The Originals
The Originals – Phantomesque (4×10)
Echoing the words of the always wise Kol, “what could go wrong”? All The Originals were doing this week is trying to take down a 1500-year-old witch and putting together Elijah’s shattered mind inside of a pendant, no biggie.
Elijah’s half-death was an excuse for a Mikealson family reunion. Not the best circumstances but we’re always happy to see Kol and Rebecca back, even if they did just find out about their brother’s demise because his sire line began dropping like flies at a club in France.
The word “death” is used very loosely because while Elijah may have been “killed” and his powers siphoned by the Hollow, his soul is still very much alive in Freya’s pendant. It’s shattered, seeking refuge at the core of who he is, but alive.
Now why Hayley was one bit surprised that when threatened, Elijah retreated to the darkest parts of himself is beyond me. She does realize that despite the expensive suits and British accent, he’s a vampire who has committed atrocities right?
Freya was the first to enter the pendant to seek out her brother. She failed obviously because, despite the blood relations, she’s not the most important person in his life. Not to mention it’s a bit tricky to hold up a spell while inside of it. Hayley offered to enter the pendant and find Elijah to convince him to get it together but Freya was skeptical – for a spell that big, she needed help from a powerful witch. And who more powerful than brave little Hope?
The minute Hayley stepped into Elijah’s mind, I knew that he’d be hiding behind the red door. That is after all where he committed the evilest and ruthless of crimes; where he was his true demon self. The red door, if you remember, has been his biggest burden in life.
Hayley tried to avoid going in there, opting instead for a fond memory of the two of them together. She was hopeful, wanting to believe that their love meant more to her than all of his darkness. She was sorely mistaken.
Upon entering the Red Door, she saw a gruesome scene. A village of women ravished by a pre-historic looking Elijah. Unlike in the other “memory rooms,” Elijah actually saw her this time, which meant, this is where his soul was located. Not only did he see her, he wanted to take her out.
Hope, seeing that her mother was struggling, broke the spell to try to wake her. Freya then decided to send Hope inside of the pendant to seek Hayley out. It was Hope’s power over Elijah that broke his hypnosis, right as he was about to feed on Hayley. As they stood there in his subconscious, there was a seemingly family feel and I had to keep reminding myself, Hope is Klaus’ daughter~
Watching Elijah almost kill the woman he loves so dearly, was one of the most powerful moments. Hayley was fighting for love but failed to realize that at one point, her love was the very monster she feared. We’ve all at one point in time been enchanted by Elijah’s charm. We know he did bad, but we’ve never seen it on someone he and we care about, until now. It almost felt like we were watching an abusive relationship play out – it was uncomfortable.
Even after his mind was mended, Hayley still felt fear towards this man she loves. It’s not easy to accept but as Klaus later informed her – it’s in their nature to do bad things, what sets Elijah apart is that he only does it for family. There’s a comfort in that, I’m sure.
Elsewhere, Rebekah and Kol fought for true love. Unfortunately, Rebekah wasn’t fighting for her own even though she definitely deserves it. After seeing how desperate Marcel was to get the thorn stake, she realized he was fighting for a woman. There was a time when you’d have gone to these lengths for me,” she said handing over the weapon, much to Klaus’s dismay. It’s unsure whether or not it will help heal Sofya but at least she lent a helping hand and in return, Marcel promised to burn it. That might not be too wise considering Freya’s alternative plan for bringing Elijah back – if they can’t defeat the Hollow, they’ll kill Marcel. My argument here is that he’s also family but whatever guys.
The Hollow proved to be as dangerous as everyone said using Kol’s true love against him. When he found out there was a connection to the ancestors and a possibility to see Davina, he dropped his family shenanigans like they were nothing to try to strike a deal with the Harvest Girls. These witches knew better than to trust a Mikealson so his efforts were pointless. The Hollow, however, knew how to play the game and brought back Davina to life with one tiny catch – the girls were linked. If Kol or anyone else in his family came for her, his true love would die as well. So what great lengths will he go to in order to save her this time? It’s always good to see you girl.
In the end, Marcel and Josh had a bonding moment before he dropped the real twist – in order to defeat the common enemy, they all had to be friends. And by all I mean everyone had to make nice with the Mikealson’s to even stand a chance at survival. With Rebekah staying in town, we’ll see how fighting on the same side feels like.
Thoughts? How do you think they’ll defeat the Hollow?
