Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 80 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Doppelgängbang
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 7 | Aired on 11.14.2013
Mossy Manse. Qetsiyah Q Q-Tessa chants some more. We cut to the parlor, where Bonnie wanders up behind Jeremy and tells him she came to say goodbye. "Amara's dying, Jer." Jeremy says, "No. No, that's impossible. Damon..." Bonnie tells him to stop. "We don't have much time."
In the study, Q continues to chant, flips her hand, and flames shoot up from the blood symbol on the grimoire. Out in the woods, Damon is still trying to keep Amara on this side, but I think she's gone. Cut back to the...
Mossy Manse Parlor. Bonnie and Jeremy are standing in front of the grand fireplace. She asks him to tell her the third thing -- the thing she didn't let him say, this morning. Over in the...
Study. The whole left hand side of Bonnie's grimoire is ablaze. I hope someone had the presence of mind to scan it, before this ritual began. Cut back to the...
Parlor. Looking squarely at Bonnie, Jeremy says, "I love you." Bonnie's voice cracks as she says, "I love you, too." Jeremy says he's not ready to let her go. He reaches out to touch her cheek and… he can. He can feel her face in his hand. She can feel his hand on her face. She raises her own hand to his; they can't believe they can feel each other. They only stop marveling, when Elena calls out Bonnie's name. Bonnie turns to see Elena and Caroline who can see her right back. They rush to her and the three friends embrace. It worked. I don't know how. Talk about TV magic. Caroline immediately starts in with, "And we can be roommates, because we have an extra bed and we can clear out half the closet." Simultaneously, Bonnie and Elena says, "Caroline." She laughs and cries and jumps for joy. The girls embrace again. Bonnie whispers, "I'm here. I'm back." Commercial.
Bonnie and Jeremy are standing before the fire. She's stretching out her hands and basking in the warmth. "I never felt warm on the other side." Jeremy takes her hand and says, "I missed this -- holding your hand." He pulls her to him and says he'll never again let her go. They kiss. We cut to the...
Library. Katherine finds Q and tells her she's ready. "Let's do this." Q says, "You. Right. You want me to stop the aging? I'd find a drug store cream." Katherine fake laughs and encourages the witch to "spell away." Q says, "Altering someone's life span is what started this whole mess in the first place. I've learned my lesson. I'm not saving your life. [...] I won. Amara's gone. And Silas is waiting for me on the other side." Katherine approaches her new frenemy and looks down. At Q's feet is a pool of blood, littered with broken glass. Q lets the last few suicidal shards drop from her hands to the floor. Katherine rounds on her. "No. No!" Q drops to the floor. Katherine crouches next to her and screams for help, but no one in this house full of vampiric-hearers hears her. Katherine tells Q, "Don't die. I need you." Q's eyes are already at half-mast when she says, "True love prevails -- the universe be damned." Katherine screams, "No!" We cut to the...