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The Vampire Diaries - Season 5A
There are dragons and deadly weddings on TV and that's pretty weird. There's also super popular nerds which is kind of unreal. Then there's the fifth season of 'The Vampire Diaries' which features an undead guy locked in safe in a quarry and so many doppelgängers even Tatiana Maslany would get a headache. With all the rains loose, TVD is batsh*t crazy.
Look, we're in our fifth season now, if you like mature, raw and grounded stories you've come to the wrong place. The season kicks off with Elena and Damon having the summer of their lives. They're in a steady relationship now and they do not care about their previous love slash brother Stefan. Which is pretty sad because Stefan is last seen stuffed in a safe by his evil twin Silas and is currently drowning over and over again. Silas, meanwhile, is roaming free and is looking for girls (no, really).
Caroline and Elena are going to Whitmore College and are too busy longing for boys and avoiding surprise roommates to notice that Bonnie is missing. Bonnie, as we know, sacrificed herself to save Jeremy and is pretending to still be alive by having her live boy toy text her friends and family. In its most unpredictable twist ever, Bonnie is not the worst part about the show this year. Turns out dead Bonnie is more dramatic and engaging. As her ghost stands by a smiling and excited Caroline and Elena, there's added sadness to the joyful moment of entering college. There's also a scene in the premiere that uses the pain of being invisible to anyone extremely well.
Unfortunately, there's a lot off about the season as well. By now you should know the writers like to chop the season up in three arcs to accommodate the fast storytelling. With original executives Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec taking a step back to work on their billion other projects, the show is in the equally capable hands of the other writers. Though Caroline Dries and the talents of Brian Young and Rebecca Sonnenshine have been part of the show since the beginning, their creative approach is noticeably different. The last two seasons have felt lighter and progressive. That’s only natural in the TV world. ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is the flagship of the CW. The show must maintain some durability if it goes on for a few more years. This season in particular though, bears little importance. The metaphorical stakes are high as ever yet through repetition, they lost much of their meaning. The best episode of this half is ‘True Lies’, written by Young, because it adds self-aware comedy to the characters. It’s a deviously fun episode that feels fresh and makes use of every single character. However, that’s not necessarily sustainable. For example, ‘True Lies’ is pretty unimportant to the overarching story.
For ‘The Vampire Diaries’ to work, there has to be a bigger plot, a crop of replaceable supporting characters and game of roulette with Elena’s love life. There’s not much time left to really deepen these characters and tell stories that complicate them, such as Caroline’s transition or Stefan’s ripper past did before. With the Originals out of the way, there was a chance of focusing more on the remaining group of wicked monsters. Instead, the creators decided to hit the gas and ramp up the story. This results in two arcs, one delving into the mythology of doppelgängers and one rooted in the past of two of the three leads. The first arc is unnecessary complicated, like almost every arc is on the show. That used to be a good thing, but now it asks us to care once more about characters that are probably not going to be around forever (though there are still some surprises left in that aspect). It does bring Katherine and Elena together and with their finale last year, that’s a wonderful combination. The second arc, which will likely find resolution when the show comes back, is less fun and needed. It implements stories in the character’s past that can’t fake continuity and ask questions of skepticism instead of investment. Though, to the show’s credit, it does play more in the background as Katherine takes over the show. Which probably goes to show that despite jumping sharks every week, ’The Vampire Diaries’ still has some redeemable qualities.
Everyone's favorite scheming, lying vampire is no longer a vampire and thus more vulnerable than ever. Fed The Cure against her will, Katherine is basically a filthy homeless person. Kat has always been a rootable villain, even when she snapped Jeremy's neck (which let's face it, is practically a villain requirement on this show), but now she's mortal again she's simply the best part of 'The Vampire Diaries'. That, and she is starving for junk food. She waltzes through every storyline and connects with every character. Who knew mortality would make Katherine come alive? Science probably. As the season progresses Katherine gets all the greatest story lines. If the romantic feelings of Elena bore you, if you can only handle actors playing one role and if you really wonder why you also shouldn’t move to New Orleans, then Katherine Pierce is your answer. Move over Elena, this is Kat’s show now.
