The Vampire Diaries: omgwtfbbq Matt!

After an entire sea­son of shout­ing, “FOR THE LOVE OF GOD CAN SOMEONE PLEASE JUST TELL MATT ALREADY AHHHHH!” and drilling a pen into my hand every time he appeared on my TV screen, I sensed that this episode of The Vam­pire Diaries might be an impor­tant one for me not to miss.

And, fine, CW teaser-trailer gods, you were right, it wasn’t. Also, holy crap.

But, damni­tall, Kevin Williamson. Why did you have to choose Matt to be your first char­ac­ter to react appro­pri­ately freaked-the-shit-out upon dis­cov­er­ing that every­one he knows is a vampire/vampire-twin/werewolf/witch/immortal-ring-wearer? Also, was this really the best time to have him finally clue into the fact that not hav­ing a mother or sis­ter or more than three lines in any given episode is kind of depress­ing? Sigh.

Beyond that, and despite being com­pletely and utterly obsessed with Zach Roerig in all of his angst and glory, I’m glad it looks like the days of dopey-faced-Matt seem to be finally behind us. Also, I’m hop­ing this means that Tyra Car­o­line will be given some­thing more inter­est­ing to do than pine away all tortured-vampire-like over Cash Matt while Tyler is off being were-mentored by a hot, older wolflady. Just saying.

In other news…taking off your shirt to wash your hands? Don’t worry, Damon, that’s totally a thing.