Recommended For You; Weird Sisters


1. Teen Wolf

        This drama/thriller series encircles around the phenomenon of werewolves and what it is like to embrace your darker side.  It tells the story about best friends Scott and Stiles when Scott becomes a werewolf and has to face off against other werewolves.  The series starts with werewolves but begins to include other supernatural creates and by the end of the recent season you practically need a cheat sheet.  It is recommended because it tangles with the idea of fate versus destiny as Scott battles powerful creates that seem impossible to beat but yet still comes out the good guy.  You do however see Scott become darker as the seasons go on and the choices he has to make become harder and delve into more grey areas of right and wrong.  It is recommended because of your appreciation for the supernatural and for a character's descent into the point of no return where they must continue to make the wrong choices.

2. Vampire Diaries

       This series is about two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon, who meet a high school girl, Elena, and fall in love with her.  Stefan fits into the hero stereotype as the vampire who doesn't feed on people, but does have the occasional binge, while Damon is the quintessential bad-boy that only looks out for himself.  Elena becomes torn between the two being drawn to both the perfect relationship with Stefan and the twisted love story with Damon while each tries to manly outdo the other.  As other more power vampires show up in town, along with quite a few witches and chanting, the series becomes more about protecting Elena and each other.  This show is recommended because of the abundant amount of supernatural activity with the prophecies to go along with it.  The use of blood as both a sustenance and a thing of power is brilliant and the mask worn by Stefan about blood is intriguing.  Stefan wears the mask of being a good guy that only feeds on animals to clear his conscious but underneath hides his craving to go on a binge spree and kill hundreds of people.  You will enjoy the prophecies in the show about the characters and how they evolve into becoming true unpredictable ways.

3. The Originals

         This spin-off series of Vampire Diaries is a much darker outlook into the vampire and witch-world set in New Orleans.  It is about four Siblings: Klaus, Elijah, Rebecca, and Kol, who are the first vampires created, the originals, and are thousands of years old. These siblings have the promise of "always and forever" looking out for each other but frequently delve from that promise.  Klaus is the nearly psychotic killer who always knows the end game and plans for everything to work out his way while sometimes sacrificing others.  These vampires have made thousands of years of enemies that come looking to kill the siblings, but end up getting beaten by Klaus's plans, which are five steps ahead.

This show is soooo good because of the family dynamic that goes on and the fact that you root for Klaus even though he is evil.  Although the originals are nearly impossible to kill, the siblings frequently try to take down each other by stabbing them and locking them in coffins for hundreds of years.  The father of the siblings is their greatest enemy as he thinks they are abominations and has hunted them down since the day they became vampires while their mother is the extremely powerful witch who made them vampires and has her own motivations.  The aunt could quite possibly be the most evil however because of what she does in order to gain more power.

This show isn't just gore and psychotic killers though as the originals, especially Klaus, have a level of sophistication that only thousands of years and living lavishly can create.  They have a speech pattern consistent with older centuries that is nearly poetic and frequently throw grande balls but still sacrifice and kill at the end of the day.  This is recommended for you because of the prophecies that go on and how the siblings outwit them into coming true, the twisted version of family that the originals have, and the ingenuous way that Klaus's plans are revealed and fall into place.  

4. The 100

        This semi-futuristic series is about how 100 child prisoners go back to earth after being in a space station for 100 years after a nuclear apocalypse.  The 100 teenagers make it to the ground only to discover that they are not alone and end up starting a war with the "grounders."  Clarke, Finn, and Bellamy are the main characters in the show as Clarke and Bellamy are the leaders of the 100.  The kids encounter the grounders and soon find themselves committing more and more violent acts in order to stay alive and go down darker paths.  There is also the struggle of who will be the leader of the group and what kind of rules will be implemented since they are all criminals.  The 100 are not the only ones with a problem in the show as the people still living in the space station are quickly running out of oxygen and are struggling to find a way to Earth.

This show is interesting because of the development the characters go through and the choices they make that lead them down either a better or darker path.  The two primary examples being Finn and Bellamy as Finn starts the show as the guy who always knows the right thing to do with the morals about what is right and wrong but makes bad choices and becomes the thing he had hated.  Bellamy is the opposite in that he begins as the criminal who went to the ground with the presumption that he would be able to do "whatever the hell he wanted" but ends up becoming the strong leader who guides the 100 and looks after everyone. This show is recommended because of the idea of whether the characters actions are controlled by fate or choice and how each character makes decisions based on their opinion about destiny.