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
Nadia and Katherine are still holed up in some hotel. Nadia's on the phone with Silas (Stylus), who of course still wants Katherine. Nadia says, "You can have your brown-eyed bitch of a cure for immortality, when I'm done." Stylus wonders how much longer she needs. Nadia snaps that since he's immortal, a few hours shouldn't matter to him. Then she rubs it in his face that he no longer has his telepathic powers. The call ends with Stylus dumping a bunch of exposition on us, as if people start watching a show with the fifth episode of season five, and then reminding Nadia that while he might currently not have the ability to control people's minds, he's learned how to track cell phones. Nadia ends the call immediately.
Crouching by the mini-bar, Katherine looks up at Nadia. "A little tip. Woman to woman, don't piss off the diabolical ones. And if you're going to hold me hostage, the least you can do is feed me properly." Am I imagining things, or is this not the first time Katherine has complained about eating junk food? I'm pretty sure that's a thing with her, and I love it. Five hundred years ago, when food last mattered to her, everything was fresh, local and in season, right? Now that she's human again, it's a great bit of characterization that she disdains most of the crap we shove down our throats. Nadia says they'll eat on the road, which she wants to hit immediately. Katherine wonders why Nadia doesn't just turn her over to Silas, so he can take his sip of the cure and they can all get back to normal. Nadia says, "A little tip. Woman to woman, don't offer to hand yourself over to the diabolical ones when you don't know the whole story." Stylus doesn't just need a sip. He needs every drop of Katherine's blood. Even though Katherine has been around for more than 500 years, she's not open to dying. That's one thing I don't get about these immortals, especially ones like Katherine and Klaus. They're paranoid, lonely and bitter. Why do they want to keep living? We cut to...
Mossy Manse. Damon's talking to Jeremy and Bonnie (of course he can't see or hear her). He wants to find a way to bring Bonnie back. Since Silas wants to die, and nature needs balance, he's thinking they should work out a way to trade Silas's life for Bonnie's. We jump back and forth between this scene, and a scene with Damon and Stylus at the Grill. Stylistically, these quick cuts are an interesting technique that's become a TVD trademark, but they're a bitch to recap. I'm going to telescope the whole thing, because this show is just my date, not my lover.