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'Vampire Diaries' Recap: 'The Reckoning'

Posted 10/14/11 10:11 am EST by MTV News in TV Recaps

Vampire Diaries by Cassie Title

All I wanted was a little Bonnie and Clyde. You know, Katherine and Damon, road-tripping across the country, robbing banks (like they’d ever need to—Kat’s the only vampire I know who’s ever used/stolen money), killing people and causing general mayhem. And that’s what it looked like I was going to get. There was even a kiss! A kiss such as I have been waiting for since Katherine told Elena that she loved Damon, too! And it was hot! Really, really hot! And then Damon abruptly ends it, explaining: "Thought I’d give it a shot. Truth is, you just don’t do it for me anymore." My god, Damon. 145 years and it takes you a month to get over it? Come on. It does it for me! Why take away my pleasure at seeing you two together? I mean, really. Elena is SO lame compared to Katherine. So, so lame.
And, speaking of lameness, Matt is the ultimate lame-o. We’ll get to that in a second. In fact, we’ll get to it right now.

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'Lying Game' Recap: 'Sex, Lies And Hard Knocks High'

Posted 10/11/11 11:01 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in TV Recaps

The Lying Game Viva Las Vegas! Finally, after weeks of impersonating Emma, Sutton got a real taste of what her twin's life was like in Nevada...bohemian buds, neglectful foster mothers and high-stakes poker, all included!

As you'll recall from last week "Lying Game," Emma's BFF Lexie picked Sutton up outside of juvie, and seeing as she had no place else to go, was offered a crash pad at Lexie's. It wasn't long, however, until crazy Clarice tracked her down, and told her off for ruining her foster-parent racket (she clearly wasn't in it for the love of the kids). But this being strong-willed Sutton and not amiable Emma, Sutton threw the accusations back in her face, leaving Clarice dumbfounded (and me cheering!).

Sutton continued to make waves in Emma's life when she headed to her high school, sparking a flirtation with a very cute boy named Calvin. He even invited Sutton and Clarice to a casino night at his dad's hotel. More on that to come.

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'Secret Circle' Recap: 'Heather'

Posted 10/7/11 10:49 am EST by MTV News in TV Recaps

Secret Circle by Ryan J. Downey

It's not Halloween yet but "The Secret Circle" is handing out treats to genre fans.

Last week's episode had a killer '80s psycho-stalker movie vibe and this week's storyline gave us demonic possession, a little taste of a haunted-ish house and (finally!) the show's first outright reference to the teen witch classic "The Craft."

"Heather," the title of the fourth episode of The CW's new supernatural series, may not be a reference to the classic Winona Ryder flick "Heathers" but the episode was otherwise chock full of nods to decades of suspenseful horror. The biggest "gotcha!" jolt of the series thus far appears in this episode along with evil snakes and a sexily unstrapped bra.

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'Vampire Diaries' Recap: 'Disturbing Behavior'

Posted 10/7/11 10:23 am EST by MTV News in TV Recaps

Ian Somerhalder by Cassie Title

Damon may have tried to kill two people, Katherine offed one, Jeremy talked to his ghost girlfriend as though she were alive, and Stefan was all gruesome drinking human blood, but the most disturbing behavior was my own for even giving this episode two minutes of my recapping time. Sure, a couple of important things happened, but compared to last week’s, and my high, high hopes of excellence, this episode was bo-ring. I want history, magic, mystery, and then when you think there's enough in it, I want more. And I want it in next week’s episode. And I’m totally in a position to be making such demands.

In my disappointed state, here's what I have to say:

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'Glee' Recap: 'Asian F'

Posted 10/5/11 10:16 am EST by Kevin P. Sullivan in TV Recaps

Glee Are you exhausted? Because I am! That was a jam-packed episode of "Glee" if I ever saw one. So many different stories involving pretty much everyone on show. With the season's third episode, it's clearer than ever that the writers are putting the focus back on the characters and less on who's dating who. For those of you keeping track at home, we've gone three weeks and no one has switched romantic partners. A new "Glee" record! Let's not waste any more time.

Mike Chang sang! Mike Chang sang! Mick Chang sang!

Phew... Now that I've gotten that out of my system, we can actually talk with our inside voices about the episode.

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'The Lying Game' Recap: 'Never Have I Ever'

Posted 10/4/11 11:18 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in TV Recaps

We're hurt, Laurel. You didn't just lie to your parents. You lied to us too. For a minute there, we thought you actually hadn't slept with cutie pie Justin. But, boy, were we wrong. Because as last night's "Never Have I Ever" proved, you are pretty skilled at this lying game business.

