Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 87 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT And The Black Guy Always Dies
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.21.2013
He finds Stefan sitting alone in front of the fireplace. He babbles about the party, but Stefan is too busy having a PTSD inspired panic attack as he flashes back on his summer of drowning. He lies that he's okay, but Damon notes that his fingertips have punctured the arms of his favorite reading chair. Stefan just mumbles that he's not up for a party and leaves. We cut to the...
Mystic Grill. Katherine's begging "Matty Blue Blue" for another drink. It's a cute name, but it's no Pudding Pop. It seems Matt has shut her off because she's drunk and scaring the other customers. He's preoccupied with a video he's watching on his product placement phone. Katherine recognizes the language as Czech, so Matt tells her if she'll translate, he'll let her drink. He tells her about meeting a girl in Prague, and how her boyfriend "...put some spirit thing in my head." Katherine watches the video and says, "Oh, dear. This is bad. [...] Some guy named Kristof, has activated you." Wasn't it Gregor? Is it Gregor Kristof or is there another guy we don't know (or I can't remember) named Kristof. Help! Matt doesn't care about all that. He just wants to know what the she means by "activated." Katherine explains "he" (Kristof, Gregor, Gregor Kristof) is a Traveler, and by Traveler she and this show mean a faction of witches who are big on spirit possession. Matt wants to know how he can rid himself of it. Katherine says, "That girl who followed you back from Prague -- was she um... I don't know... feisty, little accent, ridiculously beautiful." Matt says, "Pretty much, yeah. Her name was Nadia." I know that girl. She's in the TJ Maxx/Marshalls/HomeGoods commercials. Katherine blinks like any other mother who is feeling all my kid did what?! Matt asks, "Why, do you know her?" Katherine says, "You could say that," and clears her throat. We cut to...
Magically Moving Whitmore College. Elena and Caroline prepare the common room for their Event O' the Week. Caroline makes no bones about her lack of desire for Damon to attend. Thankfully, her snit is short-circuited by a call from Jesse. He needs her help, so he begs Caroline to come to his room before his roommate gets home. Caroline hustles off without saying word one to Elena.Back at Jesse's dorm, his roommate gets home before Caroline arrives and that roommate is Aaron. Didn't Dr. Maxfield make a show of confiscating Aaron's keys after the Whitmore Collection Costume Ball Event O' the Week/Halloween Extravaganza? I'd check the recap, but if the writers can't be bothered to check their show Bible from this season, why should I? Anyhow, Jesse is chowing down on Aaron when Caroline enters. She pushes them apart and pushes Jesse up against the wall, then gets a load of the blood running down his chin. "Who the hell turned you into a vampire?" Commercial.