live watching episode 21, "isobel"

WHY did isobel want this though? it's so weird.

what is she writing on that napkin?

you tell that whore, ric!

ah, the familiar scene. walking to the car. approached by a vampire. never ends well...

why start with the history students? does he actually like any of those punks anyway?

oh. and the napkin. wtf.

"i hate myself!" (damon)

do we really need to go through the whole cute conversation and witty banter thing? i get it. i really do.

oh, classic. recreating the battle of willow creek. brilliant. like i didn't see THAT one coming from a mile away.

"don't screw up." (alaric) someone's feeling bossy and on edge today.

floats in general are kind of a terrible idea, aren't they?

yup. bonnie. still a whore.

"sorry i'm late. dog ate my, uh...nevermind." (damon)

man, everyone is so doom and gloom in this scene.

"what's with all the furrowed brows?" (damon)

hahaha, who chose this music for uncle john to enter to? hilarious.

this is not what i was expecting john to walk into...

"i can smell the judgment coming off of you." (isobel)

the only good thing isobel has done so far is slap john.

"did words completely escape you?" (damon)

damon makes this face when he looks at elena sometimes, and it is SO. PAINFUL. there isn't even any subtlety about his feelings for her anymore.

meeting your vampire mom sounds like a terrible idea.

melting into a puddle at stefan mouthing the words "i love you."

i feel like isobel tries so hard to keep it together. as if every second takes so much control. which. i guess. maybe it does. who knows.


***unrelated note: uh...this 'one tree hill' commercial looks INTENSE!***


isobel met katherine? whaaaa?

katherine helped her update it? whaaaa?

"why stefan? why didn't you go for damon?" (isobel) -- that would be a good question if damon wasn't a dick all the time.

"i'm not gonna kill her in a crowded restaurant." (damon) damon says that as if it's completely out of the question. as if he hasn't done that before. (episode 11, "bloodlines")

possibly the nicest thing anyone has ever said about damon: "you're and dick and you kill people, but I still see something human in you." (alaric)

"he wants to feel every episode of 'how i met your mother.'" (damon)

being a vampire sounds weird the way damon describes it. except for maybe frederic, i don't feel like any of the other vampires we've met so far fit that description. as in, none of them have totally turned off their emotions/humanity/whatever.

john had a crush on me for years = uncle john is elena's father, right?

i'm kind of glad we're finally broaching the subject of elena's mortality. this has to become an issue eventually and so far we haven't talked about it AT ALL. (unless you count episode 13, "children of the damned" when damon makes elena drink his blood, blah-blah-drama-ensues).

lamest line of the episode? "then the blood will be on your hands." (isobel) that is so melodramatic.

i hate the way elena looks when she's upset. but not as much as i hate bonnie as a person right now. dude, who just walks away like that?

aunt jenna's so cute sometimes. she hasn't had enough screen time lately. uncle john, on the other hand. so. awkward.

"no one else in this house likes me." (uncle john) ya think?

"hope i'm wearing my good underwear." (damon)

what. is. going. on.

so damon didn't just turn her, he like, taught her things. why?

how on earth is katherine involved in any of this? hasn't that whore been gone from mystic falls for 150 years?

um. weird? making out?

"you do not come into my town and threaten people i care about." (damon) melting.

"i do believe in killing the messenger. you know why? because it sends a message." (damon)

"katherine wants something from me? you tell that little bitch to come get it herself." (damon) (sorry. i really don't mean to quote him so much. they just give him all the best lines).

oh. bonnie. whore.

so what? are they all made up now? i don't understand what this hug means.

i've never seen matt act so not-nice before! seriously? he and tyler aren't going to make up? man. i never thought i'd feel bad for tyler! and i never thought matt would ever make me want to not throw up in my mouth!

apparently that hug did mean they're made up. well. that's nice.

WHAT.

well. i guess we just learned the answer to every question we ever had about anything ever. rings. the invention. weird. i feel really weird right now.

jeremy. now is not the time for this.

oh, isobel, this is TOTALLY not the time.

bonnie is not the best friend! she is demoted to whore friend!

