Take a girl, any girl, and give her a mysterious boyfriend who seems to be a genuinely nice guy but has some major secrets. Of course she's going to want to know what they are. But for Elena (Nina Dobrev), who has otherwise come off as levelheaded and grounded, to reach the ridiculous (although accurate) conclusion that Stefan (Paul Wesley) is some sort of immortal, likely a vampire, is reaching.
I mean, okay, we're in a series where vampires exist in the world, so believing in them may not be such a leap, but theoretically it is our world. Even I, who would love to believe in the supernatural, would have reached many other conclusions. Though the ending montage of her memories revealing the build up to her conclusion made the whole thing a little more bearable, I will now tell you what conclusions a normal person would have drawn from what she saw.
1. That there are previous Stefan and Damon Salvatores in the family just means that it's a family name, passed down from generation to generation. That's what Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan both indicated when she saw their signatures from the 1860s.
2. The video footage from 1953 was ridiculous on a whole other level. That is NOT how the news was done then. It was not reported in the same way as it is now, there would not have been a local news station in such a small town at the time. And if there was, the video footage would not have lasted the last 60 years because no one would have thought to carefully preserve it. Stefan's image should have been in the background of a photo in the newspaper.
Now that I've gotten that off my chest, if he was a relative, it's likely he would have appeared similar. (oh, and can someone tell me why Stefan hasn't styled his hair differently in 60 years?) Perhaps someone looking to find an immortal would decide he was the same person, but to buy into the story in the first place makes Elena seem crazy.
3. The disappearing cut of Stefan's hand would never have been considered a disappearing cut. Yes, at first she saw he was hurt and was worried. Naturally she was confused when she saw that his hand was fine, but which would you believe: My hand was cut, and now it's not as it was healed by magic. or My hand was never cut. The blood belongs to the other cut person.
4. Okay, so the most compelling evidence that there is something wrong with Stefan is that his face changes sometimes, but wouldn't you just think his eyes were getting red because of allergies or something. As a rational human, you'd think of any logical reason rather than chalking it up to him being a monster.
5. Damon biting Caroline (Candice Accola)...sure he's an abusive bastard who's into sadism and biting, but that doesn't make him a vampire.
6. The bodies were drained of blood because that's apparently what happens in mountain lion attacks. Life is much happier when you just accept what the news tells you happened.
7. Vicki said the creature that attacked her was a vampire. Vicki (Kayla Ewell) said this just after she awoke from a coma, and then did not remember saying it or anything that happened for about a day. If we've learned anything from television, it's that you should pay attention to the ravings of a coma patient (like Bun on Eastwick telling Kat that Darryl is evil), but sane people dismiss these bizarre and impossible notions.
So Elena figured out Stefan's secret, which I find unbelievable and too easy.
In other news, Damon broke out of his cell with Caroline's unwitting help, broke Zach (Chris William Martin)'s neck (guess he should not have mentioned the vervain pumping through his blood), and finished the episode munching on Vicki's neck.
Next week is supposed to be one heck of an episode according to executive producer Kevin Williamson. I say, bring it and make up for this nonsense that even my highly trained willing suspension of disbelief could not swallow.
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