S8E16

I Was Feeling Epic

The Vampire Diaries · 2017-03-10 · 43 min

FLICKFEEL

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what happens

With the fate of Mystic Falls at stake, Stefan and Damon must fight their greatest enemy for one last battle.

how it went

Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Read from 62 comments — 42 said when.

🎆 strong finish — Saves the best for last. Pulled both ways throughout — never simply one thing. Early on it was tender and painful at the same time, which is the state people mean by being moved.

Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.

height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

openingending

🎆 strong finish — saves the best for last

what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

Reddit24 read

“Those few seconds of Lexi just made my life. She was always my favourite! I missed her dearly, it was so sweet seeing her and Stefan reunite 😭”
pillow_pantz▲ 142about 40–60% inread it ↗
“That scene with Bonnie and her entire line was the most beautiful thing ever. That scene made this finale for me”
▲ 125about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I really didn’t like the ending.”
cookiesandacream▲ 58about 75–100% inread it ↗
“I loved the ending because the main theme for me was the reconciliation of the brothers and they were each other’s happiness in the afterlife.”

who made it

directed: Julie Plec
written: Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec

guest cast

Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.

Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert / Katherine Pierce
Steven R. McQueen as Jeremy Gilbert
Sara Canning as Jenna Sommers
Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood
Natashia Williams as Lucy
Tierney Smith as Lizzie Saltzman
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe as Jo Laughlin

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