TV Fanatic's Season 4 Report Card:

Best Episode: "Memorial." A candidate for best episode of all-time, from the well-filmed action inside the church to the surprise appearance of Alaric at the end. One of the few installments to not end on a cliffhanger, this taut hour combined suspense and sentiment in a way only The Vampire Diaries can pull off.

Worst Episode: "Into the Wild." Way too much Professor Shame yammering and far too little accomplished for an episode that was meant to be a climax to The Cure storyline.

Best Performance: Nina Dobrev. She showed fear and confusion as a newly turned Elena; confidence and strength as the character accepted her new undead status; cold-hearted bitchiness after her humanity was switched off; and an outpouring of tears, anger and sadness once it came back on. An impressive, season-long whirlwind of emotion from the actress.

Worst Performance: The dude behind Silas. It's almost as if he was just impersonating other cast members every week!

Unsung Hero: Matt Donovan. He came up big at the funeral. He helped train a hunter. He got Elena's humanity back. All while logging double shifts like a madman! Oh, and there's a 90 percent chance he will get in Rebekah's pants this summer. Score one for long-maligned Matty.

Biggest Shocker: The reveal of Stefan as Silas' doppleganger. A close runner-up: That time Bonnie smiled.

Disagree with everything else.

Αlso the one with Matt. And i agree with the worst episode.

Him and the guy who played Bonnie's father. I also agree about Matt being the unsung hero and Nina the best performer.

Every time I watch Nina act on this show she makes me laugh and cry! She is amazing. I love Matt too. I didn't like Silas either.

I so agree with Nina's performance being the best this season, she was brilliant!!
I completely disagree with 4x13 being the worst episode of the season, I LOVED that episode.

Best performance- Nina Dobrev
then Unsung hero- Matt Donovan