The Secret Circle 1x11: Fire/Ice

Original Air Date: 12 January 2012

Storyline: Cassie asks Adam for help when she wants to look into her father's past, and their search leads them to an eerily familiar place. It also rekindles an old flame when Adam, thrilled to be spending time with Cassie again, asks her to the Fire and Ice dance. In an effort to be a better father, Ethan offers to chaperone the dance, much to Adam's dismay. Faye asks Lee to help her with a spell that would grant her individual magic.  Best Quote:

Diana: No. Not impossible. We can't think that way. We're witches, dammit. We can get whoever we want.
Melissa: Because we're witches?
Diana: No. Because we're tough. And we're dressed kinda slutty.

Review: Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" poem has become quite the popular one, especially after being put on the inside cover of one of the stupid "Twilight" books. Now, kids all over the world, who have no idea who Frost is or never read a verse in their lives, unless it's a Britney Spears one or whatever the new teen hit is, use this as messenger statuses and whatnot, and that is starting to be annoying. Equally annoying was hearing Diana - whom I had a higher opinion of before - reciting it to Adam.

However, the poem found its applicability in this week's episode - and no, I'm not talking about the dance (aren't there way too many dances at that high-school though?). It speaks about the end of a relationship, and two relationships were the focus here: the one between Adam and Diana and the one between Faye and everyone else.
I'm not going to go into the love triangle formed between Adam, Diana and Cassie, except to say that I don't think things will end up well on short term. Despite being the one to break it off, Diana still has feelings about emo-boy (as Lee calls him) and, though he probably still loves her, he's willing to move on and see if the written in the starts thing is real or just some invention of his father. And with Diana admitted to be scared of Cassie because of her dark magic (I'd be too if someone set my favorite dress on fire), I foresee a rift in the Circle.
Not that one hasn't happened yet. With Nick dead and Jake leaving with the hunters, the Circle is down one person. Now, Faye's actions got her thrown out of the gang and right into Lee's arms - a guy who is charming as a devil and probably as sneaky as a devil too. His involvement in Faye's life - and therefore in the Circle, sooner or later, will be interesting to follow.
But what did Faye to get her thrown out (unfairly, in her opinion - and maybe in mine, a little bit)? Searching for a way to get individual power led her to a spell from Cassie's Book of Shadows - one that was supposed to draw out Cassie's dark magic and give it to her. Unfortunately, the spell backfired and, instead of drawing the power out of blondie, she drew it out of the other three Circle members, creating chaos and probably giving Ethan nightmares about another fire started by the last Circle. 
In terms of action, I can't say this episode didn't deliver. There was enough magic and enough mayhem to keep me satisfied and not bored for one hour. What I didn't really appreciate was the fact that it all ended in one episode. I'm not sure why the showrunners don't go with a storyline and keep it going for a while longer. I would have loved watching Faye wreak some havoc in the little town. Her last minute regret and reversing the spell was equally predictable and uncool.
Some other stuff: Diana and Melissa bonded over their lost childhood, being boyfriend-less and being scared of their current BFFs. They also wore slutty outfits that made me question their parents' sanity. For the love of me, this is supposed to be a teen show, shouldn't it give a better example to these kids who watch it? Also, why couldn't Jake stay away for one more episode and don't interrupt the kiss?
I'm not excited to see where things are going. The Circle is kind of broken (not in the magical way, just in the friendship way), with Faye banished and Diana and Melissa straying away from Cassie. Are now Adam, Cassie and Jake going to make an awesome trio? Anyways, with the Circle unstable, now it would be a great time for a big bad to show themselves. Yep, I'm kind of rooting for disaster; I want to see something interesting happen already!The Secret Circle 1x10: Darkness Back to Season 1