This is the last episode before Thanksgiving, so you know that you should expect an epic episode to tide you over while you spend the holidays ignoring your relatives. VD lived up to that task by providing a lot of answers about Kai’s existence of annoyance. Let’s see what happened:
- That teaser was frightening! It seemed like it was setting up an episode of American Horror Story not VD! In in it, younger Jo hid two blonde kids, mostly likely Liv and her brother Luke (the dude with the 90s ‘do).
- Only Kai could make the phrase every girl wants to hear “I’m cooking you dinner” sound like a threat. He definitely has a way with words.
- The three bromigos (bro + amigo, live it, love it) went on an adventure to find Bonnie based on her teddy bear clue. Not quite sure how teddy bear = road trip to Portland, but I dig it. Especially since Kai mentioned that it was home to Tonya Harding and Courtney Love, the classiest dames of our time.
- Even Damon realizes how perfect Caroline is! She’s everything that’s right in the world of the show, but Stefan has always seemed like the kind of guy who prefers pain and torture to happiness. He did date Elena for all that time.
- Are we supposed to feel bad for Liv? My sympathy gene must be missing but no one told her to kill that guy. #lightenup
- Big family reveal! Jo is the sister to Liv and Luke, aka Double L. So that means Kai is their brother. The witching world is super small. Think about it, every witch in the past was related to Bonnie in some shape or form, so why shouldn’t they be?
- How can I ship Kai and Bonnie when his story gets more gruesome by the second? Killing your family is bad enough, but trying to kill Double L for a leadership position is a low blow. As kids, they were the cutest twin blondes since Michelle Tanner.
- And the stakes got even higher for Double L when it was announced that the stronger twin absorbs the power of the weaker twin. Don’t they know that’s supposed to happen in the womb? Doing it wrong.
- Gemini Papa seemed pretty certain that Kai would overpower Jo and absorb her if he came out of the limbo he trapped Kai in. Not sure how he’ll pull that off if he has no problems. Pure force of will?
- Stefan was hella salty about not being invited to Friendsgiving, but what did he expect? You don’t throw away the treasure who is Caroline Forbes and then expect to sit at her well-decorated table. Doesn’t work like that, bro.
- Medical drama meets the supernatural yet again when Jo shouted out instructions on how to find the magically cloaked house while hacking up blood. She’s a pro at crisis management though. Nice to see a boss lady giving orders even when she was dying.
- Elena’s reveal to Doctor Boy aka Humble Brag aka No-idea-what-his-name-is that she was a vampire did not pack any emotional weight whatsoever. It was great that she erased his memory of dating her about two seconds later. He really shouldn’t take up time on-screen when most of his actions can be described as “looking smug.”
- Kai’s family tricked him and Jo’s magic went into a knife when the two were supposed to merge, which sent him to the past. While he told Bonnie that crazy little story, she made the rookie mistake of standing next to him and he stabbed her in the hopes of using her blood to get home. Bonnie’s stupidity is astounding at this point. A newborn could navigate how to not get killed/stabbed/broken up with better than she can.
-Tyler kidnapped Liv to protect her from her coven…and this is where VD became a creepy boyfriend story a la Fifty Shades. Girls, you should NOT want that. I repeat, you should NOT want that.
- Caroline making Stefan squirm was the best moment in the whole episode. Like a worm on a fishing line, he could barely get anywhere with her as far as mending their relationship. Caroline waits for no man.
- Paging someone “I lied” must be the douchiest move out there. There’s no way to forgive the dude who pulls that one.
- Elena finally admits that there is a glimmer of something with Damon. The glimmer of his crazy eyes would probably be enough for the rest of us to go back to him.
Everyone should feel lucky if their Turkey day goes better than Friendsgiving! Don’t be that friend who doesn’t get invited. Until next time!
