Luckily, The Vampire Diaries writers only left us hanging for one week this time and picked back up with another chilling, tension-filled episode of one turn after the other. In every episode things develop so much, characters are pushed to their limits and beyond. Seeing the way they react can often push them in to a completely different point than seems to be in their character. The writers have really done a great job in creating material that is always taking on challenges and ends up being rich, exciting, and always changing.
One of the many interesting elements of the episode was Mr. Forbes’ material. Just as he is starting to get on better terms with Caroline their relationship is ripped apart from them as the vampire blood in his system has an after death response. He is now the things he has been fighting his entire life. I couldn’t have been more excited when this happened as it opened up so many
possibilities. The dark and intriguing potential they could have gone with the character is endless. They could have explored the monster that he could combine and hating himself just as every vampire he has sought to destroy or “save” through his disturbing and vicious methods. It might have been even more interesting if he did find a way to use these extreme methods on himself and become the creation he always thought he could train Caroline in to being.
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On The Tie That Binds Caroline’s father (played by Hereos’ Jack Coleman) makes a return. Last time, he took a very brutal and cold-blooded approach to trying to “save” Caroline from her vampire nature in hopes of getting her to reject the blood cravings. Now he’s using these same vile tactics on Tyler to try to get him to reject his bond to Klaus and gain his freedom. This might be the only way Tyler and Caroline could be together without the worry of what Klaus might make him do.
When Vampire Diaries comes back, it holds nothing back! Our Town was another mind blowing episode. All of the characters on the show have become so dynamic and intriguing. There is always something else going on and characters are pushed to such awing extremes.
For all the torture The Vampire Diaries writers put us through with all their mind blowing build ups right before leaving us hanging with random 2-3 month breaks, sometimes they give us exactly what we want. For all of the teasing about the pay off that never seems to happen at last we get an ending so satisfying that I’m not sure any words can truly express for the pure shock and bliss that it put millions of fans in all over the world. Thinking of this past season of True Blood this has been a phenomenal year for vampire shows, going the extra mile and giving the bad vampires a win over their moralistic but deceiving vampire counterparts. It’s the year of evil-natured vamps, I really couldn’t ask for much more than that.
Published by wil January 5th, 2012
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The first big television event of 2012 is this Friday when the last episode of Wizards of Waverly Place airs on the Disney Channel. Not only is the end of one of Disney’s best TV shows ever, there are no decent replacements. Besides Shake It Up, the new generation of shows (AUSTIN & ALLY/Jessie) have been a huge disapointment.
Published by Kevin Touch December 9th, 2011
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Apple released their iTunes Rewind 2011 list of best apps and top selling movies, TV shows and music. Dead Space won Best iPad Game of the Year, and The Walking Dead episode “What Lies Ahead” was the most downloaded TV show of 2011.
“Homecoming” is hands down the most thrilling and well written episode of the season. Looking back on, it’s mind blowing everything that happened. Characteristic of The Vampire Diaries’ best episodes, there are constant twists and everyone turning on each other, even those they are closest to. You never really know what’s going on, keeping you on the edge of your seat until everything builds up to the final conclusion. In the end, you understand why and their driving force is nothing short of ferocious. Everything is at stake. For many of our characters this could be the end of eternity.
Ordinary People dives in to origins, those of werewolves, vampires, and hybrids. Elena, Alaric, and Damon find ancient drawings in the tomb that give them quite a bit of insight. There are still so many questions left unanswered though. They find out that the symbols represent the originals: Klaus, Elijah, Rebecca, and one previously unknown original, Michael, the vampire turned vampire hunter and father of the other originals. They know Michael is the key in all this and now he has been awakened. They need to know more though and Elena believes Rebecca is the key.
Fitting for Halloween, the dead are rising from their graves. Anna, Lexy, and even Mason Lockwood are back. Considering Damon was the one who killed Mason, this isn’t the best news for Damon. He is trapped and tortured until he can reconcile what he did. Despite their rivalry they might have a common goal that lies within the tomb.
It’s the first day of senior year. Elena, Matt, Caroline, and Bonnie can’t help but think how much their lives have changed in the past year. Matt’s sister was alive, not a ghost trying to get him to meddle with supernatural elements to bring her back from the dead. Bonnie didn’t know she was a witch and didn’t have a back-from-the-dead boyfriend who was seeing his ghost ex-girlfriends. Caroline wasn’t a blood-thirsty vampire with a vampire-werewolf hybrid boyfriend; the first successful hybrid that is now having master dependency issues with Klaus. It was exactly a year ago that Elena met Stefan and changed her life forever. Now she is foolishly trying to get stronger and learn self-defense against a vampire who she still loves, but nearly killed her.
As anticipated, Damon couldn’t stay away from Mystic Falls for long. He doesn’t even make it a full episode away with Katherine. Katherine tries to keep Damon in her grasp. She loves being in control, feeling superior to others, and making boys squirm, even bad ass blood-lusting vampire types like Damon. Damon appeases her to an extent, but really only to throw it back in her face. No matter how he rebels against the idea that Elena wants him to live up to, he will love her above all else. She is one of the only things he has the capacity to have any true feelings for anymore.
This week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries was full of plenty excitement, coming from so many directions. It seems once one disaster is averted there is another one around the corner; a standard of some of the show’s best episodes.
Elena continues to search for Stefan, leading Elena and Damon to Stefan’s old apartment in Chicago where he lived in the 1920’s during his ripper days. Stefan had his victim’s names listed like trophies, getting joy from tearing them apart limb by limb, victim after victim. Elena still believes that Stefan can be saved and refuses to give up.
Stefan’s evil-streak was even more short-lived than expected. I figured there was still a part of the moralistic, brooding Stefan there. He still kills at command and does whatever Klaus asks of him. He continues to push Damon and Elena away at all costs, even if he has to act cold and dismissive towards those he loves the most. Still, he no longer appears to have any joy in the bloodshed. Stefan doesn’t take pride in his gory work that he did just an episode ago. Klaus quickly calls him on this, “So broody. Your self-loathing is suffocating”. Klaus is clearly losing his patience with Stefan, well aware that the good guy is seeping through the surface. There’s no fun in that for Klaus, he gets more joy from corruption. Besides, Stefan isn’t quite his ideal travel companion.
Published by Kevin Touch September 21st, 2011
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Dexter returns for its sixth season on October 2nd, but there is one problem! It airs at the same time as The Walking Dead (October 16) on Sundays at 9 p.m.. However it shouldn’t be a problem since both shows can be seen On Demand later in the week. Check out the Dexter season six trailer and synopsis below.
