Even at its most content-heavy, the show knows it can afford to bombard us with information and story developments because they never stray far from the heart of what makes the entire show work: Elena, Damon, Stefan, and Caroline. In recent weeks, the show has been tricky to watch. Damon was trapped in 90s hell, and Stefan and Caroline seemed doomed to the fate of the insane: Repeating a behavior over and over again all the while expecting an entirely different outcome each time. My feelings about Damon’s return and Elena’s reaction to it are less cut and dried. The show is essentially trying to breathe life back into something that was never dead to begin with. Oh sure, the will-they-won’t-they of Elena and Damon was appealing, but Damon and Elena together are their own living, breathing, walking, talking (sort of) conflict. You never had to worry about getting bored with them as a couple because they are so fundamentally different as characters. Elena’s decision to try and avoid Damon and keep Alaric from helping her remember him is a weak ploy to try and make something already interesting even MORE interesting. It’s not fair to the viewers and it isn’t fair to the characters the writers have spent season turning into three dimensional beings. That said, Damon and Elena will always be more interesting than Trip, Enzo, and dead, dead Ivy. THAT’S RIGHT, I SAID IT. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing.
