The Originals: Rebirth 2x01 recap

Before tonight’s second episode. Let’s have a recap of episode one.Warning contains spoilers! Well it’s back, we can all wave goodbye to the hiatus as Klaus wreaks bloody murder over the streets of New Orleans once again.

The season one final saw death, destruction and despair, having lost their baby, Hope, Klaus and newly turned hybrid Hayley had to face the aftermath of a life without their child after war was unleashed by an unexpected New Orleans residen
t, Francesca Guerrera.

 

Not one to have a semi ok finale, Julie Plec had to make sure season one went out with a bang, leaving the audience wanting more and turning the hiatus into a hellatus. The season one finale saw the return of Esther and Finn (Klaus and Elijah mother and brother) however; they are not as The Vampire Diaries fans will remember. But they were not the only Mikaelson’s to return,  fans also saw the return of papa original, Mikael who is back to take down his abominable son, Klaus once and for all.

 

So now what are our favourite vampires, witches and werewolves up to?

 

The first episode of the second season saw the short return of a beloved favourite, Rebekah. Still looking after baby Hope, Rebekah tells her niece a bedtime story in a fairy-tale fashion, which also acts as a rundown of what happened last season for the audience. Now I don’t know about you, but Rebekah sure made their reality sound enchanting, shame it’s not actually like that for the Mikaelsons.

 

The new season has picked up a few months after the events of the season one finale and well Hayley and Klaus clearly are not dealing well with the absence of their child.

 

On top of dealing with not seeing her child, Hayley also has to deal with her new status as a hybrid and the consequences that come with it. As with any newly turned vampire, their emotions can be somewhat out of control and for Hayley it’s ten times worse, she is a hybrid after all, so as Hayley proclaims she has a werewolf temper to go with it. And oh boy doesn’t Francesca get to delightfully witness the lovely temper Hayley processes, especially when she ends up dead at the hands of Hayley.

 

Klaus also isn’t dealing well and is still seeking out anyone that wants to harm his child. To add to his misery, he’s still weakened by the moonlight rings provided by not so friendly neighbour and werewolf, Francesca. Klaus wants to see it rain blood. So to help with the fight to bring his child back to her home, Elijah, Marcel and Hayley band together, along with Marcel and his small but mighty vampire army to take down the last remaining werewolf that possess a moonlight ring.

 

It seems Elijah and Marcel are the only ones holding it together. But then there’s Davina, that girl can hold her own, I mean she’s managed to keep a century old original vampire/ vampire hunter in an attic for months and no one even knows he’s there and she defiantly does not take his crap.

 

It also looked like there was romance on the cards for Davina when she meets the English charmer, Caleb, but here’s where the shocker comes in. It’s only none other than Kol! A fan favourite for many. So now I’m stoked that Kol is back, but now we know Caleb is actually Kol, I don’t think Davina is going to have any luck in the romance department where Caleb/Kol is concerned, but who knows, we’ll have to wait and see.

All in all the episode was an awesome season premiere episode.