Is it raining? No, that's just blood dripping from your dead boyfriend stuck in a tree.
This episode begins with one of my favourite songs at the present moment ('Help I'm Alive' by Metric). Well...technically it's a bit "old" now, but that's beside the point. It's quite the appropriate song too, with very fitting lyrics...
"I tremble, they're gonna eat me alive/If I stumble they're gonna eat me alive/Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?/Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer/Beating like a hammer/Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer"
Well, girlfriend isn't going to be having THAT^ problem anymore, as I'm quite sure her heart stopped "beating like a hammer" as soon as that vampire dropped down on top of her and (presumably) killed her/drank her blood. Another episode, another very moody, atmospheric and (of course) foggy night. Instead of driving though, this couple are camping in the woods and making out until the boyfriend (unwisely) decides to step outside the tent to fetch something from his car. Not too long thereafter, girlfriend hears what she mistakes for rain outside and goes to investigate. Naturally, she's doomed. Upon discovering the blood of her former boyfriend dripping down atop their tent (and that it was in fact *not* rain), she has just enough time to react before she becomes a vampire's meal.
Thankfully, Elena and Stefan decide to conserve time being spent in this episode on their individual narrations/diary entries, by combining their narrations/diary entries. We see each of them narrating/voice-overing (and see Elena writing in her diary), but they overlap with each other, finishing each other's thoughts/sentences/narrations. Which means we can get on with the rest of the show and all-important plot lines such as...Elena's druggie brother? No, that's boring. Next! How about the equally druggie, not to mention hospitalised, object of his affections, Vicki? She at least acts halfway decent towards him in this episode, when he comes to visit (read: stalk) her at the hospital. She's far more likable when she's not acting so bitchy towards him (although, admittedly, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Elena's brother, Jeremy, either. Especially when he just blows off/ignores both Elena's and his cool aunt, Jenna's, warnings about him continuing down the druggie path). Possibly the only character I dislike more than Vicki's stalker is her stereotypical, one-dimensional jock character boyfriend, Tyler. Only marginally better than him is Vicki's brother, Matt (they're okay in their scenes together at the hospital). Oh, and I also don't like the history teacher guy. He is indeed an "asshat".
Caroline, although still quite annoying, was mildly amusing in her bluntness with the advice she gave to Elena (in regards to Stefan): "Just jump his bones, already. Okay, it's easy. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. Sex!". Elena summed up Caroline perfectly, though, with a sarcastic "Profound". There's definitely not much going on there inside Caroline's head. I'm actually surprised to discover her being friends with and hanging with Elena, given how she was bitching about her to Bonnie last episode. Admittedly, Caroline was a little less annoying this episode. Her "Ugh, just SO much drama!" summed up this show nicely.
Thank goodness we didn't have to wait too long before seeing Elena's and Damon's first scene together. Ian Somerhalder continues to have the most fun on this show with his character. His introduction to/meeting Elena was a good scene. They both played it well, and it was interesting to hear Damon tell her about Katherine. Things were even *more* tension-filled when eventually Stefan showed up. Speaking of Stefan, we learned some interesting things about him this episode. For starters, his "power of persuasion" ability that he used on Vicki in the hospital to convince her it was an animal that bit her and not a vampire. He also gave Elena a copy of Wuthering Heights (very appropriate - and at least it wasn't a copy of the Kate Bush song. *shudder*). Also nice to see him using his vampire hearing (not to mention his super vampire jumping onto that roof where Damon was holding Vicki precariously near the edge). Damon got the line of the episode with, "Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?" (apparently, eating bunnies makes you fast and strong). I liked this scene between the two brothers, including Damon's departing line of, "That's for me to know and for you to...dot dot dot.".
Elena and Stefan's talk, as they watched the comet...not move an inch across the sky (seriously, it looked as if it wasn't moving AT ALL) was okay. I'm glad they didn't drag out the when-will-they-kiss thing over multiple episodes. Nice ending to this episode - with Damon biting Caroline.
Dobrev, Wesley and Somerhalder continue to be the best things about this show. The first episode was better, but this one wasn't too bad either.
