The Vampire Diaries: The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

Review of Season 5 Episode 3: "Original Sin"

In the style of Matt Richenthal.

Instead of the Ripper rejoining the Vampire Diaries cast like we were being told by all sorts of previews and ads, a new kind of danger arose from the dead. Qetsiyah and the “real” backstory to the evil and powerful Silas was the main focus to this week’s episode; everyone’s actions being driven by this dead-come-back-to-life witch.

Played by Janina Gavankar (one of TrueBlood’s favorite supes) Qetsiyah is finally revealed after seasons of hearing about her cruel magic played on Silas and his one true love. Right now it is unclear whether she is frightening or sad, or should be loved or hated, she is simply a woman scorned by love and looking for the ultimate revenge…and being an extremely powerful witch just makes this easier for her.

This episode only told one story, which is something that isn’t done very often in this crazy series but the story that was told kept my jaw on the ground and I had to keep myself from spewing profanities. But where were Caroline, Bonnie, and Jeremy during all of this? They had no part in this episode and Matt was only there in body…not in spirit.

Many of the questions we've been asking were answered in this episode so join me in going through the story that Qetsiyah shared with Stefan and the rest of the gang within this hour:

First, Silas’ one true love was a woman named Amara (which we already knew) but what we didn’t know was that she was the first Petrova Doppelganger (yes, there were more than just Katherine and Elena, but did you really expect anything less?). Anyway, Silas wanted the two of them to live together forever and he tricked Qetsiyah into believing he was in love with her so she (being powerful witch and all) would create an immortality potion for them.

Second, Silas stole the potion at his and Qetsiyah’s wedding to drink himself and give to Amara…what a dirtbag right? So of course Qetsiyah is going to get jealous and pissed which is why she created The Cure that has been the talk of Elena and company for the entirety of last season. Qetsiyah fed The Cure to Amara and ripped her heart out. So in short, as revenge Qetsiyah killed Silas’ one true love and by taking the immortality potion nature has been thrown out of balance and regained this balance by creating the "shadow selves" or doppelgangers of Silas and Amara (aka Stefan and Elena...or Katherine).

Third, Qetsiyah tried to force Silas to take The Cure as well to live happily ever after with her, but as we know, he refused, so she locked him away in that scary cave thing for 2,000 years and watched (okay she stalked) him from The Other Side. It might be important to know that she also created The Other Side as a barrier for Silas so when he eventually did die he would end in eternity with Qetsiyah instead of eternity with Amara.

Fourth, remember when Bonnie lowered the veil? Yeah, that’s how Qetsiyah escaped, she then hunted for Stefan because by getting into his mind she can create a link and Silas can no longer use his freaky mind powers.

So this explains EVERYTHING, including why Silas is after Katherine; because she drank The Cure, her blood IS The Cure. Finally Silas can't use his mental powers anymore but of course there are complications with the brain linkage thing…STEFAN DOESN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING, yup that’s right he has amnesia. How lame and cliche, just as Elena gets over him, he forgets that they were even together. Who else is betting that this is going to create complications with Delena? I think we’ve had enough of Elena’s back and forth from brother to brother. Oh and speaking of, apparently the doppelgangers of Silas and Amara are destined to fall in love with each other over and over and over again which is bad news for Damon…can this guy ever catch a break?

Although I love Qetsiyah and her own description of herself: “I have trust issues; I’m controlling, paranoid and a little crazy” I want to know what you think about her and the awfully bland name she chose for herself.  For me its Delena 4EVA (I mean come ON “ nothing is going to make me stop building a future with you because you are my life.”?? I'm melting.) 

With "Original Sin" laying out all the answers, and the originals now on their own in New Orleans I'm just itching to find out how this season will play out.