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The Originals: Ne Me Quitte Pas (2018)
You can skip every episode in this season, except THIS ONE
This season was very disappointing and seemed to lack the charm and mystic atmosphere present in previous seasons. Hope is an unlikeable, one-dimensional teen and it doesn't feel like she's worth the sacrifice the family endured to keep her safe. Probably my least favorite season and felt like a different show altogether (Thanks Julie Plec).
However, this episode was refreshingly interesting. The idea of Elijah losing a 1,000 years of memories, relearning who and what he is was more complex of a concept than most of what this show had to offer. The great Elijah Mikaelson, once the noble patriarch to the most powerful family of vampires to walk the Earth, now belittled to an amnesiac breaking into a vending machine out of starvation. This scene alone was powerful and heartbreaking.
He later meets Antoinette who guides Elijah in becoming a newly revamped version of himself. He spends seven years with her, genuinely happy as he is no longer haunted by the ghosts of his past. After such a long time, he was able to get a fresh start. To begin a new life with Antoinette while leaving his dark, monstrous and tormented life behind.
This episode is bound to get mixed opinions as this show has a wider audience of teens and adolescents. This episode was a shock to the system because it was so different and unfamiliar. It took a brave leap and won as one of my all-time favorite episodes on the Originals.