Review #3917: The Vampire Diaries 4.10: “After School Special”
Contributor: John Keegan
Written by Brett Matthews
Directed by David Von Ancken
After the gleeful slaughter of the hybrids in the previous episode (set to Christmas carols, naturally), it wasn’t clear where the story was going to go next. Inevitably, there would be bloodletting, as no one is ever safe or comfortable in Mystic Falls. And of course, there’s always the question of how much whining we might get out of Stefan.
The promise of a cure for vampirism is bringing everyone out to play, and Rebekah has been used and abused enough in the recent past (by family and otherwise) to justify, perhaps a bit, her decision to play dirty. But that’s par for the course when it comes to the Originals and everyone caught in their orbit; ever since Klaus came around to make trouble, it’s been a lot more chaotic and unpredictable.
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Mirrored from Critical Myth.