Elijah and Klaus
In all honesty, I just love Elijah’s snark, here. He can be such a smart-ass, sometimes. And the fact that he’s being snarky in a bout of brotherly banter with Klaus just makes it that much better.
Davina’s earthquake
Another scene where the reason I love it is such a little thing. Sophie is freaking out, and the Mikaelsons just calmly sit there – through an earthquake. Because Sophie can die, and they can’t. They can afford to be blase about it. (Though, they might have been slightly more concerned had it occurred to them that they may be immortal, but Hayley is not.)
Klaus and Hayley bring food to the church for the werewolves
Argh! I can’t find a clip of this one, which annoys me. Anyway, I like Klaus’s concern for Hayley when she’s getting things together, not wanting her going out in this. And the way he just picks everything up when she reminds him that her people are stuck out there. We get to see Klaus’s good side, here. He’s doing something nice for other people, not out of hopes of gaining something for himself, but just because it’s the right thing to do. But, my favorite part is him telling Hayley not to give up on Elijah. Here is where KLAUS starts to ship Haylijah, and I love it.
Elijah’s plan to have Esther consecrated
Elijah calmly suggesting letting Sophie consecrate Esther to give her the ability to finish the Harvest and stop what is happening to New Orleans. But, what I love about it is that this is the first time we get to see him use political influence to get what he wants. Foreshadowing for one of my favorite scenes from 2×01. And then we get Klaus’s smart-ass remark at the end about fetching their mother. I just love these two.
Davina deciding to go through with the Harvest
This is one of the saddest scenes in the entire series. But, no matter how you feel about Davina, you almost have to be proud of her in this moment. She’s only sixteen. And she is probably the first Harvest Girl in HISTORY to truly give her life willingly, to actually be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the city. I can’t stop crying.
Klaus comforts Marcel
Starting with Davina calmly saying that she believes and letting herself be sacrificed. Then Sophie’s reaction when it didn’t work. Say what you want about Sophie’s methods, but if there had ever been any doubt about WHY she did what she did, watching her break down here put them to rest. And then we get to Marcel losing it, and Klaus comforting him. You realize that Davina was more than a weapon and a bargaining chip. He loved that girl like she was his daughter. And Klaus saw it, and compared what Marcel is going through with his own reaction to thinking that MARCEL had died the last time they saw each other. It was just so beautiful and heartbreaking. And amazingly acted by everyone involved.
Yet another almost-kiss
I wanted to smack these two at the end of this scene. Hayley is over here telling Elijah that when she feels something she acts, and when she wants something she takes it. And I am yelling “so then kiss him, already!” And then ELIJAH stops her from walking away. HE is the one that initiated the almost-kiss. And then pulled away at the last possible second, because he’s an idiot. It’s a good thing Hayley loves him, or she might have washed her hands of him right then, afraid of getting hurt because he can’t seem to figure out what he wants.
This is another favorite episode of mine. As can be guessed from having SEVEN scenes in this blog post. It was an emotional roller coaster. From snarky fun to emotional breakdowns, to an almost-kiss that had me screaming. Ending with a major reveal, that I straight-up can’t remember if I was actually surprised by. Fun episode, all around.
