Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 104 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Ding Dong The Dead's A Witch
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.31.2013
Katherine take's EF's wand and makes her magic. "I was running from Klaus. I needed to jet, solo. I threw a couple of vampire names on a hit list. Sue me. I also impersonated a teenager to get my ex-boyfriends to make out with me. Staged a fake fight to trigger my lover's werewolf curse..." Oh, Uncle Brick House, I miss you so. Katherine keeps up her You don't know the half of it spiel. "Ooh, and I chopped off this douchey guy's fingers with a butcher knife, once. That was cool." Nadia says, "What about ripping a mother away from her daughter and having her killed for your own benefit?" Thank you, Nadia. I mean your question spoiled the big surprise a bit early, but I've been spending the whole episode marveling at the resemblance between Nina Dobrev and Olga Fonda, so I'm happy it's not a casting accident. You know what, I like this development so well, I'm not going to get into it, until it actually happens in the episode. Let's just play along with Nadia for a while, shall we? The Shocker Fairy says, "I feel so cheap, now." Oh honey, your big moment comes much later. Hang in there.
Nadia's question penetrates Katherine's bad girl exterior, but Katherine hates feeling vulnerable, so she tries to pretend she's not now emotionally engaged in the conversation. Nadia says she had herself turned into a vampire to hunt Katherine, "And I did this, because you killed my mother." Katherine sinks back against the booth, while Nadia lies that "it" happened in Paris in 1645. Katherine says, "I go to Paris for shoes. The shoes I remember. Everything else is requires a few more details." Since Nadia's story is a lie, I don't have to waste your time with it, right? Dating this show is sort of cool. I don't have to pretend I'm hanging onto its every word. Suffice it to say, Nadia claims Katherine tricked Klaus's minions into thinking her mother was Katherine and they took her away. Katherine realizes Nadia was never going to let her go, so as they're leaving the restaurant, Katherine grabs another patron's cane and shoves it into Nadia's chest. She doesn't kill her, she just disables her. The other customers are shocked, but Katherine runs out, unmolested, which is too easy for my liking. Nadia groans in agony. We cut to...
Mossy Manse. Bonnie wants Jeremy to call Damon and tell him he lied about her giving the okay to the latest cockamamie plan. Jeremy says, "So, I can lie for you all summer, as your witch translator, but when it's something I want..." Bonnie interrupts him to remind him Silas is too dangerous. Jeremy says bringing him back was dangerous. Bonnie did that because Elena needed him. Jeremy says, "And now she needs you." Bonnie is still afraid of the consequences. Jeremy asks, "What is worse than this. What is worse than seeing you, and hearing you, and not being able to feel you. This isn't enough, anymore. Let Damon try to bring you back." Okay, that was moving, as is Bonnie's silent response. We cut to...