The Vampire Diaries had its midseason premiere last night (if you missed it, read Emma's review or Mark's longer recap).  My personal opinion is that most of the episode wasn't terribly exciting (at least not when compared to a lot of terrific TVD episodes), though I was very heartbroken over the last few minutes with Damon and Rose in the field and her subsequent death by Damon's hand.  Damon has certainly come a long way from the cocky, uncaring vampire that he was in the pilot episode.

But next week it looks like things are heating up.  First, Tyler and Caroline might be on the outs.  As you saw last night, Tyler is now aware how dangerous werewolves can be to vampires and it looks like he might start taking some latent wolf-aggression out on Caroline.  Meanwhile, Uncle John is back and he clearly wants to help Elena with this whole Klaus business, but she doesn't seem to want anything from him.

Below is a promo from The CW for the next new episode of The Vampire Diaries, which will air on February 3.

CHOOSING SIDES — Johnathan Gilbert’s (guest star David Anders) return to Mystic Falls comes as an unhappy surprise to Elena (Nina Dobrev), Jenna (Sara Canning) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder). Caroline (Candice Accola) lets Stefan (Paul Wesley) know about her conversation with Tyler (Michael Trevino), and Stefan does his best to reach out to a confused and conflicted Tyler.

Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) comforts Bonnie (Katerina Graham) after her disturbing conversation with Jonas (guest star Randy Goodwin). When Jules (guest star Michaela McManus) takes a hostage, the situation quickly escalates into a violent confrontation. Zach Roerig and Matt Davis also star. Joshua Butler directed the episode written by Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec

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