Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT How I Met Your Mother
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 21 | Aired on 05.06.2010
Damon tries to play it light. "Whatever you say, man. I mean, honestly, we're just friends. And as her friend, I wasn't looking forward to telling her the truth anyway, so I'll let you do it." He takes a big gulp of Scotch, allowing Stefan to ask, "What truth?" Damon: "About John. I know you guys don't like to keep secrets from each other. [...] Am I the only one around here who has the ability to put two and twp together?" Define around here Damon, because I'm pretty damned sure I called it, during Snark's first episode. I'm sorry, Gentle Readers. People hate that "I called it" shite, unless they're the ones saying it, don't they? Anyhow, while Stefan cocks his head like a confused puppy, Damon adds: "Isobel. Hello. She dated John when she was 15. She gets pregnant, and ends up at the doctor's office of John's brother. Now what do you think John's role is in all this? I mean -- go ahead. Think about it. I'll wait." Stefan goes to speak, but stops. After Damon asks if he's there yet, Stefan says, "So, you think that John is... Elena's father?" Damon raises his hands in the air. "Ding ding ding ding." Stefan laughs. "What proof do you have?" Damon: "I don't need any proof. That's a DNA test for John, Elena, and Maury Povich to deal with. Now, I know how well you deal with these big bombshells." Shudder. I just went to a McGee place. Undo it. Undo it. Sorry Damon. Continue. Damon: "So, sleep tight." On his way out of the parlor, he adds, "Oh and when you do tell Elena -- and she needs a friend to talk to about anything -- I'm here for her." Stefan's cheek muscles twitch as he watches old blue eyes depart.
Gilbert Gables: Uncle Snark (Daddy Snark? Uncle Daddy?) is licking his wounds when his cell phone rings. It's Isobel. "On your doorstep you'll find what you've been looking for." Snark asks, "And my ring?" Isobel: "Don't screw this up. You know what you have to do, John." John opens the door and finds a manila envelope. He tells Isobel that he has it and won't fail. As he opens it to find his ring and Gilbert Gizmo piece. Isobel says, "You'd better not. Katherine wants all of those tomb vampires dead. And I want to add two more to that list... Stefan and Damon. I don't want this life for her." Snark says that was always part of the plan. "Consider them gone." Isobel -- showing more emotion than she has throughout the entire episode -- says, "She's our daughter, John. We owe that to her." John's voice is quiet -- solemn. "I know." They hang up and we cut to...