Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Writing's On The Wall
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 10.27.2011
Bonnie is driving as Caroline hangs up her phone and announces that Germ has the necklace and will meet him at the witch house. Caroline recognizes a crashed car as Carol Lockwood's. Fast Freddy crosses the street in front of her and he and his minion's approach Carol's car. Caroline says she has to get out and that Bonnie is to drive away as fast as she can. When Bonnie says she won't leave Caroline, Caroline says, "Bonnie, you've got your ghost-boyfriend drama. Elena has hers. And right now, the mother of mine is about to be ghost bait, so go and send them all back to the other side, okay?" As Bonnie peels off, Caroline dons her game face and heads toward Fast Freddy.
Jeremy and Anna are alone. He wants to know that he'll still be able to talk to her, even once her foothold is broken. "This doesn't have to be goodbye." Anna says, "No, but it should be. Elena was right. I'm holding you back. [...] I'm sorry I took the necklace. I just thought -- what with the tomb vampires out, that maybe..." Jeremy finishes her sentence. "You might find your mother." Anna nods and cries that she doesn't know where Pearl is, if she's found peace, and if there's peace to be found. Jeremy assures her there must be. Anna cries that she doesn't want to be alone anymore. Jeremy takes her in his arms and says he won't let her be alone. And stop the presses. Is that ring on Anna's middle finger the letter A from a Scrabble game? I do believe it is. All right, that's just... neat. Anna pulls away from Jeremy's embrace and places the necklace in his hand. He grabs it, and looks at her long and hard, before running off to meet Bonnie.
Torture Emporium: Lexi keeps working Stefan who insists he's no longer "in there." Lexi tells him he says that every time. Stefan taunts that she wasted her whole life taking care of him, and now that she's dead she has nothing better to do. Elena returns and tells Lexi they're running out of time. Lexi insists she needs more. Elena says she can't give it to her. "They have the necklace and they're going to close the door." Lexi spins to face Stefan. "The necklace. Okay. That necklace. At least tell me how you felt about that. You found it during your darkest time, and you said when you made it through, that that necklace represented hope." Why did it represent hope to Stefan, back in the day? He got it off the speakeasy floor, after Klaus compelled him to forget about him and Rebekah. And even if he had some weird, detached, emotional memory -- since Rebekah was his woman during those darkest days -- why would her necklace represent hope? This is too muddled for me. As tears and sweat run down Stefan's cheeks, he says, "Ironic, then, that it's about to be blown to pieces.