"his name's frank. he's very handsome." (isobel)

OH NO! MATT!

tyler, are you going to exhibit some superhuman strength right now as part of your obvious werewolf heritage?

no. apparently not. stefan is going to jump in and save the day as per usual. although why does he comfort matt while caroline calls an ambulance? shouldn't it be the other way around?

that's right. caroline! takin' charge!

john and isobel's interactions are so bizarre and definitely awkward. also, what is the point of bringing all these threads together? why does isobel want john to see jeremy and vice versa? we get it. everyone knows everything.

"i'll kill him to prove you wrong." (isobel)

apparently that was french for, "hit him in the face with a candlestick."

oh no! not the ring! whore is not a strong enough word for this woman!

why is bonnie in on this conversation? i thought she hated stefan for no reason.

"i like being a living dead person." (damon)

this is kind of a fun exchange.

"it's not piano lessons, honey." (damon)

aw, call of the wild. i love damon a little bit more.

"i don't trust you. i tried to kill you." (damon)

stefan is totally not stupid about this. he gets it. with the eyes. and the oogling.

really? with the touching of the fingers? does this have to go down like that?

apparently jeremy has the freedom to get a damp washcloth for his uncle. that makes no sense.

a very astute question, jeremy. why WOULD a vampire want to kill other vampires? also, there are not that many tomb vampires left. by my calculation, there were 27 in the tomb, minus pearl, harper, frederic, henry, frederic's friends...let's be generous and say that damon and alaric only took out eight of them...that only leaves 15. we care this much about 15 lousy vampires?

that's right, jeremy! don't believe that! you know better. don't make jonathan gilbert's mistake.

apparently grayson gilbert is a million years older than his younger brother john. has anyone else been thinking about this?

this is all very dramatic. and then she's just like, "i'm done"?

damon seems very mopey about this plan.

i love that. "do you really think that i came alone?" (elena)

so now jeremy's in on it. but not really. because no one tells him anything. still. after all this. ugh. and i hate the bonding look between him and uncle john.

i would never look for any redeeming qualities in you, isobel.

man. isobel just loves to stir up the drama, doesn't she? first with jeremy and uncle john, now with elena and damon and stefan.

poor stefan.

"as long as you have a salvatore on each arm, you're doomed." (isobel) seriously. with the melodrama. but now that you mention it, is that true?

stefan comforting elena is one of my favorite types of scenes in this show.

poor damon. gah. how is it possible to feel bad for almost everyone in this episode?

on second thought, i'm pretty impressed with jeremy's ability to not let people explain anything to him.

what is your deal, isobel? what's with all the dramatics all the time, everywhere?

no, alaric! not the RING!

okay. why did you want/need it? and why are you going to regret it forever? ugh, you're so confusing.

also, is jeremy ever going to get one of these rings? and when he does, which one will he get? ditto for elena. technically one belongs to each of them.

where has anna been all this time if, as she noted, she has nowhere to go? it's been days, what has she been doing? also, she can't just stay there indefinitely. can she? i mean, maybe. i guess. jenna is weirdly flexible like that.

wow. what an uncomfortable conversation we're having in the library. where all uncomfortable conversations happen on this show.

damon, stop being so flippant. you know you care about stefan. as much as you don't want to.

and for the love of all that is holy, why do you even want elena? she. is. stefan's.

"am i the only one around here who has the ability to put two and two together?" (damon)

"i mean, go on. think about it. i'll wait." "ding ding ding ding!" (damon)

"that's a paternity test for john, elena and maury povich to deal with." (damon) lol.

damon. you kill every tender moment. just kill it. dead.

john is definitely going to screw this up, right? i mean. he's uncle john. he pretty much screws up everything.

WHAT. why does she want the tomb vampires dead? and why are we adding stefan and damon to the list? and why were they not originally on the list? and what, what, WHAT?

oh. another question answered. positive affirmation that elena's john and isobel's daughter. thanks.

bonnie. what. a. whore. i would like to reiterate my threat from episode 17 ("let the right one in") which is if anyone hurts stefan, i will kill them. and in this case, that means bonnie. so. sorry, bonnie. now you have to die.

OF COURSE SHE IS NOT GOING TO FORGIVE YOU! AND NEITHER AM I!