Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C+ | 367 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Race For The Cure
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2012.11.01
Alone with Elena, Stefan asks her what happened. She says she learned how to feed without hurting someone, but it was awful. He was right. She got caught up in it. She doesn't care if it will get easier. She doesn't want to feel these feelings. She's becoming someone she doesn't want to be, and doesn't think she can survive this. Stefan keeps Klaus's secret, even as he takes Elena in his arms and tells her to hold on.
Red Room of Pain. Nate's on the phone, asking for two or three more hybrids to back him up. After he ends the call, he starts getting Connor a snack. Connor has gotten himself free, though. He comes up behind Nate, and using the chains that once held him, he decapitates Nate. I guess that kills hybrids as well as ripping out their hearts. He holds out Nate's head to get a good long look and to give us the opportunity to watch his tattoo spread. It passes his bulging bicep and leaves a five-pointed star on his significant shoulder. We cut to...
Professor Shane's office. On the wall hangs a framed etching of the star section of Connor's tattoo, and some writing or symbols. Shane is reading when Connor enters. Shane: "Shouldn't you be in Mystic Falls?" Connor: "Why the hell did you send me there?" Shane's smile is inscrutable. We fade to black.
I should probably have more to say about this episode because it does contain a good bit of mythology, but I'm so tired of the exposition, I can't make myself do it. There's more commentary (including my disappointment in Elena's journey, thus far) in the recaplet, which is linked at the top of page one. I'll be back Friday morning, with coverage of "The Killer." In the meantime, please grade the episode at the top of the page and then come on over to the forum, where we've trussed up the Exposition Fairy in an Inquisition Error device.