The Vampire Diaries Poll: Weigh in On "By The Light of The Moon"
The very bad news: The Vampire Diaries won't air a new episode for weeks.
The very exciting news: Holy twists and turns did "By the Light of The Moon" give viewers plenty to ponder and discuss in that time!
It's gonna take us all night to compile a thorough recap and review of this episode, so we encourage fans to talk about it now in our Vampire Diaries forum. Then, return on Friday morning for our critic's detailed take and also sound off below:
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January 4th, 2011 12:00 PM
The episode wvery well made in my opinion apart from some aspects. Tylers transformation was wonderful so props to the actor for that!! I also loved the caroline and Tyler moments, Caroline is really adapting as a person and not so 2D as she was in the first season and we can see her feelings for tyler shine through! not only that but they have amazing chemisrty. TYLER/CAROLINE
Elijah is a very interesting character but i hope they don't take that away from him by telling us about his backstory and all that crap just tell us a bit about him leave him then to be our mysterious character (which we will all love).
JEREMY was soo cute and caring towards Elena, you can see their brither/sister relationship improving to what I assume it was before the accident.
STEFAN/ELENA- What the hell i was loving the stefan/katherine chemisty, she does have feelings even though she tries to hide it she's like the female Damon!Saying that I would only like them to hook up nothing more! Now I lik
January 1st, 2011 10:33 PM
i was quite dissapointed on this episode!!!! i mean, come ooon!!! since stefan and katherine are stuck in the scene, make something happen!!! they have major chemistry and they are deeply in love with each other, stefan is just blinded by Elena!!! there couldve been something, anything between those two!!! but no!! and stelena fans who are gloating cause they got back together, well i dont really mind because i know that Delena will happen in the future since the writers already said that the relationship is building up slowly and then happens the kiss etc.. so im not worrried at alll, i just cant WAIT!!!! :D so sorrry stelena fans but ur boring couple will soon be over, and hopefully for good, which it probably wont -.- but as long as its atleast for awhile i'll be happy
December 13th, 2010 11:46 PM
I did notenjoy the episode as Rose for example but I can't say it wasn't good , it is just paving the way for what might happen in future episodes . DELENA I think will happen in the second half of the season. Stephan is already having doubts and in Katerina Episode he actually thought that Elena was with damon when he was asking Caroline . I think the writters want to do this slowly , if they put Delena together rigt away people will loose interest . Just the way it goes in life
Rank: Regular Character
December 13th, 2010 6:10 AM
Okay yes I am a DELENA fan but that's not why I was disappointed in this episode. While I love Delena, that is not even the reason I hate Stelena. I hate Stelena because they act like they have this pure beautiful love which is cute for a while except that now their "honeymoon"iness has gotten seriously old. He was stuck in the tomb for how long? A few days tops and they acted like their reunion was some grand long lost love type of thing. GOD FORBID THEY BE APART FOR A MOMENT OH DEAR LORD. I'm still convinced Stephan's attraction to Elena is based entirely on the fact that she's his long-time fantasy: Katherine, only nice (rather than being based on anything about Elena herself). I think his hate for Katherine is completely forced and he's more not over her than Damon was. He would have a way easier time resisting her mind tricks if that wasn't true.
I agree! Stefan and Elena's relationship is becoming a real drag because it seems like everything is so perfect with them all
December 11th, 2010 6:37 PM
can anybody TELL ME WHYYY THIS CHICK DOESNT GOOOOOOOO LIKE TYLER TO A TURNING PROCESS?!!!
why she just hang out while tyler is suffering if they are both werewolfs?
December 10th, 2010 9:44 PM
Okay yes I am a DELENA fan but that's not why I was disappointed in this episode. While I love Delena, that is not even the reason I hate Stelena. I hate Stelena because they act like they have this pure beautiful love which is cute for a while except that now their "honeymoon"iness has gotten seriously old. He was stuck in the tomb for how long? A few days tops and they acted like their reunion was some grand long lost love type of thing. GOD FORBID THEY BE APART FOR A MOMENT OH DEAR LORD. I'm still convinced Stephan's attraction to Elena is based entirely on the fact that she's his long-time fantasy: Katherine, only nice (rather than being based on anything about Elena herself). I think his hate for Katherine is completely forced and he's more not over her than Damon was. He would have a way easier time resisting her mind tricks if that wasn't true.
Rank: Regular Character
December 10th, 2010 8:48 AM
Best part for me was definitely Tyler turning into a werewolf. That was really great especially with the way that Caroline handled the whole situation.
I also like how they're bringing in Jules because she's like the key towards the information about the rest of the werewolves. The whole deal with Elijah is also very intriguing and that's one of the things I'm definitely looking forward to in 2011.
Rank: Extra
December 10th, 2010 6:04 AM
This episode was a real disappointment to me. Apart from the Tyler-turning-into-a-wolf-struggle of course, that was crazy good.
It is so typical that just when it gets interesting, the writers have to make everything "good and fine" again. I mean, why did they put Stefan in the tomb with Kat if they weren't gonna play with the story and consequences? They did NOT have sex/make out in there, and Damon did NOT make a move on Elena. Ergo, high expectations with little or no outcome. Seems to be a pattern in CW series.
And then the Elijah thing. He does not want to hurt Elena, but has a plan of his own.. Now I wonder why he's been running around playing Boogieman up until now. It bothers me how characters act one way and then you find out that they want something different. It's so transparent when the writers have a change of heart regarding a character or a storyline.
Rank: Regular Character
December 10th, 2010 5:21 AM
Amazing. Just amazing.
Oh for goodness sake at the below comments. You do realise not every episode is going to revolve around freaking Delena? You do realise there are other characters, plotlines and pairings on the show, that deserve screentime every now and then?
I, for one, absolutely adored this episode. Tyler and Caroline were just amazing. The acting, the transformation, everything, was just intense. Very well done to Michael and Candice for delivering such a suberb performance. As a person who is a much bigger fan of the Werewolve storyline than I am the whole vampire crap, this episode was my favourite.
I wasn't that surprised that the Stefan/Kat sex scene was a dream. I highly doubt Stefan is going to be like "Oh yeah, Katherine I hate you, lets have sex now..." Face it, he loves Elena and he wouldn't do that to her and if he did that may be the most OOC thing on the shows history. But I do love me some Stefan/Katherine so I did enjoy their scenes anyway.
I th
December 10th, 2010 5:09 AM
I am so annoyed by Stelena ..
I am a Delena fan but I didn't even mind that there was not much Delena in the episode, but I was really annoyed by Stelena .. they're not even cute anymore, just annoying -.-
LOVED the Damone/Jeremy/Elena scene