SHOW AT LARGE
- Why Not Kol? The Tired Love Life of Bonnie Bennett
- Zach Salvatore- A Case Study
- “Vicariously’s” Thoughts on 3×22 “The Departed”
- A Season 3 Aspiring Writer’s Quiz
- Vicki Donovan- A Case Study (Part 1)
- “The Turning Point” and the Flux of Past and Future
- Season Four Midway Analysis (Part One: The Heroes)
- Season Four Midway Analysis (Part Two: Everyone Else)
EPISODE REACTIONS
- SEASON FOUR
- Episode 4×1: “Growing Pains” or “Never Trust A Preacher Who Keeps His Cows in Barred Up Prison Cells!”
- Episode 4×2: “Memorial” or “The Episode Where I Become A Sympathetic Vomiter.”
- Episode 4×3: “The Rager” or “Everyone Needs A Substance Abuse Sponsor.”
- Episode 4×4: “The Five” or “Never Depend On Hybrids To Be Competent Or Bonnie Mentors To Be Trustworthy.”
- Episode 4×5: “The Killer” or “Hot Black Guys Should Never Try To Blow Up the Mystic Grill Unless They Want A Doppelganger To Kill Them.”
- Episode 4×6: “We All Go A Little Mad Sometimes” or “Someone, Please, Tear Down The Deathbridge Already.”
- Episode 4×7: “My Brother’s Keeper” or “Keep Him Far, Far Away.”
- Episode 4×8: “We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street” or “Just How Many U.S. Wars Has Damon Joined and Deserted?”
- Episode 4×9: “O Come All Ye Faithful” or ““Klaus Proves At Long Last That He’s A Special, Lonely Snowflake.”
- Episode 4×10: “After School Special” or “No Picture Exists To Properly Capture Stefan’s Butthurt Angst.”
- Episode 4×11: “Catch Me If You Can” or “A Man Bit Off His Own Tongue and Refan Was Still The Grossest Thing That Happened.”
- Episode 4×12: “A View To Kill” or “Two Originals Get Invited In, Neither Get To Leave”
- Episode 4×13: “Into the Wild” or “You’re Getting Your Crappy Fear Street Knockoff Into Your Low-key Lost Homage!”
- Episode 4×14: “Down the Rabbit Hole” or “Nine People Are Double-Crossed and Remarkably, None of Them Is Rebekah.”
- Episode 4×15: “Stand By Me” or “I Was Sarcastic Before, But There Really Is A Witch Heaven.”
- Episode 4×16: “Bring It On” or “Matt Finally Gets A House With Central Air and Heating.”
- Episode 4×17: “Because The Night” or “How Caroline Triggered the Apocalypse and Now Elena and Rebekah Are On A Road Trip Together, Smiling.”
- Episode 4×18: “American Gothic” or “Elijah Can’t Recognize The Woman He Loves By Kissing Her, Only By Her Jewelry”
- Episode 4×19: “Pictures of You” or “Since Everyone Has Already Dated and Subsequently Dumped Everyone Else, Everybody Goes To The Prom As Friends.”
- Episode 4×20: “The Originals” or “There’s Nothing Like Wanting Children For The Wrong Reasons To Bring Two Brothers Together.”
- Episode 4×21: “She’s Come Undone” or “When Your Family Dungeon Isn’t Enough, You Buy A Safe.”
- Episode 4×22: “The Walking Dead” or “Alaric Would Rather Give Damon A Chance For Moral Growth Than Give Elena Her Humanity Back.”
- Episode 4×23: “Graduation” or “Thirty People Graduate and That Is A Triumph For the Survivors.”
- SEASON FIVE
- Episode 5×1: “I Know What You Did Last Summer” or “Yet Another Gilbert Car Gets Wrecked.”
- Episode 5×2: “True Lies” or “Stefan Is Out of the Box.”
- Episode 5×3: “Original Sin” or “So Are Stefan and Elena, Like, Related By Blood?”
- Episode 5×4: “For Whom the Bell Tolls” or “And Now A Salvatore Car Gets Wrecked.”
- Episode 5×5: “Monster’s Ball” or “Caroline Potentially Charts Out Her Future As The World’s Most Passive-Aggressive Costume Designer.”
- Episode 5×6: “Handle With Care” or “Eventually Half This Show’s Characters Will Be Played By The Same Two Actors.”
EPISODE ROUNDUPS
- Episode 1×1: Pilot
- Episode 1×2: Night of the Comet
- Episode 1×3: Friday Night Bites
- Episode 1×4: Family Ties
- Episode 1×5: You’re Undead To Me
- Episode 1×6: Lost Girls
- Episode 1×7: Haunted
- Episode 1×8: 162 Candles
- Episode 1×9: History Repeating
- Episode 1×10: The Turning Point
- Episode 1×11: Bloodlines
- Episode 1×12: Unpleasantville
MY THOUGHTS
- Episode 1×1: Pilot
- Episode 1×2: Night of the Comet
- Episode 1×3: Friday Night Bites
- Episode 1×4: Family Ties
- Episode 1×5: You’re Undead To Me
- Episode 1×6: Lost Girls
- Episode 1×7: Haunted
- Episode 1×8: 162 Candles
- Episode 1×9: History Repeating
- Episode 1×10: The Turning Point
- Episode 1×11: Bloodlines
- Episode 1×12: Unpleasantville
GENERAL NOTES
- Fall Dates and DVD Cover Art
- Thirteen Weeks To Go….
- An Update, a Ha Ha, and a WTF
- Season 4 Promo
- How I Will Cover Season Four
- An Originals spinoff?…And Why It’s A Good Idea
- Happy Blogiversary!
- She’s Come Undone
- Update, A Note On The DVDs, and A Quick Word On “The Originals.”
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