Poor Caroline. What did this girl ever do to deserve so many evil vampires taking advantage of her? On last night's "Vampire Diaries," newscaster-turned-vampire Logan Fell was the latest to manipulate sweet Caroline. Well, not so much manipulate as smash her head into a car window. But he used her as bait to get to her mom, the sheriff.

Maybe it's because I didn't really like Logan in the first place, or maybe it's because I'm in a post-"New Moon" exhaustion haze, but I didn't particularly care for "The Turning Point," especially compared to the previous several episodes. It felt more like it was setting up future plots rather than moving the current plot along, if that makes any sense. Kind of like the pilot — it had potential; it just didn't really grab me like other episodes have.

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Hey "Vampire Diaries" casting department, enough with all the hot dudes. Just kidding! There's no such thing. But I AM totally ready for some foxy ladies to come in and stir things up. That's why I was psyched when I read that Gina Torres (of "Angel" and "Firefly" fame ... ah, so Joss Whedon must love her) is set to visit Mystic Falls next week.

According to Fancast.com, Gina will play Bree, a "'past' associate of Damon's." She also happens to be "a bit of a witch," and the article speculates that she might be able to help Damon access the tomb his love Katherine is trapped inside. Um, AWESOME. Sounds like a fantastic character to stir things up. The "Vampire Diaries" storylines just keep gaining momentum — I don't think there's been a slow week yet.

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Aha, "Vampire Diaries" viewers! I knew all along Damon had to have some sort of powerfully emotional ulterior motive behind his evil actions. We learned last night, through the informational reveal of Bonnie's lineage, exactly why he returned to Mystic Falls — for love, of course.

Bonnie had another dream so realistic that she woke up in the cemetery in her pajamas. She was following a woman, Emily, through the woods. As Emily turned around, she implored Bonnie to help her with something. "This is where it started, and this is where it has to end. Help me!" Bonnie was so scared and tired of Emily haunting her that she threw the crystal away.

Elena, Bonnie, and Caroline got together for a girls' night (kind of like the ones they have in real life, I'd imagine), the ladies apologized for their feuding, Bonnie told Caroline that she's a witch (which took a little convincing), and Caroline decided they should hold a séance to tell Emily to stop haunting Bonnie. Can you say "backfire"? Emily didn't talk to Bonni ... she possessed her.

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Just when you thought the "Vampire Diaries" cast couldn't get any hotter, the CW series has brought on "Reunion" star Sean Faris (pictured) for a "multi-episode arc," according to EW.com. With "Legally Blonde" hunk Matthew Davis playing new history teacher Alaric Saltzman (great name) this week, we'll have some delicious new eye candy for many episodes to come. As Crush editor Lindsay Soll so aptly put it, "It's turning into an Abercrombie catalog on that set!"

Sean, whose character's name is Ben, will befriend the Mystic Falls High gang when Matt (Zach Roerig) starts working at the Grill, where Ben is a bartender. The EW article also notes that Ben is an ex-high school football star who will possibly romance one of the Mystic High ladies, which makes me think he'd be perfect for Caroline (Candice Accola) — she goes for the slightly cocky older men (ahem, Damon). Then again, I wouldn't mind a little romantic interest for Bonnie (Katerina Graham). So far she's had to sit on the sidelines while all her friends make out with cute boys. It's just not fair.

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After the shocking events on last week's "The Vampire Diaries" (RIP Vicki, we hardly knew ye), I thought last night's episode was fated to be far less interesting. I have to stop underestimating Kevin Williamson (who had a great chat with MTV.com the other day about how he will NOT hesitate to kill off main characters) and Julie Plec, because clearly, I was so, so wrong. Death by staking two episodes in a row? I never saw it coming.

Yet again, Williamson and Plec introduced us to a sassy young vampire lady who made us laugh, made us cry, then took a sharp wooden stake to the heart. But this time, we were only able to enjoy her presence for a mere episode. The aforementioned sadly departed vampiress, Lexi (Arielle Kebbel), surprised her old friend Stefan (they go back 100 years) for a visit. Turns out, Lexi is the only other person besides Elena who can make him smile. Lexi also got Stefan to admit that he is in love with Elena, though she was freaked out by Elena's resemblance to Katherine — which she noticed when Elena just happened to drop by while Lexi was in her towel, causing some short-lived jealousy on Elena's part. Lexi worked her magic further by having a heart-to-heart with Elena about the fact that her true love was human, and their love was able to overcome the other obstacles (i.e. the whole one's immortal, one's not thing) and be together.

