Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 3 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT The Body
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.21.2013
Bonnie: I'm not helping you kill 12 people, Shane.
Kol's Ghost: I just killed a bunch of baby vamps at Club Zanadew. Didn't make note of the count.
"Shane": Wouldn't you, if it meant seeing Jeremy, again? Your Grams. All those you've lost. I think you would.
Kol's Ghost: Hey, why aren't they listening to me?
Recapper: Get used to it.
Bonnie: I'm outta here. Oh crap. I tripped. I tripped over Jeremy's dying form.
"Jeremy": It hurts.
Bonnie: CPR cures a broken neck and extreme blood loss in a person who is still able to breathe and talk, right?
Audience: We're learning to ignore these things.
Wind: *Whips Up*
"Jeremy": *Disappears*
Bonnie: Huh? No.
"Shane": Reappears. He asked you to help, didn't he. He needs your help. You can do this, Bonnie. You're just crazy enough.
Bonnie: Yes, master.
Back at Gilbert Gables, Meredith turns up the AC to slow down Jeremy's decay. Stefan mopes about death. Meredith joins in. I just like this scene because these two are very pretty and married in real life. I think they're talking about depressing stuff like loss and denial, so I ignore them 'til Damon calls. Stefan updates him on how Elena's losing it. Damon confesses that he can't find Bonnie. Stefan says he'll have to leave and get home, so he can use the sire bond to keep Elena together. They can find Bonnie later. After all, she's only a tool to them -- yes, even to Stefan, who acts like he likes her. After Damon rings off, Bonnie emerges from the woods. Since this script has decided Damon loves Bonnie, he hugs her. Or he hugs what is left of her. Bonnie's lights are on, but she's not home. She starts talking about how Shane led the way and know she knows how to bring back the Germ.
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This episode is really getting to me. Matt brings Elena to the Stoner Pit at school, where both Vicki and Jeremy have left their marks. When he shows Elena Vicki's mark, they reminisce about how Jeremy was so into Vicki after the Gilbert parents died. Matt is all choked up as he tells Elena that he found Vicki's tag after she died. "It made me smile." Oh honey, that offer of a blanket and some warm pudding still stands. Next Matt shows Elena a little heart with a J + V in it. Jeremy wrote that. His voice still thick with emotion, Matt talks about the denial he went through when Vicki's body was found. "There was no possible way she could be gone forever, and then she wasn't." His point is that sometimes in their crazy town, you can't accept someone is gone because they're not completely gone. He tells her it is okay to hope, "...because sometimes that's all that keeps me going." In order to not cry, I'm just going to point out that this seems contrary to his Snap Elena Out of It mission, but Matt has been living with this loss for however much time has elapsed on this crazy show. I think my Poor Pudding Pop can't bear to burst his best girl's bubble. Stefan calls Elena just then and reports that Damon found Bonnie. Their plane is waiting for them. They'll be home in a few hours. Then he tells Elena she might be right. There might be something Bonnie can do. They'll have to see what Bonnie says when she gets home.