The Rippah Diaries

After being killed by Katherine, Caroline wakes up in transition and is immediately great at being a vampire in classic Caroline fashion. She completes the transition in record time, compels a nurse, and puts on a smokey eye so you know she’s really in her vamp era. While Caroline figures out how to get out of the hospital, Elena and Bonnie get the carnival ready and try to act like they’re just normal girls. Meanwhile, Mason and Tyler actually are just normal guys: they exercise, they exercise some more, and they talk about their anger issues—just boy things. Mason also tells Tyler he’s looking for a precious family heirloom: the moonstone. Later at the carnival, Damon and Stefan test whether the Lockwoods are zombies, werewolves, or ninja turtles. Caroline manages to break out of the hospital and pretty much immediately kills Bonnie’s carnival crush. Not related to the actual episode, Sarah calls out Rachel for totally flip-flopping on her takes, so definitely tune in for that.

This week: Season 2 Episode 2 | Brave New World

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Picking up right where we left off, John is down to six fingers, Jeremy may or may not be transitioning into a vampire, Damon thinks he and Elena kissed, and Caroline is in the hospital after the car crash. Eventually, Damon and Stefan realize that only one person could have caused so much drama: Katherine Pierce. At Mayor Lockwood’s wake the next day, Katherine continues to cause chaos and pretends to be Elena. Uncle Mason Lockwood also returns to attend the wake and talks to Tyler about his "inhuman" anger issues. Later that night, Damon and Katherine make out and talk about the last 145 years, and when that goes south, a very drunk Damon goes to see Elena and a very mischievous Katherine goes to see Caroline.

This week: Season 2 Episode 1 | The Return

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We're back with a review of Season One! To refresh our memories, we recap this season's character arcs, villains, and couples. We highlight some of the best performances and outfits and choose our favorites, like the best song of the season, our favorite three consecutive episodes, and, of course, our favorite Stelena and Delena moments. We even give Matt a few shout-outs, surprisingly enough, so we really cover everything.

Next week: Season Two Episode One | The Return

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Regardless of whether you’re Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah, you can’t deny there are so many parallels between The Summer I Turned Pretty and The Vampire Diaries. Not only is there a love triangle between the main character and two brothers in both series, but there are also obvious visual parallels like Conrad stepping in for Jeremiah in the season one finale and the infinity necklace. Most importantly, we debate which brother is most like Damon and which brother is most like Stefan. Regardless of whether Conrad is Damon or Stefan, we agree Belly is no Elena.

Next Episode: September 28th

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It's finally Founder's Day—the perfect day for Damon to eat cotton candy and steal Stefan's girl and for the tomb vampires to exact their revenge on the founding families. Luckily, Uncle John has a plan to take out all of the tomb vampires, but of course, John doesn't stop at capturing the tomb vampires: he also gets Anna, Damon, and Mayor Lockwood. With Bonnie's help, Stefan rescues Damon, but the rest of the vampires and the mayor are done for. Back at the Gilbert house, Damon shares a nice moment and kiss (!!!) with "Elena" right before she cuts off Uncle John's fingers and we realize that the Queen of Hell herself, Katherine Pierce, is back and better than ever.

This week: Season 1 Episode 22 | Founder's Day

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There are a lot of bad moms in Mystic Falls, but one of the worst, Isobel, finally comes into town. After threatening Alaric, Isobel meets with Elena to tell her to get the Gilbert device from Damon. When Elena doesn't immediately give it to her, Isobel breaks Matt's arm, kidnaps Jeremy, and makes her compelled cowboy and jazz singer beat up John. Even though John kind of deserved it, Bonnie "despells" the device and Elena hands it over to Isobel. Later on, Damon realizes John is Elena's father, and Bonnie tells Caroline that she did something Elena will never forgive her for.

This week: Season 1 Episode 21 | Isobel

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In the third flashback episode of this season, Stefan relives how he and Damon died in 1864 and became vampires. While Stefan dries out in the Salvatore basement, Damon and Alaric team up again to get more information about John and the Gilbert device. Meanwhile, John uses his “Gilbert charm” (gross) on Pearl at the Grill to try to get the device from her. After Elena helps Stefan get through the day, Damon comes home and reveals to her the real reason he’s promised Stefan an eternity of misery.

This week: Season 1 Episode 20 | Blood Brothers

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Leading up to the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant, Stefan spirals further out of control and is robbing blood banks left and right. Caroline is also out for blood in a different way—she’s desperate to win Miss Mystic Falls. Later at the pageant, Damon tells Elena that Stefan is drinking human blood again, and Stefan loses control and basically kidnaps another pageant contestant. In Stefan’s absence, Damon steps in and escorts Elena to dance and share the intimacy of the near touch in what is probably the biggest Delena moment of the season.

This week: Season 1 Episode 19 | Miss Mystic Falls

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After drinking Elena’s blood, Stefan struggles to not completely turn into a ripper and to hide his bloodlust from Damon and Elena. To make matters worse, Uncle John comes back into town and makes it clear that he knows more about what’s going on than anyone else. Later, at the millionth Founders’ Day event this year, Stefan actually has a little fun, Damon kills John, and John comes back to life. Tyler also makes out with Matt’s mom, but we were trying to forget that happened.

This week: Season 1 Episode 18 | Under Control

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