Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 80 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Doppelgängbang
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.14.2013
Damon arrives at Q's cabin. She tries to slam the door in his face, but Damon stops her. "You remember Amara, right? Brunette. Brown eyes. I'm surprisingly not in love with her." I know, right? He tells Q that Amara took the cure and wants to die. "And we have her." She's alive for now, but Silas is on his way to kill her, so that he can destroy the other side and they can spend eternity together in the "Great Beyond," which is this week's term for the lower-case other side. Damon makes sure to salt Q's wound and stroke her ego at the same time when he allows that she's right -- the doppelgängers always end up together. "So how does it feel to say 'I told you so'?" Amara says, "Like I want to shoot fireballs at Silas and drown him in acid." Damon grins. "See? That's what I thought! So how would you feel about us making a deal?" Commercial.
When we return to Mossy Manse, Elena asks Stefan if he hasn't heard it's bad luck to kill your doppelgänger. Is that a thing? It sounds like it could be a thing, but it hasn't been a thing on this show, right? Thing or not, Elena wants Stefan to be careful. She's afraid he's risking his life by going after Silas. Stefan doesn't care. He just wants to win. Elena reminds him Revenge Road isn't a good trip. Stefan tells her when he was stuck in the safe, he'd think about past events that made him happy and gave him hope. That's the only thing that kept him from turning off his humanity. Eventually the pain even took those moments from him. He can still feel Silas stabbing him. He can still feel himself drowning. "If I don't kill him, I'm going to lose my mind or I'm going to turn off my humanity or both." We cut back to...
Q's Cabin. Damon presents Q with his pitch. Swap the anchor to Bonnie. Amara says, "I'd be making a ghost a human toll both between our side and the Other Side, giving her the power to interact with our physical world and supernatural purgatory." Damon asks, "So what's the problem?" Q: "I need a massive amount of power to do a transfer spell like that. [...] I need something to draw on." It's not a full moon and there are no worthy comets. Damon encourages Amara to think hard. "I have a girlfriend at home who misses her best friend and a wacky stow-away on suicide watch. It's ridiculous." Amara beams. "Doppelgängers." Damon snaps to attention. Amara explains that they're powerful, mystical and naturally recurring. Damon sounds like a salesman closing the deal. "You want doppelgänger blood? I've got doppelgängers coming out of my ears. How many do you want?" We cut to...