Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 284 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT This Is Better Than Mourning, How?
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 16 | Aired on 2013.03.14
Out in the woods, Caroline and Stefan do what they've done all season -- analyze and criticize Elena's behavior. Don't get me wrong. I know Elena is acting up. I just don't think the attitude these two have taken with her from the moment she turned has been helpful or kind. Stefan says he'll go check the road while Care continues to search the woods, then adds, "If you see her, don't hesitate. Just snap her neck, all right?" Caroline agrees. We cut to...
Mossy Manse Damon is pleased to arrive home to a houseful of drunken cheerleaders. He's less pleased that Rebekah has followed him home. She knows he knew Will and that he killed him to keep her from finding Katherine, and getting the cure. Damon's lips curl in distaste. "Do you really want the cure? I mean really? Look, let me give you a little bit of advice. You see these girls? They look happy...now. In five years, they're going to settle for a mediocre starter husband and a mind-numbing career. And about that time, they're going to realize something that you'll eventually have to learn. [...] Life sucks when you're ordinary. And what makes you exactly not like them? You're a vampire. You take that cure, become human? You're no one. Nothing. Trust me, losing this cure was the best damned thing that ever happened to you." Oh Damon, I am pretty sure you just cursed yourself to getting the cure shoved down your throat. Rebekah looks like she's never once considered that. Since she's been alive a thousand years, that makes me want to bang her head against the wall. Repeatedly. Meanwhile, Damon gets a text from Stefan: "Elena's AWOL. Need help." We cut to the...
Woods. Caroline can't find Elena so she yells, "Don't make me fight you, Elena. I'm stronger than you, and I don't want to hurt you." Um, Caroline, you remember you can't see her, right? Oh never mind. Here comes Elena. She Stealth-Salvatores up behind Caroline and does things to her that an action-scene oriented recapper would be better suited to describe. In short, they fight. Elena pins down Caroline, but Caroline manages to shake her off. Elena says, "Not bad. Not technically good, but then again, Alaric didn't train you. You were probably too busy butting into other people's business." And they start fighting again. Caroline tries to talk Elena down, but Elena reminds Caroline that she doesn't care. About anything. She tells Caroline that she should try flicking off the humanity switch. "Who knows? You might stop whining about how Tyler left you. Added bonus: you won't have to feel guilty about all the dirty thoughts you have about Klaus." Caroline: "Shut up." Elena: "Make me."