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Wednesday 27 February 2013

The Vampire Diaries 4.11 "Catch Me If You Can" Review

                                        
Lots happening this episode as Rebekah (Claire Holt) recaps what Stefan (Paul Wesley) said last episode about each of the players being on a team paired together and how they have nothing.  The sheriff (Marguerite MacIntyre) arrests Shane (David Alpay) after what April told them last episode and he's not talking so Bonnie (Kat Graham) tells her father (Rick Worthy) she wants a minute with him and what a long minute that turned out to be.  Before Shane was arrested, he helped Bonnie control her magic which she was unable to do.  Here he mutters under his breath that they're right he did kill those council members in a ritual.

Stefan and Rebekah break into Shane's office and look for a headstone that will help them in the search for the cure.  Rebekah also tells Stefan how he was great in the '20's they had more fun.  He says he was crazy back then and she remarks on the sex being great cos he replies, he was crazy and it was crazy sex.  Ugh you just thought they'd be at each other's throats there and then but no, someone breaks into his office also looking for the headstone.  When they try and question him, they realize he's been compelled since he bites off his tongue and then stabs himself in the neck.

Klaus (Joseph Morgan) says the plan's changed and he sends the vampires after Jeremy (Steven R McQueen) so he'll have to kill them.  Otherwise Matt (Zach Roerig) will be killed instead.  They're hunted in the woods by the vampires and head for the cabin as they won't be able to get in.  Elena (Nina Dobrev) arrives of course and saves Matt.  Then takes Matt home.  Wouldn't he have been safer at the cabin., not only that but then he turns up for work too.  Meanwhile Kol (Nathanial Buzolic) has Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Jeremy cornered at the Grill.  He wants Jeremy to back off from killing the vampires which he killed instead cos he doesn't want Silas raised to bring an end to the world, Kol being an immortal.  Of course they refuse and so Kol captures Damon after he tells Jeremy to run.  Jeremy standing there like that, dumfounded instead of running.  Oh my Jeremy what long eyelashes you have!

Kol compels Damon to hunt Jeremy and so will continue to do this since no one can un-compel him.  Damon later spies Jeremy at the Grill when Matt returns to work and makes a beeline for him, he can't help himself.   They end up in the tunnels and Jeremy shoots Damon before making his escape.  Elena calls Stefan for help and Rebekah answers.  Seems like Stefan won't help.  However he does turn up to help when Damon is about to attack Jeremy.  Telling her she hasn't seen him when he's not in love with her.  Neither have we.  Unless the Ripper counts.  Thus this shows us a new Stefan who no longer is whiny, and pining after Elena all the time.  Instead he and Rebekah finally get together, just what she wants.

Rebekah is also tormented by both Kol and Klaus when she has the white ash dagger pointed at her by Kol and Klaus has to save her too.  He tells her she needs training in daggering a sibling and she storms off too.  Well he's had plenty.  Kol also tells her about how this family is broken mentioning Elijah not rearing his head and she replies this family was ruined before the search for the cure.

Stefan has Damon tied up in the cellar so we're back there once more and tells him he can't let him out as he will kill Jeremy and since he can't be un-compelled he'll have to stay there.  His curse, ha. is not being able to see Elena either as he'll compel her to let him out.  Elena insists she won't but she can't control compulsion anymore than Damon can and plus there's the sire bond.

Shane mentions how Grams must be in agony and he knows Bonnie wonders about that, causing her to lose the plot once more with her magic.  Until he stops her. He tells her father he's the only one who can control her and he insists she listen to him.  That was manipulative of Shane the way he used her to get out and still keep his plan for raising Silas on track.

So who sent the mysterious compelled stranger to retrieve the headstone?  Also Rebekah hides it from Stefan since she's the only one who didn't betray him, like he did when he rescued Jeremy.  Showing he cares about Jeremy or maybe he has some other ulterior motive.  Elena will be in his debt now for what he did for them.  Klaus arrives at the Gilbert's house and tells them he's their only protection against Kol but they don't buy it.  Elena comes up with the plan that in order to kill as many vampires as possible Jeremy should kill Kol and thus all those vampires he sired will also die, speeding up the process and revealing the tattoo on his arms.  Take it none of the main leads were sired by Kol then.

Good to see Damon and Elena being kept apart, ha, for those who don't want to see them together.  Also Matt points out how she's changed as a vampire since she wouldn't have trusted Damon with Jeremy.  But Elena is still selfish and moans too much, so that hasn't changed much, ha.  It's like she's pushed her brother aside in order to do anything for Damon and to have Damon, like telling him she loves him, as if that will stop him from killing Jeremy.  Also Elena had no qualms about all those vampires/people who will die with her plan to kill Kol.

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