It feels weird to have an episode without any interaction between Damon and Elena, but I don't mind the break in the action to see Stefan and Elena acting like... normal 50-year-old married people.

"It was just too much for him," Trevino says. "Too many cooks in the kitchen, really, because everybody was just trying to get in his head. He's still really lost at that point, and very vulnerable. He needed to leave."

"I want to Jeremy roll in on a motorcycle with a shotgun," he says. "Just go to town on all the villains."

"Damon keeps himself in check because he wants to be, as Elena says, the better man," Plec says. "Not because of who Katherine was, but because of who Elena is."

Now that Tyler's in the doghouse, Matt and Caroline may have another chance at a real relationship.

A funny thing happened to "Community" on the way to being obliterated by the move of "American Idol" to Thursday nights: Nothing.

Okay, seriously, does anyone ever knock at the Gilbert house? Come on in, Stefan, make yourself comfortable in the shadows.

Williamson has notified The CW that he has not had enough time to focus on the "Vampire Diaries" companion series which followed a group of people who investigate paranormal happenings.

"Supernatural" and "Smallville" have very small but extremely dedicated fanbases -- dedicated enough to boycott other shows on the network if they feel that the Friday lineup is getting shafted in favor of the Thursday lineup.

So Damon, the king of not giving a crap, is going to all of this effort to make things easier on Rose? He's so sweet when he's in denial.