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Does the team rescue Beth and Carol? Does anybody die? Does Rick's soul get restored? Does Daryl end up with either Carol or Beth?
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While I haven’t been reviewing The Vampire Diaries this season – due to a really hectic and time consuming new position at work – I have been watching
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First and foremost, Happy Memorial Day to everyone! The weekend hasn’t been great weather (or excitement) wise, but I hope everybody has enjoyed their time away from work.
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Just a couple of reviews ago I criticized the fact that the villain situation this season has been a bit all over the place. Who is supposed to
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Hey! I actually got this review posted in a reasonable amount of time! As we draw closer to the finale, I’ll try to maintain this pace. While
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Since I was in Texas the night The Vampire Diaries returned from hiatus and I wasn’t able to watch the episode until the following Wednesday, I decided I
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The best part of these episodes – and I daresay, the best part of the entire SERIES – had to have been when the random barfly brushed his
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So I was browsing YouTube to rewatch the Caroline/Elena fight (because, well, c’mon….) and I decided to read some of the comments people had left. Now, I swore
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So The Vampire Diaries followed up last week’s fantastic episode with another stellar one. There is one thing I always commend this show for, and that’s that it
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In my previous review, I asked if anybody knew if Rebekah would be cast in the proposed Originals pilot. Latest reports indicate that, yes, she will! This is
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Apologies, friends, for the lateness of these reviews. This is my busy time at work, which means I don’t always get to watch the episodes live. And this
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I hope everybody has managed to stay healthy and warm over the past week or so. We’ve experienced some light snow, but there has been A LOT of
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Annnnnd we’re back! I hope everybody had a safe and happy holiday season and new year. Since we’ve last discussed The Vampire Diaries, we’ve learned that a spinoff
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It’s almost as if the writers of this show are reading my reviews, because it seems like they’ve touched upon all of my recent not-quite-complaints-more-like-observations this past episode,
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It feels like every week I make this observation that the show comes THIS close to creating a truly tense relationship between Elena and somebody close with her
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Just last review I was remarking how selective the writers have been about vampires’ super hearing (most notably, Caroline, Haley, and Tyler openly acknowledging their ploy seconds
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Alright, no more promises with me saying “this week I should be posting this at a normal time.” Clearly, life and/or nature doesn’t want it to happen. Thus,
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I know I promised in my last review that I’d have these reviews up faster now that the CW is once again being carried by my cable provider,
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“How’d you get stuck with Hunter duty?” “Stefan has a Physics test.” Another week with the “Mystic Falls” introduction. Except with each week, it looks like they’re
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So I’m not quite sure what to make of the new introduction at the beginning of each episode of The Vampire Diaries. When it was used last week,
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Alright, folks, I’m back with another season of The Vampire Diaries! However, my reviews for the time being are going to be a little later than usual. My
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I usually include a short introduction on my reviews, mostly so that I can do a page break on my blog to protect people from spoilers, and I
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My apologies, but I actually missed the first 10 or so minutes of this past week’s episode (thank you, local chicken wing establishment!) But I think I got
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Alright so this question needs to be asked: What in the blue hell is the party budget over at the Mystic Falls High School? On top of having
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This was another fun episode that continued to mix up some of the interactions we’re used to seeing. For example, Alaric typically shares almost all of his scenes
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“Stop! Before you hurt yourself!” I loved Klaus’ delivery of that line. It was just the right amount of awareness without achieving over-the-top sarcasm. Just perfect.
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So this week’s episode confirmed what we were told last week, that Alaric may be responsible for the murders of the Founders Council members. I apologize if this
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So I think I owe the CW website an apology. I quite frequently criticize them for their lackluster turnaround time for getting their shows online (coupled with the
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“This house has too many men rolling around in it.” “Just like you, Bekkah!” C’mon, that was pretty funny. Also great was Damon’s disgusted, “She told
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I’ve spent much of this season discussing the general role reversal between Stefan and Damon, but this episode was the first time I really noticed that their general
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