I’m getting a little lost in the whole mess of things on the Secret Circle. If Ebon is trying to rid the world of all witches than why is he working with a witch and trying to achieve this with magic? He’s the one that frowns on it right? Seems like he’s a pretty big hypocrite. I also cannot seem to figure out what John Blackwell is up to. First he lied about not having magic, than he faked a curse to keep Adam and Cassie away from each other. Of course this was done with good intentions because he wants to keep the circle safe but lying to your daughter in the first place is a bad idea. Especially cause its been so hard for her to trust you anyways. Now we find out that he has attempted to unleash demons and thats the reason for the fire in the boathouse and the reason why so many people died. Yet Cassie still believes he’s a good guy and sure he comes off like that. He saved her from the demon and kept the circle safe with his power and has now become their “leader” in the fight to save the circle from witch hunters. But at the end of the episode we see him back at the ground where demons were just unleashed doing something that he obviously didn’t want anyone to know about. What is he up too? Is he really good and altruistic or is he going to turn his back on the circle? 


The stress of magic is really getting to everyone in the circle. This week they all just wanted to step back and live a normal life, away from magic and demons and witch hunters. But unfortunately you cannot run away from what you are born into. That being said when the circle is in trouble you drop everything, take your “to-go” coffee and help. It might be rather hard for Diana to form a relationship with a mortal especially since a relationship will only work if it is based on the truth and that means she would have to tell him she’s a witch.  I’m not sure how smoothly that would go over especially because you can never trust anyone in Chance Harbor. He might be a witch-hunter as well for all we know. Faye and Melissa let loose this weekend with a little flirting competition courtesy of Adam who actually needed to get his mind of off things. It is utterly tragic to watch Cassie and Adam, a couple that was so in love act like nothing ever happened. The change that has occurred within Adam is enough to break my heart. Cassie still loves him and although he knows he loves Cassie he cannot remember that feeling. Will enough time pass before Cassie falls in love with Jake  or will Adam break through the potion and fall back in love with Cassie? 

All we know is that the battle is just beginning between good versus evil. But which side is the circle on good or evil? In order for them to defeat Ebon and stay alive they need to be more powerful than he is now that he has unleashed the demons. The power lies within the crystals. If they find all the crystals and put them back into one they will be more powerful. The only problem is that as of now they only have Melissa’s crystal and from what I remember one crystal was used up and Diana’s dad has 2 crystals- his and Cassie’s grandmothers. Does this mean that the fight is going to occur between parents and their children? All we can do is wait till April and find out. 


Memorable Quotes

• Cassie: So now witch hunter are hunting you. How does that feel?
• Adam: I don’t negotiate with terrorists.
• Diana: Thats not an exaggeration, thats a lie. 

Finally an installment of Secret Circle that head my head buzzing and kept me on my toes throughout. The writers relied on a form of “inception” to uncover the truth about the fire that happened years back that killed all of their parents. What they learned though was much more helpful than what they had pieced together through their family books. The witch-hunters were the ones who started the fire so many years back, not the witches. And John Blackwell never really died in that fire as it was presumed. That means that he has been around this whole time watching Cassie grow up? Why wouldn’t he intervene is some situations for example Cassie’s mother getting killed? I’ll admit the arch of the storyline is intense, they just have to back it up with a lot of facts and explanations, otherwise viewers will have to many questions and too many loopholes will be left open. If John Blackwell does return, it will be like opening the door to disaster. I can’t wait. 

The drama lies within Team Jake and Team Adam and the tension between both of them is brilliant. Leave it up to the writers to leave Cassie in a state of confusion between two great guys, just as they did to Elena on TVD. Anyways, both guys are madly in love with Cassie and it seems like Jake proved this week that he isn’t only after Cassie’s power. He wants to help uncover the truth just as much as she does and its important that they do. Learning about history helps from repeating the same mistakes again. The event that occurred in “Witness” was mighty important to the progression of the story and for Cassie to get a hold of her dark magic and figure out how to use it properly. It also led her to that necklace left by her father that will further protect her from the witch-hunters. It also revealed to us that Adam’s father, Ethan, might not be the man we all thought he was. Dawn is a lying manipulative bitch, just like her daughter but at least she’s up-front about it. Thomas was a bully and always will be a bully, but once again he owns up to it. Ethan came off as this sweet, saddened, drunk father and now we find out that he was actually helping out the witch-hunters kill John Blackwell. Could it be because he was so in love with Emilia that he wanted to get rid of Blackwell? Does this mean he is going to be a potential threat to Cassie and that the scene in last weeks episode at the gym was only the beginning of a dangerous feud?

As Diana mentioned “I feel like the circle is falling apart” and that seems to be true. Besides for Cassie, Adam, Diana and Jake nobody else seems to be too interested in what is happening to the circle. Melissa hasn’t had much of a story line since Nick died, her character is very monotonous and not exciting. Bad girl Faye has her own life now away from the circle which involves her new sexy potions priest. Yet this new friendship of hers is going to put her in a lot of trouble. She is the type of girl that fears nothing and wants to try everything. When Cullem the drug dealer gave her that devils-spirit you could see that she was ecstatic on the inside. If Lee’s warning about his ex girlfriend was any indication of where Faye’s storyline was about to go then we are going to have one crack out bad girl attacking everybody. Her struggle for power will ultimately bring her down and cause her to suffer grave consequences.