This episode begins with one of my favourite songs at the present moment ('Help I'm Alive' by Metric). Well...technically it's a bit "old" now, but that's beside the point. It's quite the appropriate song too, with very fitting lyrics...
"I tremble, they're gonna eat me alive/If I stumble they're gonna eat me alive/Can you hear my heart beating like a hammer?/Beating like a hammer, beating like a hammer/Beating like a hammer/Help, I'm alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer"
Well, girlfriend isn't going to be having THAT^ problem anymore, as I'm quite sure her heart stopped "beating like a hammer" as soon as that vampire dropped down on top of her and (presumably) killed her/drank her blood. Another episode, another very moody, atmospheric and (of course) foggy night. Instead of driving though, this couple are camping in the woods and making out until the boyfriend (unwisely) decides to step outside the tent to fetch something from his car. Not too long thereafter, girlfriend hears what she mistakes for rain outside and goes to investigate. Naturally, she's doomed. Upon discovering the blood of her former boyfriend dripping down atop their tent (and that it was in fact *not* rain), she has just enough time to react before she becomes a vampire's meal.
Thankfully, Elena and Stefan decide to conserve time being spent in this episode on their individual narrations/diary entries, by combining their narrations/diary entries. We see each of them narrating/voice-overing (and see Elena writing in her diary), but they overlap with each other, finishing each other's thoughts/sentences/narrations. Which means we can get on with the rest of the show and all-important plot lines such as...Elena's druggie brother? No, that's boring. Next! How about the equally druggie, not to mention hospitalised, object of his affections, Vicki? She at least acts halfway decent towards him in this episode, when he comes to visit (read: stalk) her at the hospital. She's far more likable when she's not acting so bitchy towards him (although, admittedly, I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for Elena's brother, Jeremy, either. Especially when he just blows off/ignores both Elena's and his cool aunt, Jenna's, warnings about him continuing down the druggie path). Possibly the only character I dislike more than Vicki's stalker is her stereotypical, one-dimensional jock character boyfriend, Tyler. Only marginally better than him is Vicki's brother, Matt (they're okay in their scenes together at the hospital). Oh, and I also don't like the history teacher guy. He is indeed an "asshat".
Caroline, although still quite annoying, was mildly amusing in her bluntness with the advice she gave to Elena (in regards to Stefan): "Just jump his bones, already. Okay, it's easy. Boy likes girl. Girl likes boy. Sex!". Elena summed up Caroline perfectly, though, with a sarcastic "Profound". There's definitely not much going on there inside Caroline's head. I'm actually surprised to discover her being friends with and hanging with Elena, given how she was bitching about her to Bonnie last episode. Admittedly, Caroline was a little less annoying this episode. Her "Ugh, just SO much drama!" summed up this show nicely.
Thank goodness we didn't have to wait too long before seeing Elena's and Damon's first scene together. Ian Somerhalder continues to have the most fun on this show with his character. His introduction to/meeting Elena was a good scene. They both played it well, and it was interesting to hear Damon tell her about Katherine. Things were even *more* tension-filled when eventually Stefan showed up. Speaking of Stefan, we learned some interesting things about him this episode. For starters, his "power of persuasion" ability that he used on Vicki in the hospital to convince her it was an animal that bit her and not a vampire. He also gave Elena a copy of Wuthering Heights (very appropriate - and at least it wasn't a copy of the Kate Bush song. *shudder*). Also nice to see him using his vampire hearing (not to mention his super vampire jumping onto that roof where Damon was holding Vicki precariously near the edge). Damon got the line of the episode with, "Not bad. Have you been eating bunnies?" (apparently, eating bunnies makes you fast and strong). I liked this scene between the two brothers, including Damon's departing line of, "That's for me to know and for you to...dot dot dot.".
Elena and Stefan's talk, as they watched the comet...not move an inch across the sky (seriously, it looked as if it wasn't moving AT ALL) was okay. I'm glad they didn't drag out the when-will-they-kiss thing over multiple episodes. Nice ending to this episode - with Damon biting Caroline.
Dobrev, Wesley and Somerhalder continue to be the best things about this show. The first episode was better, but this one wasn't too bad either.