The Vampire Diaries season 4

23 episodes · 2012

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what happens

The fourth season starts off with everything in transition. Elena faces her worst nightmare as she awakens from her deadly accident to find she must now endure the terrifying change of becoming a vampire — or face certain death. Stefan and Damon are torn even further apart over how to help Elena adjust to a life she never wanted, and everyone must cope with the chaos created after the vampires and their supporters were outed to the town council and local leaders. Despite everything, as Elena and her friends enter into the final stretch of high school before graduation sends them on different paths, they feel the bond to their home town of Mystic Falls take on a deeper meaning when a new mysterious villain is introduced who seems intent on destroying it.

how it went

Left to right is the season — its first episode to its last. Each remark sits in the episode it was made about.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 14 comments — 12 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

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

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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.

Reddit15 read

“This was such an incredible and intense episode. I can't even imagine what's going to come about as this season starts to close.”
treetopless▲ 47about 75–100% inread it ↗
“That last scene when the fire burned Jeremy's sketches - beautiful and perfect.”
GinevraDeBenci▲ 31about 90–100% inread it ↗
“Shit I did not see that coming!!”
GinevraDeBenci▲ 28about 90–100% inread it ↗
“I felt like I've been waiting for switch flipped Elena for 4 seasons. It was AMAZING and i was so excited.”
▲ 26about 80–90% inread it ↗

episodes

1 of 23 with a score

Every episode has a page — its synopsis, who was in it, and a place to rate it. A number appears when discussion or ratings support one; where there is neither, the dash is the honest answer.

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