THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: 1.02 “Night of the Comet”
Thursday nights this season are just so FULL of new television. Which is probably why I end up watching The Vampire Diaries online and a few days late. But since another new episode is on tonight, I thought now would be a good time to write about last week’s episode.
I have to say, I’m still enjoying the show. Damon and Stefan are still at odds, and Damon is still as evil as ever. Two new deaths started off the episode. Of course, they were nameless people, and it had a very Buffy vibe (with a little Urban Legends), but we got the point: Deaths are still happening, and they ain’t pretty.
Yes, I said ain’t.
The most intriguing part, though, was that Elena officially met Damon. Now, we knew Damon had seen her in last week’s episode. He knew she looked like Katherine, and there was the whole fog and crow incident in the woods. But now she’s met him, thought him to be harmless, and if anything, we know that game is officially on.
But it doesn’t look like Elena’s quite the feast yet. First we need to handle Vicki, who has survived Damon’s vampire attack. Here’s something new we learned of their vampire culture: They can hypnotize people–or at least convince them of non-truths. Fortunately, Stefan was able to cover Damon’s tracks a bit…well, for a while. Since Stefan doesn’t feed on humans, his vampire powers aren’t as strong. His hold on Vicki didn’t stick, and he was almost brought to the surface in the town.
And Damon would have been thrilled with that–except that it would lead to Stefan’s death. And that’s no fun for eternal torture, right? Right.
So he did something surprising, and actually hypnotized Vicki back to Stefan’s story. He’s safe. For now.
Safe from the world around, sure, but not from Damon. Who knows what will happen next? We’re left with the blood-curling scream from Caroline as she discovers the truth of her mystery man. (Perhaps this is why teenagers shouldn’t go home with strangers, ladies and gentlemen, vampires or not.) I guess we’ll have to see if she’s someone that will be sticking around. We’ve got a large cast already–will she make it through the first few episodes?
Honestly, I’m less interested in Caroline and more so with Bonnie. What did she see when she touched Stefan’s hand? And does Stefan have any clue of her hidden powers? Because if so, she’s more of a danger to his secret than anything else. I look forward to discovering what she saw.
Beyond that (and trust me, that was a lot), the episode was just more development of Elena and Stefan, plus some drama with her drug-addicted brother. I’m very much not interested in him. Are you? He just seems too angsty for me. Bust maybe something exciting will happen soon. Otherwise, maybe he’ll be eaten soon!
Nah, I bet he’ll be around a while. Sigh.
Thursday nights are definitely full of television. I have to DVR a lot of shows!
And I’m very intrigued by Damon. I can tell he is going to be a character that I love to hate just with the way he tortures Stefan.
But I am really enjoying The Vampire Diaries. I like the development of Elena’s and Stefan’s relationship and it was definitely interesting when Elena met Damon (who I have to say is very hot).
I’m not a huge fan of the brother either. He needs to knock it off with the whole drug and alcohol thing. It’s getting on my nerves.