For this episode, entitled “I Guess the B!tch Got the Message”, I’m joined by all of my great co-hosts over the past season, including Blast Magazine‘s Connie, Vee from Vampire-Diaries.net, Lucia from Heroine TV, and From My Side of the Moon‘s Lee.

If you thought our coverage of Season 1 has ended, I’m here to tell you that there will be one more podcast this summer, a Season 1 retrospective, and we need your help. We’d like you to share your favourite moments from Season 1, whether a scene or episode, or a TVD event that you may have attended. There are a few ways that you can send us your picks:

1) Comment on this blog post

2) Email your selection to melissa-at-thetelevixen-dot-com

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3) Record your own audio clip and email it to melissa-at-thetelevixen-dot-com

We’ll be accepting submissions until August 15th.

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Well, the news broke via Michael Ausiello that Taylor Kinney (Trauma) has landed the role.

Some fans on Twitter had been playing a little game of fantasy casting earlier this week, naming Tahmoh Penikett (BSG, Dollhouse) and Scott Elrod (Men in Trees) as potential candidates.

So, what does everyone think? Did they cast this role well? Personally, I liked him on Trauma, and I like his look. I can definitely picture him in this role!

Shannon Tweed (@shannonleetweed) – You can see this lady on one of my guilty pleasure shows, Gene Simmons Family Jewels. She also happens to be one of my fave TV moms!

William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) – This man’s a legend, an icon, and a Canadian treasure! He was Captain James T. Kirk on Star Trek, and next up, he’s starring in $#*! My Dad Says, the series based on the sensational Twitter feed created by Justin Halpern.

Will Arnett (@arnettwill) – I cannot hear Europe’s “The Final Countdown” without thinking of Arnett’s Arrested Development character GOB Bluth. One of my fave Canadian funny men, Arnett’s back this fall in a new comedy series, Running Wilde.

Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) – She registered on our radar as part of Canadian TV staple Degrassi, but Nina became a superstar on The Vampire Diaries. This is one gifted gal who has a great career ahead of her!

Aaron Douglas (@theaarondouglas) – Metalhead, hockey fan, fan conference guest extraordinaire, and the greatest Chief aboard the Galactica, you can now see this great Canadian in The Bridge.

Nathan Fillion (@NathanFillion) – Handsome, talented, and auteur of some very amusing tweets, it’s been a delight to watch him each week on Castle. It’s about time we got him on TV for more than a season!

Cory Monteith (@frankenteen) – The cast of Glee certainly embraced Twitter during its first season, and what list would be complete without the boy who won our hearts as Finn Hudson on the hit series?

Erin Karpluk (@erinkarpluk) – Star of my recent obsession, Being Erica. You can also catch her in a recurring role on Life Unexpected.

If you aren’t already following these wonderful Canucks, I suggest doing so immediately! And if there are any other TV related Canadians that you think we should be following, feel free to leave your suggestions in the comments below!

The US, UK and Australia get Vampire Diaries fan events, but Canada hasn’t been invited to the party yet, although we’ve given TVD some of our finest talent, particularly Toronto girl Nina Dobrev. So here’s my idea. Let’s get a Twitter campaign going to show support and interest for a Vampire Diaries fan event in Toronto, and see who we can get as guest(s) of honor. I’m researching who we need to talk to in order to make this happen, and I’ll keep you all updated.

In the meantime, let’s get interest going by using the hashtag #TOneedsTVD when talking about it on Twitter. The more interest there is, the better the chances that there will be a TVD event on Canadian soil!

So who’s with us?

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A lot happened in this hour. And by a lot, I mean a lot, a lot. Founder’s Day gets going with Stefan telling Elena before the parade that John is most likely her biological father. Gross, I know. Caroline and Elena then ride the float with their respective male escorts. Oh, to be Miss Mystic Falls! Anna and Jeremy are officially together, despite her telling him she needs to leave the town and get away. She gives him a vial of her blood and offers to turn him like he once asked her to do, but he declines. At least, for now. I think he really does love her, and not just because of her connection to vampires.

At the Founder’s Day celebration, Jeremy and Elena are fighting. Matt and Tyler are fighting. And Damon is apologizing to Bonnie and thanking her for removing the curse from the device. He even “owes her one.” What is going on here? At this point I thought Bonnie was feeling guilty about not having done what she said she would do, and that some how she would magically fix it before Mayor Lockwood and John had their way with it. I was wrong.

