Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A+ | 241 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT In Which Everyone's Pretty And Nothing Hurts
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 18 | Aired on 2013.03.28
Katherine does her best Mean Girl and says, "Oh, when I say 'friend' I mean friend." The nausea strikes in waves. Damon is the first victim. As he groans, realization washes over Rebekah who cringes and adds a disgusted, "Ugh." Stefan bows his head and says, "Oof," I think, but Damon is hit by a second wave and groans some more. I want to tie this scene up in ribbons and hang it by my kitchen window, because I'm pretty sure it would sparkle in the sunlight -- not in a Twilight way, just in a flawless diamond way.
Katherine does her best to ignore the Peanut Gallery of Hypocritical Sexual Judgment and continues her empty threats. "It probably took him about ten seconds to realize that she wasn't me, at which point he probably yanked her heart right out of her chest." Stefan is the first to bite and asks where they are. When Katherine won't answer them, he turns to Rebekah and says, "...You do realize if something should happen to Elena, you have no chance of finding the cure, right?"
Poor Rebekah, she hates to cooperate, and I don't blame her, but Stefan does have a point. Exasperated, she sighs and says, "Fine. They were supposed to meet at the gazebo by the park." When Stefan says he'll go talk to Elijah, Rebekah says Katherine will take her and Damon to the cure. Katherine says, "No, she won't. The cure is my one chance to win my freedom back from Klaus." Damon scoffs at the idea of Katherine brokering a deal with Klaus. It's Stefan's turn to wear the thinking cap, so he sets big brother straight. "No, she's gonna get Elijah to broker the deal for her. That's why you need your little friend, isn't it? Some things never change, Katherine." Damon adds an amused, "Nope." Resigned, Katherine tells Rebekah to move. "You have to follow me." We cut to...
Klaus Haus. Caroline is digging and digging and digging in his back, when she says, "Oh my God. You do have a heart." I think. The sound effects are so grotesque, it's hard to hear the dialogue over my protracted gags. When she digs the clippers in a little, Klaus cries out. Caroline says, "Oh, my bad. It's just a bloody rib." They bicker a little. Caroline swears there's nothing in him. Klaus thinks she's being to dainty about getting her hands dirty, and brings up the witch slaughter, because he has all the people skills of dirty bomb.