Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 96 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT A Touch of Grey Kinda Suits You, Anyway
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.07.2013
Back at the cabin, the real, albeit amnesiac Stefan is still trying to figure out Q's deal. The Exposition Fairy wants to take her big bow, but she's somewhat constrained, because Q isn't ready to answer Stefan's questions. She does share that the Travelers don't want Silas at rest with Amara any more than Q does, but she won't say why. The Travelers have been in possession of the anchor the past 2,000 years, but they constantly move it, to keep it secure. Whatever the anchor is, Q says Silas won't be able to destroy it, so can we all stop pretending, right now, that the anchor is anything but Amara. I know. I know. I liked my kid's theory that the dagger Matt is babysitting was the anchor, but I should have seen this coming.
Back at Mossy Manse, Silas gives marching orders to Jeremy, Damon and Elena, but Elena's marching orders are to keep her Amara-imitating ass at home. He in no way needs to see a doppelgänger of his first love out on the field. Elena protests. We ignore her. Silas doesn't, though. He mojos an arrow into Elena's calf. Damon rushes to her side. Silas threatens that the next one will strike her heart, then hurries Damon along. He only has until sundown to before Q is free to stop him. Silas, that's not the Fellowship's fault. You need to talk to the writers about their predilection to set everything hours away from each other. It's becoming as habitual as Events O' the Week, and the trademark throttle. I mean, the anchor couldn't be in West Virginia, or Maryland, or North Carolina? It has to be all the way up in New Jersey? At this point, I think they're just trolling me with these locations. Oh look, a reference from this show -- this season of this show. Maybe I'm getting my groove back. Perhaps I've spoken too soon. Damn it.
Cabin. Stefan is grateful for his amnesia because he can't remember how he ended up in the middle of this. Good instincts, Stefan. I keep trying to forget too, but Q and Silas won't let me. To prove my point Q starts up with some more exposition. I'll spare you. I mean, what the hell is going on with this dialogue? It's all repetitive. It's all filler. A little explanation is useful for new viewers, but this is episode six of season 5. Raise your hand if this episode is the first you've watched. Yes, you, in the back. Shut it off, and go watch season 1. It's way better, anyhow. I realize some reminders are also useful for the forgetful (which I'm trying to be), the confused (I refuse to think hard enough about it for that to vex me), or those who still don't have a DVR. But most of Q's dialogue has been worthless. Is the show so concerned about its spaghetti mythology that it feels obliged to hammer us over the head with it? Guess what, Show. Most of us stopped caring about the time you set Vikings in Virginia. And the rest of us gave up, once you put horses in North America, a thousand years ago. We're just here for the pretty. Anyhow, while Q is bragging about considering all the possibilities, she gets to the door but can't exit, because Silas has cast a no-exit spell that will keep her and the other inhabitants inside until sundown. It only takes a moment for Q to realize Silas has magically trapped them in the cabin, "Because I taught him the spell."