The Sacrifice

The Vampire Diaries S2.10 Recap

Well. Tonight’s episode was about everyone all willing to do The Crazy in order to protect those they loved – and some of those actions had some dire consequences. I had been spoiled on the ending – okay, fine; so I had purposefully spoiled myself – and was watching this with a heavy heart. Although it does great things plot-wise, I couldn’t help but grimace and frown…

Luka & Bonnie
Verdict is still out on whether warlock junior is as evil as his warlock senior but it sure doesn’t look promising, and it’s especially worrisome that Bonnie can’t seem to keep her eyes off him. Bonnie, are you blind?! THIS kid over Jeremy?? In a bid to get closer to Bonnie, Luka ends up showing her how to draw energy from another supernatural’s powers – his – and Bonnie is delighted to be able to have such a bonding experience with another fellow Wiccan. Jeremy’s not blind though and comes upon the two grinning foolishly at one another, realizing now that the new kid is trying to move in on his girl. Luckily, Bonnie’s saved from trying to make awkward conversation when she gets a text from Damon.

The Moonstone
Katherine tells Damon and Stefan that she would be more than happy to hand over the moonstone – if they’ll release her. Since I’m sure the Salvatore brothers would rather dance around in sunlight without their magical rings than let the crazy vampire out, Damon and Stefan decide to enlist Bonnie’s help for temporarily releasing the spell on the tomb. Katherine is weakened from lack of blood, so it would be a quick in and out for either of them.

Elena is less than thrilled and much to Stefan and Damon’s confusion, she flatly refuses to have anything to do with the spell as she doesn’t want to be saved. Damon and Stefan have their minds made up though, and essentially brush off Elena because they are willing to do whatever it takes to save her. However, so is Elena. Who clocked Damon’s reaction when she was so adamant about making sure that the BOTH of them did not die for her??

Seeking Rose out, Elena dangles the possibility of granting her the ability to walk in the daylight if she helps her. Intrigued, Rose agrees and takes her to find Slater (yes, the same unfortunate vampire who was previously compelled by Elijah to stake himself) to learn more information about Klaus.

Finding Slater’s decomposing corpse and his scared human girlfriend, Elena convinces her to hack into his computer files by promising to persuade Rose to turn her into a vampire. Elena is sure getting a little manipulative of late but I’m sure the whole looming threat of a painful death has something to do with that… When the girlfriend is able to get ahold of a contact, Elena tells her to pass along a message – that the doppleganger is willing to meet him.

To her horror, Rose realizes that Elena is actually on a suicide mission so as to save everyone else. Her efforts to convince Elena are futile and seeing no other option, Rose ends up calling Damon.

Jeremy & Stefan
As the others prepare for the casting of the spell, Jeremy keeps casting worried glances over at Bonnie, knowing that she is not strong enough to cast one of such magnitude. Even when Bonnie casts a much smaller one – burning the picture of Katherine to create a dust that will temporarily incapacitate her when thrown on her – her nose begins to bleed, which Jeremy notices. Knowing that Bonnie will not back down from attempting the spell, Jeremy secretly pockets some of the dust and goes to the tomb alone.

Jeremy is able to catch Katherine by surprise, shooting a stake into her and then sprinkling the dust on her, knocking her out. However, he wastes precious time looking for the moonstone, finally finding it in the back of the tomb. Breaking out into a run, Jeremy is almost to the exit when Katherine suddenly comes to and turns angrily on him. Jeremy hurls the moonstone out of the tomb but is caught by Katherine, who sinks her teeth into him in glee.

When Damon, Stefan and Bonnie arrive at the tomb, Stefan sees the moonstone lying on the ground. Katherine then walks into the line of sight, dragging Jeremy behind her.

“Take your time breaking the spell. I’ll just amuse myself here with my little toy.”

Although Jeremy’s ring protects him from dying, it also means that it’ll keep him alive forever for Katherine to have an endless buffet of blood. Bonnie attempts to break the spell by channeling Luka’s powers – causing him to experience the same torment and anguish – but even his additional power is not enough and Bonnie ends up collapsing from her attempts.

Disappointed and angry that she’s still stuck in the tomb, Katherine turns to take her frustration out on Jeremy’s neck. Seeing no other option, Stefan runs inside the tomb, ripping Jeremy away from Katherine and throwing him outside at Bonnie. As Bonnie clutches at the bleeding Jeremy on the ground, Katherine smiles smugly at her new roommate.

Damon
Meanwhile, Damon has left Stefan and Bonnie to chase down Elena and angry doesn’t even begin to cover what he’s feeling. Elena refuses to budge though and the two engage in a heated argument which culminates in Elena throwing a punch at Damon, who easily stops it, resulting in the two literally getting in each other’s faces. The vibes, man, the vibes!

“Never. Ever. Do that again.”

They are interrupted by vampire lackeys who have arrived to take Elena to Klaus. Damon readies himself for a fight when Elijah arrives on the scene, causing Rose to instantly run away. Well, we know where her true loyalties lie now, don’t we? Because of warlock senior sneaking into the Gilbert home earlier to steal some of Elena’s possessions, Elijah is now able to use magic to find her. However, as opposed to aiding the vampires, Elijah ends up ripping their hearts out and leaving after making sure that they are the only two who know of the doppleganger’s existence.

Damon escorts Elena home since her ride ditched her and all, and he again berates Elena for her insane plan.

“I don’t question why you and Stefan do everything you can to protect me. Why should you question me when I want to do the same thing?”

A bandaged and shamed Jeremy opens the door upon Elena’s arrival, whispering her name brokenly. The next instant, Elena is screaming Stefan’s name as she hurtles towards the tomb, to which Damon grabs her. Struggling and screaming at Damon to let her go, Stefan can only sadly listen in from inside the tomb while Katherine smirks. Finally giving up, Elena trudges weakly away.

“Great. You martyr yourself into a tomb while I’m stuck with a semi-competent witch.”

Damon promises Stefan that they’ll get him out and Stefan in turn asks him to watch over Elena. And to make sure that she doesn’t come near the tomb. Everything will be okay.

Other Subplots
Caroline and Tyler are fast bonding over their newfound supernatural abilities. When Tyler stumbles upon Mason’s journal, chronicling his transition – and also recording the very first transformation – Tyler realizes that he will have to endure hours of agony before completing the change. However, Caroline promises him that she’ll be there for him though and help him every step of the way and the depth of emotion on Tyler’s face is absolutely moving. The moment turns awkward though, when Matt buckles up his courage to come to Caroline’s house to admit that he misses her and finds his best friend there instead.

As if his actions weren’t obvious enough, Jeremy finally tells Bonnie that he has feelings for her and that he knows it isn’t just a one-sided thing. When he leans in for a kiss, Bonnie turns her head away though and the hurt on the poor boy’s face is enough to make anyone wince. It’s not as if the night hasn’t been craptacular enough for him already.

Comments
I can’t believe Stefan is stuck inside the tomb with Katherine. This is beyond crappy. I understand that it’s a great plot twist and now there will be all sorts of fun scenes between him and Katherine playing mind games on one another but it makes me want to seriously gag. Especially given the scenes from next week’s preview. ^_^

Will be on vacation next week so won’t be able to put up a recap for next week’s eppy, which is also the mid-season finale. SIGH. I can’t believe it’s time for a mid-season finale already…

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