From the beginning Damon and Elena got together, I knew it wouldn’t be long until they broke up. With the cure within close reach, the question whether Damon would take the cure to become human becomes more pressing. Elena really wants to become a human, since she’s never really been much a supporter of vampirism. If she becomes a human, her brother wont want to kill her anymore, she can have a family and break the sire bond. The latter is what Damon fears. He fears that if the sire bond is broken than Elena won’t love him anymore and will have an anti Damon attitude towards him as in previous seasons. This situation could go in both ways. We have been told that her feelings for Damon aren’t a result of a sire bond, their just heightened when she becomes a vampire which means that she really does love Damon. But Damon has faced so much rejection, I think her love disappearing would crush him. Plus, he’s really not the type to stick around when things get tough. If you look at it from Damon’s perspective, why would he want the curse? Its obvious that a new vampire would want her old life back and given the chance, she’ll take it, but an old vampire like Damon, he’s used to this lifestyle. He likes this lifestyle. He’s eternally young and handsome. He can die multiple times and come back to life. He’s stronger than most. He’s got special powers. He’s been able to live through decades. He doesn’t know what humanity is.  He’s become a new and improved version of himself. Even if the sire bond didn’t break Elena’s love for Damon, do you think Damon would be the same person once he wasn’t a vampire? Pre vampire days, he was much more a softie than Stefan ever was when he was with Elena. Would she still be in love with that guy? It would be like a guy she doesn’t even know. And than when Elena described the life that she wanted them to have together, it was obvious that the guy she wanted to be with was not who Damon really was. We’ve come full circle once again. Damon is the fun one, the one that she feels free and adventurous with. Stefan is the sensual and perfect boyfriend type. It seems the story line is definitely going to push her back into Stefan’s arms, but the question is will they be free for her?

Things have definitely been heating up with Rebekah and Stefan. See Rebekah’s kind of a character you love to hate, but actually just want to hug. She’s been through a lot with family and men. As an original vampire, she’s the only one that ever wanted to be normal; to feel love, to go to a school dance, to be treated like a princess and not stabbed in the back by everyone multiple times (literally). With Stefan around she basically has that. She can open up to him and know that this time around, he won’t intentionally hurt her to get something out of her. The dynamic of Rebekah’s character is enhanced when you pull back her layers. She has this act going on but really, she would never let Elena die.  Her and Stefan have an uncanny connection, a bond and agreement thats turned into more of a flirtatious relationship. But she does pay the price of having to be around his ex girlfriend. When put in a room with the ex, Stefan has a hard time picking teams. He sticks up for both of them without stepping on the others toes, but it wasn’t hard for him to tell Rebekah that if he were to take the cure it wouldn’t be for the same reasons it was before. It wouldn’t be for Elena, for them to grow old and have kids together. It would be for him. And by the way he said it, it seemed that it might be a little for Rebekah too. And now with Damon gone, the three must form an alliance. Do you think that will lead Rebekah to become closer to Stefan, or Elena to realize that she loves Stefan and that he loves her. Ultimately, I love that the triangle has kicked Damon out and enforced the two female forces to fight  for a scorned lover. You only fall in love once though right? And if I do remember correctly, Rebekah was the first. 


