Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A | 309 USERS: B+ YOU GRADE IT Friends Don't Let Friends Kill Matt
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2012.10.25
Hospital Supply Room. Damon wants to know who Connor is, where he's from and adds, "Maybe you can clue me in on this greater evil, because I've fought this guy..." He gestures toward Klaus. "...and there's nothing more evil than that." Klaus of course, agrees. Connor, of course, refuses to talk, beyond saying that if they kill him, there will be another along to take his place. In my head, I hear the voice-over narration from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. "Into every generation born, there is a slayer." I am struggling to reserve judgment on this. While I have very (inappropriately) proprietary feelings about BtVS. Buffy Summers wasn't fiction's first vampire hunter, nor will she be its last. That's my mantra, okay?
Damon mocks Connor, and while doing so, mentions his disappearing tattoo. When Klaus hears that last bit, his grin disappears. He asks Damon about it, but Damon says not to bother since they can't see it. Klaus knows more than everyone else in the room, though. He bends down to Connor and whispers, "There's more to you than meets the eye, isn't there?" Connor draws a stake and tries to get Klaus, who brags about being faster than the average vampire. He wrests the stake from Connor's hand, and looks at it. While he's studying the markings, Connor reaches for the trigger wire. Klaus: "You're one of The Five." Damon: "The what?" Connor: "I'm faster than the average hunter." Damon realizes Connor is about to trigger the bomb and Stealth-Salvatores away. He gets out of the room in time, but the explosion still throws him to the floor. Commercial.
Mossy Manse. Elena's resting in Stefan's bed as he tries to reach Klaus, because as you'll recall, his blood is the antidote to werewolf venom. Elena smiles at her boyfriend, but then his face morphs into Damon, i.e. her other boyfriend. She says, "Why am I thinking about you?" Imaginary Damon says, "Because you're a vampire now, and part of you knows you're a lot more like me than you are like him." Elena closes her eyes, just as Klaus walks in. Stefan says, "You came." Klaus: "I did, and for future reference, one voice mail is just as effective as nine." Heh. He looks over at Elena with concern and says, "What's wrong, love?"