Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 2 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT The Baby-Sitters Club
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.31.2013
Rebekah's bedroom. Matt is on a panty raid, because the dagger is nowhere to be found, and it's the closest he's gotten to panties in like, forever. We cut back to...
Gilbert Gables. Kol ran with witches in 14th century Africa, 17th century Haiti, and in New Orleans in the 1900s. He learned from them that if Silas rises, he'll unleash hell on earth and Kol likes earth the way it is. Yes, I hear the Spike echo of "Happy Meals with legs." Kol lectures Elena about the modern lack of faith and how in doing so, they no longer know who they should fear. I can't help but think this is a nice little sendoff to Nate Buzolic. If I'm recalling his social media posts correctly, he's pretty open about his own faith. We cut to the...
Bennett Bungalow. Interim Dad has taken Bonnie's phone and car keys in an attempt to make her stay put for the family meeting. Um, hello? You summoned her home hours ago, Interim Dad. Meet already. Bonnie laughs at Interim Dad trying to be a father, even as he lectures her about Shane and reminds her he lost Abby to witchcraft. Yeah, I'm pretty sure Bonnie remembers that, Interim Dad. When Jeremy knocks on the door and asks for Bonnie, Interim Dad tries to send him packing but Jeremy is persistent and barges in. When he tells her Kol is in Gilbert Gables, Bonnie says she has to go, but Interim Dad trots out the, "I said no."
Bonnie Expresses herself by magically breaking a lightbulb and tells her father to stop telling her what to do. When she gets to the door though, Abby Abandoner is on the other side and says no one is going anywhere. Interim Dad extends an invitation his erstwhile spouse. I want to go back and look at old episodes to see if this is the same set where Bonnie's home scenes have always been shot, because now I'm wondering who owns which Bennett/Hopkins dwelling, and if there is more than one (house and rightful owner), because Stefan has been inside (at least one of) Bonnie's house(s), as has Caroline, I think. The show is pretty specific (too specific, if you ask me) about how it's only a human owner who can extend an invite, and I'm wondering if the writers just Jossed themselves. Yes, I know Jossing is mostly a fanfic term, but after Kol's Mary Sue mention, I just don't care.
Abby Abandoner wants to know who Professor Shane is, and what he's been teaching Bonnie, but Jeremy insists there isn't time for this now, because his sister is in trouble. Abby quickly wins over the Elena haters by saying, "My daughter is through helping Elena Gilbert." It doesn't win me over though, because after helping Miranda Gilbert, Abby didn't pack up her baby girl and move to a safer town. No. She wallowed in self-pitying guilty and decided to mother someone else's child instead. When Abby continues her questioning, Jeremy's urge to slay her takes over. Bonnie has to put herself between her mother and her ex to keep him from slaying Abby. She sends him on his way with a promise that she'll soon follow, then turns to her parents and says, "Let's talk." We cut to...