What an amazing season premiere from THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, am I right?  So much happened and I have to say that I’m suddenly coming around to the Dobrev’s abilities to play Katherine and Elena so differently.  And can we talk about Caroline?  Oh man, what is going to happen now that she’s of the undead persuasion?  I am so excited for tonight’s all new episode – “Brave New World”

THE CARNIVAL FROM HELL — When a confused and desperate Caroline (Candice Accola) leaves the hospital and joins her friends at the Mystic Falls Carnival, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) wants to take immediate action, but Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) come to Caroline’s defense.  Matt (Zach Roerig) is completely mystified by Caroline’s behavior, but still tries to tell her about his feelings for her.  Damon has suspicions about Tyler’s Uncle Mason (guest star Taylor Kinney) and uses Tyler’s (Michael Trevino) volatile personality in an attempt to get Mason to reveal his secret.  Upset with everything going on around her, Bonnie (Katerina Graham) takes her anger out on Damon.  Steven R. McQueen also stars.  John Dahl directed the episode written by Brian Young (#202).