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By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.11.2010
Bulgaria; 1492: Katherine returns to the family homestead to discover Satan Klaus and team have murdered everyone she loves. I can't help but feel for her, especially when she finds her mama. After the flashback, she unnecessarily explains that Klaus killed them to exact revenge on her. She tells Elena that he will do the same to her, her friends, family and everyone she loves. Stefan tries to get Elena to ignore it, but Kat keeps babbling. She tells them there's nothing they can do to stop it, but then holds up the moonstone. "Unless you've got this." Ooh, tricky. Stefan calls Kat a manipulative, psychotic bitch -- she's just lying and trading for her freedom. Katherine doesn't want her freedom though. She's right where she wants to be -- in a tomb into which no vampire, not even Satan Klaus, will enter, because they know if they do, they can never leave. So, like the Hotel California, then? She smiles as she purrs, "I will be the safest psychotic bitch in town." She slithers off again.
Gilbert Gables: Stefan escorts Elena up onto the porch, but she's still cold to him -- still remote -- and says she just can't talk about it. Poor Stefan pleads with her to open up to him and finally she does. She opens the floodgates, too, crying that she wanted to blame his presence or their love for this situation, but now she realizes the truth. Everyone is in danger not because of him, but because of her. As she weeps, Stefan takes her into his arms (which we have not seen unclothed in quite some time, writers -- I'm just sayin'...). I don't know that we'll see them back together right yet or not, but at least the wall between them is crumbling. Those poor, cute kids.
Ye Olde Hotel California Tomb: Katherine flips through the Petrova book and finds a sketch of her and her parents. Her eyes well with tears. I remind myself not to feel too badly for her until we know more.
Mossy Manse: Damon and Rose share a drink in front of the fire. She apologizes for not providing more help to save Elena. Damon assures her he will get the job done, anyhow. Rose says he reminds her of Trevor. She encourages him to continue denying his feelings for Elena, because after the caring comes the dying. When she tells him to turn his feelings-switch off, he says, "I will, if you will." Oh, Damon, I totally will. Um. Who said that? They kiss, which leads to sex, which leads to shirtless Damon. We all win! (Especially Rose.) In the afterglow, Rose tells Damon there really is no switch. Newbies can do it, but as a vampire matures, he just has to learn how to fake it. Their conversation is interrupted when Slater calls. He thinks he has a way to destroy the curse, but they'll need to get the moonstone. Wait, what? At any rate, when Rose confirms that Damon can get the moonstone, Slater tells them they'll need a witch, and the witch can figure out the rest. I do not buy this for one moment, even before the reveal. Speaking of...