Pearl to give him the invention but their meeting turns sour. Damon and Alaric talk about Isobel. Anna has a devastating find when she returns home after seeing Jeremy. Alaric receives a shocking visitor.
Episode 21: Isobel
Original Air Date: May 6, 2010
Isobel has returned to Mystic Falls but she isn't the same woman Alaric was married to. She wants Alaric to set up a meeting between her and Elena and when he refuses she gives him no alternative. Student teams are set up to create a Miss Mystic float and Caroline wants to do a Gone with the Wind themed float. Alaric tells Damon, Stefan and Elena that Isobel wants a meeting with Elena. Isobel is less than cooperative with Elena during their meeting but she insists Elena give her the Gilbert invention. Bonnie and Elena call a truce. Bonnie tells Elena, Damon she can take the power off the invention and proceeds with a spell to do so. Jeremy and Elena's relationship breaks down when he accuses her of lying to him. After threats from Isobel and with no choice left to them, Elena, Damon and Stefan meet with Isobel, who brings her own reinforcements, to hand over the invention. Isobel makes a startling comment to Elena about Damon. Bonnie admits to Caroline that she didn't remove the power from the invention.
Episode 22: Founder's Day
Original Air Date: May 13, 2010
Founder's Day has arrived and the entire town is preparing for the big celebration which has a Civil War theme. Damon and Stefan continue to be at odds over Damon's feelings for Elena. Anna gives Jeremy a vial of her blood telling him that if he has her blood in his system when he dies he will become a vampire. Stefan tells Elena that Johnathan Gilbert is her real father. Elena tries to repair her relationship with Jeremy. Damon extends an olive branch of thanks to Bonnie for his belief that she removed the spell from the invention. Johnathan Gilbert and Mayor Lockwood set their plan in motion to discover and kill the vampires in Mystic Falls. Anna tells Damon about the vampires plan of attack. The vampires, including Damon and Anna, are rounded up along with Mayor Lockwood and taken to a building that is set afire. Bonnie controls the fire long enough for Stefan to run in and save Damon. Damon tells Jeremy the truth about Vicki and why he removed his memory. Damon and Elena talk on her front porch and he kisses her. Katherine, disguised as Elena, kills Jonathan Gilbert in the Gilbert kitchen.
Original Air Date: January 28, 2010
Elena tells Stefan about the mysterious dark man in the road the night she had her accident. Jeremy unknowingly later invites that man into the Gilbert home when he arrives as a pizza delivery man. Alaric gives Jeremy an A on his history paper and Jeremy loans him the Gilbert journal. Bonnie meets Ben, a charming guy she used to go to school with, at the Mystic Grill who is more than he seems. The dark man from the road continues to torment Elena. Jenna tells Elena all she knows about Elena's birth mother and that her name was Isobel. The man from the road attacks Elena in her home but Stefan arrives just in time to save her from being bitten. Knowing the man was invited into the Gilbert house, Damon and Stefan know there is only one thing they can do. Elena goes to a school dance with Damon and Stefan to protect her. Alaric introduces himself to Damon. Anna shows up at the dance to see Jeremy and presses him to give her the Gilbert journal. Elena faces danger from the dark man at the dance and Damon and Stefan must save her. Caroline and Matt begin a relationship. Stefan confides in Elena about promising to help Damon free Katherine.
Episode 13: Children of the Damned
Original Air Date: February 4, 2010
In Mystic Falls of 1864, we learn more about Damon and Stefan when they lived as human beings. We also get to meet Katherine, Emily, Pearl and Anna and see how the 1860's residents of Mystic Falls dealt with the vampire problem in their midst. It is revealed why Stefan and Damon do not trust one another. In present day Mystic Falls, Damon, Stefan and Elena begin work on finding the grimoire so the tomb can be opened and Katherine released for Damon. Anna is also working to get the tomb open but for a different reason. Stefan and Alaric meet and come to an agreement.
Episode 14: Fool Me Once
Original Air Date: February 11, 2010
Elena and Bonnie have been abducted by Anna and Ben so that Bonnie will help with the spell to open the tomb. When Anna decides to use Elena as leverage with Stefan to get the spell book, both he and Damon, come to the aid of Elena and Bonnie. Bonnie, her grandmother, Elena and Stefan agree to help Damon rescue Katherine from the tomb but they want to destroy the other vampires there by burning them. Elena goes to Damon and promises him she and her friends will help him rescue Katherine. The group goes to the tomb to open it on the same night that a bunch of local kids hold a party in the woods. The witches perform the spell and open the tomb leading to a shocking discovery for Damon and a heartbreaking end for Bonnie.
Episode 15: A Few Good Men
Original Air Date: March 25, 2010
The vampire who escaped from the tomb at the end of the last episode attacks a man in the woods and takes his clothes. Thanks to a bit of research by Jenna, Elena finds out a bit more information about her birth mother and goes to see an old friend of her mother's. Matt is shocked and suspicious when his mother returns home. Alaric learns that his wife was Elena's birth mother and calls on Stefan for help. Sheriff Forbes wants Damon to take part in the Founder's Day Fundraiser bachelor auction. In return for participating, he wants her to find out info on Alaric. Alaric has a surprise of his own given to him many years ago by his wife Isobel.
Episode 16: There Goes the Neighborhood
Original Air Date: April 1, 2010
The vampires from the tomb are staying at a local farmhouse under the leadership of Pearl and feeding off the woman who owns the house. Matt's mother continues her wild ways after returning home. Matt and Caroline and Elena and Stefan go on a double date. While the date starts out tense Matt and Stefan learn they share some similar interests. Pearl and Anna pay a visit to Damon. Anna and Jeremy's relationship reaches a new level. Matt and Caroline come to a definite understanding about their pasts and their future. The Salvatore brothers receive a couple of surprise visitors. Jeremy makes a shocking request of Anna.
Episode 17: Let the Right One In
Original Air Date: April 8, 2010
Jeremy continues to press Anna about turning him. Unbeknownst to Pearl, Frederick and the other vampires under her leadership kidnap Stefan and hold him hostage at the farmhouse and torture him as revenge. Damon and Elena form an alliance with Alaric to save Stefan before Frederick and the other vampires can kill him. Harper is tied up when he tries to convince Frederick torturing Stefan isn't right. Even though she was told not to, Elena enters the farmhouse for Stefan. Caroline's car stalls in the storm and she makes a discovery that is devastating to Matt and Jeremy. When Stefan is almost killed by Frederick, Elena must save his life.
Episode 18: Under Control
Original Air Date: April 15, 2010
Stefan is trying to detox after indulging in human blood. He claims to both Damon and Elena that he has his bloodlust under complete control. John Gilbert, Elena and Jeremy's uncle, has business in town and comes by for a visit. Stefan is unusually animated at a party. Matt's mother and Tyler share a moment at the party which causes conflict between Tyler and Matt. Damon wants to know why John Gilbert has returned to town but things take a deadly turn when John refuses to give Damon any information. Matt tells his mother he wants her out of the house. Stefan confides in Elena that he's struggling with his bloodlust.
Episode 19: Miss Mystic Falls
Original Air Date: April 22, 2010
Stefan returns to school but he is still struggling with the blood cravings he is having as a result of having to drink some of Elena's blood to survive after being attacked by Frederick. John Gilbert continues to alert the Mystic Falls "vampire council" to signs of a vampire presence in Mystic Falls and surrounding areas. Bonnie returns to town and to school following the death of her grandmother with a cold attitude towards Elena and Stefan. Elena, Caroline, Tina Fell and Amber Bradley compete for the title of "Miss Mystic Falls" for the Founder's Day Gala. Stefan agrees to be Elena's date for the Founder's Day Gala but his blood cravings get the better of him and Damon must take his place. John Gilbert wants Damon to provide him with information but Damon proves harder to crack than John planned. Elena and Damon take drastic measures to help Stefan deal with his problem.
Episode 20: Blood Brothers
Original Air Date: April 29, 2010
Stefan remains locked away to struggle through his blood addiction. He remembers scenes from his past, the night the vampires were captured and locked in the tomb. Damon and Stefan recall the events that led up to them becoming vampires and the choices they made once they were re-born as vampires. Elena learns the truth about the Salvatore brothers and has to help Stefan make a tough decision about his future. Damon and Alaric team up to try to find the John Gilbert invention Elena's uncle wants to keep it from falling into his hands and they find a surprise waiting on them. Johnathan Gilbert tries to convince Pearl to give him the invention but their meeting turns sour. Damon and Alaric talk about Isobel. Anna has a devastating find when she returns home after seeing Jeremy. Alaric receives a shocking visitor.
Episode 21: Isobel
Original Air Date: May 6, 2010
Isobel has returned to Mystic Falls but she isn't the same woman Alaric was married to. She wants Alaric to set up a meeting between her and Elena and when he refuses she gives him no alternative. Student teams are set up to create a Miss Mystic float and Caroline wants to do a Gone with the Wind themed float. Alaric tells Damon, Stefan and Elena that Isobel wants a meeting with Elena. Isobel is less than cooperative with Elena during their meeting but she insists Elena give her the Gilbert invention. Bonnie and Elena call a truce. Bonnie tells Elena, Damon she can take the power off the invention and proceeds with a spell to do so. Jeremy and Elena's relationship breaks down when he accuses her of lying to him. After threats from Isobel and with no choice left to them, Elena, Damon and Stefan meet with Isobel, who brings her own reinforcements, to hand over the invention. Isobel makes a startling comment to Elena about Damon. Bonnie admits to Caroline that she didn't remove the power from the invention.
Episode 22: Founder's Day
Original Air Date: May 13, 2010
Founder's Day has arrived and the entire town is preparing for the big celebration which has a Civil War theme. Damon and Stefan continue to be at odds over Damon's feelings for Elena. Anna gives Jeremy a vial of her blood telling him that if he has her blood in his system when he dies he will become a vampire. Stefan tells Elena that Johnathan Gilbert is her real father. Elena tries to repair her relationship with Jeremy. Damon extends an olive branch of thanks to Bonnie for his belief that she removed the spell from the invention. Johnathan Gilbert and Mayor Lockwood set their plan in motion to discover and kill the vampires in Mystic Falls. Anna tells Damon about the vampires plan of attack. The vampires, including Damon and Anna, are rounded up along with Mayor Lockwood and taken to a building that is set afire. Bonnie controls the fire long enough for Stefan to run in and save Damon. Damon tells Jeremy the truth about Vicki and why he removed his memory. Damon and Elena talk on her front porch and he kisses her. Katherine, disguised as Elena, kills Jonathan Gilbert in the Gilbert kitchen.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, Season 1, Episodes 1-11
Episode 1: Pilot
Original Air Date: September 10, 2009
As news of mysterious deaths begin to appear in the local news, Elena Gilbert returns to school after the death of her parents in a car accident four months earlier. Elena tries to hide her pain beneath a cool exterior while her brother Jeremy becomes involved in drugs and partying and holds onto his anger. Elena sees Stefan Salvatore and is immediately drawn to him and the feeling is mutual. When Elena shows up at the local hang-out with Stefan at her side it's a surprise and disappointment to Caroline, her friend that has her sights set on Stefan and Matt, the boyfriend Elena broke up with. Vicki Donovan is attacked in the woods. Damon arrives to complicate things in Mystic Falls. Damon draws Caroline's attention.
