The Originals premiered the first pilot for the show during the fourth season of its predecessor, The Vampire Diaries, and after one episode, thousands of fan were left in shock.
Before I get to what I’m expecting from one of my Must-See shows of 2013, I have to recap the dramatic events of Season 4, Episode 20 of The Vampire Diaries. In a special episode, to gauge ratings and gain viewers, we got to see forty minutes of pure-Mikaelson glory. The Mikaelsons are the first vampire family, aka- The Originals, and they’ve always been intriguing.
In this show, we learn a lot from the get-go. Klaus (or Niklaus) has traveled back to his favorite city, New Orleans, and learns that his old friend, Marcel, has taken over as a King of sorts. Kind of like the way Bill Compton was King of Louisiana in True Blood, but without the extreme sideburns. Marcel has pretty much imprisoned the witches, and there are many- hey, it’s New Orleans!-, and they can’t even practice magic without his permission and/or observation. So Klaus is walking around town looking for a witch, Jane Ann, who Marcel just happens to catch practicing illegal witchcraft. What happens? Let’s just say death penalties are very popular to vampires here. Marcel kills her, Klaus gets mad (but he keeps his calm- which is surprising) and goes to speak to her sister, but he’s being followed.
Marcel is having Klaus followed…Not. Cool. Thus we start seeing them behave as frenemies, but this fremisis is a bit more deadly than Blair and Serena’s from Gossip Girl. Elijah shows up, in a suit of course, and we’ve got more deaths, and then we come to the big plot. The part that made people around the world go “Oh. My. God.”.
Klaus is going to be a baby daddy, and it’s not just anyone’s baby, but the pyscho-skank from season four of TVD, Hayley. Tyler’s werewolf friend that got 12 hybrids killed. That Klaus (disgustingly) had a one night stand with after consuming enough liquor to make it acceptable in his mind.
Fine, I’m not Hayley’s biggest fan, but she’s crazy. Killing twelve people is not okay, even to find your birth parents! And now she has a baby in her stomach, and she’s not as cruel as she was at the beginning of season four. So the witches are holding her hostage, Klaus is a ticking time bomb, and Marcel is just insane.
That’s my main summary. Now on to what I expect….
I was only able to watch half of the first episode this past Thursday, which was basically just a recap of the original pilot, and wanted to write this before I watch any more (the second episode airs tonight- October 8, 2013).
I knew the moment people started shipping Klaus online with one of the main characters that the writers of TVD were going to make him another Damon (meaning, he started out bad, but now he’s something more). Granted, Klaus is more evil and has been around a lot longer, but he’s got his own show, which means he won’t be the ‘Big Baddie’
anymore. I expect Marcel to take over in that area. After all, he’s imprisoning witches and loving tourists because it means more food for him and his creepy posse.
Am I happy with this new blonde bartender that will probably serve as Klaus’s love interest? No. I’m not happy about it because I am a diehard Klaroline shipper. He will be her last greatest love, okay?! But, for the purposes of entertainment and giving Klaus more of a heart, I approve.
I suspect the baby will die in the womb or be sent away by the second season (I’m not sure how long they’ll drag the pregnancy out for, but I doubt that they will actually have a baby be the main focus of the show for however long it does last), Marcel will split off and Klaus and him will face off in the finale or the next finale. Think West Side Story, but without singing and with tons of blood.
I have no clue what Rebekah will add to this, maybe she’ll want the baby and can take the poor thing away from the destruction it will grow up with if it stays with its daddy. I mean, I love Klaus, but he’s not really father-material. I’ve even liked him more than Damon since he came on the show. I just find that his character is more true to itself than Damon’s was. Damon started out as a killer, a control freak, and a sociopath hell-bent on ruining his brother. But then, somewhere in season two, he turned to a good guy and everyone was rooting for him. It wasn’t natural character development, it was “He’s hot, people like him…Let’s make him good, but still sassy.” I like Damon, he’s better than Stefan, but come on. It was a little obvious. Klaus, on the other hand, is this enigma. You see flashes of good with him, especially when he’s with Caroline, and yet he has no problem decapitating a witch with a graduation cap (was that not the best part of anything, ever?!) or killing a guy’s mother in a fountain in public. This is what makes Klaus so cool.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; if everyone was just nice to Klaus and became friends with him, things would go a lot smoother. He has a lot to offer, and it’s not like a thousand year old vampire is going to die or back down from a fight easily.
Back to The Originals, I expect to see some sort of love triangle. Maybe between Katherine and Elijah and Hayley (in the first episode of TO, I totally saw some Eliley sparks [is that their couple name? They need one.]) Or maybe the producers or writers will get it in their heads that Caroline just has to go to New Orleans and then she can kill the other blonde and her and Klaus can live happily-ever-after. I think I’d be okay with that.
Watching this show has made me really cavalier with death.
I am also hoping for some sort of mystery, that’s what makes TVD so great. The first season with the Doppelganger mystery was just awesome. I know there’s the baby thing, and I’m sure there will be flashbacks to old time New Orleans when Klaus and Marcel meet and become BFFs. But I want something more. The coolest cast from TVD has their own show, I need to be blown away.
All in all, I’m really excited to see Klaus getting his own show, he deserves it. His character is way too intriguing to be part of a back story to Elena’s boy troubles. And I’m psyched for Rebekah. She’s another of my favorites, and I really hope she gets her happy ending. That’s what makes The Originals and The Vampire Diaries so special after all, we root for these bad guys, these killers and betrayers, because we’ve grown so attached to them.
What are you all expecting? Are you excited for The Originals or are you sticking to the original CW vampire show? And who is your favorite Mikaelson? And please tell me I’m not the only one that sees Hayley and Elijah getting together!
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