The Night of the Comet (The Vampire Diaries)

"The Night of the Comet"
The Vampire Diaries episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 2
Directed by Marcos Siega
Written by Kevin Williamson
Julie Plec
Production code 2J5001
Original air date September 17, 2009
Guest actors

"The Night of the Comet" is the second episode of the first season of The CW television series, The Vampire Diaries, and the series second episode overall. It originally aired on Thursday, September 17, 2009. The episode was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and directed by Marcos Siega. The title references the 1984 cult film Night of the Comet.

Plot

The episode starts with a couple camping in the woods and making out in the tent. The man gets out of the tent to get something from the car when someone attacks him. The woman gets out and finds him dead. She tries to run away but the attacker gets to her as well.

Vicki (Kayla Ewell) is still at the hospital after the vampire attack. Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) visits her to see how she is doing, but she does not want him to do so because she doesn't want others to figure out that the two of them were together during the summer, especially now that Tyler (Michael Trevino) shows more interest in her. Jeremy reassures her that she does not have to worry and that Tyler does not care for her.

Jenna (Sara Canning) has a meeting at the school with Mr. Tanner (Benjamin Ayres) about Jeremy. Mr. Tanner informs her that Jeremy is missing lots of classes because of the drug and alcohol abuse. He tells her that she is not doing a good job raising two teenagers. Jenna tries later to talk some sense to Jeremy with any possible way but it seems that nothing works.

Elena (Nina Dobrev) and Matt (Zach Roerig) talk about Vicki since Elena wants to know how she feels and if there are any news of what attacked her. Matt tells her that Vicky said it was a vampire but he does not believe her since she was also drunk when the attack happened. Stefan (Paul Wesley) who sits a little far away from them, can hear their conversation and immediately worries that Vicki will expose vampires. He leaves for the hospital so he can compel her to forget and make her remember that it was an animal who attacked her. Vicky now can say that she was attacked by an animal but she still has nightmares where she sees Damon's (Ian Somerhalder) face.

Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline (Candice Accola) discuss the resent events and Caroline says that he met a mysterious guy the other day but she cannot find him anywhere. That guy is Damon, Stefan's brother. Elena walks in and Caroline convinces her to move forward and give Stefan a chance, something she decides to do right away and she leaves for Stefan's house.

Elena gets to the house, but Stefan is not there and she runs into Damon who introduces himself. He also seizes the opportunity to tell Elena about Stefan's ex, Katherine, and how she broke Stefan's heart. Stefan walks in and asks Elena to leave when Damon says that he will bring the family album where there are also photos of Katherine.

Vicki is out of the hospital and while she gets into the bar-restaurant, she runs into Damon. She is sure she knows him from somewhere but she cannot really remember. Damon follows her and attacks her once again. When Jeremy cannot find her anywhere, they all start looking for her, including Stefan, who hears her screaming from afar. Damon keeps her at the roof of a building threatening to drop her.

Stefan rush himself to the roof asking Damon to let Vicki go. Damon plays him by asking him if he is sure he wants that since his powers are not strong enough to make Vicki forget and he proves it making her remember what really happened in the woods. He then compels her that it was Stefan the one who attacked her and asks Stefan if he wants to "fix" her he should feed on her and stop feeding on animals. Stefan refuses to do it saying that he does not care if Vicki exposes him and people kill him. Damon makes Vicki to think once again that it was an animal who attacked her and, not terrified any more, she leaves.

Back at the restaurant, Vicki is safe again and Stefan asks Caroline and Bonnie about Elena. Bonnie writes down Elena's number to give it to him but the moment she touches him she senses that something bad happened to him. She asks him about it but she realizes she is rude by the way she did it so she apologizes and leaves.

Stefan and Elena meet once again at the Salvatore house where he apologizes for his earlier behavior and she also tells him how scared she is to get out to the world. While they are talking, they have their first kiss.

In the meantime, Damon stalked Caroline to the parking lot where the two of them flirt and end up at Caroline's room. While they are about to have sex, Damon bites her.

Feature music

In "The Night of the Comet" we can hear the songs:[1][2]

Reception

Ratings

In its original American broadcast, "The Night of the Comet" was watched by 3.78 million; down by 1.13 from the previous episode.[3]

Reviews

"The Night of the Comet" received positive reviews.

Liana Aghajanian from Mania gave the episode a B rate saying that Damon steals the show "with his cocky attitude and intentions to ruin Stefan’s high school fantasy and budding relationship with Elena."[4]

Zeba from Two Cents TV states that this episode is better than last week's: "Though still incredibly formulaic, this episode was certainly better than last week’s. The plot seems to be thickening and as usual Ian Somerhalder is incredibly enjoyable as the villain."[5]

Cynthia from Every Joe gave a good review to the episode saying that it was "hot".[6]

Lucia from Heroine TV also gave a good review to the episode stating: "I must admit that I’m really loving this show–I have re-watched both episodes multiple times, which is a rarity for me. I’m definitely in for the long haul."[7]

References

  1. ↑ "The Vampire Diaries Season 1 Episode 2: "Night of the Comet" Music". TV Fanatic. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Night of the Comet". IGN. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ Seidman, Robert (September 18, 2009). "Thursday night broadcast original final numbers". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ Aghajanian, Liana (September 18, 2009). "The Vampire Diaries: The Night of the Comet Review". Mania. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Zeba (September 18, 2009). "The Vampire Diaries – Recap & Review – Night of the Comet". Two Cents TV. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Cynthia (September 18, 2009). "Vampire Diaries Review: Night of the Comet". Every Joe. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  7. ↑ Lucia (September 18, 2009). "THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: “The Night of the Comet”". Heroine TV. Retrieved January 27, 2014.

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