The times they are a-changin’, according to The Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec. Ms. Plec dishes some juicy stuff about the end of the season to Entertainment Weekly, and let’s just say big shifts are in store, people. Brace yourselves — spoilers ahead!
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Damon’s untimely arrival leads to him witnessing a Stelena lip-lock.
The craziness begins with the May 5 episode, “The Sun Also Rises,” when tragedy strikes Mystic Falls on the eve of the full moon and a few characters bite it (the dust, that is). “The loss of life is significant and very, very, very tragic,” Julie Plec teases. “The fallout of it is really painful for a lot of characters.”
While Plec says it would seem the season should end there, there’s more (eee!).“There was something that we wanted to do that we felt was a really important element of our story for the whole season. We knew that’s how we wanted to end our season,” she says. “The sacrifice ritual gets us to that ending, but there’s still more story to tell. If the sacrifice is the mythology resolution, the finale is the emotional resolution.”
During the May 12 season finale, fans will finally reach that resolution — kind of. The final episode is called “As I Lay Dying,” and takes place during a Gone with the Wind movie night in town square. Naturally, things “go horribly awry.” Who woulda thunk? The episode also shows Damon — who is “desperately seeking” Elena’s forgiveness for “something that he has done” — “reliving” past mistakes he made with Katherine back in 1864. Maybe it’s time to let go?
Plec wouldn’t spill much more — much of what happens in the finale relates to things we haven’t seen yet — but she did reveal this season’s ending will severely impact next season. She explains: ”What we’re doing is telling the audience that when we hit Season 3, there’s gonna be a lot of things changing for our characters and in their lives.”
Call us biased, but as long as Damon sticks around the Falls, we think we can cope.
While Plec says it would seem the season should end there, there’s more (eee!).“There was something that we wanted to do that we felt was a really important element of our story for the whole season. We knew that’s how we wanted to end our season,” she says. “The sacrifice ritual gets us to that ending, but there’s still more story to tell. If the sacrifice is the mythology resolution, the finale is the emotional resolution.”
During the May 12 season finale, fans will finally reach that resolution — kind of. The final episode is called “As I Lay Dying,” and takes place during a Gone with the Wind movie night in town square. Naturally, things “go horribly awry.” Who woulda thunk? The episode also shows Damon — who is “desperately seeking” Elena’s forgiveness for “something that he has done” — “reliving” past mistakes he made with Katherine back in 1864. Maybe it’s time to let go?
Plec wouldn’t spill much more — much of what happens in the finale relates to things we haven’t seen yet — but she did reveal this season’s ending will severely impact next season. She explains: ”What we’re doing is telling the audience that when we hit Season 3, there’s gonna be a lot of things changing for our characters and in their lives.”
Call us biased, but as long as Damon sticks around the Falls, we think we can cope.
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