Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Night Of the First Kiss
By Cindy McLennan | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.17.2009
Hospital: Stefan heads towards Vicki's room, but ducks into the shadows once he spies Matt doing likewise. When Matt gets to the room, the bed is empty. Matt looks around and is startled to find Vicki standing right behind him. He tries to talk to her, but while her lights are on, there's no one home. When he places his hands on her shoulders, she panics, fights him off and screams, "No," repeatedly. When Matt runs off to the nurses' station, Stefan zips in and enthralls. "An animal attacked you. You blacked out. That's all you remember." In a trance, Vicki repeats her new mantra. When Matt and a nurse return to Vicki's room, Stefan is gone and Vicki is sleeping soundly. Matt happens to look out in the corridor and catches sight of Stefan's retreating form. Stefan seeks refuge in a room that turns out to be the blood transfusion clinic. What are the odds? Eyes bloodshot and face all veiny, Stefan disappears behind a privacy curtain. When Matt pulls it back, all he finds is an open window. Pish. Like hospital windows even open. He looks outside, but cannot find Stefan. COMMERCIAL!
Ooh, spooky Supernatural promo. Did you see that? I'm never going to be able to watch that show the night it airs, am I? Darn it. You can, though, because you're not covering The Vampire Diaries, and it airs right after. The boys are even prettier and honestly, the story (so far) is (much) better. You can even catch up on Supernatural's past seasons, right here on TWoP. Demian gives good recap, and I got to do a guest stint last season. It was a blast. Okay, commercial's over. Let's get back to the show.
Downtown Mystic Falls: Seated at an outdoor table at the Mystic Grill, Bonnie fills Caroline and Elena in on her Gramwitch's backstory about the coming celestial event. "She said the comet is a sign of impending doom. The last time it passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of death -- so much blood and carnage it created a bed of paranormal activity." Of course, there may have been a lot of death, blood and carnage because that was during the Civil War. Oy. Caroline's with me. "Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot, and she told you about the aliens." Caroline then turns her attention to Elena so she can pump her for the smutty details of her time with Stefan. She is disappointed that it only amounted to so much talk. You think you're disappointed in talk now, Caroline? I'll send you an MP3 of their DIARY-Ahhhs. Caroline tells Elena to "Just jump his bones, already. Okay, it's easy. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. Sex!" Elena says, "Profound," and she ought to know. I mean she's the wordsmith that gave us, "I feel good." She stews for a moment, then stands, leaving Bonnie and Caroline seated. When Bonnie asks where she's going, Elena announces that Caroline's right and that if she thinks about it too long, she'll talk herself out of it. Caroline looks even more surprised than Bonnie that Elena said, "Caroline's right."