This is a strange one
because it wasn’t just your average episode of The Vampire
Diaries but actually the backdoor pilot for a proposed spin-off
series titled The Originals, which was, as of this morning,
officially picked up. Because of the episodes extra significance as
an introduction to the new series I am probably going to be a little
harsher than I normally would be, but then again if it wasn’t so
easy to judge maybe I wouldn’t have to be so harsh.
The episode follows
original vampire Klaus as he travels to New Orleans, a city he once
ruled, in search of some witches with a vendetta against him. He soon
discovers that the city is controlled by his former protégé Marcel.
All is not right though, Marcel is controlling the cities abundant
witch population somehow and they are not happy about it.
The witches enlist the
help of the ever-charismatic Elijah to convince Klaus to join their
cause which goes about as well as you’d expect considering the
amount of time they spend trying to kill each other. Turns out the
witches have an ace up their sleeve; the werewolf Hayley is somehow
miraculously pregnant with Klaus baby (for heavens sake don’t touch
the magic vampire-werewolf-hybrid-baby phlebotinum). Klaus remains
unconvinced until Marcel tries to exert power over him causing Klaus
to end up firmly on team witch (the baby’s just a bonus).
There’s also a blonde
waitress, called Camille, who is brave with hidden depths and also
happens to be interested in art (I smell love interest). Back in
Mystic Falls, Stefan and Damon are trying to torture the humanity
back into Elena, Elijah dumped Katherine and Rebekah decided to stay
in town rather than following her brothers to New Orleans. The
episode ends with Klaus and Elijah leaving Mystic Falls behind to
begin their new adventure – which is apparently a sitcom titled
“Two Original Vampires and a Baby”.
I have spent years
berating people into watching this show, betting my honour on the
fact that despite it’s name and origins The Vampire Diaries
is actually one of the most gripping programs on television at the
moment so I desperately wanted The Originals to be great.
Although not everyone agrees with me, I think the original vampire
family is charismatic enough to warrant their own series and I was
excited to see what the amazing team behind The Vampire Diaries
came up with for these fantastic characters. Maybe my hopes were a
little too high but this episode really didn’t live up to my
expectations.
Look it wasn’t that
bad: it’s important to remember that even though this episode was
shoved into The Vampire Diaries it is still a pilot and you
should never judge a show by it’s pilot. New Orleans is always a
fantastic location for supernatural drama and I am interested to see
how The Vampire Diaries law fits into this city’s rich
history. Marcel is an intriguing, and let’s face it incredibly
sexy, villain and the mystery surround how he controls the witches of
New Orleans is hooking enough.
The supernatural-baby
storyline is far too fan fiction but I’m willing to give The
Originals the benefit of the doubt at least for a couple of
episodes. To be honest I would probably watch Klaus and Elijah do
just about anything but I’m hoping that once it moves away from
it’s parent program, The Originals will prove to be just as
enticing as The Vampire Diaries.
Next time we’re back in
Mystic Falls as the Salvatore brothers continue their quest to get
the old Elena back.
Review by Yvonne
Popplewell
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