Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 325 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Breakfast Club
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2013.01.17
Caroline calls Stefan and scolds him for missing the mandatory all-school assembly, which is hilarious, because all of these people miss mandatory all-school SCHOOL on a regular basis. Stefan quips that he's at a mandatory all-alone drinking party. Oh Bitter Stefan, welcome back. You're so much more fun than Mournful Stefan. Caroline disagrees and criticizes Stefan's timing of this "Ripper bender."
Given my stupidity regarding "vamp running," I'm hesitant to nitpick, but I feel like Caroline maybe missed the memo on what Stefan's "Ripper" tendencies involve. Yes, they involve a lot of drinking -- but it's blood, not booze, that is the problem. And then of course, there's the ripping people up and piecing them back together. There's exposition about Elena and Damon and how they've slept with each other. Caroline reminds Stefan that he's not supposed to know that information (as in, he learned it from her so he's to pretend he knows nothing) and tells him that since Tyler is spiraling, he gets priority right now. Stefan is fine with that. I don't think he's in the mood to be one of Caroline's projects. Caroline also exposits that she suspects Klaus of Carol's murder and tells Stefan he needs to get it together, because she can't take care of everything, alone. I'm not sure that's factually correct. If the rest of these kids would just take a day off, I bet Caroline could have the town in order by 5:00 PM.
Elena awakes from her neck-nap in the library. April is there and asks Elena how many times she compelled her. "Don't lie. Rebekah says you lie." Elena tells April that Rebekah isn't who she seems to be. April: "What? She's not a thousand-year-old original vampire?" I wish Elena had answered the question like this, "Me, personally, or all of us combined, because sister, you've been compelled a lot. And I'm pretty sure Rebekah is compelling you, right now." Elena tells April they can figure it out, but then need to get out of the school. Elena takes April by the wrist, but the girl seems to go along willingly enough. They don't even get out of the library stacks before Rebekah arrives and compels Elena to take a seat. "The rest of the class will be here shortly."