The Vampire Diaries S07E14: "Moonlight On the Bayou"

How should friends treat each other? On The Vampire Diaries almost all of the characters are longtime friends, but also on The Vampire Diaries almost all of the characters do terrible things to each other all the time. This show is basically an hourlong tutorial on treating your loved ones poorly. In "Moonlight on the Bayou" alone, two different friends shot each other with dart guns, one friend chopped off another friend's hand with an axe, another friend turned into a dog and tried to bite one friend and nearly murdered another friend with a pole, and then another friend kicked his ex out of a city for the reason that he'd gotten himself stabbed. Personally when it comes to friends I like to be treated with respect, but sometimes on TVD that is just not in the cards.

Except for all the hurtful friend behavior, "Moonlight on the Bayou" was a fun and jazzy episode, mostly due to the fact that two different characters in two different timelines attempted to hang out with Klaus. This should not be a controversial statement, but Klaus is still amazing and just having him appear during this particular hour of TV reminded me of what a loss to the show it was when he cartwheeled into his own spin-off. That being said, it's also pretty fun to have a new shadowy organization kidnapping everyone. I mean, it's a VERY familiar-seeming plotline but at least there's a faction more formidable than the Heretics in the mix. You know? Anyway, let's talk about this episode!

We began three years from now with a young mother bringing her two daughters to their first ever dive bar in a haunted, genocidal, hellmouth-esque city. But here's the point: Caroline was lookin' for Klaus!

Unfortunately her journey did not take her very far, as this waitress informed Caroline that Klaus was gone, missing, and maybe never coming back. Classic Klaus! Oh well, better luck next time, shippers.

Then Rayna Cruz drove across the state on her motor-bicycle beeping at all the woodland creatures and waving at passing school buses. She was in a great mood because she was about to sneak up on her No. 1 target in a gas station food mart.

That's right, for however long Stefan had been "on the run," Rayna had found him, she found him real good. So then she threw a sword at him and he ran away. Not today, girl!

Meanwhile, Damon and Bonnie went to Scull Bar the Armory where they learned more about this secret society Enzo had fallen in with. The main thing to know about the Armory is they are sort of like the Initiative I think? Honestly not sure what exactly the Armory is or what they want, and I'm not totally sure Enzo did either.

But they wanted him to find Rayna Cruz and in exchange for that they'd tell him who is family was. Yes, Enzo had been acting like a total jerk merely because he wanted to look at some paperwork. Cool motivation!

But one thing I enjoyed about the Armory was those cool rings they wear that double as key cards. Much as the vampires wear rings that allow them to walk in the daylight, the Armory has rings that allow them to walk through doorways. Which is more powerful? You decide.

I loved this moment when Damon and Bonnie looked at each other both knowing that the Armory was a bunch of chumps and they needed to get out of there ASAP. They are so on the same page it's like there are no other pages.

Then Alaric visited Caroline in her hospital bed (even though she was fully healed from her surgery because she is a vampire, duh) and informed her that he was going to snatch the sh*t outta those babies and transport them across state lines.

Caroline was bummed but pretty understanding—Mystic Falls and its outlying areas were not great places to raise babies or even live in general—so she suggested that she ride along and be a glorified babysitter for a few days. It was honestly kinda sad! She missed them already. Having babies is a very intense thing for a lady to experience, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.



Stefan's wound needed some Neosporin and it looked like he was going through Van Heusen shirts like crazy. But he was in New Orleans now, and look who he ran into!

Klaus! Look at this handsome fella with the pouty lips and the button-nose. I know he is on TV every week at a different time, but seeing him in the context of TVD again made me so happy. And Stefan was pretty happy as well. I mean they both basically had heart-eyes for each other in this scene. What a pair.





Next: Page 2