Keeping up with pace of TVD, The Secret Circle kept the flow of intensity and suspense. Cassie is still adjusting the recent death of her mother and the sudden move to Chance Harbor, Washington. Despite all of her efforts to avoid the circle, she constantly keeps being drawn to them. The addition of Cassie to the circle has their powers flying out of control. There is no way to stop it, unless they bind the circle.
The binding of the circle, according to Diana's explanation, limits the power of the individual but increases the power of the group as a whole. After her monsoon display in last week's episode, Faye is not quick to agree to limit the power she's wanted for so long so she brushes Diana off. She even at one point makes Cassie's beaker explode in chemistry. In her last desperate attempt, Diana turns to Cassie to agree to bind the circle. Lucky for Faye, Cassie declines. She has no desire to be part of the group and ignores the powers she's been given.
The tension between Cassie and Adam grows strong as well. In private conversation on the beach the two seem very cozy, something that draws Faye's attention. She tortures Diana with the fact that Adam is falling for Cassie and aims to drive a wedge between the two and distract Diana from binding the circle. It seems to work...for a while.
Trouble strikes. At the annual Sea Fair on the boardwalk, Sally (a highly involved member of the student body who befriended Cassie) interrupts a conversation between Faye and Cassie. Faye had been threatening Cassie to stop her using her power. In a fit of rage, Faye pushes Sally and unaware of her power, throws her through the railing of the boardwalk onto the rocks below. Sally dies. Faye is in shock. Mrs. Chamberlain (Faye's mother) brings Sally back to life with a stone she isn't supposed to have, since all the magic stones were destroyed.
Years ago, the previous circle lost a significant amount of members during a meeting. Their parents stripped the circle of their powers and it was forbidden for the rest of the circle's children (a.k.a. Cassie, Diana, Adam, Nick, Melissa, and Faye) to practice witchcraft. Faye's grandfather was a member of the circle that stripped her mother of her powers and when he tells Mrs. Chamberlain he's going to tell the elders what has been happening, she uses the power of the stone to give him a heart attack and he dies.
After the "almost" death of Sally, Cassie agrees to bind the circle as does Faye (sort of). In the car with Adam, Diana also questions if she has to worry about him and Cassie. "Why would you even ask that?" he says. "Because I'm insecure and I love you." In response, he kisses her and replies, "I love you too." Although, it is clearly apparent their is a relationship between he and Cassie. It is a relationship she's trying to avoid and it is only after much hesitation that she gets in the car with him. At midnight on the beach, each of the circle members consents to bind the circle the bonfire before them rises as it is bound.
Personally, I want to know how the relationship between Cassie and Adam is going to affect the circle. Will their feelings for each other cause them to have more power than the entire group together? Also, what are Mrs. Chamberlain's motives? How long will Faye stay quiet before she tries to break the bind linking the circle? Leave your ideas in the comment section and what you thought of the episode!!!
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