This week’s Vampire Hype episode tackles The Vampire Diaries 4×10 “After School Special” as well as some recent news stories about The Originals, Dracula, True Blood and Penny Dreadful!

If you want to skip to the news for whatever reason, that segment begins at 45:15.

The Vampire Diaries 4×10 “After School Special”:
– Our shipper senses are tingling
– Rudy Hopkins appears, yay or nay?
– The humans need a vampire-proof lair
– April is trying to Jiminy Cricket them all
– DOES April actually have a purpose?
– She’s a thingy
– Quiyetsia is a name we cannot spell
– Selina has yet another Bonnie/Shane theory
– Sonya is not impressed
– Bonnie is the key to everything! Wait, what?
– Kol is back! And he looks just like Elijah. Tariq IS impressed
– Was Rebekah’s Q&A a little contrived?
– Are the execs worried that the fans will forget the storyline?
– Elena’s feelings for Stefan and Damon: are they caused by the Sire bond? Will we ever really know?
– Would human Elena ever choose Damon?
– Stefan’s sad, aww
– But we’re getting some good Stefan/Rebekah vibes!
– Our shipper names are better than yours
– We get sidetracked and start shipping Stefan with EVERYONE
– Elena tells Damon she loves him, yay (?)
– Kristen thinks Damon do something bad to test Elena’s feelings for him
– If not Elena, who will Damon end up with? Bonnie?
– Why is Bonnie so apart from the group? Are they writing her out? Believe it or not, this would upset us
– We discuss the promo for next week’s episode “Catch Me If You Can”

Listener feedback:
– Has The Vampire Diaries become campy?
– No, the episode was amazing!
– Is Stefan kind of a douche?

News (begins at 45:15):
– More The Originals details revealed by Julie Plec: Marcel character profile, Rebekah and Elijah’s involvement
– Which show should Rebekah be on? Could Claire Holt do both?
– What about Kol?
– True Blood production has picked back up, and Mark Hudis has revealed new info on Bill and the structure of the show
– Showtime has ordered a new “monster mash-up” drama called Penny Dreadful which will feature Dracula
– Speaking of Dracula, Dracula has a leading lady! Is she a reincarnation… or a doppelganger?

Bonus: Tariq teases big changes coming to the Hypable forums! It’s a…… REVAMP, wink wink!

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