I love watching the flashback segments. Watching Stefan and Damon choose to die, though Stefan seems less in love with the idea, and Damon only wants it because he sees no reason to live without Katherine, and that having that choice changed helped explain their current dynamic. That Stefan's first kill was his own father, a father who ensured that his sons were remembered as heroes and humans, not as the traitors he saw them as, undermined a lot of our preconceptions of Stefan, as his blood addictions has been doing. And for him then to coerce Damon into joining him...the pain of the love those brothers have for each other, completely embittered by their jealousy over Katherine...no wonder they hate each other so much.
And if awesome flashbacks weren't enough, we got to see more of Damon and Alaric (Matthew Davis) working together. Best conversation? "You tried to kill me," accused Damon. "Well, you did kill me," returned Alaric. They have a great dynamic, and despite all the reasons they have to hate each other, I hope a friendship develops and we continue to get to see them working together.
And despite all the drama of Stefan's choice to live and Alaric's to give up on Isobel, that wasn't enough. We then had to watch Anna (Malese Jow) lose her mother, killed by Johnathan Gilbert (David Anders), and have the surprise of seeing Isobel finally showing up. With only two more episodes of the season left, I am at the edge of my seat and certain that I will hate the summer months.
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