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Last night's "The Vampire Diaries" marked the return of something we haven't seen since the very first episodes of the show. No, not the graveyard fog machine from the pilot (thank goodness) — Elena's titular diary. Luckily, it wasn't because they've decided to go back to that "let's have a voiceover while Elena scribbles in a notebook" storytelling device — it was for something much more interesting.

Alaric decided to get all nosy and show Elena the paper Jeremy wrote about vampires in Mystic Falls. Elena casually asked her bro about it, but she couldn't get a read on what he actually believed. And later on, at the Lockwoods', Jer raised a very logical question about Vicki's death that the sheriff and Elena tried to ignore: If it was an overdose, why did someone bury her body? Elena did her best to dodge the conversation, but did a terrible job and Jeremy knew something was up.

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Tags David Anders, Ian Somerhalder, Matthew Davis, Melinda Clarke, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Sara Canning, Steven R. McQueen, TV Recap, Vampire Diaries, Zach Roerig

Damon Salvatore might actively attempt to get people to hate him, but that dude's not fooling anyone. Sure, on last night's episode of "The Vampire Diaries," Elena quipped to the vamp, "I've accepted the fact that you're a self-serving psychopath with no redeeming qualities." But that doesn't mean it's true. In fact, it's pretty much the opposite of true.

Damon saved the day, and he did so because deep down he cares for his brother and he cares for others (especially others whose names rhyme with Schmelena). Sure, he might do that in a self-serving manner, but those are definitely some redeeming qualities. Incidentally, he's also smoking hot and hilarious. Those two might be of the "less important redeeming qualities" category, but dammit, they should still count. Read more...

Tags Candice Accola, Ian Somerhalder, Kelly Hu, Malese Jow, Matthew Davis, Melinda Clarke, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Sara Canning, Steven R. McQueen, TV Recap, Vampire Diaries, Zach Roerig

The writers of "The Vampire Diaries" really made up for last week's lack of Jeremy/Anna action with an episode that focused heavily on those two crazy kids. I missed them in the last episode, especially since this week's story culminated in an INSANE REVEAL that I didn't see coming ... in the slightest bit. Like, if I were to think about some crazy s--t that Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec were gonna pull, I would obviously do a terrible job since their plot twists probably even make soap opera writers think, "OMG, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" I never saw this one coming — at least not so early on in Jeremy's evolution as a character.

So, Jeremy got hip to the fact that Anna's a vampire. That's not terribly shocking — the little guy's pretty smart and was bound to eventually catch on to the fact that something is very, very different about Mystic Falls and the company he keeps. But instead of thinking about the VERY SUSPICIOUS OLDER-LOOKING MEN his sister hangs around with, he immediately went to the cute, mysterious girl who helped him with his homework. (Yeah, yeah, she's the one who told him about the vampires, but still.)

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Tags Candice Accola, Ian Somerhalder, Kelly Hu, Malese Jow, Matthew Davis, Melinda Clarke, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Sara Canning, Steven R. McQueen, TV Recap, Vampire Diaries, Zach Roerig

If you were evil vampire Damon Salvatore and you just found out that the woman you love hadn't been trapped in a tomb for the past 200 years as you had previously thought but was instead free and totally able to reconnect with you at any time during those two centuries (just go with it), how would you handle it? I personally would've gone on a killing spree, but I guess drowning your sorrows in booze and women like Damon did on last night's episode of "The Vampire Diaries" is a viable alternative.

Damon handled the news of Katherine's safety remarkably well (for him) by drinking lots of scotch and having a vampire orgy with some college girls in lingerie, compelling them to let him bite them and presumably have sex (though we hope he didn't have to compel them to do that -- Damon is no legit sexual predator), then returning them to their dorm rooms. Whatever works, right?

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Tags Candice Accola, Ian Somerhalder, Katerina Graham, Kelly Hu, Malese Jow, Matthew Davis, Melinda Clarke, Michael Trevino, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Sara Canning, TV Recap, Vampire Diaries, Zach Roerig

How better of a mom will Melinda Clarke be as Kelly Donovan than her "O.C." alter ego Julie Cooper? Well it’s only a matter of time before we see Kelly’s maternal instincts with her hottie son Matt when she joins the “Vampire Diaries” (the show returns in March). And, Katerina Graham, who plays the bewitching Bonnie on The CW show, admits it’s nice to be reunited with TV’s number one bad girl.

“I was on the ’O.C.’ and I loved her on it,” Kat tells Hollywood Crush of Melinda's stint as Zach Roerig's sexpot mom on the show. “And I think she's such a great actress and she’s so fun and a great addition to the cast.”

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Tags Katerina Graham, Melinda Clarke, The O.C., Vampire Diaries, Video, Zach Roerig