Synopsis of (6×14): Enzo starts his convoluted plan to corrupt Sarah Salvatore while Jeremy says goodbye to Mystic Falls. Staroline finally happens (squee!) before we close out the last of the Sheriff’s open cases, including the death of Elena’s parents, before Liz dies.
Rating: ★★★★☆
TVD is pretty dark recently – last week Bonnie tried to kill herself, and this week Sheriff Forbes finally loses her battle against cancer. Sheriff Forbes was a great character. She was exactly the kickass mom we’d expect to raise Caroline, and that’s why it’s so sad to see her finally go.
Before she dies, the episode is spent finishing up the last of her unfinished business: her open cases. With Damon’s help, the duo investigate the stack of files on her desk. Damon admits to the majority of the open homicide cases, leaving just one case unsolved: the death of Elena’s parents.
Damon and the Sheriff do some investigating and find out that their deaths were accidental. There was a storm earlier that night, so the luggage was from a canceled trip, the longer route was due to an accident on the alternate route, and there were no skid marks were because the road was wet. As for the phone call, Momma Gilbert caught Delinquent Jeremy smoking a joint earlier that day and called the Sheriff to get her to teach him a lesson.
With her last case solved, the Sheriff breaks down – the parallels between their accidental death and her lack of control in the manner of her death become too much. Damon comforts her, but when he turns to get her a drink, she slips into a coma and eventually dies, but not before Caroline dream-visits her consciousness one last time at her hospital bedside to say goodbye.
All in all, it was a good tribute to the character – but for the first time in the history of the show, the music distracted from the poignancy of the scene instead of adding to it, which is partially why I knocked the episode down a star.
We also finally get Jeremy the hell outta Mystic Falls this week. Elena and Damon have compelled him out of high school and into art school… or so they think. In actuality, Jeremy and Ric have conspired to let Jeremy roam the countryside hunting vampires. Which, you know, I guess is a valid life decision. #NoJudgment
In storylines which I do care about, Stefan and Caroline finally get together this week (SQUEE!) Stefan comforts Caroline about her mother, she confronts him about his not needing to take care of her solely for her mother’s sake, and the two kiss. It’s pretty adorable. The scene is gorgeous, but the music is distracting again. #GetItTogetherMusicDirectors