TV Series: Vampire Diaries Season 2 Returns with Katherine on the Loose (S2E1 The Return)

After the much anticipated start of another season, Vampire Diaries S2 opens with Katherine returning to Mystic Falls. After being mistaken as Elena, Katherine is invited to the Gilbert's house and attempted to kill Elena's biological father, John Gilbert. Elena got in time to rush John to the hospital. Jeremy wakes up after trying to drug overdose himself in the hopes of turning himself a vampire after drinking Anna's blood in the Season 1-ender.

Caroline recovers from the car crash in Season 1 aftes she was given vampire blood by Damon. Not long enough, Damon and Stefan learned of Katherine's return and realized that Katherine is back to wreak havoc in Mystic Falls.

In Tyler's dad's funeral, Tyler's cousin, Mason, returns home. (Spoiler: I suspect that he is a werewolf as well and he knows it already.)

Bonnie comes face to face with Katherine and intercepts them when Stefan arrives in the funeral.

Katherine tells Stefan that she wants him back and ditches Damon over Stefan saying to Damon that she never really loved him even before. Katherine furthers says to Damon, "It is always Stefan." Damon goes to Elena's house to ask Elena if she feels anything for him but Elena stops him. Elena also says to Damon the same lines that Katherine said to him, "It is always Stefan." 

Feeling unwanted, Damon vents his frustration to Jeremy and snaps his neck. Luckily, Jeremy wears the immortality ring after this was given to him by John before John left town.

The episode ends with Katherine visiting Caroline in the hospital and asks her to send her a message to the Salvatore brothers. Katherine then suffocates Caroline with a pillow in her hospital bed until Caroline does not struggle anymore.

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My Take:

 

This series just gets better and better. With new characters and surprises, these will have everyone hooked again. With Katherine alive, she will slowly break the Salvatore brother's bond. Damon will hate Stefan more because Stefan gets all the girls while he gets nothing. I am looking forward to the Lockwood's storyline on how they became a family of werewolves and what role Jeremy will play in the entire scheme of things in Mystic Falls. I am also expecting Bonnie to develop more of her witch powers. I just hope that Caroline's character stays as she is a very endearing girl. Matt would be too unfortunate to lose her after losing her sister Vicky in season 1 and having a rift with her mom.

All in all, episode 1 is a promising start for season 2.