The Originals - Save My Soul - Review

This week’s episode showed us Freya’s backstory. She bonded with Elijah and Rebekah while Klaus remained distrusting. Cami helped Marcel out with Vincent, while Rebekah kept being hijacked by Eva. Hayley and Jackson trained in the Bayou while Davina became Eva’s latest victim. 

Favorite character: As I expected, Freya is becoming one of my favorite characters on the show. I saw that a lot of people speculated that she might still be on the same page as Finn, I personally don’t think so. She’s been through hell this past millennia (of which she’s only been allowed to live 10 years of). Of course Klaus saw anger and fear in her eyes. She both hates and fears Dahlia, she wouldn’t have stayed all those years if it hadn’t been for the fear. I’m very curious to see what their confrontation will be like. I think she was being genuine towards her siblings. Freya has probably been dying for answers about her family. I don’t think she’d throw away her chance at having a real family by deceiving them. I hope she’ll become a regular next season. If anyone should get to stay, it would be an actual member of the Original family. Of course this will only happen if that curse gets broken, otherwise she’ll only get to live for another year before we would have to say goodbye to her. 

Most annoying character: Klaus seriously pissed me off this week. First his attitude towards Freya. I’m not expecting him to be as trusting to her as Elijah and Rebekah have been. But he didn’t have to be so rude about it. When he started laughing during Freya’s story, when she was clearly upset, I really wanted Elijah to give him a Gibbs-like-head-slap. He could have waited to snap Freya’s neck until she wasn’t having a moment with her long lost siblings (or he could have not snapped her neck at all). Knowing that Rebekah needs Freya’s help, he could have at least tried to be nice. Later, he unloaded his frustrations onto Hayley. I’m actually surprised that she didn’t fire back. Hope is not just his child, she theirs. Hayley has as much right making decisions for Hope as he does. 

Most underused character: The women on this show have been severely underused these past two episodes. Cami’s screen time was back to normal this week. She bonded with Vincent, and I actually found myself starting to ship them. Until the “She was my wife” reveal. I was weary of him at first, but now I definitely don’t trust him. I have a feeling Eva is not going to be very happy to see her husband grow closer to someone else. I have no doubt that there will be a face-off with Eva and Cami at some point. Davina was also back, clearly still upset over Kol’s death. We didn’t get to see much of her though. I guess they wanted to wait until the end of the episode to reveal that she’s been taken by Eva. Last week Hayley spent the entire episode babysitting Hope, not that I blame her. If I’d been separated from my daughter for that long, I probably wouldn’t let her out of my sight anytime soon either. This week however, she was sparring with the wolves in the Bayou. Jackson is worried his alpha position is in danger, as he should be. All that new power is bound to have some werewolves think they have a shot at becoming the alpha. My point here, is that I would like to see these characters play a bigger part in the major storylines. Those being the Eva-storyline and the Dahlia-storyline. Right now, it just seems like they’ve been put on the sidelines. 

Favorite flashback: Apparently being unlucky in love runs in the family. Just like some of her siblings, Freya has lost the love of her life. This flashback broke my heart. By losing him, she lost her will to live. She didn’t want her child to end up like her, so she tried to end her life. Only because of the curse, she couldn’t die. But the baby could. This flashback is the main reason why I think she truly wants Dahlia dead. There’s no way she’d sell out Hope after having been through this. 

Important questions: So there are a few thing that I was wondering about this week. First of all, who was watching Hope? Everyone seemed to be off doing something else, while Hope just slept through the episode. I know they have super hearing and all, but the characters that were in fact at the compound seemed a bit preoccupied. I cannot see Klaus walking around with a baby monitor. Secondly, why was it always snowing in the flashbacks? Considering they lived for an entire year, you’d think summer would come around at some point. 

Best quotes: Freya: “She hungers constantly for what’s been denied her, be it love or revenge.” Elijah: “Yes, I think I’m familiar with the type.” 
Freya: “She would say, it was as if Thor himself had raised his hammer-” Elijah: “-and summoned thunder and lightning.” 
Marcel: “Klaus is the smartest person I’ve ever met. Elijah is the stuffiest. You’re the strongest.” 

That’s it for this week. It seems there’s another hiatus, the next episode will air April 7th. Check in again later that week for an all new review and let me know in the comments what you thought of this week’s episode.

About the Author - Belle333Black

Jamie Coudeville (Belle333Black) writes reviews for The Originals. She's 20, lives in Belgium and her favorite shows are The Originals, Vampire Diaries, Orphan Black, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ...

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