Episode 2: The Night of the Comet
Original Air Date: September 17, 2010
As more mysterious deaths begin to plague Mystic Falls, the local officials become more and more suspicious and start to suspect something sinister. The town prepares a celebration to mark the appearance of a rare comet. Jeremy and Elena's legal guardian, their aunt Jenna attends a parent/teacher meeting with one of Jeremy's teachers to discuss his poor performance in school. Elena and Damon meet when she goes to the Salvatore house to speak with Stefan. Despite Stefan's efforts to remove Vicki's memories of being attacked, she begins to regain all of her memories. Stefan and Elena speak about Damon and Katherine and how things are too complicated for them to be dating. Damon attacks Vicki a second time and uses her as a pawn in a game he's playing with Stefan. Stefan and Elena tell each other what they would write in their diaries. Damon takes control of Caroline.
Episode 3: Friday Night Bites
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Bonnie is increasingly suspicious of Stefan and warns Elena to take things slow with him. Stefan proves himself to be a superior football player as well as being a master of knowing the dates of important historical events. Stefan tries out for the football team and Elena attends cheerleading practice but later quits the squad. Elena has Stefan and Bonnie to dinner at her house in hopes Bonnie will warm to Stefan and realize what a good guy he is. Damon, now in complete control of Caroline, arrives uninvited at the dinner party with her. While it eases some of the tension between Bonnie and Stefan but increasing it between Stefan and Damon. Damon gets the invitation into Elena's home that he wants. Stefan gives Elena an ornate necklace filled with vervain to protect her from Damon. Stefan breaks up a fight between Jeremy and Tyler and his hand is cut in the process. The cut heals but Elena knew it was there.
Episode 4: Family Ties
Original Air Date: October 1, 2009
Damon tells Stefan he has decided to stay in Mystic Falls with him and Elena. Elena asks Stefan to be her date to the Founder's Party. Damon compels Caroline to take him to the Founder's Party. Zach shows Stefan a secret stash of vervain he's been growing because he trusts him and knows Stefan will need it if he wants to do something about Damon. Bonnie tells Elena a story about Katherine, Damon and Stefan that she was told by Caroline who, in turn, learned it from Damon. Stefan tries to drug Damon with vervain but Damon senses the herb before drinking it. Damon reveals to Elena Stefan's real past with Katherine without revealing they are both vampires. Damon takes a crystal while at the Founder's Party. Bonnie starts coming into the realization that she really is a witch. Elena sees bite marks on Caroline's neck and is concerned that Damon may be hurting her so she confronts Damon and tells him to stay away from Caroline. Damon intends to kill Caroline but is weakened by the vervain Stefan put in her drink at the party. When she awakens, Caroline finds the crystal Damon originally took in the grass next to her. Stefan locks Damon away and takes his ring from him in an effort to "re-educate" him. The town officials know vampires are back in Mystic Falls.
Episode 5: You're Undead to Me
Original Air Date: October 8, 2009
Elena finds Vicki in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she gets up the next morning and knows she spent the night with Jeremy. Stefan and Elena are supposed to meet after school to talk but he's late because he's dealing with Damon. Elena and Matt play pool and talk about Stefan. Matt urges Elena to talk to Stefan about the doubts she is having. Stefan arrives and while he and Elena are talking he is recognized by a local resident. Elena leaves and goes home to sulk. Later that evening, Stefan goes to her home to cook dinner for her and tell her about his past with Katherine as well as everything about what his favorite music, books and movies are. From his imprisonment, Damon exerts what control he still has over Caroline for her to help free him. She frees him and he attacks Zach and she manages to escape. Elena sees the man who recognized Stefan and he tells her he remembered Stefan and his ring and Damon from a vampire attack in 1953 and it gets her to thinking. Using the resources Logan Fell has access to, Elena sees video of the 1953 attack and recognizes the Stefan she knows. When Bonnie sets a car on fire at a car wash she runs to her grandmother for answers.
Episode 6: Lost Girls
Original Air Date: October 15, 2009
Elena, struggling with the information she has learned about Stefan, demands that he tell her what he is. Reluctantly, he tells her he is a vampire. Frightened, she goes home only for Stefan to follow her so he can explain things to her but he leaves when she tells him that if he means her no harm he will go. Damon feeds well on Vicki and her three partying friends. He calls Stefan and orders him to give him his ring back. Elena asks Stefan to meet her to tell her the truth. The secret group of town members who know about the vampires continue their work to identify the vampire killing the towns people. Damon takes Vicki back to the Salvatore house and allows her to drink his blood. After a day of wild partying, Damon kills her and she awakens needing only to feed to become a vampire. In two separate times, 1864 and modern day, we learn some of the histories of Damon and Stefan Salvatore and Katherine. The secret vampire squad comb the woods at night in search of vampires as Damon pays a visit to Elena. Vicki flees into the woods and Stefan follows her. He is shot with a wooden bullet by Logan Fell. Before he can stake Stefan, Damon arrives and removes the bullet from Stefan's body. Stefan returns the ring to Damon as Vicki feeds on Logan. The sheriff and the others find Logan's body. Stefan tells Elena he failed to stop Vicki from feeding. She tells him she cannot be with him.
Episode 7: Haunted
Original Air Date: October 29, 2009
Vicki attacks Tyler but is saved by Damon and Stefan and Damon removes his memory. Jeremy insists on joining the search party looking for Vicki. Stefan tries to encourage Vicki to feed on animal blood instead of human blood but his every word is contradicted by Damon. Bonnie's grandmother gives her a history of their family and of them being witches. Vicki gets away from Stefan and Damon and goes home. She can't enter the house until Matt tells her to come in. Elena orders Vicki to stay away from Jeremy and she refuses. She then tells Jeremy he can't see Vicki but he refuses. Damon ingratiates himself with the mayor's wife to get information about the hunt for vampires. Elena and Stefan must find Vicki and Jeremy at the school Halloween party before Vicki can harm him. A struggle ensues between Vicki, Elena, Stefan and Jeremy and as Elena and Jeremy are running back into the school, Vicki grabs Jeremy. Vicki is staked and Stefan and Damon must clean up the mess. Damon erases Jeremy's memory of Vicki's death at Elena's request.
Episode 8: 162 Candles
Original Air Date: November 5, 2009
It's Stefan's one-hundred and sixty-second birthday and he receives a visit from one of his oldest and dearest vampire friends, Lexi. Despite still loving him, Elena wants Stefan to stay away from her. Damon offers his assistance to Sheriff Forbes to help find the vampire(s) in town. Bonnie cheers Elena up by levitating feathers from her pillow. Damon wants his crystal back and since Bonnie will not give it to him, he wants Caroline to get it for him but Bonnie will not give it to her either. Lexi is shocked when Elena comes to the house to see Stefan and she sees how much she resembles Katherine. Caroline throws a party at the Mystic Grill and while there, Lexi gives Elena some advice on love. Damon attacks a couple and kills the man. The woman, identifies Lexi as the vampire who attacked her boyfriend. The sheriff and her deputies take Lexi into custody and when she tries to escape the sheriff shoots her with wooden bullets and Damon stakes her. Bonnie has a dream of her 1864 ancestor, Emily Bennett.
Episode 9: History Repeating
Original Air Date: November 12, 2009
Bonnie sees visions of her ancestor, Emily Bennett who asks her to help her. The new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman arrives. Because of his poor grades, Saltzman offers Jeremy the chance to write an extra credit report about local history. Jeremy introduces Alaric and his Aunt Jenna. Stefan tells Elena he will no longer be attending school because it's best that he "backs off". Damon demands the crystal from Bonnie. She throws the crystal away only to find it has returned to her. After Elena tells Stefan about Damon tormenting Bonnie for the crystal he vows to learn the truth about why the crystal is so important to Damon. He reveals that he plans to bring Katherine back using the crystal. Caroline, Bonnie and Elena hold a seance and Emily possesses Bonnie who destroys the crystal. In a fit of anger, Damon attacks Bonnie once Emily has left her body. To save her, Stefan gives her some of his blood. Stefan tells Elena he is leaving Mystic Falls.
Episode 10: The Turning Point
Original Air Date: November 19, 2009
Logan Fell, now a vampire, arrives at the Gilbert house wanting Jenna to let him in but she refuses. To research his history paper, Jeremy reads Jonathan Gilbert's 1864 journal. The more he reads, the more interested he becomes in what is written in the book. Sheriff Forbes arrives at the Salvatore home to see Damon about a new vampire attack (committed by Logan). Damon promises to help find the vampire and Stefan knows he cannot leave town now that there is trouble brewing. Caroline and Matt's friendship begins to warm into a romance. Stefan goes to see Elena and confides in her about the new attack. Both Stefan and Damon want to know who turned Logan and what he wants. After Jeremy and Tyler get into a scrap in the school, Mayor Lockwood takes them outside to "fight it out like men". Alaric Saltzman stops the Mayor from urging the boys into a fight. Logan, to save his life, tells Damon that there are others wanting to open the tomb and they can help him. Alaric Saltzman has an altercation with Logan Fell and only one survives. Stefan wants to keep his distance from Elena but she refuses to let him make the decision for her. After an intimate evening with Stefan, Elena sees a picture of Katherine and is shocked to see that they look so much alike. She leaves the Salvatore house and in involved in a car accident with a dark stranger standing the road.
