I loved that episode, so many great things happening! The 80s video game shout outs were hilariously on point (Frogger!) and I am glad that Lizzie remembers Hope, as I always enjoy their interactions. I especially loved that the car that kept hitting Lizzie and Hope was DeLorien! They even did the title in 8 bit style, which was a really cute touch. All of the 80s video game references were so on point, and it was a fun way to have Hope and Lizzie bond while shaking up the Monster of the Week formula.
Everyone looked super cute in their 80s outfits, and while I did like Landon/Hope, I really like Landon and Josie, they're so cute together, and they seem to just really enjoy each others company. I also thought it was kind of rare that, in an episode where a teenage boy/girl couple are getting ready to take the next step, it was the boy who was struggling with whether he was ready for sex or not, and not the girl, and no one really made fun of him for being hesitant. Of course, he got into it later, leading to probably my favorite bit of the episode, the mad rush for condoms set to Holding Out For a Hero! That was hilarious, I was cracking up the entire time, especially as the song came back every time it cut back to Landon and his frantic search for condoms!
I love that Sebastian apparently isnt really a sexy vampire boyfriend cliche, but is actually just a full on bad guy who manipulates teens for his own selfish desires! MG really was letting his crush on Lizzie cloud his judgement, thank god for Kaleb, who is the best as always. Loved him playing Sebastian like a fiddle, although he really should have just ended him when he had the chance. I mean, I get that lighting fluid could get on his super cool 80s outfit, but priorities! Teens, am I right? I was also happy to get Alaric and Kaleb interaction, I really liked how their relationship grew so much last season and I like that he voted to keep Aleric on board.
Speaking of, I was surprised that Josie was the one who voted her dad out, but I thought he reasons made a lot of sense. She wanted the chance for him to live his own life, which I can totally get, and it led to some nice moments between them, and best of all, Alaric as Indiana Jones!
Poor Raf is still struggling, does this not not have a counselor or anyone that can help him? As much as Landon is trying to be supportive, he is also just a teenage boy, and Raf needs a professional, or someone with more experience with this kind of thing. And maybe someone can talk to Landon about how he drowned himself and came back to life a million times over the summer, thats certainly worth a chat I would say!
So Fumbledoor is really Clark in disguise! I really should have seen it coming, but I was still surprised. I guess the real guy was probably killed and replaced, so at least it means that Caroline doesent have extremely bad judgement when it comes to employees!
Edited November 17, 2019 by tennisgurlncG1vNJzZmien6fCrr%2BNqamipZWptq6x0WeaqKVfqbyxtcJoaGlsYGeFbr%2BPa5xpbV2osLOx1macp5yXlrqmew%3D%3D