3.5 The Vampire Diaries 6.18 “I Could Never Love Like That” Shawn Hill April 23, 2015 Reviews, TV Who knew Damon would become the patriarch of The Vampire Diaries rather than the spoiled dark prince?
3.5 The Vampire Diaries 6.17 “A Bird in a Gilded Cage” Shawn Hill March 26, 2015 Reviews, TV So many changes this week in The Vampire Diaries, but all of them just steps along the way.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.16 “The Downward Spiral” Shawn Hill March 19, 2015 Reviews, TV There are some fun moments in this Vampire Diaries, but this week is all about Caroline, whose idea of hedonistic abandon is a blasé rave?
4.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.15 “Let Her Go” Shawn Hill February 26, 2015 Reviews, TV Can’t all of these crazy kids ever be happy at the same time? No.
2.5 The Vampire Diaries 6.14 “Stay” Shawn Hill February 19, 2015 Reviews, TV In The Vampire Diaries 6.14 "Stay" Stefan and Caroline finally kiss, and it's a weirdly mixed metaphor, as they do it before a setting sun.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.13 “The Day I Tried To Live” Shawn Hill February 12, 2015 Reviews, TV The Vampire Diaries is probably best when it taps into the oldest stories.
3.5 Vampire Diaries 6.12 “Prayers for the Dying” Shawn Hill February 5, 2015 Reviews, TV What a strange sort of reflective episode for The Vampire Diaries.
3.5 Vampire Diaries 6.11 “Woke Up With a Monster” Shawn Hill January 29, 2015 Reviews, TV I am loving the song titles for this season of Vampire Diaries.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.10 “Christmas through Your Eyes” Shawn Hill December 18, 2014 Reviews, TV I was so hoping for a Vampire Diaries Christmas miracle where Mr. Cuddles would call her back or something.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.09 “I, Alone” Shawn Hill December 11, 2014 Reviews, TV We're back in more familiar Vampire Diaries territory of moving players around the board, sometimes repetitively, to setup mystery payoffs.
3.8 The Vampire Diaries 6.07 and 6.08 Shawn Hill November 27, 2014 Reviews, TV Okay, so I'm in the weeds again keeping up with Vampire Diaries.
2.5 Vampire Diaries 6.06 “The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get” Shawn Hill November 13, 2014 Reviews, TV Oh, great, a Vampire Diaries episode of Damon stalking Elena.
3.5 Vampire Diaries 6.04 & 6.05 Shawn Hill November 6, 2014 Reviews, TV But then she came back as a vampire, which is so “of course” I can’t even.
4.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.03 “Welcome to Paradise” Shawn Hill October 23, 2014 Reviews, TV Well, finally, the first good Vampire Diaries episode of the season!
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.02 “Yellow Ledbetter” Shawn Hill October 16, 2014 Reviews, TV One thing you cannot escape on this show is your past. Which sucks for most of the cast, since they're vampires.
2.0 The Vampire Diaries 6.01 “I’ll Remember” Shawn Hill October 9, 2014 Reviews, TV The Vampire Diaries is back, but does anyone still care?
4.0 The Vampire Diaries 5.22 “Home” Shawn Hill May 23, 2014 Reviews, TV Since Esther’s apparently going to be busy in New Orleans, let’s keep next season Originals free, please?
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 5.21 “Promised Land” Shawn Hill May 15, 2014 Reviews, TV Well, now everybody's going to have to come back to life, or the show will be over.
2.0 The Vampire Diaries 5.20 “What Lies Beneath” Shawn Hill May 8, 2014 Reviews, TV This show really needs to stop being too dumb to believe and actually surprise us with something other than silly love games again.
3.0 The Vampire Diaries 5.19 “Man on Fire” Shawn Hill April 30, 2014 Reviews, TV I want to say the show is referencing Civil Rights in some way, but that is way too problematic a topic to lay on this pulpy show.