Episode 11: Bloodlines
Original Air Date: January 21, 2010
Elena survives the car accident and is saved from the dark stranger by Damon. Elena, before passing out, tells Damon she looks like 'her'. Damon takes Elena, who isn't wearing her vervain necklace, on a trip he embarks on to Georgia. He wants to see an old friend, a witch, to find out how he can release Katherine from the tomb. Jeremy meets a mysterious young woman, Anna, when he goes to the library to do further research on his history paper and the two discuss the local vampire legends. Bonnie appears to have lost her powers and consults with her grandmother about it. Damon's witch friend, Bree, double crosses him putting him and Elena in danger. The man who loved Lexi attacks Damon for revenge. He is bent on killing him until Elena intercedes on his behalf. Damon, knowing of Bree's betrayal has one last meeting with her. Elena questions Damon as to why he brought her with him he tells her she isn't the worst company in the world. When Elena confronts Stefan about Katherine he tells her he saw her before they met in school, that he was the one who pulled her from the car accident her parents died in. He drops a bombshell to Elena about her family which causes her to question her Aunt Jenna about the new information.
Original Air Date: September 10, 2009
As news of mysterious deaths begin to appear in the local news, Elena Gilbert returns to school after the death of her parents in a car accident four months earlier. Elena tries to hide her pain beneath a cool exterior while her brother Jeremy becomes involved in drugs and partying and holds onto his anger. Elena sees Stefan Salvatore and is immediately drawn to him and the feeling is mutual. When Elena shows up at the local hang-out with Stefan at her side it's a surprise and disappointment to Caroline, her friend that has her sights set on Stefan and Matt, the boyfriend Elena broke up with. Vicki Donovan is attacked in the woods. Damon arrives to complicate things in Mystic Falls. Damon draws Caroline's attention.
Episode 2: The Night of the Comet
Original Air Date: September 17, 2010
As more mysterious deaths begin to plague Mystic Falls, the local officials become more and more suspicious and start to suspect something sinister. The town prepares a celebration to mark the appearance of a rare comet. Jeremy and Elena's legal guardian, their aunt Jenna attends a parent/teacher meeting with one of Jeremy's teachers to discuss his poor performance in school. Elena and Damon meet when she goes to the Salvatore house to speak with Stefan. Despite Stefan's efforts to remove Vicki's memories of being attacked, she begins to regain all of her memories. Stefan and Elena speak about Damon and Katherine and how things are too complicated for them to be dating. Damon attacks Vicki a second time and uses her as a pawn in a game he's playing with Stefan. Stefan and Elena tell each other what they would write in their diaries. Damon takes control of Caroline.
Episode 3: Friday Night Bites
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Bonnie is increasingly suspicious of Stefan and warns Elena to take things slow with him. Stefan proves himself to be a superior football player as well as being a master of knowing the dates of important historical events. Stefan tries out for the football team and Elena attends cheerleading practice but later quits the squad. Elena has Stefan and Bonnie to dinner at her house in hopes Bonnie will warm to Stefan and realize what a good guy he is. Damon, now in complete control of Caroline, arrives uninvited at the dinner party with her. While it eases some of the tension between Bonnie and Stefan but increasing it between Stefan and Damon. Damon gets the invitation into Elena's home that he wants. Stefan gives Elena an ornate necklace filled with vervain to protect her from Damon. Stefan breaks up a fight between Jeremy and Tyler and his hand is cut in the process. The cut heals but Elena knew it was there.
Episode 4: Family Ties
Original Air Date: October 1, 2009
Damon tells Stefan he has decided to stay in Mystic Falls with him and Elena. Elena asks Stefan to be her date to the Founder's Party. Damon compels Caroline to take him to the Founder's Party. Zach shows Stefan a secret stash of vervain he's been growing because he trusts him and knows Stefan will need it if he wants to do something about Damon. Bonnie tells Elena a story about Katherine, Damon and Stefan that she was told by Caroline who, in turn, learned it from Damon. Stefan tries to drug Damon with vervain but Damon senses the herb before drinking it. Damon reveals to Elena Stefan's real past with Katherine without revealing they are both vampires. Damon takes a crystal while at the Founder's Party. Bonnie starts coming into the realization that she really is a witch. Elena sees bite marks on Caroline's neck and is concerned that Damon may be hurting her so she confronts Damon and tells him to stay away from Caroline. Damon intends to kill Caroline but is weakened by the vervain Stefan put in her drink at the party. When she awakens, Caroline finds the crystal Damon originally took in the grass next to her. Stefan locks Damon away and takes his ring from him in an effort to "re-educate" him. The town officials know vampires are back in Mystic Falls.
Episode 5: You're Undead to Me
Original Air Date: October 8, 2009
Elena finds Vicki in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she gets up the next morning and knows she spent the night with Jeremy. Stefan and Elena are supposed to meet after school to talk but he's late because he's dealing with Damon. Elena and Matt play pool and talk about Stefan. Matt urges Elena to talk to Stefan about the doubts she is having. Stefan arrives and while he and Elena are talking he is recognized by a local resident. Elena leaves and goes home to sulk. Later that evening, Stefan goes to her home to cook dinner for her and tell her about his past with Katherine as well as everything about what his favorite music, books and movies are. From his imprisonment, Damon exerts what control he still has over Caroline for her to help free him. She frees him and he attacks Zach and she manages to escape. Elena sees the man who recognized Stefan and he tells her he remembered Stefan and his ring and Damon from a vampire attack in 1953 and it gets her to thinking. Using the resources Logan Fell has access to, Elena sees video of the 1953 attack and recognizes the Stefan she knows. When Bonnie sets a car on fire at a car wash she runs to her grandmother for answers.
Episode 6: Lost Girls
Original Air Date: October 15, 2009
Elena, struggling with the information she has learned about Stefan, demands that he tell her what he is. Reluctantly, he tells her he is a vampire. Frightened, she goes home only for Stefan to follow her so he can explain things to her but he leaves when she tells him that if he means her no harm he will go. Damon feeds well on Vicki and her three partying friends. He calls Stefan and orders him to give him his ring back. Elena asks Stefan to meet her to tell her the truth. The secret group of town members who know about the vampires continue their work to identify the vampire killing the towns people. Damon takes Vicki back to the Salvatore house and allows her to drink his blood. After a day of wild partying, Damon kills her and she awakens needing only to feed to become a vampire. In two separate times, 1864 and modern day, we learn some of the histories of Damon and Stefan Salvatore and Katherine. The secret vampire squad comb the woods at night in search of vampires as Damon pays a visit to Elena. Vicki flees into the woods and Stefan follows her. He is shot with a wooden bullet by Logan Fell. Before he can stake Stefan, Damon arrives and removes the bullet from Stefan's body. Stefan returns the ring to Damon as Vicki feeds on Logan. The sheriff and the others find Logan's body. Stefan tells Elena he failed to stop Vicki from feeding. She tells him she cannot be with him.
Episode 7: Haunted
Original Air Date: October 29, 2009
Vicki attacks Tyler but is saved by Damon and Stefan and Damon removes his memory. Jeremy insists on joining the search party looking for Vicki. Stefan tries to encourage Vicki to feed on animal blood instead of human blood but his every word is contradicted by Damon. Bonnie's grandmother gives her a history of their family and of them being witches. Vicki gets away from Stefan and Damon and goes home. She can't enter the house until Matt tells her to come in. Elena orders Vicki to stay away from Jeremy and she refuses. She then tells Jeremy he can't see Vicki but he refuses. Damon ingratiates himself with the mayor's wife to get information about the hunt for vampires. Elena and Stefan must find Vicki and Jeremy at the school Halloween party before Vicki can harm him. A struggle ensues between Vicki, Elena, Stefan and Jeremy and as Elena and Jeremy are running back into the school, Vicki grabs Jeremy. Vicki is staked and Stefan and Damon must clean up the mess. Damon erases Jeremy's memory of Vicki's death at Elena's request.
Episode 8: 162 Candles
Original Air Date: November 5, 2009
It's Stefan's one-hundred and sixty-second birthday and he receives a visit from one of his oldest and dearest vampire friends, Lexi. Despite still loving him, Elena wants Stefan to stay away from her. Damon offers his assistance to Sheriff Forbes to help find the vampire(s) in town. Bonnie cheers Elena up by levitating feathers from her pillow. Damon wants his crystal back and since Bonnie will not give it to him, he wants Caroline to get it for him but Bonnie will not give it to her either. Lexi is shocked when Elena comes to the house to see Stefan and she sees how much she resembles Katherine. Caroline throws a party at the Mystic Grill and while there, Lexi gives Elena some advice on love. Damon attacks a couple and kills the man. The woman, identifies Lexi as the vampire who attacked her boyfriend. The sheriff and her deputies take Lexi into custody and when she tries to escape the sheriff shoots her with wooden bullets and Damon stakes her. Bonnie has a dream of her 1864 ancestor, Emily Bennett.
Episode 9: History Repeating
Original Air Date: November 12, 2009
Bonnie sees visions of her ancestor, Emily Bennett who asks her to help her. The new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman arrives. Because of his poor grades, Saltzman offers Jeremy the chance to write an extra credit report about local history. Jeremy introduces Alaric and his Aunt Jenna. Stefan tells Elena he will no longer be attending school because it's best that he "backs off". Damon demands the crystal from Bonnie. She throws the crystal away only to find it has returned to her. After Elena tells Stefan about Damon tormenting Bonnie for the crystal he vows to learn the truth about why the crystal is so important to Damon. He reveals that he plans to bring Katherine back using the crystal. Caroline, Bonnie and Elena hold a seance and Emily possesses Bonnie who destroys the crystal. In a fit of anger, Damon attacks Bonnie once Emily has left her body. To save her, Stefan gives her some of his blood. Stefan tells Elena he is leaving Mystic Falls.
Episode 10: The Turning Point
Original Air Date: November 19, 2009
Logan Fell, now a vampire, arrives at the Gilbert house wanting Jenna to let him in but she refuses. To research his history paper, Jeremy reads Jonathan Gilbert's 1864 journal. The more he reads, the more interested he becomes in what is written in the book. Sheriff Forbes arrives at the Salvatore home to see Damon about a new vampire attack (committed by Logan). Damon promises to help find the vampire and Stefan knows he cannot leave town now that there is trouble brewing. Caroline and Matt's friendship begins to warm into a romance. Stefan goes to see Elena and confides in her about the new attack. Both Stefan and Damon want to know who turned Logan and what he wants. After Jeremy and Tyler get into a scrap in the school, Mayor Lockwood takes them outside to "fight it out like men". Alaric Saltzman stops the Mayor from urging the boys into a fight. Logan, to save his life, tells Damon that there are others wanting to open the tomb and they can help him. Alaric Saltzman has an altercation with Logan Fell and only one survives. Stefan wants to keep his distance from Elena but she refuses to let him make the decision for her. After an intimate evening with Stefan, Elena sees a picture of Katherine and is shocked to see that they look so much alike. She leaves the Salvatore house and in involved in a car accident with a dark stranger standing the road.
