Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 80 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Doppelgängbang
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.14.2013
Whitmore College Lab. Katherine is still after Dr. Maxfield to find a cure for what ails her. When she is less than accepting of his declaration that her lab work is normal, Maxfield takes out his little tape recorder and notes: "Patient is irritable. Not sure if this is a symptom or personality." Whee! Katherine throws something (maybe his recorder -- everytime I rewind, the TiVo status bar gets in the way) across the lab and says, "Personality." A lot of patients are not this honest with their healthcare providers. Good for you, Kiki. Maxfield figures that since she's been around for 500 years, about the only thing that's going on is that time is catching up with her. Katherine wants to know how long she has. Maxfield figures she has a few months. "I'm sorry." Meanwhile, I'm sorry that the show is telling us in one breath that all her labs are normal, but yet in the next, Maxfield can still conjure up some life expectancy estimate. Commercial.
Silas is still on the bus when he calls Damon. It's an amusing scene in which Silas relates all he's learning about modern people, as well as the high price of gasoline. I hope you watched it, because I am not transcribing. I enjoy the show until I get to a place where I might have once chosen to quote the characters at length. Now, I just want to stab them all with a son of white oak stake that's been sharpened by a mystical dagger and then dipped in a solution of white oak ash and vervain, which has been diluted with holy water (just in case), the cure and liquefied wolfsbane (also just in case). Repeatedly. The real point of the call is: Silas has decided Amara needs to die now, because she's suffered for so long. Damon can kill her, if he wants. Damon reminds Silas about his promise to bring back Bonnie before they kill Amara and destroy the Other Side. I guess while he was on that bus, Silas also learned that promises are meant to be broken, because he's changed his mind. Bonnie has been eavesdropping on the call. While Damon is frustrated and furious, she appears resigned.
Back at Whitmore, Caroline is trying to call Jesse, because that's what she does this season. She leaves voicemail messages for boys who don't call back. At least Jesse has an excuse. Nadia mocks Caroline about leaving a message for a boy who's just not that into her, which is totally annoying since they've never even met. Nadia is looking for Katherine and admits she checked Caroline's room. Caroline: "Great. Even Katherine's friends are bitches." After Nadia says, "I'm not her friend," Katherine arrives on the scene and lies that Nadia is her hair stylist. Once Caroline Whatevers them and leaves, Nadia forces Katherine to stop avoiding her and just sit. We cut to...