Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Your Diabolical Plan: The Sequel
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.28.2010
Elena's father, Grayson, was a doctor. Years ago, a 16-year-old runaway appeared at his office, just as he was closing up for the night. She was just about to give birth, so he delivered the baby, right there and then. He gave her a place to stay, but soon thereafter, the girl disappeared, leaving the baby behind. Now Miranda and Grayson had been trying, without success, to conceive, so they decided to keep the baby. Since Grayson was a doctor, he falsified a birth certificate, because that's so much more sensible than reporting the incident to the authorities and then trying to adopt the baby (or another baby) outright. I mean -- what adoption agent in his or her right mind would ever let a doctor and his wife adopt a baby? You can't give a baby to just anyone, you know? Eyeroll. Yeah, that bit of plotting sucks only a little less than Duncan Kane -- billionaire -- can't get custody of his own kid. Like I said, there'd better be payoff -- payoff as good as Duncan Kane -- billionaire -- finally leaving Veronica Mars. At any rate, all Jenna knows about Elena's biological mother is that her name was Isabel. We cut to...
Mossy Manse: Damon is writing down a list of names:
Benjamin Lockwood. John (sic?) Gilbert Honoria Fell William F (rest of name obscured -- I'm thinking Forbes)
When Stefan walks in, Damon cracks, "You've got the hair right," and since otherwise, I have no idea what to do with that, I'm marking it down as another crack at Twilight. Stefan probably doesn't know what it means either, so he just ignores it and gives Damon their father's journal, since he figures that's why Damon was ransacking their library. Damon asks, "Why would I want it?" Stefan says, "Gee, I don't know, Damon. Maybe you want to do a little bit of posthumous bonding." Nowhere in it does it say anything about Katherine, the tomb or how to open it. Doing his very best Angelus-deadpan, Stefan adds, "I'm very sorry that it won't be any help with your Diabolical Plan: The Sequel." Damon gives his brother a false smile, but Stefan ignores that too and offers to help Damon release Katherine (although not the other 26 vampires who are trapped along with her). He'll do anything to help get Damon out of town, and then so immodestly points out that he's the honest brother and Damon's the dirty rotten liar. That right there is when he tipped his hand, to me at least, that he's probably lying. And I'm thinking if I can smell a lie, Damon can practically taste it, but I digress. Anyhow, Stefan leaves Damon to think over his offer and we cut to...