Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Moral Ambiguity For The Win!
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.16.2010
Outside, Bonnie, Elena and Damon are all gathered around the flatbed. It kind of cracks me up that they're hanging around Carter's body like that, when they're so out in the open. Shouldn't Damon Stealth-Salvatore it away somewhere before someone sees it? When Damon's a little too cavalier for Bonnie, she strikes him with another mystical migraine. He crumples to the ground in pain as Elena looks on -- stunned. Bonnie then turns on a nearby hose -- with her freaking mind. The water rolls toward Damon and I can't help but remember what Bonnie did to Tiki at the carwash -- and that was just because Tiki told her to sweep up! Bonnie (who rightly AND wrongly holds Damon responsible for so much) remembers, too, so she turns the stream of water into fire. As the flames engulf Damon he screams and tries to pound them out. Elena yells for Bonnie to stop, but she can't/won't/doesn't until Elena leaps through the flames and grabs her by the arms. She berates Elena for stopping her and asks why. Elena says simply, "Because this isn't us. Bonnie, this can't be us." Bonnie's barely keeping it together, so Elena puts her arms around her and leads her off, leaving Damon alone and moaning on the pavement. Bonnie's being a bit ridiculous to blame Damon for everything EVARRRRR, but he's done enough to Caroline, Vicki, Lexi, Jeremy and who knows who else that I think it's important we see him suffer.
Interior; School: Stefan catches up with Elena at her locker and tells her Caroline is okay and he'll check in on her later. He also lets her know Carter's body has been "taken care of." When Elena frets that things won't end well for Caroline, Stefan assures her he's going to make sure Damon's wrong -- and that it will be okay. Elena can't believe she thought she'd have a normal day. "My best friend's a witch. My boyfriend's a vampire. And? I have a doppelganger who is hellbent on destroying all of us." Stefan apologizes, but Elena says it's nobody's fault, it just is what it is. As he caresses her face, she insists she's fine, but seems at a loss for words. She shuts her locker and says she'll call him tomorrow -- leaving without even a kiss.
Lockwood Mansion: Carol is glad to have Brick House around the house, for Tyler's sake, I'm sure. She promises to try to find the moonstone he's been looking for and heads upstairs, just as Tyler enters the room. Mason apologizes for earlier and Tyler says they're good, but once his uncle is gone, Ty heads into his father's study, removes some floorboards under the rug, opens the hidden safe and takes out an old box containing the moonstone! He pockets it and we cut to...