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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES Series Finale: Bits, Bites and Bye
Please permit me a personal observation: It has been eight years since Stefan first gazed into Elena’s eyes that day in the cemetery on THE VAMPIRE DIARIES.
Having read the books, I admit that I had been taken aback at the casting of Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert. Dobrev’s dark hair and eyes were hardly those of the blonde/blue-eyed heroine of the book. I was a bit old for her DeGrassi years, and I admit that I was not familiar with her work. But, she won me over as she incorporated the best parts of the “book Elena” and made the part her own.
Paul Wesley (Stefan Salvatore) was another matter. I had seen him guest star on several series and had no doubt that he would be a star, as well as a fine actor, someday.
Then, there was Ian Somerhalder…Adam Wayne of SMALLVILLE…the man with the fascinating eyes and wicked smile. There only was a glimmer of how far he could take the character of Damon Salvatore back in those days, but Somerhalder took him far and then some.
The other “kids” in the cast were hardly reflective of their characters in the book, but there was a magic there that was unto itself, and before the credits rolled on Episode 1, I was hooked.
Partially, perhaps, because I was rooting for Julie Plec. We had met a couple of times, in what seems like a thousand years ago, through a mutual friend and again through work when we both were young women struggling to make it in a profession that did not look like us back then. I liked her immediately. I was extremely happy for her when THE VAMPIRE DIARIES took flight and owned the night.
Julie was working with Kevin Williamson, who was working with another mutual friend on DAWSON’S CREEK, and whose penchant for storycraft was fabulous.
This juggernaut of talent ensured that THE VAMPIRE DIARIES could be a success at the moment that Plec and Williamson penned the pilot. And tonight, the juggernaut rolls full (secret) circle as our time in Mystic Falls comes to an end, with Plec and Williamson writing us off the stage.
Dobrev returns as Elena and Katherine Pierce, who schemes to burn Mystic Falls to the ground. Perhaps Katherine is justified. I am not sure what constitutes “appropriate behavior” when your doppelganger’s BFF marries your ex. Having never had that problem before, I must defer to Katherine’s devious judgment and consider it within the realm of acceptability.
I am thrilled that I get one more chance to spend time with Katherine before TVD rides off into the sunset. Yes, I admit it. I love watching actors chew scenery when they do it well. Heck, I even delighted at the trained crow who doubled as Damon in the first episodes.
There is not much in the week’s press release to give any insight into tonight’s episode, “I Was Feeling Epic,” which reads, “With the fate of Mystic Falls at stake, Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) must fight their greatest enemy for one last battle.”
The guest cast, however, gives a clue about how epic the evening will be. Returning to reprise their original roles are David Anders as John Gilbert, Erin Beute (Miranda Gilbert), Sara Canning (Jenna Sommers), Kayla Ewell (Vicki Donovan), Arielle Kebbel (Lexi Branson), Jason MacDonald (Grayson Gilbert), Steven R. McQueen (Jeremy Gilbert), Michael Trevino (Tyler Lockwood) and Chris Wood (Kai Parker).
Season 8 guest stars Kristen Gutoskie (Seline), Demetrius Bridges (Dorian Williams), Joel Gretsch (Peter Maxwell), Lily Rose Mumford (Josie Saltzman) and Tierney Mumford (Lizzie Saltzman) return, and Edgar Roche and Sebastian Vegas guest.
In addition to writing “I Was Feeling Epic” with Williamson, Plec directed tonight’s episode.
Enjoy a full night of THE VAMPIRE DIARIES tonight when the series retrospective, “Forever Yours” airs at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on The CW and CTV Two in Canada, followed by the series finale, “I Was Feeling Epic,” at 9:00 p.m.
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MAKING HISTORY: Meet the Characters
What if you went back in time and did something that prevented the American Revolution from ever beginning? That’s the question at the start of MAKING HISTORY, the new Fox comedy series from Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (the brains behind 21 JUMP STREET and THE LEGO MOVIE).
Get to know the show’s main characters below.
Dan Chambers. Dan is a schlub working as a facilities manager at a small Massachusetts college. While he spends his days in the present as a loser, his use of a time machine to travel back to the 1770s means that he finally has a chance to be cool. In fact, he has a beautiful girlfriend, Deborah, and is friends with John Hancock and Samuel Adams. But his romance with Deborah means that her father, Paul Revere, is distracted and doesn’t do his familar ride through town to tell people that “the British are coming”. When Dan realizes he messed up he recruits history professor Chris to go back in time and jump-start the rebellion.
Chris Parrish. Chris is a mild-mannered history professor and he’s not what one could call an adventurous person. But when Dan convinces him to travel back to the 1770s he is thrilled to have access to a time machine. Unfortunately, he doesn’t fit in there, at least until he takes some advice from Dan and uses his knowledge of the future to look “cool”. By the end of the pilot episode Chris volunteers to stay behind to help jump-start the American Revolution.
Deborah. Deborah Revere is a woman ahead of her time — she’s strong and self-assured and doesn’t belong in colonial times. She’s also desperately in love with Dan and eager to travel to the present where she has far more freedom to be an alpha woman.
John Hancock & Samuel Adams. These two founding fathers are quintessential jokers, engaging in crude humor as they haze Chris in the past.
MAKING HISTORY premieres tonight (March 5) at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.
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Game of Thrones Series Seven Launch Date Leaked?
It’s been a long wait for Game of Thrones fans to find out when the next season is due. But this week gave us the exciting news that series seven could be due to arrive on our TV screens on 25 June 2017.
Thanks to a leak on the iMDB website, a few eagle-eyed fans saw that we could be revisiting the lands of Westeros in less than six months time. It’s been a long wait for fantasy fans as the series usually begins in April. But as the series’ makers wanted snowy scenes, they had to delay filming until the right weather conditions prevailed.
Already there have been many fascinating glimpses of what we can expect from series seven. The last series saw the likes of Daenerys Targaryen making her bid for the iron throne, but as she becomes more empowered there are worries that she could follow the path of her insane father, Aerys, and become a Mad Queen!
Whilst fans have usually been able to read George R. R. Martin’s books to get a taste of what to expect, the TV series has long overtaken the author. And interestingly it looks like series seven won’t be the final season, but it will be shorter than usual and will give us series eight to deliver a bloodthirsty climax to one of the biggest TV shows of all-time.
What Game of Thrones fans are to do after the TV series ends is anybody’s guess. Whilst the Telltale Games episodic video games series and the Game of Thrones slots game at MrSmithCasino can provide solid fantasy-themed entertainment, there are signs that HBO are looking into the option of expanding the Westeros universe a little further.
Already we’ve seen rumours of a prequel spin-off to the TV series. And with HBO’s president saying that they will be holding preliminary ongoing talks into the possibility of a Game of Thrones movie, it looks like the franchise is going to be just as open-ended as the political machinations of House Lannister!
So although there are still doubts over the past and future of favourites like Jon Snow, it seems that thanks to an array of books, games and potential movies, we can expect much more from the Game of Thrones universe in the coming years.