Sadly, that's what last night's "backdoor pilot" episode of Vampire Diaries felt like. I love TVD, and I'm a huge fan of Julie Plec's writing, since the Kyle XY days. But would I watch "The Originals" every week? No, I would not. Spoilers ahead...
On Vampire Diaries, the moral high road is littered with the corpses…
Everybody's a murderer on Vampire Diaries. Except maybe Matt and April. Killing is like a badge of pride on that show. At one point in Thursday night's episode, Kol asks Elena if she's killed people, or if she's just a "Mary Sue Vampire." (Heh.) And then there's the clip above, where Klaus asks Damon why Damon gets to …
Do we really need two Vampire Diaries shows?
One of the best parts of The Vampire Diaries right now is the semi-evil Klaus, one of the Original vampires who's also half-werewolf. (Don't ask.) So at first blush, it's exciting news to hear that The CW is thinking about giving Klaus and his Original siblings their own spinoff show, possibly focused on their…
The CW is sexifying the 70s British show The Tomorrow People for…
Hot teen mutants with problems! The CW is staging a massive revamp of the classic British TV show The Tomorrow People. Which means lots of hot guys, sexy ladies repeatedly breathing into each other's mouths and maybe fighting crime with mutant powers.
Why do all of the grown-ups on The Vampire Diaries suck so much?
There was only one reasonably stable adult human left on The Vampire Diaries — and they just borked him. The vampire-hunting history teacher and surrogate parent Alaric Saltzman has been forever altered by a supernatural plot twist — leaving the CW series with absolutely zero likable adults left who aren't vampires.…
The Vampire Diaries is your new guilty pleasure
In the universe of The Vampire Diaries, vampires can eat cheese along with other normal human foodstuffs. Which is a good thing, since The Vampire Diaries is the most awesomely cheesy television program we've seen in years. It's can't-miss television.
