The Ohshitometer Pegged at 20

Let me tell you a story about crap tv. Not crap as in bad or terrible, but crap as in campy, melodramatic and awesome. One of those shows is Revenge, probably one of my favorite shows of the new season. But maybe the best crap show of all time – chock full of HOLY SHIT and OMG – with great pacing and clever writing is… The Vampire Diaries.

Yes. Really.

I remember when the show first started, I caught a couple of episodes and was pretty meh about it. It fell off my radar until right around the finale maybe? At that point, my lj buddy Roniabirk was HOLY SHITTING all over the place about how awesome it was (season 1? season 2? I feel like it was maybe season 2). At her urging, I went back and watched the entire season 2 including, no lie, one of the most holyshitterific finales I’ve seen and lo- the show made it onto my DVR queue this season.

It is one of my favorite shows because you literally never know what is going to happen. No one is safe. There is clever dialogue and age-appropriate pop culture references. There are (of course) pretty people (it IS the CW). It’s darkly funny and as previously mentioned, excellently paced. It is some of the most fun on TV.

That said, one of my other favorite things about this show is the recaps done by Jenny at Forever Young Adult, in no small part due to the ohshitometer which is possibly the best invention in television reviews of all time. Fair warning, that recap is for the most recent episode. The recaps are just as clever as the show, chock full of non-target-audience-age-appropriate pop culture references and a drinking game guide in every one.

So yeah. You should be watching. It’s about 10 million miles better than Grey’s Anatomy.