The “Vampire Diaries” had a good run, seasons one through four, but things fell flat for its fifth season — likely due to series creator, Julie Plec, starting a spinoff, “The Originals,” based on characters from the CW hit. However, things had picked up for season six which aired Oct. 2, featuring exciting storylines that make you want to tune in each week.

Sadly, things fell flat again on Thursday. Two weeks ago, what seemed like the major arc of the season ended just five episodes in. Last week’s episode was full of annoying relationship drama and a problem that viewers knew was going to be easily solved.

The episode starts with main character, Elena, finding out her vampire boyfriend, Damon, was back from the dead. A few weeks before, Elena had her memories of loving Damon erased to ease the pain of his death. Naturally, when he came back she did not really seem to care.

Damon, however, was determined to see her and when she finally agrees, he is kidnapped by a new vampire hunter in town. Elena, along with vampire friends Caroline and Damon’s brother Stefan, try to save him. Overall, all characters are saved and the episode ends with Elena ready to make new memories when she and Damon finally meet face to face.

The episode was boring and over dramatic. Viewers knew that Damon was not going to die since he had just come back from the dead, which made the kidnapping storyline pointless.
The episode only brought in 1.59 million viewers, barely beating the 1.58 viewers the week before. The season started with 1.81 million and has quickly declined each week.

It is sad to see the show go in this direction since the previous seasons have had great writing and character developments. It makes you wish they would just cancel it after this season and put it out of its misery. Only time can tell and if other CW hits are any indication, “The Vampire Diaries” will probably go on much longer than it should.

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