Remember Frederick and his unhappy vampire friends from the tomb? Well, apparently there are more we haven’t met until now who want to destroy the founding families. Enter Mike Erwin as leader of said unhappy vampires who details the plan of attack. Anyone else remember Mike as Amy’s comatose boyfriend Colin on Everwood? But back to the vampires. Anna arrives all undercover-like to find out what the big bad plan is and reports what she learns back to Damon. Side note: I would love for Damon to do that eye thing that he does to Elena to me. Just saying. Anyway, Damon is all protective of Elena’s feelings, which I think is cute. But him trying to get Jeremy to change his mind seemed kind of futile. At least Damon is trying to do the right thing here.

After Damon learns of the planned attack by the tomb vamps during the fireworks, he enlists Alaric to get the stakes and finds Stefan to get Elena out of there to save her life, but of course they instead go off to find Jeremy. Ugh, all these lives to save tonight! Speaking of which, Tyler reluctantly takes his dad’s car and drives himself and Matt and Caroline home because his dad said he had to. No reason given. But of course, as in all season finales where driving is involved, an accident occurs.

Damon, unaware the device is active, finds John to complain about what he’s doing with it. John doesn’t care and sets the device up, causing Damon and all other vampires to collapse in pain and Tyler to lose control of the car. His father also collapsed and was taken in with the other vampires. Who else knew werewolves (which we will eventually learn Tyler and Mayor Lockwood are) are affected by the device’s sound too? I thought it was only vampires. Also interesting to note – vervain has no effect on werewolf Tyler and his dad.

All the vampires are injected with vervain and put in a basement, Anna and Damon included. Unfortunately for Anna, she isn’t quite out, so John plunges a stake into her heart. What a ruthless and heartless jerk. Seriously, there is nothing good about this guy. He then proceeds to pour gas all over the vampires and light them on fire. Mayor Lockwood is up and moving since the vervain had no effect, but unfortunately Mr. Head of the Tomb Vamps gets to him and snaps his neck. That’s two dead, with more to come.

After the car accident, Caroline refuses to get checked out, insisting she’s fine. Matt goes to help Tyler and it seems their friendship is repaired slightly. Cue more drama as Caroline collapses. We don’t know if she’s okay or not. Cliffhanger #1.

Stefan hears the vampires calling about the building being on fire, so he and Elena rush to see if they can save them. Everyone’s favorite Gilbert, John, crosses their path and insists what he’s doing is the right thing. Perfect time for Elena to confront her dad, eh? They chat briefly, and then Elena quickly follows Stefan to the back of the building. Bonnie shows up to protect Elena and prevents her from going inside. Bonnie is super badass now, and I’m kind of loving it. She does her witch thing and Stefan is able to run into the fire to save Damon. And it turns out Stefan really doesn’t hate his brother after all. They truly do care about each other. Aww. I thought it was a little unmanly of Stefan afterward to need to be reassured so many times by Elena that she does in fact love HIM and not Damon, but then the end came and I reconsidered.

Note for the writers: Give Jeremy some happiness! You’ve now killed the only two girls he’s ever loved. The kid needs a break. Anyway, Damon wanted to help Anna, but he was powerless to do so because of the vervain. In an effort to do the right thing (more than once in the same episode!) Damon offers to remove Jeremy’s sadness again. He declines, but now knows that as a vampire he can cut out all his pain and not feel it if he doesn’t want to. That’s a pretty alluring prospect at this stage for him. So much so that he changes his mind and drinks Anna’s blood and then takes 20 or so pills that were prescribed to Elena and lies down on his bed. Does Jeremy die? Does someone find him in time? Cliffhanger #2. Also, anyone else notice Steven R. McQueen’s biceps as he laid down on his bed? I bet he gives really good hugs.

Bonnie threatening Stefan about Damon needing to change = super awesome scene.

Elena thinking Damon is worth saving = you know the kiss is coming = damn I wish I was Nina Dobrev.

‘You’ve gotten into my bloodstream’ song lyrics playing while Damon and Katherine as Elena makeout = LOLZ.

Now, on to the super awesome kicker of the episode. I honestly knew somehow that that Elena in the kitchen with John was in fact Katherine. You could see it in the eyes. And the fact that both characters are played by Nina, but still have something different about them is a testament to Nina’s acting skills. So, props Nina! Katherine playing with those knives was a sign of something bad to come. Hello John. Goodbye John. Death #3.

