All those that have yet to watch
tonight’s episode of The Vampire Diaries,
entitled ‘The Cell’, now would be a good time to do so before proceeding ahead.
For this is not a spoiler free blog. THIS
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
Well, this week we were given the
backstory behind Damon’s time as an Augustine vampire, as well as some
backstory on the experiments and who Aaron is. Now, while I am happy that Damon
is finally getting a substantial story of his own, I’m finding it a little hard
to believe that any of this ever happened to him. That amount of trauma, surely
there would have been some hints towards it, and yet I can recall none from the
previous four seasons. This is the problem for some writers and actors, as
characters grow they’re growth tends to reflect in any flashbacks, not more who
the characters were in the beginning, but more who they are now. I’m a little
disappointed in this series for not really being able to do that.
Also, I’m disappointed in this
series because of how this whole Augustine thing feels thrown in here. After
the originals left, it feels like they needed something to throw in and just
came up with this to take over once Silas was taken care of. The way it’s been
written in has just been sloppily done, particularly with including all the
Mystic Falls bigwigs as being part of this society that hadn’t managed to pop
up on this series until just now. There have been no clues hinting at this at
all, and yet it has managed to be written in. That’s just terrible in my
opinion.
Just a few other comments
regarding this episode. One is that I absolutely adored the use of fifties
music for the flashback sequences; perfectly fitting for those scenes, I just
wish there had been more. Another thing was how much I absolutely loved
Katherine’s shirt, and now how very badly I want something like it. Finally,
there were absolutely no doubts that Enzo wasn’t going to pop up and be alive
near the end of the episode. His character definitely has so much more to him
than that, and I am glad he’ll be around next episode. Hopefully we’ll have
some interactions between him and Damon, and get to see just how the effects of
being captive for a good seventy years or so has taken its toll on him.
Overall, while there are certain
things I am excited to watch on this series, it isn’t anywhere near as good as
it was two seasons ago. Let’s be honest, as soon as Elena became a vampire, and
especially after she made her decision when it came to choosing between Stefan
and Damon, there wasn’t much more they could do with this series.
Unfortunately, as this series runs on The CW, there’s no doubt there will be
another season after this one, I just don’t know if I’ll be around to watch it.
That’s the trouble with TV these days; no one ever knows when is a good time to
end their series.
My rating: 6.5 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“Deep thoughts, mortal coil, blah blah blah.” – Katherine
writes down.
“And so on, and so on, and so on.” – Damon states.
Alright, folks, I’m off to review Once Upon A Time in Wonderland now, so check back soon for that.
Afterwards we have Grey’s Anatomy and
The Crazy Ones.
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