Episode 5×4, “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Is this a play on the John Donne or the Ernest Hemingway? Either way, somebody’s dying. That, or maybe we’ll get a war flashback.
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Cold Open
- And diaries are relevant yet again! Whoot! (not that I love the diaries on this show, I’m just a fan of titles making sense).
- “You are a vampire, not a caveman.”—Damon. I don’t know why, Damon’s fastidiousness about prohibiting Stefan from littering during their casual discussion of his mass murders is really cute. He’s always been houseproud, who knew he was road proud as well.
- Vampire Diaries trope: car crash! This time Damon’s car (damn, I’ll miss that pretty car, and it’s outlived most of the humans on this show).
- “I get it, you’re the fun brother.” Aw, I like when the writers allow Paul Wesley to smile.
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Everything up until the first commercial break.
- Is that bell story true? Not that it couldn’t be, it’s just that I know a different origin story for bell strings at grave sites.
- Amnesia Stefan is so cute.
- Vampire Diaries trope: back room of the Mystic Grill only exists for people to get attacked in. Continue Reading