Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Witch, Please!
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.12.2009
Cemetary Woods: Stefan greets Emily-Bonnie and reminds her they had a deal, but she won't let Damon raise Katherine. "Things are different, now. I need to protect my family." Damon reminds her he protected her family and that she owes him. She says she knows and that she's sorry. When Damon tells her she owes him a lot more than that and makes a grab for the crystal, Emily-Bonnie magically flings him through the air and he doesn't stop until he's impaled on some small tree branches. Nice. Emily-Bonnie walks off, leaving Damon disabled by the wood and moaning in pain. Commercial.
Gilbert Gables: Jeremy is looking through his father's historical "stuff" when Al walks Jenna home. They joke about their own teen traumas (hers: braces and an "A cup" -- really Jenna, on a first not-even-a-date-date; his: glasses and a skin condition). When Jenna enters, Alaric looks at the doorway as if there's an invisible barrier. People in the forums are wondering if he's a vamp too (remember the bling) or if this is all a big misdirect. I'm going with misdirect. The show has more subtlety than this. Anyhow, Jenna says she's not going to invite Al in for Jeremy's sake. Al says, "Some other time, then." Out in the kitchen, Jeremy rolls his eyes. Alaric wishes Jenna a goodnight and she shuts the door. When she gets to the kitchen, Jeremy hands her a picture of herself and Scum. Ouch. Jenna says, "That's just cruel." Germ says, "No, cruel is dating my history teacher." Jenna says she's not dating him. "Yet." Germ laughs as she walks off and then opens the journal of a one Jonathan Gilbert, circa -- say it with me -- 1864.
Woods: Stefan finds Damon and unimpales him. Deimpales him. Spell-check likes neither, but you get the picture. Emily-Bonnie, who's carrying a big stick, greets Stefan by name and tells him "these people don't deserve this. They should never have to know such evil." Stefan says, "What do you mean -- evil?" Um... Katherine, perhaps. Oh, it's not just Katherine. Apparently she's sealed in the tomb under the church with 26 other vampires. Emily-Bonnie had to seal them all in, or none. Ooops. Damon left that part out. Stefan grabs Damon and accuses him of acting not out of love, but out of revenge. Damon points out that the two aren't mutually exclusive. Damon sees no difference between the people of Mystic Falls today, and those from 145 years ago. "There is nothing innocent about these people, and don't think for a second it won't happen again. They already know too much." He gestures toward Emily-Bonnie and adds, "And they'll burn your little gran-witch right next to us when they find out. Trust me." Emily-Bonnie insists that things are different now and she can't and won't free the vamps. She drops her stick and raises her hands in the air. "Incendia!" Flames shoot up from the ground around her and burn in the shape of a pentagram - with Emily-Bonnie right in the middle. She rips the pendant off her neck and holds it out before her. For a moment, she looks only like Emily, not Bonnie, but then she returns to the Emily-Bonnie form. From the sidelines, Damon pleads with her. Just then, Elena runs up, yelling Bonnie's name. Emily-Bonnie throws the crystal in the air and it explodes into sparks and flame. Stefan grabs Elena as Damon screams, "Nooooooooooo." Damon watches Emily-Bonnie with hate blazing in his eyes, as the sparks rain down between them, and then, Emily-Bonnie lowers her head. The flames disappear and once it's clear that she is once again only Bonnie, Damon is on her neck in an instant. She screams as he feeds. When Stefan pulls Damon off, Bonnie falls to the ground -- her neck covered in her own blood. Commercial.