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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES “Klaus” Review

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES “Klaus” Season 2 Episode 19 - This week’s episode is an info dump of epic proportions. Let’s take a look at what we learned:

* There is no sun and moon curse. It was all a hoax by Klaus and Elijah to help further their real plan.
* Klaus and Elijah are brothers.
* Elijah was in love with Katherine.
* Klaus is a vampire-werewolf hybrid whose werewolf side is dormant.
* Elijah apparently has a way to keep Elena alive if she she allows herself to be sacrificed.

And somewhere during all of that we got angst and heartache. Not to mention poor Jenna having one heck of day.

Okay, let’s address that first. Jenna has been the only human character over the past 41 episodes who has managed to keep a distance from the supernatural goings on. Well, maybe not physically (some of those happenings did go down in her home, after all), but she had no actual knowledge of these things. Now that she’s found out, she’s scared and feels betrayed. What will she do when faced with the supernatural? Is she going to morph into a kickass bitch or do what a normal human would do and fall apart? If it’s the latter, I hope she packs up and leaves town before it’s too late.

Now to backtrack: what the heck, dudes? On the one hand, I can almost buy this episode. It was a fun watch and I really liked the flashbacks that showed us how everything developed. (Also, we got to see Trevor. We all know about my love for Trevor.) On the other hand, they’ve just ripped apart the entire reason for season two – unless this is a bluff. I’m going to go with the assumption that Elijah is telling the truth. If he is, there is no sun and moon plot, Elena won’t die, and the biggest issue is stopping Klaus, a vampire-werewolf hybrid.

So what comes next? We can be pretty confident that the Scrappy gang will win this battle, but how do you top a near-unkillable big bad in season 3?

If Elijah is lying, things get a bit more interesting. If it comes down to broken vs unbroken curse, I genuinely wouldn’t want to bet money on either outcome. Broken would be a great set up for season 3, unbroken wouldn’t but is perhaps more likely to happen. Not to mention that Elijah lying would also mean the potential for Elena to die…

As you can see my thoughts are all over the place at this point. Next week’s episode is called ‘The Last Day’. Let’s get some speculation going. What do you think is going to happen, dear reader? Do you think Elijah is telling the truth? Do you think there’s a genuine risk to Elena? And what are your thoughts on this episode, ‘Klaus’, in general? Let us know in the comments below!

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  • http://twitter.com/SarcasticLauren Lauren Hathaway

    I wasn’t thrilled with the expository nature of this episode. While I liked the flashbacks and seeing the elijah-katherine-klaus triangle (sound familiar?)…I was kind of bored, by VD standards that nothing mind blowing actually HAPPENED.

    Even the Damon/Stefan fight- the harshest thing Stef could come up with is that Dam doesn’t have Elena’s “respect”? I thought for sure it would be “her love” or “her trust” or something. Because I think Elena does respect Stefan. Also, Stefan didn’t really get a chance to articulate his plan, he was just anti-Elijah’s. So, that was kind of a weak moment too, for me.

    I did like seeing Andie deciding to stay/be with Damon without being compelled. The first interaction with her not wanting him to bite bc it’s “messy” and him acquiescing. Then Andie telling Stefan to stay out of it. Interesting. What I didn’t believe is the two times huge loud incidents happened (Elijah rising & then Andie getting attacked at the end), no one else in the house came running. Seriously? Super-hearing vamps? Even Elena should’ve been able to hear the racket Andie made!

    Also, is it just me- I like Daniel Gillies’s Elijah so much, I’m kind of let down by Klaus. From what i’ve seen of him (very little, admittedly), Klaus has been less interest grabbing than Elijah. Eli def has more screen presence and charm that just radiates. Klaus- not so much. Am I the only one? Even weeks ago I was hoping the twist was that Eli was really Klaus in disguise.

    • http://twitter.com/SarcasticLauren Lauren Hathaway

      PS- The scenes between Daniel Gillies & Nina Dobrev (both kat & elena), I kept texting my friend -”She’s his lobster!” Crazy chemistry- Nina/Ian have def. competition in that regard.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Varun-Venkatasubramanian/768838125 Varun Venkatasubramanian

    Not many people seem to like this episode. I think it was a pretty good development. I don’t think they can build up this entire plot about the curse and leave it unbroken so I think it will definitely be broken but the effect is something we all like o see

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Varun-Venkatasubramanian/768838125 Varun Venkatasubramanian

    Not many people seem to like this episode. I think it was a pretty good development. I don’t think they can build up this entire plot about the curse and leave it unbroken so I think it will definitely be broken but the effect is something we all like o see

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nathan-Convey/100000700008300 Nathan Convey

    I don’t think Elijah was in love with Katherine at all. I think he was in love with the original girl, the one Katherine and Elena are doppelganger’s of. His reaction to meeting her and what he said: ‘You remind me of someone.’ So because of that, he was fond of her, but love? I don’t buy it. He seemed a bit taken with Elena after she proved to be true to her word, though it’s hard to tell if it’s just his Mr Vamp Darcy manners or genuine affection.

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