By Gemma Williams
The Vampire Diaries is back with episode nine and it promises to be an exciting episode with, wait for it … answers! We finally get to find out about the Augustine experiments. The episode delves into Damon’s past and Aaron finally discovers his family legacy which may or may not be a good thing for Damon and Elena. There will be torture, personal demons and some passionate kissing so keep on reading!
The Vampire Diaries is back with episode nine and it promises to be an exciting episode with, wait for it … answers! We finally get to find out about the Augustine experiments. The episode delves into Damon’s past and Aaron finally discovers his family legacy which may or may not be a good thing for Damon and Elena. There will be torture, personal demons and some passionate kissing so keep on reading!
In a flashback when the Salvatore house was a boarding house, Damon kills his ‘Uncle’ Joseph and is then kidnapped by Dr Whitmore. In the present day, a similar thing has come to pass as Damon wakes up in a cell after Maxfield recreated the scene in the previous episode. Damon is to replace Jesse as his test subject. Does this mean that Stefan will no longer be the dysfunctional brother when Damon starts feeding on fellow vampires!?
Katherine has become the new Elena by writing in a diary. Stefan is making her do this as a form of therapy while he is on suicide watch. Caroline acquires Stefan’s safe to help him deal with his PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Elena seeks out Aaron, who is struggling to deal with his roommate’s death, to ask for his help in finding Damon. Is anyone else annoyed at how quickly she noticed his disappearance but not Stefan’s? She is already making more of an effort than she did with Stefan. Aaron invites Elena into Whitmore House, which he owns because his surname is Whitmore. There is a picture on the wall of previous staff members; one of them is Grayson Gilbert. He was an Augustine doctor according to Maxfield, who then vervains Elena. Maxfield is obliged to explain to Aaron about vampires and his parents’ deaths’.
Elena wakes up in a cell next to Damon. He explains the situation to her and describes an old friend he made the last time he was a prisoner there: the handsome Enzo, played by Michael Malarkey. Enzo is rumoured to become a major character later in the season so keep an eye out for him. Naturally, Elena expects their knight in shining armour, Stefan, to come rescue her despite his own personal issues. I’m sorry Elena but it’s time to grow up and let Stefan go.
Katherine has become the new Elena by writing in a diary. Stefan is making her do this as a form of therapy while he is on suicide watch. Caroline acquires Stefan’s safe to help him deal with his PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Elena seeks out Aaron, who is struggling to deal with his roommate’s death, to ask for his help in finding Damon. Is anyone else annoyed at how quickly she noticed his disappearance but not Stefan’s? She is already making more of an effort than she did with Stefan. Aaron invites Elena into Whitmore House, which he owns because his surname is Whitmore. There is a picture on the wall of previous staff members; one of them is Grayson Gilbert. He was an Augustine doctor according to Maxfield, who then vervains Elena. Maxfield is obliged to explain to Aaron about vampires and his parents’ deaths’.
Elena wakes up in a cell next to Damon. He explains the situation to her and describes an old friend he made the last time he was a prisoner there: the handsome Enzo, played by Michael Malarkey. Enzo is rumoured to become a major character later in the season so keep an eye out for him. Naturally, Elena expects their knight in shining armour, Stefan, to come rescue her despite his own personal issues. I’m sorry Elena but it’s time to grow up and let Stefan go.
Damon has Enzo to thank for escaping the first time. In a flashback, it’s shown how Enzo orchestrates an escape plan and how it all went wrong half way through. After the room sets afire, Enzo is trapped in a cage with no way out. Damon sees that he can’t save him and we finally see why he had turned his emotions off.
Caroline locks Stefan in the safe to make him deal with his fears. He dies while Katherine and Caroline are arguing over his fate but this helps them realise how they can help him. When he wakes, Katherine is lying beside him. Stefan is a hero and has faced worse fates for the sake of others but cannot help himself. With Katherine next to him, he has to control himself or he risks killing her. Katherine calls him out on his real mental issue: It wasn’t the safe, the water or the continuous dying. It was easier for him to focus on all of that rather than face up to his true pain: Elena choosing Damon. Katherine reminds him of his love for her. She’s inches away from kissing him when Caroline opens the safe and releases them.
Aaron finds Elena and Damon in their cells and accuses Elena of killing both Meghan and his parents! Too bad no one told him when Elena was turned. The lack of honesty in this show has caused so many problems which could have otherwise been avoided. Aaron has a gun pointed at Elena so Damon admits that it was he who killed his parents as revenge for the torture and experiments that were done to him in the past. He vowed to kill every member of the Whitmore family, bar one (to keep the family line going), so he would always have a supply of Whitmore’s to kill and make suffer. The latest one he killed was Aaron’s Aunt Sarah over the summer, who Aaron has previously mentioned to Elena. Elena is distraught by the revelation of her boyfriend being a murderer. Really Elena, you didn’t know Damon was still capable of murder? She really thought she could change the guy… Aaron shoots Damon in the head.
