Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Nina Dobrev | ... | Elena Gilbert | |
Paul Wesley | ... | Stefan Salvatore | |
Ian Somerhalder | ... | Damon Salvatore | |
Steven R. McQueen | ... | Jeremy Gilbert (credit only) | |
Kat Graham | ... | Bonnie Bennett | |
Zach Roerig | ... | Matt Donovan (credit only) | |
Candice King | ... | Caroline Forbes (as Candice Accola) | |
Michael Trevino | ... | Tyler Lockwood (credit only) | |
Matthew Davis | ... | Alaric Saltzman (as Matt Davis) | |
Joseph Morgan | ... | Klaus Mikaelson | |
Claire Holt | ... | Rebekah Mikaelson | |
Torrey DeVitto | ... | Dr. Meredith Fell | |
Daniel Gillies | ... | Elijah Mikaelson | |
Nathaniel Buzolic | ... | Kol Mikaelson | |
Alice Evans | ... | Esther Mikaelson |
After starting her day with a startling discovery of Damons' latest indiscretion, Elena is frustrated to find that none of her friends agree with her on how they should react to the Original family's internal power struggle. Once again caught up in the destiny of the Bennett witches, Bonnie and Abby find themselves playing a part in a ritual to appease the spirits of nature. When Elijah gives Damon and Stefan a dangerous ultimatum that puts Elena in danger, they turn to Alaric and Meredith for help with a plan that leads them to a terrible choice. Written by CW Publicity
...none more so than our Brazilian friend, who is ranting about Elena being, in his opinion, a drawback to the show. I can't quite figure out what irks these people, Elena or Nina Dobrev. If the former, in this guy's case, some people might just want all-out vampire blood and gore. And Elena represents humanity. Yeah, big drawback if you just wanna have bloodshed on screen. I don't know, that might be it. If the latter, ah, the solution is simple. Haters are filled with envy. Nina Dobrev more or less has it all. She is beautiful and charming and acts two parts in A MAJOR BIG HIT SHOW end of story. She is in between two Hollywood heartthrobs*, yeah, that says a whole lot too.
Whatever anybody else says, this is just another winner, and Elena is great and NIna Dobrev is gold (and so is Candice Accola, hot damn wow, why do you think I'm here, for the vampires?**)
*just please note, in the case of Paul, that's hearsay as far as I'm concerned. :)
**Don't misunderstand. I've been drawn in from Day One. It is one of my most-liked shows. It's also amazingly clever. But the relationship drama bits are super-essential.