Elena walking into the house with a freshly murdered biological father and murdering vampire doppelganger in the kitchen = cliffhanger #3.

So, my dear vampire loving friends, the first season has concluded. What did you think? I, myself, was quite pleased. The writers left a few things up in the air for me to ponder and question until the show returns in September. And now that Katherine’s back, I’m seriously hooked and can’t wait to find out what happens next. I really do think Caroline will be fine. And I can’t see them turning Jeremy this early. It kind of seems too soon. I’d rather see him process the deaths of his two girlfriends and go from there. Maybe he could even be happy for more than an episode or two? I’m almost most curious to see if Damon realized who he was kissing and what his reaction will be once he does find out. It should be epic. The wait all summer for new episodes will kind of … what’s the word … suck.

Lauren Strupp is an NYU grad and New York City based television addict and media professional. She’s worked at several national magazines including Us Weekly and in broadcast news at CBS. Obsessed with television, Lauren is known as a walking IMDB.com by her friends. Not only does she love all things vampire, but she’s been following Paul Wesley’s career since his days at The Guiding Light. She is thrilled to be joining TheTelevixen.com as a reviewer!

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I’m joined by Connie (@conallen), Lucia (@heroine_tv) and newcomer Lee (@leemacodrum) as we chat about the past few episodes of TVD, particularly last Thursday night’s “Isobel”.

For more from my guests, you can read Connie over at Blast Magazine, Lucia on her site Heroine TV, and Lee’s at brand new blog From My Side of the Moon.

Remember, the season finale airs this Thursday, May 13th on The CW and CTV.

As always, we’d love to hear your feedback, so feel free to leave a comment or question below.

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Firstly, let’s all welcome back Bonnie who finally has a good storyline coming together since her long and unfortunate absence. Congrats, Bonnie. And I’m finding myself completely in love with her bangs.

At long last, Isobel is here. She shows up at the Mystic Grill to tell Alaric he must set up a meeting between her and Elena or she will launch a killing spree to be remembered. Every one has to have this stupid invention by Jonathan Gilbert, which we later learn is a weapon that is extremely harmful against vampires. The next day at school Alaric calls Elena, Stefan and Damon together to tell them what Isobel said. Elena feels like she has no choice and tells Alaric to set up the meeting. It’s interesting to note that from everything we’ve heard about Isobel, she’s a caring and loving woman, but in actuality, she’s a cold, hard bitch. The personality switcheroo was a wee bit anticipated, considering we knew Damon had turned her, but the extent to which the coldness runs through her was unexpected and rather enjoyable to watch unfold.

After last week’s episode all about Stefan and his human blood drinking ways, it seems he is all better. Perfect, in fact, and back to his “boring” old personality. I still think it’s a little ridiculous for that story to be wrapped up in a matter of 2 episodes, but oh well. Now that Stefan’s back, he was able to sit in on Elena’s meeting with her mother. Isobel and Elena have their short-lived chat at the Mystic Grill and she tells Elena what she’s after: Jonathan’s invention. Elena explains that she doesn’t have it, Damon does, and that there’s no way he’d ever give it to her. Of course, Isobel doesn’t believe this and tells her if he cares about her at all, he’ll give it to her.

Bonnie and Elena had a moment at the grill where they were going to talk, but the arrival of Stefan scared Bonnie away. That is, until she showed up later at Elena’s house. The girls chat and Bonnie promises to be there for her friend and apologizes for not being able to show her that earlier.

In what seemed like a minor plot point this week, Jeremy tried to get in touch with Anna who has mysteriously been avoiding his texts and calls since they came together last week. Anna was MIA all night until the last seconds when she showed up in Jeremy’s room and told him her mom was dead. I was saddened for her and now think that eventually, not too far down the line, she will most definitely turn Jeremy into a vampire. She literally has no one left in the world to turn to, so she’ll want to keep him around. Perhaps, forever.

Let us address my opening statement. In terms of predictability, considering Damon was the one who turned Isobel, it was almost expected that she would have a less than ‘Stefan-like’ personality. In the words of Alaric, “Screw you, you selfish bitch.” Which, she was all the way up until the episode’s final moments. Although she did admit to once loving Alaric and wanting to share her life with him, she did so while compelling him not to remember it and to forget about her altogether. I honestly wonder if the compulsion will stick. It was a bold move though for Alaric to take off his ring of immortality and to toss out the vervain in his pocket. She could have killed him, and chose not to. But, this means that maybe deep down she is like Damon and has a goodness about her that she chooses to suppress. Only time will tell.

