Here are five things you can expect from next Thursday's episode "Memorial," plus scoop from Nina, Paul and Ian!
1. You Will See Elena Evolve : Considering a person's most defining trait is amplified when they become a vampire, you would expect Elena to be the most compassionate and self-sacrificing vamp ever, right? Wrong! "As I play her more and more as the episodes progress, her personality is changing and she's constantly evolving," Nina teases. "We're going to see a side of Elena that's going to surprise everyone...she walks a fine line, which is even more confusing for her, that's why she's even more conflicted with everything that she does and thinks and says. It's like the worst PMS you can ever have; that's what being a vampire is like for Elena at least. She's just crazy and emotional and has cravings, except instead of craving a pint of ice cream, she craves a pint of blood." In episode two, we'll see her try ever flavor of blood: animal, blood-bag and the fresh-from-a-human kind (a human we all know and love, to be precise).
第一点：在新的一集中我们将会看到Elena的转变。当Elena变成吸血鬼后，我们都希望她会成为一个富有同情心并且具有自我牺牲精神的吸血鬼。但剧情却不是这样发展的，在第二集中我们会看到Elena开始尝试喝动物，甚至是人的血。
2. You Will Cry : We're not going to spoil anything (because where's the fun in that? Plus, we like our jobs!), but we were a big, crying, snotty mess by the end of episode two. Hint: It's a Damon scene. (Also, the paper lanterns that come just before this scene definitely warmed up our tear ducts, just sayin'.)
第二点：在第二集的结尾部分将会有一场与Damon有关的场景混乱的哭戏。
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You Will Be Intrigued by Jeremy's Emerging Storyline : Elena's little brother (Steven R. McQueen) will have a surprising connection to Connor (Todd Williams), the intense and
lethal vampire hunter in town investigating the pastor's death. Though new threats don't tend to last long in Mystic Falls, trust us when we say Connor is no flash-in-the-pan hunter, dude is ruthless.
第三点：在下一集中将会出现新的与Jeremy有关的故事情节。Jeremy将会同吸血鬼猎人Connor产生交集。
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You Will See Stefan and Damon Hit the Campaign Trail : The campaign to
lure Elena to their practice of blood-drinking that is. Stefan is determined to teach Elena the ways of the animal diet, while Damon insists its unrealistic for a new vampire to live off of woodland creatures. Alas, trouble arises when Elena's body has a very weird (and gross) reaction to certain kinds of blood. "They have these fundamental differences," Paul explains of Stefan and Damon. "It's like Republicans and Democrats. Ian's Mitt Romney. I'm Obama. He's more like Paul Ryan. I'm Bill Clinton!" So how does Ian feel about this comparison? "If Paul fancies himself as Bill Clinton, then I will give that to him and I will be his Monica Lewinsky!"
第四点：关于是否应该让Elena吸食人血，Stefan和Damon之间展开了一场精彩的较量。剧中，Stefan下定决心要教会Elena喝人血，而Damon认为这对于刚刚成为吸血鬼的Elena来说根本是不可能的事。
5. You Will See a Return to Basics : Paul says that season four feels like a new beginning for the show. "I feel like towards the end of season three, there were so many events occurring and there was so much happening, I was starting to get confused myself," he explains, "So it's nice to sort of go back to like, OK, there's an issue, this is the issue…it is sort of a restart in terms of a whole new plot-line, a whole new story."
第五点：Stefan的扮演者Paul告诉媒体，虽然第四季演绎的是一个全新的故事，但它在剧情上仍然与之前的内容挂钩。因此在下一集中我们将会看到一些与之前内容相关的情节。
