Posted by Crissy Calhoun | May 13, 2012, 17:09 (EST) | 110 Comments
Category: TV Series
And so it ends. This show has always been about choice, and this finale brought that theme back to the forefront. Just like its characters, The Vampire Diaries is brave enough to make controversial choices and stick to them, despite knowing that some of the viewers at home will be screaming, no no no no no — did I mention no? The Departed didn’t have that surprise-around-every-corner frenzy of past finales, but it was damn fine television — a finale that brought us back to the core of our main character and showed us the two days in which her entire life changed.
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “IT’LL BE FINE.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | May 7, 2012, 16:02 (EST) | 136 Comments
Category: TV Series
The end of Season 3 is nearly upon us! And this penultimate episode kept up last season’s tradition of giving us a heart-stopper before the finale.
I was feeling a wee bit disgruntled after Do Not Go Gentle, so thank the TVD gods for Before Sunset. Right from the Civil War imagery in the opening sequence through the rest of the masterful cold open, it was crystal clear that we were in for some top-notch Vampire Diaries. SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | April 29, 2012, 17:32 (EST) | 132 Comments
Category: TV Series
Oh decade dances — this was the one to end them all. Trickling stars, hideous chandeliers, wonderful 1920s costumes, bromances new and old . . . it should have been a magical night, but “dangerous dance karma” meant there was an unstoppable ghost witch on a mission to ruin everything.
WARNING: SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “UNSHAKABLE BOND.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | April 22, 2012, 14:45 (EST) | 283 Comments
Category: TV Series
Now that was some enjoyable television. As the first episode of the final four, Heart of Darkness sets us up for the final stretch of season 3, pulling the various plots and characters together and pushing forward to what promises to be another epic finale.
Don’t Back Down Now: What I loved most about this episode — besides, you know, the wall action — was how beautifully the two main storylines resonated with each other: SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “GIVE IN TO IT.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | April 6, 2012, 9:22 (EST) | 52 Comments
Category: TV Series
After a few episodes that felt off, The Murder of One shines as an example of all that makes The Vampire Diaries the show we love so very much — high stakes, excellent twists, complicated conversations, siblings bickering, a little shirtless torture, and a reminder that good whittling is hard to find. Welcome back, TVD.
The Salvatore brothers have been called self-destructive many a time, but in this episode, the poor guys have no idea that their diabolical master plan is incredibly self-destructive. SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | March 26, 2012, 8:47 (EST) | 64 Comments
Category: TV Series
Everyone has a dark side — and in Mystic Falls, the dark sides are really dark. After the big reveal of the council member murderer last episode, Break On Through explores the options available to a secret psycho. So put away your knitting needles, and break off the neck of a bottle of wine . . .
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “THE DELUSIONAL WAGON.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | March 18, 2012, 15:53 (EST) | 184 Comments
Category: TV Series
The Vampire Diaries has returned with a sepia trip back through time. It’s actually a double dose of nostalgia: for the brothers Salvatore, a reminiscence of Mystic Falls in 1912, and for us viewers at home, many call backs to past episodes — crow in a cemetery and all.
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “BROTHER BONDING.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | February 20, 2012, 8:24 (EST) | 173 Comments
Category: TV Series
Ditching the glitz of the previous episode, All My Children takes the weekly battle for survival underground as our Mystic Falls residents pick sides on Esther’s plot — righting the wrongs of a thousand years and restoring peace, or an immoral atrocity that would remove five of the most entertaining characters from our show in one fell swoop?
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “ENOUGH TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | February 14, 2012, 18:29 (EST) | 106 Comments
Category: TV Series
For me, an episode is difficult to write about for one of two reasons: either it ain’t my cup of tea (a rarity with this show), or it’s so good and complicated and layered that I worry about adequately covering all the reasons why it was so bloody awesome. Dangerous Liaisons falls into category 2. Centuries of backstory feed into the events at the Mikaelson ball, as well as two-and-a-half seasons of The Vampire Diaries’ carefully orchestrated relationships. So a small gesture — like Elena taking the arm of both her suitors — is for us dedicated viewers an iconic moment. And this was an episode full of these intense, capslock-inducing moments done so well and fraught with so much feeling.
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “NOT THAT SIMPLE.”
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Posted by Crissy Calhoun | February 6, 2012, 9:20 (EST) | 94 Comments
Category: TV Series
Though we’ve known since the beginning of this series that family is important in Mystic Falls, Bringing Out the Dead was an ode to family — in all its messed-up glory. For better or worse, these bonds tie together these characters, across the centuries, but the “family above all” credo raises the question: do you punish sins/crimes perpetrated by family against family or forgive the unforgivable? Whatever the final decision is, in the meantime, at least have a vampire-speed fist fight. Or two.
SPOILERS! CONTINUE READING “THIS IS FAMILY BUSINESS.”
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