Great news for "The Vampire Diaries" fans, the ratings for Season 5, Episode 2.03 "Original Sin" are in, and they're looking spectacular. Last Thursday's new episode of "TVD," was all about uncovering lies. One problem, the lies happened over 2,000 years ago.
The episode begins with Stefan (Paul Wesley), not Silas (Paul Wesley), but the real Stefan, who is finally out of his trap box beneath the water, which Silas put him in at the end of last season's finale.
It seems like Stefan is done with his self-abusing ways as we see him in a bar where he feeds on a waitress without a care in the world. After he drinks his fill, he decides to head into the sunlight but instantly starts to burn because his daylight ring is missing. Minutes later, we find out it was all a dream in Elena's (Nina Dobrev) head and, strangely enough, Katherine (Nina Dobrev) is the same having the dreams too.
After Elena and Kat realize they are both having the same dreams about Stefan, they convince Damon (Ian Somerhalder) to take them on a hunt for their ex-boyfriend. It's an awkward position for dear old Damon since Kat admitted in past seasons that she never loved him, she only loved Stefan. Elena is currently in a relationship with Damon, not Stefan.
The episode flashes to Silas, the aka Stefan doppelganger. In last week's episode we saw a new character, a woman by the name of Nadia (guest star, Olga Fonda), who is a member of The Travellers. The Travellers are a possible sub culture of Witches with ties to Silas. However there is no confirmation as to whether they are witches or simply a related species. She is another pawn of Silas' who has been sent to kill Matt (Zach Roerig). However, we discover it's not really Matt but Gregor (guest star, Hans Obma), who is another Traveller that currently possesses Matt's body, who must die by Silas' orders. Little does Silas know, Nadia has no interest in helping him because she's in love with Gregor.
The story then goes back to the real Stefan. Yes, the show is getting confusing but it's possible to follow along after awhile. We find out that Kat and Elena's dreams are true and Stefan's life is really in danger; but he's saved by Qetsiyah (guest star, Janina Gavankar), Silas' ex girlfriend, who is the world's oldest and most powerful witch. She has come back to the land of the living where we learn Qetsiyah's side of the love story between her and Silas. She believes that she and Silas were true loves, because he had her make a potion so the two could spend eternity together. So, that is how we find out she was the maker of his immortality. To make a long story short, Silas tricked her on their wedding day, he never loved her at all. He was only using her to make the potion, which he stole for him and his real lover Amara (Nina Dobrev) to take... Gosh this show seems to be all about doppelgangers, because Amara looks exactly like Elena.
Once, Qetsiyah realizes what Silas has done, she counters his actions by making two doses of the cure to immortality, exactly like the potion Elena shoved down Kat's throat in last season's finale to make her human. But after using one dose of the potion on Amara, she becomes mortal again and Qetsiyah kills her. The she imprisons Silas for 2,000 years with the other dose of the cure hoping he would take it and die.
Since Qetsiyah is now back, she needs Stefan because hes the doppelganger of Silas. She plans to link Stefan's body with Silas' in order to break her former loves mind control power. Damon finds Stefan, after the spell is completed. But before Stefan comes back to reality, Qetsiyah warns Damon and tells him, “The universe has programmed all doppelgangers to fall in love." So that's why Stefan and Elena will be drawn to one another for forever.
Overall, this was a great episode of "TVD" and I think this season could turn into one of the best since season one. This season will mark the landmark episode every series dreams about, it's 100th. It's only episode three of the twenty-two episodes this season, and I'm already interested in finding out more of the stories and twists the genius writers of this hit TV series come up with.
Season 5 airs Thursdays at 8/7c on The CW.
“Original Sin” was written by Melinda Hsu Taylor & Rebecca Sonnenshine and directed by Jesse Warn.
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