Now, what I did not in any way shape or form see coming was Uncle John as Elena’s birth father. WTF? He’s so creepy and unlikable, that the idea of him being a major player in what seems like a soon to be permanent role makes my stomach go into knots. And not the good kind. However, this revelation means that Elena really is a Gilbert and that when her blood was used to open the tomb, it wasn’t just a symbolic reason why it worked. It worked because she’s a true Gilbert.

The real kicker of this episode though came at the very end when Bonnie told Caroline she lied to Elena. Without going into specifics, she told her she said she’d do something and she really didn’t do it. What did she do? Well, in order to give the invention to Isobel, Team Salvatore had Bonnie “undo” the curse Emily had put on it that made it so dangerous for vampires in the first place. But as it turns out, Bonnie didn’t exactly do that. One can only assume this is Bonnie getting revenge for the death of her Grams. I am so curious as to where this is going, it’s not even funny.

So, my fellow vamp, what did you think of Isobel? And what is your reaction to “Uncle” John becoming “Dad” John? When do you think Elena will learn her paternity? And how sad are you that the season is almost over? Actually, don’t answer that last one. I’m not ready to talk about it.

Lauren Strupp is an NYU grad and New York City based television addict and media professional. She’s worked at several national magazines including Us Weekly and in broadcast news at CBS. Obsessed with television, Lauren is known as a walking IMDB.com by her friends. Not only does she love all things vampire, but she’s been following Paul Wesley’s career since his days at The Guiding Light. She is thrilled to be joining TheTelevixen.com as a reviewer!

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The Jeremy and Anna dynamic this week had me jumping for joy also, especially considering there was no Matt and Caroline puppy love present. Anna managed to convince Pearl to let her attend high school in Mystic Falls so she can spend more time with Jeremy. Creepy? Nah. According to Jeremy, it’s awesome. They both seem to have a passion for the history of vampires and now each other, which is why it was so sad to see Anna leave him when Pearl told her they had to leave town. Again. It figures she’d leave not 10 seconds after she and Jeremy slept together. However, now that Pearl and Harper are dead thanks to a very evil John Gilbert, I’m thinking Anna is on her way back to him. She’s alone again, and that is not something she handles well. And now that John knows Damon has the artifact, I can only imagine what he has in store for him. A stake to the heart, perhaps?

I’m glad to see Elena sticking up for herself in her relationship with Stefan. He says go away, let me die. She refuses. It’s a little unrealistic to think the “Stefan struggles with his human blood demons” story line is completely solved in 2 episodes though. You can’t just lock him away for an episode to deal with his issues, and then poof, he realizes what he has to do and is fine again. It was still compelling TV nonetheless. The flashback device helped illuminate how the Salvatore family functions. Stefan accidentally killed his father and fed on him, thereby turning into a vampire. It was a vampire hater’s (his father’s) blood that ultimately turned Stefan into one. And the kicker? Damon hasn’t hated Stefan all these years because he forced him to become a vampire. He hates him because Katherine was only supposed to turn Damon, but compelled Stefan to drink her blood to turn him as well. Katherine just couldn’t make up her mind, could she.

Emily also had an interesting point in telling Stefan his course would be his good nature. He doesn’t have the personality to be a vampire, but now is eternally one and has to balance his vampire qualities with his human feelings. She also is the one who gave the brothers the rings, at the behest of Katherine, that enable them to walk about during the day.

We were also blessed with another Damon/Alaric powwow. Is John Gilbert talking to Isobel? Probably. I’m definitely liking the budding friendship between these two, though. And the TV news I’ve read recently leads me to believe Matt Davis aka Alaric will be around for a while longer. Especially with that nifty “I can’t die” ring Isobel gave him. It’s pretty exciting. The end scene with just Isobel’s voice saying “Hi Rick” was fantastic. Mia Kirshner managed to kill the one line of saying hello. In the words of Dorothy Boyd, “You had me at hello,” Isobel. You had me at hello.

What do you think fellow blood brothers? Did this episode give you a greater appreciation for good television the way it did me? Considering next week’s episode is titled “Isobel,” I’m pretty freaking eager to see it already. What about you? Are you ready to see Mia kill it in more than one scene?

