For all those that have yet to
watch tonight’s episode of The Vampire
Diaries, entitled ‘Original Sin’, I suggest you go and do so now. As
always, this is not a spoiler free blog. THIS
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
To start off, I have to just say
how bad the writing has gotten in this series. Ever since Elena became a
vampire (something I very much looked forward to), the writing has just gotten
terrible. I honestly think that was the point the creators had planned up to,
then they just threw Silas into things, which sounded interesting in the
beginning, but has just become something terribly plotted out. Someone please
tell me if I’m wrong, but I could’ve sworn that Elena – and Katherine – came into
being to enact the curse on Klaus so that he’d be able to be his full badass
hybrid self. Now they’ve added it into this whole doppelganger Silas story,
where the universe has been trying to set up him and Elena for two thousand
years. Do they not understand the whole continuity angle? Did someone at least
watch the episode where they explain where Elena’s doppelganger lineage
started?
Also, if Elena now stems from the
handmaiden Amara, shouldn’t she come from the line of travellers as well? And
boy was that a stupid addition to the series. They’ve honestly gone too far
this time. Travellers are gypsies? Why? Still, I continue to watch, like a
train wreck it is still captivating.
All the scenes set in Greece were
badly done. While it was intriguing to learn this woman was Katsia, even her
scenes in the past were badly filmed. Plus, Paul Wesley trying to play ancient
Greek Silas, the guy just seemed like another version of Stefan. It was
disappointing. Maybe that’s more to do with how bad the acting has gotten, than
how bad those scenes were. Nina Dobrev’s differentiating Elena and Katherine
too has grown bad. I figure Katherine used to enunciate differently, and was
more facial movements than the subtle Elena, but it’s hard to see a difference
between the two other than the hair sometimes. Zach Roerig’s portrayal of Matt,
however, has grown much better. In the scene where he plays the Gregor
character in his body, just splendidly done. Ian Somerhaulder, as always, was
wonderful.
A few questions about the episode.
Why couldn’t Stefan and Katherine end up together instead of Elena? Is it
because the cure is in her veins? Does that mean she has to be drained dry for
the cure to work? Or could any vampire or immortal that bit her or simply drank
a bit of her blood become mortal again? That provides for a more lucrative
story to go to, so I hope that’s the way the writers will choose to go.
Disappointingly, I doubt it.
Must the writers continue to play
this whole love triangle up? I know Elena and Damon are together now, and she
made her choice, but by throwing in this whole destiny angle adds another
obstacle that they didn’t quite need just yet. Basically it just feels like
they’re trying to pander to the Stelena fans, when Delena works so much better.
(Okay, yes, I’m a Delena fan, so maybe I’m biased.) Either way, there’s only so
much back and forth love triangle the audience can take, and four seasons of it
was enough. Do it again, and I’m done.
My rating: 6 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“Alright, play nice, or I’m gonna revisit the deep dark well
idea.” – Damon tells Katherine.
“Okay, trains leaving the station. Choo, choo.” – Damon says
to the room.
“Me too.” – Katherine blurts out, popping out of the back
seat (which is probably funnier than the line).
“Fine, I was snooping.” – Katherine tells the traveller
holding her captive. When you’re caught red-handed, best to own up to it.
“You are my life.” – Damon says to Elena, in a beautifully
sweet moment between the two, before Stefan says he recalls neither of them.
Okay, I’ve made up my mind; Grey’s Anatomy is up first. After that it’s The Crazy Ones, and then smooth sailing from there. No Best
Performances of the Week tonight, though, that’ll be up tomorrow. I’m going to
do some writing, I think. Anyways, stick around for more.
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