Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: C | 5 USERS: A- YOU GRADE IT Campfire Stories
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 02.07.2013
Rebekah and Stefan are walking through the woods when she triggers a booby trap. When Stefan saves Rebekah, she points out that the spear or arrow (this episode is so dark, my eyes hurt) wouldn't have killed her. Stefan says it's a force of habit and lets his hands linger on her waist. When he remains close enough to kiss her, Rebekah tells him not to be a tease, as Elena could be lurking nearby. Stefan asks Rebekah if she is serious about a ceasefire. Rebekah wonders why they all assume she hates Elena. When Stefan says, "You did run her off a bridge," Rebekah counters that Elena's death was necessary to save her family. Was it? If I recall correctly, Matt drugged Elena and took her out of town, while the rest of the Fellowship was actively working their plan. Elena returned to Mystic Falls (rather than choosing to see Damon before he might die). I lost that episode when my old TiVo died. I need to see it again. I would read the recap, but I'm writing this while the site is having some technical issues. Hopefully, those will be fixed by the time this is published. Anyhow, Rebekah points out that Elena was involved in both Finn and Kol's deaths. She doesn't see how the actions of the Mikaelsons are all that different from those of the Fellowship. They protect those important to them. Fair enough.
Back at camp, Elena is searching for Bonnie when Rebekah and Stefan return. She reports that Bonnie isn't there and Shane's stuff is gone. Rebekah rushes to her backpack and discovers that the tombstone -- the one Stefan swore he wasn't going to let out of his sight -- is gone. Commercial. Yay!
Gilbert Gables. Caroline continues to die. Klaus gloats even as he mourns her imminent passing. When he tells her maybe he's just pure evil and can't help himself, Caroline disagrees. She decides he's acting out because he's hurt, which means part of him is still human. I love Joseph Morgan and I love to watch Klaus with Caroline, but at the same time, I will hate if there is anything between them, but I'm interrupting their big scene. Klaus asks Caroline why she thinks that, so she says (and I hope she is lying, here) that she has caught herself wishing she could forget all the horrible things he's done. Klaus says, "But you can't, can you?" Caroline: "I know that you're in love with me and anybody capable of love is capable of being saved." When Klaus tells her she's hallucinating, Caroline says, "I guess I'll never know." Her breathing is even more labored now. When Klaus whispers her name, she is unresponsive. In what might be the most anticlimactic moment of the entire series, as the tears stream down Klaus's cheek, he bites open his vein and feeds his healing blood to Caroline.