'Vampire Diaries' Recap: Episode 19, 'Miss Mystic Falls'

The title of last night's episode of "The Vampire Diaries" was "Miss Mystic Falls," but it really should've been called "Stefan: Unhinged." Or "Damon and Elena Stage a Makeshift Vampire Intervention After Stefan Feasts on Unsuspecting Teenage Girls," a.k.a. "DESMVIASFUTG." OK, that last one's kind of clunky. I can see why they didn't go with it.

But FOR REAL YOU GUYS, Stefan kind of freaked out after secretly going back on human blood and hiding it from everyone. Damon was on to him from the beginning, but Elena happily went about her days without noticing that her boyfriend's demeanor had changed drastically. She was all like "You're in such a good mood, tee hee!" but she probably should've noticed some of the other cues, like when Stefan drove his flashy car to school (out of character), or when he was joking around and dancing with her at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant rehearsals (way out of character — sober Stefan is such a wallflower).

The younger Salvatore didn't take too kindly when Damon confronted him about it, and he freaked out (privately, though — a very sober Stefan thing to do) after Damon took the liberty of telling Elena what was going on. Stefan then kidnapped Amber, one of the Miss Mystic Falls contestants (who happens to look way too much like Aunt Jenna. Seriously.), and took her to the woods where he agonized whether or not to drink her blood. Spoiler alert: he totally did. In the meantime, Caroline deservedly won the pageant. It was exciting that she finally got a chance to outshine Elena, especially since Elena was only doing it because her mom had wanted her to before she died.

Stefan was attacking Amber when Elena, Damon, and Bonnie (she's finally back! And super pissed at Stefan for her grandmother dying!) found him. Bonnie did a secret witch spell to get him to stop. Elena went to visit him at home later, where he was brooding in a white tank top (yum), and stabbed him in the spine so Damon could haul him off to the jail cell located conveniently in the Salvatore mansion's basement. A makeshift vampire rehab, if you will.

Uncle John continued to cause trouble, but we now know what he's actually in town for: he wants to find some sort of invention Pearl stole from his ancestor, Johnathan Gilbert. At the end of the episode, Pearl gave the mysterious invention to Damon as an apology gift for the whole tomb debacle. She and Anna wanted to stay in Mystic Falls, and they wouldn't be able to if Damon remained mad at them. Potential problem: Uncle John knows that Anna is Pearl's daughter, but he doesn't know that Damon has the invention. And no one (besides John) knows what the invention actually does.

What do you think of crazy Stefan? Do you think Elena and Damon's detox plan will work? How happy are you that Anna and Jeremy are totes going to date soon? And can I get a "Hallelujah" for the return of Miss Bonnie Bennett?

Tags Candice Accola, David Anders, Ian Somerhalder, Katerina Graham, Kelly Hu, Malese Jow, Matthew Davis, Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Sara Canning, Steven R. McQueen, TV Recap, Vampire Diaries