The Vampire Diaries- Stand By Me

"How do you hide from the devil when you don't know what he looks like."

RIP Jeremy Gilbert

So thats it huh? That's how its going to end for Jer? Just like that?? After all this time, all of his struggles and his ring can't even resurrect him because he's "supernatural." Where is Katherine. Bring her to me, so I could rip her apart for this. This episode was a game changer for everyone on the show, but especially Elena. She's lost everyone, so when her one and only brother is dead, well there's no turning back from that. Jeremy didn't deserve any of this. And after finally confronting the fact that he was dead, there is no way the writers could suddenly bring him back.


Sometimes, people come back from the dead and we expect it and we know its going to happen. This isn't one of those instances. That would involve deep and dark magic, that I don't believe in, nor do I want Bonnie to practice anything of that nature. Melting the bridge between this world and the other world is going a little too extreme. We've all lost people we love, we all want to see those people again. Who wouldn't want to see Jeremy, Aunt Jenna, Alaric, Vicki or Lexi again? But if that means bringing back all the "demons" and supernatural beings with them all, than I think not. Even Elena knew this idea was bad and she's in crummy shape. But we're missing the big picture here, which is the only reason Bonnie is believing everything Shane is saying is because it isn't Shane its actually Silas. That hint was given to us by one of the hunters, who stated that Silas is out there, dangerous and no one knows what he looks like. He took the shape of Shane, so he could use Bonnie for her magic and bring back everyone from the dead. This is exactly the same way he manipulated Shane. He gets inside people's minds and he lets people see hallucinations of things that will motivate them to do what he wants. Personally, nobody should have let Bonnie out of their sight with her crazy ideas spiraling out of control. These people don't learn.

I have got to hand it to the writers for creating drama that literally stopped time. When Elena was breaking down and screaming that it hurt. When Stefan didn't know what to do. When Damon had to calm her down. When she wanted to light the house on fire. The only way to stop her was to take her humanity. As much as I don't agree with Damon for doing what he did, there was no way to stop Elena from hurting and spiraling out of control. Humanity was all she had left, but she pretty much doesn't have any humanity left without Jeremy. When Stefan said, "What if one day you want to come home" and Elena replied, "I won't" and lit the place on fire- the house where we've spent so many days, night, happy and sad moments, that moment was really powerful. Of course she wont want to come back to the place where she lost everyone. It isn't even home anymore, its just a place of grief and sadness. But now we have to see whose going to be enough for Elena to keep her calm and sort of happy. Will it be Stefan? Or will it be Damon? I'm leaning on Damon, who was clearly in charge of the situation today. 

I wish there would have been more communication between the characters. Like maybe Rebekah could have called Damon and let him know she found Shane. They have such a fun relationship in which they insult each other. They could keep each other informed. I wonder how long it will take them to make the connection that Shane isn't really Shane. And where is Klaus while all of this is going down? Is he running after Tyler? Is he meeting up with Katherine, as she tries to negotiate her life so she doesn't have to run anymore? It was also heartwarming to see Dr. Fell and Stefan share some alone screentime. They don't really have any personal connections on the show, but thinking that their actually married in real life was cute. Honestly, the person I feel the worst for is Matt. He lost his best friend Tyler whose now a hybrid, he lost his sister, he lost Caroline and Elena as his girlfriends and their both vampires, now he lost Jeremy, everyone around him is supernatural and he's the only one thats going to get old. Its really an unfortunate time for him. Although the episode was a short term finale and it was really good, it didn't leave us hanging as to what we should expect for March 14. Besides the fact that we don't know what will happen with Elena and what Bonnie's going to do under Silas' control, there isn't much anticipation being built up. 

Memorable Quotes

• Damon: Unless you're a blonde, a Bennett witch or a doppleganger, Stay clear!
• Damon: Good, you can send flowers.
• Stefan: Her denial is the one thing protecting her from all of it.
• Damon: Better you than me.
• Elena: you're mean to the people you care about.
• Matt: That's some messed up logic.
• Elena: Damon logic.
• Rebekah: Sorry, I had to dig the arrow out of my back, thank you for that.
• Damon: You are creepy.
• Rebekah: Thank you.
• Matt: It's ok to have hope cause sometimes thats all that keeps us going.
• Stefan: Her humanity, that's all she has left.
• Damon: Humanity means nothing when you have nothing to care about.
• Stef: She has you.
• Damon: She lost her brother. I'm not enough. Not this time.
• Stefan: What if one day when this is all over you'll want to come home again?
• Elena: I won't. 

"you're thirsty for blood, you're picking a fight."