Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B- | 160 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Back To School
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.03.2013
Whitmore College. Exterior. Elena and Caroline watch as security covers Megan's corpse, and they're freaking out more that Megan was killed by a vampire, than that she was killed at all. When Caroline says they should get out of there, Elena whispers, "Caroline, I left that message on her voice mail." Don't worry, Elena. All you said was, ""Hey, Megan, it's Elena. I'm just calling to let you know why we left, so call me when you get a chance." I'm not a lawyer, but I feel pretty safe in assuring you that message won't land you in prison. Caroline says, "Don't worry. I took her phone." Elena and I both say, "WHAT?" The Contrivance Fairy says, "Patience, please." Just then, Campus Security Chief Diane Freeman (Sabrina Mayfield) introduces herself. They pretend like the give a shit Megan is dead. Diane reports she found a note and that Megan was struggling with depression. "Your roommate took your own life." Caroline scoffs at the bald face lie. "You think this was a suicide?" Diane lies that they're convinced it is. "But we can't seem to find her cellphone, have you seen it." Caroline lies that hasn't. Once they're alone, Elena wonders what's going on. We cut to...
Mossy Manse. Damon: "If I have to hear the word 'doppelgänger' one more time, I think I'm actually going to have to learn how to spell it." Chin up, Damon. It's better than Qetsiyah. Stylus taunts Damon with his mind reading ability and then refreshes us on doppelgänger mythology. "See, when I became truly immortal, nature retaliated by creating a version of me that was killable. It's called a shadow self." Damon says, "Well, whatever you are, your plan didn't work. The cure's gone. Now what do you want with Katherine?" Stylus thinks it will be more fun if he lets that be a surprise, and then tries to get to Damon by making him feel guilty about not realizing Stefan has been missing for three months. Damon asks where his brother is. All Stylus will say is that he's suffering. He proposes a trade: Katherine for Stefan's location.
Jeremy is speeding Katherine out of town when his phone rings. It's Damon. He tells the boy to turn around and bring Katherine back. Despite Katherine's protest, Jeremy listens, so she grabs the wheel and forces the car off the road and into a streetlight, and crashes us right into commercial.
After the break, we're back at Mossy Manse. Stylus compares Damon's thoughts to "a spool of pink taffy. It's very messy, but very fun to watch." This makes me want to be in York Beach, Maine, outside The Goldenrod, watching the taffy being made. Who's with me? Damon tells Stylus the mind reading is creepy. Stylus narrates Damon's thoughts: he's worried; Jeremy should be back; something's wrong; blah blee bloo. We cut to the...