Lauren Strupp is an NYU grad and New York City based television addict and media professional. She’s worked at several national magazines including Us Weekly and in broadcast news at CBS. Obsessed with television, Lauren is known as a walking IMDB.com by her friends. Not only does she love all things vampire, but she’s been following Paul Wesley’s career since his days at The Guiding Light. She is thrilled to be joining TheTelevixen.com as a reviewer!

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I tend to read spoilers about my favorite shows, which obviously includes The Vampire Diaries, and this episode really seemed to explain many of the scoops I’ve read the last month about the shift in Damon and Stefan’s personalities. Stefan is going somewhere dark, but how dark and where he was going wasn’t fully answered until this episode. Clearly, drinking human blood doesn’t sit well with him. You know it’s bad when even Damon is trying to stop you from drinking blood. Damon is such a rational guy these days, I don’t quite know how to wrap my head around it. I do like it though.

Stefan is lying to everyone about consuming human blood and is even stealing it from blood banks and hiding it in the trunk of his car and the basement. In the words of Damon, “you’re a closet blood junkie.” It’s interesting to note the reversal in roles here. Stefan is now the one lying to Damon.

This episode had a split focus, some of which was on the Founders’ Court. When Caroline reminded Elena about it, Elena learned that Bonnie and Caroline had spoken every day she’d been gone. Talk about a serious blow. Eventually Elena gets Bonnie to reveal that she blames Stefan for her Grams’ death and doesn’t want to force her to make a choice between her best friend and her boyfriend. “I’m just having a hard time with it, OK.” Therefore, Bonnie and Elena are no more. For the time being, anyway.

Uncle John shows up at Damon’s because Sheriff Forbes decided the two of them would work together to find the vampires. John tells Damon the original Jonathan Gilbert had an invention that was stolen by vampires back in the 1800s and that all he wants is to retrieve it. Apparently, that is what Isobel wants as well. John says Pearl is the one who probably took the artifact.

Meanwhile, Stefan is spiraling out of control. Outside the school someone scrapes his knee on the basketball court and Stefan fights, almost unsuccessfully, to restrain himself from going after the blood. Alaric comes up to him and asks if he’s OK, but Stefan hides it and says he was just feeling a little sick. Definitely the understatement of the night.

Damon is trying to find Jonathan’s missing artifact before John does, so he seeks out Anna to ask her for help. Anna says she’ll see what she can do and ask her mother Pearl. At the end of the episode, Pearl approaches Damon with the artifact saying she doesn’t know what it is exactly. Damon asks why she is so forthcoming. Her reason? Consider it her apology. She and Anna want to stay in Mystic Falls, so she’ll do whatever she can to help those who will enable her to do so. Smart thinking, Ms. Pearl.

Damon then goes to Elena to tell her something, only because it could create consequences for himself. What is it, you ask? That Stefan lied, and actually is drinking human blood. Elena tries not to believe it, but then Stefan shows up and admits it. He still says he’s fine, but we all know that isn’t true. “It’s changing you,” she tells him. Like I said, it’s as if Damon and Stefan have completely switched roles. Damon is the one who comes through for Elena at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant when Stefan runs off with fellow contestant Amber and drinks her blood. Damon becomes Elena’s escort and does the dance with her and they make flirty eye contact. The music during this scene was a little much, but the point of a possible shift in feelings definitely came across. Do I sense a romantic change brewing in Mystic Falls?

Jeremy and Anna finally meet up at the party, and he tells her he knows all about her plan to use him to get her mother back. They talk it through though because now both of them tried to use the other one for something selfish, and in the end both care deeply about each other. It appears to be a much deeper connection than either one of them realized or even expected.

In the woods Stefan is trying to decide if he is going to drink from Amber. He definitely wants to and is going back and forth about actually doing it. Eventually he gives in and takes a bite out of her. She is under his compulsion and says it’s fine if he does it again. Amber says Stefan seems sad. His response: “I’m not sad. I’m freaking hungry.” Stefan claims to just want one taste, but that is never enough. Stefan begins freaking out and tells Amber to run away from him. She does, but he goes after her and drinks more. Elena and Damon leave the gala after Caroline is crowned to try and find Stefan. Damon and Stefan are fighting until Bonnie, who followed Elena and Damon into the woods, uses her powers to make him stop.

Amber’s memory of the event is erased and Bonnie and Elena tell the police they didn’t see what happened.

The end of the episode shows Uncle John learning Pearl has a daughter who is also a vampire. I’m not sure if he thinks this is a good thing or a bad thing. But, I’m sure he plans to use Anna to find her mother.

