Recap of "The Vampire Diaries: The Sacrifice" [S2E10]

Recap of "The Vampire Diaries: The Sacrifice" [S2E10]

“Get your ass out the door before I throw you over my shoulder and carry you out myself,” are the words spoken by Damon Salvatore to Elena Gilbert as the dark knight in undead armour terrorizes Elena (and the audience) with facial intensity, ranging from a clenched jaw and narrow eyes to eyebrows with a life of their own.

Last night’s episode of the CW’s The Vampire Diaries certainly had its share of plotting, scheming, arguing, revelations, and romance – you know, all of the good stuff. Subplots and character relationships collided and converged in order to get us ready for next week’s mid-season cliff-hanger (and judging by the recently released preview for “By the Light of the Moon,” it’s going to be a damn good one)!

So instead of listening to me blabber on about it, I’ve decided to provide you with a series of fun pictures to recap the episode, followed by a brief summary for each. Enjoy!

And PS – tread carefully! If you haven’t seen the episode, there are SPOILERS – and there are SPOILERS for next week’s episode, too!

Pictured: Loss of dignity.

I’d be lying if I didn’t say that this was one of my favourite scenes in the episode. It provided a distraction for the viewers as the man whom I’ve dubbed “Creepy Witch Dad” goes through Elena’s things, after she leaves her room upon hearing a sound.

Unfortunately, instead of discovering the kleptomaniac lurking in the corridors, she comes across something no one ever wants to see: her barely clothed high school history teacher, clutching a bowl of ice cream and offering it as his only saving grace.

“Chunky monkey?” Alaric mutters awkwardly.

Fantastic – we had almost forgotten that Alaric is totally doing Aunt Jenna.

Moving on...

Damon and Stefan reveal to Elena that they paid a visit to Katherine. To get information from her. Um, sure, boys. She’s totally going to help you after you sealed her in that damned tomb. She’s gonna get right on that. Katherine tells them this: get Bonnie to lift the seal and she’ll give them the stone.

Yeah, didn’t think that was gonna fly with them.

So they come up with another idea: lift the spell long enough for them to get in, get the moonstone, and get out. They want the stone so that they can lift the curse and hopefully put a stop to Klaus’ supposed pursuit of Elena. But as we know, things don’t always go as planned, especially since Elena objects vehemently and decides that a suicide mission will better suit her interests. But before we get to that...

 Elena: “Is that before or after he kills everyone that I care about...including the two of you?”
Damon: *GAPE*
Elena: *STARE*Longing looks were exchanged; they made us giddy because Elena’s words can only mean one thing: that she is slowly repairing her damaged relationship with Damon.

Goodness, we’re not even ten minutes into the episode and Damon and Elena are already having it out with their eyes!

Spectacular – trudge ahead for some Bonnie goodness!

Magicgasm?

In the meantime, Bonnie coverts with Creepy Witch Dad’s son, Luka, and learns how to channel his power. This will prove important for later, but in the mean time, I think we’re meant to enjoy the entire minute in which Bonnie makes several faces that definitely resemble something akin to being bedded.

“No freaking way!”

As if to stab all Delena fans through their sappy, romantic hearts (myself included) we are once again reminded that Damon and Rose are in fact doin’ the vampire nasty. And now Elena knows too – and we can’t help but laugh as she awkwardly avoids eye contact and wonders why she’s jealous (hopefully).

Anyway, Elena enlists Rose to help her get Klaus’ attention and to make sure he knows that the Petrova Doppelganger is, in fact, alive and kickin’ around and willing to surrender. And it’s here that we also realize that Elena’s been hanging out with Stefan too much – cue self-sacrifice.

They go to Slater’s – find his corpse, raid his computer and bribe his girlfriend (all in a day’s work, ladies)! In return for Rose’s help, Elena has offered Rose a daylight ring.

Did I mention that she’s doing this behind the Salvatore brothers’ backs? Hmm, au contraire Elena, this mission is a very Damon-like thing to do!

In case you haven’t noticed, there’s a lot of back and forth in this episode. So now we’re going to head on back to Jeremy, who has stupidly decided that he’s going to go in and get that damn moonstone himself, so that Bonnie doesn’t fade out...



