Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Writing's On The Wall
By Cindy McLennan | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 10.27.2011
Torture Emporium: Suffering Stefan shakes and quakes as he growls about starving. Elena asks what's happening. Lexi: "He's hallucinating. That's three months without any blood." In a few seconds she adds, "Now he's at nine months... Two years. Five." Stefan looks up at Lexi as he strains against his bonds. "Did I ever tell you how glad I am that you're dead?" Lexi gives him a patronizing smile. "Aw. I miss you too, friend." Elena gets a call, so she leaves the inner chamber of the torture emporium. It's Caroline calling from Mossy Manse. The necklace isn't where Damon said it would be, and now he's incommunicado. Elena asks Caroline to get Bonnie to hold off on sending the ghosts back. Caroline is not down with this idea. Elena explains that Lexi's ghost is there, helping with Stefan. Caroline: "Okay, well let's just find it first, and then we'll choose between boyfriend ghost dramas."
Mossy Manse: Bonnie has been standing behind Caroline, listening to her side of the conversation and asks what she was talking about. Caroline: "Um... Lexi's back, so Elena wants us to hold off on destroying the necklace." Bonnie: "You said 'boyfriend dramas' -- plural. What is it, Caroline?" Caroline: "Elena caught Jeremy kissing Anna." Poor Bonnie. Caroline assures her they're going to find that necklace.
Town Square, Night: Jeremy walks through the Illumination Night crowd calling for Anna, and bumps into ye olde tomb vampire, Fast Freddy. When Germ apologizes, Fast Freddy says, "No problem, buddy." Carol finds Alaric and asks him if he's seen Tobias Fell. "He's supposed to do the lighting ceremony." Freddy finds Anna and is all menace-y to her. Carol takes the microphone, says Tobias Fell has been detained, and that Alaric will be filling in. Freddy gives Anna crap about hanging around with a member of the Gilbert family. "I guess you forgot the fact that his family killed you and your mother." Germ walks up and asks if everything is all right. Fast Freddy: "Ask your ancestors." When Anna asks what Frederick and his minions are doing there, he notes the celebration and says he and his crew have some unfinished business with the Founding Families. Meanwhile, Alaric kicks off the ceremony. When he gives the cue, the (electric) lanterns light up -- just like they did it 150 years ago. Blah. The crowd claps. Freddy glares. A woman screams. The camera cuts to the bloody corpse of Tobias Fell, hanging from a tree. The townspeople panic. Freddy smiles at Anna. Commercial.