Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Campfire Stories
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.07.2013
Camp Craphole. Elena finds Rebekah looking for the tombstone. Rebekah throttles Elena and -- even though her conclusion that Elena took the tombstone is incorrect -- her dialogue is the most sensible, character-driven thing I've heard all night. Rebekah: "Like it's not bloody obvious. All you people ever do is betray me and here you go again." Stefan arrives and asks Rebekah to release Elena, insisting she couldn't have taken the stone. Rebekah: "Was any of this even real? Was it just a plot to distract me while Shane ran off with the tombstone?" Stefan: "Do you think I would do that?" Yeah, Stefan, I do. Stefan: "You think I would let some psychopath run off with the cure?" Okay, not that part, but I totally think you'd involve yourself in a ploy to distract Rebekah, because that's all you've done to her since she came on this show. He blathers on about the pain of being a vampire, but says the Bore will end his guilt and suffering. Um, Stefan? If it ends your guilt, your human alter-ego is a sociopath. Just saying.
Rebekah is convinced Stefan wasn't involved in the tombstone's disappearance, but says that doesn't mean she trusts Elena. Elena feels the weight of Rebekah's accusation and knows she deserves it. She bends down and takes the Perma-Son of White Oak Stake out of her pack and offers it to Becky as a peace offering. Contrivance Fairy: "You're welcome." Rebekah says, "Don't you get it, Elena. There is no peace. We're all screwed." Elena agrees. "Exactly, Rebekah. We are screwed. Bonnie's gone. Shane's got the tombstone. Jeremy's missing. Who knows if Damon's coming back. Us three -- right here? This is all we've got, so we're either in this together or it is over for all of us." Again she offers the stake to Rebekah, who finally accepts it. I wish there could be some hugging and learning right now, but no. We cut to the...
Woods. Jeremy's abductor has the boy in chains, as he leads him to Shane. When Shane thanks the abductor for fending off Jeremy's attacker, the abductor doesn't know what he's talking about, so Shane explains, "Jeremy was attacked by an Islander. I assumed you were his hatchet flinging guardian angel." The attacker says it wasn't him. The conversation is interrupted when Bonnie, sans flamey path, wanders up and asks how she got there and what is going on. When she says the path behind her disappeared, Shane nods towards the abductor and says, "You can thank the talents of Massack. He's a witch. Should you try to escape, he'll ensure you never find a way back." When Bonnie stares at Shane, he brightly announces, "So, the gang's all here. Silas awaits."