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→ Been having a rough couple of days. Shitty stuff going down at work. Won't talk about it, except to say that the crazies are out to get me. This is what I get for being an honest person. Maybe I should give it up. This fueled my determination when I later applied for a job in my dream town, but the odds are not exactly in my favor.

→ COMMUNITY. I loved the way this was shot. It was a nice blend of suspense and comedy. Josh Holloway: He's still got it. And if you miss the awesome version of Sawyer, this would definitely give you a quick and much needed fix. Sometimes their stylized eps really work for me, and sometimes they don't. This did. Maybe it's cause I love the western theme? (And because nobody had sex with Chang. Spoiler alert?)

→ THE VAMPIRE DIARIES:

I pretty much loved everyone in this. I feel like I want to save my thoughts for when I have re-watched and can analyze the whole thing, but what the heck, I will go for it.

- First, I actually cried. Something about Jenna's devastated face and knowing what was going to happen and having Elena tell her. I will miss that Sara Canning, you guys. There was definitely something so innocent about her character, and she's been bombarded with so much, and just her face. Sara was wonderful and Jenna was even more wonderful. Right from the start, they had me. She was brave, in the end. She tried to kill the witch and put an end to everything. I'm so sorry it didn't work. I really liked Jenna a lot.

- Elena may have been part of my tearing up. She was so gentle and calm and reassuring and yet terrified and heartbroken at the same time. It truly brought home how ill-equipped Jenna was for the job she took on. But then, who would be? These are not exactly ordinary circumstances. Elena is not exactly a normal girl. And she has remained so strong throughout this entire ordeal. For Stefan, for Jenna. They gave her her moment to break, just a little, last episode, and as ill-timed as it was, it was perfect and necessary. I sometimes can't believe how this character has evolved since season one. She's wonderful. In some ways I hope that the losses she suffered tonight don't harden her, but at the same time, the idea of that being a part of her season three arc is kind of exciting for me.

- Throwing this here: The imagery of those three rings fire was really beautiful.

- Of course Stefan would volunteer in Jenna's place. Of course. I was completely fucking shocked at Damon's reaction to that. Really? Does he care about Stefan that much? I know they have this century-and-a-half-old bond, but that was unexpected. But of course it 100% mirrored Stefan's pledge to find a cure for his brother at the end of the episode. This is just coming off of Damon's monster betrayal. I don't understand these brothers. Stefan is loyal. And apparently Damon at least doesn't want Stefan to die. But the love/hate thing still shocks me. Especially because it's mostly hate. I suppose we can attribute both their new found bond, and their continuing animosity to Elena. The dichotomy is perplexing.

- Also, I'm a little too mad at him for putting his life at risk to praise Stefan for offering himself up to Klaus. (Okay that's a lie, I totally love him for that.) But now I'm just worried what other plans Klaus has for him.

- While I found Jules' 'death bed apology' to be a little bit late, I actually felt sorry for her in the end. Goodness, though, she even dies pretty.

- The sound of Caroline's voice when she asked if Matt thinks her mother is going to try and kill her. Ouch. Heartbreak. I suppose this will be something they will deal with in the next season because I sincerely doubt they will wrap it up next episode. Although you never know what sort of cliffhanger they may have in store for us.

- Is this the end for Matt? Honestly, if this is their way of writing off Zach Roerig I might be a little pissed. Not to be completely heartless, but I would rather he died if that is the case. I loved him in this and the last episode. Despite the grumbling from the peanut gallery, I think he's had a great arc since finding out about Caroline. It's really only been a few episodes and he's gone from shock, to deception, to acceptance, to proving his loyalty and finally to this very real human reaction that he can't deal with this in his life. But I definitely hope that doesn't mean Matt disappears. I loved how open he was with Caroline in this episode, how he genuinely cares for both her and Tyler still, how he called them all friends. It was perfect. He better be coming back.

- Damon's problem is that he needs to think before he acts. Sure, she didn't become a vampire so Elijah's prophecy that she'll never forgive him might not come true. But because of what he did, and because he negated the power of the elixir, her father, who she was just beginning to trust, had to sacrifice his life to save hers. And speaking of that, now that he's gone (and in such a selfless way) I really wish John had been in these last two episodes. It would have been nice to have felt his death a little more harshly.

- When Bonnie magically prevented Alaric and Jeremy from leaving the property, I was so sure somebody was going to knock a candle over and burn the entire antique building to the ground. This was an actual fear I had when watching.

- Speaking of Jeremy, his best scene was with Elena at the end. He was kind of useless in this episode. Sorry Jer-Bear. Alaric was only mostly useless. But at least he got to break bad news to people. Which is... something.

- I realize that Bonnie was summoning the power of a hundred dead witches, but that other witch was so much more laid back in her spell casting. Bonnie, take notes. The sobbing and screaming and crying has got to stop.

- Elijah, Elijah, Elijah. Please tell me that after they resurrect their "kin" that they all turn on Klaus and chop him into teeny tiny pieces and put them into separate lock boxes and freeze them in the center of separate icebergs. (This might be a total buffy rip-off, but still.) And just to clarify, this is not me wanting Klaus to die, this is me wanting Elijah to redeem himself. And freeze-wrapping his brother's body parts is clearly the only way to do it.

- Caroline and Tyler. Well aren't you cute? I like that Tyler laughs at Caroline's ridiculous over simplifications. "Not all friendships are perfect." Right. On so many levels. I'm so glad he made it through and that these two obviously have a journey to go on next year together -- and the idea of the two of them mourning the loss of Matt together, albeit in different ways, is really sweet. I was hoping for a conversation between the boys, I won't lie. But this was good too. (I'm holding out for next season, and maybe Tyler, his BFF, will be the one to bring Matt back into the fold.)

- Do we think (after Damon survives the uncurable werewolf bite) that Klaus is going to come back to seek revenge on Damon for killing his "dance partner?" She was pretty, although evil. *shrug*

- Gosh Elena looked so heartbroken in the end. She's been through a lot. And she looked really pretty in her funeral dress. (Wow, shallow.)

- I feel like I must be leaving something out. But all I can say is... I'm not really looking forward to next week. I'll spare those of you who don't watch the promos the details. That'll be for another post or something.

- ETA: This is what I left out. Damon for all of his faults, gave us a beautiful moment tonight when he picked up Elena's body, and laid it next to Stefan's. That was lovely.

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