Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Witch, Please!
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.12.2009
Gilbert Gables: Elena sees something (someone -- it's Emily) in the hall and goes to see if it's Jeremy. It's then that Bonnie spots the crystal on the bathroom floor. When she goes in to retrieve it, the door slams shut. She can't get out and the girls can't get in. The lights flash on and off and I bet they're wishing Sam and Dean would come to their rescue right about now. When the excitement subsides, Bonnie stops screaming and opens the door. She covers her face with her hands for a moment, and when she finally takes them down and monotones that she's fine, it's clear that Bonnie's not home anymore. Well, it's clear to everyone who isn't Caroline. She's sure Bonnie is just playing them and is ready to stomp off. Elena knows things aren't right, though. And so do we, because when we get a look at the bathroom mirror, it's not Bonnie's reflection we see there. It's Emily's.
MFHS; Exterior: Damon brings Stefan's mind back to the general mood of Mystic Falls before Katherine and "the others" were killed in the church. There was a lot of hysteria (on account of the town being overrun with vampires, so I'd say that's not so much hysteria as SENSE). Anyhow, Damon made a deal with Emily. Since the locals were bound to go after the witch, once the got the vamps, he'd keep her progeny safe if she'd protect Katherine with a spell. Katherine didn't burn up in the church. She's magically sealed beneath it -- like the Master -- thanks to the crystal, and Emily's ability to call on the power of the comet. In order to get the crystal to work again, the comet had to return, which it just did in the second episode, so yay! I mean... woe.
Gilbert Gables: Caroline is pissed that she "fell for it." Of course, there's no it to fall for, but let's not confuse Caroline with facts. Emily-Bonnie says she's got things from here and that she's going back to where it all began, because "it" must be destroyed. Once she leaves Gilbert Gables, Elena and Caroline can't open the door. Finally, Jeremy arrives home and opens it from the outside. Caroline scurries off and Elena rushes to the phone. She tells Stefan that Emily is possessing Bonnie and what Bonnie said. Stefan asks her if she knows where Bonnie went. Elena thinks for a moment and then says, "Falls Church." Okay, so not Fell's Church. Sorry, book folk. Of course, Damon has that pesky vamp hearing, so he's before Stefan can even assure Elena that he'll find Bonnie.