Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: D | 329 USERS: C- YOU GRADE IT Elegy for Our Lady of Perpetual Victimhood
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.30.2014
Damon: This is my fault again, right?
Contrivance Fairy: No. It is mine!
Katherine-as-Elena: I'm in control, again.
Meanwhile, back at the cave...
Mia: It is done.
Katherine-as-Elena: Back to me. This is my show now. I tell Damon we need to talk. He agrees. He starts to apologize for dumping Elena. I have no intention of wasting time on Damon Salvatore, while Stefan exists, so I tell him I, Elena Gilbert think he's right. He is no good for me. His goodness or badness is too much pressure for "me."
Elena Fans: So Elena doesn't even get to set her own boundaries?
Katherine: It's not in the script. Anyhow, I tell Damon we are over, then walk off, smirking.
Stefan: I overhear all this, and think Elena is doing the best thing for herself, but the worst for Damon.
Damon: Come on. Deep down you've got to be enjoying this, a little bit.
Tyler: After the commercial, we return to my house, post party. I tell Matt that while everything is a mess in my life, I live in a mansion, and have immortality, so there's that. I've got a big ass house.
Matt: Why don't we get out of it for a while?
Tyler: Klaus took everything from me, including Caroline.
Audience: You threw Caroline away.
Nadia: Back in the cave, tomb, whatever, Mia assures me Katherine has permanent control of Elena's body and asks me for payment.
Katherine: I sneak in and rip out Mia's heart. Nadia asks if that was necessary. I admit it's not, but she was a loose end, and mama don't play that way.
Nadia, shrugging: She gave me the creeps, anyway.
Katherine: Hmmm. Cold, manipulative, good hair. You really are my daughter.
Nadia: If that's your way of thanking me, save it for the road.
Katherine: Yeah, I could go off and bond with you, but I'm staying in Mystic Falls. You can stay or leave at your pleasure, but I vote you stay. I may never learn to be a good mother, but I'll try.
Nadia: Deal. But we both know you want more than time to bond with me.
Katherine: I want it all. You, immortality, and Stefan Salvatore. He's my one true love.
Nadia: I'd hate to be the person standing in your way.
Recapper: I hope that's foreshadowing.
Meanwhile, back at Mossy Manse...
Caroline: So, Stefan, am I a horrible person?
Stefan: When you found out about me and Katherine, what was your first thought?