Episode 11: Bloodlines
Original Air Date: January 21, 2010
Elena survives the car accident and is saved from the dark stranger by Damon. Elena, before passing out, tells Damon she looks like 'her'. Damon takes Elena, who isn't wearing her vervain necklace, on a trip he embarks on to Georgia. He wants to see an old friend, a witch, to find out how he can release Katherine from the tomb. Jeremy meets a mysterious young woman, Anna, when he goes to the library to do further research on his history paper and the two discuss the local vampire legends. Bonnie appears to have lost her powers and consults with her grandmother about it. Damon's witch friend, Bree, double crosses him putting him and Elena in danger. The man who loved Lexi attacks Damon for revenge. He is bent on killing him until Elena intercedes on his behalf. Damon, knowing of Bree's betrayal has one last meeting with her. Elena questions Damon as to why he brought her with him he tells her she isn't the worst company in the world. When Elena confronts Stefan about Katherine he tells her he saw her before they met in school, that he was the one who pulled her from the car accident her parents died in. He drops a bombshell to Elena about her family which causes her to question her Aunt Jenna about the new information.
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, Season 1, Episodes 1-11
Episode 1: Pilot
Original Air Date: September 10, 2009
As news of mysterious deaths begin to appear in the local news, Elena Gilbert returns to school after the death of her parents in a car accident four months earlier. Elena tries to hide her pain beneath a cool exterior while her brother Jeremy becomes involved in drugs and partying and holds onto his anger. Elena sees Stefan Salvatore and is immediately drawn to him and the feeling is mutual. When Elena shows up at the local hang-out with Stefan at her side it's a surprise and disappointment to Caroline, her friend that has her sights set on Stefan and Matt, the boyfriend Elena broke up with. Vicki Donovan is attacked in the woods. Damon arrives to complicate things in Mystic Falls. Damon draws Caroline's attention.
Episode 2: The Night of the Comet
Original Air Date: September 17, 2010
As more mysterious deaths begin to plague Mystic Falls, the local officials become more and more suspicious and start to suspect something sinister. The town prepares a celebration to mark the appearance of a rare comet. Jeremy and Elena's legal guardian, their aunt Jenna attends a parent/teacher meeting with one of Jeremy's teachers to discuss his poor performance in school. Elena and Damon meet when she goes to the Salvatore house to speak with Stefan. Despite Stefan's efforts to remove Vicki's memories of being attacked, she begins to regain all of her memories. Stefan and Elena speak about Damon and Katherine and how things are too complicated for them to be dating. Damon attacks Vicki a second time and uses her as a pawn in a game he's playing with Stefan. Stefan and Elena tell each other what they would write in their diaries. Damon takes control of Caroline.
Episode 3: Friday Night Bites
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Bonnie is increasingly suspicious of Stefan and warns Elena to take things slow with him. Stefan proves himself to be a superior football player as well as being a master of knowing the dates of important historical events. Stefan tries out for the football team and Elena attends cheerleading practice but later quits the squad. Elena has Stefan and Bonnie to dinner at her house in hopes Bonnie will warm to Stefan and realize what a good guy he is. Damon, now in complete control of Caroline, arrives uninvited at the dinner party with her. While it eases some of the tension between Bonnie and Stefan but increasing it between Stefan and Damon. Damon gets the invitation into Elena's home that he wants. Stefan gives Elena an ornate necklace filled with vervain to protect her from Damon. Stefan breaks up a fight between Jeremy and Tyler and his hand is cut in the process. The cut heals but Elena knew it was there.
Episode 4: Family Ties
Original Air Date: October 1, 2009
Damon tells Stefan he has decided to stay in Mystic Falls with him and Elena. Elena asks Stefan to be her date to the Founder's Party. Damon compels Caroline to take him to the Founder's Party. Zach shows Stefan a secret stash of vervain he's been growing because he trusts him and knows Stefan will need it if he wants to do something about Damon. Bonnie tells Elena a story about Katherine, Damon and Stefan that she was told by Caroline who, in turn, learned it from Damon. Stefan tries to drug Damon with vervain but Damon senses the herb before drinking it. Damon reveals to Elena Stefan's real past with Katherine without revealing they are both vampires. Damon takes a crystal while at the Founder's Party. Bonnie starts coming into the realization that she really is a witch. Elena sees bite marks on Caroline's neck and is concerned that Damon may be hurting her so she confronts Damon and tells him to stay away from Caroline. Damon intends to kill Caroline but is weakened by the vervain Stefan put in her drink at the party. When she awakens, Caroline finds the crystal Damon originally took in the grass next to her. Stefan locks Damon away and takes his ring from him in an effort to "re-educate" him. The town officials know vampires are back in Mystic Falls.
Episode 5: You're Undead to Me
Original Air Date: October 8, 2009
Elena finds Vicki in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she gets up the next morning and knows she spent the night with Jeremy. Stefan and Elena are supposed to meet after school to talk but he's late because he's dealing with Damon. Elena and Matt play pool and talk about Stefan. Matt urges Elena to talk to Stefan about the doubts she is having. Stefan arrives and while he and Elena are talking he is recognized by a local resident. Elena leaves and goes home to sulk. Later that evening, Stefan goes to her home to cook dinner for her and tell her about his past with Katherine as well as everything about what his favorite music, books and movies are. From his imprisonment, Damon exerts what control he still has over Caroline for her to help free him. She frees him and he attacks Zach and she manages to escape. Elena sees the man who recognized Stefan and he tells her he remembered Stefan and his ring and Damon from a vampire attack in 1953 and it gets her to thinking. Using the resources Logan Fell has access to, Elena sees video of the 1953 attack and recognizes the Stefan she knows. When Bonnie sets a car on fire at a car wash she runs to her grandmother for answers.
Episode 6: Lost Girls
Original Air Date: October 15, 2009
Elena, struggling with the information she has learned about Stefan, demands that he tell her what he is. Reluctantly, he tells her he is a vampire. Frightened, she goes home only for Stefan to follow her so he can explain things to her but he leaves when she tells him that if he means her no harm he will go. Damon feeds well on Vicki and her three partying friends. He calls Stefan and orders him to give him his ring back. Elena asks Stefan to meet her to tell her the truth. The secret group of town members who know about the vampires continue their work to identify the vampire killing the towns people. Damon takes Vicki back to the Salvatore house and allows her to drink his blood. After a day of wild partying, Damon kills her and she awakens needing only to feed to become a vampire. In two separate times, 1864 and modern day, we learn some of the histories of Damon and Stefan Salvatore and Katherine. The secret vampire squad comb the woods at night in search of vampires as Damon pays a visit to Elena. Vicki flees into the woods and Stefan follows her. He is shot with a wooden bullet by Logan Fell. Before he can stake Stefan, Damon arrives and removes the bullet from Stefan's body. Stefan returns the ring to Damon as Vicki feeds on Logan. The sheriff and the others find Logan's body. Stefan tells Elena he failed to stop Vicki from feeding. She tells him she cannot be with him.
Episode 7: Haunted
Original Air Date: October 29, 2009
Vicki attacks Tyler but is saved by Damon and Stefan and Damon removes his memory. Jeremy insists on joining the search party looking for Vicki. Stefan tries to encourage Vicki to feed on animal blood instead of human blood but his every word is contradicted by Damon. Bonnie's grandmother gives her a history of their family and of them being witches. Vicki gets away from Stefan and Damon and goes home. She can't enter the house until Matt tells her to come in. Elena orders Vicki to stay away from Jeremy and she refuses. She then tells Jeremy he can't see Vicki but he refuses. Damon ingratiates himself with the mayor's wife to get information about the hunt for vampires. Elena and Stefan must find Vicki and Jeremy at the school Halloween party before Vicki can harm him. A struggle ensues between Vicki, Elena, Stefan and Jeremy and as Elena and Jeremy are running back into the school, Vicki grabs Jeremy. Vicki is staked and Stefan and Damon must clean up the mess. Damon erases Jeremy's memory of Vicki's death at Elena's request.
Episode 8: 162 Candles
Original Air Date: November 5, 2009
It's Stefan's one-hundred and sixty-second birthday and he receives a visit from one of his oldest and dearest vampire friends, Lexi. Despite still loving him, Elena wants Stefan to stay away from her. Damon offers his assistance to Sheriff Forbes to help find the vampire(s) in town. Bonnie cheers Elena up by levitating feathers from her pillow. Damon wants his crystal back and since Bonnie will not give it to him, he wants Caroline to get it for him but Bonnie will not give it to her either. Lexi is shocked when Elena comes to the house to see Stefan and she sees how much she resembles Katherine. Caroline throws a party at the Mystic Grill and while there, Lexi gives Elena some advice on love. Damon attacks a couple and kills the man. The woman, identifies Lexi as the vampire who attacked her boyfriend. The sheriff and her deputies take Lexi into custody and when she tries to escape the sheriff shoots her with wooden bullets and Damon stakes her. Bonnie has a dream of her 1864 ancestor, Emily Bennett.
Episode 9: History Repeating
Original Air Date: November 12, 2009
Bonnie sees visions of her ancestor, Emily Bennett who asks her to help her. The new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman arrives. Because of his poor grades, Saltzman offers Jeremy the chance to write an extra credit report about local history. Jeremy introduces Alaric and his Aunt Jenna. Stefan tells Elena he will no longer be attending school because it's best that he "backs off". Damon demands the crystal from Bonnie. She throws the crystal away only to find it has returned to her. After Elena tells Stefan about Damon tormenting Bonnie for the crystal he vows to learn the truth about why the crystal is so important to Damon. He reveals that he plans to bring Katherine back using the crystal. Caroline, Bonnie and Elena hold a seance and Emily possesses Bonnie who destroys the crystal. In a fit of anger, Damon attacks Bonnie once Emily has left her body. To save her, Stefan gives her some of his blood. Stefan tells Elena he is leaving Mystic Falls.