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Joseph Morgan Reveals If He’d Ever Reprise His Character Klaus Mikealson for ‘Legacies’
If you’ve been waiting for the day where Klaus Mikealson strolls back into Mystic Falls to pay his daughter, Hope Mikealson, and the Salvatore School — which he helped fund — a visit, well, don’t get your hopes up.
The first two seasons of Legacies have given us some grade-A guest stars from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals including Aunt Freya (Riley Voekel), Kai Parker (Chris Wood), and Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig). We even briefly saw Lizzie and Josie Saltzman’s birth mother Josette (Jodi Lyn O’Keefe).
But as for baddie Klaus Mikealson, the man who brought him to life, Joseph Morgan, doesn’t think he’ll ever reprise his role again.
And turns out, he has a really good reason!
TV Guide caught up with the actor to talk about his Peacock show, Brave New World, and when asked about guest starring on The CW teen drama, he bluntly and rapidly shut down the possibility.
“No never, never. You’re never going to see it.” Morgan said. “You can hold your breath as long as you want. You know why? I have The Originals box set on my shelf, and it’s a beautiful thing because it’s five DVD sets that are a complete story from beginning to end of this guy, Klaus Mikaelson — well, starting back in The Vampire Diaries Season 2. So I just feel like to come back as a ghost or a flashback or something, for me, that journey, that story has ended. That’s the complete story, and it just doesn’t feel right to me to do that.”
As much as we’d like to see Klaus in the flesh again, you have to admit that’s a satisfactory answer. It shows that Morgan cares enough about the character not to reprise him without a purpose or taint his legacy.
Klaus Mikealson’s story came to a fitting end in the series finale of The Originals when he redeemed himself for the greater good and sacrificed himself alongside his brother Elijah to save his daughter. Since then, Hope has carried on his legacy; his memory lives on as she mentions him pretty often and channels what he taught her to protect her friends and fight off a plethora of demons and monsters.
Morgan added that he felt like series creator Julie Plec understood where he was coming from.
“I think Julie [Plec] feels the same. It just feels like it would be strange, like a little forced,” Morgan continued. “Like I’m coming back just so we can see something else of him, but when we see it we go, ‘Ugh, that was it?’ And I don’t want his legacy to be, ‘Ugh.’ I don’t know what the scene could be that it would be exciting enough and epic enough after the journey that he’s had.”
Morgan may get a pass, but Candace Accola surely doesn’t. We’d love to see her reprise her role of Caroline Forbes considering she’s raising two daughters with Alaric but has yet to pay them a visit or help out with the school! Don’t let us down, Caroline!
The fact that she is still alive in the supernatural world and has such close ties to Mystic Falls but yet never comes to visit doesn’t paint her in a great light!
Welcome, James Holt Joblon!
Claire Holt and husband Andrew Joblon welcomed their first child together.
The Originals actress shared a picture of her little man on Instagram writing, “Everything they say is true. There is no love like it.”
In the photo, James is wrapped in a hospital blanket and peacefully sleeping in his momma’s arms.
Pregnancy has been a difficult journey for Holt who suffered a miscarriage and underwent a consequent dilation and curettage procedure just seven months before she became pregnant with James.
In October, she announced her pregnancy writing:
“My heart is bursting. I’m so happy to share with you that we are having a baby! It still doesn’t feel real. These past few months have been filled with excitement, anxiety, tears, joy, uncertainty but most of all gratitude,” she wrote alongside the pregnancy announcement.
She also reflected on the miscarriage writing, “You never forget the deep pain of loss. It dims with time but it informs many of your experiences.”
We’re so happy for Claire and Andrew!
Sending congrats and love to the family!
Alaric has faced dragons, gargoyles and dryads, but the most threatening and terrifying monster was his late bride.
No, not because Jo herself was scary but because whatever resurrected her was hoping to use human emotion to pry the knife from Ric.
Of course, Ric is a vampire hunter with years of experience under his belt so, despite the jarring visual of his late fiancee standing in front of him in her still-bloody wedding dress, he didn’t fall for it immediately.
I’m proud to say he initially pointed a crossbow at “that thing” before slowly warming up to the idea that maybe it was really Jo.
However, at no point did Ric let his guard down because he knew that eventually, the true monster would come to light.
And boy, the zombie did.
The zombie knew that there was no way it could fool Ric so it latched onto Josie, the twin most interested in connecting with her birth mother on her 16th birthday.
