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You're official thoughts thread for 'Hello,Brother'

posted 8 years ago by TaylorBruh25
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SPOILERS FOR 8x01

Wow, the camera work, score, and finally a return to the "Dark" feel I haven't felt in this show since season 4. This was awesome.

Ian and Paul got producer credits, good for them.

1st thing to mention is how good they controlled the Steroline flow this episode. Short, big moments from them that didn't swallow the premiere.

Alaric is finally back to himself IMO, the self pitying stuff he's been having for twos seasons straight seems over, I'm liking how he's back to having a storyline.

Too many new characters IMO, Georgie and Sybil are fine, do we really need what's his name, Seline, and we're getting more?

Ian's portrayal as "Evil Damon" was way better than his mini run last season and in season 5.

Who's after Caroline and Rics kids? Didn't Virginia die?

The "Hello, Brother" moment was pretty damn awesome.

I kind of wanted to see Stefan vs Enzo round 5.

Stefan and Bonnie's interactions stole the show for me, also made it feel like S1.

So, Damon and Enzo have "seen" Hell? The real Hell? Met the Devil? (Lucifer?) where does everyone think this is going? Why didn't she want Stefan "yet"?

Bonnie and Enzo's flashbacks were the low point of this episode for me, didn't get much from it.

Hope and Sin seems to be the theme this season will take, the wrong doings of Damon, Stefan, and Enzo seem to take point here. I think we're in for a real good ride. Oh, and the Delena stuff wasn't bad. I kind of wish Damon was really flipped though.

9/10 episode from me. Bring on next week.

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[–] christinaparker-60256 8 years ago

I didn't like it. :( I really enjoyed the beginning with Damon and Enzo, it DID feel like old TVD, but then it slowly devolved into...fluff.

I did NOT like the Bonenzo flashbacks, ugh, this relationship makes me cringe. So unearned and such a slap in the face to Bonnie.

Sirens? No. This is the final season. We need something satan level. She better be great.

I did NOT LIKE the Delena flashback. Dear god. Can we stop with this pandering? Elena is off the show, we don't need flashbacks right now.

I thought there were too many new characters too, and I didn't like Georgie. Seline and the dude intern are from JP's failed show Containment. Too bad they didn't bring back Kai as well!

I thought that Bonnie looked really pretty. They are finally letting her be pretty, Kat Graham is a near goddess, so it's ridiculous that they've dulled her for this long.

[–] Jinx_jin 8 years ago

"Dear God!" I do not like the Damon man, Ido not like the Enzo man, I only like the Stefan man.💤

[–] dmsd-604-973274 8 years ago

Kai would be great to bring back.Would really liven up the show.

[–] DustnBones001 8 years ago

Whether you like it or not Delena is a huge part of the show and so is Elena. Showing her in flashbacks was more than the right thing to do hopefully we got more and maybe an early Elena reveal before the finale.

[–] christinaparker-60256 8 years ago

Whether you like it or not, this show had its highest ratings without Delena.

[–] DustnBones001 8 years ago

Lol now you are really trolling. The show at its peak was getting strong ratings because of Delena. It certainly wasn't stefan and elena's boring romance bringing in viewers. I will also argue that Klaus and the originals also strongly helped keep the ratings strong.

[–] PinkSquid 8 years ago

I mostly enjoyed it. Though it did feel rushed which kind of took away some of the greatness about it for me. I wish it didn't reveal the siren so soon.

And I loved the BonnieXEnzo scenes. They're my favourite pairing since StefanXElaina. <3 Looking forward to next weeks episode :D

[–] D_Stormborn 8 years ago

I loved the episode, it did have a great pacing and directing, but I´m easy in that as long as Caroline rocks like she did. And Candice looks amazing as MILF . I loved also Caroline in competition mode with the new nanny .
The Bonnie and Enzo flashbacks were terrible and so us their relationship. That guy killed Jeremy, I still can't understand why they had to pair up Bonnie with him.
Getting kicked out seems to be a theme for Steroline. Elena kicked Stefan out to have sex with Damon. Matt forced Caroline out and kicked Stefan out bc he´s obnoxious. Alaric kicks Caroline out bc a human is a better protection than a vampire .
I hope Sybil stays evil and doesn't turn soft like last season's slayer.

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"Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth"

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[–] faceless-man 8 years ago

Ian's portrayal as "Evil Damon" was way better than his mini run last season and in season 5.

Yup, especially because Kevin is back to writing the Damon stuff. They should've brought him back earlier or made him write stuff for TVD from time to time.

Which would be worse - to live as a monster, or to die as a good man? 

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