But let’s put the relationship drama behind us (although Bonnie and Jeremy are totally going to get back together again). Damon did some good today while everyone was toying around by finally finding out what this whole story and ordeal with Silas was. If Elena hadn’t screwed things up (like she always does) and untied Atticus than maybe they would have not been in such a cunundrum. But anyways, the whole reason that Atticus wants to get the cure is to see his wife and kid again. Seems reasonable since we’ve all lost someone and there are great lengths that we would all go to, to see them again, but raising an Silas might not be the smartest. See we all knew Shane was up to some nonsense, but we never knew what it was. After awhile it seemed that he maybe didn’t have an ulterior motive. But let’s get real, its TVD. Jeremy gets kidnapped by some warlock witch dude, while Bonnie uses expression to try to find him. While the gang is out looking for Jeremy and Delena are fighting (cause Shane did a great job or riling up Damon), Shane grabs the headstone and heads towards the magical well, where he meets up with the hunter whose taken Jeremy and Bonnie, whose path was manipulated to lead her there by the witch as well. Really, really manipulative professor Shane. I feel kind of sorry for the two of them. While everyones looking for this cure, their basically getting used and now their like the sacrifices of this twisted professors plot! Jeremy has this tattoo that has lead the evil mastermind to the place, while Bonnie has been trained into dark magic without even knowing it so she doesn’t even have control over what spells she does, how to stop them and how to not let anyone interfere them.  While all those questions will be answered in the next episode, this unfortunate occurrence may be what we need to bring the Jer and Bonnie relationship back– that’s if they survive. Honestly, I don’t understand why the gang didn’t just take Jeremy, use his body as a map, get the cure and be done with it. I’m sure it wasn’t such a complicated ritual that needed the assistance of evil.


But just as things get really messy, Damon is attacked by someone else on the island. After a brief struggle with him, he realizes that he is one of the five original hunters. The hunter killed Damon in suspenseful ending to the episode, but what will he do with Damon. He only twisted his neck, he didn’t stab him, which is odd cause he’s a vampire hunter. Could he possibly need Damon’s help? Earlier in the day when Shane’s warlock wizard witch wanted to hurt Jeremy, he ended up helping Jeremy, which means he wants to help his fellow brothen. But how did he get to the island? Has he been working on his own map? Whose been leading him in the hunt and quest? Just how much does he know and what role could he potentially play in prolonging the uprising of Silas? 

Back in Mystic Falls, Tyler took on some douchery behavior (although he’s completely entitled given his mothers death and all) to watch Klaus trapped in the imaginary room and poke fun at him. Of course, when the predator is trapped and can’t get out its easy to talk about how your going to kill him and what not. But Tyler, did you ever think what will happen when Bonnie’s curse wears off and evil and angry Klaus is set free, still a original hybrid vampire, because your friends didn’t find the cure???? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Maybe toying with the already annoyed isn’t your smartest move. Well even trapped behind an imaginary wall, Klaus was able to do a lot of mischief by biting Caroline and ultimately leaving her to die. Now, there are two really interesting things that come into play with this whole situation. First, the love that Tyler has for Caroline is incredible. The trust that Caroline has for Tyler is also really magnificent and the fact that Tyler trusts his instincts and leaves Caroline dying in the arms of Klaus is also an example of his love for her and the fact that he does see some humanity in Klaus. Although its obvious that Klaus is in love with Caroline, the fact that he wouldn’t budge to help her shows what a stubborn ass he is. In last weeks episode he interrogated Damon into finding out how Elena has looked past all his bad and ruthless behavior to love him and he figured that Caroline would not be possible of doing the same. Yet, on her dying bed she basically told him that the fact the he felt and he was angry and wounded and in love meant that part of him still had his humanity. That’s the part Elena see’s in Damon and that’s the part that leaves Caroline with a soft spot for Klaus. That’s also what allowed Tyler to leave his beloved with Klaus the monster and know that he would save her. In a way, Klaus already had the answer he was looking for from two people that despised him the most. Now thats intense. As we shift from the Damon, Elena and Stefan love triangle to the Tyler, Klaus and Caroline triangle, it becomes clear that picking the perfect duo is not as easy as it seems. No matter what a persons flaws might be, the good in them always prevails at some point or another. 

Memorable Quotes

• Shane: Congratulations! We made it.
• Shane: Sunscreen?
• Damon: Is that a joke?
• Damon: Looks like someone forgot their team building exercises.
• Damon: What about me?
• Rebekah: You have a nice behind.
• Stefan: If I take the cure it wouldn’t be for her it would be for me.
• Klaus: I’m a thousand years old, call it boredom.
• Caroline: It’s because your hurt which means theres a part of you that’s human.
• Caroline: Because I’ve caught myself wishing to forget all of the horrible things you’ve done