Back at Casa di Salvatore, Elena shows up to tell Stefan everything will be OK. He fights her on it and says, “The blood brings out what’s inside of my and if you think any differently than you’re an idiot.” Not exactly the most romantic comment. Elena insists and as they embrace and she stabs him with the last of Alaric’s vampire stunning needles. Damon and Elena then lock him up to try and wean him off the blood. I can only imagine what Stefan’s reaction will be next week once he wakes up.

Favorite quote of the night: “Nostalgia’s a bitch.” Damon to Anna.

I’m so excited Bonnie is back. I also love her new bangs! Caroline winning Miss Mystic Falls was predictable, but I was happy about it. And she was right, she did deserve it. With only a few episodes left in the season, I’m dying to know what will happen! Do you think Stefan will recover and return to his good guy roots? Or is blood-drinking Stefan here to stay a while?

Lauren Strupp is an NYU grad and New York City based television addict and media professional. She’s worked at several national magazines including Us Weekly and in broadcast news at CBS. Obsessed with television, Lauren is known as a walking IMDB.com by her friends. Not only does she love all things vampire, but she’s been following Paul Wesley’s career since his days at The Guiding Light. She is thrilled to be joining TheTelevixen.com as a reviewer!

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But back to business. Under Control marked a shift in things in Mystic Falls because we were introduced to a new (probable) villain. One who’s related to Elena and Jeremy. Enter Jonathan Gilbert, brother to Elena and Jeremy’s father Grayson. Uncle John knows so much about everything. He has the same ring as Alaric that essentially makes him immortal as long as it’s worn. Turns out both John and Grayson were given a ring, but John gave his to Isobel who in turn gave hers to Alaric. John inherited the one he wears now from his dead brother. Who didn’t love Damon’s face when Jonathan walked back into the Founder’s party after he’d already snapped his neck? Priceless.

Uncle John also happens to know much about Katherine. And he previously slept with Aunt Jenna on a semi-regular basis. I can only imagine where Uncle John’s storyline is going. Good stuff is definitely ahead people.

The Founders’ party also held drama for the Donovan and Lockwood families. Tyler comes clean to Kelly about how he was a total jerk to Vicki and that somehow leads to them making out. Kelly is one serious cougar. Unfortunately for them, Matt catches the makeout session and freaks out. So much so that he kicks his mom out of the house and goes at it with Tyler. Kudos to Matt for standing up to his mom who hasn’t made a good decision since she arrived. Matt ends up with a few scratches in the fight, which appears to be a hint about the inevitable werewolf storyline for Tyler.

Stefan had his moments at the party as well. Instead of drinking blood, he was drinking alcohol. A lot of alcohol. He wanted to dance and be friendly and be seen all over the place. A rude guy made the mistake of getting in Elena’s face when she accidentally bumped into him while dancing, so Stefan defended her and got into a mini brawl with him. Stefan was really struggling to keep his cool. I’m starting to agree with Damon about Stefan’s personality. I don’t think the nice and good-hearted Stefan we’ve come to know and love is the real Stefan. As a vampire it’s pretty safe to say there’s something dark there and you can’t expect someone to be good all the time. And Damon is right. What’s wrong with drinking human blood from a blood bank? It doesn’t hurt anyone.

In addition to Stefan’s downward spiral, Jeremy and Elena are also falling further apart. Elena’s attempt to keep that relationship in check and under control is failing pretty spectacularly. Her decision to keep the secret about her adoption from him kind of blew up in her face and now Jeremy doesn’t trust her. That doesn’t bode well for the future and his decision to become or not to become a vampire – assuming Anna will still do it once we see her again.

Speaking of Anna, I actually found myself missing her. Weird, I know. But I’m very interested in seeing how they close her storyline. And I’m still waiting for Bonnie’s amazing story upon her arrival. But, aside from her absence, I highly enjoyed this episode because it once again answered and raised many questions. What did you think? Was it one of your favorites? What kind of trouble do you think Uncle John’s arrival is going to bring? Will we ever meet an ex-boyfriend of Jenna’s who isn’t a total jerk?

Lauren Strupp is an NYU grad and New York City based television addict and media professional. She’s worked at several national magazines including Us Weekly and in broadcast news at CBS. Obsessed with television, Lauren is known as a walking IMDB.com by her friends. Not only does she love all things vampire, but she’s been following Paul Wesley’s career since his days at The Guiding Light. She is thrilled to be joining TheTelevixen.com as a reviewer!

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