1.14 Long Way Back From Hell Yet the news that she and Marcel had conspired to bring Michael to New Orleans back in the day didn’t have the impact that I’m sure the writers had hoped, and the big problem with this episode were the reactions of the characters to this newest betrayal. Sure, Klaus didn’t like his dad much and would have been peeved to learn that his sister had intentionally brought his to town in the hopes of getting rid of him, but we know that it’s pretty standard for this family to commit such treachery on a weekly basis. We also met Michael back on The Vampire Diaries and, contrary to what we’re told, he wasn’t so bad. Unfortunately, that’s going to be a problem for a few weeks yet, with Klaus on the warpath, Rebekah on Marcel on the run and Elijah tasked with explaining his actions to Hayley and her unborn Mikaelson offspring. The episode itself was another great example of flashbacks being made interesting and relevant to the present-day action, with Rebekah running around an abandoned hospital from her past and running into everything from influenza-riddled living corpses and creepy hallway twins, but it didn’t fill in as many blanks as I had hoped going in. These guys have been alive for a long time, and I’m certain – heck I’ve seen – that they’ve committed worse crimes against each other. I’m still not sure about Celeste as our big bad this year, given than her minions have so far been much more entertaining and effective than she herself has been, but her involvement with the werewolves and, by extension, Hayley means that it’s not just the Mikaelsons she has to worry about. Despite looking increasingly pregnant (I’m not entirely sure of the timeline here, so we’re going off belly-size), Hayley held her own this week and went after Celeste solo, obviously hoping she can do something to lift the curse from her werewolf family. I’d quite like to see that guy from last week back, if I’m honest, and I suspect we’ll be seeing more of them before the season wraps up. Next week is more of the same, with Elijah enlisting the help of the witches to find Celeste, Klaus confiding to Cami about how mean his brother and sister are to him, and Rebekah and Marcel plotting to take down the witches with a few friends roped in to help. Welcome back The Originals! We missed your crazy antics. Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