Josie, who is named after Jo, was drawn to her birth mother because as she mentioned, she’s never found much of herself in Caroline.
That isn’t to say that she doesn’t love her mom, but Lizzie has always been more like Caroline, which us OG TVD fans can attest to.
Thankfully, we also know that Caroline grew out of the insecure, mean-girl shenanigans so there’s hope for Lizzie. More on that later.
Sadly, Jo’s bonding time with her mother ended with her getting buried alive. Not ideal by any means, but at least her friends Penelope, Hope and M.J all came to the rescue.
They fought through what looked like an episode of The Walking Dead before M.J could hear Josie’s screams and dig her up.
Thankfully, she was wearing Hope’s necklace, one that makes quiet things loud.
It’s poetic actually to see how many people want to help Josie free herself from Lizzie’s shadow.
Despite Penelope’s toxic attitude, she really does have Josie’s best interests at heart and seeing how she almost lost her, the two reconnected romantically.
What does that mean for Rafael?
As for Lizzie, she needs a major attitude adjustment.
Yes, seeing your birth mother in the flesh may come as a surprise but her hostility was not necessary.
Admittedly, she was being protective in order not to get hurt, but there’s nothing to blame or hate your “bio mom” for. It’s not like she wanted to die and never be a part of your life!
Secondly, everyone is right — she’s a terrible sister.
Lizzie takes Josie for granted which was more noticeable on this episode than ever before.
Her only priority is herself; she wanted to get the guy, she wanted to be happy, and Josie was only deserving of the “consolation prize.”
She didn’t even notice Josie was missing from the party until Rafael hurt her by telling her that he wasn’t interested in a relationship with her despite their hook-up from the previous night.
And only after she felt hurt did she even notice her sister never showed up to the party!
With the Gemini Curse creeping up on them on their 22 birthday, these two really have to find some common ground otherwise Josie doesn’t stand a chance next to the dominant twin.
I know Penelope wanted to prove to MJ that Lizzie was a terrible person but until Rafael showed up, it seems like she was really going to give MJ a chance.
Unfortunately, it’s because of girls like her that the good guys never win. MJ was so smitten with her, he knew everything about her down to her favorite song yet she still chose the “good looks” over the guy who went above and beyond to treat her like a princess.
Now that Rafael was honest with her, she’ll likely pursue MJ, but I sincerely hope he treats her the same way she’s been treating him.
Thank u, next!
I’m glad Rafael had a heart-to-heart with Hope and admitted that he wasn’t completely over his girlfriend’s death.
It was a bit concerning that he just fell for Josie instead of mourning his girlfriend. However, his hook-up with Lizzie and his desire to “be there” for her now makes more sense.
He’s trying to ease his guilt.
Their friendship is surprising but when Landon’s personal life comes into play, specifically his connection to the knife, Rafael will be a good contact for Hope.
You could probably tell from my reviews that I haven’t really been too keen on Legacies. I just couldn’t get into it because it was lacking the magic that both The Vampire Diaries and The Originals had.
They say it usually takes about four full episodes to really fall in love with a show. Mombie Dearest was the one that changed things for me.
It’s the most fun I’ve had watching an episode which I think mainly stems from the fact that it evoked so many of the emotions I’ve felt while watching the Vampire Diaries.
I was crying the same way I used to back in season one.
It could be because there were so many references to the sister shows — Jo, Caroline, the curse, Stefan Salvatore, the debutant ball, Hope’s aunt — but this episode just had the Mystic Falls vibe. The friendships are falling into place, the characters are being fleshed out and the main story-arc is promising.
I knew it was impossible for Jo to stay especially because she’s a witch who believes in the natural order of things, but I so hoped they’d find a way to keep her around.
It would have added so much to the show.
It was also hard to say goodbye to her again. I can’t imagine having to do that shortly after meeting your biological mom, but at least Josie and Lizzie got the opportunity.
As for Ric, it was definitely heartbreaking to see him lose Jo again, but the moment provided the closure he never had. After sixteen years, he was able to let her go knowing she was in a better place.
And I’m obviously still holding out for Caroline’s return. She’s bound to make a few visits considering, as we predicted, she’s traveling the world in hopes of finding the cure to break the Gemini Curse.
I wonder when they’ll tell the twins about that.
And if the knife possibly has something to do with it!
What are your thought on “Mombie Dearest?” Are you Team Josie or Team Lizzie?
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