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
School hallway. Bonnie's still on the phone, but this time, she's taking Interim Dad to task for dumping vervain in the water supply. Oh Interim Dad, if I didn't hate you so much I could kiss you. You know, when Bonnie asks, "Where did you even get it?" had you answered, "The internet exists, honey," I'm pretty sure my hate-on for you would have disappeared. Instead you go with this cryptic, "I have my sources." Lame. Anyhow, Interim Dad has also reinstated curfew and has cancelled the dance. He says it's his job to protect the town. Bonnie disagrees and says it's her job and she's been doing fine. I'm laughing too hard to pay attention to the rest of the conversation, but it ends with Interim Dad ordering Bonnie home for family meeting and me wondering how rank the vampires are going to smell if they can't even shower.
As soon as Bonnie hangs up, Kol swoops in, throttles Bonnie to remind me this is still The Vampire Diaries, and says that no one will get to the cure if she's too dead to find it. When he vamps out and goes to bite Bonnie's neck, she Expresses herself so clearly that Kol drops to his knees in pain. Balloons start popping. Good thing Caroline isn't in this episode, because we must be down to 79 red balloons and we've lost a few silver mylar ones, too. Lockers fly open. Paper scatters everywhere. I'm all ready to make a crack about Bonnie turning into the Chintz Monster, until I realize that's from my other show. Darn it. Freaked out by her lack of control, Bonnie runs off while Kol is still suffering. We cut to the...
Mossy Manse Dungeon. Lying on the floor, Damon stirs when he hears Stefan. He tries to plead his case that it's safe to set him free, but Stefan doesn't even talk to him. He just tosses him a test tube full of blood and leaves a water bottle in reach. When Damon goes to get it, he sees Klaus who informs Damon he's his new babysitter. Stefan tells Klaus to give Damon a vial of blood often enough to prevent desiccation. "If he gets too much strength back, or if he just annoys you, bleed him out again." When Damon remarks that Stefan's silent treatment indicates he's still angry that Damon slept with Elena, Klaus says, "You sure about that? Because I caught him trying to sneak out of Rebekah's bed this morning, which would suggest to me that he's moved on." Stefan sighs at this revelation but I think Klaus is being sort of sweet in a twisted way. He still thinks of Stefan as his friend sometimes, which is monumentally sad, no matter how you look at it, or which side you take. Damon makes some stupid crack about revenge sex that just doesn't work for me. Stefan leaves them to enjoy their "villain bonding" time, while he sets out to retrieve the dagger from Rebekah. How is Damon a villain, right now? I mean, I know he was compelled to kill the Germ, but he didn't, and tried his damndest to make sure he didn't. Sure, his past is more than checkered but coming from Stefan the judgment just sounds petty. Don't make Bitter Stefan sound petty, even when he's being petty. Bitter Stefan should be biting not butthurt.