Surprise! Katherine’s in there and she’s freakin’ hungry.

So Jeremy uses the ashes that Bonnie created from Katherine’s picture to temporarily immobilize her. Unfortunately, she doesn’t actually have the stone with her, so he has to go look for it and – surprise, surprise! She’s back up and she’s not gonna let him go.

The only smart thing Jeremy does is get the moonstone out of the tomb before falling victim to Katherine’s hunger.

And now back to some other characters, who we haven’t seen in a while...

“Um, shit?”

Meanwhile, no one’s aware of Tyler’s impending transformation except for him and Caroline. They go to the old Lockwood property and scope it out and there they find some Mason relics, including a diary and a video journal. Both document the very painful werewolf transformation that Tyler is going to undergo. The poor guy has a mental breakdown after viewing what can only be described as werewolf Armageddon.

And back to Elena’s scheme...

Sexual tension. So much sexual tension. ... Too much sexual tension?

Of course, we just know that Rose will tattle on Elena. So who does she call to come deal with the situation? Damon. Good plan, Rose! While I can now only predict that everyone will become very angry with each other...

...and they do. Damon marches up to Elena, lectures her, and tells her to get her ass out that freakin’ door or else. Elena then lectures Damon on how she’s free to make her own damn decisions and that she does not need him or Stefan to protect her. Basically, there’s a lot of lecturing and anger...

...and then Elena tries to punch Damon (since when is that a good idea) and that does not end well for either of them. They both stare angrily/lustily into each other’s eyes for several seconds before Damon threatens her and finally lets her go.

After this, guess who comes to pay a visit? Elijah! And guess what – he’s not freaking dead! Dude kills three guys singlehandedly in a matter of seconds before turning his attentions on Elena: “That’s precisely what I need her to be: safe.” Hmm, didn’t Katherine says something similar in episode seven; “She’s the doppelganger; she needs to be protected!” Interesting, very interesting...

Oh, and as soon as Rose sees Elijah, she hightails it outta there like someone turned on the sun.

Back in the tomb, a fight has broken out.

And Stefan, being the sometimes-dimwitted-noble he is, swoops into the tomb, knocking Jeremy safely to the other side.

So in case you missed it, Stefan is now stuck in the tomb. With Katherine.

Oh, shit.

Oh, and as if everyone doesn’t have enough to deal with, Matt decides he misses Caroline and goes to her house to tell her so – but oh, wait! Tyler’s there.

Yeah, doesn’t look good, does it?

Sigh. Poor Mattie.

Oh, and to make things even worse, Bonnie and Jeremy almost kiss. But then she stops him and basically tells him that they can’t be carrying on as they have been.

You couldn’t even give us that, TVD writers? Is there no God?!

Sigh. Back to Delena.

In the meantime, Damon and Elena return to Mystic Falls. As our fave vamp is dropping our fave heroine off at her house, Jeremy comes to the door. He’s bleeding from the neck.

Why, that’s peculiar, isn’t it?

Damon and Elena rush to the tomb and yet another argument between them ensues; Elena tries to go into the tomb and Damon, of course, denies her. Thank God for rational thought! Almost...

In any case, Elena freaks out, and has a complete meltdown. Damon won’t let her go until she calms down but that just makes her more hysterical. Finally she stops screaming and he lets her go, but as she makes a move toward the tomb, he chides her and she runs out.

While this has been going on, Katherine and Stefan have been listening. Katherine’s amused; Stefan is not.

In the final moments of the episode, Stefan makes Damon promise to protect Elena while he’s trapped in there. Damon, of course, does. And without a smirk, even. What could this possibly mean for our trio? Or is it a quartet, now that Katherine is back in the picture?

Well, if next week’s episode preview is any indication...

WARNING: SPOILER AHEAD

 Pictured: Infidelity.

BONUS: For those of you fans of the books, did you catch the very subtle reference?

Why, Damon's holding an orange, isn't he? ;)

Until next time...

KS

PS – All screenshots are © The CW!