Caroline locks Stefan in the safe to make him deal with his fears. He dies while Katherine and Caroline are arguing over his fate but this helps them realise how they can help him. When he wakes, Katherine is lying beside him. Stefan is a hero and has faced worse fates for the sake of others but cannot help himself. With Katherine next to him, he has to control himself or he risks killing her. Katherine calls him out on his real mental issue: It wasn’t the safe, the water or the continuous dying. It was easier for him to focus on all of that rather than face up to his true pain: Elena choosing Damon. Katherine reminds him of his love for her. She’s inches away from kissing him when Caroline opens the safe and releases them.
Aaron finds Elena and Damon in their cells and accuses Elena of killing both Meghan and his parents! Too bad no one told him when Elena was turned. The lack of honesty in this show has caused so many problems which could have otherwise been avoided. Aaron has a gun pointed at Elena so Damon admits that it was he who killed his parents as revenge for the torture and experiments that were done to him in the past. He vowed to kill every member of the Whitmore family, bar one (to keep the family line going), so he would always have a supply of Whitmore’s to kill and make suffer. The latest one he killed was Aaron’s Aunt Sarah over the summer, who Aaron has previously mentioned to Elena. Elena is distraught by the revelation of her boyfriend being a murderer. Really Elena, you didn’t know Damon was still capable of murder? She really thought she could change the guy… Aaron shoots Damon in the head.
Katherine and Stefan’s faces get stuck together as they kiss passionately in front of a romantic fire. Caroline is leaving Elena a voice mail and can hear them with her super vampire hearing. Aaron is now worried for his life and puts on his grandfather’s watch as he accepts his family’s legacy. Damon wakes up to Elena’s empty cell. She’s lashed to a surgery bed. Enzo is also tied to a similar bed across from her. Enzo’s sanity is questionable as he sings to himself and stares off into space.
This was a pretty good episode. I enjoyed it but it wasn’t one of the best. It was great to finally see how Aaron may fit into this story and why he was introduced. I really like the character and the actor so I hope he doesn’t go seeking revenge or he will die.
Elena has got to stop thinking she can change Damon. She can’t and it’s not an attractive quality. Despite the impression my articles give, I really do like Elena but she makes some bad decisions. She has shown time and again that she wants her Prince, her knight in shining armour, and that description fits Stefan to a T. Damon has always been a murderer and always will be. She seems to think that the power of her love can fix everything. Wrong, so very wrong.
This was a pretty good episode. I enjoyed it but it wasn’t one of the best. It was great to finally see how Aaron may fit into this story and why he was introduced. I really like the character and the actor so I hope he doesn’t go seeking revenge or he will die.
Elena has got to stop thinking she can change Damon. She can’t and it’s not an attractive quality. Despite the impression my articles give, I really do like Elena but she makes some bad decisions. She has shown time and again that she wants her Prince, her knight in shining armour, and that description fits Stefan to a T. Damon has always been a murderer and always will be. She seems to think that the power of her love can fix everything. Wrong, so very wrong.
I can’t wait to see what will happen with Enzo. I don’t know why but I get the feeling he’s going to be really important and something about him is intriguing. I can see him getting a huge fan following in the next few episodes, assuming he’s shown. Unfortunately, there is only one more episode until the Christmas break.
I was never keen on the idea of Stefan and Katherine but the writers have built up to it gradually so it feels natural now that they be together and seems right. Damon and Elena in season three was the same. Season four felt rushed and forced between ‘Delena’ which could be why I lean more towards Stefan.
I was never keen on the idea of Stefan and Katherine but the writers have built up to it gradually so it feels natural now that they be together and seems right. Damon and Elena in season three was the same. Season four felt rushed and forced between ‘Delena’ which could be why I lean more towards Stefan.
I can’t even begin to predict how the rest of this season will go and I am so unbelievably excited for episode ONE HUNDRED!! There is one rumour I have heard several times which I think could be interesting. This season’s ‘Big Bad’ is thought to be Greyson Gilbert, Elena’s dad. Some people think he is the Augustine Vampire that killed Meghan. The picture found of them on Meghan’s phone in the premiere did look recent so who knows? It would open up a whole arc around Greyson and his children, and whatever he has become now. He did ‘die’ in the car in the river and he insisted Elena be saved but what if he was a vampire? He would have survived regardless. Would this mean his wife was also a vampire or did she actually die? Surely if he was a vampire he could have saved her too? This season is shrouded in mystery and I can’t wait for some more answers.
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