The best part about this season was that they didn't really "care" if you'd watched it before or not. They made this with the recaps in mind so they just jumped straight into most things without a bunch of exposition regarding the events of last season. It can be a bit confusing if your memory isn't totally up to date, so do watch the recap. Straight up in the first episode do we get a werewolf transformation and vampire action, the show goes "remember this stuff? Yeah, we've got more of that stuff" and they don't skimp out on it for the remainder of the season.
They spend the season mostly exploring the characters. Who they are, what they feel, what they're going through, all that good stuff. But I have to say they can go about it a bit weirdly. The structure of the season seems rather off. There's three less episodes this season than last, and it seems like they forgot about that until the last couple of episodes. There is a lot of build up, a lot of suppressing plots, and a lot of focus on pure character development that sometimes just gets in the way of the plot. I'm normally all for exploring characters, but they go too far into the deep end, forgetting about what's important in the show, and removes a lot of the cool fantasy/horror theme it has going on.
One thing they do get right, in my opinion, is that the series doesn't really feel like a series. It's like a ten-hour film with the occasional title sequence. Looking back at it it's hard to separate episode specifics, and easier to remember the overall themes and story lines. Unfortunately, as mentioned earlier, it ends far too abruptly. Leaving you just to want more. And when you have a year between seasons, you don't want too big of a cliff hanger.
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