Sorry for the delay on this one, guys. Life sometimes just doesn't let us stop to do things like edit or even record. We're all out here doing our best, so we appreciate your patience. This is the one where Elena shuts off her humanity and burns her house down. Krista has some questions about the logic behind the burning of the house, and we both have things to say about grief. I think after 2020, we all have things to say about grief, to be honest.

Strap in for some bananapants theories from Krista on what happens next! Will she be close to the mark, or is this another raptors in the hatch situation?

Listen as we compare this episode to that other show we covered with a magic island and Ian Somerhalder! Namaste!

This one actually surprised Krista, and all of us, really, because no one thought they'd pull off their plan to kill Kol! That's two Original vampires our gang has managed to kill, in two of the only plots they've concocted to actually go as planned. Plus, they've got Klaus trapped, and Jeremy's tattoo map complete, so seemingly all of the pieces together to get the cure. As Damon says in the episode: here we go!

We're back! Thank you for your patience as we dealt with illness, work responsibilities, and the passing of a person close to one of us. And, you know, the Christmas holiday. We're glad things are settling back in so we can return to Mystic Falls! In this episode, Bonnie is boring, Elena is dumb, Damon is compelled, and Stefan is full of snarky goodness.

In this episode, thanks to Rebekah's mean girl antics, a lot of truths are revealed. Not that Stefan is willing to believe what Elena is saying even though she's compelled to tell the truth. It's exhausting. But having Rebekah back is fun.

It's Christmas time in Mystic Falls, and you know what that means! That's right, a whole lotta murder! Tis the season for lies, plots, stupidity, rage, tantrums, getting all into someone's business when it's not your place, deciding what's right for other people when it's not your choice, and beautifully scored massacres.
Happy Holidays! 😃

It's flashback time! We go back to the 1940's New Orleans, when Damon managed to have another vampire sired to him. This one, though, might be a lot dumb, because she actually takes everything he says literally. If someone told me to count all the bricks in all of New Orleans, I'd tell them to fuck off, frankly.

In the present we have girl's night bonding, and then arguing, that dovetails with a boring subplot about one of the hybrids trying to gain alpha status of the rest of them until Tyler almost rips her heart out.

And so it's revealed that Elena is sired to Damon. Maybe now Stefan will stop trying to do what he thinks she needs and...who are we kidding? He's going to keep trying to cure her so he can like her again. Krista is very mad at him.

A note on the music at the end: I always pick a song used in the episode we're covering. This time, there was a string version of one of my favorite songs, Falling Slowly from the musical Once. For our end music, I chose a live version of it from the London production starring one of my dreamboats, Arthur Darvill from Doctor Who. His voice is gorgeous. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Elena has some hallucinations, and later makes some revelations to Stefan which leads to their inevitable break up. Also, Jeremy triggers his Hunter status by killing a hybrid to save Elena, which also triggers Caroline and Tyler to break up...maybe. Also: Professor Shane sucks. We hate him.

Sorry this went up late. We had so little to say about it that I forgot to post it. Whoops. In this episode, Elena kills someone and now we're all going to have to deal with that.