Episode 10: The Turning Point
Original Air Date: November 19, 2009
Logan Fell, now a vampire, arrives at the Gilbert house wanting Jenna to let him in but she refuses. To research his history paper, Jeremy reads Jonathan Gilbert's 1864 journal. The more he reads, the more interested he becomes in what is written in the book. Sheriff Forbes arrives at the Salvatore home to see Damon about a new vampire attack (committed by Logan). Damon promises to help find the vampire and Stefan knows he cannot leave town now that there is trouble brewing. Caroline and Matt's friendship begins to warm into a romance. Stefan goes to see Elena and confides in her about the new attack. Both Stefan and Damon want to know who turned Logan and what he wants. After Jeremy and Tyler get into a scrap in the school, Mayor Lockwood takes them outside to "fight it out like men". Alaric Saltzman stops the Mayor from urging the boys into a fight. Logan, to save his life, tells Damon that there are others wanting to open the tomb and they can help him. Alaric Saltzman has an altercation with Logan Fell and only one survives. Stefan wants to keep his distance from Elena but she refuses to let him make the decision for her. After an intimate evening with Stefan, Elena sees a picture of Katherine and is shocked to see that they look so much alike. She leaves the Salvatore house and in involved in a car accident with a dark stranger standing the road.
Episode 11: Bloodlines
Original Air Date: January 21, 2010
Elena survives the car accident and is saved from the dark stranger by Damon. Elena, before passing out, tells Damon she looks like 'her'. Damon takes Elena, who isn't wearing her vervain necklace, on a trip he embarks on to Georgia. He wants to see an old friend, a witch, to find out how he can release Katherine from the tomb. Jeremy meets a mysterious young woman, Anna, when he goes to the library to do further research on his history paper and the two discuss the local vampire legends. Bonnie appears to have lost her powers and consults with her grandmother about it. Damon's witch friend, Bree, double crosses him putting him and Elena in danger. The man who loved Lexi attacks Damon for revenge. He is bent on killing him until Elena intercedes on his behalf. Damon, knowing of Bree's betrayal has one last meeting with her. Elena questions Damon as to why he brought her with him he tells her she isn't the worst company in the world. When Elena confronts Stefan about Katherine he tells her he saw her before they met in school, that he was the one who pulled her from the car accident her parents died in. He drops a bombshell to Elena about her family which causes her to question her Aunt Jenna about the new information.
Original Air Date: September 10, 2009
As news of mysterious deaths begin to appear in the local news, Elena Gilbert returns to school after the death of her parents in a car accident four months earlier. Elena tries to hide her pain beneath a cool exterior while her brother Jeremy becomes involved in drugs and partying and holds onto his anger. Elena sees Stefan Salvatore and is immediately drawn to him and the feeling is mutual. When Elena shows up at the local hang-out with Stefan at her side it's a surprise and disappointment to Caroline, her friend that has her sights set on Stefan and Matt, the boyfriend Elena broke up with. Vicki Donovan is attacked in the woods. Damon arrives to complicate things in Mystic Falls. Damon draws Caroline's attention.
Episode 2: The Night of the Comet
Original Air Date: September 17, 2010
As more mysterious deaths begin to plague Mystic Falls, the local officials become more and more suspicious and start to suspect something sinister. The town prepares a celebration to mark the appearance of a rare comet. Jeremy and Elena's legal guardian, their aunt Jenna attends a parent/teacher meeting with one of Jeremy's teachers to discuss his poor performance in school. Elena and Damon meet when she goes to the Salvatore house to speak with Stefan. Despite Stefan's efforts to remove Vicki's memories of being attacked, she begins to regain all of her memories. Stefan and Elena speak about Damon and Katherine and how things are too complicated for them to be dating. Damon attacks Vicki a second time and uses her as a pawn in a game he's playing with Stefan. Stefan and Elena tell each other what they would write in their diaries. Damon takes control of Caroline.
Episode 3: Friday Night Bites
Original Air Date: September 24, 2010
Bonnie is increasingly suspicious of Stefan and warns Elena to take things slow with him. Stefan proves himself to be a superior football player as well as being a master of knowing the dates of important historical events. Stefan tries out for the football team and Elena attends cheerleading practice but later quits the squad. Elena has Stefan and Bonnie to dinner at her house in hopes Bonnie will warm to Stefan and realize what a good guy he is. Damon, now in complete control of Caroline, arrives uninvited at the dinner party with her. While it eases some of the tension between Bonnie and Stefan but increasing it between Stefan and Damon. Damon gets the invitation into Elena's home that he wants. Stefan gives Elena an ornate necklace filled with vervain to protect her from Damon. Stefan breaks up a fight between Jeremy and Tyler and his hand is cut in the process. The cut heals but Elena knew it was there.
Episode 4: Family Ties
Original Air Date: October 1, 2009
Damon tells Stefan he has decided to stay in Mystic Falls with him and Elena. Elena asks Stefan to be her date to the Founder's Party. Damon compels Caroline to take him to the Founder's Party. Zach shows Stefan a secret stash of vervain he's been growing because he trusts him and knows Stefan will need it if he wants to do something about Damon. Bonnie tells Elena a story about Katherine, Damon and Stefan that she was told by Caroline who, in turn, learned it from Damon. Stefan tries to drug Damon with vervain but Damon senses the herb before drinking it. Damon reveals to Elena Stefan's real past with Katherine without revealing they are both vampires. Damon takes a crystal while at the Founder's Party. Bonnie starts coming into the realization that she really is a witch. Elena sees bite marks on Caroline's neck and is concerned that Damon may be hurting her so she confronts Damon and tells him to stay away from Caroline. Damon intends to kill Caroline but is weakened by the vervain Stefan put in her drink at the party. When she awakens, Caroline finds the crystal Damon originally took in the grass next to her. Stefan locks Damon away and takes his ring from him in an effort to "re-educate" him. The town officials know vampires are back in Mystic Falls.
Episode 5: You're Undead to Me
Original Air Date: October 8, 2009
Elena finds Vicki in the bathroom brushing her teeth when she gets up the next morning and knows she spent the night with Jeremy. Stefan and Elena are supposed to meet after school to talk but he's late because he's dealing with Damon. Elena and Matt play pool and talk about Stefan. Matt urges Elena to talk to Stefan about the doubts she is having. Stefan arrives and while he and Elena are talking he is recognized by a local resident. Elena leaves and goes home to sulk. Later that evening, Stefan goes to her home to cook dinner for her and tell her about his past with Katherine as well as everything about what his favorite music, books and movies are. From his imprisonment, Damon exerts what control he still has over Caroline for her to help free him. She frees him and he attacks Zach and she manages to escape. Elena sees the man who recognized Stefan and he tells her he remembered Stefan and his ring and Damon from a vampire attack in 1953 and it gets her to thinking. Using the resources Logan Fell has access to, Elena sees video of the 1953 attack and recognizes the Stefan she knows. When Bonnie sets a car on fire at a car wash she runs to her grandmother for answers.
Episode 6: Lost Girls
Original Air Date: October 15, 2009
Elena, struggling with the information she has learned about Stefan, demands that he tell her what he is. Reluctantly, he tells her he is a vampire. Frightened, she goes home only for Stefan to follow her so he can explain things to her but he leaves when she tells him that if he means her no harm he will go. Damon feeds well on Vicki and her three partying friends. He calls Stefan and orders him to give him his ring back. Elena asks Stefan to meet her to tell her the truth. The secret group of town members who know about the vampires continue their work to identify the vampire killing the towns people. Damon takes Vicki back to the Salvatore house and allows her to drink his blood. After a day of wild partying, Damon kills her and she awakens needing only to feed to become a vampire. In two separate times, 1864 and modern day, we learn some of the histories of Damon and Stefan Salvatore and Katherine. The secret vampire squad comb the woods at night in search of vampires as Damon pays a visit to Elena. Vicki flees into the woods and Stefan follows her. He is shot with a wooden bullet by Logan Fell. Before he can stake Stefan, Damon arrives and removes the bullet from Stefan's body. Stefan returns the ring to Damon as Vicki feeds on Logan. The sheriff and the others find Logan's body. Stefan tells Elena he failed to stop Vicki from feeding. She tells him she cannot be with him.
Episode 7: Haunted
Original Air Date: October 29, 2009
Vicki attacks Tyler but is saved by Damon and Stefan and Damon removes his memory. Jeremy insists on joining the search party looking for Vicki. Stefan tries to encourage Vicki to feed on animal blood instead of human blood but his every word is contradicted by Damon. Bonnie's grandmother gives her a history of their family and of them being witches. Vicki gets away from Stefan and Damon and goes home. She can't enter the house until Matt tells her to come in. Elena orders Vicki to stay away from Jeremy and she refuses. She then tells Jeremy he can't see Vicki but he refuses. Damon ingratiates himself with the mayor's wife to get information about the hunt for vampires. Elena and Stefan must find Vicki and Jeremy at the school Halloween party before Vicki can harm him. A struggle ensues between Vicki, Elena, Stefan and Jeremy and as Elena and Jeremy are running back into the school, Vicki grabs Jeremy. Vicki is staked and Stefan and Damon must clean up the mess. Damon erases Jeremy's memory of Vicki's death at Elena's request.
Episode 8: 162 Candles
Original Air Date: November 5, 2009
It's Stefan's one-hundred and sixty-second birthday and he receives a visit from one of his oldest and dearest vampire friends, Lexi. Despite still loving him, Elena wants Stefan to stay away from her. Damon offers his assistance to Sheriff Forbes to help find the vampire(s) in town. Bonnie cheers Elena up by levitating feathers from her pillow. Damon wants his crystal back and since Bonnie will not give it to him, he wants Caroline to get it for him but Bonnie will not give it to her either. Lexi is shocked when Elena comes to the house to see Stefan and she sees how much she resembles Katherine. Caroline throws a party at the Mystic Grill and while there, Lexi gives Elena some advice on love. Damon attacks a couple and kills the man. The woman, identifies Lexi as the vampire who attacked her boyfriend. The sheriff and her deputies take Lexi into custody and when she tries to escape the sheriff shoots her with wooden bullets and Damon stakes her. Bonnie has a dream of her 1864 ancestor, Emily Bennett.
Episode 9: History Repeating
Original Air Date: November 12, 2009
Bonnie sees visions of her ancestor, Emily Bennett who asks her to help her. The new history teacher, Alaric Saltzman arrives. Because of his poor grades, Saltzman offers Jeremy the chance to write an extra credit report about local history. Jeremy introduces Alaric and his Aunt Jenna. Stefan tells Elena he will no longer be attending school because it's best that he "backs off". Damon demands the crystal from Bonnie. She throws the crystal away only to find it has returned to her. After Elena tells Stefan about Damon tormenting Bonnie for the crystal he vows to learn the truth about why the crystal is so important to Damon. He reveals that he plans to bring Katherine back using the crystal. Caroline, Bonnie and Elena hold a seance and Emily possesses Bonnie who destroys the crystal. In a fit of anger, Damon attacks Bonnie once Emily has left her body. To save her, Stefan gives her some of his blood. Stefan tells Elena he is leaving Mystic Falls.
