I didn't dislike the episodes so far either. I just don't like the crap the show is pulling with some characters. I just doesn't make sense to me, and there seems to be a lot of retconning going on, especially with that sire bond.
If they planned that from the beginning, why did nothing on the show point to it before Caroline and Stefan suddenly seemed to pull the whole thing out of their asses?

I still didn't watch the latest two episodes yet, and somehow I am still not interested in doing it anytime soon.