Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 96 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT A Touch of Grey Kinda Suits You, Anyway
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.07.2013
Mossy Manse. Silas takes the Exposition Fairy's (EF) wand and blahs about a lot of back story you already know, so I am not going to try your patience. Damon tells him to stuff it. Elena just needs one good day. She specifies that she needs Silas to bring back Bonnie, upon his death. Silas: "Did you want me to pinkie swear?" Probably. Silas just wants to destroy the Other Side so he doesn't get stuck there. "Before I do that, I'll bring Bonnie back." And being the amazing all powerful blah blee bloo, he says, "I can totally do both things. I just have to find the anchor first, and destroy it." Elena says, "The anchor?" And we cut to the...
Cabin. Q has EF's wand now and explains that Silas needs the anchor she used to bind the Other Side Creation Spell, so that he can use said anchor to wipe out said Other Side. Oh my word, all this repetitive exposition is nearly making me miss Shane. Q tells Stefan that if Silas manages to do that, he "...can die and find peace. I would rather his lying, cheating ass not have that." Stefan understands. I understand. The audience understands. Hell, it's been so often said, I think my dog is starting to get it. We cut to...
Mystic Falls. Damon learns the anchor is hidden in New Jersey. No. You're right. I have no jokes better than that. Good thing Sars no longer works here, or I'd get a size 9 in the pants, for that crack. Silas is about to exposit some more, when the Germ arrives with his crossbow trained on the fiend. Thank you, Jeremy. Silas says, "Hello, Hunter. Banner day for you, huh? Didn't you and the Bennett witch used to [sex sounds]?" Elena shuts that shit right down and starts to reason with her little brother cousin. Damon backs her up. "Put the damned crossbow down, Pocahontas." Jeremy stops painting with all the colors of the wind long enough to note he is disinclined to believe Silas is going to help them out of the goodness of his heart. (I'm not apologizing for that reference -- Disney films are timeless.)
Show, what does it say about your approach to characterization, when the 17-year-old mortal is the grownup in the room? Just ponder that, for a moment. In answer to Jeremy's earlier question, Silas says, "Well, I hope not. I mean I am kind of a monster." Silas says he's feeling ganged up on, so he shoots flames from his fingertips. I think he learned that from Regina. (Yay, another current reference. All right, it's from the same show, but at least that show is still on the air.) In response to Silas's threat that he might do something crazy, the Fellowship settles down. They don't even chortle when Silas (who's voguing about how he constantly reinvents himself) says, "I'm like a supernatural Madonna, don't you think?" Touched for the very first time. Okay, that's another dated reference, but you started it, Show.