Follow The Vampire DiariesLook, we're in our fifth season now, if you like mature, raw and grounded stories you've come to the wrong place. The season kicks off with Elena and Damon having the summer of their lives. They're in a steady relationship now and they do not care about their previous love slash brother Stefan. Which is pretty sad because Stefan is last seen stuffed in a safe by his evil twin Silas and is currently drowning over and over again. Silas, meanwhile, is roaming free and is looking for girls (no, really).
Caroline and Elena are going to Whitmore College and are too busy longing for boys and avoiding surprise roommates to notice that Bonnie is missing. Bonnie, as we know, sacrificed herself to save Jeremy and is pretending to still be alive by having her live boy toy text her friends and family. In its most unpredictable twist ever, Bonnie is not the worst part about the show this year. Turns out dead Bonnie is more dramatic and engaging. As her ghost stands by a smiling and excited Caroline and Elena, there's added sadness to the joyful moment of entering college. There's also a scene in the premiere that uses the pain of being invisible to anyone extremely well.
Unfortunately, there's a lot off about the season as well. By now you should know the writers like to chop the season up in three arcs to accommodate the fast storytelling. With original executives Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec taking a step back to work on their billion other projects, the show is in the equally capable hands of the other writers. Though Caroline Dries and the talents of Brian Young and Rebecca Sonnenshine have been part of the show since the beginning, their creative approach is noticeably different. The last two seasons have felt lighter and progressive. That’s only natural in the TV world. ‘The Vampire Diaries’ is the flagship of the CW. The show must maintain some durability if it goes on for a few more years. This season in particular though, bears little importance. The metaphorical stakes are high as ever yet through repetition, they lost much of their meaning. The best episode of this half is ‘True Lies’, written by Young, because it adds self-aware comedy to the characters. It’s a deviously fun episode that feels fresh and makes use of every single character. However, that’s not necessarily sustainable. For example, ‘True Lies’ is pretty unimportant to the overarching story.
For ‘The Vampire Diaries’ to work, there has to be a bigger plot, a crop of replaceable supporting characters and game of roulette with Elena’s love life. There’s not much time left to really deepen these characters and tell stories that complicate them, such as Caroline’s transition or Stefan’s ripper past did before. With the Originals out of the way, there was a chance of focusing more on the remaining group of wicked monsters. Instead, the creators decided to hit the gas and ramp up the story. This results in two arcs, one delving into the mythology of doppelgängers and one rooted in the past of two of the three leads. The first arc is unnecessary complicated, like almost every arc is on the show. That used to be a good thing, but now it asks us to care once more about characters that are probably not going to be around forever (though there are still some surprises left in that aspect). It does bring Katherine and Elena together and with their finale last year, that’s a wonderful combination. The second arc, which will likely find resolution when the show comes back, is less fun and needed. It implements stories in the character’s past that can’t fake continuity and ask questions of skepticism instead of investment. Though, to the show’s credit, it does play more in the background as Katherine takes over the show. Which probably goes to show that despite jumping sharks every week, ’The Vampire Diaries’ still has some redeemable qualities.
Everyone's favorite scheming, lying vampire is no longer a vampire and thus more vulnerable than ever. Fed The Cure against her will, Katherine is basically a filthy homeless person. Kat has always been a rootable villain, even when she snapped Jeremy's neck (which let's face it, is practically a villain requirement on this show), but now she's mortal again she's simply the best part of 'The Vampire Diaries'. That, and she is starving for junk food. She waltzes through every storyline and connects with every character. Who knew mortality would make Katherine come alive? Science probably. As the season progresses Katherine gets all the greatest story lines. If the romantic feelings of Elena bore you, if you can only handle actors playing one role and if you really wonder why you also shouldn’t move to New Orleans, then Katherine Pierce is your answer. Move over Elena, this is Kat’s show now.
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