Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 87 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT And The Black Guy Always Dies
By Cindy McLennan | Season 5 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.21.2013
Magically Moving Whitmore College. It's night. We're at the party and Bonnie is dancing with Jesse. She's apparently already told him her mother is also a vampire. "Long story. She's surviving fine. You'll be great." But if you have a kid, he or she will probably grow up feeling completely abandoned. He can't help but notice that she keeps scanning the room and wonders if she's looking for her boyfriend or friend with benefits. Bonnie admits she's looking for her best friend's little brother who is still in high school. "And I think I'm totally in love with him." Aww. That should end well.
Across the room, Caroline and Elena catch up on Jesse's progress. Caroline's teaching him to sublimate his hunger via boozing. Elena says she sent Damon to question Wes. Caroline says, "You realize Damon is going to kill Wes, right?" Elena says he's just getting information. Caroline: "You realize that you're wrong, right?" Elena says she knows Caroline isn't crazy about her being with Damon. Caroline says she's fine with them being together, "...as long as you can acknowledge the kind of person you are together with." Elena's too compassionate to say, "You mean the kind of person who wiped out a coven of witches without blinking an eye?" We cut to...
Maxfield's lab. Damon has strapped Wes to a table. He takes out a tray full of test tubes that contain luscious diseases such as necrotizing fasciitis, which I can't spell to save my life. Our Evil Pixie Monster plans to inject Wes full of grossness. If the doctor talks, Damon will give him, "...some of my delicious vampire blood, and we'll heal you right on up. If you don't answer me correctly, we're just going to have to see how much flesh these little guys can eat." While Damon administers the injection, sweat pours off of Wes. Commercial.
After the break, we return to the kitchen at the Mystic Grill. Alone with Katherine and Nadia, Stefan asks, "Just out of morbid curiosity, which one of is younger." As expected, the mother-daughter duo simultaneously answers, "I am." Matt enters with the knife Gregor entrusted to him. "Now what are we doing in here?" Katherine shows Matt to his seat and gives Nadia the high sign. Nadia calls forth Gregor. There's some back and forth, but finally he admits that while he did come to town to get Silas, he is also there to do the Travelers bidding in re-killing Katherine. Nadia is all, "You used me?" Don't worry, Nini: Kiki is here. In the course of conversation, Katherine reveals her (Katherine's) father was a no good Traveler, so she knows a thing or two. She stabs Gregor-Matt, but tells Stefan not to worry. It's a special knife that will drive Gregor's spirit out of Matt, without offing my Pudding Pop. "There's a reason why he wanted this knife so badly. It's the only thing that will truly kill a passenger." Nadia glares at Katherine and I really don't get it, since just seconds ago she learned Gregor was using her to kill her long sought-after mother. We jump back to...