Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Campfire Stories
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.07.2013
Fortress Forbes. Caroline is really suffering now. I scream, "Try your blood, Tyler. Maybe it will heal her. It's worth a shot." He ignores me. Care Bear and Tyler each try to blame themselves for their current problems. When he mentions the hybrids, she makes a point of reminding him he freed them. "People put their faith in you, because you're a leader." The last time Carol Lockwood talked to her boy, she said the same thing. I hope to high heaven Tyler's leadership isn't beaten into us the way Elena's compassion was. Since he doesn't even think to see if his own blood will heal Caroline, I don't want him leading me. Anyhow, Tyler asks Caroline if she trusts him and we cut to...
Gilbert Gables. Tyler carries Caroline back in and lays her on the Gilbert floor. "You want to be in control, Klaus? Here. Now you get to be in control of her life. If you want her to die, fine, but then you can sit here and watch her die yourself." With that, he's out the door. Caroline looks up at Klaus. He comes to her side and drops to his knees. He can't cure her, because it would mean victory for Tyler. We cut to...
Craphole Cabin. Damon has Shane tied up now and is ready to torture the Bore location out of him. Shane goes for Damon's metaphorical jugular, mentions that the Bore will free Elena from the sire bond and suggests Damon leave and not put himself through all this. At that, Damon whacks him with... I don't know what that is, a metal pole of some kind. Shane says even if Elena's feelings for Damon are real, how can that end well? She'll be human and he's a vampire. Damon whacks him again. Shane says it's doomed. Damon isn't torturing him. He's torturing himself by finding the Bore, which could cost him Elena. When Damon points out that he could kill Shane, Shane says he can't do that without sending Bonnie off the deep end. I beg to differ. I think Bonnie is in Shane's thrall every bit as much as a compelled or sire bound person is not a free agent. Perhaps if we kill Shane, she'll be free of whatever whammy he put on her, when he hypnotized her. Let's kill Shane and call it an experiment! When Shane continues to try to psyche out Damon, Damon realizes Shane wants him gone so that he can't stop whatever Shane is planning to do with a resurrected Silas and claims he's not that easily manipulated. His actions later in the episode, maybe make him a liar. I can't decide. At any rate, Damon tells Shane the flaw in his logic: "I don't give a crap about Bonnie Bennett." The Bonnie haters squeal with delight at the shout-out.