Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT No Peace I Find
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.21.2010
ed her out and saw her ridiculous resemblance to Katherine, he spent months making sure she wasn't actually Katherine. And not only was she not, she was Katherine's polar opposite. He wanted to leave town, but he couldn't without first knowing her. He wanted to tell her, but he couldn't -- she was so sad. Elena catches her breath. "Why do I look like her?" Stefan swears he doesn't know, but he does have one more MAJOR news item. "It didn't make any sense to me. You were a Gilbert, and she was a Pierce. But the resemblance was too similar. And then I learned the truth. You were adopted, Elena." !!!Library: Anna finds Jeremy to show him that she's found "sort of proof" which supports her VAMPIRES ARE REAL theory. "I only went as far back as 1942, and found that there's been a string of animal attacks periodically in and around this town for the past 75 years. It's consistent. Look, in '62, five bodies found. In '53, four people killed. In '74, three people dead. And there's been five this year. All attacked, and all suffered major blood loss. As in... drained of blood." Jeremy blinks and we cut back to...
Mossy Manse: A tearful Elena asks Stefan how he knows she was adopted. Stefan leans in toward her. "Your -- your birth certificate from the city records, it says 'Elena Gilbert, Mystic Falls General', but -- but there's no record of your mother ever being admitted. There's no record of her ever being pregnant." Elena asks what else he knows. Stefan says, "For me to go any further, I would have had to look into the Pierce family, and I couldn't do that. It's too much of a risk. If someone found out that I was asking about Katherine.... Listen to me, it doesn't matter. You are the woman that I love. I love you." Elena smiles through her tears and leans in to kiss Stefan. Even after they stop, he holds her tight and strokes her hair. The camera pulls back, and we cut to...
Gilbert Gables: Aunt Jenna is sitting on the couch, hastily leafing through a magazine when Elena finally returns home from her big adventure. Jenna rises and walks toward her niece. "I don't set a lot of rules, Elena, not with you. I trust you to tell me the truth. Where were you? And why did you lie to me about it? I thought that we were closer than that." Elena isn't playing. "Now is not the time you want to talk to me about lies." Jenna warns her against turning the conversation around like that, but Elena doesn't back down. "Okay, question: am I adopted? I trust you to tell me the truth too, Jenna. How could you not tell me? I thought we were closer than that." Jenna stumbles all over herself, but it boils down to this: Elena's parents asked her not to reveal the truth. Elena doesn't want to hear it. She slams the door and we cut to...