OMG!!!

LEXIIIIIIIII!!!!!

Wow!  Damon looks “sexy hot” in that uniform.   There is just something about a guy in uniform, or a suit, or a tuxedo, or a leather jacket, or …… shirtless. ;)

Wow…so handsome! So we’ve got the Salvatore brothers in uniform AND Lexi all in one episode that just so happens to be a flashback special?! Can’t wait!

This sounds like a really interesting flashback episode.  But I hope it’s more about Damon this time, as we’ve learned a lot about Stefan’s story, but hardly anything about Damon.  In S4, it’s high time the writers give us a Damon-centred flashback episode, don’t ya think?  

Wait!  This is episode 8, which according to Ausiello is the episode Madeline Zima will guest star as Charlotte, who is rumored to have a romantic past with Damon.  Well …. that should be fun to watch.  Hot sexy times in the 1940′s! ??

http://tvline.com/2012/11/13/mad-men-season-6-spoilers-ask-ausiello/

i love the 40 and damon look yum yum (sweet jesus).and yes we haven’t seen much of damon past its time now.anyway damon only love one woman no matter how many he knew or will know she is love of his life and one day they will be together (damon fan dream)

“There is just something about a guy in uniform, or a suit, or a tuxedo, or a leather jacket, or …… shirtless. ;)”

Note to self, wear more of that stuff. lol

I love flashback episodes. Not only do they give important information about our characters which are often relevant to current storylines, but they’re also exciting, and really glamorous. I mean, the costumes alone are tremendous. That’s probably the best part of these flashbacks. I have to say, one of my favorite flashback episodes was The End Of The Affair. It was such a great episode. The sets, the costumes, the music, the hairstyles, were all beautifully done. I actually felt like I was transported back to that era. TVD did a tremendous job creating that episode.

The 1940′s is always a fascinating period, for a variety of reasons — namely World war II, so I’m curious if they’ll include actual battle scenes in this episode, which would be really awesome. Though I wonder if they have the budget, or even the locations for something like that. I hope so. Anyway, this episode seems really interesting and I’m looking forward to seeing it.

BTW, was it Stefan in that picture, or some other guy we don’t know about? It kinda looked like him, but then it didn’t. Could someone clarify that?

Oh yeah, you’re right, it is him. Thanks!

Love flashbacks.  I thought Stefan and Damon had no contact with each other since they turned…..fast forward until today in  Mystic Falls.  It will be fun to see how they were back then.

Whoop, another flashback episode! Love TVD’s flashbacks, they always do such a good job with them:)  Just have to say that Damon looks very dashing in his uniform;)

What I want to know is what does flashing back to 1940′s Louisiana have to do with the on-going story? It’s obviously going to take place during WWII, but I wonder what our Team Salvatore brothers were doing in the army? Hmmmmmm……this is going to be a good one, I just know it:)

Yep Daon does look super yummie in his uniform. This is supposed to be the ep where that chick named Charlotte shows up who used to be romantically involved with Damon. You know when they introduce a character like this they seem to do them first in a flashback. They did it with Bex, Klaus, Sage, etc… Maybe this chick was a double spy and filtered info to them but double crossed them? She could come back in present day with info on the 5. Just a wild idea.

I know we barely got any back story on Damon in 1912. Given the time frame maybe there is espionage involved. LOL

 It does look very cool. I love flashback episodes, mostly the more modern ones though. I loved, loved loved the ones from the 20′s.

I do remember her saying no new love interest for Damon but I wonder if she just comes back to cause problems in one way or another. She could be a vampire and her coming back to present day even if there is no current love interest could make little Ms. Gilbert’s green eyed monster appear even though she chose Steffie. She got upset over Bex when she wasn’t involved with Damon.

Stefan joining the army…someone else I talk to on another site reminded me that the boys could’ve been drafted and didn’t want to raise suspicion by not going. I don’t recall my history to remember if the draft was back then or only in Vietnam. With that much blood around it would be a perfect feeding ground for a vampire so that might be why he took 30 years to recover because he was exposed to so much blood. I’m not sure where Lexi ties in other than sheKs his friend. Do you remember when they were supposed to have met?

I’m curious if the boys were speaking during this time. Obviously they’re fighting on the same side.

Thanks for the trivia. I had no idea that was the original name for the first Petrova. I can see why they changed it because it seems like it’s not an old enough name to have existed 1000 years ago.

Damon and Stefan could very well have been drafted during WWII (as well as during Vietnam). However, I seriously doubt that they would have actually gone to war. Yes, it would have been a perfect feeding ground, but what if there had been too much blood and they would have vamped out in front of their comrads!? What if they had gotten hurt and would have healed in 10 secs flat!? The risk of exposure would have been way too high. I’m guessing that they either pretented to be in the army to get them off their backs or were officially in the army, but compelled their commanding officers of their respective units to kindly forget that there should be a Salvatore serving with them. In either case, they would have worn a uniform in public. However, I’m just speculating, knowing this show it probably won’t go down anything like this lol
Anyway, what I would actually be more interested in is a flashback episode of Damon’s time in the confederate army. We’ve never actually seen what it was like for him, the only thing we know is that he deserted in 1864. That was very common for confederate soldiers towards the end of the war, but the way it was portrayed back in S1 was all kinds of ridiculous. A soldier who was for all intense and purposes running for his life (desertion was punishable by death), would have not come home in a polished and clean uniform and announced with a smirk on his face that he “took a break from battle”! He would have hidden somewhere hoping not to get caught! Oh well, they could still make a pretty cool (and horrifing, sad etc.) episode out of it, but given that Damon is way to underappreciated…probably not going to happen!

Who knows?  With all the retcons and whatnot on this show, I have no expectations. It doesn’t matter.  I like Damon now, just the way he is. ;D

Hmmm that’s true they could easily compel someone so they wouldn’t have to fight even if they were legitimately serving. It seems from what we’ve been told that Damon might not have had an issue being around all that blood because he was better at controlling it.

The Civil War would’ve been interesting to see but the flashbacks we’ve had didn’t inclue him except for the brief one with Sage where we learned very little.

Me too, Katherine with her bob! lol and Rebekah, Klaus and Stefan looking all classy

There wasn’t a draft during WWII. Not to mention, if they didn’t want to go, both could have compelled there way out of it. If they enlisted in the army, it was by choice. The draft didn’t come along until Vietnam, in the 1970′s.

Thanks for the info. I couldn’t remember when he met Lexi but now that you mentioned it I do remember her in clothing of that time in a flashback.

A witch? Hmmm that would tie in also with the present since Professor Creepy has some interesting info for him and Bonnie. Her being a witch could also tie in with the hunter. We haven’t had another witch in town since Luca and his father so we’re do.

@VAMPLOVER1973:disqus 
Actually, there was a draft. It was called the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. After the US entered WorldWarII in 1941 it was extented. Both Salvatore brothers would have been affected by this, but yes, of course they could have compelled people to get out of it. Anyhow, I’m curious to find out how the writers end up explaining the whole army thing…We’ll just have to wait and see!

“By the summer of 1940, as Germany conquered France, Americans supported the return of conscription. One national survey found that 67% of respondents believed that a German-Italian victory would endanger the United States, and that 71% supported “the immediate adoption of compulsory military training for all young men”. Similarly, a November 1942 survey of American high-school students found that 69% favored compulsory postwar military training…
President Roosevelt’s signing of the STSA on September 16, 1940 began the first peacetime draft in the United States…
The World War II draft operated from 1940 until 1947 when its legislative authorization expired without further extension by Congress…”
Quoted from Wikipedia so … but yah the draft did happen in WWII, though I do agree with your compulsion points :).