The Originals 5x09 "We Have Not Long To Love" Episode Review

Major spoilers are included in this episode review! Read with caution!

Always and Forever indeed!

Welcome to another episode review of The Originals! We are only 4 EPISODES AWAY FROM THE END! This show is almost over and tonight's episode is a great indicator that no one is safe! We have suffered two losses tonight, but thankfully none of them are the Mikaelsons.

Let's get into this review and what happened!

As you know from last week's episode, Elijah has his memories restored! I'm surprised Elijah went back to his usual self this quickly. He's dressed up, talking elegant, and is trying to make amends for his horrible mistake. Freya and Klaus seem to have forgiven him or at least tolerate him for his role in Hayley's death, but Hope is not easily swayed. 

Hope tries to calm the whispers through painting, but nothing works. Klaus and Freya want her to wear the bracelet to suppress her magic, but this only angers The Hollow. She hurries through her spell book for a spell to help her.

Klaus is furious with Freya about this development and promises if anything happens to his daughter, she will answer to him. 

If this wasn't enough, Freya also has to deal with Declan, who is upset about Hayley. He learns his girlfriend is dead via voicemail and missed the funeral. Freya has no real answers for him, which is overheard by a guilt-ridden Elijah. 

Elijah makes his way to Rousseau's and has a discussion with Declan about Hayley. Once Declan brings up the engagement ring and "the one who broke Hayley's heart", he figures out that Elijah is the same man. 

This is where things get intense. Hope walks in on the two of them and her anger explodes. She is worried for Declan's safety and threatens Elijah to not harm him. Elijah promises not to harm him, but then Hope proceeds to knock him out with a spell. 

Hope hates Elijah for what he did to Hayley, and he claims he hates himself as well. Then The Hollow takes hold of her anger, and she starts slashing him viciously with her magic. Klaus tries to intervene, but Hope puts her father down.

Declan wakes up to witness all of this. Hope calms down after the violence, and Elijah proceeds to compel Declan into forgetting everything so he can move on with his life.

I expected the Hope-Elijah showdown to have more emotional and buildup, but it turned into Hope needing an outlet for her dark magic. This leads to a sweet father-daughter moment though, which is always appreciated. 

The main plot of the episode involved Marcel, Josh, Vincent, Freya, and Keelin. This is filled with some good action and supernatural politics. The Purist Vampires want the werewolves to leave New Orleans and to live out in the Bayou like they did before the show began.

Josh points out how the Purists are doing the exact same thing Marcel did in the past - vampires living at the top of the food chain and making the other two species live out their days in fear. This makes Marcel see that things have to change for the better.

Of course, this is refused, so the Purists start sending threats and destroying their floats for the parade. Lisina and Keelin are talking about the past and love lives when all of this happened. Their friendship is much welcomed but also a good reminder on how much Freya deserves some happiness in her life.

Keelin plans to leave the next day because she can't keep waiting around for Freya. The Mikaelsons will always choose each other. There isn't any room for anyone else. Then a bomb explosion changes everything!

Lisina is killed and Keelin is badly injured. Freya begged for Keelin to survive and this is the wake-up call she needed to pop the question! That's right! Freya and Keelin are officially engaged. I loved this so much! I hope they make room for a wedding in the last few episodes!

Speaking of love, Vincent and Ivy are finally becoming a couple. They flirt, kiss, and show so much affection. But they are both plagued by the politics of the city. The witches will have to choose a side soon, just like in the past, but they are unsure which one to pick. 

Emmett, the leader of the Purists, comes to Vincent and offers him a deal to join forces to take back the city. Vincent refuses to join the vampires and threatens to pull Emmett into the sunlight if he tries to do anything against him. 

So when Vincent joins Marcel's team, Emmett does something terrible. Vincent goes running for Ivy, who is doing a ritual with other witches in the cemetery, and gets there in time to find her dying. He holds her in his arms as she succumbs to the poison she drank.

The episode ends there... and the show is going on break for two weeks!! I hate hiatuses! 

Sound off in the comments and share how we're feeling about the last four episodes approaching... I know I'm going to cry. This is inevitable.