Welcome
back to Mystic Falls everyone! In the
season 7 premiere, the gang deals with a post-Elena world, Lily and the
Heretics make an immediate mark on Mystic Falls, a deal is struck and then
shattered, and in the future, the Salvatore brothers are running from someone….
The
premiere was a definite improvement over last season. It seems that the loss of Elena has given the
show a shot of adrenaline and new life.
It helps that Lily and the Heretics are a very fun and interesting type
of villain, much like Kai was. While
Lily is trying to get the Heretics to fit in, they are having none of it. It didn’t help that Damon violated the deal
that Stefan and Caroline brokered within a few days of returning to Mystic
Falls. This war between the Salvatores
and Lily and the Heretics is not going to be pretty.
I
also love the flash forwards. According
to Julie Plec, the flash-forwards will be caught up with about ¾ of the way through
the season, so by that point we will have found out why Damon chose to be put
in a coffin until Elena returned and who the mystery woman was hunting him and
Stefan. A well done flash forward is a
nice storytelling tool through which you know where something will end, but the
mystery is how the heck you got there in the first place.
Damon
is, predictably, not handling the post-Elena world well. I admire that he made the choice to focus on
helping Alaric to wallowing, which shows growth. I am also impressed that he and Bonnie are
still working so well together. Given
that Bonnie’s continued living is the thing separating him from Elena, I am
happy that he has not completely returned to the old Damon and tried to off
her. Definite growth there. Unfortunately, the old Damon definitely
reared his head when he ripped the heart out of the one Heretic. Stupid, stupid move there. Classic Damon, but still stupid.
Stefan
and Caroline also made definite progress in their relationship. Stefan is being very patient with Caroline
while she works everything out and she has admitted to having strong feelings
for him. Unfortunately, her kidnapping
by Enzo is probably going to put a damper on their incipient relationship. Their plan to evacuate the town in exchange
for allowing the Heretics free reign on anyone who returned was probably the
best choice of many bad ones. As was
demonstrated at the police graduation, the war would be very messy for all
involved, so getting the humans out of the town was smart. I just wonder how the Heretics will handle
Matt, since I assume he stayed.
Alaric
is definitely not handling the post-Jo world well. He has fallen back into the bottle and is
apparently planning on somehow resurrecting Jo.
I am not sure how he intends to do that though. It has been months since she died, so I don’t
think the whole person swap that Kai did will work. Besides, Kai was very powerful when he did
that. The only witch close enough to
that is Bonnie, and I doubt she would willingly perform that spell. Unless Alaric can somehow persuade one of the
Heretics to perform the spell, which would be interesting to see, I don’t see
how Jo will come back.
Until
Thursday!
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