The episode Katerina reveals quite a lot of information. It begins with Katerina Petrova (a.k.a. Katherine Pierce, played by Nina Dobrev) giving birth to an illegitimate baby five hundred years ago. She pleads in Bulgarian with her parents to let her hold the baby, but, no, it must be given away and kept secret. Katherine was probably as promiscuous then as she is now, but she was possibly more soft-hearted.
The Salvatore brothers summon Elena (also Nina Dobrev) to tell her what Rose (Lauren Cohan) said to them. Apparently the oldest vampire of all time, Klaus, is after Elena. Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) seems strangely in denial. Elena takes in this information and takes off, rebuffing Stefan's offer to accompany her to school. In fact, she is not going to school - she plans to visit Katherine. She guilt trips Caroline (Caroline Accola) into keeping Stefan busy, reminding her that she kept Elena busy when Katherine was toying with Stefan.
Elena descends into Katherine's tomb. Katherine shuffles from the darkness to the anti-vampire barrier. Elena notes that she doesn't look so good, and says that she will give her a book with the Petrova family history and, most importantly, blood in exchange for information about Klaus. Katherine's sunken eyes become ravenous. There is almost a camaraderie between them, and the stories begin.
Meanwhile, Elena's little brother Jeremy (Steven McQueen) and Elena's magical best friend Bonnie (Katerina Graham) share several contrived but very cute scenes. Enter Luka (Bryton James). He is a new student who blatantly flirts with Bonnie right in front of poor Jeremy. Later, when Bonnie and Jeremy meet up to play pool, Bonnie meets Luka's father Jonas. He obviously hints that Bonnie is a witch. Offended, she leaves, but is greeted by Luka again who apologizes for his dad. He says that he himself is a "warlock." (And for those of you who are offended by all African Americans on this show turning out to be witches, I want to point out that isn't true. At least two black people in season two were regular humans. They died. Never mind.)
Fifteenth century flashback: Katherine adds the vampire Trevor (Trent Ford) to her list of romantic victims. You see, she has been dating Klaus, who only wants her because she is a Petrova doppelganger. He plans to sacrifice her to break the moonstone curse, which prevents vampires from walking in the day and werewolves from changing at will. Lovestruck Trevor helps her escape and misleads Klaus's footsoldier Elijah (Daniel Gillies).
Katherine runs to Trevor's bff Rose and skillfully ensures that Rose feeds her vampire blood before she kills herself and triggers her vampire curse. She immediately feasts on an innocent woman and thus REALLY triggers her vampire curse. She knows this act will condemn Trevor and Rose to death, but she proclaims, "Better you than I." (What makes her so special? Her question would be, what makes everyone else so special?) Katherine being a vampire means that she cannot be used to break the moonstone curse. Unfortunately, Klaus now wants revenge, and he begins by killing her entire family.
Present day: At the Mystic Grill, Caroline and Stefan discuss the fact that Caroline has told werewolf Tyler about her vampiric nature. Stefan chastises her like an annoying parent. Still, their conversation is charming until Stefan lets Caroline know that he sees through her. He tries to guilt trip her with the same line Elena used into telling him where Elena is. He fails. I understand why Stefan would be terrified, but I was proud of Caroline for holding her ground. And sticking to her guns. [Insert cliche metaphor here.]
On the other side of Mystic Falls, Rose and Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) embark on a on another fact-finding mission. They head off to meet the perky vampire Slater (Trevor Peterson). (His was the first death I correctly predicted. Usually I don't bother.) Slater reveals that he has something like 18 academic degrees, and bitterly responds to Damon's jibes with, "What do you suggest I do with my eternity?" Slater also tells them that if vampires break the curse of the moon and sun, werewolves will never be able to change at will. If werewolves do it first, vampires will never be able to walk in the sun. (Unless they have magical jewelry.)
As Damon emphasizes that Elijah is deader than dead, Elijah stands outside the building listening to them. He puts $100 into a street musician's case and takes out a handful of coins, which he throws through the huge glass window. Un-jeweled vampires scream and burn. Damon pulls Rose out and lets Slater fend for himself. Rose blames it all on Klaus; she seems traumatized.
Back in tombville, things are starting to come together. Katherine wanted to hand Elena to Klaus on a silver platter. But the sacrifice requires more than just a Petrova doppelganger. There is a reason Katherine turned Caroline into a vampire, changed Tyler into a werewolf, and got hold of the moonstone. Lucky for her, the witch Bonnie happens to live in Mystic Falls, too.
As the horror sinks in, Katherine offers to turn Elena into a vampire, which she declines. Why would that work anyway? Klaus might just want more revenge. At that moment, Stefan rushes down the stairs. He freaks out at Katherine and instructs Elena not to listen to Katherine's statements that Klaus will kill everyone Elena loves. Stefan seethes that Katherine is a "manipulative psychotic bitch." Katherine notes that she's a safe "manipulative psychotic bitch" since she will be behind the anti-vampire barrier. Stefan's outburst is again understandable, but I can't help but find it a little creepy in its intensity. Wow does he hate Katherine.
Stefan somewhat pathetically begs that Elena open up to him. She starts crying, noting that everyone she loves is in danger because of her, not because of Stefan and their love. This reveals that a part of her blamed Stefan for the chaos that has befallen everyone. They embrace, but I'm not sure if they're back together yet.
When Damon and Rose return, they have sex. I'm happy for them. She's a mature, older woman who can keep him in line, but she's generally pretty nice. She states that vampires can't actually turn off their feelings as they get older, contrary to Damon's assertion. That might explain why vampires all seem unhappy, but I'm not sure if it makes complete sense.
They get a call from the very much alive Slater. He tells them to get the moonstone or something because they can do prevent the curse from being broken at all. Unfortunately, Elijah is the first vamp we've seen who can compel other vampires (Elijah's a "special vampire"), and that is exactly what he is doing to Slater. He compels Slater to stake himself until he is very much dead. Also, who else is in cahoots with Elijah but Luka's father Jonas. He might be a tad better than Elijah since he seemed slightly regretful that Slater had to die, the key word being "slightly."
Safe in her tomb, Katherine pours over her family's history. She actually cries over drawings of her parents. Could she ever feel affection for her blood relative Elena?
"And for those of you who are offended by all African Americans on this show turning out to be witches, I want to point out that isn't true. At least two black people in season two were regular humans. They died. Never mind."
ReplyDeleteThis part cracked me up! And it's SO TRUE! Not that there is necessarily anything wrong with being a witch or a warlock, of course. I certainly don't want to offend any witches, out there. They might turn me into a frog, or something. :)
I guess one non-racist way to explain away the fact that, so far, all the witches / warlocks we've seen on the show have been African American is genetics. If there is such a thing as a "witch gene," (like there seems to be a "werewolf gene"), it would make sense for all witches to be of one race, just like all werewolves are of another. It could be argued that all witches come from a common ancestor, and he or she just so happens to be African American.
(It's kind of like how all the werewolves on Twilight were supposed to be Native American, because they all came from the same tribe . . . except, they all ended up being played by actors, who were either Latin American or Mexican -- go figure! :))
Of course, the same premise doesn't apply to vampires, since vampires are turned not born. So, they don't need to be related. In other words, we need some multi-cultural vamps in Mystic Falls - STAT! ;)
By the way, you were HAPPY that Rose and Damon did it? *pouts*
It's OK . . . I guess we can still be friends. :)
Excellent recap, as always. I can't wait for this week's installment. Based on the promos, the episode looks excellent!
I know, next week - wow. Cannot predict what will happen. My friend said she hoped this week's would be more upbeat. Judging by the title, I told her I think not, haha.
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