Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 398 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT They Say That Cracking Up Is Hard to Do
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2011.11.15
Stefan is standing by his motorcycle on the side of the road when he calls Caroline and tells her about Klaus grabbing Elena. He's wondering if Tyler can lead away the other hybrids so that Stefan can free his girl. We cut to the Lockwood mansion. Stefan is there with Tyler and Caroline now, so I can't help but wonder why we had that shot of him with his bike. I don't think we got a long enough look at the bike for it to have been a product placement, but I can't figure out another reason. There's nothing wrong with it, of course, but considering all the dots this show has left unconnected over the years, it's amusing to me that it had to connect this one. YES, AUDIENCE, STEFAN FIGURED OUT CAROLINE IS AT TYLER'S BY USING THE TELEPHONE. NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE. I have pies to make, Show.
Lockwood Mansion. Caroline and Stefan listen as Tyler explains about Hayley helping him break his sire bond. She came to Mystic Falls to help her friend Chris do the same. Being a Person of Color in Mystic Falls, Chris has bigger problems than a pesky sire bond, but will anyone warn him? No. No they will not. Seriously, I've lost count now, but considering there's only one regular character who isn't Caucasian, there sure have been a lot of minorities killed on this show: Grams, Bree, Abby (sort of), Connor, Pearl, Anna, the man witches, at least one other tomb vamp, Caroline's first victim, the girl Tyler killed (which resulted in him becoming a full-fledged werewolf). Who else? I'm sure one of you has tallied this up, so if you have the full list, shoot it to me on Twitter, where my friend Nicole is currently writing a song called, "And The Black Guy Always Dies." Back to the story... Tyler explains how he and Hayley plan to free the rest of the hybrids from Klaus's thrall. Intrigued, Stefan asks if Chris has regained his free will. Caroline confirms he has and we cut to...
Klaus Haus. Chris brings Elena an overnight bag and informs her that Klaus says she'll be staying there until he figures out where to put her. Let me also stick a pin in that comment and come back to it in a bit. Elena already hates everybody and everything, so she asks Chris to leave. He does, but the ghost of Connor appears in his place. He tells Elena he'll be with her, forever, then asks how it felt to drain the life out of him. Objection! While she did have a little snack, Elena didn't drain the life out of Connor. She bit him while confronting him, but then all she did was warn him to stay away from her brother. It was only after Connor staked her that Elena killed him, and she did so with a classic neck snap. I imagine the writers forgot because they too were distracted by the fact that Elena never wipes her mouth and still had blood pooling in her palms, even after she dragged his giant corpse out into the woods, dug a grave, and threw him in it. Just sayin'...