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Salvatore indecision: it's a very serious dilemma that plagues all fans of "The Vampire Diaries." I'm talking, of course, about the difficult task of choosing which Salvatore brother you'd want to date. I'm here to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, that it's not just a fan issue. "Vampire Diaries" star Katerina Graham, who plays Bonnie, suffers the same vacillation in deciding which brother to direct her affection toward. Luckily, she has a simple solution: "You know what, I'd pick both of them," she told Hollywood Crush recently. "Is that slutty? Not simultaneously! For different reasons." Just to be clear: "Not simultaneously," Kat reiterated, then laughed. "This is Hollywood Crush, we have to make it spicy!"

For real though, Kat said she admires both brothers. "Stefan is such a great guy. Though he's a vampire, that life was kind of picked for him. He's kind of stuck in it. Of course, all the ladies love a dangerous man. So Damon for that reason. You always think you can change the bad boys, and you have to learn the hard way that you can't. But that doesn't stop us girls from trying!"

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FROM MTV.COM: Fans of the hit show "The Vampire Diaries" got a jolt recently when — in episode seven of the series — an actress who appeared to be one of the show's main characters was killed off with a stake to the heart. Now, the mastermind behind the TV series is speaking for the first time about his motive for the murder.

"I don't want to be that show where there's no jeopardy," explained Kevin Williamson in a recent chat with MTV, giving us the scoop on Vicki's shocking death. "[Some shows] are all very predictable in the sense that, well, 'We know this is the lead character so we know he won't die.' Or, 'That's a regular, so he won't die, it'll be a supporting person."

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Warning, "Vampire Diaries" fangatics: if you haven't watched last night's episode, DROP EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING AT WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY! If you have, then (SPOILER ALERT!) please join me in a moment of silence to mourn one of the most entertaining, most energizing, and most plain old awesome characters on the new series. Oh "VD," how you've killed off your most promising character much too soon.

In my recap two weeks ago, I wrote about how much I enjoyed Kayla Ewell's performance as a newly turned vampire. Unfortunately, that performance, plus the first half of last night's episode, is all we're going to get. In an act of extreme bravery, Stefan staked Vicki in the heart as she lost control of her new urge for human blood and attacked Elena in the parking lot of the high school during the annual Halloween party.

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Elena and Bonnie might be best friends on "The Vampire Diaries," but the actresses who play them, Nina Dobrev and Katerina Graham, are real-life BFFs too. Kat told Hollywood Crush last week that the entire "VD" cast is a close-knit group of pals who watch the show together every week, have sleepovers, and go on weekend trips together. "We're 100 percent cheesy. Don't let the coolness of us being on the show fool you. We're all very nerdy and all completely in love with each other," said Katerina.

The girls of the show — Nina, Kat, Kayla Ewell (Vicki), Candice Accola (Caroline), and Sara Canning (Jenna) — regularly have sleepovers at Nina and Kayla's house. On a rainy Thursday two weeks ago, the cast gathered in Kat's trailer to watch the show. "We all got food from catering and watch it in my room. It was pouring rain and my room is the only one that really got reception. So we were all sitting there, about six or seven people, watching it.

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It's sad but true, folks — "The Vampire Diaries" is a repeat tonight. But lucky for you, Hollywood Crush caught up with Katerina Graham as she drove to set on Tuesday (which makes us think she's can't possibly be the "female series regular" who's going to bite the dust in an upcoming episode — news that EW's Michael Ausiello reported today), and she gave us scoop on what's about to happen with her character, Bonnie. In lieu of a new episode, check out what Kat had to say about Bonnie's burgeoning powers, getting into character, and auditioning for the show.

We've seen Bonnie begin to explore her abilities, like when she lit an entire room full of candles at the Founder's Day party, or when she used her thoughts to splash water out of a bucket at the car wash, but according to Katerina, that's just the beginning of what Bonnie can do. "Her storyline is evolving so rapidly, there aren't enough pages in the script to do backstory. She's evolving so quickly and doing a lot of different things — a lot with fire, a lot with her mind. I will say that she can levitate certain things, and she can see certain things, and she has a bit of telekinesis."

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