Swings & Roundabouts

SPOILERS ABOUND! Do not read if you haven’t watched the latest episode

Main Cast of Vampire Diaries

Just saw the latest episode (Season 2, Episode 21) of Vampire Diaries and Oh.My.God! I think I can safely say they blew me away! Totally! Whilst poor Jenna has always been in the periphery of action, I never thought they’d off her as she had a nice romance with Rick going. When the evil witch said ‘she’s in transition’ at the end of Episode 20, I knew poor Jenna’s a goner. She was such a sweet thing, totally under utilized, much like a Indian movie heroine, poor thing. Didn’t Rick look deliciously heart-broken? But where’s the rage, buddy?

And I do not believe that they’ll let Damon go the way of Rose – he is scary already when he is drunk; imagine him at the heights of wolf-bite induced madness! Or maybe they’ll make Elena kill Damon? Whichever way they go, they’ll have him come back for at least the first episode of the new season. And if the new season is going to be all about The Originals, I have a feeling they’d need a full contingent of Salvatores to try and play against.

Did I think Elijah will renege on his promise to Stefan? Hell yeah! There was no way that the Klaus character was going to be offed after they spent most of the season building him up. Plus, if season 3 is going to be about their family, it makes sense to have more than just Elijah rattling about.

Wasn’t sad to see Matt break up with Caroline. He had been wimpy and getting on my nerves. Caroline and Tyler should get together and make some hybrid babies to take on Klaus. Now that’ll make for an interesting Season 4!

But I have to commend the pace of the episode, the grippy action. I cannot wait for the finale next week! I hope some channel in Tata Sky telecasts the show or I’ll be sore to miss the action!

Ok I missed Episode I of this year’s series, shuttling as I was between Marne de Vallee / Chessy and St Pancras stations. But thanks to Guardian blogs and BBC’s excellent iPlayer, I have been brought up to speed. And I have to say, the actual viewing of the missed episode paled in comparison to Guardian’s Anna Pickard’s lively piece. The girl is undoubtedly hilarious!

I actually thought I would steer clear of this year’s quota as it was getting a bit stale. A scowling Surallen, the latest crop of Britian’s Supreme Twats and the po-faced trusty sidekicks was too much deja-vu. But typical of car crash telly, one cannot keep away, right? And when you can get quality television, thanks to the supremely arrogant tools on the show, why deny oneself eh?

Last year’s show was made interesting as 1. I could discuss it the next day with my team at work and 2. we had a sweep of sorts to predict the winner. (I gotta say, I never would have chosen Simon Ambrose in a million years!) So this year, I am looking to my lovely readers and my reluctant uni mates to make it all interesting.

So, BBC 1, Wednesday at 9.00 pm – mark it!