Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 91 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT 50 Shades Of FanFic
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.12.2013
Katherine fights back her tears. "I'm dying, Stefan." He knows she is and is sure she'll figure a way out of it. She tells him it's for real this time, takes off her hat, shows him her grey hairs and asks, "What does someone have to go through, to get a little redemption around here?" Stefan says, "147 years is a long time to forgive in one night." Katherine says, "One night. An eternity. You'd never look at me, the way you look at Elena… would you?" When he can't answer, Katherine says goodnight and starts to leave. He stops her and grabs her hand. Katherine's face crumples. Stefan says, "I'm sorry that you're dying." After a long pause, Katherine says, "Trust me. I am, too." She walks out.
Aaron finds Wes unconscious in the lab. He rouses him and drags him to his feet, then asks if he thinks he's helping people with "this vampire crap." Aaron yells at Wes for using his life as a bargaining chip, and then throws his guardian back to the floor. Before leaving, Aaron grabs the hypo and tells Wes he never wants to see him again. "Get the hell out of my life."
Mossy Manse. A tearful Elena tosses Grayson's journal in the fire.
Katherine is still in the house, too. Over the phone she asks, "So, do we have a deal? You'll find me a Traveler who will teach me how to do the spell?" Nadia says, "I guess this means you want to live?" Katherine says, "I'm a survivor. Staying alive is my specialty." Nadia assumes Stefan inspired this change of heart. Katherine says she thinks Stefan believes a part of her can still be redeemed. Nadia asks Katherine if he's right. The weight of Katherine's hand bag seems to break her left arm or wrist. She drops it and the phone and looks at her bag, and then she clutches her chest and gulps. Oh, left arm! She's having a heart attack! Who even knew she had a heart? Katherine tumbles down the stairs and winds up unconscious on the landing. Over the phone, Nadia calls her name. Title card.
So Katherine is going to possess Elena and shag both brothers, yes? There must already be fan fiction with that plot. Is Aaron going to shoot up Damon with the Vampire-Blood Ripper serum? Will it matter that the needle had pierced Elena's doppelicious skin? What do you think?
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