Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B | 8 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Utterly Compelling
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.24.2013
Damon pooh-poohs all this Silas talk as just another bogeyman story. I remember when I used to feel that way about Satan Klaus, and an argument can be made that I was right. Seriously, how less scary is Klaus than he once was? I really hope the Originals series takes off, so I can have my show back. Kol tries to appeal to his old dupe/friend, Jeremy, but the Germ pretty much tells him to go shit in his hat. Kol doesn't want to kill Jeremy because then he'd have to deal with the hunter's curse. I forget: do we know if Klaus killed all of the Brotherhood of the Five, or did he have some help from his own brothers? Anyhow, when Kol threatens to rip off Jeremy's arms, Damon rushes at Kol and orders Jeremy to run. Good going, Damon. Those arms are a national treasure. I'm still left wondering why these people never try to talk to each other. Hell, why can't they even pretend to go along -- something like, "Gee Kol, you make an excellent point. Let's get some more information on this Silas character." I know. I know. It's not in the script. Once Jeremy is gone, Kol gets the upper hand on Damon, and then we cut to...
Shane's office. When Stefan complains to Rebekah about being unable to find Silas's headstone, Rebekah says, "Don't Ripper out on me. We'll find it." Okay, was Becky at cheering practice with Caroline when we got the Ripper 411? Because (lightly) slamming shut a file cabinet drawer isn't exactly the Ripper's trademark. Wait. No. This line is even more egregious because Rebekah was in love with Stefan during (one set of) his Ripper days. Oh, Show. "Don't Ripper out," isn't clever enough dialogue to justify this nonsense. You disappoint me. What doesn't disappoint me? That 411 thing I said -- no, not because it's not terribly dated slang. It certainly is that, but because I wasn't even thinking about this being episode 4-11, when I typed it. Look, I'm easily amused, okay.
And now, because there isn't enough underage drinking on this show, Rebekah digs out Shane's stash of herbs, acts as if it's marijuana and implies Stefan needs to get high and relax. Ugh. When Stefan isn't interested, Rebekah trots out the peer pressure. Their conversation turns to their time together in the 1920s. Once Stefan admits that he had fun once in his life, Rebekah waves the jar of herbs in his face and tempts him to have some more. Since she engineered Shane's arrest, Rebekah knows they have plenty of time to get spirited-tea-ed up, and still find the headstone. Blah. We cut to the...