@pretty9 said:

I agree with another poster that it should have been a 2 hour finale. It felt way too rushed. With it being the big episode where Nina was coming back, I felt like I should have showcased her a little more. Now, im not a huge fan of Katherine, I liked her just fine for a bad guy but I had wished there was more Elena in this episode. Not so there was more Delena, just so there was more HER in in. She was only in like the last 10 minutes, and she barely had any lines. Jeremy returned, but it wasnt even on screen with his sister, and was literally a 4 second screen shot of him and that was it. I had been expecting a brother sister scene at least. Although I called it when I thought he would only appear very briefly like when she went to sleep.

I am a little upset Stefan and Caroline didnt get more time together. It was like married, BAM dead and moving on. I wasnt a BIG fan of them together, when I first saw it I was like ick that doesnt work, but rewatching it I can see how their friendship grew into more. I know someone had to die, and even tho im not happy it was Stefan, theres noone else I would have wanted it to be either. But a few days, a honey moon? That would have been nice. But I guess in a way it gave Caroline and him their happy ending....And now Alaric kinda gets his as he gets Caroline back as a mother without having to watch her with Stefan.

For Bonnie, im happy she didnt have to die for Elena to come back..I really thought Kai was going to have something to do with that, but im glad she did it on her own and got back to being a witch. I had thought for a second that they might Jeremy back FOR Bonnie since Enzo was dead. Like a nice little heres an old love tie up your ending kinda way. But I wasnt a fan of them either.

I was disappointed there was no Alaric and Elena scene...They seemed so close when he was living with them that it seemed like they had created a little family..Then he died and that seemed to vanish a little bit when he was back. But it would have been nice to see them reunite and him be happy she was alive, meet his kids. I get WHY, at least story wise why he hasnt been in much of this season. But I would have liked him to have a bigger role in stopping Katherine.

Overall, I would have liked to see more Elena, even more Katherine. Needing the episode to be a little longer, or even if they had spanned it over the last 2 episodes instead of trying to do it all in one. For the chick who barely had any Elena lines, she couldnt come back for 2 episodes instead of 1? Obviously she came back because she said she would, which she more than likely said because she actually cared about the show and the character...So why not give it a good go for an ending instead of shoving your entire shows character into 10 minutes.

As a last couple thoughts....are we just supposed to assume that Damon is good now? That they spent their lives happily ever after? He killed far more people than anyone, id expect hed go a little crazy afterwards but they made it seem like everything was so super perfect and they lived normal happy lives forever. Poor Caroline too, left as the only vampire, to be the fair the only one who really seemed to be good as a vampire...but poor thing, shes going to watch literally everyone die and then still be a vampire. I would have told Damon too take the cure out of himself before he died and ship it off to her JUST in case she didnt want to live without everyone. I did like that SO many old faces came back. I was actually surprised to see Jenna as shes never been back for anything since she died. I liked seeing Lexi as even tho she was only alive 1 episode, shes been a big supporter of the show and in a few episodes as flash backs and such. So that was nice.

I was kinda heartbroken that Stefan died..and i was also thinking about caroline how she will live on and everyone around her will die..including her own children..at some point its gotta hit her that she will never be reunited with them..i was thinking that once she's lived long enough she would just take her own life just to be reunited with everyone she loves. I just don't think this was particular a happy ending..then again JP said in the pre finale that her idea of a happy ending isn't happy for everyone. And why didn't they show Matt Alaric bonnie and Jeremy in the afterlife once they died? Damon and Elena died of old age..wouldn't they have too? Ya i agree this should have been a 2 hour finale.

IMO the show lost its magic after season 5 but I kept watching until this season, gave up after 2 episodes. It was just so boring and nothing like it used to be. I did watch the final episode to see how it wraps up and what happens to the characters I used to love. Have to say I'm disappointed, I kinda hoped for an epic finale for what used to be an epic show but instead it just felt silly and rushed. Still it was great to see Bonnie made it and packing her stuff like "I'm outta here and off to live my life, I'm done saving yo asses" lol

@tipsymcstaggers said:

@KALMdown said:

I liked seeing the past characters in their "ghost" farewell.

However, hated that in the end out of all the "epic" romances only Elena and Damon got to grow old together. Everyone else had to wait until the afterlife. I especially felt bad for Stefan, Bonnie and Matt each for different reasons. Stefan for losing his true love to his brother but then finding another only to sacrifice himself for his brother. Bonnie for always sacrificing her life/family for others and still losing her love. And Matt... damn couldn't they have thrown him a bone and given him a lasting love and not just a park bench?

Lmao not just a park bench!! No kidding! Poor dude. I kind of wish they would have shown him with a wife and kids or something.

To be fair he got a new star to hang on his jacket.. gotta be happy for the small stuff as well :)

What happened to Enzo? Who does Katherine hang out with in Heaven? Her original family back in Bulgaria? What about Jeremy's old fling Anna Zhu?

Given they had advance notice that this was their last season, I feel they could have taken more time to tie things up. It really felt rushed and not thought out at all.

storyline was it was okay character wise, Damon bored me for at least 3 seasons, his "bad guy" was so always the same, he didn't make any effort to be better for Elena so having her grow old with such a hateful character is sad Karoline deserved better, raising 2 kids she didn't give birth to, and having the love of her life ripped from her is terrible I don't care at all what happens to Bonnie goodie 2 shoes Jiminy Cricket, such a terrible character, should have been in Little house in the prairie or 7 heaven, Enzo was so terribly developed (not bad enough as a bad guy, not good enough as a good guy, not believable as a lover ...) It was soo good to see Nina Dobrev, she was the soul of the series, having Katherine back was so good, but being killed so stupidly wasn't, I think she was the most intelligent character in the show. Interesting to read that, as hell was annihilated there's a possibility she was sent to heaven, and Stefan too, they were great together.