The Vampire Diaries ‘She’s Come Undone’ review: It’s all in your head

I don’t know, you guys, I just had a lot of fun with this episode. That’s really it. With Klaus and Elijah in New Orleans, The Vampire Diaries was able to focus in on our core characters… and I just had a ton of fun. It was a bit of good ol’ fashion TVD thrills, and Katherine was there. So it all worked out.

Sure, some things don’t make sense. I mean, what is Bonnie even trying to do? These days, I’m very confused about everything Bonnie is doing. And it’s not really Bonnie’s fault. This entire season has been written as everyone taking action without ever having to actually claim any of it — the main one of them all is Elena, who the first half of the season was insufferably sired and now has turned her humanity off. Then, Jeremy became a hunter and couldn’t control his urges to kill every vampire in sight. And now we have Bonnie, who was controlled by Creepy Professor and then by Silas and then we thought she had taken his side in this entire ordeal and now… I don’t even understand what it is she’s doing. But when she and Katherine made a deal and grinned, I was grinning along with them. So I suppose it really didn’t matter that everything that was happening was confusing. And it doesn’t matter that Silas becoming everyone is tired.

Okay, maybe that matters a bit. It’s getting challenging to watch every scene and second-guess whether or not that person is actually Silas. As soon as Klaus popped up on screen, I pegged him for Silas. Same with Matt. And then we had to see that annoying Serious Face that everyone makes when Silas is like, “You are annoying me do what I want ughhhh.” Ugh. The only time this has actually felt fresh was during this episode when it was either Bonnie or Sheriff who was Silas. And even then…

Well, anyway, this episode, the Salvatore brothers (which is how they shall be addressed now; they’re like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern) decide to torture the humanity back in Elena. But she calls their bluff and proves that they wouldn’t actually harm her (duh). What’s most infuriating about this story line is that it simply shows quite plainly that these characters serve no purpose but to hover around Elena. And the sad thing is that they’ve proven their worth in the past whenever they were given stories of their own to confront. It makes you wonder what the endgame for this sire/no-humanity story line will even be. There are two episodes left and I still don’t see the pay-off for it, yet. Even if it’s some cheesy, after school special message that there’s always something to live for, then so be it. But mostly this season, The Vampire Diaries has just had our main characters running around, trying to tame Elena like she’s some wild animal. Or maybe I just want to give Vampire Diaries more depth than it wants to serve us, but had this related to a more universal message then perhaps it could have been more compelling. Or if The Vampire Diaries had defined its universe more, then perhaps it could have been so as well.

Thus far, it’s been fun in bits and pieces, and I guess that’s fine too. It certainly was this episode.

What makes Elena finally decide to turn on her humanity (drink! seriously, we need to develop a finale drinking game, who’s down?) is Matt’s supposed death. We all know what’s wrong with this, right? Well, there are two things: (1) This was one of TWO non-deaths that happened this episode, which cheapens it. (2) Really? Matt? Elena was prepared to kill both Bonnie and Caroline and Matt is what brings her “back”? Well, okay, then. Regardless, I’m rooting for Matt to get the hell out of here — not in a I don’t like him way, because I do. It’s just that this place sucks. Go run off with Rebekah! Get far away from here! It’s just like Caroline said to her maybe-dead-mother: “I’m going to get you far from here” (paraphrasing). Please do. Mystic Falls sucks. I have no idea why anyone has stayed there this long.

This town is seriously the center of a witch and an ancient old vampire’s plan to tear down the fabric that separates this world and the dead world. Well, at least it’s an interesting town.