Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 104 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Ding Dong The Dead's A Witch
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.31.2013
Whitmore College. Either the ball invitation has given Elena and the other vampires access to Whitmore Hall, or this ball is being held somewhere else, or we've already forgotten how Elena and Caroline couldn't enter the party in this season's premiere. Let's not sweat it. Bonnie and Tyler look adorable, but I've already watched this episode once, and I am now so emotionally divorced from their storyline, that I can't get into their cute moments (of which this is one). When Tyler spots Stefan, hanging against the wall in jeans and a leather jacket, he says, "I thought you got Stefan a costume." Caroline explains he's there as James Dean. What with all the recent drama, she went easy on him. Stefan approaches and asks Caroline to dance. What with his flirtatious tone and expression, Tyler should be more jealous of Stefan. At least, that's what I thought the first time I watched this, but now I understand he just doesn't care, enough to bother.
Damon is there, dressed as King Henry VIII, a la The Tudors, which I keep meaning to watch. I bought myself the first season DVD set, but then I heard it's filthy, and I've got teenagers. They stay up as late as I do and there's just no good time to watch. Is the story worth making time, or is it just pretty, nekkid people? Let me know on Twitter. While he's waiting for Elena, he texts Silas to let him know Stefan is at the ball. The Contrivance Fairy bows, but isn't talking to me, right now.
Elena arrives dressed as Ann Boleyn, pre-decapitation. Caroline chose these costumes, right? Passive-aggressive, much. Damon can't even get Elena to dance with him, so he does the healthy, constructive thing, and asks Elena to tell him what's going on with her. For the last season or so, he's turned out to be a much better boyfriend than I expected, never mind hoped. The Shocker Fairy says, "You're welcome." Elena confesses that she feels guilty that she was having the summer of her life with Damon, and never took the time to figure out Bonnie was dead. While the circumstances aren't the same, she's not going to let Megan's death also fall through the cracks. Damon catches Elena staring at Aaron, and while his voice betrays some jealousy, he again does the mature thing and just asks Elena right out, who the guy is. She explains he's Megan's old friend, so he's the latest person of interest.