The hiatus is over, hooray. This may not be my best review, but it’s been a while so bear with me. “The Casket Girls” is the first episode after the winter break. I’m still confused as to why the women from the flashback were referred to as “casket girls”. In this episode Davina has freed Cami from her compulsion, Elijah and Marcel clash (I wonder why they hate each other) and Hayley helps Sophie get what she needs for the Harvest (besides Davina). Rebekah has plans to take control from Klaus and Marcel, getting Davina and Thierry on her side. Davina kills a few witches and then gets screwed over by Klaus yet again.
Biggest ‘Bitch’ moment: Klaus poisoning Davina and Tim, of course. Klaus really crossed the line on this one. I like that Marcel and Elijah stood together on this and found a way to protect Davina. And even though Elijah and Marcel saw it coming, clearly Rebekah did not. The look she gave him when she brought Davina back said it all, she didn’t need any words to portray how she feels.
Best badass moment: Davina’s take-down of Klaus and Elijah was awesome. The way she just snapped Klaus’ neck and made Elijah choke on his own blood, yikes. I bet Marcel was shaking in his boots by the time she came around to him. However had Rebekah not interfered, I don’t think she would have taken him down. She loves him too much.
Most tragic moment: RIP Tim, honestly not how I had expected his return to go. I knew he’d be back but I figured it would be a little more romantic and way less tragic. Davina waking up to find him dead just broke my heart.
Most ‘off the rails’ character: Ah Sophie, from making out with random guys on the table in her kitchen (where food is prepared, gross) to digging up 200 year old graves, I have a feeling things are going to get even worse now that she found Celeste’s body.
Favorite character: I never expected Josh to last this long. He has become one of my favorites, so the writers better not kill him off ever. The way he told Davina to not hold back when she went against the Originals even though he knew that if they died he would too (didn’t realize that was common knowledge these days), shows how much he loves her. She’s really going to need him now, so I hope Rebekah can sneak him in.
Best ‘Oh no she didn’t’ moment: Hayley was kind of underused this week, in my opinion. So instead of having her help Rebekah (as I had hoped she would), she ended up helping Sophie. Oh Hayley, you are so going to regret this. I know Hayley wants to help her family, but this will have some really bad consequences.
Best ‘You go girl’ moment: Cami was fantastic when she both yelled at her uncle and threatened Klaus. Her uncle totally had it coming. Going up to Klaus was a bold move. Now I’m not sure if Davina’s spell means she can no longer be compelled (I doubt it), but if not it was very risky considering Klaus could have just re-compelled her. But he seemed too surprised to even think about it. Cami has never been afraid of him and now I actually think it should be the other way around. Klaus better watch his back.
Best ‘What the…’ moment: When Elijah found the hidden meaning in Davina’s paintings my jaw almost hit the floor. I’d like to declare Elijah the official Puzzle Master. How did he even see that? I hope we’ll be getting some Celeste flashbacks because she seems to have a bigger role in this Harvest thing than what first appeared.
Best quotes: Rebekah: “Us girls have got to stick together.”
Sabine: “While you’ve been drowning your sorrows, nailing everything that walks, …”
Josh: “Hey Cami, you don’t have any human blood in your fridge, now do you?”
Klaus: “Took you long enough to spread the word.” Elijah: “Well have you met his nightwalkers? Not the brightest assortement.”
Rebekah: “Dull, dreary, hideous.” Marcel: “Are you talking about the clothes, or something else?” Rebekah: “Why, feeling insecure?”
Next week’s episode is “Après Moi, Le Déluge”. Makes me wish I’d paid more attention in French class. Check in again next week for a new review and let me know in the comments what you thought of this week’s Originals.