Episode 10: The Turning Point
Original Air Date: November 19, 2009
Logan Fell, now a vampire, arrives at the Gilbert house wanting Jenna to let him in but she refuses. To research his history paper, Jeremy reads Jonathan Gilbert's 1864 journal. The more he reads, the more interested he becomes in what is written in the book. Sheriff Forbes arrives at the Salvatore home to see Damon about a new vampire attack (committed by Logan). Damon promises to help find the vampire and Stefan knows he cannot leave town now that there is trouble brewing. Caroline and Matt's friendship begins to warm into a romance. Stefan goes to see Elena and confides in her about the new attack. Both Stefan and Damon want to know who turned Logan and what he wants. After Jeremy and Tyler get into a scrap in the school, Mayor Lockwood takes them outside to "fight it out like men". Alaric Saltzman stops the Mayor from urging the boys into a fight. Logan, to save his life, tells Damon that there are others wanting to open the tomb and they can help him. Alaric Saltzman has an altercation with Logan Fell and only one survives. Stefan wants to keep his distance from Elena but she refuses to let him make the decision for her. After an intimate evening with Stefan, Elena sees a picture of Katherine and is shocked to see that they look so much alike. She leaves the Salvatore house and in involved in a car accident with a dark stranger standing the road.
Episode 11: Bloodlines
Original Air Date: January 21, 2010
Elena survives the car accident and is saved from the dark stranger by Damon. Elena, before passing out, tells Damon she looks like 'her'. Damon takes Elena, who isn't wearing her vervain necklace, on a trip he embarks on to Georgia. He wants to see an old friend, a witch, to find out how he can release Katherine from the tomb. Jeremy meets a mysterious young woman, Anna, when he goes to the library to do further research on his history paper and the two discuss the local vampire legends. Bonnie appears to have lost her powers and consults with her grandmother about it. Damon's witch friend, Bree, double crosses him putting him and Elena in danger. The man who loved Lexi attacks Damon for revenge. He is bent on killing him until Elena intercedes on his behalf. Damon, knowing of Bree's betrayal has one last meeting with her. Elena questions Damon as to why he brought her with him he tells her she isn't the worst company in the world. When Elena confronts Stefan about Katherine he tells her he saw her before they met in school, that he was the one who pulled her from the car accident her parents died in. He drops a bombshell to Elena about her family which causes her to question her Aunt Jenna about the new information.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, An Introduction
The Vampire Diaries is a weekly scripted drama that airs on the CW network. It is based on a series of novels of the same name by L.J. Smith. The series stars Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Nina Dobrev and Elena Gilbert. Set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, The Vampire Diaries is filmed on location in various locations in the state of Georgia with the pilot episode having been filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vampire Diaries currently has one successful season of twenty-two one-hour episodes under its belt. Filming for the second season began on July 13, 2010 and the show will be returning to the CW network on Thursday, September 9, 2010 for its second season.
The Vampire Diaries focuses on the lives (albeit undead lives) of the Salvatore brothers, Damon and Stefan, and the girl they are both in love with, Elena Gilbert. Elena is the spitting image of a girl they both loved in their past and the one who turned them into vampires, Katherine Pierce.
I'm definitely a fan of this show and I told a friend that I wouldn't be doing any fangirling over it, or anyone in it, on this site over the long haul and I fully intend to stick to that. So, I'm going to say this quickly and get it done and out of the way.
Are there great looking guys in Vampire Diaries? Yes, Damon and Stefan are hot. Ian Somerhalder is super hot. I'm talking "it should be illegal for any one person to be that hot" hot. Paul Wesley is quite the charmer as well with his soft manner of speaking and brooding good looks. And, from all reports from the CW, both Ian and Paul will be shirtless in season two. A lot. Sigh.
That brief little bit of one-time-only fangirling aside, when this series first premiered in September of 2009, I watched it for two reasons and two reasons only: I am a fan of L.J. Smith's writing and Ian Somerhalder being cast as Damon Salvatore sealed the deal. I wasn't expecting to become a huge fan of the show and I wasn't expecting it to be anything more than just your average show about bloodsuckers aimed at a teenage audience.
Boy, was I wrong! This isn't just a show for cougars and brooding teenagers as some might think. Vampire Diaries has some really great drama in it along with some fine actors.
Ian Somerhalder (you may remember him as "Boone" on Lost) does an absolutely brilliant job as the bad guy (the most important bad guy, anyway), Damon Salvatore. There are moments when you hate him because he's so nasty, cruel and heartless. He's a vampire after all. That's kind of how they are. But, then he has his moments where he is genuinely a nice guy and you really get the feeling that there is someone in there who still feels and loves despite the tough exterior. He apparently has a deep vein of hatred for Stefan running through him, but, when the chips are down, he's always right there to fight on his brother's side. If anyone is going to get the best of Stefan it's going to be his brother. Damon suffered a very big disappointment in the first season and I felt for him. But, he picked up the pieces and was soon dastardly Damon again. The season finale showed yet another side of Damon that I didn't think we'd see for a very long time, if ever. Damon is a multi-faceted character and Somerhalder does an amazing job at making each and every facet believable.
I didn't have the pleasure of seeing Paul Wesley in anything before Vampire Diaries and I must admit that he has impressed me. His role is that of Stefan Salvatore, a dark and brooding 162-year-old vampire, and younger brother to Damon, who is carrying around a lot of baggage. Stefan wants to lead a normal life, or as normal of a life as he can seeing as how he is a vampire. He doesn't drink human blood or hunt human prey unlike Damon. As the first season progresses, we learn more and more about why Stefan has made the choices he has and why some of them haunt him so. We also see him struggle with a major issue that threatens to destroy him and everyone around him that he cares about. Wesley easily moves from dark to funny to viciously angry to sensitive and caring. Stefan is a very likable guy thanks to Wesley's interpretation of him. You want to see Stefan get the the happiness he deserves.
Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert is another that I hadn't seen before Vampire Diaries. I will admit that, at first, I didn't care for her. I don't know if it was her style of acting or what but there was something about her that I found off-putting. It took a few episodes but I have come to like her. She looks gorgeous with both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley and she brings a sensitive, yet strong quality to Elena that makes her a character you can really root for. You want things to work out for Elena even though you know they probably won't because things never work out on TV like you want them to. Not only does Dobrev get to play the strong, independent and conscientious Elena Gilbert but she also doubles as the cruel, heartless and selfish Katherine Pierce. When season two starts in September, we'll get to see more of Katherine and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to see some sparks fly between her and Damon! (I believe Damon knows it wasn't Elena he kissed on that porch!)
Legendary actor Steve McQueen's grandson, Steven R. McQueen plays Elena's younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert. Throughout the first season he is dealing with a whole host of demons of his own. Kelly Hu (Martial Law) and Jasmine Guy (A Different World & Dead Like Me) make guest appearances as Pearl and Sheila Bennett respectively. Katerina Graham appears as Elena's best/former friend Bonnie Bennett. I can't say I'm too pleased about the new attitude Bonnie has taken since returning from a brief leave of absence but it does provide a bit of tension to the show. And, given the circumstances that caused the change in her character, I guess I can't say that I really blame her.
To all who say that the CW might have decided to run Vampire Diaries just because of all the Twilight hype going around now, yeah, you're probably spot on there. But nothing annoys me more than to read a comment by someone or hear someone say "Vampire Diaries is just a Twilight ripoff!". Nothing could be farther from the truth!
The Vampire Diaries was around long before Stephenie Meyer decided to write the Twilight series. The first three Vampire Diaries novels, The Awakening, The Struggle and The Fury, were published as a trilogy in 1991 with the fourth, The Dark Reunion coming out in 1992. Twilight wasn'thacked out published until October 5, 2005. A lot of time passed between the original Vampire Diaries and Twilight. In fact, of the seven books currently in the Vampire Diaries series, all four of the original series were already published and the three spin-off novels, The Return, were already announced (1998) before Twilight was ever published. It was recently announced that three prequel novels titled Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries will be published by the UK publishing house Hodder Children's Books.
There are several differences between the novels and the television series. As with any work of fiction that becomes a movie or television show, certain liberties must be taken. It is a lot easier to put things on a page than it is to put them on a screen. I won't go into every single difference here because it would take up way too much space but I will say that I feel Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek) did a rather good job with adapting the series to television. Some of the characters themselves are different and Williamson has even added new characters. Williamson focuses on the darkness and secrets that lurk beneath the exterior of the town of Mystic Falls rather than the entire teenage experience of high school. We've seen dozens of high school shows before and to have focused on that with some hot vampires thrown in would have made for a pretty bad series.
The series is shot well and it doesn't appear that the producers have skimped on the budget just because it's a television show as opposed to a movie. The locations are beautiful (the South is always a beautiful choice for a filming location), the lavish Salvatore house is gorgeous (I could live there, especially if its occupants came with it) and the special effects that you see from time to time don't look cheaply done or laughable as they sometimes do on television shows because of budget restraints.
I'm not so much of a fan of the Vampire Diaries that I'm blinded by my liking of it to where I'll say it's the perfect show. It isn't and it isn't for everyone, I'll admit. You have to be a fan of vampire stories first and foremost. If you aren't, you won't enjoy it no matter how many gorgeous hunks and beautiful ladies are on the screen to try and draw you in. You also need to have an appreciation for current music as almost every episode has a few popular songs in it. Sometimes this music can get in the way a bit and overshadow what is happening on screen. Just watching one or two episodes won't give you the full picture of this series because as the first season progressed, the show got better and better. The actors became more comfortable with their characters, we learned more about those characters, about the town and about all of the histories involved.
I think the Vampire Diaries has proved itself to be more than just a show that tried to capitalize on the current "vampires are the hottest thing out there" trend in the entertainment industry. It's a show with good actors and a good storyline that can stand on its own two feet and be a show that could quite possibly be around for a long time.
For more information:
The Vampire Diaries Official Web Site
Vampire Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
Vampire Diaries at TVRage
The Vampire Diaries focuses on the lives (albeit undead lives) of the Salvatore brothers, Damon and Stefan, and the girl they are both in love with, Elena Gilbert. Elena is the spitting image of a girl they both loved in their past and the one who turned them into vampires, Katherine Pierce.
I'm definitely a fan of this show and I told a friend that I wouldn't be doing any fangirling over it, or anyone in it, on this site over the long haul and I fully intend to stick to that. So, I'm going to say this quickly and get it done and out of the way.
