Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 1 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Doppelganger Hijinks Ensue
By Cindy McLennan | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.09.2010
After the break, Elena finds Stefan on the Lockwood grounds and mops at his belly wound as he explains that he was playing along with Katherine to figure out her game, but sadly, he let her get to him. Just then, Damon returns saying he wasn't able to track her. When he gets a gander at Stefan's bloody abs, he cringes and turns away. "Ooh, cover up, Fabio. We've got a crazy ex on the lose." He turns to Elena and adds, "Better watch out, looks like Katherine's trying to steal your guy." Stefan denies that's what's happening, but Damon won't swallow that. "Isn't it? I mean, it's only fair since I... went after your girl." Elena ignores them and decides to go check on Jenna and Jeremy. Once she's gone, Damon tries to get playful with his brother, putting up his dukes and telling him to make his threats and stake his claim. Stefan's voice is calm as he says he won't be fighting. Damon's all, "Why? I'd fight me." He's got a point, but Stefan's one of those dreamboat boys who actually listens to his girlfriend, so he explains: "Katherine's going to try to play us against each other, you do know that, right?" Damon taunts: "Brother, don't you worry. Our bond is unbreakable." Stefan rises and pleads his case. "We need to stay united against her, so yes, as much as I would like to kill you, I'm not going to fight you." Damon turns the screw. "I kissed Elena." D, have you not been paying attention? Not only did you kiss Katherine, you were the first person in town to figure it was Katherine at all. Stefan maintains his zen as he discusses the mistaken identity kiss: "You feel something for [Elena], because you actually care. And I'm not gonna let Katherine come in here and destroy that part of you that is finally, after all of this time, willing to feel something." Damon's face twists 'til his angelic features are warped as Stefan goes on about the reasons not to fight each other, but he does hear Stefan out.
Gilbert Gables: John, who (when reviewed in slow-mo) seems to have all his fingers back, is packing up to go when Jeremy gets home. He tells his nephew he's leaving. After Jeremy pisses and moans about killing all the vampires and leaving town, John asks Jeremy to give Elena his goodbyes. Jeremy shakes his head. "Why don't you tell her yourself?" This prompts John to share with Germ the long history of Gilbert hatred of vampires. When John claims Grayson hated vamps too, Jeremy said his father would have seen things differently. John argues that although Grayson may have done things differently, he would have seen things exactly the same way. Their talk turns to Grayson's protect-o-ring, that John is wearing. Jeremy wants to know why it didn't protect his father. John explains that what happened to the Gilberts was an accident -- it wasn't supernatural. "There's nothing that can save us from that." I'm going to stick a pin in this subject and come back to it, don't you worry. Anyhow, Jeremy's voice falls. "I wonder what he'd think of all this -- of me." John smiles. "He'd think that you're still young. You're still finding yourself, but you are a Gilbert, and you've been exposed to this town's darkest secret. With that comes responsibility." Jeremy doesn't believe in family legacy claptrap, but John tells him, "Sooner or later, you're going to have to."