Season 2 of “The Vampire Diaries” gets off to an awesome start. It picks up where last season’s finale left off, with Katherine returning from the dead and posing as Elena (Nina Dobrev), smashing Uncle John to bits and trying to re-seduce the Salvatore brothers to gain control.
The issue of why the mayor was mistaken for a vampire remains a mystery for Sheriff Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) and her cabal, but she is comforted by Matt (Zach Roering), Bonnie (Katerina Graham) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) while she waits to hear if Caroline (Candice Accola) will survive the car accident.
And Tyler (Michael Trevino) mourns his dad’s death, but finds solace in the return of his enigmatic uncle, Mason Lockwood (Taylor Kinney, “Trauma”), who seems to have the same temper problem as Tyler and his dad. Looks like that family may have a pesky werewolf gene or something.
With Katherine breaking hearts, cracking skulls and pitting Damon against Stefan, this season promises to be as fun as the last.