I used to have one where I looked it up, but I don't remember what it was called. A quick google search turned up this one though, seems decent enough ;)
Idk of any free VPN that bypass Netflix geo-lock, I personally use NordVPN to bypass it, theres also a bunch of other paid vpn's that work perfectly fine. this is from the POV of someone in the UK though, idk how and if its any different in Canada.
It's cool - my first post on this forum was that I felt like Klaus, Elijah and Marcel were all having this power struggle. And sure they seemed all tough and strong, but to get anywhere they had to have Hayley, Cami, Davina, Rebekah etc on their side to get the upper hand. I loved the equality in the show and yes, I definitely see it as a chess board. I actually made a shirt design with Elijah, Klaus, Rebekah, Freya and Hayley as red with "Always" (romantic) as their slogan and Josh, Vincent, Cami, Davina and Marcel as white with "Forever" (grim).
As for the next season I am so worried...I heard that Michael Narducci is gone, and seeing him at Comic-Con you knew he was the heart of this show. You could see he was extremely conscious of continuity and had references from season 1 popping up in season 2 & 3 which I LOVE. He even brought Klaus' The Art of War books to hand out to fans! (Even though security took them away and gave it to anyone) I've never been into TVD because whenever my sister watched it it seemed like a soap opera. Learning that TVD's Julie Plec is taking over, I'm worried that it will be more romance-focused and less storyline-focused. This season was extremely messy in storytelling and I'm not too happy having the cast double in size with teenagers.
I see five on netflix, I just fished watching the series. Might be that you are from a different part of the world and it was broadcast in a different order and thus shown regionally as split into only 4 seasons.
The poster is nice. I wish the cover art wasn't just a picture, though. It seems lazy. The Amazon page has an excerpt. The excerpt seems pretty good. Julie Plec's obviously a scriptwriter since the dialogue is what stands out, but the descriptions are decent too.