Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B+ | 11 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Originality Is Nothing But Judicious Imitation
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 20 | Aired on 04.25.2013
New Orleans. Day. There's some beautiful footage of (the real) New Orleans in this episode. It's makes me want to go there, preferably before Klaus arrives, although I wouldn't mind running into Elijah. The opening footage is stylish and the show already feels more grown up than its progenitor. Hayley is sitting at a bar. The bartender is the aforementioned Jane-Anne Devereaux (Malaya Rivera Drew), who will henceforth be known as Jane, because I'm lazy. When Hayley admits her passion for the joint's Gumbo, Jane nods toward the kitchen, where her sister Sophie (Daniella Pineda) is bleeding "a piece of her soul into every dish." There should be Board of Health regulations against that shit, but no. Whatever. Hayley hasn't been able to find a single person who remembers her biological family.
Jane makes plain with the truth. "Because Hayley, people like you were run out of here years ago." Hayley plays obtuse, so Jane heads out from behind the bar. From the kitchen, sister Sophie gives them the side-eye. Taking the seat next to Hayley, Jane shows Hayley a local map and circles a location on the bayou. She says if Hayley heads out there, she'll find the droids werewolves she's looking for. Jane fingers Hayley's hair as she warns her to be careful. "It's the last place you'll ever want to go." Once Hayley is gone, Jane discreetly raises her hand to show her sister she managed to get a few strands of their dupe's hair. [That's one fun little hobby you've got there, Will. --Buffy] We cut to the...
Road. Hayley is driving. The writers are trolling me with quick cuts. We cut to the...
Cemetery. Sophie begs Jane not to "do it" and adds she could be wrong about Hayley. Jane says Sophie is never wrong and adds, "She's the only way we're going to get to Klaus." Oh, so right there, I know Hayley must be pregnant. No, I don't think she should be pregnant, but the hybrid mythology is murky enough that I can see where it's possible. More on that later, when the pregnancy is actually revealed. Sophie wants to get someone else to do the spell, but Jane says half of the other witches don't believe Sophie and the other half are afraid. Sophie thinks the witches have good reason. "We're going to get caught!" Jane stops desecrating a grave long enough (okay, setting up her witch works) to rise and face her sister. "We don't have any other option, Sophie." So this plan isn't Sophie's choice? Jane grabs the hands of her tearful sister and adds, "Now go. You know what you need to do." Sophie nods. After a time cut, we're in the...