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Very Nice:
Davina vomiting dirt was graphic and wonderful.
The realization that they had to finish The Harvest. There were no good choices for Davina, which seemed realistic to me. She escaped death only to be overwhelmed by power she didn’t understand and couldn’t control. She ran, and why not? Being sixteen and knowing that you have to have your throat cut and die or cause the destruction of an entire city and all its people is pretty heavy stuff.
I like Marcel a lot more for trying to protect her, for damning the potential consequences and trying to keep her safe. He loved her enough to put her well being before his own, which is something we’ve never seen from Klaus.
Uh oh: someone already consecrated Celeste’s bones, and absorbed the power, and therefore they need the remains of another powerful witch to turn Sophie Devereaux into an elder so she can complete the ritual. Good thing Klaus has been carting Esther around in a coffin.
I loved the scene where they stand outside of the manor, consecrating Esther’s bones, and as they take turns cutting their palms Klaus says, “Always and forever.” But instead of being a comforting promise it’s more of a threat.
As it turns out, Sabine is one evil bitch, otherwise known as CELESTE DUBOIS. The resurrection failed, apparently because she stopped the earth from absorbing the power that leaked out of Davina when she was killed. Oh, and she makes some remark about being called Sabine for an entire year (which I’m guessing is when Sabine became Celeste) and would her flunkies please call her by her real name. Oh, and she took the power from the dead girls into herself, which sort of undermines the “no witch can hold that much power” story line, but whatever we’re going with it because Celeste with Sabine’s face promises to be a WICKED ENEMY for the Originals.
Not So Very Nice:
Davina died. Marcel was devastated, and I was kind of amazed. I think Sophie Devereaux was very convincing and we all believed the girls would come back and maybe not live happily ever after (the trauma of having one’s throat cut by a trusted friend would probably mean lots of therapy), but they would be living. Instead, Sophie sobbed and the vampires looked disappointed and everyone took their ball and went home.
Hayley caused Elijah to break his promise to Celeste, and we all know how Elijah feels about keeping his word. Before the end of the episode Hayley’s gives a half-assed apology, basically accusing Elijah of living in the past with ghosts, and he gets so turned on he almost kisses her? I think not. It would take longer for Elijah to forgive Hayley.
Thoughts:
It’s going to be interesting to watch Elijah realize that his beloved Celeste is their enemy, and a damn good one at that. Or maybe Elijah will be so happy to have her back, in any form, that he’ll side with her instead of Klaus for a change? Rebekah is still working to thwart her brothers’ reign over New Orleans; she pays a visit to Sophie (who thankfully has Esther’s power because they are definitely going to need a witch) and they form a tentative partnership. However, Esther was the Original Witch, the most powerful ever, and it seems Sophie having her powers couldn’t stop Celeste from preventing the resurrection. We’ll see.