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Last week’s episode of The Vampire Diaries “Haunted,” was really good. The episode set up a lot of conflict for several characters.
And in a new episode to air this Thursday, Nov. 5, “162 Candles,” the characters are trying to deal with the aftermath.
Damon (Ian Somerhalder) erased Jeremy’s (Steven R. McQueen) memories and planted new ones at Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) request – so Jeremy won’t remember that Vicki turned into a vampire, tried to attack him and then Elena, and then was killed with a wooden stake.
But what about Vicki’s brother Matt? He knows something was going on with his sister, so he’s not going to believe she left town and won’t be back. And he is suspicious of Stefan (Paul Wesley), who says he was only trying to help her.
As you can see in the clip above, Elena feels as if she can’t take all of this – knowing every time she sees Jeremy or Matt that she knows the horrible truth. So she tells Stefan to stay away from her.
Here’s the official synopsis for the “162 Candles”: On his birthday, Stefan is surprised by a visit from Lexi, (guest star Arielle Kebbel, Gilmore Girls), one of his oldest friends. Still upset by the events at the Halloween haunted house, Elena does her best to stay away from Stefan, but Lexi gives her some unsolicited relationship advice. Elena and Jenna (Sara Canning) are surprised by a change in Jeremy’s behavior. At Damon’s insistence, Caroline (Candice Accola) tries to get his medallion back from Bonnie (Katerina Graham). Finally, Damon’s offer to help Sheriff Forbes (guest star Marguerite MacIntyre) has sudden and tragic results.
I can’t wait to see this episode because I think Lexi is going to make Elena jealous of her time with Stefan. It’s also cool that Arielle Kebble is guest starring as Lexi because I’ve watched some of her movies (John Tucker Must Die, The Uninvited, American Pie Band Camp) and always enjoy her character. But this time she gets to be a bad-ass
So why did Damon decide to help Elena last week to erase Jeremy’s memories? I wonder if the words Elena said to him about being cruel and not caring about anyone really did get to him. Plus, it makes Elena happy, and it’s something that Stefan can’t do for Elena since he doesn’t have the strength to erase memories.