VAMPIRE DIARIE THE DAY I TRIED TO LIVE SERIAL
Let’s call it the Luke side in him since it’s strangely obvious that Kai isn’t completely the evil serial killer he once was.Īpparently Damon had an idea when he was stuck in that prison that if only they could get to Nova Scotia, Bonnie could use the powerful magic left in Qestiyah’s blood on Silas’ headstone. The Gemini merge last week really softened Kai up, which explains how he got roped into doing something nice for a change. That led Caroline and Elena on their own different paths in dealing with the situation.Įlena’s approach is more direct as she, Damon, and Jeremy get help from Kai in attempting to get a message through to Bonnie. Even in the present day, it was weird to see Elena and Caroline decorating for their best friend’s birthday while she’s still stuck in an alternate dimension.
It was actually a pretty depressing birthday for our favorite time-traveling witch. Necessary steps were finally taken to further Bonnie’s journey back home just when she needed the inspiration the most. What would have happened then would be when Enzo said that line to Matt: “Damon thinks he killed Sarah and instead of absolving him, Stefan's been using his guilt to keep him in check.Thankfully, The Vampire Diaries is showing signs of improvement after a couple of disappointing weeks. (It's not like Damon had Alaric or anything being a stellar BFF.) Then after seeing the awesome follow-through to Enzo fighting so hard to figure out a way to bring Damon back and go after Stefan for being a ‘bad brother,' by actually seeing Damon and Enzo reunite beyond a barely-there scene in a van as they're both about to die would have been great! And, you know, some scenes of them hanging out, re-establishing their friendship, being buddies. And we'd seen a few scenes here and there of them together, especially Damon and Matt, just two or three, that's all it would have taken to establish the Damon/Matt connection. And had we seen Damon show some ‘aw, shucks! I get to see my minions again!' happiness at seeing Jeremy *and* Matt upon his return, that would have been good. Had we seen Matt interacting with Damon beyond one phone call when Damon returned from the dead (man, I love typing shit like that) where he expressed reluctant (because he's a vampire, damnit, and Matt's not supposed to admit he cares about Damon), but heartfelt (because he does care, damnit!) relief that Damon's not dead. Had they only continued both relationships this season when Damon came back, presto, you've got your connection. Last season the show set up a relationship between Damon and Matt and Damon and Enzo. Not very brotherly now, is it?" Boom, right there you've got your connection… IF it had been set up. Plus, it *really* frustrates me because it so, so easily could have been fixed and it frustrates me because if I can see it, why can't they? The line of dialogue was actually there that shows the answer! HELLO!!Įnzo told Matt that “Damon thinks he killed Sarah and instead of absolving him, Stefan's been using his guilt to keep him in check. It was just that once their scene began-every single time!-I immediately was drawn out of the main action that was going on because there was zero connection to *anything* else.Īnd that is something that The Vampire Diaries doesn't normally miss out on establishing which is why I'm frustrated because I am intrigued by this, but I completely understand why everyone else that I've heard from is not. While the scenes played, I was drawn into them and found myself intrigued by the story and where it was going. I think that Tristin Mays (Sarah) is a lovely actress and I really like her so far. I actually do think that Malarkey and Zach Roerig work well together.
It was just the Matt/Enzo/Sarah ones that stuck out a bit.
The Bonnie scenes, the Damon/Elena, the Gemini, the Stefan/Caroline, the Liv/Tyler all flowed in and out of together. Unlike with “Woke Up With A Monster" this wasn't a case of poor direction where the director wasn't able to seamlessly bridge the scenes because that happened with all of the storylines going on not just the Sarah “Nelson" scenes. Those scenes could have easily been taken out and the episode would not have suffered at all in fact it would have been improved. The Matt and Enzo story feels disconnected from the rest of the show right now. I'm just going to jump right in, so here goes. I know this is majorly late but I haven't been feeling good and I didn't feel like writing so sorry, but here it is now.