But lets just go back to the boat house and the memories. Cassie is a very persistent person and she tends to break the rules just to get what she wants. That’s exactly what she did today, even kicking Jake out of her memory. While she was in that memory no one could see her, except for one lady who warned her that she shouldn’t be here. How could she have seen her? Why did she warn her? What effect is this going to have on the rest of the story? The most heartbreaking part of that had to have been Jake seeing his mother die right in front of him. I don’t think any child could bear to see that and stay as calm as he did. With this being said, Cassie stated that there seemed to be sides being chosen within the circle and some people sided with the witch-hunters and some sided with Blackwell? How will this revelation affect everything. This episode was great as it was an introduction and a set up to what is to come. Now I just hope that they flesh everything out in the same exciting mannerism as “Witness” was done in.

Memorable Quotes

• Adam: And your an avenging angel now? Don’t they usually stay hidden in the shadows?
• Jake: Don’t you usually have a different girlfriend?
• Adam: There’s a council of witch-hunters? Are you their mascot?
• Cassie: He cares about me.
• Adam: You or your powers?
• Lee: Maybe because your circle skanks don’t want you back.
• Lee: Damnit Faye, I just cleaned up the place from the last time you thrashed it.
• Cullem: Except you expressed some interest and I am very sensitive to a pretty girls needs. Call me if you develop any more needs. 

What do you get when you put 6 witches in a binded circle? A whole lot of mayhem. This episode was action packed full of backstabbing, sexual tension and magic gone wrong. These teenagers have a lot of unresolved issues that mainly just focus on their jealousy of one another. Faye is jealous that Cassie has dark magic because she wants to do magic by herself as well. Diana is jealous that her ex Adam is in love with Cassie but she is also best friends with Cassie. These little jealousy issues are heightened with the addition of magic. When Faye decided to ask her voo-doo prince to help steal Cassie’s dark magic she didn’t think about the consequences or how this might affect anybody else. 

You would think that after seeing how a spell could go horribly wrong as Faye fed off of the circles powers, lit the gym on fire and caused all the ice sculptures to fall she would stop messing and trying to find new ways to gain her own power but no. After she stated that Cassie is the one with evil magic who chokes people with her mind and brings out demons that kill others she is still the bad seed of the circle, she runs back to her voo-doo guy in search for more ways to alienate herself from the rest and gain individual power. This is stupidity on Faye’s part because voo-doo priest doesn’t seem to be too trust-worthy and revealing to an outsider that one is a witch might not be in her best interest. How can you be sure he doesn’t have an agenda of his own or isn’t another witch-hunter? Meanwhile poor Cassie is left struggling with this powerful magic that seems to take a shape of its own. Without even trying to be evil she lights dresses on fire and does all this horrible stuff. The only way to control this magic is to find out more about her father, who he was and how dangerous this stuff really is. The only problem is that nobody is willing to talk about John Blackwell…

Diana and Melissa have started their friendship over again. After Diana lost Adam, she became friends with Cassie but we all know its kind of impossible to be best friends with your ex’s new squeeze. Especially when Adam has no shame about asking Diana to convince Cassie its okay that she wants to be with Adam.. Guys really just don’t have a clue do they? Plus Cassie’s dark magic has begun to scare Diana the same way Faye’s need for power has started to scare Melissa. As they both kind of come out of their “partners”shadows I think it will be interesting to see what this team up can bring to the table. They are both kind of the nerdy, shy girls so maybe their friendship will bring out the bad-ass side of both of them and take away their sadness.

Cassie is stuck is a love triangle amidst all her other problems. Since the very first episode she has been entranced by Adam and if what his dad says is true than they are destined to be together. When they finally kissed it was very passionate and there was definitely something more than lust there. Of course though that had to be interrupted by Jake walking down the stairs. So why is Cassie attracted to Jake as well. I mean he was obviously a witch hunter. He came into town with his eye on Cassie and although he helped her out previously is he still only attracted to her because she has dark magic? Her mother warned her that she has magic that other people are going to want and they will use her to get to it. I don’t know if I fully trust Jake. I’m with Adam on this one there is something very off about Jake I just can’t put my finger on it. 

Memorable Quotes

• Guy: I’ve been watching you and your little friends. Looks like you and Melissa aren’t the only teen witches in town. 
• Faye: What are you talking about?
• Guy: Blondie, Emo Boy, The Girl Scout.. Collective Circle you got.
• Faye: How mini Martha Stewart of you.
• Guy: I guess you can’t judge a book by its lipgloss.
• Faye: You know your pretty jumpy for a voodoo priest.
• Cassie: Your messing with power none of us can understand.
• Guy: Power doesn’t come cheap.
• Faye: Miss innocent here is full of dark magic. Evil Magic. How does this bitch get a free pass and I get burned at the stake?
• Adam: Your destiny is important to me.