Guys, I really miss Elena. This week's episode of The Vampire Diaries is devoid of her again, though not Nina Dobrev, who still gets to be in the episode; she's just playing Katherine playing Elena. The facade is getting tiresome, so thankfully, the very end of the episode seems to promise a resolution to the problem. The body-snatching, meanwhile, does come into play for this week's central issue: Damon is a vampire-eating vampire.
All the fun this week is in the couple scenes — there's a pretty good kissing scene that's hot despite its participants, a fakeout hookup, and lots of funny awkwardness between exes Caroline and Tyler. Let's break it down further in the good, the bad, and the bloody!