‘The Vampire Diaries’ season 5, episode 13 preview: Is Ian Somerhalder’s Damon bad again?

What comes next on “The Vampire Diaries“? The name of this article suggests that there is something here that, like a wrestling match, has people becoming heroes and villains almost left and right. That seems to be the cast at times, mostly because you have a character who identifies as a “ripper” in Stefan, and then a guy in Damon who often chooses to flip over to the dark side, where he feels slightly more comfortable.

Well, let’s just say that things are going to get very complicated during the episode airing next week entitled “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” Yes, the episode’s name alone is basically one of the cheesier love songs of our time, but we’ll try to forgive that for at least a moment in sharing the synopsis below:

“Hoping to help everyone move past recent traumatic events, Caroline (Candice Accola) convinces Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) to attend Whitmore College’s “Bitter Ball” for broken-hearted students. Bonnie is intrigued with a fellow student named Liv (guest star Penelope Mitchell), who appears to be dabbling in witchcraft. Tyler (Michael Trevino) starts to worry about Matt’s (Zach Roerig) relationship with Nadia (guest star Olga Fonda). After making a disturbing discovery, Stefan (Paul Wesley) has a frustrating conversation with Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Enzo (guest star Michael Malarkey). Dr. Wes (guest star Rick Cosnett) struggles to continue his research project with help from a new benefactor named Sloan (guest star Caitlin McHugh). Still bent on revenge, Damon and Enzo resort to violence to convince Bonnie and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) to help them, but their plan takes an unexpected and horrifying turn.”

What is to us sort of interesting about this story in particular is that after spending such a long time in the 100th episode focusing on the core of the show, we’re now back to a huge assortment of cast members. Is that really the best move? Personally, we are not so sure.

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