Though Laurel continued the ruse with her parents, she finally revealed to Emma (and us!) that she had indeed done the deed with her homeless boyfriend (which we hope was sexier than it sounds...). And because her parents continued to think Justin was such an upstanding gentleman, Dr. Mercer helped him secure new digs above the country club. Little did he know he was creating the perfect love nest for his daughter and her BF...

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'The Secret Circle' Recap: 'Loner'

Posted 9/30/11 10:28 am EST by MTV News in TV Recaps

Secret Circle by Ryan J. Downey

Horror movie folks should never say, "I'll be right back." And witches should never walk alone.

That's the big lesson from last night's episode of "The Secret Circle." Last week the six teen witches bound their powers together, which means they've got no mojo by themselves, but two or more together is super-magically delicious.

There's nothing like a stubbly stalker to drive a group of people together who have spent the entire afternoon trying to stay apart. Chance Harbor fisherman Zachary Larson arrives to terrorize the Circle, hunting them down one by one in abandoned houses and dark school hallways before they eventually unite to save themselves at the school dance.

The '80s slasher movie vibe of last night's episode was a treat and a great reminder of executive producer Kevin Williamson's involvement in the show. Before he created "Dawson's Creek," he was the mastermind behind "Scream." He wrote "I Know What You Did Last Summer," too, so he's no stranger to making a teenager-stalking fisherman scary.

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'The Vampire Diaries' Recap: 'The End Of The Affair'

Posted 9/30/11 9:59 am EST by MTV News in TV Recaps

Vampire Diaries by Cassie Title

This is a love story. A sick, slightly twisted love story, but a love story all the same.

There once was a vampire boy named Stefan, who spent the 1920s in a Chicago speakeasy, flirting with the ladies, hanging with a witch and drinking all of the patrons' blood. One day, he met a girl named Rebecca. She was beautiful, quick-witted and mysterious. The vampire boy had found a vampire girl.

They spent their time together, dancing and drinking victims' blood, then making out, then licking their victims' blood off of each others' lips. And then she introduced him to her brother.

Nik (as Klaus was going by in those days—his full name is Niklaus, remember?) grew to like Stefan's nauseating cruelty (can we discuss how he forced some dude to drink his wife's blood in a wine glass?) and Stefan's obvious enchantment with him. And so they became friends, countrymen, brothers.

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'Glee' Recap: 'I Am Unicorn'

Posted 9/28/11 11:08 am EST by Amy Wilkinson in TV Recaps

Glee I've got to hand it to Brittany: I haven't seen such a preponderance of unicorns, rainbows and glitter since my Lisa Frank Trapper Keeper went missing in the seventh grade. Civic-minded Miss Pierce offered her clearly awesome art skills to Kurt's senior class president campaign on last night's "Glee" because Kurt's obviously a unicorn (Brittany speak for, "someone who knows they're magical and isn't afraid to show it"). Except, well, Kurt did seem a bit anxious letting his inner unicorn take flight, preferring instead a more subdued black-and-white poster.

But senior class president wasn't the only coveted position Kurt was angling for during "I Am Unicorn." With new co-directors (Emma Pillsbury, Coach Beiste and student aide Artie) appointed for the school's production of "West Side Story," it was time for auditions. And Kurt wanted nothing more than to play alpha male Tony. But in a torn-from-the-headlines twist, the directors weren't sure openly gay Kurt was the man for the job. "I need a Tony that excites my lady parts," Coach Beiste explained. A conversation, I should add, Kurt was witness to as he eavesdropped outside the window.

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'The Lying Game' Recap: 'Escape From Sutton Island'

Posted 9/27/11 12:34 pm EST by Amy Wilkinson in TV Recaps

Lying Game Poor Sutton. All she wanted was to reunite with her birth mother, but instead, she was locked in a psychiatric facility, left to flaunt the most unflattering floral nightgown ever. So wrong on so many levels. Sutton tried to convince the doctor that she wasn't an imposter named Emma, begging her to call her parents back in Phoenix...

...where the entire gang was still waiting outside of Eduardo's hospital room for him to wake up. And what was their pleasant, time-consuming banter? Oh, just the fact that Sutton slept with Thayer. A little secret Ethan accidentally slipped right in front of Mads and Char. Mads was especially hurt considering she'd point-blank asked Sutton if she'd slept with Thayer, which she denied. But there was no time to hash it out since Eduardo finally woke up. As Mads went to get him a glass of water, he beckoned Emma in to tell her he overheard Alec talking about her. What it was he said, exactly, Emma wouldn't know because just then Eduardo coded.

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