Episode Report Card Cindy McLennan: A- | 325 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Breakfast Club
By Cindy McLennan | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 2013.01.17
Science Lab. Stefan asks Rebekah to leave Elena out of this. "This is between me and you." Rebekah laughs. "You're still protecting her. Must I rip your bleeding heart out of your chest and show you the scar tissue that is Elena Gilbert." I wish Katherine could be here, because she'd enjoy this scene. When Elena winces at this, Rebekah approaches her. "There's a solution to all your problems, you know. I could compel him. Erase every memory he has of you. Every day you spent together. Every kiss. Every lie. Every ounce of pain. I can take every bit of love he has for you. Give you both a clean slate. Just say the word and I'll make you and all that misery you've caused him disappear." Behind Rebekah, Stefan says, "Do it." Elena's eyes fly open wide. Rebekah is almost as surprised. Stefan again tells Rebekah to do it. She giggles at him and refuses. It would be far too easy. "I refuse to make you forget her, the way Klaus made you forget me." Turning to Elena, Rebekah smiles and says, "At least you know how he really feels." Rebekah tells Stefan that his eternal pain is her revenge. "I've used you for all you're worth, so now you're free to go."
Alone with Elena, Stefan looks at her, nods, then turns and heads for the door. He ignores Elena when she asks him to wait. Elena follows him out into the hall, but Stefan never turns around. Good for you, Stefan!
Shane's Office. Shane is putting on an unimpaled shirt when Bonnie finds him. Shane says Kol is going to be a problem, but Bonnie's a little more disturbed that her protection of him could have killed April. Shane says that's only because Bonnie doesn't know the extent of her abilities. I thought she graduated, Shane! Bonnie backs away from him. "My father just became mayor. I can't be out doing black magic." As Bonnie walks toward the door, Shane calls after her. "That's not what Expression is." Shane lies that Expression is just a way of doing magic that isn't monitored by the spirits. Okay, that's probably not a lie, but his next words are, "It isn't good or bad." Since it involves dozen of blood sacrifices to juice it up, I can't believe you. Bonnie, you don't know about that, because the Salvatores seldom talk to you like you're a real human being and are only interested in your magic to the extent that they can force you to use it to save Elena or help them out of some other jam. Still, you know you're wearing a HUMAN BONE amulet, so now that Shane is saying that Expression "Has no limits," I hope your Spidey-sense is tingling. Shane says he's there to help Bonnie and tells her she's the key to everything. "I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you." Bonnie searches his face as she tries to make up her mind. We cut to the...