Are there great looking guys in Vampire Diaries? Yes, Damon and Stefan are hot. Ian Somerhalder is super hot. I'm talking "it should be illegal for any one person to be that hot" hot. Paul Wesley is quite the charmer as well with his soft manner of speaking and brooding good looks. And, from all reports from the CW, both Ian and Paul will be shirtless in season two. A lot. Sigh.
That brief little bit of one-time-only fangirling aside, when this series first premiered in September of 2009, I watched it for two reasons and two reasons only: I am a fan of L.J. Smith's writing and Ian Somerhalder being cast as Damon Salvatore sealed the deal. I wasn't expecting to become a huge fan of the show and I wasn't expecting it to be anything more than just your average show about bloodsuckers aimed at a teenage audience.
Boy, was I wrong! This isn't just a show for cougars and brooding teenagers as some might think. Vampire Diaries has some really great drama in it along with some fine actors.
Ian Somerhalder (you may remember him as "Boone" on Lost) does an absolutely brilliant job as the bad guy (the most important bad guy, anyway), Damon Salvatore. There are moments when you hate him because he's so nasty, cruel and heartless. He's a vampire after all. That's kind of how they are. But, then he has his moments where he is genuinely a nice guy and you really get the feeling that there is someone in there who still feels and loves despite the tough exterior. He apparently has a deep vein of hatred for Stefan running through him, but, when the chips are down, he's always right there to fight on his brother's side. If anyone is going to get the best of Stefan it's going to be his brother. Damon suffered a very big disappointment in the first season and I felt for him. But, he picked up the pieces and was soon dastardly Damon again. The season finale showed yet another side of Damon that I didn't think we'd see for a very long time, if ever. Damon is a multi-faceted character and Somerhalder does an amazing job at making each and every facet believable.
I didn't have the pleasure of seeing Paul Wesley in anything before Vampire Diaries and I must admit that he has impressed me. His role is that of Stefan Salvatore, a dark and brooding 162-year-old vampire, and younger brother to Damon, who is carrying around a lot of baggage. Stefan wants to lead a normal life, or as normal of a life as he can seeing as how he is a vampire. He doesn't drink human blood or hunt human prey unlike Damon. As the first season progresses, we learn more and more about why Stefan has made the choices he has and why some of them haunt him so. We also see him struggle with a major issue that threatens to destroy him and everyone around him that he cares about. Wesley easily moves from dark to funny to viciously angry to sensitive and caring. Stefan is a very likable guy thanks to Wesley's interpretation of him. You want to see Stefan get the the happiness he deserves.
Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert is another that I hadn't seen before Vampire Diaries. I will admit that, at first, I didn't care for her. I don't know if it was her style of acting or what but there was something about her that I found off-putting. It took a few episodes but I have come to like her. She looks gorgeous with both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley and she brings a sensitive, yet strong quality to Elena that makes her a character you can really root for. You want things to work out for Elena even though you know they probably won't because things never work out on TV like you want them to. Not only does Dobrev get to play the strong, independent and conscientious Elena Gilbert but she also doubles as the cruel, heartless and selfish Katherine Pierce. When season two starts in September, we'll get to see more of Katherine and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to see some sparks fly between her and Damon! (I believe Damon knows it wasn't Elena he kissed on that porch!)
Legendary actor Steve McQueen's grandson, Steven R. McQueen plays Elena's younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert. Throughout the first season he is dealing with a whole host of demons of his own. Kelly Hu (Martial Law) and Jasmine Guy (A Different World & Dead Like Me) make guest appearances as Pearl and Sheila Bennett respectively. Katerina Graham appears as Elena's best/former friend Bonnie Bennett. I can't say I'm too pleased about the new attitude Bonnie has taken since returning from a brief leave of absence but it does provide a bit of tension to the show. And, given the circumstances that caused the change in her character, I guess I can't say that I really blame her.
To all who say that the CW might have decided to run Vampire Diaries just because of all the Twilight hype going around now, yeah, you're probably spot on there. But nothing annoys me more than to read a comment by someone or hear someone say "Vampire Diaries is just a Twilight ripoff!". Nothing could be farther from the truth!
The Vampire Diaries was around long before Stephenie Meyer decided to write the Twilight series. The first three Vampire Diaries novels, The Awakening, The Struggle and The Fury, were published as a trilogy in 1991 with the fourth, The Dark Reunion coming out in 1992. Twilight wasn't
There are several differences between the novels and the television series. As with any work of fiction that becomes a movie or television show, certain liberties must be taken. It is a lot easier to put things on a page than it is to put them on a screen. I won't go into every single difference here because it would take up way too much space but I will say that I feel Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek) did a rather good job with adapting the series to television. Some of the characters themselves are different and Williamson has even added new characters. Williamson focuses on the darkness and secrets that lurk beneath the exterior of the town of Mystic Falls rather than the entire teenage experience of high school. We've seen dozens of high school shows before and to have focused on that with some hot vampires thrown in would have made for a pretty bad series.
The series is shot well and it doesn't appear that the producers have skimped on the budget just because it's a television show as opposed to a movie. The locations are beautiful (the South is always a beautiful choice for a filming location), the lavish Salvatore house is gorgeous (I could live there, especially if its occupants came with it) and the special effects that you see from time to time don't look cheaply done or laughable as they sometimes do on television shows because of budget restraints.
I'm not so much of a fan of the Vampire Diaries that I'm blinded by my liking of it to where I'll say it's the perfect show. It isn't and it isn't for everyone, I'll admit. You have to be a fan of vampire stories first and foremost. If you aren't, you won't enjoy it no matter how many gorgeous hunks and beautiful ladies are on the screen to try and draw you in. You also need to have an appreciation for current music as almost every episode has a few popular songs in it. Sometimes this music can get in the way a bit and overshadow what is happening on screen. Just watching one or two episodes won't give you the full picture of this series because as the first season progressed, the show got better and better. The actors became more comfortable with their characters, we learned more about those characters, about the town and about all of the histories involved.
I think the Vampire Diaries has proved itself to be more than just a show that tried to capitalize on the current "vampires are the hottest thing out there" trend in the entertainment industry. It's a show with good actors and a good storyline that can stand on its own two feet and be a show that could quite possibly be around for a long time.
For more information:
The Vampire Diaries Official Web Site
Vampire Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
Vampire Diaries at TVRage
US Television: The Vampire Diaries, An Introduction
The Vampire Diaries is a weekly scripted drama that airs on the CW network. It is based on a series of novels of the same name by L.J. Smith. The series stars Ian Somerhalder as Damon Salvatore, Paul Wesley as Stefan Salvatore and Nina Dobrev and Elena Gilbert. Set in the fictional town of Mystic Falls, Virginia, The Vampire Diaries is filmed on location in various locations in the state of Georgia with the pilot episode having been filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Vampire Diaries currently has one successful season of twenty-two one-hour episodes under its belt. Filming for the second season began on July 13, 2010 and the show will be returning to the CW network on Thursday, September 9, 2010 for its second season.
The Vampire Diaries focuses on the lives (albeit undead lives) of the Salvatore brothers, Damon and Stefan, and the girl they are both in love with, Elena Gilbert. Elena is the spitting image of a girl they both loved in their past and the one who turned them into vampires, Katherine Pierce.
I'm definitely a fan of this show and I told a friend that I wouldn't be doing any fangirling over it, or anyone in it, on this site over the long haul and I fully intend to stick to that. So, I'm going to say this quickly and get it done and out of the way.
Are there great looking guys in Vampire Diaries? Yes, Damon and Stefan are hot. Ian Somerhalder is super hot. I'm talking "it should be illegal for any one person to be that hot" hot. Paul Wesley is quite the charmer as well with his soft manner of speaking and brooding good looks. And, from all reports from the CW, both Ian and Paul will be shirtless in season two. A lot. Sigh.
That brief little bit of one-time-only fangirling aside, when this series first premiered in September of 2009, I watched it for two reasons and two reasons only: I am a fan of L.J. Smith's writing and Ian Somerhalder being cast as Damon Salvatore sealed the deal. I wasn't expecting to become a huge fan of the show and I wasn't expecting it to be anything more than just your average show about bloodsuckers aimed at a teenage audience.
Boy, was I wrong! This isn't just a show for cougars and brooding teenagers as some might think. Vampire Diaries has some really great drama in it along with some fine actors.
Ian Somerhalder (you may remember him as "Boone" on Lost) does an absolutely brilliant job as the bad guy (the most important bad guy, anyway), Damon Salvatore. There are moments when you hate him because he's so nasty, cruel and heartless. He's a vampire after all. That's kind of how they are. But, then he has his moments where he is genuinely a nice guy and you really get the feeling that there is someone in there who still feels and loves despite the tough exterior. He apparently has a deep vein of hatred for Stefan running through him, but, when the chips are down, he's always right there to fight on his brother's side. If anyone is going to get the best of Stefan it's going to be his brother. Damon suffered a very big disappointment in the first season and I felt for him. But, he picked up the pieces and was soon dastardly Damon again. The season finale showed yet another side of Damon that I didn't think we'd see for a very long time, if ever. Damon is a multi-faceted character and Somerhalder does an amazing job at making each and every facet believable.
I didn't have the pleasure of seeing Paul Wesley in anything before Vampire Diaries and I must admit that he has impressed me. His role is that of Stefan Salvatore, a dark and brooding 162-year-old vampire, and younger brother to Damon, who is carrying around a lot of baggage. Stefan wants to lead a normal life, or as normal of a life as he can seeing as how he is a vampire. He doesn't drink human blood or hunt human prey unlike Damon. As the first season progresses, we learn more and more about why Stefan has made the choices he has and why some of them haunt him so. We also see him struggle with a major issue that threatens to destroy him and everyone around him that he cares about. Wesley easily moves from dark to funny to viciously angry to sensitive and caring. Stefan is a very likable guy thanks to Wesley's interpretation of him. You want to see Stefan get the the happiness he deserves.
Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert is another that I hadn't seen before Vampire Diaries. I will admit that, at first, I didn't care for her. I don't know if it was her style of acting or what but there was something about her that I found off-putting. It took a few episodes but I have come to like her. She looks gorgeous with both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley and she brings a sensitive, yet strong quality to Elena that makes her a character you can really root for. You want things to work out for Elena even though you know they probably won't because things never work out on TV like you want them to. Not only does Dobrev get to play the strong, independent and conscientious Elena Gilbert but she also doubles as the cruel, heartless and selfish Katherine Pierce. When season two starts in September, we'll get to see more of Katherine and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to see some sparks fly between her and Damon! (I believe Damon knows it wasn't Elena he kissed on that porch!)
