TV ratings are all kinds of through the roof for the CW’s The Vampire Diaries after the latest episode. Blood sucking apparently does a television show good (and having a beautiful cast, and high drama, and…), with it pulling in an audience of 2.9 million, a 26% increase, beating out both ABC and NBC.

Clearly, having the writers make the plot go completely nuts is paying off. Now that Elena is completely wheels off with the loss of her last loved one, things are getting REAL. There is apparently a beast mode setting for vampires, and Elena is hell-bent on hitting it.