Everyone’s favorite history teacher has just blown me away. When Alaric first joined the series and we didn’t know if he was a good or evil character, Matt Davis played it well. Mysterious past, mysterious looks and a seething hatred for vampires. He sold it. Tonight, Davis’s on-screen resume just gained the equivalent of inventing Facebook with his convincing portrayal of Alaric possessed by Klaus. Loved every second of that, from telling Katherine to repeatedly stab herself, to the look on his face when he sees Elena in class, to fighting Bonnie. Well done.
However, I need to broach the subject of adult impropriety on The Vampire Diaries. When AlariKlaus was dancing all creepy and sexy through the gym full of his students — his students! — I couldn’t help but think of the equally inappropriate Will Schuester of Glee infamy. Stop gyrating amongst the teens, gentlemen. Then, Damon dirty dancing with pretty much everyone at the dance? Sure, they were smiling, but he’s the kind of dirty creep my friends and I would all be talking about: “What’s the old guy doing hanging out at high school events all of the time? What a perv….”
But the perv had his moments tonight, plotting with Bonnie for her not-death, throwing the fact that he saved Elena’s life (again) in Stefan’s face and delivering the heartbreaking line to Elena: “I will always choose you.” And you’ve got to love Elena teasing him that she wasn’t going to invite him back into his own house.
Have we visited this theory before? Forgive me if we have, but it felt an awful lot like I had an epiphany this evening. When it struck me that there is probably no way that Bonnie will be allowed to kill Klaus, my thoughts drifted to werewolves, and how werewolf bites kill vampires. So … when Tyler gets back, he could totally redeem himself and kill Klaus for the gang, right? Do we know if a werewolf bite can kill an original? I feel like Elijah touched upon this at one point, but my brain hasn’t held onto the specifics. I do, however, stand by my theory that I know the cure for a werewolf bite.
This and that:
I was surprised at how Bonnie was saved and maybe disappointed (can’t decide). I thought that Damon had her drink some of his blood just in case she did die. How fun would it be to have a witch vampire?
I liked the episode, but it was hyped up too much this week. It sets up such high expectations that rarely are met.
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I thought the same thing, Carla. I was convinced that when Damon made Stefan take Elena back home, that he was going to turn Bonnie. I guess being out of touch and missing all the hype works for me! ;-)
AlariKlaus dancing didn’t skeev me out as much as Will and the way he interacts with his students, perhaps because I know the real teacher wouldn’t act that creepy. A possessed teacher, I get. The ones that are kinda gross are the students who were willing to dance with him..eww.
For Damon dancing, I don’t know if it’s quite as far as the “creepy, older guy.” He’s Stefan’s older brother…we know he’s supposed to be out of high school, but how much older is he considered to be? 20? 25? 30? I think that makes a difference. I could totally see a 20-21 year old dancing with 17-18 year olds at a high school dance and not be grossed out by it.
I was more bothered by the fact that they were playing modern music at a “60s dance.” :)
I knew Bonnie wasn’t dead, but I couldn’t figure out how she was saved on my own. Overall, solid episode. I love that there are really no filler episodes on TVD…every show has a huge reveal, and they don’t drag things out. (Except an Elena/Damon hook up, of course.)