Legendary actor Steve McQueen's grandson, Steven R. McQueen plays Elena's younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert. Throughout the first season he is dealing with a whole host of demons of his own. Kelly Hu (Martial Law) and Jasmine Guy (A Different World & Dead Like Me) make guest appearances as Pearl and Sheila Bennett respectively. Katerina Graham appears as Elena's best/former friend Bonnie Bennett. I can't say I'm too pleased about the new attitude Bonnie has taken since returning from a brief leave of absence but it does provide a bit of tension to the show. And, given the circumstances that caused the change in her character, I guess I can't say that I really blame her.
To all who say that the CW might have decided to run Vampire Diaries just because of all the Twilight hype going around now, yeah, you're probably spot on there. But nothing annoys me more than to read a comment by someone or hear someone say "Vampire Diaries is just a Twilight ripoff!". Nothing could be farther from the truth!
The Vampire Diaries was around long before Stephenie Meyer decided to write the Twilight series. The first three Vampire Diaries novels, The Awakening, The Struggle and The Fury, were published as a trilogy in 1991 with the fourth, The Dark Reunion coming out in 1992. Twilight wasn'thacked out published until October 5, 2005. A lot of time passed between the original Vampire Diaries and Twilight. In fact, of the seven books currently in the Vampire Diaries series, all four of the original series were already published and the three spin-off novels, The Return, were already announced (1998) before Twilight was ever published. It was recently announced that three prequel novels titled Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries will be published by the UK publishing house Hodder Children's Books.
There are several differences between the novels and the television series. As with any work of fiction that becomes a movie or television show, certain liberties must be taken. It is a lot easier to put things on a page than it is to put them on a screen. I won't go into every single difference here because it would take up way too much space but I will say that I feel Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek) did a rather good job with adapting the series to television. Some of the characters themselves are different and Williamson has even added new characters. Williamson focuses on the darkness and secrets that lurk beneath the exterior of the town of Mystic Falls rather than the entire teenage experience of high school. We've seen dozens of high school shows before and to have focused on that with some hot vampires thrown in would have made for a pretty bad series.
The series is shot well and it doesn't appear that the producers have skimped on the budget just because it's a television show as opposed to a movie. The locations are beautiful (the South is always a beautiful choice for a filming location), the lavish Salvatore house is gorgeous (I could live there, especially if its occupants came with it) and the special effects that you see from time to time don't look cheaply done or laughable as they sometimes do on television shows because of budget restraints.
I'm not so much of a fan of the Vampire Diaries that I'm blinded by my liking of it to where I'll say it's the perfect show. It isn't and it isn't for everyone, I'll admit. You have to be a fan of vampire stories first and foremost. If you aren't, you won't enjoy it no matter how many gorgeous hunks and beautiful ladies are on the screen to try and draw you in. You also need to have an appreciation for current music as almost every episode has a few popular songs in it. Sometimes this music can get in the way a bit and overshadow what is happening on screen. Just watching one or two episodes won't give you the full picture of this series because as the first season progressed, the show got better and better. The actors became more comfortable with their characters, we learned more about those characters, about the town and about all of the histories involved.
I think the Vampire Diaries has proved itself to be more than just a show that tried to capitalize on the current "vampires are the hottest thing out there" trend in the entertainment industry. It's a show with good actors and a good storyline that can stand on its own two feet and be a show that could quite possibly be around for a long time.
For more information:
The Vampire Diaries Official Web Site
Vampire Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
Vampire Diaries at TVRage
The Vampire Diaries focuses on the lives (albeit undead lives) of the Salvatore brothers, Damon and Stefan, and the girl they are both in love with, Elena Gilbert. Elena is the spitting image of a girl they both loved in their past and the one who turned them into vampires, Katherine Pierce.
I'm definitely a fan of this show and I told a friend that I wouldn't be doing any fangirling over it, or anyone in it, on this site over the long haul and I fully intend to stick to that. So, I'm going to say this quickly and get it done and out of the way.
Are there great looking guys in Vampire Diaries? Yes, Damon and Stefan are hot. Ian Somerhalder is super hot. I'm talking "it should be illegal for any one person to be that hot" hot. Paul Wesley is quite the charmer as well with his soft manner of speaking and brooding good looks. And, from all reports from the CW, both Ian and Paul will be shirtless in season two. A lot. Sigh.
That brief little bit of one-time-only fangirling aside, when this series first premiered in September of 2009, I watched it for two reasons and two reasons only: I am a fan of L.J. Smith's writing and Ian Somerhalder being cast as Damon Salvatore sealed the deal. I wasn't expecting to become a huge fan of the show and I wasn't expecting it to be anything more than just your average show about bloodsuckers aimed at a teenage audience.
Boy, was I wrong! This isn't just a show for cougars and brooding teenagers as some might think. Vampire Diaries has some really great drama in it along with some fine actors.
Ian Somerhalder (you may remember him as "Boone" on Lost) does an absolutely brilliant job as the bad guy (the most important bad guy, anyway), Damon Salvatore. There are moments when you hate him because he's so nasty, cruel and heartless. He's a vampire after all. That's kind of how they are. But, then he has his moments where he is genuinely a nice guy and you really get the feeling that there is someone in there who still feels and loves despite the tough exterior. He apparently has a deep vein of hatred for Stefan running through him, but, when the chips are down, he's always right there to fight on his brother's side. If anyone is going to get the best of Stefan it's going to be his brother. Damon suffered a very big disappointment in the first season and I felt for him. But, he picked up the pieces and was soon dastardly Damon again. The season finale showed yet another side of Damon that I didn't think we'd see for a very long time, if ever. Damon is a multi-faceted character and Somerhalder does an amazing job at making each and every facet believable.
I didn't have the pleasure of seeing Paul Wesley in anything before Vampire Diaries and I must admit that he has impressed me. His role is that of Stefan Salvatore, a dark and brooding 162-year-old vampire, and younger brother to Damon, who is carrying around a lot of baggage. Stefan wants to lead a normal life, or as normal of a life as he can seeing as how he is a vampire. He doesn't drink human blood or hunt human prey unlike Damon. As the first season progresses, we learn more and more about why Stefan has made the choices he has and why some of them haunt him so. We also see him struggle with a major issue that threatens to destroy him and everyone around him that he cares about. Wesley easily moves from dark to funny to viciously angry to sensitive and caring. Stefan is a very likable guy thanks to Wesley's interpretation of him. You want to see Stefan get the the happiness he deserves.
Nina Dobrev who plays Elena Gilbert is another that I hadn't seen before Vampire Diaries. I will admit that, at first, I didn't care for her. I don't know if it was her style of acting or what but there was something about her that I found off-putting. It took a few episodes but I have come to like her. She looks gorgeous with both Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley and she brings a sensitive, yet strong quality to Elena that makes her a character you can really root for. You want things to work out for Elena even though you know they probably won't because things never work out on TV like you want them to. Not only does Dobrev get to play the strong, independent and conscientious Elena Gilbert but she also doubles as the cruel, heartless and selfish Katherine Pierce. When season two starts in September, we'll get to see more of Katherine and I'm really looking forward to that. I want to see some sparks fly between her and Damon! (I believe Damon knows it wasn't Elena he kissed on that porch!)
Legendary actor Steve McQueen's grandson, Steven R. McQueen plays Elena's younger brother, Jeremy Gilbert. Throughout the first season he is dealing with a whole host of demons of his own. Kelly Hu (Martial Law) and Jasmine Guy (A Different World & Dead Like Me) make guest appearances as Pearl and Sheila Bennett respectively. Katerina Graham appears as Elena's best/former friend Bonnie Bennett. I can't say I'm too pleased about the new attitude Bonnie has taken since returning from a brief leave of absence but it does provide a bit of tension to the show. And, given the circumstances that caused the change in her character, I guess I can't say that I really blame her.
To all who say that the CW might have decided to run Vampire Diaries just because of all the Twilight hype going around now, yeah, you're probably spot on there. But nothing annoys me more than to read a comment by someone or hear someone say "Vampire Diaries is just a Twilight ripoff!". Nothing could be farther from the truth!
The Vampire Diaries was around long before Stephenie Meyer decided to write the Twilight series. The first three Vampire Diaries novels, The Awakening, The Struggle and The Fury, were published as a trilogy in 1991 with the fourth, The Dark Reunion coming out in 1992. Twilight wasn't
There are several differences between the novels and the television series. As with any work of fiction that becomes a movie or television show, certain liberties must be taken. It is a lot easier to put things on a page than it is to put them on a screen. I won't go into every single difference here because it would take up way too much space but I will say that I feel Kevin Williamson (Dawson's Creek) did a rather good job with adapting the series to television. Some of the characters themselves are different and Williamson has even added new characters. Williamson focuses on the darkness and secrets that lurk beneath the exterior of the town of Mystic Falls rather than the entire teenage experience of high school. We've seen dozens of high school shows before and to have focused on that with some hot vampires thrown in would have made for a pretty bad series.
The series is shot well and it doesn't appear that the producers have skimped on the budget just because it's a television show as opposed to a movie. The locations are beautiful (the South is always a beautiful choice for a filming location), the lavish Salvatore house is gorgeous (I could live there, especially if its occupants came with it) and the special effects that you see from time to time don't look cheaply done or laughable as they sometimes do on television shows because of budget restraints.
I'm not so much of a fan of the Vampire Diaries that I'm blinded by my liking of it to where I'll say it's the perfect show. It isn't and it isn't for everyone, I'll admit. You have to be a fan of vampire stories first and foremost. If you aren't, you won't enjoy it no matter how many gorgeous hunks and beautiful ladies are on the screen to try and draw you in. You also need to have an appreciation for current music as almost every episode has a few popular songs in it. Sometimes this music can get in the way a bit and overshadow what is happening on screen. Just watching one or two episodes won't give you the full picture of this series because as the first season progressed, the show got better and better. The actors became more comfortable with their characters, we learned more about those characters, about the town and about all of the histories involved.
I think the Vampire Diaries has proved itself to be more than just a show that tried to capitalize on the current "vampires are the hottest thing out there" trend in the entertainment industry. It's a show with good actors and a good storyline that can stand on its own two feet and be a show that could quite possibly be around for a long time.
For more information:
The Vampire Diaries Official Web Site
Vampire Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
Vampire Diaries at TVRage
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