Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT A Proverbial Coin Toss
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.10.2012
When Elena comes downstairs, she's wearing her uniform and YES Jenna is in the kitchen! Elena whispers to her, "Jeremy locked himself in the bathroom, again. Does he think we don't know what he's doing in there?" Oh yuck, Show. C'mon. Be better than that. Jenna smiles. "He's 14. They don't think." All right, I don't want to hear about anyone's um... private time, and I really don't want to think about a 14 year old kid's private time. Let's just decide he's popping zits and start a new paragraph.
When Elena grabs the coffee pot, Jenna stops her. "You'll get me in trouble with your..." Oh no. Am I going to start crying this soon? Darn you, Julie Plec. You could have warned me that I would need wine, rather than Arizona Iced Tea. Yep. Here come the tears, because here comes Elena's mom -- not her blood sucking bio-mom, Isobel, either. It's her real mom -- real as in: changed the poopy diapers; did the 2:00 AM feedings; kissed the boo-boos; hugged away the tears. It's Miranda Sommers Gilbert (played by Erin Beute). Miranda grabs her baby girl's face, kisses her good morning and tucks stray hairs behind Elena's ears. Elena says, "Good morning, mom." I cry. We cut to...
Mystic Falls Hospital. Elena wakes in a dark room. She hears the monitor beeping and notices the pulse-oximeter on her left index finger. Go back to sleep, Elena. Go back to sleep and dream about your auntie and mommy, and don't have the day I know you're about to have. She ignores me and moves as if she's about to sit up. The title card flashes on the screen to spare me. And then it's gone.
We're looking at Elena through a window now. Out in the hospital corridor, Dr. Meredith Fell assures Jeremy that his big sister is going to be fine, which is our third clue she's never going to be fine, ever again (the second being that vampire-blood-dosing Mere is her doctor, and the first being that this is the third season finale of The Vampire Diaries). "She got a little banged up today -- hit her head, but it was just a slight concussion. Nothing to worry about." Don't you believe her, Germ! When you're not stoned, you're not stupid. You must have seen Elena bleeding from the nose. That is not a slight concussion. Jeremy: "But she collapsed. There was blood." Oh my word, is he listening to me? If so, does that mean I'm a ghost? Well, never mind. He's not going to heed me, if Meredith can help it. "Honestly, Jeremy, she's okay. She's just -- she's been through a lot. Is there anyone you want to call?" No, there's no one he wants to call, so we cut to...