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
Elena leaves Damon to approach Aaron, whose historical costume is a tuxedo t-shirt. I hate this guy, already. They make costume small talk and then Elena again asks his name. Aaron wonders why she wants to know who he is. I wonder why I'm supposed to believe that any sighted guy would be so rude to someone who looks exactly like Nina Dobrev. Even if he's gay, he should appreciate her in the aesthetic sense. Well, it's no matter. Elena turns on her compulsion eyes and asks Aaron if he killed Megan. He says, "Of course not," so she asks him why he's acting so shady. Aaron says that it's like he's cursed. One by one, everyone in his life dies. This hits a little too close to home for Elena, so she compels him to forget her questions. He then introduces himself and says, "I'll see you around, maybe."
Q-Tessa enters the ball and finds Stefan. Of course since she fried his brain, she has to tell him who she is -- i.e. the witch who fried his brain. She offers to buy him an "I'm sorry, drink." Damon appears, puts his hands protectively on Stefan's shoulders and says, "More like an 'I'm sorry' keg." He then pulls Stefan away to talk privately, which is fine, but it sounds to me like he says, "C'mon, cuz," and the Closed-Captions agrees. Isn't that weird for one brother to say to another -- especially a brother who so often refers to his brother as brother?
They find a convenient room. It appears to be filled with this famous Whitmore Collection, but if the whole purpose of the ball is to display said collection, it makes no sense that this room is going to provide the Fellowship of the Falls, and the rest with so much privacy. Stefan wants to know what Damon wants with him. That's when Silas appears in a white t-shirt and says, "Hello, me." Before Stefan can react, Damon snaps his neck. The Shocker Fairy says, "Can I take a bow?" Given what's coming up, SF, you're going to look like a ham. Besides, Stylus did tell Damon he'd have to kill his brother. At least this is all he meant. Commercial.
As Stylus puts on Stefan's leather jacket, i.e. costume, he explains that he had Damon temporarily kill Stefan, to severe the link between them, so that he (Stylus) could again use his telepathic powers. When Damon doesn't say anything, Stylus says, "Yes, Damon, I can read your mind again. No, I'm not lying. And maybe you enjoyed breaking your brother's neck, just a little too much." Paul Wesley continues to enjoy the hell out of this role, and I continue to enjoy the hell out of him enjoying the hell out of it. Anyhow, Stylus is going to cozy up to Q-Tessa and find out where she's hidden the Other Side creation spell anchor. Meanwhile, Damon just has to keep Stefan dead. Damon worries that Q-Tessa will be suspicious if "Stefan" pays her much attention, given she just wiped out his memories. Stylus is confident in his pretty, pretty face. "You see, a woman never forgets her first love, no matter how badly it ended." Oh Stylus, you're getting your way. Why take that dig at Damon? Besides, that dig should belong to Matt Donavan. Just saying.